The Democratic National Committee recently named White House adviser and Chicago South Side native, Minyon Moore to serve as head the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
During the 1980s, Moore worked for Jesse Jackson’s Operation PUSH and went on to become White House Director of Political Affairs during the Clinton administration.
As an adviser to the Biden White House, Moore played a key role in helping to confirm Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
Moore also has played various roles within the Democratic National Committee and is a close confidante of former first lady, secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
“At the very beginning of the 2024 convention selection process, I said that we were looking for a turnkey operation, and I am confident this leadership team will deliver,” said DNC Chair Jamie Harrison.
“I am grateful to the team members who have already been working hard and know that through their work and the strong team we continue to build, that this convention will be a success,” Moore said in a statement.
The DNC also unveiled its top convention leadership team. In past years, the lead official had the title of convention chief executive officer. Under a new structure, Moore, as the chair, will be overseeing the convention, that will be Aug. 19-22, 2024. The DNC team will work closely with the Chicago host committee, led by Michael Sacks, a major Democratic donor, and fundraiser who is the board chairman and chief executive of GCM Grosvenor. As part of the city’s winning bid beating out Atlanta and New York the host committee pledged to raise $84.697 million.
The DNC team and the host committee will work on the numerous aspects of the convention and have as a common goal to figure out ways that the convention in Chicago can benefit and involve the 77 community areas of the city. Moore graduated from Altgeld Elementary School and Chicago Vocational High School she was a member of the class of 1976 and attended the University of Illinois Chicago.
