Nadia Belkin

Nadia Nisha Belkin is the first Executive Director of the Asian American Power Network. She comes to this role with vast experience in the progressive political and infrastructure building spaces both nationally and at the state level.

Prior to this role, Nadia served not only as the National Deputy Field Director but as the Colorado State Director at America Votes. As the first woman of color to hold both positions, she facilitated the development of electoral plans and long-term power building in the progressive issue advocacy arena. In her roles, she directly spearheaded the coordination and alignment of strategic planning efforts amongst funders, fifty plus national partners, and fifty-two in-state (including national affiliates) partners.

As National Deputy Field Director, she worked in various states - including Nevada, Michigan, and Georgia - providing on the ground infrastructure evaluation, hands-on skills training and technical assistance, as well as state-specific strategic planning guidance.

Growing up in Colorado, Nadia has invested in the state and strengthened civic engagement
statewide. She served as the Communications Director at the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado,
where she developed grassroots trainings and focused on mobilizing faith communities to
become activists in their community and in the state legislature around racial, economic, and
social justice issues. She has also worked on hard side campaigns including the Colorado
Coordinated campaign in 2016 where she successfully organized and turned out the vote
across racially, culturally, and socio-economically diverse communities across Colorado.

As an Indian-American Muslim woman, Nadia has worked to elevate the voices and profiles of
people of color. In 2020 she was named in The National Association of Asian Pacifics in Politics
and Public Affairs “40 Under 40” list for her work and commitment to building out AAPI voter
engagement in key battleground states. She is also an alumna of the 2021 New Leaders
Council cohort. She remains professionally focused on producing innovative and strategic ideas
which will cultivate relationships within the progressive community across multiple audiences.
She serves as a national board member for the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC) and on
the board of Organizing Empowerment, a relational voter engagement tool.

Nadia is a graduate of Smith College, where she earned her B.A. in Government and
International Relations.