At the helm of Project Unloaded is Nina Vinik, a 20-year veteran of the gun violence prevention movement. Nina leads a team of experts in social media, youth mobilization, culture change, corporate engagement, and gun violence all working towards a simple but bold goal: Stop the myth that more guns make us safer and empower the next generation to end our nation’s gun violence crisis.
Essential to Project Unloaded’s work is its inspiring youth council, which is a driving force behind the organization’s social media presence and digital campaigns. Also key to our work is our steering committee, which is made up of experts in youth engagement, social impact marketing, and violence prevention, stands behind us with support and counsel. Learn about them below.
Natalie Earnest, Village Green Advisors, Inc.
Deborah Gillespie, DGCB Group
Shira Goodman, Anti-Defamation League
Matthew Hogenmiller, Frontrunner Productions
Desmond Patton, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Selwyn Rogers, University of Chicago
Brian Sher, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Erika Soto Lamb, Change.org
Nina Vinik, Project Unloaded
Scott Wang, Rocket
Deborah Azrael, Harvard Injury Control Research Center
David Brotherton, Brotherton Strategies
Marcie Eberhart, American Eagle Outfitters Foundation
Jadine Chou, Pax Group
Sarah Clements, Georgetown Law student
Tim Daly, Firearms Accountability Initiative
Arne Duncan, Chicago CRED
Derrick Feldmann, ISG Research Advisors
Barry Friedman, NYU Law
Aimee Huff, Oregon State University
Tracey Meares, Yale Law School
James Mercy, CDC Injury Center (retired)
Daniel Webster, Johns Hopkins University
Garen Wintemute, University of California, Davis
