Donna Brazile is Chair of the Democratic National Committee's Voting Rights Institute (VRI) and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. She is currently the founder and managing director of Brazile & Associates, LLC, a political consulting and grassroots advocacy firm based in the District of Columbia. Brazile is also the author of "Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics," a memoir about her life in the political arena.

Brazile, a veteran Democratic political strategist, was the first African-American to lead a major presidential campaign , serving as the campaign manager for Gore-Lieberman 2000.

Brazile is a weekly contributor and political commentator for CNN. In addition, she is a columnist for Roll Call and Ms. Magazine.

Brazile is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including Washingtonian Magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women in Washington, D.C., Essence Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in America, and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Award for Political Achievement.

Brazile, a native of New Orleans, earned her undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.