Evan Bacalao is a nonprofit and philanthropic consultant with almost 20 years of experience leading programs at the intersection of policy and civic participation. Among this prior roles, Evan was a Senior Program Officer with the Open Society Foundations (OSF), where he managed a range of projects and portfolios to strengthen U.S. democracy and build power in communities.

Evan was also a senior director for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, where he led and grew the organization’s community-facing civic engagement department, focusing on promoting and facilitating Latinx participation in US democracy.