Karla Jurvetson
Karla Jurvetson | |
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Jurvetson in 2018 | |
| Born | Karla Tinklenberg 1966 (age 58–59) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Stanford University (BS) University of California School of Medicine (MD) |
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Karla Jurvetson is an American physician, philanthropist, and major Democratic donor. She has particularly focused on supporting candidates who are women, people of color, and from underrepresented communities, and she is a prominent activist in the movement to protect voting rights and American democracy. Jurvetson is vice chair of EMILY's List, which supports Democratic pro-choice women and has more than five million members.