The Auxiliary has brought together over 150 of the country's best digital and guerrilla marketers, medical professionals, and disinformation experts on a mission to fight for truth in the age of the virus.
FOUNDERS
Imran Hafiz
Before he had graduated high school, Hafiz co-authored The American Muslim Teenager’s Handbook and won the Arizona Martin Luther King, Jr. Living the Dream Award for activism. He made documentaries at VICE informed by his Duke University public policy training, including the Emmy-award winning VICE on HBO episode that sent Dennis Rodman to North Korea. He introduced Bernie Sanders to Killer Mike while pitching a show for VICELAND. He has made millions of dollars for Fortune 500 companies as a creative, strategist, and publisher for VICE Media’s ad agency, VIRTUE.
Beckett Mufson
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Mufson was a top-trafficked reporter at VICE, covering internet culture and transmedia for five years. You can find his byline on Intel’s The Creators Project, VICE, iHeart Radio, and WeedMaps News. His writing has been translated into 12 languages. He later worked on campaigns for top entertainment brands like HBO, Showtime, and Facebook Watch. He helped Hafiz start The Auxiliary while on sabbatical from Sean Parker’s video chat app company, Airtime.


Dylan Enright
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Enright is a founder, angel investor, and political junkie with a passion for novel ideas. He has worked in startups leading growth and product at companies like YC backed Wefunder - the pioneer and market leader of investment crowdfunding and Biobot Analytics - an MIT company transforming wastewater infrastructure into public health observatories. Dylan also recently led fundraising for Andrew Yang’s historic 2020 campaign for president.

KEY MEMBERS
Dr. Michael Jin
Chief Science Officer
Pete Adams
Researcher
Dr. Welton Chang
Disinformation Expert
Stanley McBride
Researcher
Sabrina Fiorentino
Web Designer
Kirsten Chilstrom
Photographer
Dylan DeMarko
Video Editor
Ashley Lake
Designer
Ben Tuber
Animator
ADVISORS
Rory Sutherland
Executive Vice Chairman
Ogilvy UK
Shahed Amanullah
Managing Director
Frost Capital
Andrew Essex
CEO, Founder Plan A;
Founding CEO Droga 5
Christopher Graves
President, Founder Ogilvy
Center for Behavioral Science
David Jay
Head of Mobilization
The Center for Humane Technology
Clare O'Donoghue VelikićHead of Mobilization,
Founder & Director, ODV Digital
Fmr Facebook Government & Politics Client Partner
Dr. Aurora Schmidt
Network Dynamic Researcher
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Adriel Luis
Curator & Community Organizer
Sangita Rajan
Data ScientistAnimator
COLLABORATORS
Dr. William Myles
CEO of the Albany Housing
Authority of Albany, GA
Big Josh
Rapper
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Jo3 H3nson
Rapper
Cantrell
Rapper
OG Twelve
Rapper



