María Teresa Kumar is the co-founder and President of Voto Latino Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization, and its sister 501(c)(4) advocacy organization, Voto Latino. Voto Latino Foundation and Voto Latino are the largest and most effective Latino voter registration and Latino youth advocacy organizations in the country, respectively. Fast Company named María Teresa one of the 100 Most Creative Minds, TIME Magazine named her one of thirteen Latinos reshaping industries and the country, and the Analyst Institute recognized Voto Latino with an Expy Award for expanding the field of voter registration. A sought-after political leader and strategist, she advised President Barack Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, and she currently serves on the National Task Force on Election Crises. She is an Emmy-nominated analyst for MSNBC and serves on the boards of Steve Madden, Emily’s List, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Additionally, she is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. Raised in Sonoma, California. María Teresa lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, Raj Kumar, and their two children. She is a first-generation graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the University of California, Davis.
