100 Most Influential Bostonians of 2021

65. Wilnelia Rivera

PRESIDENT, RIVERA CONSULTING

When Rivera guided Ayanna Pressley’s underdog congressional campaign to victory in 2018, a lot of old-school Boston pols were still unfamiliar with her. They shouldn’t have been: Rivera was already way ahead of them all in organizing and motivating the New Boston electorate. She is now a nationally sought-after consultant, popular public speaker, and mentor for Boston’s progressive pols and policy advocates, particularly women of color. So far, though, it looks like she’s staying neutral in the city’s hot mayoral race even as she works with Democrat Ben Downing on his 2022 gubernatorial campaign.

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