Skye Perryman

SKYE PERRYMAN is the President and CEO of Democracy Forward, a national legal organization that advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy engagement, and regulatory advocacy. Perryman previously served as General Counsel of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the nation’s leading association of physicians dedicated to the health of women and has held litigation roles in two of the nation’s elite law firms.

Ms. Perryman has developed and led groundbreaking legal and policy strategies, including those that have enhanced access to Medicaid for millions of postpartum women, enabled the distribution of mifepristone by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic, and restored federal funding to evidence-based community programs.

Perryman’s legal work has been cited by the US Supreme Court as well as state supreme courts and covered in outlets such as The New York Times, National Public Radio, NBC News, The Washington Post, The Houston Chronicle, and Teen Vogue.