About Jo Comerford
Jo Comerford
Executive Director
Jo joined the National Priorities Project staff in 2008 bringing with her two decades of work as a community organizer, and a strong background in nonprofit administration. Most recently, Jo served as Director of Programs at The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. Prior to The Food Bank, Jo directed the American Friends Service Committee's western Massachusetts office. Jo travels extensively for NPP, offering budget talks and facilitating participatory workshops. She is a frequent media contributor with pieces appearing in outlets such as The Nation, TomDispatch, The Huffington Post, Salon.com, Mother Jones and Dollars and Sense. Jo holds an MSW in community organizing from Hunter College School of Social Work and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Smith College School of Social Work.
Recent Blog Entries from Jo
- Celebrating the Life and Work of Greg Speeter
- What would the next generation do with $1 trillion?
- Sunlight Makes Government Accountable
- Build a Better Budget: Send Your Priorities To Congress Today
- We hear you Mr. Norquist but we will not yield!
- A Decade After 9/11: The Dollars and Sense of War
- Mapping Essential State and County Data About Federal Spending and Social Well-being
- New Resources from the National Women’s Law Center: State-by-State Fact Sheets for Super-Committee Advocacy
- White House Holds State Calls About Budget Deal
- Mainers Want Their Federal Income Taxes Spent on Education, Health Care