Meet the team.

  • Zack Czajkowski - Founder & CEO

    Zack Czajkowski is a political consultant and strategist. After starting as a field organizer for Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign in Florida, he managed campaigns ranging from school board to US Senate. Since managing Katie Hill's successful red to blue campaign in 2018, he has worked as a senior advisor, political director, and general consultant to PACs, foundations, and candidates. During the 2020 cycle, Zack served as the Political Director of The Lincoln Project, making him one of the few Democratic strategists who has worked with Republicans seeking to defeat the Republican nominee for president. Today, he is the founder and CEO of Brackish Solutions as well as a principal at Title Fight.

    Zack lives in Durham, NC with his wife Dr. Sarah Cunningham and their rescue bulldog Petunia.

  • Jacob Palalay - Communications Advisor

    Jacob is always quick to tell people he's a Virginian — proudly Hampton Roads born and bred. In 2011, he graduated from Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC, with his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communications, dual concentration: print journalism & PR, minor in graphic design.

    He got his first campaign job with the 2012 Obama-Biden campaign as a field organizer in his hometown, Newport News. Since then, the majority of Jacob's work has remained focused around politics and advocacy, with an emphasis on Obamacare, voting rights/access, LGBTQ inclusion, DE&I, climate change and sustainability. Forever an organizer at heart, Jacob has a penchant for community-first messaging and a successful track record with cross-the-aisle relationship building. He is currently a member of the PRSA - National Capital Chapter.

  • Ezra Thau - Political Associate

    Since entering the political arena as the youngest summer fellow at The Lincoln Project, Ezra has worked on campaigns up and down the East Coast. Some of his favorites include Conor Lamb for U.S. Senate and Michele Joyce for VA Delegate. Raised in the Philadelphia collar counties, he has observed swing-state elections up close and is passionate about working behind-the-scenes in politics. In addition to his work for Brackish, Ezra serves as an editor for The Cavalier Daily. He is currently enrolled at the University of Virginia where he studies American politics and government.