Donna brazil biography

American author, educator, and political activist and strategist (born )

Donna Lease Brazile^[1] (brə-ZIL; born December 15, )^[2] is an American political strategist, campaign manager, and political analyst who served twice as acting Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

She is currently an ABC News contributor, and was previously a Fox News contributor until her resignation in May ^[3] Brazile was also previously a CNN contributor, but resigned in October , after WikiLeaks revealed that she shared two debate questions with Hillary Clinton's campaign during the United States presidential election.^[4]

A member of the Democratic Party, Brazile was the first African-American woman to direct a major presidential campaign, acting as campaign manager for Al Gore in She has also worked on several presidential campaigns for Democratic candidates, including Jesse Jackson and Walter Mondale–Geraldine Ferraro in , and for