Donna Brazile provides a valued and informed opinion on current events, drawing on her vast experience as a political strategist, journalist, and educator. Brazile is a weekly contributor and political commentator on CNN. She also appears regularly on ABCs "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" and is a frequent contributor to National Public Radios "Political Corner."

Brazile chairs the Democratic National Committees Voting Rights Institute, contributes to Roll Call newspaper and Ms. Magazine, and serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and the University of Maryland. Brazile became the first (and remains the only) African American to lead a major presidential campaign, when she chaired Al Gores 2000 campaign against George W. Bush. Prior to that, she worked on Democratic presidential campaigns each election cycle dating back to Jimmy Carters successful run in 1976. In the 1990s, Brazile served as chief of staff and press secretary to Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia, and also found time to advise the Clinton-Gore team to its 1992 election and 1996 re-election.

Brazile has received numerous awards and honors, including being named one of Washingtonian Magazines 100 Most Powerful Women and one of Essence Magazines 50 Most Powerful Women. Most recently, the New Orleans native was appointed by Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco to serve on the states long term recovery authority in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Brazile is the author of Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics, which is a memoir of her life in the political arena.

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