Denise is one of the country’s leading campaign strategists with an expansive network of relationships with political leaders and elected officials all across America. Denise spent the majority of her career working to elect Democratic women to office, directly on campaigns and as Deputy Executive Director and Political Director at EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics. Denise has experience running independent campaigns to elect progressive candidates and win on progressive causes, like her work to defeat privatization of Social Security; elevate education as a key issue in gubernatorial races; and manage a coalition of LGBT, women’s and labor groups to elect Tammy Baldwin to the U.S. Senate.