Erin Mazursky
Executive Director, Over Zero
2026
Erin Mazursky serves as Executive Director of Over Zero, which works to build resilient communities that stand against political and identity-based violence and forge a world whose people have rebuilt the bonds and norms to live into a connected, thriving future. Maz is a seasoned leader with two decades of experience at the intersection of community-building, democracy, and resistance to authoritarianism. She has supported grassroots movements in over 20 countries and brings deep expertise in organizing, movement strategy, and peacebuilding. Maz founded the Participatory Democracy Lab to help clients design community-driven solutions and strengthen democratic resilience. She previously led Families Belong Together at the National Domestic Workers Alliance and founded Rhize, a global network supporting pro-democracy and social justice movements worldwide. Her career began as a student organizer co-founding STAND, and later as a youth advisor at USAID after organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Her work has been featured in outlets including The Hill, Foreign Policy, and Waging Nonviolence. A fourth-generation New Yorker with southern roots, Maz lives in Brooklyn with her wife and two young children.
This cannot be thought of as a conference or a summit. The stakes are simply too high and the data/conversation and methods to drive action more valuable/motivating than any gathering I have attended. I took more than 100 pages of notes and have shared them with my CBS News leadership team, anchors, producers, and correspondents. Nothing about this gathering was easy. The agony around this topic is real. But no one curious about it could ask for a more devoted, rational, or unflinching look into this dark but decipherable world.
