Nicole Shanahan– Vice Presidential Candidate
Party
Independent
Home State
Experience
No prior political experience. An attorney and entrepreneur, she is the founder and president of Bia-Echo Foundation, which focuses on reproductive longevity and equality, criminal justice reform, and environmental sustainability. She is also the co-founder of ClearAccessIP, an AI patent analytics company.
Donors
Nicole Shanahan has been a significant donor to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign. In 2023, she donated $6,600 to Mr. Kennedy, the maximum allowed for an individual contributor, when he was running as a Democrat for the presidential nomination. Additionally, she donated $4 million to a pro-Kennedy super PAC and has stated that she contributed another $8 million to the campaign.
Top 3 Issues
Nicole supports abortion rights with certain limits, as she stated here: “As a mom, and a person with a womb, I don’t like the feeling of anyone having control over my body. It is coercive. It is wrong. But, I am also a woman that would not feel right terminating a viable life living inside of me, especially if I am both healthy and that baby is healthy.” She believes an appropriate limit would be within “15-18 weeks.” Nicole supports state rights in determining abortion laws, stating, “communities know the answer to this question.” Nicole criticizes IVF and advocates for alternative and natural approaches to reproductive longevity. In support of this, her company, Bia-Echo, launched the world’s first Reproductive Longevity and Equality initiative at the Buck Institute.
Nicole is dedicated to promoting a “healthy and livable” planet. Through Bia-Echo, she advocates for innovative solutions to address environmental challenges and ensure the planet’s sustainability for future generations.
Nicole also advocates for criminal justice reform to create a more equitable society. Through the Smart Prosecution Project, she seeks to apply data science to the prosecutorial process and has been actively involved in research on artificial intelligence and its impact on government and law. Nicole was a major donor to Measure J, which is an initiative which dedicates “unrestricted funding to address the disproportionate impact of racial injustice through community investments such as youth development, job training, small business development, supportive housing services and alternatives to incarceration.”
