Ady Barkan (born December 18, 1983) is an American lawyer and progressive activist.
He is the co-founder of the Be a Hero PAC and is an organizer for the Center for Popular Democracy, where he led the Fed Up campaign.
Ady came to notoriety in 2017 when he confronted Jeff Flake on a plane, asking him to "be a hero" and vote no on a tax bill.Barkan, who was diagnosed with the terminal neurogenerative disease ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) in 2016 shortly after the birth of his son, has been called "the most powerful activist in America."