“Through the canvass I learned important political skills that I use every day. Canvassing teaches activists or anyone who cares about an issue how to communicate effectively with people from diverse backgrounds, how to make smart, quick decisions and how to build support and raise resources for campaigns. Canvassing is hard work, but I guarantee you’ll be glad you did it.” Jon Goldin-Dubois
Jon Goldin-Dubois is the Executive Vice President of Common Cause and is responsible for managing the operations of Common Cause, including creating the structures and systems that will allow Common Cause to become a catalyst to fundamentally change the face of our democracy, build winning campaigns by increasing financial resources and other means, improving communications throughout the organization and effectively managing organizational resources. Mr. Goldin-Dubois joined the staff at Common Cause in 1997, serving as the executive director of Colorado Common Cause, specializing in the areas of ethics in government, open meetings and campaign finance reform. Jon has also served in a variety of other capacities during his tenure at Common Cause, including Vice President of States and redistricting team leader. Prior to joining the Common Cause staff, Jon was an environmental organizer and advocate with Colorado PIRG working on campaigns to strengthen air quality standards, pass laws to increase recycling, prevent rollbacks of environmental regulations and protect open spaces. Jon began his career with PIRG in 1989 as a Fund canvasser in Denver, Colorado and was a CoPIRG campus organizer at Metro State College in Denver. During his PIRG career, Jon directed summer canvasses in Ft. Collins and in Denver, was regional director of the Colorado summer canvasses and organizing director, working with staff and students on five Colorado campuses. Jon also served as environmental program director before leaving PIRG in 1997. Jon graduated from the University of Denver in 1988 and holds a master's degree in public administration from the University of Colorado at Denver.
