Barbara Amaya is an award winning advocate, speaker, trainer, author of Amazon best selling memoir Nobody’s Girl and graphic novel The Destiny of Zoe Carpenter. And a survivor leader in the movement to end human trafficking and all violence against women. Barbara has dedicated her life to combating human trafficking and violence against women and children. She holds a background in education, a credential in early childhood development and a PHD in psychology. Barbara has been actively raising awareness of the sexual exploitation of children and domestic sex trafficking since 2012. She has lectured at multiple venues and universities including George Washington University, (her book Nobody’s Girl was featured in the GWU syllabus) the University of Pennsylvania, Penn State, Virginia Commonwealth University, New York University, George Mason University among others. Barbara was instrumental in the passage of the Washington D.C. Safe Harbor Bill in January 2015. Today her legislative work includes support of the CDA Section 230 amendment, various states vacating convictions legislation and federal vacating convictions bills for victims of human trafficking.

Rebecca Borton relishes connecting with her neighbors to do politics in person. Her day job helping people navigate the financial system keeps her inspired to improve the system! Getting involved in both grassroots and party organizations taught her that Democrat is an action verb. She is proud to make activism a habit and looks forward to helping others do so in a healthy way. Navigating her place in the movement, and the place of activism in her life, is a journey she is excited to continue. She is grateful for the leadership of the many folks who do so much more, the playful discipline of her yoga practice, and her supportive husband who feeds her when she gets back from canvassing.

Elected Chair of the Arlington County Democratic Committee in January 2018, Jill Caiazzo is the first woman to hold this position in 20 years.  Jill began her political career in 2016 as a grassroots organizer, co-founding Virginia Women for Hillary and co-leading Hillary for Arlington. She subsequently was appointed to be the 8^th Congressional District Representative to the Virginia Democratic Women’s Caucus and a co-chair of the successful 2017 Democratic Joint Campaign in Arlington. When she is not busy electing Democrats, she works as a lawyer for a Fortune 50 tech company and serves on the Arlington Economic Development Commission and the Arlington Commission on the Status of Women. But her favorite role is dog mom to a jaunty Scottish Terrier, who she will formally adopt after her wedding in September!

Robert is a veteran campaign staffer and political operative. He has helped candidates win at the local, state, and federal level. He received his BA in Political Science from Marquette University. As a Campaign Specialist at Crowdpac, Robert focuses on helping creators with campaign strategy and engagement best practices to reach their campaign goals.

Tarryl served in the number two leadership position of Deputy Majority Leader in the Minnesota Senate where she created stiffer penalties for those committing sexual assault and created services for homeless, pregnant, and parenting teens. After leaving the legislature, she co-led the BlueGreen Alliance National Jobs Now! campaign then served as a leader in higher education at two community colleges.Tarryl holds a B.A. in Sociology/Psychology from Drake University, an M.Ed. in Counselor Education from Arizona State University and a J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law.

Ricardo is a third generation Air Force veteran and former Special Agent, with nearly 20 years of experience in counterintelligence, counterterrorism, executive protection, diplomatic security, and law enforcement operations. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in Computers; Georgetown with an M.A. in Middle East and National Security Studies; Marymount with an M.A. in Forensic Psychology; George Washington University with a Graduate Certificate in Political Management, and American University’s Key Executive Leadership Certificate. For years he has been very active in Democratic politics, with the Fairfax County Democratic Party, National Affair Committee, Fairfax County Criminal Justice Advisory Board, and was selected as a Virginia Delegate for Hillary Clinton. After the 2016 election, Ricardo became concerned about the lack of an economic message within the Party so he created Jobs-First.org, a grassroots movement to create good paying American jobs and grow and economy that works for everyone. In January 2017, he established the “National Messaging & Policy Tasking Force” within the Grassroots Coordinating Committee (GCC) and was recently selected as a Co-Facilitator for entire group. His work with the Tasking Force has focused on 1) encouraging grassroots groups and Democratic Party officials to coalesce around a unified national message, and 2) the development of a “Grassroots Policy Agenda” which can be integrated into the platforms of Democratic candidates for the 2018 midterms and beyond. In March 2018, Ricardo helped lead the efforts by members of the Tasking Force to draft six “policy-focused” Resolutions which were voted on, and unanimously accepted, during the DNC’s Winter Meeting.

Katie Cristol is a community advocate and public policy professional. She was elected to the Board in November 2015. Katie has been an advocate for women’s issues, including reproductive health, political representation and support for survivors of sexual assault, for over a decade. Currently, she chairs the Human Services Policy Committee of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. She is also the co-chair of Arlington’s Project PEACE, an interagency collaboration to address domestic and sexual violence. Prior to joining the County Board, she was appointed to the Arlington Commission on the Status of Women in 2012, and supported the Commission’s efforts to garner attention for critical issues such as women’s professional advancement and childcare affordability, and to recognize the achievements of women in the community.

Alane is a Louisiana “Don’t Tread on Me” Progressive just returned from discussing Trump, ammo, and the new tractor with family and friends in Klan country. The ability to shoot-the-poop with anyone about anything took her far: from Louisiana to a full-ride Georgetown University scholarship leading to a degree in Psycholinguistics. In her free-wheeling communications kaleidoscope, she’s marketed everything from Planned Parenthood to Wall Street derivatives. She became a registered nurse to help patients suffering from post-stroke speech difficulties. She was Docent of the Year for the Corcoran Gallery of Art. She designs and narrates instructional videos. She teaches English and studies Spanish. But most of all, Alane enjoys the simple pleasure of using therapeutic conversation to draw out the humanity that resides within everyone she meets. Folks are hungry for connection, and it turns out — just about everyone cares about nature, their neighbors, and the sorry state of civil discourse in America! Join Alane to learn the “safe topics” that will give you confidence in your ability to connect authentically with everyone you meet … and reveal THEIR hidden agreement with YOUR progressive agenda.

Fazia Deen brings a wealth of experience in health care and law. Born and raised in Guyana South America, Fazia graduated high school in Toronto, Canada, and served as a lawyer for 11 years in Indiana. She recently moved to Falls Church, Virginia in order to better serve Muslims and the greater American community. In addition to her experience in legal public support with outreach and interfaith communities, Fazia has also advocated for immigrants and refugees by successfully assisting them with acclimating to American life through a variety of programs. Fazia graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Management and Marketing and received her J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. She is also the mother of three children.

Elyssa Feder is the Director of Rising Organizers, which provides free grassroots training, consulting, and mentorship to new and beginner activists and organizations. Founded after the 2016 election, Rising Organizers has since trained over 1300 activists throughout the DMV and partnered with nearly 20 organizations. Prior to her work with Rising Organizers, Elyssa was a lobbyist and organizer for 5 years,  working on progressive American foreign policy. She holds a B.A. in International Affairs and Women’s Studies from The George Washington University and an MSc. in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics. When not organizing, Elyssa can be found discussing gender and politics in pop culture in a heated tone on the internet.

Eileen Filler-Corn has served in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 41st District, since 2010. Eileen has over two decades of experience in both the public and private sectors, working across party lines to make a difference in the lives of all Virginians. In the House of Delegates, Eileen is a member of the Transportation Committee, Finance Committee, and the Commerce & Labor Committee. She currently serves on the Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability, Health Insurance Reform Commission, Joint Commission on Technology and Science, Virginia Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation and the Transportation Public-Private Partnership Steering Committee. She also chairs the Advisory Council on Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) & Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS). Additionally, she is the chair and a founding member of the bipartisan General Assembly Arts Caucus. She also serves as Vice Chair for Outreach of the House Democratic Caucus, having previously served as the House Democratic Whip.

Born in England, Andrew received a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Trent University in Nottingham in 1976. His main career included 20 years of International humanitarian relief and development, working and living in a number of developing countries, including Kenya, Somalia, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Egypt. When not living overseas, Andrew also worked for 8 years in North Carolina and Georgia as a Design Engineer and Project Manager. Andrew moved to Virginia in January 2007 with his wife Anne and their two children. His interest in mental health issues, as well as gun safety, came about as a result of his son’s injuries sustained in the Virginia Tech tragedy of 4/16/2007. Andrew is now the President of the Richmond Chapter of the Million Mom March against gun violence and Legislative Director of the Virginia Center for Public Safety.  He also served on the Board of the Virginia Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and was the first Board Chair of the National Gun Victims Action Council.

Shashi Gupta is the Co-founder of WinVirginia, a Virginia PAC which was instrumental in securing the historic15-seat flip in Virginia’s House of Delegates in 2017. WinVirginia is dedicated to supporting progressive candidates at all levels of elected office and working to coalesce Americans around our country’s founding principles. After the sweeping win in November, Shashi co-founded WinDEM, a Federal PAC dedicated to extending the successful WinVirginia model to other States. His goal is to strengthen our democracy by achieving a balance of power between the two political parties, so that the voices of the voters once again determine elections and drive public policy, and American society returns to a place where civil dialog is the norm. Shashi also serves as CEO of Apex CoVantage, which he co-founded in 1988. At Apex, he provides strategic direction for the company while also playing a central role in conceptualizing, designing and overseeing the development of numerous trailblazing technologies in diverse markets such as Digital Content creation, Geographic Information Systems, and Smart Metering for utilities. He holds an MBA and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Driven by a strong sense of social justice and the critical need to promote globally relevant, enduring values, Dr. Gupta established the Gupta Family Foundation (formerly Apex Foundation) contemporaneously with Apex. GFF is a private foundation that supports secular organizations across the globe, which are dedicated to helping disadvantaged people become self-reliant.

Rachna S. Heizer, J.D. is a disability rights advocate and a lawyer. Her background is in constitutional law, employment law and disability rights. She advocates for the inclusion of people with disabilities as full members of their society, including fostering political activism of people with disabilities and their families. She is an Instructor in the Human Resource Development Department at Texas Tech University, teaching employment law, diversity and cultural competency, and leadership. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy and her Juris Doctor from the University of California at Berkeley. Rachna a member of the Board of The Arc of Northern Virginia, an appointed member of the Fairfax County Public School Board’s Advisory Committee for Students with Disabilities, and a member of the Fairfax County Public School’s Inclusion Workgroup. She presents to organizations on “Neurodiversity: Cultural Competency and Workplace Accommodations for People with Behavioral Disabilities.”  Formerly, she was President of Blaye Solutions Management, a consulting firm offering ADA/EEOC Compliance Training.  She has authored educational materials on employment law, diversity in organizations, and civil rights and presented as an expert on ADA/EEOC panels.   Previously, she taught constitutional law at George Mason University.

Mark Herring became the 48th Attorney General of Virginia on January 11, 2014. He is working to keep Virginia families safe in their communities and neighborhoods, promote justice, equality, and opportunity for all Virginians, and provide legal services to the people of Virginia and their government.

Lisa is a native Virginian who was inspired to action by the 2017 Women’s March. One week after marching, Lisa started her first huddle/indivisible group. Her home has become “postcards central” headquarters for dozens of women and a few men who cannot sit on the sidelines while women’s rights, health care, equal treatment for all, and so many other rights are under daily siege. Lisa used her professional organizing skills to help create Postcards4VA with Robbin Warner and Krystal Hansen. Their philosophy is simple — reach out to Virginia voters one writer at a time. Last Fall, thousands of writers from Virginia and around the country sent handwritten postcards to 136,000 Virginia voters, stressing the importance of every vote. Lisa and her team believe the handwritten postcards played a major supporting role in flipping 15 seats to Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates. Lisa and Postcards4VA will continue to spread the word across Virginia through postcard parties and events, working to get diligent, honest, progressive leaders elected. When Lisa isn’t marching, meeting or rallying, she is busy organizing people’s stuff and teaching Nia, a mindfulness movement technique for all bodies.

Julie spent much of her career working with low-income families and communities. That work led her to become a professional advocate and Democratic civic activist. She has led the Alexandria Community Services Board and the Alexandria Economic Opportunities Commission, and chairs Sheltered Homes of Alexandria and the Hopkins House pre-school academies. She also served as the Vice Chair for Finance and Administration of the Alexandria Democratic Committee and served on the Eighth Congressional District Committee. In 2015, after holding critical roles on the campaigns for others, she took on the challenge to run for Delegate. She ran in a five way primary in which she did well but did not win. She turned that experience into helping other women win through Virginia’s List. Professionally, Julie leads iLead Strategies, a consulting firm helping leaders create workplaces that work for the people who work there, deliver outstanding results for customers and drive real impact in the world. Before launching iLead Strategies, Julie built and led successful teams in her work as vice president and human services practice leader at the Development Services Group and in executive positions at ICF International, The Finance Project and the National Association for State Community Services Programs.  She holds an MA in sociology and a BA in communication from the .

Barbara Jones is the Director of the New Activist Center in Richmond, Virginia.  Her role is to assist citizens, grassroots groups and candidates in navigating and creating change in the Virginia General Assembly.  Barbara is passionate about authentically connecting with individuals to advocate for the issues they deeply care about in the state legislature.  Prior to working in Richmond, Barbara was an activist who partnered with national organizations (the Human Rights Campaign), grassroots groups, and like-minded individuals throughout the D.C. metro area.  Barbara led phone banks, organized canvasses and hosted candidate events to “flip Virginia Blue.”  She was one of 8 women (Network NoVA) who created “The Women’s Summit” which brought together over 370 activists and 42 candidates. The summit educated attendees on the best practices to run and win elections. Barbara holds a BA in sociology and graduated with the first minor in women’s studies from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.

Tarina Keene took the helm of NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia in January 2008 as the organization’s executive director. During her decade of leadership, the organization has increased its capacity and political power by quadrupling the budget and growing its staff from two to ten.  As a native Virginian, her vision is to make reproductive freedom and healthcare access a reality for all Virginians.

Renise is a full-time activist whose work focuses on building bridges among community groups to advance community civility, sustainability, environmental efforts and ethics elections. She was at the forefront of the grassroots work in Virginia in 2017 and is already deep into organizing for the 2018 Midterms. A founding member of Network NoVA, Renise is part of the Women’s Summit organizing team.

Angela Lynn has over 30-years of experience with local, state and federal agencies involved with community relations. Here’s just a sample of her diverse experience: Battered Women’s Shelter Recreation Director, Armed Services Manager of Base Commissary Store and Pools, William & Mary MEd Higher Education Administration, USIP Stabilization , Security and Peace training , trauma and stress training for disaster assistance, EMI trainer for managers and supervisors, UVA Sorensen Political Leadership Graduate, House of Delegates Candidate 2015, 2017, and Blue Star Mother.

Jessica Mott is a member of the Executive Committee of We of Action (WofA) and a co-leader of the WofA Voting and Elections Group.  During 2017 she canvassed for 10 candidates in swing districts (as well as in Arlington), and led efforts to paraphrase key results of the 2017 General Assembly session.  She has written an article in Medium about her experiences and shared it with activists in Chester County, PA.  She is now leading the Virginia Blue Wave 2019 fundraiser to save or flip 20 Delegate districts and 6 State Senate districts.  Jessica worked at the World Bank from 1978 – 2012, mostly as a team leader of natural resource management and land tenure projects. She has been a strong supporter of the Friends Committee on National Legislation for decades but her engagement with Virginia state politics is recent.

Atima is an award-winning political strategist, advocate, writer and speaker who has spent 16 years engaging youth, women, and people of color in the political process and related progressive causes. From working as a special assistant to Mark Warner when he was Virginia’s Governor to serving as staff on over 9 federal, state, and local Democratic campaigns across the country.She is also a former non-profit manager, organizer, and candidate for public office in Virginia herself. Atima, through her firm Omara Strategy Group, LLC now works to build progressive political power by working with candidates from underrepresented communities in politics and organizations that center women, LGBTQ and/or people of color in their work. In 2013, Atima was nationally elected to serve as President of the Young Democrats of America from 2013-2015. She was the first African American, first Virginian, and fifth woman to be President in its 86 year history. Since 2016, Atima has served as a Democratic National Commitee (DNC) member from Virginia and was elected Vice Chair of the DNC Women’s Caucus in 2017. She is also a political commentator whose writings have been featured in a variety of places including Huffington Post, Salon, and American Prospect and who has spoken on CNN, MSNBC, PBS about the latest political news. She received her BA from the University of Virginia and her Masters in Public Administration at George Mason University.

Susan Otim-Neal is the Principal of Syncerity Speaks®, a professional coaching and training company developing women leaders in the Metro DC area and beyond.  She facilitates transformative learning experiences and powerful conversations, whether working with clients one-on-one to build their executive presence and leadership skills, or designing meaningful group interactions on issues related to interpersonal communication or cross-cultural differences. She is a frequent speaker on topics related to inclusive leadership, mindfulness, and self-empowerment, and has been a member of numerous professional associations and community organizations.   Along with a Finance degree from George Mason University, Susan is an International Coach Federation (ICF) Certified Coach and holds certifications in Integral Human Development, Emotional Intelligence, DISC®, and Participatory Process design. She enjoys traveling, spending time with her husband Steve, and playing with their mischievous dog.  Learn more about Susan and her work at syncerityspeaks.com.

Mary Pence is a founding member of 31^stStreet Swing Left, a group of DC, MD and VA residents formed just after the Nov. 2016 election and dedicated to flipping the House in 2018.  The group first focused on the Virginia HOD races, raising more than $115,000 and canvassing extensively, primarily for three candidates.  Next the group supported the campaign of Conor Lamb in PA 18’s special election by canvassing in his district and raising $35,000.  Now the group is targeting several Congressional districts in 2018, including Virginia’s 2nd (Elaine Luria) and 7th (Abigail Spanberger).   During April and May, 2018 members of the group raised almost $100,000 for Congressional races.  Mary is a self-taught fundraiser, specializing in the art of the “personal ask” and in setting up small events.  She is a retired Family Law attorney and mother of two and grandmother of three.  She yearns to bequeath them a more just, equitable, and peaceful America.

After receiving a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Roanoke College and Master’s Degree in International Business from Hawaii Pacific University, Sam became a small business owner and later the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating officer of a non-profit healthcare firm. Sam channeled his passion for healthcare reform into finding more compassionate ways to care for our seniors and helping with maternal and child health in East Africa. Sam currently has his own small business which helps organizations become more successful through developing better business plans and through investing in their employees. As of March 2017, Sam became the first Virginia legislator to no longer accept donations from special interest PACs (Political Action Committees), or from registered lobbyists.

Mykie Reidy is a writer and grassroots activist in the Pittsburgh region. She was the lead organizer of Mondays With Murphy (later Progress 18 PA), which held weekly protests at former Congressman Tim Murphy’s office. She also helped create the 18^thDistrict Campaign Coalition, an alliance of grassroots groups across the four counties of the district, dedicated to flipping deep red PA18 blue. Her leadership helped change the narrative around the former congressman, inviting scrutiny by the press of both his public and private misconduct, and around the idea of what constitutes a “winnable” district. Once Murphy resigned, the coalition became the backbone of Conor Lamb’s campaign, with Ms. Reidy serving as a conduit between campaign staff and hundreds of grassroots volunteers. Ms. Reidy is now the lead organizer of Partners For Progress SWPA, which focuses on elections, issues advocacy, and community education in the Pittsburgh region.

Andy Reynolds is vice president for Civix Strategy Group. Andy has spent the last decade working in Democratic politics for candidates, organizations and progressive causes. He has managed campaigns at the local, state and federal levels, served as IE Director at SEIU and consultant for a variety of political committees, labor unions and advocacy groups. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife Valerie and their bulldog Charley.

Ryan Rowe (he/him/his), Associate Regional Field Director for the Human Rights Campaign, helps lead the field work for HRC in the Northern U.S. and works across regions in HRC’s field work with communities of color and communities of faith. Prior to this position, Ryan lived and organized in the South for 10 years for HRC, Equality North Carolina and with the Moral Monday movement lead by Bishop Rev Dr William Barber II and the NC NAACP. He’s lead fieldwork for successful candidate campaigns including Charlotte’s pro-LGBTQ city council slate that prompted the North Carolina’s anti-trans HB2 law–and then the campaign against HB2 that eventually unseated pro-HB2 Governor Pat McCrory. He has served as HRC’s field director for countless city and state-wide ballot campaigns to advance or defend LGBTQ rights in the North and South, HRC’s faith field outreach director on state-wide marriage equality campaigns in Delaware and Illinois, the NAACP Outreach Director for the Maryland marriage equality ballot campaign, and as Faith Outreach Director for the campaign against North Carolina’s Amendment One. He most recently supported HRC’s New York steering committee who helped two HRC endorsed candidates take two more seats in the state senate and move New York very close to the votes needed to finally pass a trans-inclusive, state-wide nondiscrimination bill (GENDA) there. Ryan is originally from Pontiac and Detroit Michigan and lives in Lansing MI with his wife, Jamie and near his sister Krista and her wife Susan.

Dorri C. Scott is an inspiring writer, thought leader and communications professional with a heart for education and its power to changes lives. A muse maker, with an uncompromising authentic style, Dorri brings out the best in others using storytelling, poetry, “real talk,” inspiration and her infectious personality connecting to audiences worldwide. She is the author of 3 books, including best seller (Wake Up Women, 1998) a certified member of the International Coach Federation and coaches adults and high school students on public speaking, social media success and brand strategy.

Vicki Shabo directs the National Partnership for Women & Families’ fair and family friendly workplace policy initiatives, with a current special focus on winning a national paid family and medical leave law. Under Shabo’s leadership, the National Partnership’s workplace team has been integrally involved in landmark policy victories, including federal executive action on paid sick days, equal pay and sex discrimination, numerous state and local paid leave, equal pay and pregnancy nondiscrimination laws, and many private sector policy changes. These advances build on the organization’s long history of fighting for and winning public policies and cultural changes that promote workplace fairness and families’ economic security. Shabo serves as a trusted resource for policymakers, business leaders, advocates, researchers and the media. Her perspective and analyses have been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, NPR and MSNBC, and in the New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Pressand numerous other outlets. Prior to joining the National Partnership, Shabo practiced law, worked as a pollster and political strategist, and served as a staffer in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Roxanne Stachowski is a consultant to the Women Effect Action Fund, a collaborative fund of individual donors, foundations and public charities that are dedicated an intersectional approach to achieving true equality for women in our lifetimes. Roxanne also serves as the senior manager for executive initiatives at the Rockefeller Family Fund, where she manages core elements of the economic justice for women program area, while also working across the foundation to further institutional goals and priorities. She served previously as global policy associate for the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), where she led efforts to ensure that U.S. foreign policies and programs improve the health, rights and well-being of girls and women in developing countries. Prior to joining ICRW, Roxanne worked with the Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) and the Women’s Information Network (WIN), organizations that focus on professional and leadership development for girls and women in the United States.

Neera Tanden is the CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund and is also the President and CEO of the Center for American Progress, the largest progressive think-tank in the United States.  Before joining CAP and CAP Action, she worked as a key member of the health reform team of former President Barack Obama, where she helped to develop and pass the Affordable Care Act. She also managed all domestic policy initiatives during Obama’s first presidential campaign and has served in several leadership roles for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  At CAP and CAP Action, Tanden is focused on building the grassroots opposition to Donald Trump’s agenda, and on developing an alternative agenda that will expand opportunity for all Americans.

Robbin Warner’s PhD dissertation in 1989 focused on women as agents of social change.  Robbin is now one of those change agents. A professor of writing, Robbin currently channels her passion for words into political action as a founder of Postcards4VA, a grassroots group that coordinated the writing of over 137,000 GOTV postcards to Virginia voters in 2017. Postcards4VA is at it again for the 2018 midterms. Click here to sign up. Robbin is a founding member of Network NoVA’s Women’s Summit organizing team, as well. Her background also includes running a nonprofit organization, owning a consulting business, and serving on the executive board of the NATO Charity Bazaar Foundation that raised millions of Euros for small charities in Europe. When not working to elect progressive women candidates, Robbin writes, coaches writing, and makes delectables as a Belgian trained chocolatier.

Katherine White is a pioneer in feminist scholarship as one of the early graduates from the Ohio State University’s Women’s Studies program. Since the Women’s March, Katherine has become an activist and advocate. She has  formed an organization with like-minded women called Network NoVa that serves to connect  with others in Northern Virginia for the purpose of supporting and suggesting efforts to ensure that our democratic values of equality, justice, and human rights succeed. Katherine is dedicated and passionate about empowering women and girls through education, collaboration, and partnership. A consummate fundraiser and event planner, Katherine currently serves as the Director of Fundraising and Development for Give Me A Break From Cancer in Fairfax, Virginia.