SHELLIE SACHS LEVIN
Miami

Commissioner Shellie Sachs Levin is a licensed Florida attorney who practiced law in in Miami-Dade County for 25 years. In 1997, Ms. Levin left the practice of law to co-organize community initiatives and to help elect Democratic candidates to local, state and federal office. For the past 10 years Ms. Levin has worked for EMILY’s List, the largest independent political action committee in the country. EMILY’s List is a full service organization that helps elect pro-choice Democratic women to office. Ms. Levin currently directs the EMILY’s List Majority Council programs in the Southeastern United States and portions of the Midwest.

In addition to her work with EMILY’s List, Ms. Levin has worked as a fundraising consultant for Democratic pro-choice candidates running for federal, state and local office. She has recruited candidates throughout Florida and helped develop candidate campaign and finance plans for Democratic candidates running for state and statewide offices.

Ms. Levin served on the National Women’s Reproductive Healthcare Advisory Board and is a former Board member of the Women’s Chamber of Commerce for Miami-Dade County, where she was the Legislative Affairs Chair. She served on the Miami-Dade County Commission on the Status of Women, was the Chair for Friends of the Miami-Dade County Commission on the Status of Women, as a Board member of the Women’s Emergency Network, as Public Policy Chair for AAUW Miami and on the State Public Policy Committee for AAUW Florida.