Charlotte L. Hill, PhD

Charlotte is the interim director of the Democracy Policy Initiative at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy. A trained political scientist, Charlotte researches how to expand democratic access and equity through public policy. She regularly advises organizations focused on improving election and voting laws and increasing civic participation. Her work has been published in top political science journals including the Journal of Politics and Electoral Studies and featured in media outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN. 

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Charlotte has held senior communications roles for organizations including Change.org and RepresentUs. She recently co-founded Fix Our House, a new campaign for proportional representation in the U.S. House of Representatives, and formerly sat on the boards of national political reform organizations FairVote and RepresentUs. She also writes a monthly column for Democracy Docket, a leading progressive platform for information, analysis, and opinion on voting rights, elections, and democracy. 

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Charlotte is the vice chair of the City of Oakland's Public Ethics Commission and leads its Equity and Outreach Subcommittee. She previously served as vice president of the San Francisco Elections Commission, where she helped oversee local election administration.