Brian Clancy, co-founder of the Bridge Alliance’s signature Citizen Connect project, had the wonderful opportunity to interview Nick Troiano on Feb. 15 for the CityBiz “Meet the Change Leaders” series.
Troiano is the founding executive director of Unite America, a philanthropic venture fund that invests in nonpartisan election reform to foster a more representative and functional government. He is the author of “The Primary Solution: Rescuing our Democracy from the Fringes” (Simon & Schuster, February 2024).
As America heads into another critical election year, “The Primary Solution” offers voters across the political spectrum a realistic roadmap to a more representative and functional democracy.
Since 2019, Unite America has invested more than $70 million to help win 25 state reform victories and 25 municipal policy victories. In 2014, Troiano ran for the House of Representatives in Pennsylvania’s 10th district and was both the youngest candidate of the cycle and the most competitive independent congressional candidate nationally in over two decades.
Troiano earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in American government from Georgetown University and, as an undergraduate, co-founded and endowed the Social Innovation and Public Service Fund. He regularly provides commentary to a range of media outlets on topics of democracy and politics, and he has been featured in three documentaries: “Follow the Leader,” “Broken Eggs” and “Unrepresented.” He lives in Denver.
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Watch the interview to learn the full extent of Troiano’s remarkable work and perhaps you’ll become more civically engaged as well.
The Fulcrum Democracy Forum Meets Nick Troiano, Founding Executive Director of Unite Americawww.youtube.com
