Jonathan Westin
Executive Director, New York Communities for Change
Jonathan Westin has served as the Executive Director of New York Communities Organizing Fund, Inc. since 2014, and has also overseen its sister organization, New York Communities for Change, since 2013. Under Jonathan’s leadership, NYCC catalyzed fast food organizing into the internationally recognized Fight for $15, launched a statewide housing coalition to protect tenant rights, organized bank workers across the country to hold big banks accountable, and mobilized thousands of Black and Latinx constituents to rally behind fossil fuel divestment of New York's public pension funds. Prior to becoming Executive Director, Jonathan served as a community organizer with increasing levels of responsibility and trained hundreds of community leaders. Jonathan graduated with a BA in Sociology from Northwestern University in 2006.