Joanna Belanger
Associate Director, Individual Giving
Joanna Belanger is the Associate Director of Individual Giving at American Progress. Prior to joining the Center, she spent five years fundraising for Democratic candidates and causes including Sens. Al Franken (D-MN) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Joanna served as finance director on several races in that time including Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Alex Sink for Governor, and Bill Halter for Senate. Before her time in politics, Joanna worked in nonprofit development and outreach.
Most recently, Joanna was financial strategies director at NextGen Persuasion. She worked with Democratic campaigns to implement best practices in their finance departments. Her focus was on integrating high- and low-dollar fundraising approaches to create a cohesive overall plan utilizing multiple channels of outreach and messaging.
Joanna studied English and creative writing at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
