Eric Bronner is the Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Veterans for All Voters (VAV) – a veteran-led, cross-partisan community that is mobilizing military veterans as advocates for election innovations that unlock competition, make our politics less toxic and our government more responsible.
Eric graduated with honors from the United States Naval Academy in 1997, and served on active duty for eight years as a naval flight officer. Before discovering his passion for election reforms, Eric was a successful real estate broker and attorney in St. Louis, Missouri. For three years, Eric was a Board Leader with Show Me Integrity – a cross-partisan democracy reform organization that in 2020, helped pass an innovative, non-partisan Approval Voting system for St. Louis City.
After the 2020 election, a fellow veteran saw Eric’s passion for political reforms and recommended getting more veterans involved. Early in 2021, Eric put together an informal advisory board of veterans from across the country and political spectrum to investigate this opportunity. They discovered a true “white space” between the 40,000+ veteran service organizations (VSOs) and thousands of civic health, bridge building and reform organizations.
As such, Veterans for All Voters launched publicly, in Wisconsin, in October 2021. Since then, VAV has mobilized over 3,200 veterans and supporters in all 50 states. In 2022, VAV was a coalition partner with the successful “Yes on 3!” ballot amendment campaign to bring “Final-Five Voting” (a/k/a “the Alaska Election Model”) to Nevada. Now, in 2024, VAV’s 300+ veteran leaders are supporting over 20 different active reform campaigns in cities and states across the country. These efforts are opposed by both major political parties.
Eric is happily married to a talented home designer, and he is the proud father of three public school kids.
Visit www.VeteransforAllVoters.org for blogs, state-based efforts, and other resources.
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As one of the initial driving forces behind the Bridge Alliance and as chairman of the board, David L. Nevins brings business acumen, vision and a tireless this-must-and-can-be-done zeal to the burgeoning movement to bridge divides to transform the political process.
As a business leader, Nevins excels at building bridges between people and organizations from the right, left and center for civilized conversation and then action.
He co-founded the Bridge Alliance because, as he says, “No matter how well managed and how well funded any one organization is, significant political reform will not happen without an alliance to further collaborative interactions. Together we can and will raise the collective impact of all.”
Nevins is also co-publisher of The Fulcrum, a daily new publication committed to protecting democracy by educating the public on issues that matter. The Fulcrum is a key piece of a larger strategy to build a pro-democracy constituency of millions of Americans by making it easier to find and act on civic engagement opportunities. The Bridge Alliance, The Fulcrum, and Citizen Connect are all interconnected in their support of the ecosystem of our community of pro-democracy organizations and concerned and engaged citizens.
He established and continues to work with The Nevins Fellow program at The Mccourtney Institute of Democracy at Penn State University. The Nevins Fellows program allows students to complete internships at organizations that bring people together to solve common problems. In this program students begin by taking a Democratic Leadership class that introduces them to a different side of democracy—one that focuses not on campaigns and elections, but on bringing people together to work on common problems. Students learn about organizations doing this kind of work, and develop the skills necessary to facilitate conversations about community issues.
He is a member of the Aspen Institute Society of Fellows, with a focus on the Aspen Rodel Fellowship in Public Leadership.
Nevins graduated with honors in economics from Penn State in 1969 and received an M.B.A. in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. He continues as President of Nevins Real Estate Management. Nevins is married to Catherine Moyal Nevins. They currently reside in Palm Beach Gardens Florida and Cape May New Jersey.
