David Medina

Activist, Change Agent, Gay, Public servant, Social entrepreneur

RESULTS FOR AMERICA, Co-FOUNDER & COO, APRIL 2012 – PRESENT PEACE CORPS, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR, NOVEMBER 2009 – APRIL 2012 FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES MICHELLE OBAMA, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, JANUARY 2009 – OCTOBER 2009 U.S. GLOBAL LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DIRECTOR, JUNE 2008 – JANUARY 2009 UNITED STATES SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS; PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN POLITICAL DIRECTOR, JANUARY 2007 – FEBRUARY 2008; NATIONAL PAC POLITICAL DIRECTOR, FEBRUARY 2005 – DECEMBER 2006 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION COMMITTEE, DEPUTY CEO, SEPTEMBER 2003 – AUGUST 2004 AFL-CIO, CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR, AUGUST 2004 – FEBRUARY 2005; CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE, MARCH 1998 – SEPTEMBER 2003 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, POLICY DIRECTOR, FEBRUARY 1997 - MARCH 1998; NATIONAL VIP DIRECTOR, DECEMBER 1996 - JANUARY 1997; DEPUTY MIDWEST POLITICAL DIRECTOR, SEPTEMBER 1995 - NOVEMBER 1996 UNITED STATES SENATOR CAROL MOSELEY-BRAUN, LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT, FEBRUARY 1993 - SEPTEMBER 1995; FIELD REPRESENTATIVE, MAY - NOVEMBER 1992 LEADERSHIP • AFL-CIO Working America Education Fund, National Board Member, March 2014 - Present • OUT Magazine, 100 Most Inspiring LGBT Americans, December 2010 • Human Rights Campaign, National Board Member, Public Policy Committee Member, Presidential Search Committee Member, and National Dinner Co-Chair, March 2001 – October 2008 • University of Chicago Alumni Visiting Committee, National Board Member, January 1996 – August 2005 • Council on Foreign Relations, Term Member, July 2000 – June 2005 • Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, National Board Member, September 2002 – February 2005 • Embassy of Spain Leadership Program, Fellow, July 2003 • Gill Foundation Leadership Program, Fellow, January 2001 • Millennium March on Washington, National Board Member, November 1998 - May 2000 • Congressional Hispanic Staff Association, Vice President, January 1994 - December 1994 • Participation 2000, Fellow, May 1992 - November 1992

Eliminating Poverty

Policy, Political Campaign