Jessy Tolkan

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Jessy Tolkan is an 8-year veteran of the youth organizing and voting movement. Jessy has worked as the Wisconsin State Director for the New Voters Project, registering over 130,000 18-24 year old voters across the state and helping to produce one of the highest youth voter turnout rates in the country, a historic 11% increase in youth voter turnout in the US, the largest increase since 18 year-olds got the right to vote. In 2006, Jessy was recently named one of the "Real Hot 100," an award given to women making real change in their communities. Jessy currently serves as the Executive Director of Programs for the Energy Action Coalition, a coalition of more than 40 youth organizations united in their fight for the clean energy future.