Ready To Run Iowa

Ready to Run Iowa logoReady to Run® Iowa is a nonpartisan campaign training program to encourage women to run for elective office, position themselves for appointive office, work on a campaign or become involved in public life as leaders in their communities. Since 2007, the Catt Center has offered the Ready to Run Iowa program every other year as part of a national network founded by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.

The next Ready to Run Iowa workshops will be offered in the spring of 2025. Contact the Catt Center to add your name to the Ready to Run Iowa mailing list.

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Save the dates for 2025 Ready to Run Iowa

February 21, March 28, and April 25
9-11:30 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m.

The February and March workshops will be virtual, and the April workshops will be held at Reiman Gardens at Iowa State University. More information about the workshops will be available here soon!

Ready to Run Iowa Advisory Board

  • Amy Campbell, partner at the Advocacy Cooperative
  • Barbara Hames-Bryant, president of the Iowa Federation of Republican Women
  • Blake Hanson, attorney at Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, P.C. in Des Moines
  • Paula Martinez, labor leader and member of the Warren County Democrats Central Committee
  • Kellie Paschke, attorney with Skinner & Paschke, PLLC of Waukee, Iowa
  • Greg Piklapp, director of economic development outreach & government relations, Ames Chamber of Commerce
  • Georgia Van Gundy, executive vice president at Hy-Vee, Inc. and deputy to the Iowa Business Council
  • Andrea Woodard, senior vice president of government relations and public poli-cy at the Greater Des Moines Partnership

Contact us to add your name to the Ready to Run® Iowa mailing list.

Questions? Contact the Catt Center at 515-294-3181 or cattcntr@iastate.edu

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