Meet some of the dedicated leaders working to bring National Popular Vote to Florida.
Kathleen Ridder Crampton
Kathleen Ridder Crampton is the Chair of Floridians for National Popular Vote. Along with the other members of the Senior Core Team, she oversees the activities of this growing organization in Florida. As one of its founding members, she has been involved both on the state and national movement to elect the President of the United States by popular Vote.
Kathleen had a career as a senior executive with experience across the Health Care sector including health insurance, hospital management, health care consulting, and early stage companies funded by venture capital. Most recently, she worked for Centene Corporation and for United Healthcare of Florida, Inc, Community Plan.
Kathleen also sits on a number of boards in information systems, health care, and financial sectors. A graduate of Boston University with a BA in American History, Kathleen holds an MPH in Public Health from Harvard University, and a MBA in Finance from George Washington University. She is a Certified Financial Planner/CFP.
Deb Mazzaferro
Deb believes the NPVIC is the best way to ensure every vote counts in electing the president and vice-president. Since 2017 she has been an advocate, Subject Matter Expert and founding member of Floridians for NPV.
Deb’s role includes building coalitions, marketing and legislative advocacy.
Since 2001, Deb has been known as CoachMaz, guiding small businesses in their sales and marketing strategy and execution.
Kim Lansing
Kim assists on the Communications & Website Committees of “Floridians for the National Popular Vote”. The position serves as the web administrator for the organization’s website and is responsible for maintaining monthly communications with the organization’s database. The position supports the Marketing Committee in all marketing, public relations and communications activities and projects for the organization.
Ms. Lansing is a member of the League of Women’s Voters since 2018. She became interested in the League and the National Popular Vote after hearing a presentation on the topic. In the past, she served as the Communications Coordinator for Palm Healthcare Foundation. In this capacity Ms. Lansing supported the communications, community outreach, fundraising, grant making and social change campaign objectives of the foundation. She also served as the web administrator for Palm Healthcare Foundation and Hearing the Ovarian Cancer websites and was responsible for all aspects of the Foundation’s online and social media presence.
Ms. Lansing is a graduate of Marymount University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University.
Leslie Feinberg
Leslie who is now retired, had a career spanning 38+ years working in advanced and production manufacturing engineering. Responsibilities include tooling and test equipment development, process planning and troubleshooting, cost analysis, project planning, estimating, program acquisition and management. Her education includes a bachelor’s degree in Ceramic Engineering (high temperature inorganic materials) and an MBA.
Leslie became interested in NPV when it was introduced at a Florida League of Women Voters state convention. She believes that NPV is the future. The challenge however would be dependent on educating voters about the US constitution and its relationship to the Electoral College. In order to comprehend how NPV will work voters need the clear and accurate facts.
Leslie has worked with the League of Women Voters since 2013 as Treasurer for the Orange County Chapter. Currently she serves as Chair of the Finance and Budget committees and is an active member of the Government Committee. In addition her enthusiasm for the project Leslie offers her skills to FFNPV for event planning, data analysis, finance, budgeting and problem solving.
Graduated from the State University of New York at Alfred with a bachelor’s degree in Ceramic Engineering (high temperature inorganic materials) and then earned a graduate MBA from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) in Melbourne, Fl., in 1983.
Daniel Lishansky
Daniel Lishansky has spent his career in government and information systems technologies. He is a former Police Deputy Chief and an attorney. Daniel serves on the statewide Steering Committee of Floridians for National Popular Vote and is the Chair of the Palm Beach County District.
He is an advocate for National Popular Vote because it is a conservative and constitutional remedy for the inequities created by winner-take-all in the states. Its adoption will make every vote count and every vote will count equally.
In addition to National Popular Vote, Daniel has been active with several civil rights and non-profit groups, and regularly registers new voters as part of his work with the League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County.
Dr. Anne Coppenhaver
Anne serves as a co-chair of the Orange County NPV group (with Louise Thompson), and also serves on the state steering committee as liaison to the district chairs. She works with Marcia Herman to plan and lead the monthly meetings of district chairs.
As a retired public school teacher, high school principal and university educator, she searched for ways to influence change. Through the League of Women Voters of Orange County new member orientation, she became aware of a viable solution to the thorny issue of “the electoral college”: the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact movement. In her retirement she has committed to this logical, reasonable and viable change.
Anne has committed herself to being an influence for organization and efficacy wherever she finds herself: classroom teacher leader; high school principal; university professor. She has been a cognitive coach for generations of teachers and principals in Gulf Coast Texas before moving to Florida 3 years ago. She remains active in the LWV Orange County Government Committee and offers those same skills of empowerment, organization, and problem solving to our Floridians for NPV efforts.