Meet your 2022 Legislative Lobby Days Keynote Speaker!

Our 2022 Legislative Lobby Days is slowing approaching. To get everyone more excited, we are delighting to introduce you to our wonderful Keynote Speaker, Kate Coyne McCoy, MSW!

For nearly a decade, Coyne-McCoy was the regional director of the Political Opportunity Program (POP) at EMILY’s List, the largest political action network in the United States. Kate built and implemented the organization’s ground breaking program building the bench of Democratic leaders across the US. Kate recruited, trained and supported pro-choice Democratic women candidates at the federal, state and local level. Since designing and developing the POP training program and its related materials and budget, Kate has trained over 9000 women and men in 45 states and has directly assisted with the campaigns and successful elections of hundreds of progressive candidates, including dozens currently serving in the US Congress and across the globe.

In addition to her work at EMILY’s List, Kate has served as a Fellow and lecturer in the Women’s Public Policy Program at Harvard University since 2005. Kate teaches and mentors graduate students in the Harvard Square to the Oval Office program at the University, in addition to developing training materials.

Kate has spent most of her career advocating for progressive social change. Trained and educated as a social worker, Kate has built coalitions and organizations focused on social and economic justice issues including health care, climate change, and civil rights.

In the last several years Coyne-McCoy has helped found and manage Protect Matunuck a neighborhood association devoted to preserving the integrity and unique way of life in the village of Matunuck RI.

Kate has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Providence College and a Masters in Social Work from Rhode Island College. She lives in RI and Florida with her husband and little dogs.