- Mame Reiley
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Mary "Mame" Reiley is president of The Reiley Group, a consulting, fundraising and events communication agency. She is a veteran political organizer in the Democratic Party who moves between Virginia and national political circles.[1]
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Civic engagement
Mame Reiley is the head of The Reiley Group, which consulted for Race for the Cure in Washington D.C. and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.[2] As another part of her civic engagement, she is a member of the Economic Club of Washington and the Federal City Council Executive Committee.[1] Also, she has been active with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority as the Immediate Past Chairman of the Authority, and as Chairman of the Board’s Dulles Corridor Committee.[1]
National role
Mame Reiley has held a wide number of posts in various organizations. She was elected to the Democratic National Committee from Virginia in 1992, serving as Chair of the Women's Caucus, and also serving on the Executive Committee as well as the Rules and Bylaws Committee.[1] At the Presidential level, she helped with former Virginia Governor Doug Wilder's 1992 primary exploratory campaign in New Hampshire, and Mark Warner's national Forward Together PAC.[3] In the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination process, Mame Reiley served as a superdelegate who pledged her support for Hillary Clinton.[4]
Virginia politics
Reiley was instrumental in persuading (then) Mayor of Alexandria Jim Moran to run for Congress in 1989,[5] later serving as his campaign manager during the campaign, and eventually serving as his chief of staff on the hill from 1991 to 1996.[3] Beginning in 2001, she served as the political director of then Governor Mark Warner's VA PAC, One Virginia, and then as a senior advisor to Virginia Governor Tim Kaine.[5] Was also the General manager of WashingtonInc/Production Group International, an events planning firm in Rosslyn, 1996-2001.[3] Since 2007, Reiley is the Director of Virginians for Brian Moran, which is engaged in helping Brian Moran in his election bid for Governor of Virginia.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Board Member Biographies". Metwashairports.com. http://www.metwashairports.com/about_the_authority/board_members/bios. Retrieved 2009-04-13.[dead link]
- ^ "Virginia Briefing". washingtonpost.com. 2007-02-10. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/09/AR2007020902199_pf.html. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ a b c "Key People-Former Gov. Mark Warner (D-VA)". Gwu.edu. http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2008/chrnprec08/warnerorgp.html. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ Saewitz, Mike (2008-02-21). "This year, they really are Virginia's superdelegates | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com". HamptonRoads.com. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/02/year-they-really-are-virginias-superdelegates. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ a b "Women's Caucus Leader Extols Trailblazers". washingtonpost.com. 2004-07-28. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19300-2004Jul27.html. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ "Governor 2009". Brian Moran. 2008-01-03. http://www.brianmoran.com/2008/1/3/brian-forms-new-committee. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
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