Senior Leadership
Britt Cocanour
Chief of Staff
As chief of staff, Britt Cocanour oversees daily operations and management of EMILY’s List, including a nationwide staff of 70.
Britt has over a decade of experience in progressive politics. She joined EMILY’s List in 1999 as the director of the campaign staff training program, which is widely viewed as one of the best training programs in Democratic politics.
In 2003, Britt was promoted to deputy political director, combining her management and fundraising experience to engineer and oversee two vital new EMILY’s List political programs. One of these is Campaign Corps, formerly known as Participation 2000, which recruits talented recent college graduates, trains them on political strategy, and places them on campaigns. Britt herself is a member of the Participation 2000 class of 1994.
Britt is also the architect and enthusiastic nurturer of EMILY's List Political Opportunity Program (POP), which is helping create the next generation of women candidates. POP recruits, trains and supports women running for state and local office, and has greatly enhanced EMILY’s List’s profile among women nationwide.
Before joining EMILY’s List, Britt was the political finance coordinator for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), then the third-largest union in the AFL-CIO. She launched her career in the political department of the National Women’s Political Caucus.
Britt holds a B.A. in political science from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.