Donna L. Brazile is a Donna Brazile is Chair of the Democratic National Committee’sVoting Rights Institute (VRI) and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown Universityin Washington, DC. The VRI was established in 2001 to help protect and promotethe rights of all Americans to participate in the political process.Brazile, a veteran Democratic political strategist, is theformer Campaign Manager for Gore-Lieberman 2000 -the first African American tolead a major presidential campaign.Prior to joining the Gore campaign, Brazile was Chief of Staffand Press Secretary to Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District ofColumbia where she helped guide the District’s budget and local legislation onCapitol Hill. Brazile is a weekly contributor and political commentator onCNN’s Inside Politics and American Morning. In addition, she is a columnist forRoll Call Newspaper and appears regularly on MSNBC’s Hardball and Fox’s Hannityand Colmes.During the 2002 mid-term election, Brazile traveled to over 29states and 53 congressional districts to help train Democratic activists. At theconclusion of the 2002 mid-term elections, Brazile served as a media consultantand grassroots organizer for Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA).A veteran of numerous national and statewide campaigns, Brazileworked on several presidential campaigns for Democratic candidates, includingCarter-Mondale in 1976 and 1980, Rev. Jesse Jackson’s first historic bid for thepresidency in 1984, Mondale-Ferraro in 1984, U.S. Representative Dick Gephardtin 1988, Dukakis-Bentsen in 1988, and Clinton-Gore in 1992 and 1996. In addition to working on political campaigns, Brazile hasserved as a senior lecturer and adjunct professor at the University of Marylandand a fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics.Brazile is the recipient of numerous awards and honors,including Washingtonian Magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Washington, D.C.,Essence Magazine’s 50 Most Powerful Women in America and the Congressional BlackCaucus Foundation’s Award for Political Achievement. Brazile, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana earned herundergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. She iscurrently the Founder and Managing Director of Brazile and Associates, apolitical consulting and grassroots advocacy firm based in the District ofColumbia

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Donna L. Brazile

Donna L. Brazile is a Donna Brazile is Chair of the Democratic National Committee'sVoting Rights Institute (VRI) and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown Universityin Washington, DC. The VRI was established in 2001 to help protect and promotethe rights of all Americans to participate in the political process.Brazile, a veteran Democratic political strategist, is theformer Campaign Manager for Gore-Lieberman 2000 -the first African American tolead a major presidential campaign.Prior to joining the Gore campaign, Brazile was Chief of Staffand Press Secretary to Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District ofColumbia where she helped guide the District's budget and local legislation onCapitol Hill. Brazile is a weekly contributor and political commentator onCNN's Inside Politics and American Morning. In addition, she is a columnist forRoll Call Newspaper and appears regularly on MSNBC's Hardball and Fox's Hannityand Colmes.During the 2002 mid-term election, Brazile traveled to over 29states and 53 congressional districts to help train Democratic activists. At theconclusion of the 2002 mid-term elections, Brazile served as a media consultantand grassroots organizer for Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA).A veteran of numerous national and statewide campaigns, Brazileworked on several presidential campaigns for Democratic candidates, includingCarter-Mondale in 1976 and 1980, Rev. Jesse Jackson's first historic bid for thepresidency in 1984, Mondale-Ferraro in 1984, U.S. Representative Dick Gephardtin 1988, Dukakis-Bentsen in 1988, and Clinton-Gore in 1992 and 1996. In addition to working on political campaigns, Brazile hasserved as a senior lecturer and adjunct professor at the University of Marylandand a fellow at Harvard's Institute of Politics.Brazile is the recipient of numerous awards and honors,including Washingtonian Magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women in Washington, D.C.,Essence Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in America and the Congressional BlackCaucus Foundation's Award for Political Achievement. Brazile, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana earned herundergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. She iscurrently the Founder and Managing Director of Brazile and Associates, apolitical consulting and grassroots advocacy firm based in the District ofColumbia