About PCGRO
Our story
2019
Pierce County GrassRoots Organizing (PCGRO) is founded in late 2019 by seven Pierce County residents, and fiscally sponsored by the
Land Stewardship Project. Many of these Founders are original Board members.

many of whom continue to serve on our board.
In the subsequent three years, the organization
In 2020, PCGRO worked to increase voter turnout for both the April and the November elections, asking the people of Pierce County to vote for accountable and representative candidates.
PCGRO identified gerrymandering as a threat to the prosperity of our local and rural communities because our elected officials could not be held accountable to their constituents. Our communities need clean water, affordable housing,
and health care to thrive, and yet our elected officials are not advancing those needs in the legislature. Summer of 2020, PCGRO launched
Western WI for Nonpartisan Voting Districts (WWNVD).
In Fall of 2021, PCGRO launched its first Local Community projects: Expanding Broadband.
In 2022, we are working on Final Five Voting, Roadside Revival and we are reaching out to our community through Conversations that Connect. The Broadband Expansion project continues. Join us and stay tuned.
Our Team
PCGRO Board
Juliet Tomkins
Board Chair
Juliet@piercecountygro.org
Phil Verges
Vice Chair
Phil@piercecountygro.org
Maureen Ash
Maureen@piercecountygro.org
Grace Coggio
Grace@piercecountygro.org
Lisa Mueller
Lisa@piercecountygro.org
Jerry Liddell
Treasurer
Jerry@piercecountygro.org
PCGRO Staff
Sophia Forliti
Communications Coordinator
Sophia@piercecountygro.org
Bill Hogseth
Organizing Director
Bill@piercecountygro.org
Jenelle Ludwig Krause
Executive Director
Jenelle@piercecountygro.org
Jay Skinner
Deep Canvasser
Jay@piercecountygro.org
Jessica Rein
Field Organizer
Jessica@piercecountygro.org
Danny Akenson
Field Organizer
Danny@piercecountygro.org
Julie Carlin
Our Funders
We extend a special thank you to our funders who share our values and our mission to build power together to create change for our communities, our state and our world. Together we are powerful!
And Individuals such as you!