About Us – Ranked Choice NY

Our Mission

Ranked Choice NY is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that educates and advocates for Ranked Choice Voting in New York.

We're building support to implement Ranked Choice Voting in local and statewide elections throughout the Empire State. Our goal is putting more power in the hands of voters... where it belongs.

Our Team

Julia Muench

Interim ED

About Julia

Julia is an attorney, teacher, and community organizer. She first knocked on doors for Ranked Choice Voting in 2010, as well as sustainable energy policies and other advocacy campaigns. From 2012 to 2014, Julia served as a teacher in the US Peace Corps in Kenya. In that role, Julia taught high school classes of up to 80 students at a time, organized community health and nutrition programs, trained and assisted colleagues in grant writing, and organized gender equality and empowerment programs for youth. Upon returning to the US, Julia enrolled in law school to fight for a sustainable future and to root out corruption in politics.

Julia earned her J.D. at Vermont Law School, and is currently an associate attorney with Super Law Group, a public-interest environmental law firm. Julia grew up in Nassau County and earned her B.S. in Natural Resources Management at SUNY ESF in Onondaga County. She currently lives in Brooklyn and is a registered Democrat.

Nick Stabile

Board Chair

About Nick

Nick is an experienced attorney who has worked on election reform and voting rights across government, political campaigns, and private practice. He designed and drafted the bill to bring Ranked Choice Voting to New York City, as Counsel to the New York City 2019 Charter Revision Commission. He previously served as Chief of Staff & Counsel to a New York State Senator. And he has led voter protection teams for political campaigns and nonpartisan organizations.

Nick is a member of the Advisory Board of Rank the Vote. He holds a J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review, and a B.A. from Emory University. He lives with his wife in New York City, and is admitted to practice law in New York.

TJ Magno

Co-Founder

About TJ

TJ has experience in both local and statewide government. He has made it his goal to bring fairness and equality to our political processes. TJ has volunteered on campaigns ranging from school board to the presidency and has also worked in the fields of digital marketing and entrepreneurship.

TJ holds a B.S. in Business & Technology from Stevens Institute of Technology where he was a Senator in the Student Government Association and the founder of Castle Point Politics, a nonpartisan student club focused on voter registration. He also holds an MBA from Molloy College. TJ lives in the Village of Malverne on Long Island and is a registered independent voter.

Becca Bailey

Treasurer

About Becca

A lifelong upstate New Yorker, Becca is passionate in her search for solutions to voter apathy. She is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with experience in risk management and internal controls. Ms. Bailey has volunteered with various political campaigns. She currently serves on the University at Buffalo Child Care Center board of directors.

As an alumnus of the Heart of NY program, she volunteers with them regularly to train youth leadership. She holds a BBA/MBA degrees in Accounting from Niagara University and is a registered Republican voter.

Dave Heller

Founder

About Dave

Dave has been a Ranked Choice Voting advocate since 2000. He worked on the 2002 RCV campaign in San Francisco and was the campaign coordinator for the 2004 campaign in Berkeley, California, which won with more than 72% of the vote. He was elected as a Board Member of Californians for Electoral Reform.

He recently moved back to his home in Dutchess County and is ready to bring election reform to New York State. He has a degree in Physics from Bard College and is a registered Green Party voter.