Danna Lovell
Executive Director
Danna Lovell has called Nevada home for over 40 years. Originally born and raised in Colorado, she moved to southern Nevada out of college and proudly raised her son and daughter in the Las Vegas valley. Ms. Lovell has been a business and real estate owner in Nevada and has enjoyed the resilience of the state and its people through the growth, changes, and challenges they have faced over the years.
Ms. Lovell has been the Executive Director of Emerge Nevada since 2017 where she leads the organization, facilitates the Signature Training Programs, and provides support for the alums. As an independent affiliate of Emerge states nationwide, Emerge Nevada has been building the bench of elected women in Nevada since 2006. Ms. Lovell and the Emerge Nevada Board of Directors work with stakeholders, community members, and political leaders to identify, recruit and train Democratic women to run for elected office. The Emerge program provides a six-month 70-hour signature training for women to prepare for their campaigns and learn how to win their elections. More than 400 women have been through the Emerge program in this state and there are currently over 35 Emerge Nevada alumnae in elected offices. Most recently, Nevada became the first state in the nation with a woman-majority legislature and over 30% of those women are Emerge Nevada alums.