Isaac Gilles is a member of Protect Democracy’s Partnerships team. Before Protect Democracy, he completed an Atlantic Media Fellowship at Ballast Research, focused on business strategy and operations. He graduated from the University of Southern California, where he studied Philosophy, Politics, & Law and interned for ICF Next, the Raben Group, and the USC Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, where he served as the Student Coordinator of Belonging. Isaac currently advises a nonprofit student organization, Novus Think Tank, and an education technology studio, Plot Twisters.