David Pechefsky has over 20 years of experience in government, politics, and civic engagement. He worked for the central staff of the City Council for over ten years becoming the Council’s in-house expert on housing policy, ran for Council himself in 2009, is a past President of Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats, and has provided training and technical assistance to the legislatures of Liberia, Iraq, Somalia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Nepal. Currently, he is a Senior Advisor at Generation Citizen, a national nonprofit devoted to youth civic education.