Saturday, March 30, 2024

Nicole Shanahan (RFK Jr's VP pick)


Nicole Shanahan



Independent

Candidate, Vice President of the United States
Elections and appointments

Next election
November 5, 2024

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Nicole Shanahan is running for vice president on a ticket with presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) in the 2024 presidential election. Kennedy selected Shanahan as his running mate on March 26, 2024. To read more about Kennedy's campaign, click here.

Shanahan is a patent attorney and entrepreneur. She serves as the president of the Bia-Echo Foundation, which invests in helping older women have children, criminal justice, and environmental issues.[1][2]
See Kennedy's presidential campaign overview and Presidential candidates, 2024, for more information about the 2024 presidential election.

Biography

Shanahan grew up in Oakland, California. She was raised in a single-parent household by her mother, who immigrated to the United States from China.[3] Shanahan received bachelor's degrees in Asian Studies, economics, and Mandarin Chinese from the University of Puget Sound in 2007.[3][2]

She began her career working as an intellectual property paralegal and patent specialist before receiving a law degree from the Santa Clara University School of Law in 2014. After graduating, Shanahan founded ClearAccessIP, a tech company that works in patent analytics and intellectual property asset management. She sold the company in 2020.[4]

As of 2024, she serves as the president of the Bia-Echo Foundation, which invests in helping older women have children, criminal justice, and environmental issues.[1][2]

Elections
2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) selected Shanahan as his running mate on March 26, 2024. Kennedy began his campaign for the 2024 presidential election on April 5, 2023. Click the links below to read more about the 2024 presidential election:


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