{"id":1197,"date":"2024-08-08T13:06:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T18:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/illinois\/?post_type=article&#038;p=1197"},"modified":"2024-08-08T13:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T18:06:21","slug":"common-cause-illinois-hires-experienced-attorney-and-policy-leader-as-new-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/illinois\/articles\/common-cause-illinois-hires-experienced-attorney-and-policy-leader-as-new-executive-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Cause Illinois Hires Experienced Attorney and Policy Leader as New Executive Director"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1197","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-article"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Common Cause Illinois has named Elizabeth Grossman as its new executive director","featured_image":"","article_type":70,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"48\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":155}"],"related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":16},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":["{\"site_id\":\"48\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":155}"],"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Common Cause Illinois has named Elizabeth Grossman as its new executive director as it prepares for the 2024 election. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Grossman is an experienced attorney and policy leader with a host of experience in both fields. She has worked in the public and private sectors as an attorney, including several years as a litigator at the national law firm <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &amp; Garrison<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. She also worked as a policy advisor for several nonprofits, including the AAPI Victory Alliance and Voting Rights Lab, as well as two presidential campaigns, including one campaign as policy director. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\"My passion is to make sure we have an inclusive democracy that works for everyone. Although a lot of progress has been made in Illinois, we still have far to go, particularly when it comes to money in politics, transparency, corruption<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and fair maps. I am excited to work together with the community and coalition partners to continue Common Cause\u2019s mission to be a voice for the people,\u201d<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> said Elizabeth Grossman, Common Cause Illinois Executive Director. <\/span><\/b>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Grossman most recently comes from State Voices, where she served as Deputy Policy Director. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">She graduated from Claremont McKenna College and the University of Michigan Law School and clerked for Judge J. Curtis Joyner in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cElizabeth has a passion that our democracy continues to work for us, the people. Illinois has a long, dreadful history of corruption and campaign finance issues. I have full confidence that Elizabeth will be a great leader for the thousands of Common Cause Illinois members who continue to work to hold elected officials accountable and to make our democracy better for all people,\u201d said <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jay Young, Senior Director of Voting <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">and<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> former Common Cause Illinois Executive Director<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cElizabeth has the experience, skills, and drive to make Illinois a more inclusive democracy that works for the people. This is an exciting new chapter for Common Cause Illinois,\" <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">said Sonal Shah Advisory Board Member, Institute of Politics, University of Chicago.<\/span><\/b>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Common Cause Illinois Hires Experienced Attorney and Policy Leader as New Executive Director - Common Cause Illinois<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Common Cause Illinois has named Elizabeth Grossman as its new executive director\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/illinois\/articles\/common-cause-illinois-hires-experienced-attorney-and-policy-leader-as-new-executive-director\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Common Cause Illinois Hires Experienced Attorney and Policy Leader as New Executive Director\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Common Cause Illinois has named Elizabeth Grossman as its new executive director\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/illinois\/articles\/common-cause-illinois-hires-experienced-attorney-and-policy-leader-as-new-executive-director\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Illinois\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Elizabeth-Grossman-headshot.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/illinois\/articles\/common-cause-illinois-hires-experienced-attorney-and-policy-leader-as-new-executive-director\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/illinois\/articles\/common-cause-illinois-hires-experienced-attorney-and-policy-leader-as-new-executive-director\/\",\"name\":\"Common Cause Illinois Hires Experienced Attorney and Policy Leader as New Executive Director - 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