Khalid Pitts is the National Political Director for the Sierra Club. In this capacity Mr. Pitts is responsible for directing the Sierra Club’s national political program and electoral campaigns. Prior to joining the Sierra Club, he was the Director of Strategic Campaigns for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), coordinating the organization’s national issue campaign efforts around issues such as Civil Rights and Voting Rights, Social Security, Children’s Health (SCHIP) and Medicaid.
In addition, he played a principle role for the SEIU as it worked to pass the Affordable Care Act helping found and serve as Co-Chair of the Executive Board of Health Care for America Now (HCAN) – the national coalition representing 30 million people formed to promote, defend, implement, and improve the Affordable Care Act (ACA) at the state and federal levels.
