Christine Pelosi

Biography

Pelosi is the author of Campaign Boot Camp 2.0 (2012) and Campaign Boot Camp: Basic Training for Future Leaders' (2007), books used in her leadership trainings for candidates and causes. Since 2005 she has directed the AFSCME PEOPLE Congressional Candidates Boot Camp, which prepares Democrats for campaigns and has helped over 40 challengers get elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Her work in public policy and politics includes service as Executive Director (1998–99), Platform Chair (1995–2008), and Women's Caucus Chair (2011–present) of the California Democratic Party; Deputy City Attorney (Construction and Trial Teams) and Assistant District Attorney (Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit) for the City of San Francisco; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Special Counsel in the Clinton/Gore Administration (1999–2001); and, Chief of Staff to U.S. Representative John F. Tierney (2001–2005). Pelosi has also served as a board member and the Interim Executive Director of the Young Democrats of America (2011).

In addition, Pelosi has served as volunteer board member for the National AIDS Memorial Grove and the New Leaders Council.

She holds a JD from the University of California Hastings College of the Law and a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Democratic National Committee

Pelosi has been elected six times to the Democratic National Committee, where she cofounded the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council and serves as a vice chair.

A member of the DNC Resolutions Committee since 2001, she has co-authored dozens of DNC policy statements embracing civil rights, voting rights, economic justice, women’s equality, the Fight for 15, gun violence prevention, and veterans and military families.

As a member of the DNC, Pelosi has also been a Superdelegate to the Democratic Party National Conventions. She endorsed Senator Barack Obama on June 3, 2008, when he won the popular delegate vote, and joined Ready for Hillary [Clinton] in April 2014.

Pelosi is currently running for an open position of the DNC Executive Committee representing the Western Region. She is promoting her vision to:

Superdelegate Reform

In 2016, Pelosi joined Anna Galland, the executive director of MoveOn.org Civic Action, in calling for a change in how superdelegates to the Democractic Party Convention view their representational obligations. She also co-authored a resolution at the California Democratic Party Convention that "called for a broad overhaul of how the party nominates its presidential candidates, including the elimination of caucuses and most super-delegates."

This reflects a long-standing position of Pelosi's. In 2008, she promoted the reduction the total number of superdelegates, to have superdelegates vote for the winner of the pledged delegates, and to allow absentee ballots at the caucuses.

Electoral College Member

In 2016, Pelosi was a presidential elector for the state of California in the United States presidential election. Every presidential election year, the 538 members of the Electoral College meet in their state capitals on Dec. 19 to cast the official vote for president. She helped lead the effort to inform the electors and the public about foreign interference in our elections and continues to push for an independent investigation in order to protect our democracy. Her Motion of opposition to Russian interference in the United States elections was formally unanimously approved by California's Electoral College.

Personal

Pelosi is the daughter of Nancy Pelosi, a Democratic Congresswoman from California and former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and businessman Paul Pelosi. Christine's siblings are environmental activist Paul Pelosi, Jr. and filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi.

Pelosi is married to Emmy-nominated filmmaker Peter Kaufman. They married on February 16, 2008 in San Francisco. Their daughter Isabella has accompanied mom to Pelosi Boot Camps in 26 states and 3 foreign countries advancing Democrats and democracy.

An avid fan of baseball, she lives within walking distance of her beloved San Francisco Giants and serves on the Giants Community Fund board of directors.

Media

Since January 2007, Pelosi has been writing blog articles on the Huffington Post.

Works

Christine Pelosi, "Campaign Boot Camp 2.0" (Berrett-Koehler, 2012) | ISBN 1609945166 | ISBN 978-1609945169 Christine Pelosi, Campaign Boot Camp (PoliPointPress, 2007). ISBN 978-0-9794822-0-5.