Our team

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With over 20 years of campaign expertise, Donna Davis brings unparalleled field operation experience to Vox Pop Solutions. Her distinguished career began as MoveOn.Org's Mountain States Volunteer Regional Coordinator, and she later earned recognition as the Political Director of Colorado Black Women for Political Action.

Donna has orchestrated voter engagement initiatives at the highest levels, serving as senior program manager for voter research at Vote Rev and Everybody Votes, where she helped develop "vote tripling" and other mainstream voter contact methods. Her strategic vision has been instrumental in mobilizing communities across multiple high-profile campaigns, including those for President Biden, Secretary Clinton, and Senators Klobuchar, Warnock, and Ossoff.

Her remarkable field credentials include supervising over 3 million nationwide campaign door-knocks, securing hundreds of thousands of petition signatures, and collecting more than 110,000 voter registration forms in Florida alone.

As a published author and respected voice in political organizing, Donna's expertise has been featured in national media outlets, including BET's Finding Justice. She studied Biological Anthropology at the University of Colorado at Denver and resides in Central Florida with her husband, where they enjoy xeriscaping and sailing.

Dr. Maria Cole is the Founder and Director of Common Purpose Initiative LLC and previously served as the Executive Director of Paragon Florida, Inc., where she was also a board member.

As a dedicated community advocate, she has tirelessly worked to address organizational and community concerns. She has built strong relationships with community members, elected officials, organizational and business leaders, and advocates supporting the needs of the community and identifying resources that advance a shared vision of community building and small business development.
Currently, in Palm Beach County, Dr. Cole coordinates conferences and training sessions for various community organizations and issue-driven campaigns to cultivate local leadership and promote community engagement. She has spent her entire adult life in pursuit of social and economic justice for underserved and disenfranchised populations. Passionate about the intricacies of political campaigns, she excels in the strategic leadership of community organizations and is highly skilled in budget management and planning, social media
development, and fundraising. Her work is driven by a deep commitment to community
engagement and empowering individuals to recognize and exercise their own agency in
transforming their lives and neighborhoods. For the past 10 years, she has focused specifically on communities in Riviera Beach and West Palm Beach.

Before assuming her current leadership roles, Dr. Cole earned her D.M.D. from Temple University, where she later became an Associate Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics. She operated a successful private dental practice in Palm Beach County, which included providing pro bono treatment to indigent and migrant families, displaced individuals, victims of domestic violence, and young adults who had aged out of the foster care system.

Over the more than 25 years she has lived in Palm Beach County, Dr. Cole has served on
numerous organizational boards dedicated to supporting displaced women, the homeless, youth, and children. These organizations share a common mission of improving the quality of life for the area's most marginalized residents.

Dr. Cole also works with The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary, Dr. Cornel West —a Dartmouth College Montgomery Fellow. She earned her A.B. in Visual Studies from Dartmouth College and currently serves as President of the Black Alumni at Dartmouth Association.

Joshua is a seasoned political consultant with over a decade of experience spanning campaign management, journalism, training, and sales. 

With 15 years in management, 10 campaign cycles, and 10 years as a successful journalist, Joshua adds both leadership experience and media expertise to Vox Pop Solutions. His background in sales and project management are also enhanced by a Lean Six Sigma Certification, which he uses to identify ways to keep campaigns operating efficiently, effectively, and under budget. 

A lifelong Democrat, his commitment to progressive values began early, volunteering at Tampa’s WMNF Community Radio—Florida’s first community station.

Joshua studied Political Science at Loyola University New Orleans, and then began his fieldwork in 2005 as a door-to-door canvasser for the Sierra Club’s wetlands protection campaign. After evacuating during Hurricane Katrina, he continued his education at the University of San Francisco before returning to New Orleans to complete his degree.

Following ten years in private sector leadership, Joshua returned to political work during the 2020 George Floyd solidarity protests, earning his second Jen Germaine News Volunteer of the Year award. That year, he led research efforts for Florida For All and served as Regional Director for Hard Knocks Strategies with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, working to restore voting rights for returning citizens.

In 2021, he helped Delegate Dawn Adams—Virginia’s only LGBTQIA+ House member—win both her primary and general election. 

He later piloted VoteRev’s innovative voter outreach in Florida and North Carolina, facilitating over 40,000 peer-to-peer digital voting reminders.

Joshua’s field leadership contributed to major wins in Minnesota, where his team knocked over 30,000 doors to help flip the state legislature and reelect Gov. Tim Walz, securing the first Democratic trifecta in nearly a decade. He went on to lead one of the top performing GOTV teams in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff, helping deliver a critical win for Sen. Raphael Warnock.

He has also supported high-stakes races in New York and Georgia, helping Rep. Lucy McBath win her 2022 primary by a 31-point margin, assisting Josh Lafazan’s congressional bid, and working to reelect Tom Suozzi in NY-03. Most recently, Joshua played a key role in Chris Ryan’s battleground NY Senate victory, and consulted on successful campaigns for Rachel May and Lea Webb.

Joshua brings deep field experience, a strategic mindset, and a passion for empowering progressive candidates to every campaign he touches.

Emmanuel cultivated a profound sense of civic responsibility from an early age. His political engagement began at just four years old, making him the youngest registered volunteer nationwide for John Kerry's Presidential campaign. In 2018, freshly out of high school, Emmanuel moved to Florida, keen to advance his passion for civic participation by supporting mid-term voter registration initiatives. His exceptional performance soon saw him climb the ranks to Deputy State Data Director. Balancing his pursuit of a Computer Science degree at CU Boulder, Emmanuel collaborated with a D.C. based consulting firm during his breaks. There, he served as Deputy Field Director, contributing to numerous high-profile political campaigns across the U.S. Some of his contributions include Andrew Gillum's Florida Gubernatorial campaign, Stephen Daniel's Congressional run in Texas, and Amy Klobuchar's Presidential Primary campaign across states including New York, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Nevada. Currently, Emmanuel pioneers digital engagement strategies at Dream.org as a Digital Campaigner. He is leading innovative projects such as the creation of an AI-integrated virtual study group, developing mentorship programs, and executing multi-tiered campaign engagement plans. Combining his computer science expertise with his knack for civic engagement, Emmanuel continues to foster an inclusive, tech-empowered community. 

Born in Wiesbaden, Germany. She was raised in Tampa Florida and New York City, and is a graduate of Howard W. Blake Visual and Performing Arts High School. She attended the University of South Florida and earned a Bachelors of Science in Public Health degree.

She has worked with various non-profits focusing on music and art education in Florida while working in healthcare related roles.

She is passionate about public health and maintaining public safety which led to her

involvement in Vox Pop Solutions to focus on improving the lives of America people starting in Florida.