Anne Bartley was a left-of-center activist and funder who was involved in the creation and leadership of several left-of-center advocacy organizations including America Votes, the Threshold Foundation, the Democracy Alliance, and Committee on States. ⁸ She was married to a former director of the Service Employees International Union’s (SEIU) Institute for Change, Larry McNeil. ²⁵ Bartley, whose occupation was formerly listed as “investor” on EMILY’s List’s FEC filings, contributed a total of $47,250 to the group between 1989 and 2010. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-3J_3pDNZlkC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22emily’s%20list%22&f=true