Joshua Forrester Field

Joshua Forrester Field brings a unique combination of campaign, government, litigation, and philanthropic experiences to ForresterField.

Josh began his professional career in Sen Barbara Boxer’s press office in the days when junior comms staffers cut daily news clips by hand. He has since become a campaign veteran, including work on both of President Obama’s campaigns and the '16 Hillary for America Campaign, where he oversaw the largest voter protection operation in Pennsylvania election history.

In addition to his campaign addiction, Josh’s programmatic and policy experience includes managing the Legal Progress program at the Center for American Progress and helping develop and grow progressive issue campaigns at the Wyss Foundation. He served in the Obama Administration as the Peace Corps Press Director and litigated both trial- and appellate- level criminal law cases as a proud public defender and at the Innocence Project Northwest.

Josh is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law and the George Washington University and is a member of the California and Washington State Bar Associations and spends too much time rooting for the A's, 9ers, and West Ham United.

selected publications

Uncounted Votes, The Racially Discriminatory Effects of Provisional Ballots, Center for American Progress, October 2014 (with Ana Chu and Charles Posner)
Hobby Lobby’s Potentially Slippery Slope, Center for American Progress, March 2014
The Voting Rights Playbook, Center for American Progress, January 2014
Unequal Access, a County-by-County Analysis of Election Administration in Swing States in the 2012 Election, Center for American Progress, January 2014 (with Anna Chu and Charles Posner)
Marriage Equality and the Supreme Court, Center for American Progress, June 2013 (with Crosby Burns)

professional organization membership

State Bar of California

Washington State Bar Association

education

University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, WA

Juris Doctor

The George Washington University, Washington, DC

BA in Political Communication; cum laude

selected work experience

PA Victory 2016/Hillary for America Coordinated Campaign; Philadelphia, PA; Voter Protection Director
The Wyss Foundation; Washington, DC; Program Manager and Deputy General Counsel
Center for American Progress; Washington, DC; Managing and Deputy Director, Legal Progress
2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee; Washington, DC; Senior Advisor for Media, Tickets/Credentials
Organizing for America-Nevada; Las Vegas, NV; Director of Special Projects, Voter Protection
Charlotte in 2012 Democratic Convention Host Committee; Charlotte, NC; Counsel and Director of Communications
Snohomish County Public Defender Association; Everett, WA; Staff Attorney
The Peace Corps; Washington, DC; Press Director
Obama for America; Seattle, WA; Washington State Communications Director
Innocence Project Northwest Clinic, University of Washington School of Law; Seattle, WA; Rule 9 Intern
Washington Democratic Party Voter Protection Project; Seattle, WA; Assistant to the Director
Friends of Patrick Kennedy; Washington, DC; Deputy National Finance Director
MO Democratic Party/Carnahan Coordinated Campaign; St. Louis, MO; Deputy Communications Director
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer; Washington, DC Press Assistant