VoteRunLead

Vote Run Lead
FounderErin Vilardi
Type501(c)(3)
Co-founders
Rhonda Briggins, Shannon Garrett, Pakou Hang, Liz Johnson
Stephanie Berger, Vanessa Cooksey, Jehmu Greene, Crystal Patterson
Websitevoterunlead.org

Vote Run Lead is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that trains women to run for office in the United States. Founded in 2014 by Erin Vilardi with co-founders Rhonda Briggins, Shannon Garrett, Pakou Hang and Liz Johnson, it is nationally recognized as the largest, most diverse candidate training program for women.[1]

Vote Run Lead is non-partisan and focuses on state and local offices.[2] The organization reports it has trained more than 55,000 women, nearly 60% of whom are women of color and 20% of whom are from rural areas.[3][needs update]

  1. ^ "About VoteRunLead". voterunlead.org. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  2. ^ Traister, Rebecca (January 19, 2018). "Raising Dough". The Cut. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  3. ^ "August 26 is Women's Majority Day!". Yahoo Finance. 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2024-01-04.