Tessa Simonds

Tessa Simonds leads Blue State’s campaign practice, overseeing work for political campaigns and committees. A veteran organizer and strategist, she brings nearly a decade of experience building organizing and digital programs for progressive candidates, political committees, and advocacy organizations.

Before Blue State, Tessa was Senior Advisor for Digital Organizing on the Biden-Harris National Coordinated Campaign at the Democratic National Committee, where she reimagined digital organizing and grassroots mobilization at scale across battleground states. That work powered a record-breaking voter contact program and fueled nearly 700 million attempts at voter contact in the four months prior to Election Day. Earlier, as Director of Grassroots Mobilization on the Elizabeth Warren campaign, she managed a staff of more than 64 people across 13 offices nationwide and helped launch the DNC’s Mobilization team as Digital Director, growing the team from 10 to more than 45. She’s proud to have trained and mentored hundreds of digital practitioners.

Tessa graduated from UMass Amherst with a B.A. in English and in Social Thought and Political Economy, and lives in Washington, D.C. In her spare time, she can be found hiking, orienteering, or talking to her best friend Candace.