Eden James

As National Campaign Director at Democracy House, Eden leads Stand for Campus Freedom, a campaign uniting alumni across generations, geographies, and viewpoints to support academic freedom, institutional independence, and democracy. He brings more than 15 years of experience directing high-impact, culture-forward digital campaigns that drive civic engagement, membership growth, and fundraising. Eden’s background in digital strategy, storytelling, and mass mobilization includes senior roles in political campaigns, MoveOn, Color of Change, Change.org, and Democracy for America, where he has helped power hundreds of causes, candidates, and campaigns — and mobilized millions to sign, share, show up, vote, organize, and donate in defense of fundamental freedoms.