Kate Coyne-McCoy and the Rise of Women in Politics

"The more that philanthropy can do to encourage and support women in running for office, the better," says Kate Coyne-McCoy, CEO of The Campaign Fixer, who has spent much of her career trying to bring more women into American politics. Coyne-McCoy has trained over 9,000 women to run for office, and she has a message for philanthropy. Coyne-McCoy has trained over 9,000 women to run for office. She wants to know what is still holding many women back. "Do more politically, period," she said in a recent interview with Philanthropy Women, when asked what her message would be to progressive women donors and their allies.  "Until you make an investment in the electoral and political process, you're never going to see the change you want." In particular Coyne-McCoy is looking for philanthropy to help fund research into why more of the women who go through trainings to run for office, don't subsequently take the leap. "The knowledge about this is old. They say it's becau