Powerbuilder is an AI-powered campaign and program planning tool that aggregates disparate sources—like live Census data, FEC records, historical election results, and curated research—to generate win numbers, precinct-level targeting, demographic messaging, budget estimates, or all of the above in the form of a complete program plan, in minutes. Built for progressive campaigns and organizations, Powerbuilder replaces weeks of manual research and planning with a conversational interface, letting strategists focus on running the program, not writing about it.
Fellow Bios
Maria del Rosario Palacios (she/they) is an author, civic technologist, and policy expert. She serves as Executive Director of Common Cause Georgia, where she leads statewide work to advance government accountability, protect voting rights, and counter political disinformation. Under her leadership, the organization expanded its Election Protection program (mobilizing hundreds of nonpartisan poll monitors across Georgia) and built stronger infrastructure for multilingual voter outreach. Rosario also founded Georgia’s first bilingual anti-disinformation table, convening technologists and nonprofit leaders to develop culturally responsive strategies against narratives targeting Latine communities.
As Bilingual Training Manager at Generation Data, Rosario developed and led the organization’s first Spanish-language course, “Introduction to Data Tools in Spanish,” teaching WhatsApp outreach, spreadsheets, and Looker Studio data visualization to Latine grassroots organizers. She also taught on the team for Generation Data’s flagship Introduction to Progressive Data course, covering NGP VAN, BigQuery SQL, and data storytelling for organizing.
Her earlier career spans relational organizing, gun-violence prevention, youth civic engagement, and immigrant-rights policy, with leadership roles at the Progressive Turnout Project, Everytown for Gun Safety, Georgia Shift, and GALEO. Rosario graduated Cum Laude with a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of North Georgia and pursued graduate studies in Public Administration. She serves on the Boards of the ACLU of Georgia and the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI). When she is not leading civic engagement work, Rosario spends time with her four children and partner, watches extraterrestrial documentaries, Googles quantum physics, hikes baby-sized trails, and curates her collection of Cardi B and Bad Bunny memes.
Benjamin Oh (he/him) is a data strategist and analyst serving as Senior Data Director at the Alliance for Youth Action, where he leads data infrastructure, targeting and analytics as well as supports the Alliance’s network of youth-focused organizations. Outside of work, Benjamin enjoys volunteering, fashion and reading, and was an internationally competitive short track speedskater. Benjamin is from Maryland, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and an M.S. in Social Policy.
