Rey López-Calderón

Rey López-Calderón is a strategic advisor for More Equitable Democracy. He has a wealth of experience in organizational development, fundraising, and organizing that he uses to improve the lives of the communities he serves. His activism has taken him from the role of volunteer youth organizer at the United Farm Workers in Orange County to the founding of several community organizations in the Chicago area, and to various leadership roles at the government watchdog organization, Common Cause, including executive director of California Common Cause and vice-president for development for the DC office where he expanded Common Cause’s national fundraising operations. He studied philosophy at the University of Chicago and holds a Juris Doctor from DePaul College of Law. When he is not working, he enjoys spending time with his husband and three toy fox terriers in the San Diego/Tijuana region.