Sasha Goodfriend is a feminist leader, community organizer, and advocate working at the intersection of gender equity, reproductive justice, LGBTQ+ rights, and public policy. For more than a decade, she has worked to build feminist and queer community, advance systemic change, and bring together advocates, policymakers, community organizations, and creatives to build collective power.

Sasha serves as Executive Director of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Organization for Women (Mass NOW), where she leads statewide advocacy, coalition building, and community-based initiatives to advance intersectional feminist policy and social change. Under her leadership, Mass NOW has expanded its organizational capacity, legislative advocacy, and community impact, including statewide efforts to advance menstrual equity.

Beyond Mass NOW, Sasha contributes to national feminist health advocacy through her leadership with Our Bodies Ourselves, where she chairs the Menstruation to Menopause and Advocacy expert panels. She served for ten years on the Massachusetts State Commission on LGBTQ Youth helping advance statewide policy recommendations. Sasha also served for six years on the board of the Transgender Emergency Fund (TEF), where she helped launch TEF’s transitional housing program, the only program of its kind serving transgender individuals in New England.

Sasha’s advocacy and leadership have been featured in national and regional publications, including The Boston Globe, them., Ms. Magazine, CommonWealth Magazine, and Teen Vogue. Through media engagement, public speaking, and writing, she works to elevate feminist perspectives, amplify community voices, and advance public conversations about gender equity, reproductive justice, and LGBTQ+ rights.

Sasha holds a B.A. in International Relations with a minor in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies from Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies and a Master of Public Policy from Simmons University.