Deidre Malone has been Elected President to Lead the National Women’s Political Caucus
(Washington, DC – August 14, 2023) The National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC) elected long term member Deidre Malone as its 15th President during its 26th Biennial Conference in Richmond, VA last weekend.
Malone, the two-time NWPC Tennessee Caucus President, follows out-going president Donna Lent who served eight years in the leadership role.
“It’s an honor to follow former president Donna Lent who has been extremely dedicated to NWPC and done a great deal to take it’s work to another level,” stated Malone who lives in Memphis, TN. “I look forward to serving with our new Board of Directors as we build a case across this country to elect pro-choice women to all levels of government in 2024 and years beyond. Women in this country need equality and we are going to spend the next two years continuing to fight for it and electing women to office who will fight for women’s rights.”
Others newly elected officers are:
- Leta Schlosser, Vice President of Political Planning and Appointments;
- Gale Jones Carson, Vice President of Communications;
- Jane von Kaenel, Vice President of Board Operations;
- Ruby Powell-Dennis, Vice President of Membership; and,
- Dawn Lott, Vice President of Development.
Some of the founders of the National Women’s Political Caucus include: Gloria Steinem, former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, Betty Friedan, Fannie Lou Hamer and more than 300 other women.
About the National Women’s Political Caucus
The National Women’s Political Caucus, founded in 1971, is the oldest national, multi-partisan, grassroots organization dedicated to identifying, recruiting, training, electing, and supporting pro-choice women candidates for elected and appointed office.
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