Tom Lopach

Tom Lopach is President and CEO of the nonprofit and nonpartisan Voter Participation Center (VPC) and the Center for Voter Information (CVI). He leads a team of exceptional staff who use data-driven methods of direct mail and digital engagement to register to vote and turn out to vote members of the New American Majority--people of color, unmarried women, and young people. In 2020, VPC and CVI helped 1.6 million people register to vote and generated more than 4.6 million vote-by-mail ballot applications in key states.

Prior to serving at VPC and CVI, Lopach was the Acting Commissioner of Labor and Industry for the State of Montana, a senior adviser to Steve Bullock for President, and Chief of Staff to Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Lopach joined Bullock’s office in August 2017.

Previously Lopach served as the Executive Director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) during the 2015-2016 election cycle under the chairmanship of Senator Jon Tester of Montana. From 2010-2014, Lopach served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Tester.

Beginning in 2009, Lopach served as Vice President of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Export Import Bank of the United States. In this position, Lopach worked with Chairman Fred Hochberg to develop stronger relationships on Capitol Hill, to increase awareness of Bank support by state and Congressional District, and to create training workshops around the country supporting small businesses accessing export markets.

From 2007-2008, Lopach led the fundraising effort at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee as the National Finance Director. During that cycle the DSCC set fundraising records.

From 1999-2006, Lopach worked for Senator Edward M. Kennedy in various capacities with his 2000 and 2006 reelection campaigns, with Kennedy’s leadership PAC, and with Kennedy’s official Senate office overseeing the vetting of President Bush’s cabinet and subcabinet nominees.

In 1996, Lopach started his professional career as a field representative for Congressman Pat Williams (Montana) in Helena, Montana.

Lopach is a graduate of Gonzaga University and a native of Helena, Montana. He lives and works today in Washington, DC.