Lulu Friesdat

Executive Director & Co-Founder of SMART Elections

Ms. Friesdat is a thought leader, documentary filmmaker and TEDx Speaker. She co-founded and runs two nonprofits to improve and raise confidence in U.S. elections, SMART Elections and the Action Partner: SMART Legislation. She's contributed to Emmy award-winning coverage at ABC News and produced election security investigations that received over four million views. She's been both quoted and featured in the New York Times; and her journalism and advocacy work have been featured in The Washington Post, The Hill, Politico, Salon, MSN.com, the Young Turks, Truthout, City & State NY, NY Focus, Gothamist, and the Albany Times Union. She's had assignments with NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, CBS, Fox News Channel, and Nightline. Her first documentary "Holler Back - [not] Voting in an American Town" was featured in The Hollywood Reporter as part of a group of "thoughtful and provocative" films being made by women. Follow her on Twitter: @LuluFriesdat