Alicia Jay

National Director of Partnerships

Alicia Jay is the National Director of Partnerships, leading MVP’s strategy to build and strengthen relationships with national and multi-state partners across movement and philanthropic spaces.

Before MVP, Alicia was the co-founder and executive director of All Due Respect, a national project working to improve sectoral labor standards for community organizers. She previously served as a co-founder and the managing director of Make It Work, a three-year national advocacy campaign advancing economic security issues for women and families.

Alicia has helped mobilize millions of women through intersectional campaigns and events like the We Won't Wait coalition, the United State of Women Summit, and the Survivors’ Agenda; built the capacity of grassroots organizations through grantmaking at the Atlantic Philanthropies and as an organizational development consultant; and trained the current and next generation of social change leaders through Young People For, Collective Power, and as a certified coach working with hundreds of emerging leaders.

Alicia is based in New Jersey (greater NYC area) with her partner, an energetic toddler, a loud dog, and a very clingy cat.