The National Organization for Women (NOW) has brought Sara Mitchell on board to be the incoming Political Director, as Linda Berg is retiring after 30 years of service to the organization.
Prior to joining NOW, Sara was in Los Angeles at the largest Planned Parenthood affiliate 501(c)4 and Political Action Committee in the country, working on coordinated and Independent Expenditure campaigns for local, state and federal candidates in Los Angeles County. During the 2018 midterms she managed an Independent Expenditure field operation in California District 25 to elect former Congresswoman Katie Hill. Additionally, she launched and trained more than 15 hyper-local, patient-led volunteer groups that engaged in successful grassroots policy and electoral campaigns.
Sara was born and raised in Vienna, VA, earned a political science degree at Virginia Tech and is a member of the Vienna NOW chapter. She also has years of experience in print journalism, nonprofit communications and lobbying.
Linda’s service to NOW spanned from electoral strategy to organizing to expanding women’s rights and voters’ rights. In addition to her political work, Linda coordinated NOW's decades-long pursuit of the rights of women to own, operate and be employed by the broadcast industry in proceedings before the Federal Communication Commission. She also drafted NOW's U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee testimonies on the women's rights records of numerous Supreme Court nominations.
The NOW board recently confirmed Linda’s appointment to be on the NOW advisory board so that she can continue her active involvement with the organization. NOW and NOW PAC is grateful for Linda’s expertise as a political strategist and attorney and wishes her good luck in her retirement.
The NOW Political Director manages the NOW Political Action Committee, which is the endorsing body for NOW for all federal candidates. Since 1977, NOW PAC has worked to elect more uncompromising feminists to the White House and Congress. NOW PAC’s aggressive grassroots organizing and early support for feminist candidates have been changing the face of those elected to federal office.