Chris Melody Fields Figueredo

Chris Melody Fields joined the Lawyers’ Committee in December 2011, serving as the Election Protection campaign manager to ensure the successful execution of the 2012 program. She continues to work with the Voting Rights Project to combat efforts to curb access to the ballot box, expand voting rights and create tools to educate and empower voters. As the Lawyers’ Committee’s lead organizer, she works with the organizing and tech team to develop strategies to address critical civil rights issues and implement other programs like the Parental Readiness and Empowerment Program (PREP).

Prior to joining the Lawyers’ Committee, Fields worked in the government affairs division for a local biological resource center on their global health and biosecurity agenda. Before that, Ms. Fields spent two years as the Outreach Director for Common Cause working to advance their democracy reform agenda and pass the Fair Elections Now Act that would create publicly financed campaigns for members of Congress. She got her start in community organizing and issue advocacy as a Program Specialist for DC ParentSmart, a nonprofit working to help DC parents navigate the DC public and charter school education system.  A seasoned campaign organizer, she has served in numerous roles for different political campaigns across the country including as the Iowa Deputy Political Director for a 2008 presidential campaign, campaign manager for an Iowa State Senate race in 2006, and a field organizer for a 2004 U.S. Senate campaign in South Carolina.

Born in Venezuela and raised in Texas, she graduated from Austin College with a B.A. in English Literature and Anthropology. Follow Chris on Twitter @Fieldsy.