Emerge America, the national organization dedicated to recruiting and training Democratic women to run for public office, is in search of a new national president.  Founder and former president, Andrea Dew Steele, resigned last month after serving nearly ten years.  She will be honored at the annual Emerge America banquet on June 17^th which includes Arianna Huffington as the featured speaker.

The Emerge program is unique in that 25 women are identified in each state each year and are put through a comprehensive, rigorous seven-month training program.  The women in the program are also given the opportunity to meet women leaders and donors throughout their states and build their networking skills.

Emerge America has nine affiliate states, the most recent being Kentucky, and eventually hopes to be in all 50 states. A national search has been underway for several weeks for the new president, and the organization is open to the possibility of moving the national headquarters to Washington D.C. or New York if a qualified candidate is located in that area.

The application deadline is May 31^st.  For more details and information, click here.