Leah D. Daughtry is an American political operative.
She was the
CEO
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of the
2016
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and
2008 Democratic National Convention Committees, and the
chief of staff
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to
Howard Dean
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, the former
chairman
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of the
Democratic National Committee
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.
Early life
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Daughtry is the daughter of Herbert Daughtry and Karen Smith Daughtry.
Daughtry graduated from
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...
in 1984 and
Wesley Theological Seminary in
Washington, DC
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in 2012.
In October 2019, she was consecrated to the office of Bishop and installed as the fourth National Presiding Prelate o
The House of the Lord Churches succeeding her father. She was named by Religion News Service one of the 12 most influential Democrats in the nation on faith and values politics. She has also served as Resident Fellow a
Harvard University’s Institute of Politics where she focused on the role that faith and values play in American politics.
Career
She was formerly Acting Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management at the
United States Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemploy ...
.
She directs the Democratic Party's Faith in Action initiative to reach out to Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim voters. In the 2008 DNC convention, Daughtry as convention CEO, denied non-religious groups participation in the interfaith service.
Daughtry is the coauthor—with
Donna Brazile
Donna Lease Brazile (; born December 15, 1959) 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, an ...
, Yolanda Caraway, and
Minyon Moore
Minyon Moore (born May 16, 1958) is an American political activist and civil servant. Moore is the founder of Women Building for the Future, and heads Dewey Square Group's state and local practice.
She was formerly chief executive officer and be ...
—of ''For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics'' (2018), a joint history and biography. In it, four of the most powerful African American women in politics share the story of their friendship and how it has changed politics in America.
She is Principal of On These Things, LLC which supports a broad array of businesses and organizations with strategic planning, project management, and community engagement activities.
Reverend Daughtry serves as an Equity Advisor for
Sephora
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, and on the Editorial Board of the Global Women's Forum for the Economy and Society. She is Founder and Co-Convenor of Power Rising, which supports Black women in leveraging their economic, social, and political power. She sits on the Boards of Directors of the
National Council of Negro Women
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, Higher Heights for America, and the Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference and she is Co-Founder and Co-Chair of Black Church PAC and Co-Chair of the Connections Committee of
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. () is the first intercollegiate historically African American sorority. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at the historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of sixteen s ...
(Psi Zeta Omega chapter).
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2008 Democratic National Convention
American Pentecostals
Dartmouth College alumni
Living people
United States Department of Labor officials
Washington, D.C., Democrats
Women in Washington, D.C., politics
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women