Who We Are
MISSION
Brady PAC is dedicated to a singular goal: creating a safer America by supporting and investing in candidates who are committed to enacting, improving, and defending Gun Violence Prevention (GVP) policies across the country.
About
Formed leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, Brady PAC was created to serve as a counterweight to “dark money” Super PACs created by the gun industry lobby. It upholds the policy ideals that have been championed by its sister organization, Brady — one of the nation’s oldest gun violence prevention grassroots advocacy organizations. Brady PAC supports candidates running for local, state, and federal office who support universal background checks, reenacting the assault weapons ban, extreme risk protection orders, and instituting other common-sense gun violence prevention legislation that will make our homes, schools, and communities safer.
Board Members
Alan Bennett
Ashley Lantz
Executive Director
Jeanne Connelly
Treasurer
Kris Brown
Chair | President, Brady United Against Gun Violence
The Honorable James Moran
Former U.S. Representative (VA-08)
Tom Grumbly
National Advisory Council
Abbey Clements
Survivor of gun violence | Executive Director & Co-Founder, Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence
Alexis Confer
Political Strategist and Gun Violence Prevention Advocate | Inaugural Executive Director, March for Our Lives
Crystal Cooper
Strategic communications professional | Inaugural March for Our Lives Communications Director
Dave Mitrani
Partner, Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock
Fred Guttenberg
Survivor of gun violence | Father of Jaime Guttenberg | Co-Founder, Orange Ribbons for Jaime
Kenny Sandoval
Latino Activist/Senior Advisor, America's Voice
Patricia Oliver
Survivor of gun violence | Mother of Joaquin Oliver | Co-Founder, Change the Ref
Rachel Gonzalez
Gen Z Activist | National Organizing Manager, Brady Campaign
Stephanie Ervin
PAC Director, Alliance for Gun Responsibility | Founding Partner and Consultant, North Star Strategies
T. Christian Heyne
Survivor of gun violence | Vice President of Policy and Programs, Brady Campaign
A Winning Strategy
That Makes an Impact
Brady PAC takes a comprehensive approach, making strategic investments across all levels of government, up and down the ballot, to create a multiplier effect for positive change. We do not shy away from tough races — aggressively targeting gun industry favorites when warranted.
In the 2022 cycle, Brady PAC raised $3.3 million to support and endorse 224 federal and state candidates, helping elect gun violence survivors and Black, Brown, AAPI, LGBTQ+, and female candidates to office.
Where We Are Going in 2023 and 2024
In the short years since Brady PAC’s formation, support for our issue continues to swell.
The electoral landscape has never been more important in the fight to end gun violence. Americans are demanding change at the ballot box, and they want it NOW.
Brady PAC harnesses the power of grassroots supporters to fight for new leadership and push back against the gun lobby’s stranglehold on American politics.
In 2023, we will defend and expand GVP Majorities in Virginia and New Jersey, among a number of other Brady priority states.
Brady PAC will also focus in 2024 on reestablishing a House GVP Majority, defending our Senate gun safety leaders, and protecting a GVP White House that has taken more federal action date to end America’s gun violence epidemic than any other Administration in recent history.
