Donna Brazile & Michael Steele
Renowned political strategists and leaders from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC), respectively, Donna Brazile and Michael Steele offer engaging, timely, and razor-sharp analysis on the political landscape and the future of their respective parties.
Taking audiences behind the scenes of the DNC and RNC, Brazile and Steele paint a fascinating and revealing picture of the decision-making and strategies happening at the highest levels of campaign politics. Witty and savvy political observers, they keep audiences riveted and leave them informed about the U.S. political climate.
Donna Brazile
- Veteran Democratic Political Strategist
- New York Times Bestselling Author
- Chair of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
- Emmy- and Peabody-Award-Winning Media Contributor
Donna Brazile is one of the best known, most influential African-American women in modern American political life. She was named one of the “100 Most Powerful Women in Washington, D.C.,” by Washingtonian Magazine and one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in America” by Essence Magazine. Ms. Brazile is a Senior Advisor at Purple Strategies, New York Times bestselling author, Chair of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, and sought-after Emmy- and Peabody-award-winning media contributor to such outlets as ABC News, USA Today and TheGrio.
She became the first African American woman to serve as the manager of a major party presidential campaign, running the campaign of former Vice President Al Gore. She previously served as interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee and of the DNC’s Voting Rights Institute. She is a current member of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee.
She is author of the 2004 best-selling memoir Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics and the 2017 New York Times Bestseller Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-Ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump In The White House.
She serves as an adjunct professor in the Women and Gender Studies Department at Georgetown University and served as the King Endowed Chair in Public Policy at Howard University and as a fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School. She has lectured at nearly 250 colleges and universities on diversity, equity and inclusion; women in leadership; and restoring civility in American politics.
Michael Steele
- Former Chair of the Republican National Committee
- MSNBC Political Analyst
As former chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), Michael Steele was charged with revitalizing the Republican Party. He is an expert on political strategy, fund-raising, PACs, and election reform. Steele made history in 2003 as the first African American elected to statewide office in Maryland, and again with his subsequent chairmanship of the RNC. A self-described "Lincoln Republican," he also served as Chairman of the GOPAC. Under Steele's leadership, the RNC broke fundraising records in the 2010 cycle by raising more than $192 million and Republicans won 63 House seats, the biggest pickup since 1938.
