Core Team Members

Jonathan H. Martin is a Professor of Sociology at Framingham State University. He is the editor of and a contributor to the book Empowering Progressive Third Parties and in the United States (Routledge 2016); author of various articles on left politics, and a longtime progressive third party activist. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.

“Progressive Party Builders offers us a unique opportunity to channel critical resources toward the building of a greatly needed, viable party for the 99%.”

Lynette McClain is a retired educator from Front Range Community College in Longmont, Colorado. She has been a long-term progressive activist for local and national political causes and issues. She co-founded the Colorado for Bernie  movement in mid-2015 and served as the Northeast Colorado Field Organizer for the Bernie Sanders campaign,  in 2016.

“We need a progressive party for the majority of the US citizens  who want to save our world from climate change, provide basic human rights for all, and are seeking truth and justice in government.”

Anh Phung is currently a graduate student in marine and atmospheric chemistry and formerly worked as a policy underwriter and analyst in the financial industry. She has been a political volunteer, organizer, and activist for various progressive campaigns and causes since 2002. Anh is based in Southern California and New York.

"In order to end the two party duopoly, we need a viable third party that values building the bench and strategically forming coalitions. PPB aims to do just that."