Michael Podhorzer is the assistant to the president for strategic research for the AFL-CIO, a federation of 55 labor unions representing 12.5 million members. An experienced analyst, he is the lead architect of the strategy to expand labor’s political reach to all of America’s working families, whether or not they are covered by collective bargaining agreements. Podhorzer has worked in politics for the past 25 years. He is the co-chair of Catalist, founding chair of the Analyst Institute and on the boards of numerous progressive organizations, including America Votes and the Committee on States.