ABOUT US
Rahna Epting
Rahna Epting has more than twenty years of political experience, leading rapid response political strategy, organizing campaigns, GOTV campaigns and building alignment across the national progressive ecosystem.
As the Executive Director of MoveOn, Rahna was instrumental in leading the organization through historic mobilizations to protect the Affordable Care Act in 2019, to hit the streets in solidarity with the racial justice protests of 2020, and to help anchor the historic HandsOff mass mobilization of 2025. Rahna has also overseen and implemented political initiatives —including MoveOn’s $32 million 2022 midterm election program and SEIU’s national political member programs.
Rahna is a frequent commentator on politics and strategy, appearing on broadcast outlets and new media such as MSNBC, NBC, CNBC, MeidasTouch, and in outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, AP, USA Today, and more. She is the recipient of the 2024 Women’s Media Center Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Award.
A graduate of UC Davis and Lewis & Clark Law School, she also sits on the Democracy Defenders Action and Win Without War boards.
Xochitl Hinojosa
Xochitl Hinojosa is a Senior Crisis Communications Consultant with nearly two decades of experience in strategic communications spanning government, politics, and the private sector.
Most recently, she served as the Director of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice, where she led a team of more than fifty professionals on the nation’s most complex and high-profile issues, including national security, civil rights, immigration, special counsel matters, and major federal investigations and prosecutions.
Prior to that role, Hinojosa worked as a communications consultant advising a diverse portfolio of corporate, nonprofit, and political clients, including Tom Perez’s gubernatorial campaign in Maryland. She previously served as Senior Advisor and Communications Director for the Democratic National Committee, where she led the communications strategy for the 2020 Democratic presidential nominating process — including the planning and execution of eleven presidential primary debates.
Hinojosa has held senior communications roles across multiple campaigns and within the Obama administration, including serving as a spokesperson for both the Department of Justice and the Department of Labor.
She is currently a CNN contributor. A native of Brownsville, Texas, Hinojosa brings a distinguished record of public service and strategic leadership to her work.