Megan Lewis

Megan is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Voting Rights Lab, a left-of-center advocacy organization that focuses on increasing absentee voting. Previously, Megan served as the Executive Vice President of Everytown for Gun Safety, where she led the organization through a period of rapid growth and transformation, helping to build a national advocacy powerhouse. 

During her time at Everytown, she managed the design and execution of a 50-state strategy, with millions of grassroots members, and demonstrated a track record of winning legislative, ballot initiative, and electoral campaigns in red, blue, and purple states. Before joining Everytown, Megan had more than a decade of experience designing and building high-profile litigation and enforcement efforts. 

Megan Lewis received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard University in 1995. She graduated from New York University School of Law in 1999.

In the Media: 

• NPR, New data sheds light on one method to combat election lies (2022)
• Newsweek, Trump’s Coup Failed. Here’s Why the Next Might Succeed (2022)
• TED, A path to security for the world’s deadliest countries | Rachel Kleinfeld (2020)