Denise Feriozzi

Denise Feriozzi is a Principal at Civitas Public Affairs and a co-Founder of the Pipeline Initiative, a network of organizations and philanthropists dedicated to building the pipeline of progressive leaders at every level of the ballot. Denise has nearly two decades of experience on campaigns to elect women and advance progressive issues. She served as the deputy executive director and national political director of EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, where she led efforts to recruit, train, and elect hundreds of pro-choice Democratic women at the state and local levels to build the pipeline of women candidates up and down the ballot. Denise has held leadership roles in campaigns for organizations and candidates all over the country, including on both of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaigns, at the Democratic Governors Association, Communities for Quality Education, and Americans United to Protect Social Security. She lives in DC with her family.