Meet Pennsylvania’s most influential female leaders.
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.
47. Kadida Kenner
Many of this year’s newest voters were registered thanks to the New Pennsylvania Project and its founding director, Kadida Kenner. Inspired by the voting rights advocacy of Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, Kenner launched NPP last year to mobilize as many of the 1.1 million eligible commonwealth voters as possible, focusing on historically less-participatory young and non-white Americans. Kenner, who previously worked at the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, is also co-chair of Why Courts Matter – Pennsylvania, an organization promoting independent state and federal courts.