Lissa Vanderbeck (she/her)

Lissa joined the staff with years of experience supporting social justice organizations behind the scenes. Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, she’s so proud to be contributing to her home community as a member of this powerful team. She fell in love with the work of For the Many while participating in a grassroots fundraising drive, and has been hooked ever since. Her path has taken her through many types of work and life experience, from urban gardening with the food justice organization People’s Grocery in Oakland, vegetable farming at Soul Fire Farm, helping to run a social justice retreat center in the Hudson Valley, founding the NYC chapter of the anti-racist political education group White Noise Collective, and most recently, traveling to Poland to connect with her family’s homeland. If you want to make her smile, take her on a trip to the ocean, or invite her to your favorite dance party!