Michael J. Frias has over twenty years combined experience in politics,
state government, and the federal government. Prior to joining Catalist,
Michael was at the Department of Homeland Security. While there, he
served as Deputy Chair of the Common Vetting Task Force and led the
interagency development of a Big Data environment to improve information
sharing across the DHS Enterprise and the Intelligence Community.
Michael was awarded the Secretary’s Award for Excellence by Secretary
Jeh Johnson for his outstanding work.
Previously, Michael served as Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick’s Chief of
Staff on Capitol Hill. He also worked on national, statewide, congressional,
and municipal campaigns across the country, including California, Florida,
and Ohio. Notably, he was the Arizona Coordinated Campaign Director in
2006 and the State Director for America Coming Together (ACT) in 2004.
Michael currently leads Catalist, a progressive data and analytics firm
where he serves as the company’s first Latino CEO. He also serves on the
advisory boards of Higher Ground Labs, Equis Research, and Poder
Latinx.
Michael is a native Arizonan. He currently lives in Washington, D.C. with his
wife, Carmen, and their four children.