Executive Director – Matt Breuer
Matt joined Students for a New American Politics in January of 2011 and became the Executive Director in August of that year. Prior to joining SNAP, Matt worked on a number of campaigns in Vermont, fighting to elect progressive leaders at the state and local level, and organizing Vermonters to support marriage equality. Outside of campaign work, he publishes an index that ranks the partisanship of state legislative seats across the country. Though he is a sophomore in college attending school out of state, Matt continues to be involved in state legislative politics, and is Vermont’s National Committeeman to the YDA.
Deputy Director – Adin Lykken
Adin joined Students for a New American Politics his first week at college and hasn’t looked back since. Prior to joining SNAP, Adin came from a non-profit background, having started and managed his own organization, Woofin & Hoofin, during high school in Illinois. Since becoming involved in politics, Adin has canvassed throughout New England, lobbied for the CT DREAM Act at the state capitol, and interned for the U.S. Senate. When he’s not working on SNAP, Adin enjoys studying behavioral economics and rowing on the Housatonic River.

Finance Director – Amalia Skilton
Amalia Skilton is a 2010 SNAP Organizing Fellowship alumna and is originally from Phoenix, AZ. She is responsible for raising and managing SNAP’s budget. Her service and activism focus on LGBTQ issues, homelessness and poverty. Dedicated to building grassroots power to win tangible change, Amalia has worked on five electoral campaigns, as an organizer with the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty, as a Liman Fellow at the ACLU of Arizona, and with AmeriCorps as a tax preparer and case manager for homeless and low-income people. When she’s not organizing, Amalia is in the library studying theoretical linguistics, or in the kitchen trying out new vegan recipes.

Fellowship Program Director – Suzanna Fritzberg
Suzanna Fritzberg has been a member of Students for A New American Politics since December 2010, and became the Fellowship Program Director this past August. Suzanna has been actively involved in activism and public service for a number of years, including chairing a Youth Court in her native Seattle, Washington. Beyond the world of politics, she participates in theater as a producer and stage manger.





