Erin Casey is the State Director for Pennsylvania Voice, a coalition of 45 participating partner organizations working together at the state level. Their mission is to engage underrepresented communities in the democratic process, to develop new leadership within these constituencies, and to take collective action on important policy issues in Pennsylvania.
Erin has over eleven years experience in running and managing volunteer and field campaigns on the national and state level. Prior to joining the State Voices team, Erin was the Organizing Director with Grassroots Campaigns where she worked with a variety of organizations to develop and run field campaigns. During the 2008 elections, Erin was the Pennsylvania State Director for a youth voter registration drive that registered over 30,000 young voters in the 8 weeks before the voter registration deadline. Her other work included directing and managing the recruitment and logistics for Powershift 2007 which successfully brought together 7,000 student activists nationally for a conference and training on global warming. In addition, she worked to develop a volunteer organizing model in partnership with various environmental organizations. In 2004, Erin worked on the national staff of the New Voters Project which registered over 500,000 18-to-30 year-olds to vote, and contacted more than half a million youth to get out and vote on Election Day. Prior to the 2004 elections, Erin worked with the State Public Interest Research Group to engage both students and community members concerning environmental issues. Erin has a Bachelor of Science degree in Science, Technology and Public Policy from Michigan State University. She is a graduate of Green Corps, the Field School for Environmental Organizing. Erin currently lives in Philadelphia.