Louisa Hackett, Founder of Community Votes, has more than 25 years of consulting experience with New York City nonprofit organizations. During her tenure as a Senior Partner at Community Resource Exchange (CRE), a nonprofit management-consulting firm, Louisa provided strategic advice and technical services to hundreds of organizations. In 2013, Louisa founded Community Votes, a New York City-based initiative that leverages the connections nonprofits have in local communities to engage voters and, ultimately, strengthen those communities through active participation in the electoral process.