About Us
Board Members
About us
Roseanne Rodriguez
Founder/ Executive Director
Roseanne served in the U.S Army as a medic in the 82 nd Airborne Division and deployed to Iraq for 15 months in 2006 where she was awarded the Bronze Star medal. She received her Bachelor of Science in Biology degree from Texas State University.
She managed electoral campaigns for several years in multiple states before starting her work on issue advocacy in 2020. She grew up in Texas and has personally experienced the long-lasting impact of the injustice system. She has worked to empower hundreds of activists across the country. She founded the Fourth to bring lasting changes to communities like the one she grew up in. She wants to empower other leaders to be the change they hope to see in the world.
About us
Charles Blain
Secretary
Originally from New Jersey, Charles attended Fairleigh Dickinson University where he studied Political Science with a concentration on American Political Studies. He relocated to Texas to join Texans for Greg Abbott for Gov. Abbott’s first run for governor in 2014. Following that, and seeing an opportunity to make a difference in Houston, Charles joined Empower Texans, launching and managing their first Houston operation. While focusing on Houston and Harris County government, he noticed a void left in urban policy and politics by those right-of-center. To fill that void, he launched Urban Reform in 2019, and in 2020, Urban Reform partnered with the Center for Opportunity Urbanism to create Urban Reform Institute. Through Urban Reform and Urban Reform institute, Charles has focused on free market solutions to urban issues and creating opportunity for all in America’s metropolitian areas. Charles has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Houston Chronicle, the Hill, Wired, and other publications. He is a Fox 26 Houston (KRIV) regular political commentator and weekly panelist on Sunday talk show, What’s Your Point. He is also a regular guest speaking about local issues on I Heart Radio’s Pursuit of Happiness, The Michael Berry Show, and Houston’s Morning News w/ Jimmy Barrett & Shara Fryer. He lives in Houston and enjoys volunteering with Prison Entrepreneurship Program where he serves on the Houston Advisory Board.
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Travis Walker
Treasurer
Travis Walker has worked for the Department of Defense since 2018. His first career was with the U.S. Army where he served 8 years enlisted, which included 5 years on active duty and a deployment to Iraq for 15 months. He next worked as a field representative on a governor’s campaign in Texas and then as a legislative aide in the Texas House of Representatives. Then he worked for two years as the Houston Local Director at Concerned Veterans for America organizing veterans and family members to advocate for VA reform.
Travis holds a BA in Government from the University of Texas at Austin and an MA in International Relations from American University.
He was born in White Bird, ID and moved around the country before finishing high school in Palm Harbor, FL. He lived in Texas for 10 years after the Army and now resides in Reston, VA with his wife.
Why Choose Us
The Fourth was created to help organize
To dismantle the injustice system as it exists today. We target the root of the problem–policing, the armed manifestation of historical oppression in our country. Together we will create a free and safe society. We will accomplish this by empowering leaders in the communities most impacted
The rate at which police are solving murder cases has gone down from 71% in 1980 to 50% in 2020.
of total arrests are for felonies
Clearance Rate For Solving Violent Crimes.