Ben Wessel is an organizer and political activist passionate about mobilizing young people to vote. Ben spent seven years at NextGen America, the nation's largest youth vote organization which works to electing progressive candidates by turning out young voters, including two years as Executive Director. Before joining NextGen in 2014, Ben worked for Cory Booker’s campaign for U.S. Senate in New Jersey, as the Political Campaigns Manager for 350.org Action, and as the Youth Vote Director for President Obama’s reelection campaign in New Hampshire. His work in the youth climate movement has taken him from a Russian research vessel in the Norwegian Arctic to the halls of Congress and state capitols across the country. He is a board member of the Alliance for Youth Action and a native of the District of Columbia.