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Over the past 14 years, Robert has played a significant role in the Wisconsin public policy arena.  Robert is a leading strategist in the Wisconsin progressive movement, and is especially known for developing innovative approaches to promote health care reform. Robert is leading in the development of new  progressive communications models which are more effective and fully integrate traditional organizing with earned, social, and new media strategies. Robert frequently appears in Wisconsin media.  He has also appeared on major national media outlets such as Fox News, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, Democracy Now, and many syndicated radio programs, and has been quoted in national newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, Washington Post, The American Prospect, The Atlantic, and Mother Jones.  In October of 2011 Robert was one of the recipients of the Citizen Leadership Award from the Campaign for America’s Future.  In January of 2009 Families USA, the national organization for health care consumers, presented Robert with its "Consumer Health Advocate of the Year Award." Also in 2009, the Wisconsin State Assembly gave Robert a special citation for his work in promoting health care reform in Wisconsin.  In 2007 Kraig shared, with his colleague Matt Brusky, the "Progressive Innovation Award" from the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center.  He is also a policy expert, authoring eleven reports on various aspects of the health care crisis, and speaking throughout the country on reform legislation.  Robert earned a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, holds a B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh, and an M.A. from the University of Georgia.  He is the author of several major academic articles on American political rhetoric and a well-regarded book, Woodrow Wilson and the Lost World of the Oratorical Statesman (Texas A&M Press).  The book topped a Wall Street Journal list of the five best books on presidential rhetoric. From 1999-2005 he was the Wisconsin Political Director for SEIU, where he helped develop and win the passage of several policy innovations which enabled over twelve thousand low- wage workers to form unions. He grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, and has lived in Wisconsin since 1989.

Matthew Brusky Deputy Director
Over the past nine years, Brusky has been working to elect progressive candidates to state and national office.  Over the past two election cycles, Brusky has played a leading role in devising and leading cutting-edge health care reform electoral strategies.  In 2007 Brusky shared (with his colleague Robert Kraig) the "Progressive Innovation Award" from the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center.  In 2004 Brusky won the “Forty Under 40” award from the Milwaukee Business Journal, which recognizes up and coming professionals.  Brusky came to Citizen Action from Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters, where he was Field Director.  He was the Deputy Political Director for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Wisconsin State Council from 2000-2005.  He was raised in Milwaukee and went to Marquette University High School.  He attended college at Loyola Marymount University in LA, and earned a Master's Degree in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.


Kevin Kane, Health Care Organizer
Kevin joined Citizen Action of Wisconsin in June of 2011 as the Healthcare Organizer. Kevin’s interest in Healthcare stems from a host of family members in the field, his own work on Capitol Hill during the Healthcare Debate, and his personal experience of being protected by the Affordable Care Act.
A Board Member of a growing Health Care Cooperative, Kevin’s background is in community, electoral & issue organizing, and Applied Economics. Kevin holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics & Political Science from Marquette University. He is a former AmeriCorps VISTA and a current Fellow at the Center for Progressive Leadership.

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Anita joined Citizen Action of Wisconsin in August of 2008 as the Election Administration Advocate. In that role she worked with coalition partners to build a more robust democracy at the local and state levels by advocating to improve the quality of election administration in the State of Wisconsin. Prior to joining Citizen Action, Anita worked for People For The American Way as Foundation Consultant Wisconsin Election Protection State Coordinator, recruiting and training volunteers to work the polls on election day as well as educating the public about voter rights. Anita has received the Women Who Put Their Stamp On Milwaukee award and the United States Postal Service Award for Community Service. She attended Milwaukee Area Technical College where she majored in Secretarial Science. Anita is also a graduate of Leadership Milwaukee.

Jennifer Epps-Addison, Economic Justice Program Director
Jennifer Epps-Addison is the Economic Justice Director for Citizen Action of Wisconsin. Jennifer has been an integral part of winning campaigns on a variety of progressive issues such as community economic development policy, paid sick days, and in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants. Jennifer was lead organizer behind Milwaukee’s historic MORE Ordinance which established community benefit standards for economic development projects using more than $1 million in public funds. In 2010, the MORE Ordinance won the City of Milwaukee top prize in the National League of Cities’ Cultural Diversity Awards. Recently, Jennifer led a campaign to pass the Milwaukee Jobs Act which created entry level construction opportunities for unemployed city residents. Jennifer was a 2008 recipient of the Advanced Opportunity Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin Law school, a 2004 Academy of Educational Development/New Voices National Civil Rights Fellow, she received the “Friend of Education” award from the State Superintendent of Public Schools, sat on the board for the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce, and was a semi-finalist for Glamour’s Top Ten College Women award. In addition, Jennifer is on the board of 9to5 Milwaukee. Jennifer earned her B.A. in Political Science and Women’s Studies and her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She lives with her husband and two children.

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Brian is a accomplished musician and has a Bachelor's degree in History from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.