Building off of last year’s landmark successes of state Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward and state House Speaker Joanna McClinton, Pennsylvania women have continued to make waves in 2023. In addition to seven women serving in Gov. Josh Shapiro’s cabinet – including Laurel Harry, the first female leader of the state Department of Corrections, there are a record number of women serving in Congress, and a host of committees in both the state Senate and House now being chaired by women as well.
The honorees profiled on the following pages – researched by City & State staff and written by journalist Hilary Danailova – include female public servants, business executives, nonprofit leaders, advocates, academics and others who meet at the intersection of politics and policy.
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41. Kadida Kenner
Last year, Kadida Kenner’s New Pennsylvania Project registered more than 20,000 voters. Kenner, who founded the voting rights nonprofit, maintains that momentum as she looks to upcoming elections – advocating for a higher state minimum wage, rallying with the League of Women Voters and reaching out to the many Pennsylvanians of color who remain underserved and underrepresented. On Twitter, she regularly reminds voters of the importance of the judiciary as co-chair of Why Courts Matter – Pennsylvania.
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