Dennis Mahoney
The Independent Party · PA
Dennis Mahoney is a Philadelphia humanitarian aid worker who has spent about a decade on disaster relief and anti-poverty programs at home and abroad. He wants to end the benefits cliff and expand affordable housing.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 9 records
Founded AOI Solutions, a disaster relief and development consulting firm, after finishing his Penn public administration degree in May 2023. Its projects included emergency housing in Ukraine and helping Black and Hispanic churches with relief after Hurricanes Beryl, Helene and Milton.
September 21, 2026
Source: fels.upenn.edu
Was a Buchholz Fellow at the Committee of Seventy, a Philadelphia good-government group, and served on the board of the Queen Village Neighbors Association in South Philadelphia.
September 21, 2026
Source: fels.upenn.edu
Designed a partnership between Food for the Hungry and a large cell-tower company that brought internet access to 11 schools in Uganda, as his Penn graduate school capstone project.
September 21, 2026
Source: fels.upenn.edu
Served on the board of directors of Philly House, a Christian nonprofit that gives meals, shelter and housing help to people who are homeless in Philadelphia.
September 21, 2026
Source: phillyhouse.org
Worked as director of integrated partnerships at Food for the Hungry, a Christian relief and development group in 18 countries. He built partnerships with private companies for its disaster and development work.
September 21, 2026
Source: fels.upenn.edu
Led church volunteer teams doing disaster relief after Hurricanes Harvey and Maria in 2017 and Florence in North Carolina, and briefed FEMA on what his teams saw on the ground.
September 11, 2026
Source: impactomedia.com
Left a cyber underwriting job at a large insurance company in 2017 to lead community outreach at The District Church in Washington, D.C. That work covered affordable housing, keeping children out of foster care, and the opioid crisis.
September 11, 2026
Source: impactomedia.com
Received the Forward Party's endorsement for the U.S. House seat in Pennsylvania's 3rd District.
September 8, 2026
Source: forwardparty.com
Served on the Pennsylvania advisory committee of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, a group that backs U.S. spending on diplomacy and foreign aid.
December 12, 2025
Source: usglc.org
Past race Dennis Mahoney ran in:
- United States Representative, Congressional District 3 · November 3, 2026 · Congressional District 3, Pennsylvania