TEAM
A partnership of Milan de Vries, Dom Lowell, Eli Pariser, and Erica Williams Simon, Story Strategy Group blends expertise in data science, culture, technology, media, and movement building to help organizations and funders use narrative to drive meaningful change.
Milan de Vries (he/him)
Milan de Vries brings deep expertise in data science, analytics, and research methodology to narrative strategy. A molecular biologist by training with a PhD from MIT, he spent eight years as Director of Analytics at MoveOn before turning full time to research projects. He is an Associate Research Scholar at Johns Hopkins University, where he studies civic landscapes and democracy.
Dom Lowell (he/him)
Dom Lowell specializes in strategic implementation and partnership development for narrative change initiatives. His experience spans presidential campaigns, advocacy organizations, and movement-building efforts, with leadership roles at Democracy Alliance, Human Rights Campaign, and Rock the Vote. As National LGBTQ Outreach Director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, he led strategy and execution for LGBTQ voter engagement.
Eli Pariser (he/him)
Eli Pariser is an author, activist, and entrepreneur focused on how to make technology and media serve democracy. He has served as President and Executive Director of MoveOn.org, wrote the bestselling 2011 book The Filter Bubble, which introduced the term to the lexicon, and co-founded the media startup Upworthy and Avaaz.org, the world’s largest citizen’s organization. With Deepti Doshi, he currently co-directs New_ Public, a nonprofit R&D lab designing and building more flourishing and equitable digital spaces.
Erica Williams Simon (she/her)
Erica Williams Simon combines expertise in narrative strategy, digital content, and cultural change. As founder and former Head of Snapchat's Creator's Lab and Creative Director at Upworthy, she has pioneered new approaches to engaging diverse, digital-native audiences. Her work spans sectors and strategies, from leading Millennial programs at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Center for American Progress to facilitating learning spaces and advising faith leaders and culture-makers. A board member at Cinereach, she brings particular expertise in helping organizations authentically engage with culture and community.