Advisory Board

Emerge America has established a first-rate, nationally renowned Advisory Board who help the organization by speaking on its behalf and by participating in fundraising efforts.  They are:

Joan Blades
Co-Founder, Move-On and Mom's Rising

Susie Tompkins Buell
Democratic activist and philanthropist

Loretta Durbin
President, Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership

Pamela Eakes
Democratic activist

Patricia A. Friend
International President, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO

Louise Gund
Democratic activist and philanthropist

Christina Harbridge
President, Allegory Training

Celinda Lake
President, Lake Research Partners

Barbara Lee
Philanthropic activist

Ann Lewis
President, No-Limits.org, Former Advisor to Senator Hillary Clinton

John Luongo
Venture Partner, Opus Capital

Nadine North
Managing Director, Taylor Winfield

Rob McKay
President, the McKay Foundation

Dee Dee Myers
Political Strategist and Author of Why Women Should Rule the World

Eva Paterson
President, Equal Justice Society

Carol Pensky
Democratic activist

Deborah Rappaport
Democratic activist and philanthropist

Cecile Richards
President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Gloria Steinem
Writer and activist

Margery Tabankin
Principal, Margery Tabankin and Associates

Susie Turnbull
Chair, Maryland Democratic Party

Lisa Witter
Chief Operating Officer, Fenton Communications

Naomi Wolf
Writer and activist