Leadership
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Organizing Committee

Brett (Whargoul)

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President

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Brett is the President of the SRA, Speaker of the Assembly, and Chair of the Organizing Committee. He's responsible for preparing agendas, facilitating meetings, and seeing that the orders of the Assembly are enacted. He comes from the Northern Illinois SRA chapter where he is an organizer and chapter founder. Outside of the SRA he has been a shop steward for the past 27 years.


Cody

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Secretary

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Cody joined the SRA in late 2022. After getting involved with mutual aid projects he decided he wanted to get more involved with volunteering in the organization itself. Cody is an avid martial artist and spends most of his free time training and traveling to train.


John

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Treasurer

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Executive Office

Matt

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Executive Director

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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 enthusiastic about working with marginalized communities and with other members of the working class in firearms training and mutual aid.


Sybil

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Executive Deputy

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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.



Records Office

Stephanie

She / Her

Membership Director

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Stephanie joined the SRA in the spring of 2021 as an At-Large member. She has a BS in technical communication, and her skills include database management, operational efficiency, creating a customer-centric atmosphere, and herding cats. Stephanie has been a union member for nearly twenty years, and for the past decade she has served on the board of directors for a local left-leaning nonprofit organization. You can find her homeschooling and babysitting her grandkids, working on a variety of crafts, reading, and traveling.



Chapters Office

DeMorney

She / They

Chapters Director

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DeMorney and a team of volunteer deputies are the points of contact for chapter-related functionality. They help to establish and connect chapters and stump chapters across the country while hoping to help create a large community of safer spaces for marginalized people. DeMorney is a co-founder of the Arkansas Chapter and a member of the SRA Workers Union.


Cal

He / Him

Chapters Deputy

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Cal is the Chapters Deputy for Region 5, serving as the point of contact for chapter operations in his region, interviewing potential new organizers, and otherwise assisting the Chapters Director. He is also the Front Range Chapter Liaison, a firearms instructor, and an EMT. Outside of the SRA you'll find him studying Marxism, volunteering as a medic, and organizing aid with his houseless neighbors.


Devin

He / Him

Chapters Deputy

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Devin has been in the SRA for a little over a year now. He has spent that time organizing and creating a chapter in Springfield Missouri. Shortly after the chapter was founded, they connected with other leftist organizations to build a mutual-aid coalition known as the SWMO Solidarity Network which has fed and clothed hundreds of undeserved and houseless members of their community as well as fixed the brake lights on dozens of vehicles.



Instruction Office

Jordan

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Instruction Director

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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.



Communications Office

Lucas

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Communications Director

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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 roll 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 who's enthusiasm, caring and positivity have created a welcoming environment in the spaces they choose to participate in.



Technology Office

Erin

They / She

Technology Director

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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.