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Todd Connor
Board Member

Todd Connor is currently CEO of Veterans for All Voters, an organization he co-founded to give a voice and a platform for the military connected community to address political polarization
through election reforms and innovations. Todd is also the founder of Bunker Labs, a national entrepreneurship organization dedicated to helping the military-connected community start and
grow businesses. Founded in Chicago in 2014, Bunker Labs grew to over 40 chapters across the United States before being acquired into the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military
Families at Syracuse University in 2024.

Todd is a former management consultant, U.S. Navy veteran, and has held many leadership roles in the public and private sector. In addition to Bunker Labs and Veterans for All Voters, he
is also the founder of The Collective Academy, a leadership development consulting firm, as well as Emerson House, a luxe retreat venue in La Porte, Indiana. Todd holds a BA from
Northwestern University, an MBA from the University of Chicago and is the author of Third Shift Entrepreneur (Wiley, 2021).

Todd serves as the lead faculty for the President George W. Bush Veteran Leadership Program in Dallas, Texas and is an Executive in Residence at the University of Chicago Booth School of
Business where he is also an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Strategy. He has been recognized as a Presidential Leadership Scholar, a Presidio Fellow, and is a thought leader on
entrepreneurship, military veterans, and election reform.

Todd serves on the boards of the National Civic League, National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers, First Women’s Bank, Bunker Labs and is a venture partner with the Academy
Investor Network. Todd, his husband Andrew, and their son Jasper live between Hyde Park, Chicago and Northwest Indiana.

Visit www.BunkerLabs.org or www.VeteransforAllVoters.org for media kits, blogs, strategic plans, and other resources.

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Diana Romero CampbellChairCouncil Member, Denver District 4 Mayor Ramiro Garza Jr.Vice ChairMayor, City of Edinburg Adam CarlisleTreasurerVice President of Labor Relations, Southwest Airlines Angela MontezBoard MemberSpecial Counsel, Eversheds Sutherland Ray BarayBoard MemberFormer Chief of Staff, ICMA Michelle BarsaBoard MemberPrincipal, Programs and Policy, Omidyar Network Hon. Mary Ann BorgesonBoard MemberNACo Immediate Past President; Commissioner, Douglas County, NE T.C. BroadnaxBoard MemberCity Manager, City of Austin Charlotte CastilloBoard MemberExecutive Director, Poderistas Maia ComeauBoard MemberPresident Comeau & Company Todd ConnorBoard MemberCEO, Veterans for All Voters Mayor John DaileyBoard MemberMayor John Dailey, City of Tallahassee, FL Johnny DuPreeBoard MemberFormer Mayor, Hattiesburg, MS Mayor Malik D. EvansBoard MemberMayor of Rochester, NY Ayeola FortuneBoard MemberVice President, Impact Programs, United Way Worldwide Mayor Patti GarrettBoard Member (Former Chair)Mayor of Decatur, Georgia Sara GiffordBoard MemberCo-founder and COO, ActiVote Michelle GowdyBoard MemberExecutive Director, Virginia Municipal League J. Rita McNeil Danish, Esq.Board MemberPrincipal and Founder, JD² Strategists LLC Tony PeytonBoard MemberExecutive Vice President & Chief of Staff, National Center for Families Learning Frederick J. RileyBoard MemberExecutive Director of Weave: The Social Fabric Project at the Aspen Institute Monte RoulierBoard MemberPresident & Co-Founder Community Initiatives Inc. Irica SolomonBoard MemberHead of Corporate Citizenship, Government Affairs and Advocacy at Mission Square Mayor Vince WilliamsBoard MemberMayor of Union City, GA Wendy WillisBoard MemberExecutive Director, Deliberative Democracy Consortium

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