Kim Gandy
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Kim Gandy (Jim Wallace, 2001)
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January 25, 1954 Bossier City, Bossier Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Residence | Arlington, Virginia |
| Alma mater | Loyola University New Orleans School of Law |
| Occupation | Feminist political activist |
| Spouse(s) | Christopher "Kip" Lornell |
| Children | Two daughters |
| Parent(s) | Alfred Kenneth and Roma R. Gandy |
Kim Gandy (born January 25, 1954) is an American feminist who from 2001 to 2009 was the president of the National Organization for Women. She has been president and CEO of the National Network to End Domestic Violence since 2012. In 2009, Gandy was a resident fellow at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From January 2010 to October 2012 she was vice president and general counsel at the Feminist Majority Foundation in Arlington, Virginia.
Gandy was born in Bossier City in northwestern Louisiana, to Alfred Kenneth Gandy (1928–2010), a native of Bossier City, and Roma Rae (Young) Gandy (1927–1998), a native of Pennsylvania. Her father was an officer of the former Bossier Bank and Trust Company, an institution organized during the 1920s by her grandfather, W.A. Gandy. After Roma's death, A. K. Gandy married the former Shirley S. Lacobee (1925–2004) of Shreveport. Kim Gandy had a younger sister Kellie Ann, who, like their mother, died of cancer.
Kim Gandy graduated from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, the seat of Lincoln Parish, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics.
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