Peter Robins-Brown
Executive Director
Peter was the executive director of Louisiana Progress from 2021 to 2026, and has spent nearly a decade working in Louisiana politics and organizing. Over that time, he has served as a campaign manager, lobbyist, community organizer, and communications consultant.
Since joining Louisiana Progress, Peter has led our work to pass numerous state and local laws, establish and grow our College Fellows program, and build and deepen partnerships across the advocacy and political landscape, including with the Louisiana AFL-CIO and its affiliates. Before joining our team, he worked for the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice, Step Up Louisiana, and the Unanimous Jury Coalition.
Along with working as a Strategic Advisor for Louisiana Progress, Peter serves as Assistant to the President/Political & Legislative Director for the Louisiana AFL-CIO, the umbrella organization for Louisiana's 55 labor union affiliates. In that role, he leads and organizes electoral, policy, and grassroots initiatives for labor unions across the state. Before working in these dual roles, Peter was Louisiana Progress's Executive Director for nearly six years, from 2021 to 2026, where he helped build our organization into a recognized leader in state and local public policy in Louisiana. Outside of work, Peter enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters.
LaToya Johnson, LMSW
Campaign Strategist
LaToya Johnson, LMSW, is deeply committed to weaving together her diverse skills to drive meaningful change in Louisiana. Her journey has taken her through roles as a nonprofit executive director, human resources and administrative agent, anti-racist labor organizer, and clinical and forensic social worker. This unique blend of experiences fuels her work as a strategist and movement builder, dedicated to uplifting marginalized communities through strategic organizing, policy advocacy, and social justice initiatives.
With more than 13 years of dedicated service in the nonprofit and public sectors, Toya brings to bear a wealth of expertise in management, fundraising, community and labor organizing, program development, political education, and local and state policy development and advocacy.
Our Staff
Dr. Angelle Bradford Rosenberg (Gelle) was born and raised in Baton Rouge. Upon returning to Louisiana after earning her bachelor’s degree at the Ohio State University, she settled back into Southeast Louisiana living. A volunteer at heart, Angelle is a formally trained cardiovascular physiologist and medical scientist with a PhD from the Tulane School of Medicine.
Named Emerging Changemaker of the Year in 2022 for the Sierra Club, Angelle has served on the Sierra Club Delta Chapter's executive committee for more than eight years, and has led the Transit Equity Team through legislative sessions, campaign development, and the first Louisiana Transit and Planning Summit. She also helped revive the chapter’s political committee, supported volunteers, and built out their youth organizing initiative by advising HBCU students through their education, community care, and environmental awakening with the Sierra Student Coalition at Southern University.
Along with her work with the Sierra Club, Angelle has also been a lead organizer with the Louisiana chapter of Moms Demand Action, volunteered and lobbied with Louisiana Progress, and played a lead role in partnerships with community groups and universities.
Angelle Bradford Rosenberg
Strategic Advisor
Elai Levinson
Policy and Operations Manager
Elai was born and raised in San Francisco, California, and enrolled Louisiana State University after finding out that his grandfather attended in the late 1930s.
Elai first joined Louisiana Progress as a college fellow in his freshman year after learning about the organization through his professor and Louisiana Progress board member Melissa Flournoy. He remained a part of the college fellows through his graduation from LSU and was heavily involved in crafting Louisiana Progress's auto insurance report.
Elai lives in Baton Rouge and spends his time watching baseball, and playing rock music with his band.
