David Medina (political advisor)

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David Medina
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David Medina is an American political and policy advisor who served as deputy chief of staff for Michelle Obama after being the national political director for John Edwards's 2008 presidential campaign. He has also worked for the Democratic National Committee, the AFL-CIO, the 2004 Democratic National Convention, the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign, and the Peace Corps.

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Medina has been a board member of the Millennium March on Washington, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the Human Rights Campaign, and the National Academy of Public Administration.

Early life and education

David Medina was born, raised and educated in Chicago. [1] [2] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1991 and a Master's degree in public policy from Harvard Kennedy School in 1993. [1] [3] [4]

Career and board service

Early in his career, he was a legislative assistant for Carol Moseley Braun, the policy director for the Democratic National Committee, a legislative representative for the AFL-CIO from 1998 to 2003, [5] [6] and the deputy chief executive officer for the 2004 Democratic National Convention. [4] He advocated for domestic partnership benefits for Democratic National Committee employees. [2] His work at the AFL-CIO focused on tax, appropriations, budget, campaign finance reform, civil rights, and electoral reform issues. [7]

Between 2005 and 2008, Medina was the national political director for John Edwards's 2008 presidential campaign. [1] [8] He was appointed the director of government relations at the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign in 2008. [9] Medina was the deputy chief of staff for Michelle Obama from January to October 2009. [1] [10] He became the director of the Office of Public Engagement at Peace Corps in late 2009. [11] [12] In 2012, he co-founded and continues to serve as the chief operating officer for Results for America. [13] [14]

Medina served on the board of directors for the Millennium March on Washington (2000), having previously attended the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation in 1993. [2] He has also been a board member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, [11] the Human Rights Campaign, [15] Midwest Academy, [16] the Working America Education Fund, [17] and the National Academy of Public Administration. [18]

Personal life

Medina, who is Hispanic and openly gay [19] [20] [21] and his husband Tim DeMagistris were married at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., in 2013. [1]

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