About
"We want to make sure that no one is 'Tom Delayed' out of their district. Republicans have a good game when it comes to redistricting. This reapportionment exercise could determine how Congress and our state governments will look for years and years to come."
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-4)
Leadership Team
Bill Burke
Executive Director of the Foundation for the Future
Bill has been involved in Democratic Party politics for 25 years helping to elect candidates to local, state, and federal offices. Burke has worked extensively for and with the party, labor unions and other organizations to elect... more
Brett Cooper
Political Director of the Foundation for the Future
Brett has been active in Democratic politics since be began working in the North Carolina State House in 2003. Upon graduating from Elon University with a Bachelors degree in Political Science in 2005, he worked as Virginia Beach Deputy... more
Mark Gersh
Chief Executive Officer of NCEC Services, Inc
Mark Gersh is the Chief Executive Officer of NCEC Services, Inc. NCEC Services, Inc. is a political consulting corporation specializing in election analysis and demographic research for Democratic candidates for the US House and... more
Tom Bonier
Chief Operating Officer at NCEC Services
A native of Andover, Massachusetts, Tom has lived in the Washington, DC area since 1992 and currently serves as the Chief Operating Office of NCEC Services, Inc. He began at NCEC in 1994 as an intern, was promoted to Director of Targeting... more
Matthew Cassidy
Senior Political Cartographer
Matt gained his first experience with Democratic campaigns in the summer of 2004. It was then that he began working in his home state with the Michigan Democratic Coordinated Campaign, first as a volunteer and later hired as a Field... more
For years redistricting has been erroneously defined as a process of blocks, precincts and geographic boundaries. Very few have understood that these minute details afforded Democrats forty years of political dominance and were the keys to a balanced democracy and furthering a progressive agenda. In fact, much of the Republican Party's legislative victories (1994-2004) can be directly traced to the aggressive and well implemented redistricting programs they executed in 1991 and 2001 that forced Democratic members of Congress and Democratic state legislators into Republican performing districts. Redistricting gave Republicans the ability to win elections and gain power.
The Foundation for the Future
The mission of the Foundation for the Future is to assure that legislative redistricting process that follows the 2010 census fairly reflects the interests of Democratic voters across the country. A fair redistricting process will enable the Democratic Party to maintain its majority in the United States House of Representatives and to increase its strength in state legislatures. If successful, the Foundation will allow Leader Pelosi and Democratic state legislative leaders throughout the country to pursue and enact a Democratic legislative agenda fit for the twenty first century.
Partners
Since it was formed in 2005 by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and the National Committee for an Effective Congress (NCEC Services), the Foundation for the Future has worked closely with our partners in the progressive community. The National Democratic Redistricting Trust, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC), the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), and the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) have partnered with us to ensure that Democrats nationwide are fully prepared for the upcoming redistricting fight.
The Foundation for the Future, the center of Democratic redistricting efforts in 2011, has developed this Resource Center to help guide all members of the Democratic community through the census, reapportionment, redistricting and the legal battles that we must fight to ensure fair representation for all Americans.