Leadership
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Administrative Officers

Hope (theBinx)

She / They

President

thebinx@socialistra.org president@socialistra.org

Hope is the President of the SRA and Chair of the Organizing Committee. They're responsible for preparing agendas, facilitating meetings, and seeing that the orders of the Organizing Committee are enacted.

Hope has been a member of the LA chapter of the SRA for 4 years. They were the chapter treasurer then elected National Treasurer from 2024-2025. They have a degree in Information Technology with a specialty in finance and have spent their career in this field of work.

Ryan (Goose)

He / Him

Vice President

goose@socialistra.org president@socialistra.org

Ryan is the Vice President of the SRA. He's the assistant to the President and will take the place of the President if the President cannot attend a meeting or if the President is removed from office until a time that the Organizing Committee can convene to elect a new President.

Ryan has been a member of Georgia (previously North Georgia) chapter of the SRA for 7 years and served several terms as chapter liaison and assembly representative in that time. Ryan also schedules and facilitates interviews for the Commission for At-Large Membership (CALM) and helped organize the SRA's first regional conference in 2025.

Adam

He / Him

Secretary

adam@socialistra.org secretary@socialistra.org

Adam was elected as Secretary in July 2025. He records votes, takes minutes, and communicates to members about Organizing Committee meetings. He's been a member of the Northeast Ohio chapter since 2022, and is part of their Onboarding Committee and Mentorship program.

Gabe

He / Him

Treasurer

gabe@socialistra.org treasurer@socialistra.org

Gabe was elected as Treasurer in July 2025. He's responsible for reviewing the SRA's finances, advising on budgetary matters, and communicating the organization's finances to membership. Gabe joined the Chicago SRA in 2020. After spending time in most chapter leadership positions, he's proud to be a member of Chicago's Roster & Finance Committee.



Executive Office

Matt

He / Him

Executive Director

matt@socialistra.org executive@socialistra.org PGP

As Executive Director, Matt oversees the operations of the SRA Administration and works with the Organizing Committee to ensure organizational goals are met and that the SRA remains responsive to its members. The Executive Director coordinates activities between the various departments of the Administration.

Matt joined the SRA in 2018 as a chapter organizer. He later served the organization as a Chapters Deputy and then Records Director. Matt is a veteran who left the military after witnessing the destructive effects of US imperialism. He is a proponent of intersectionalism in firearms training and of working class solidarity.


Sybil

She / Her

Executive Deputy

sybil@socialistra.org

Sybil assists Matt with his administrative work as well as several other motley responsibilities within the organization, and is a founding member of the Maryland chapter of the SRA. In her free time, when not playing TTRPGs, Sybil mostly looks for new TTRPG games to join.



Membership Office

Thackery

He / Him

Membership Director

thackery@socialistra.org

Thackery joined the SRA in late 2021. He has been in the role of Membership Director since March 2025. As Membership Director, he is responsible for communicating roster information to individual chapters, ensuring that membership information is up-to-date for members, and helping with any membership related needs from individuals in the organization, such as updating information where needed or troubleshooting issues. Thackery is a member of the Los Angeles chapter and has acted as Liason and Assembly Rep since 2023, as well as co-chairing the vetting and mutual aid committees. He has his bachelor's in Information Systems.

Dominic (Coffee)

He / They

Membership Deputy

coffee@socialistra.org

Dominic joined the SRA in 2022 wanting to assist community mutual aid efforts in the provision of firearms safety education. Dominic is active in his chapter, supporting his chapter's activities that foster environments of inclusive, left-oriented firearm use. Vehemently opposed to the disarmament of the working class, toxic and exclusionary firearm culture, and capitalism, he looks forward to continued work with the SRA.



Chapters Office

Jon

He / Him

Chapters Director

jon@socialistra.org

Jon joined the SRA in May of 2020. He has been working in his national position as Chapters Director since April of 2025. His SRA journey started in the Lane County chapter where he served as a Mutual Aid Coordinator from 2023 to 2024 and Liaison since 2024. He has a bachelor's degree in Non-profit management from the University of Oregon.



Instructions Office

Jordan

He / Him

Instructions Director

jordan@socialistra.org

Joined in early 2018. Founding member of the Twin Cities Chapter of the MN SRA. Jordan comes from a household that wasn’t ever Pro-2A, but he believes self defense is a basic human right that everyone should be able to get behind. A MN Permit to Carry Instructor for the better part of a decade, he has expanded knowledge and curriculums to focus on practical Defensive Carry while advocating responsible gun ownership as a community responsibility and mental health awareness for individuals who own firearms.

CW

He / Him

Instructions Deputy

cw@socialistra.org

CW joined the SRA in late 2019 and has served as a chapter treasurer and on his chapter's central committee. As Instructions Deputy, CW has been working to help develop educational programs for the membership. He is a certified Stop the Bleed instructor and also certified to teach concealed carry permit classes in his home state. Outside of the SRA, CW has been a union shop steward for over a decade.



Communications Office

Lucas

They / Them

Communications Director

lucas@socialistra.org

Lucas joined the SRA in October of 2018. They and 3 others founded a chapter. Serving as Chapter Organizer they watched it grow into a furious force for regional mutual aid. In July of 2020 they were on boarded as Director of Communications. In this role, they build relationships between the SRA and community partners as well as facilitate media messaging. Lucas has an Associate of Arts Degree in Audio Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Popular Musicology. They have spent the last 10 years of their career as an audio engineer and union stagehand creating long lasting relationships in the entertainment industry with businesses, media and artists. Lucas has been a leader and instructor for many years whose enthusiasm, caring and positivity have created a welcoming environment in the spaces they choose to participate in.



Technology Office

Erin

She / They

Technology Director

erin@socialistra.org PGP

Erin joined the SRA in September of 2019. She has maintained the technology infrastructure of the Organization since August of 2022. Before that, she served as the liaison for the Austin, TX chapter, an Assembly Representative for Austin, TX, The National Treasurer in 2020-2021, and as President from 2021-2022.