About Nancy Keenan

Nancy Keenan began her tenure as president of NARAL Pro-Choice America in December 2004. Committed to working on behalf of America's pro-choice majority, Nancy took the reins of the organization pledging to protect and defend the American values of freedom and privacy.

Before coming to NARAL Pro-Choice America, Nancy served as a Montana state legislator and in the statewide elected office of state superintendent of public instruction. She ran a strong campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000.

While at NARAL Pro-Choice America, Nancy works hard to reshape the debate on reproductive rights and protect women's access to safe, legal abortion. The Washingtonian Magazine named her one of the top 100 most powerful women in Washington, DC. The Detroit News described her as both "forthright and politically savvy," noting that she, among other pro-choice leaders, is responsible for "honing a message about American values of personal responsibility, freedom and privacy" defined as "a new stance and a realistic one."

Nancy has guest blogged for Huffington Post, RH Reality Check, and Campus Progress.

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About Molly

Molly joined the communications team at NARAL Pro-Choice America in 2006 and has worked in DC and Virginia politics for the last five years. In 2005, she managed the successful campaign of a pro-choice independent candidate, who defeated an anti-choice incumbent for a seat in the Virginia Assembly.  It was during that campaign that Molly saw first hand the impact blogs have on politics, and she's been hooked ever since. 

A Baltimore County native, Molly currently lives in DC and likes spicy food, Italian words, and fizzy water.  

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About Lauren

Lauren joined NARAL Pro-Choice America's online communications team in 2007. After studying broadcast journalism and sociology at Ithaca College, she moved down to DC to join the non-profit world. During her year-long stint as a conference planner, she volunteered with NARAL Pro-Choice America as well as the National Organization for Women. She was thrilled to land her job at NARAL Pro-Choice America and be able to wake up each day and protect reproductive rights in this country.

Originally from Albany, NY, Lauren loves music, cats, karate, and tennis.

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About Jessica

Jessica is a 29 year-old feminist writer from New York and the founding editor of Feministing.com. She has a Masters degree in Women's and Gender Studies from Rutgers University and has worked with organizations such as Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund), Planned Parenthood, the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) and Ms. magazine. She is also a co-founder of the REAL hot 100, a campaign to highlight the important work that young women are doing across the country.

Jessica is the editor of Beijing Betrayed, a global monitoring report on women's progress worldwide and a contributing author to We Don't Need Another Wave and Single State of the Union (Seal Press). Her writing has appeared in Ms. magazine, Salon, The Guardian (UK), Bitch, Alternet, The Scholar & Feminist and Guernica.

In April 2007, Jessica was named one of ELLE magazine's IntELLEgentsia.