Sarah Taylor-Nanista, Executive Director. (e-mail)

Sarah joined womenwinning in October 2007.  In appointing Taylor-Nanista the committee sought to bring her research regarding the recruitment and election of women to local office in Minnesota to the work of womenwinning.  Her thesis “A Push to the Pipeline: An Analysis of Efforts of Parties and Organizations to Recruit Women to Local Office in Minnesota,” speaks directly to our efforts.  Prior to joining womenwinning, Sarah most recently served as Director of the StreetWorks Collaborative where she provided leadership, vision, and organizational direction for the collaboration of ten nonprofit youth-serving member agencies in the Twin Cities.  In 2005, she served as acting director of the Humphrey Institute’s Center on Women and Public Policy where she planned and implemented training for prospective women candidates and in 2006 she received her master’s in public policy from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.  Taylor-Nanista also earned a master’s in social work from the University of Minnesota with a concentration in community organizing and advocacy.

Jenna Covey, Assistant Director.
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Jenna joined womenwinning in March of 2008. She received a B.A. in Sociology from Minnesota State University, Mankato in December 2007. Her undergraduate research on women in politics, "Women in Minnesota's Legislature: Percieved Positions of Power," has fueled her interest in women's participation in politics. Jenna has worked with several non-profit organizations engaging young people in political participation including Democracy Matters and Young People For. In addition Jenna has done freelance design in the non-profit, political, and buisness sector for the past five years.

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