Elianne Farhat has been a leader in many successful local, state and national campaigns throughout her 15 years of community, labor, and electoral organizing. Elianne’s commitment to building power in poor and working class communities of color has been a constant thread through her diverse work experience – whether that be while organizing New American voters in Chicago, electing Minnesota’s first progressive governor in more than 20 years, or advancing strategic campaigns securing historic policy wins for millions of working families. In 2018, she became TakeAction’s Executive Director and is responsible for operationalizing the ambitious vision of TakeAction Minnesota’s leadership into concrete and meaningful action.

Elianne is the first in her Lebanese father’s family to be born in the United States and of Lakota (Standing Rock) descent on her mother’s side. She serves on the boards of People’s Action and the State Power Caucus, and is the recipient of the TNG-CWA Local 32035 Organizer of the Year award and the Joan Growe Award for Distinguished Commitment to Expanding Access to Democracy and Justice. Elianne grew up in Northeast Minneapolis and currently lives in Saint Paul’s Midway neighborhood with her husband and daughter.