Veronica Pejril

Veronica Pejril

Veronica Pejril was born in Chicago, and after transplanting to Indiana in 1996, she has grown firm roots in her community. She began her first year of service representing the third ward on Greencastle’s City Council in January 2020, making history as Indiana’s first...
Ashley Pirani

Ashley Pirani

Ashley Pirani was born and raised in Mishawaka, IN, but has called Bloomington home for the past 15 years. She lives there with her husband, two children, four cats, and one chinchilla. She currently works as an independent insurance agent as Shine Insurance. In her...
Shruti Rana

Shruti Rana

Shruti Rana is an international lawyer with a broad range of leadership and other experience in human rights, legal practice, and community and non-profit organizations. She is currently a professor and assistant dean at Indiana University Bloomington. Before moving...
Deborah Whitfield

Deborah Whitfield

Deborah Whitfield, Director of Diversity Equity & Inclusion for Community Health Network, has been with the organization since 1995. Prior to this role, Deborah served Community as a coordinator for the respiratory therapist blood gas laboratories striving to...

What we will do

Each year, a group of twenty (20) to twenty-five (25) outstanding Democratic women will be selected through a competitive application process to participate in a nine-month leadership training program. Applications will be available in May of 2018 and the inaugural...