Rucker served as Director of Grassroots Mobilization for MoveOn.org Political Action and Moveon.org Civic Action from the fall of 2003 through the summer of 2005, and was instrumental in developing and executing on fundraising, technology, and campaign strategies. Prior to joining MoveOn, he worked in various roles in the software industry in Silicon Valley. Rucker is also passionate about school reform and issues of equity, and serves on the boards of two area schools. He grew up in Seaside, California, and has a BS in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University.