Executive Director, All Voting is Local
Hannah Fried is a Co-Founder and the Executive Director of All Voting is Local and AVL Action. Previously, Hannah served as the National Director and Deputy General Counsel for Voter Protection on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
In 2012, Hannah served as the Voter Protection Director for President Obama’s reelection effort in Florida, and from July 2009 to March 2012, was the Deputy Director and Deputy Counsel for Voter Protection at the Democratic National Committee. Hannah served with the Obama campaign’s voter protection staff during the 2008 primaries, and joined the advance staff for the general election in June 2008. Hannah spent several years in federal government service, at the Department of Justice and at the Environmental Protection Agency.
She is a frequent commentator on voting rights and democracy issues, and has been featured in outlets including The Washington Post, The New York Times, Axios, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, MSNBC, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Fried was a 2023-2024 Wasserstein Fellow at Harvard Law School and is a 2025 winner of the Elevate Prize. TIME included her on its 2025 TIME 100Next list of leaders shaping the future. Fried is a graduate of Williams College and of Harvard Law School. She is admitted to practice law in New York.