Leah D. Daughtry

Leah D. Daughtry is the CEO of the 2016 Democratic National Convention Committee and was the CEO of the 2008 Democratic National Convention Committee and chief of staff to Howard Dean, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee.[1][2]

Early life

Daughtry graduated from Dartmouth College in 1984 and serves on the Board of Visitors of the College's Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences.[3]

Career

She was formerly Acting Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management at the United States Department of Labor.[3] Daughtry is the daughter of prominent and controversial pastor, Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry, of the House of the Lord Church in Brooklyn, New York, and the part-time minister of her own small Pentecostal congregation in Washington, D.C.[2] She directs the Democratic Party's Faith in Action initiative to reach out to Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim voters.[4] In the 2008 DNC convention, Daughtry as convention CEO, denied non-religious groups participation in the interfaith service.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to the New DemConvention.com". Demconvention.com. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
  2. 1 2 Daniel, Bergner (2008-07-20). "Can Leah Daughtry Bring Faith to the Party?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  3. 1 2 "Board of Visitors 2007-2008". Dartmouth College's Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  4. ↑ Gilgoff, Dan (2007-10-20). "Helping Democrats Find a Way to Reach the Religious". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  5. ↑ http://www.gazette.com/articles/convention_39362___article.html/service_interfaith.html?referrer=reddit
  6. ↑ http://www.thedenverchannel.com/politics/16931096/detail.html

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