Our Board
Mike
Siegel
Mike Siegel co-founded Ground Game Texas in 2021 with a theory: that leading with popular, progressive issues at the local level is the key to building long-term change in Texas. From 2021 to 2024, he served as the Political Director and General Counsel for Ground Game.
In December of 2024, Mike was elected to represent District 7 on the Austin City Council, and stepped down from his staff position. Mike continues to be involved in Ground Game as a member of the board of directors.
In addition to his work at Ground Game, where he was part of the team that led 17 electoral campaigns and won 14 of them, Mike has had a long career of working in the trenches for progressive change. He got his start as a public school teacher in Oakland, and then became a civil rights attorney. After moving to Austin, Mike served as an Assistant City Attorney in the City Law Department, where he represented dozens of city departments, co-wrote ordinances including Austin’s paid sick leave ordinance, and appeared for the city in numerous cases in state and federal court, including Austin’s lawsuit against Greg Abbott and the State of Texas to stop implementation of 2017 Senate Bill No. 4, a bill that attacked the rights of immigrants in Texas. He coordinated with dozens of public officials across the state, brought the community’s voice to the federal court, and won a statewide injunction to protect immigrant families.
Mike was the Democratic nominee for the heavily gerrymandered Texas district 10 for Congress in 2018 and 2020. His experience running for office in Texas led to the realization that an organization like Ground Game was urgently needed to build progressive electoral power at the municipal level.
Megan
Field
Megan Field is an Austin-based producer, consultant, and activist. Over the course of her career, Megan has covered a range of topics related to Texas politics, from working as the Associate Producer and Assistant Editor of the 2004 feature documentary Last Man Standing: Politics – Texas Style to producing two seasons of the Emmy-nominated KLRU series Special Session about the Texas Legislature to producing the award-winning 2022 New Yorker photo essay “Waiting for the School Bus in Uvalde.”
Megan recently oversaw the launch of Grandparents for Public Schools, a Texas-focused advocacy group focused on protecting and strengthening public education in Texas. She is a graduate of the Radio-Television-Film program at the University of Texas at Austin. While attending UT, Megan served two years as the Co-Conference Director of the Austin Film Festival.
Megan brings to Ground Game her deep knowledge of Texas politics, her organizing and planning skills, and her genuine passion for public service.
Chris
Harris
Chris Harris is a native Texan, proud son, partner and parent, and a passionate advocate working to upend our unjust status quo by dismantling systems of surveillance, punishment and exclusion and building systems of support, accountability and restoration. He currently serves as the Associate Director of Advocacy for the Texas Civil Rights Project and volunteers for numerous organizations and causes in Austin.
Chris has contributed to winning campaigns aimed at limiting: racial disparities in the criminal legal system, police violence, criminalization of poverty, ICE detentions, pre-trial incarceration, subpar indigent defense and investment in police and prisons.
Chris was born in Sulphur Springs, Texas and raised in the Metroplex. He’s an alumnus of Austin College where he studied political science and international relations. He enjoys consuming news and tacos in unhealthy quantities, and dropping dimes and feathery jump hooks on the basketball court.
Angel
Carroll
Angel Carroll is the founder of Angel Carroll Consulting Group, where she partners with government agencies and nonprofit organizations to operationalize equity, strengthen infrastructure, and build transparent systems of care particularly for justice-impacted and underserved communities. Her work blends data storytelling, strategic planning, and capacity-building to support measurable, long-term change.
A former policy fellow and statewide appointee, Angel has testified before the highest courts in Texas, helped shape youth mental health policy, and co-developed a trauma-informed alternative-to-incarceration program currently being evaluated by Texas A&M. She serves on the Texas Juvenile Justice Advisory Board and the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health.
Across boardrooms and community spaces alike, Angel is known for bridging research with lived experience and helping institutions move from intention to impact.
Radney
Wood
Radney Wood is a named partner at Vela Wood Staley Young PC, a boutique full-service law firm, and manages the Austin office. Radney focuses his practice on representing emerging companies, venture financing, venture capital funds, and gaming related matters, with an expertise in fantasy sports law. Radney is a former litigation lawyer and an active pro bono advocate for asylum seekers and has successfully represented several refugees in obtaining asylum.
Radney has been named a 2023, 2024, and 2005 Super Lawyer, a 2018 Super Lawyer Rising Star, and is a Texas Bar Foundation Fellow, an honor granted to 1/3 of 1% of Texas attorneys. He represents dozens of companies ranging from early-stage startups to mid-size businesses, acting as general counsel and providing them with guidance on myriad business transactions, which range from legal matters to general operational issues.
Radney is more than an Austin business lawyer; he is an active member of the Austin community, who has served on the board of directors of and volunteers for the immigration non-profit American Gateways and helped his Rugby Club, The Austin Huns, obtain 501(c)(3) status. Additionally, Radney is on the Board of Directors for Friends of the Children Austin, serving as their Governance Chair, and is a member of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination (ADC) Austin Chapter. Radney is also a supporter of the Austin arts, including serving as a board member for Fusebox.
Cliff
Walker
Cliff Walker is a seasoned progressive strategist with 18 years of experience in campaign management, organization-building, and candidate advising. In 2012, he spearheaded the Texas House Democratic campaign effort, and in 2014 helped launch Battleground Texas. Joining the Texas Democratic Party in 2015, he created Project LIFT, an initiative that recruited, trained, and elected over 150 candidates to local, nonpartisan offices. Promoted to Deputy Executive Director in 2019, Cliff guided strategic direction, shaped the party's voice, and secured funding to sustain a robust team of over 250 campaign operatives and technical experts.
In 2021, Cliff co-founded Seeker Strategies, a progressive, POC-owned public affairs firm where he currently advises labor, environmental, and voting rights organizations, leveraging his deep expertise in strategic communications and political advocacy. Cliff is a San Antonio native who studied Government at Yale University.