Donna Brazile is one of the most admired and well-known national commentators in America today.
Donna Brazile, Keynote Speaker
2009 Breakfast Conference
“Temperature of the Times”
What Does the New Political Environment
Mean for Us?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.
Holiday Inn, Bridgeport
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Ms. Brazile is an astute observer of the political environment. Using her varied and diverse experience, she presents a comprehensive picture of the trends shaping and driving the mood of our country today. Donna gives her balanced perspective on the challenges and opportunities confronting our country and new president in these dire economic times.
A dynamic speaker, Donna Brazile offers an entertaining and incisive analysis of politics and current events. From the view-point of a media veteran, she drives home her points with consummate storytelling ability.
Donna Brazile is a nationally syndicated columnist, a weekly contributor and political commentator for CNN, a political consultant for ABC News, This Week with George Stephanopoulos, and a regular contributor to NPR’s Political Corner. She is also the founder and managing director of Brazile and Associates, a public affairs and grassroots advocacy firm based in the District of Columbia.
Brazile is the author of Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics, a memoir about her life in the political lions’ den. She writes a column for Roll Call newspaper and Ms. Magazine. She co-authored What We Do Now, a collection of essays recalling the 2004 presidential election, with 24 other influential pundits.
Donna is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including Washingtonian magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Washington, DC, Essence magazine’s 50 Most Powerful Women in America, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Award for Political Achievement and Ebony’s 150 most influential African Americans in the country.
Brazile fought her first political fight at age nine when she campaigned (successfully) for a city council candidate who promised a playground in her neighborhood.
The day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated she committed her heart and her future to political and social activism, eventually working on the successful campaign to make his birthday a national holiday. She is a true trailblazer for encouraging youth involvement in politics and expanding American democracy. She has worked on every presidential campaign since 1984, making history in 2000 as the first African American to lead a major one.