Zak Malamed
Zak Malamed is the Co-founder and Executive Director of The Next 50 an inspiring organization committed to support 50 young candidates and organizers in swing districts and states every two years. Zak’s mission is to investing in generational political leadership. Since February 2019, they have hosted 90+ events with 18 presidential candidates and dozens down ballot, fundraising $5.4M+ from over 17,000 donors primarily new to political giving. In 2021, they launched this mission with $1,000,000+ commitment. Zak previously founded and was Executive Director of Student Voice, which organizes high school students to advocate for equity in education. After, he joined the Emerson Collective's XQ Institute where he led the organization's student engagement work and was responsible for community engagement in 34 communities across 22 states. Most recently, Zak worked at Facebook Education where he launched the strategy and implementation of the company's first civic education initiatives, including allocating over $1 million to support global youth leaders.