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YEO Bios
DOMINICK MORENO State Representative
Commerce City, Colorado

State Representative Dominick Moreno was born and raised in Commerce City, Colorado. He
attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in
American government. Less than a year after his college graduation, Moreno was elected to the
Commerce City Council. He served on the council for three years and as mayor pro-tem before
being elected to the Colorado General Assembly representing District 32. He serves as assistant
majority leader and recently sponsored legislation to expand school breakfast in low-income
schools, raise the minimum wage, and increase the ability of rural communities to invest in
renewable energy. @domoreno

ADAM MORFELD State Senator
Lincoln, Nebraska

Senator Adam Morfeld was elected to the Nebraska legislature in 2014, representing downtown
and Northeast Lincoln. His legislative agenda focuses on strengthening education, providing a
strong voice for working Nebraskans, affordable higher education, and ensuring quality of life and
stability for seniors. Senator Morfeld graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with
a BA in political science and earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Nebraska-College
of Law in 2012. He specializes in voting rights and non-profit administration and compliance.
While an undergrad in 2008 he founded and is currently the executive director of Nebraskans
for Civic Reform (NCR), a non-partisan, non-profit organization that engages youth through
substantive community service and leadership programs in schools, and ensuring elections are
accessible for youth, low-income people, people with disabilities, and seniors through voting rights
investigations, litigation, research, and policy advocacy.

SVANTE MYRICK Mayor
Ithaca, New York

Svante L. Myrick was sworn into office in January 2012 and became, at 24, the City of Ithaca’s
youngest mayor and first mayor of color. Myrick was first elected to the Common Council at
the age of 20 while still a junior at Cornell. His first budget included a radical overhaul of city
government that merged departments, streamlined processes, and was able to successfully close
a $3 million deficit—all while delivering the lowest tax increa