Ian Pajer-Rogers

Ian Pajer-Rogers has worked on a variety of public policy issues over the past decade in the arenas of communications, grassroots organizing, training, and fundraising. That work has included ensuring the passage of the Affordable Care Act, stopping the construction of a for-profit immigration prisons in Illinois, working to fight illegal foreclosures, lobbying Congress to pass a national pay-stub standard to stem wage theft, and more. In 2015, Ian directed the digital communications team on the historic campaign to elect Jesus "Chuy" Garcia as Mayor of Chicago, which forced the incumbent into an unprecedented runoff before suffering a narrow defeat. Ian recently moved back to Pittsburgh from Chicago. In his spare time, he enjoys reading and writing, going to the movies, watching and playing sports, traveling, hiking with his dog Omar, and playing pinball. (Pittsburgh)