“When women run for office, they win at the same rates as men, yet women are not encouraged and recruited at the same rate as men,” says Erin Loos Cutraro, founder and CEO of She Should Run. Cutraro launched the organization in 2011 with a goal of creating a robust pipeline of female candidates for all levels of political office. To date, She Should Run says it has inspired more than 26,000 women to run for office, and Cutraro aims to make that number 250,000 by 2030. Committed to being nonpartisan, She Should Run has more than 100,000 social media followers. Its online incubator program counts 18,000 members in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and covers topics like cultivating leadership and communication skills, building networks and fundraising. In 2020, Cutraro and She Should Run will be traveling across the country hosting Road to Run, a series of live networking and educational meetings to spur women’s leadership.
