Lauren Jacobs is the executive director of PowerSwitch Action (formerly the Partnership for Working Families), a national network of regional power-building organizations that bring together community, labor, faith, racial justice, and environmental justice movements into powerful coalitions. Originally born and raised in New York City, during her 25 years of experience Lauren has lived in cities across the US where she has organized textile, janitorial, security, and restaurant workers into powerful multi-racial formations. She is a co-chair of the Athena Coalition.