Yolanda Hippensteele

Yolanda Hippensteele is the outreach director of Free Press and oversees all outreach and organizing projects, develops public education materials and activist tools, implements campaign strategies, and coordinates special events. Since joining Free Press in 2003, she has created Free Press’ Media Reform Toolkit, organized FCC hearings and local town hall meetings, and directed the National Conference for Media Reform in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008. Prior to joining Free Press, she worked at the Independent Media Institute in San Francisco and with the D.C. public affairs firm Bass & Howes to advocate for women’s rights and progressive health care policy.