Board Members
Alex DiBranco (she/her) is the executive director and co-founder of the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism. Her writings on male supremacism and incel terrorism have appeared in the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism Journal and The Public Eye quarterly, a publication of the think tank Political Research Associates. She has provided trainings and advice on male supremacist ideology for social justice organizations such as Western States Center, National Domestic Workers Alliance, and SURJ.
DiBranco has been interviewed about her work by outlets including NPR, The New Republic, the Chicago Tribune, Think Progress, and the Southern Poverty Law Center. She has a chapter in the book News of the Right published by Oxford University Press, drawn from her in-progress dissertation analyzing how the U.S. Right built sustainable infrastructure and political power from the 1970s through 1990s. DiBranco has her Ph.D. in Sociology from Yale University and has been affiliated with the Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies and the Dangerous Speech Project.
Our Team
Maria Tchijov (they/she) is an award-winning organizer, campaigner, and movement builder with more than 15 years of experience in progressive politics. As an independent consultant, Maria has worked with organizations in the organizing and philanthropy spaces, including MoveOn, Kairos, and Progressive Multiplier Fund. Their work focuses on strategic planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of new projects, as well as campaigning, training, coaching, and facilitation. Before starting their consulting work, Maria served as VP of Campaigns at UltraViolet, where they built a team to run campaigns focused on the intersection of racial and gender justice, including launching the first ever cross-movement disinformation campaigning table focused on countering racist and sexist attacks on women of color running for office. Prior to her work at UltraViolet, Maria worked in both the nonprofit and startup worlds.
Kim Warnick (Board Chair) has a BA in Sociology from Harvard University and is completing a Masters in Security & Terrorism in 2025 from the University of Maryland. She served as an Executive Director for 5 years, and has designed and led multiple national advocacy campaigns, including #HereForTheMusic, the leading campaign to end sexual violence in the music industry. Through this, she trained over 3000 music industry professionals and fans in bystander intervention, developed dozens of anti-violence policies, and delivered comprehensive sexual violence prevention and response programs for multiple venues, festivals, and tours.
Kim continues to apply her violence prevention expertise and music industry experience as a Culture Lab Senior Fellow for Western States Center, a Product Developer for Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities, and as a Producer for The Uncomfortable Conversation's Podcast. She has spoken at multiple conferences including the Event Safety Summit, has had her work featured in Teen Vogue and Billboard, and is a She Rocks Award recipient for her sexual violence prevention work in the music industry.