Yonkers Insider: Election 2020: Candidate Profile: Allison Fine, Democrat for US Congress, 17th District. Primary Day - June 23rd - Democratic Party Primary.

An author, social change thought leader, and nonprofit founder, Allison knows how to move everyone in our communities toward greater fairness and opportunity. She was instrumental in creating the field of online activism and has written three books on the topic. She has worked tirelessly throughout her career to help grassroots organizations working in areas such as housing, food security, immigration and women’s issues achieve their missions. 

Allison is the past president of Temple Beth Abraham, in Tarrytown, NY. She is a former faculty member of the Union of Reform Judaism and current member of the UJA-Westchester Regional Advisory Council.

She is an unapologetic feminist and was most recently the chair of the national board of NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation. She is also the founder of the Network of Elected Women, helping women elected to local offices around the country achieve their goals. 

Perhaps most importantly, she is married to an amazing person, Scott Freiman, and is the mother of three sons.

ENTREPRENEUR

• Founder of Innovation Network, Inc. to improve the work of grassroots organizations in areas such as homelessness, women’s health, immigration, legal aid and environmental advocacy.
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• Worked with thousands of organizations to ensure every person has the tools
• and power to control their own lives.

INNOVATOR

• Instrumental in creating the field of online activism.
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• Author of numerous articles and three award- winning books on the topic: Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age, The Networked Nonprofit (ranked the top nonprofit book of the decade by Forbes), and 
• Matterness: Fearless Leadership for a Social World.
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• Worldwide leader on the use of Artificial Intelligence for social good.

UNAPOLOGETIC
FEMINIST

• Recent chair of the national board of NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation.
• Founder of the Network of Elected Women to help women elected to local
• offices around the country achieve their goals.

COMMUNITY LEADER

• Past president of Temple Beth Abraham and former faculty member of the Union of Reform
• Judaism.
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• Member of the Westchester Women’s Agenda and UJA Federation
• Westchester Advisory Council.

BOARD MEMBER

• Founding board member of Civic Hall, pre- eminent organization using technology
• for social good.

SLEEPY HOLLOWER

• Grew up and lives now in Sleepy Hollow, NY, raising three sons in the Rivertowns (in NY 17).
• Graduate of Sleepy Hollow High School.

Allison has a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and an M.P.A. from NYU.