Carlos Valverde was the founding State Director of the Colorado Working Families Party and now serves as the Southwest Regional Director of the Working Families Party (WFP) where he oversees electoral and organizing campaigns in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. In recent years, he has led electoral efforts that have mobilized hundreds of volunteers, outreached to millions of voters, and helped elect working families champions from schools boards to congress.

Carlos has more than 25 years of experience in grassroots community organizing, coalition building, and social change work. Prior to WFP, Carlos spent six years in Nicaragua where he worked in community based economic development and empowerment programs with the Peace Corps and other international organizations. Prior to Nicaragua, Carlos served as an Executive Director for the Colorado Progressive Coalition, where he led numerous legislative and ballot measure campaigns for racial, economic, and health justice.

Carlos was born and raised in Denver’s Westside, an epicenter of the Chicano movement. He has an undergraduate degree from The Colorado College and a Master degree in Nonprofit Management from Regis University. He currently sits on the boards of Free Speech TV, a national non-corporate media outlet, and COLOR Action Fund, a reproductive justice organization.