Our Team
Our small team supports all-star volunteers across the country.
Cecili Thompson Williams (she/her)Senior Strategy & Innovation Partner
Cecili Thompson Williams (she/her) - Senior Strategy & Innovation Partner
Cecili is the Senior Strategy Partner at Beyond the Bomb, leading a team of kick-ass campaigners and activists to mobilize against the threat of nuclear war and weapons. She has nearly two decades of experience leading mission-driven campaigns with organizations including Amnesty International USA, RESULTS Educational Fund, and the National Partnership for Women & Families. Most recently she founded and served as the Chief Strategist for We Divine Water, a consulting group helping smart and passionate changemakers build strategic and effective campaigns. A strong believer in continually building power and capacity, Cecili has trained thousands of campaigners on how to maximize their impact within their organizations and in the world at large. She also serves as a faculty member at the Center for Social Design at the Maryland Institute College of Arts where she teaches a graduate seminar on campaign strategy. When she’s not campaigning, she can be found freezing at an ice rink with her skating daughters or running slowly in a forest.
Favorite quote: “Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief…You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.” – The Talmud
Favorite food: Tacos.
Favorite marine animal: Dolphins – they are fiercely loyal, help others both within and beyond their species, are intelligent and strategic, have top-notch communication skills, and do it all with style and flair.
Hometown: This is the hardest question. I’m a 3rd Culture Kid and grew up all over the place so: Orlando, DC, Mexico City, Tel Aviv, and Lisbon.
Email: [email protected]
Tristan Guyette (they/them)Strategy Partner
Tristan Guyette (they/them) - Strategy Partner
Tristan works as Beyond the Bomb’s Strategy Partner and has a passion for exciting and equipping activists. They attended college in Ohio and are based out of Toledo. In the past they’ve worked with the Campus Election Engagement Project and to educate voters on Ohio’s changing registration laws. Currently, Tristan sits on the board of the Nuclear Fusion Project. When they’re not organizing for change you can find them surrounded by a pack of shepherds, probably looking for their frisbee.
Favorite Quote: “…And for every day you paint the war, take a week and paint the beauty, the color, the shape of the landscape you’re marching towards. Everyone knows what you’re against; show them what you’re for.”
― Andrea Gibson
Favorite Food: Coffee is a food, right?
Favorite Marine Animal: Manatees! Growing up in Florida they were everywhere, and they’re like big puppies!
Hometown: Toledo, OH!
Email: [email protected]
Raeghn Draper (they/them)Associate Partner, Partnerships & Advocacy
Raeghn Draper (they/them) - Associate Partner, Partnerships & Advocacy
As a multifaceted being, Raeghn contains multitudes, which leads to her experience as a writer, community organizer, and hospitality professional. Born in Milwaukee, WI, as the oldest of eight, having younger siblings gave her early lessons of love, patience, and understanding, which allowed her to gravitate towards hospitality and community work. Though her upbringing was not ideal she strives to reimagine how to define herself and heal with her writing and organizing. She desires that others too can reclaim their experiences.
Favorite Quote: “We can sit in our corners mute forever while our sisters and ourselves are wasted, while our children are distorted and destroyed, while our earth is poisoned; we can sit in our safe corners mute as bottles, and we will still be no less afraid.” Audre Lorde
Favorite Food: scallops
Favorite Marine Animal: Jellyfish
Hometown: Milwuakee, WI
Email: [email protected]
Ellen Leonard (she/her)Associate Partner, Strategy
Ellen Leonard (she/her) - Associate Partner, Strategy
Ellen Leonard is a Senior Associate and Pod Leader for RECA and Impacted Community work at Beyond the Bomb. She is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire with majors in political science and Italian. She was introduced to the injustices of the nuclear system when she began working as an intern with Beyond the Bomb. After failing to learn about the true human impacts of the nuclear weapons system in school she now advocates for justice for impacted communities and to make learning about and fighting against nuclear injustices more accessible. In her free time you can find her slowly working through Italian novels, training her pup, and cooking.
Favorite Quote: “If monopoly persists, monopoly will always sit at the helm of government. I do not expect monopoly to restrain itself. If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.” -Woodrow Wilson
Favorite Food: Popcorn
Favorite Marine Animal: Penguins
Hometown: Toledo, OH
Email: [email protected]