Shannon Watts

Shannon Watts is the founder of Moms Demand Action, the largest grassroots group fighting gun violence in the U.S. Known as the “summoner of women’s audacity,” she has been named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People, a Forbes 50 over 50 Changemaker, and a Glamour Woman of the Year. She recently organized the largest Zoom gathering in history, mobilizing over 200K voters and raising over $11 million in support of the 2024 Kamala Harris campaign. Watts is an active board member of Emerge America, one of the nation’s leading organizations for recruiting and training women to run for office.