Ellen Malcolm

Infobox_President
name=Ellen R. Malcolm


order=EMILY's List President and Founder
birth_date=birth date|1947|2|2|mf=y
dead=alive

Ellen R. Malcolm has had a long career in American politics, particularly in political fundraising. She is an heiress of one of the founders of IBM. After graduating from Hollins College in 1969 [http://www.nndb.com/people/967/000116619/] , she worked for Common Cause in the 1970s. She was a press secretary for National Women's Political Caucus and later Esther Peterson, special assistant for consumer affairs in the Carter administration. She went on to found EMILY's List, a left-wing organization which supports the election of pro-choice, female Democrats to public office, and was president of America Coming Together.

Malcolm was named one of America's most influential women by "Vanity Fair" (1998), one of the 100 Most Important Women in America by "Ladies' Home Journal" (1999), one of the Women of the Year by "Glamour" (1992), and Most Valuable Player by the American Association of Political Consultants.