Sam Novey

Sam is Director of Voter Contact Innovation for the Foundation for Civic Leadership where he is designing a certification program to celebrate colleges and universities that effectively engage their students in elections. He got his start in politics in 2006 as a field organizer and staff assistant for a congressional campaign. Later, he worked as social media director for statewide and senate campaigns. Bostonians know him as “Burgerman”—the marathon-running, burger suit-clad, Game Show Network-sponsored mascot for B.good burgers. His work inspired the “Burger Brigades,” which have raised over $100,000 for local Boston charities. He graduated from Harvard University in 2011 where he was elected first class marshal. Immediately before beginning his current project, Sam started the TurboVote college partnerships program in 2012 which has now grown to serve 95,000 students on over 220 partner campus.