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Stephanie Schriock
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- CEO & Organizational Leader, Political Strategist, and Inspirational Visionary
- Former President, Emily's List
- Author of 'Run to Win: Lessons in Leadership for Women Changing the World'
- Senior Advisor, Strategic Victory Fund
Biography
Organizational leader, political strategist, and senior advisor Stephanie Schriock is a strategic, adaptive leader with a 20-year record of success in both startups and mature organizations. An inspirational visionary, Stephanie’s strengths in management, strategy, and media relations are underpinned by her down-to-earth ability to engage with people from diverse backgrounds and views. From 2010 through 2021, Stephanie was President of EMILY’s List – a national organization dedicated to electing women to office. During her tenure, she tripled its income to $120M, quadrupled its staff to 120, built an online community of over 5M, and trained more than 14K women to run for office. She is the author of Run to Win: A Leadership Guide to Women Who Want to Change the World, an Amazon Editor’s Pick in Best Nonfiction. Stephanie has been sought-after to speak for groups including Yale University, George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management, the Harvard Women in Law Program, America Votes, and more.
Before joining EMILY’s List, Stephanie managed the successful U.S. Senate campaign of Jon Tester in Montana, building a campaign organization from scratch and defeating an 18-year incumbent. She served as Senator Tester’s Chief of Staff until 2010. Stephanie also managed Al Franken’s Senate campaign in Minnesota and was the national finance director for Howard Dean’s presidential campaign, where she pioneered the digital techniques that have since transformed political campaigning and fundraising. She serves on the boards of the Goldman School’s Center on Security in Politics at UC-Berkeley, Priorities USA, and Democracy Docket, and is currently consulting for Precision Strategies, FrontRow, and the Strategic Victory Fund. With expertise spanning leadership, politics, business, and more, Stephanie is an uplifting speaker who offers actionable strategies for growth and empowerment.
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Leadership: A Guide for Women Who Want to Change the World
Inspired by her critically acclaimed book Run to Win, Stephanie Schriock offers this empowering and strategic talk about leadership, resilience, and succeeding in a male-dominated field. Stephanie leverages her political and nonprofit expertise to resonate across industries and with a wide audience, connecting with those who strive to create diverse and inclusive teams.
Organizational Restructuring: Strategy and Inspiration for Change
As the former President of EMILY’s List, Stephanie Schriock led the organization through a major restructuring resulting in massive growth and positive change. With an intense focus including the Board, modernization, technology, staff empowerment, donor outreach and fundraising, Stephanie tripled the organizational income to $120M+, quadrupled its staff to 120, grew its online community 28-fold to 5,000,000+, and trained 14,000+ women to run for office. Stephanie shares her insights and strategies in this action-oriented talk.
Building Growth in Business and in Politics
Before her tenure as President of EMILY’s List, Stephanie Schriock managed multiple successful senate and presidential campaigns, revolutionizing political fundraising in American politics by using both digital and traditional tactics to be first to market in successful long-term Internet-based fundraising and campaigning. In this engaging talk, Stephanie speaks to her record-breaking work in campaign management, fundraising, and finance, making connections that will impact groups of all kinds.
Divided America: Politics Today and Finding the Middle
Political strategist and organizational leader Stephanie Schriock was President of EMILY’s List – a national organization dedicated to electing women to office. Drawing on her broad experience growing that organization and as a campaign manager for numerous successful campaigns, Stephanie speaks to the divided nature of politics today, and how we can build meaningful solutions together by finding the middle.
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Run to Win: Lessons in Leadership for Women Changing the World
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