Amy Dacey

Amy Dacey is an American Democratic politician. She was the CEO of the Democratic National Committee from January 2014 until her resignation in August 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/politics/dnc-ceo-resigns-in-wake-of-email-scandal/index.html|title=DNC CEO resigns in wake of email controversy|author=Jeff Zeleny and Tal Kopan|date=2 August 2016 |publisher=CNN|accessdate=2 August 2016}}

Early years and education

Amy Dacey graduated from Auburn High School in Cayuga County, New York in 1989.{{cite web|last1=Harding|first1=Robert|title=UPDATED: Auburn native Amy Dacey named CEO of the Democratic National Committee|url=http://auburnpub.com/blogs/eye_on_ny/updated-auburn-native-amy-dacey-named-ceo-of-the-democratic/article_b323479e-4230-11e3-8ab7-001a4bcf887a.html|website=Auburnpub.com|publisher=The Citizen|accessdate=14 July 2014|date=October 31, 2013|quote=Amy Dacey, a 1989 graduate of Auburn High School...}} {{subscription required}} She received her BA in Political Science and History from the Binghamton University in 1993,{{cite web|url=http://auburnpub.com/blogs/eye_on_ny/q-a-democratic-national-committee-ceo-amy-dacey-an-auburn/article_ce5429b6-b3cd-11e3-b8fd-001a4bcf887a.html|title=Q&A: Democratic National Committee CEO Amy Dacey, an Auburn native, on her new position, politics and returning home|author=Robert Harding|date=26 March 2014 |publisher=The Citizen (Auburn) blog|accessdate=2 August 2016}} {{subscription required}} and a Masters in Political Science from American University.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

Career

Dacey began her career at the National Foundation of Women Legislators.{{cite web|last1=Roberts|first1=Dan|title=Amy Dacey named new Democratic national committee CEO|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/31/amy-dacey-democratic-national-committee-director|publisher=theguardian|accessdate=14 July 2014|date=31 October 2013|quote=Dacey's first job was at the National Foundation of Women Legislators.}} During the 2000 election cycle she was the Deputy Political Director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.{{cite web|title=WASSERMAN SCHULTZ NAMES AMY DACEY AS NEW DNC CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER|url=http://www.democrats.org/news/press/wasserman_schultz_names_amy_dacey_as_new_dnc_chief_executive_officer|website=democrats.org|publisher=Democrats Press|accessdate=14 July 2014|date=October 31, 2013|quote=She was Deputy Political Director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) for the 2002 election cycle, and for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) during the 2000 cycle.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715042124/http://www.democrats.org/news/press/wasserman_schultz_names_amy_dacey_as_new_dnc_chief_executive_officer|archive-date=15 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} She then served as the Deputy Political Director on the Democratic Senatorial Committee for the 2002 election cycle;{{cite web|title=WASSERMAN SCHULTZ NAMES AMY DACEY AS NEW DNC CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER|url=http://www.democrats.org/news/press/wasserman_schultz_names_amy_dacey_as_new_dnc_chief_executive_officer|website=democrats.org|publisher=Democrats Press|accessdate=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715042124/http://www.democrats.org/news/press/wasserman_schultz_names_amy_dacey_as_new_dnc_chief_executive_officer|archive-date=15 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} the National Political Director of Keeping America’s Promise, a political action committee affiliated with Democrat John Kerry;{{cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?cycle=2006&strID=C00409508 |title=Keeping America's Promise Summary |publisher=OpenSecrets}} the Director of Government Relations at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU);{{cite web |title=Employment Timeline: Amy K Dacey |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=74318 |publisher=OpenSecrets}} and in 2004 Dacey worked as the special assistant to John Kerry during his 2004 presidential campaign.{{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Dan|title=Amy Dacey named new Democratic national committee CEO|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/31/amy-dacey-democratic-national-committee-director|work=The Guardian|date=31 October 2013 |accessdate=14 July 2014}} During the campaign Dacey acted as the Traveling Political Director. During the 2006 election year she worked as the National Political Director for Senator John Kerry’s national leadership PAC.{{cite web|title=WASSERMAN SCHULTZ NAMES AMY DACEY AS NEW DNC CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER|url=http://www.democrats.org/news/press/wasserman_schultz_names_amy_dacey_as_new_dnc_chief_executive_officer|website=democrats.org|publisher=Democrats Press|accessdate=14 July 2014|date=October 31, 2013|quote=During the 2006 election cycle she was National Political Director for then-Senator John Kerry’s national leadership PAC after serving as the Traveling Political Director on his 2004 presidential campaign.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715042124/http://www.democrats.org/news/press/wasserman_schultz_names_amy_dacey_as_new_dnc_chief_executive_officer|archive-date=15 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} In 2010 Dacey took the job of Executive Director at EMILY's List, an American political action committee that works to elect female Democrats.{{cite web|title=WASSERMAN SCHULTZ NAMES AMY DACEY AS NEW DNC CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER|url=http://www.democrats.org/news/press/wasserman_schultz_names_amy_dacey_as_new_dnc_chief_executive_officer|website=democrats.org|publisher=Democrats Press|accessdate=14 July 2014|date=October 31, 2013|quote=Under her tenure at EMILY’s List, the organization increased its membership by 500 percent, raised more money per cycle than any time in the organization’s history, expanded its recruitment and training program, and helped elect an historic number of women to Congress.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715042124/http://www.democrats.org/news/press/wasserman_schultz_names_amy_dacey_as_new_dnc_chief_executive_officer|archive-date=15 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/f7ebd00c63fa43169ec9b7609fe851f3|title=Email fallout: 3 Democratic National Committee resignations|author= Julie Bykowicz and Julie Pace|publisher=Associated Press|website=bigstory.ap.org|date=2 August 2016|accessdate=2 August 2016}}

She has worked on the political campaigns of Louise Slaughter and Maurice Hinchey.{{cite press release |last= Hannagan |first= Charley|date=March 2014 |title= Chief executive of Democratic National Committee to speak in Auburn|url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/03/chief_executive_of_national_democratic_committee_to_speak_in_auburn.html |publisher=syracuse.com |access-date=2 August 2016}}

Dacey is currently Executive Director at the Sine Institute of Policy & Politics at The American University.{{cite web |title=Executive Director|url=https://www.american.edu/sine-institute/executive-director.cfm|website=american.edu|publisher=The American University|accessdate=5 October 2023}}

= Democratic National Committee =

DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz appointed Dacey to the post of CEO of the DNC in October 2013, and began her work for the DNC in January 2014.{{cite web|last1=Harding|first1=Robert|title=Q&A: Democratic National Committee CEO Amy Dacey, an Auburn native, on her new position, politics and returning home|url=http://auburnpub.com/blogs/eye_on_ny/q-a-democratic-national-committee-ceo-amy-dacey-an-auburn/article_ce5429b6-b3cd-11e3-b8fd-001a4bcf887a.html|website=auburnpub.com|publisher=The Citizen|accessdate=14 July 2014|date=March 26, 2014|quote=DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz named Dacey to the post in October and the Auburn native started in January.}}{{cite web|title=American Bridge Announces New Campaign|url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/american_bridge_announces_new_campaign-228862-1.html|website=Roll Call|accessdate=2 August 2016|date=4 November 2013}}

In one of the DNC emails in 2016, Dacey responded "AMEN" to an email from colleague Bradley Marshall, in which Marshall expressed the belief that Bernie Sanders "is an atheist" (rather than a Jew) and that this could be used as a political issue against him in the Kentucky and West Virginia primaries.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/02/democratic-national-committee-ceo-amy-dacey-resigns-in-wake-of-email-breach/|title=Top Democratic National Committee officials resign in wake of email breach|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=2 August 2016}} Dacey subsequently resigned as CEO of the DNC after the email was published.{{cite web|author=Jeff Zeleny & Tal Kopan|title=DNC CEO resigns in wake of email controversy|publisher=CNN|date=August 2, 2016|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/politics/dnc-ceo-resigns-in-wake-of-email-scandal/}}

Awards and recognition

In 2014, Dacey was inducted into the Auburn Education Foundation's Hall of Distinction.{{cite web|last1=Harding|first1=Robert|title=Auburn native Amy Dacey named CEO of the Democratic National Committee|url=http://auburnpub.com/blogs/eye_on_ny/updated-auburn-native-amy-dacey-named-ceo-of-the-democratic/article_b323479e-4230-11e3-8ab7-001a4bcf887a.html|website=auburnpub.com|publisher=The Citizen|accessdate=14 July 2014|date=October 31, 2013|quote=Amy Dacey, a 1989 graduate of Auburn High School who was inducted into the Auburn Education Foundation's Hall of Distinction this year, has been named CEO of the Democratic National Committee by DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.}} In March 2014, Dacey was the headline speaker at the Democratic Women of Cayuga County’s annual spring brunch in Auburn, New York.{{cite web|last1=Harding|first1=Robert|title=Democratic National Committee CEO Amy Dacey, an Auburn native, on her new position, politics and returning home|url=http://auburnpub.com/blogs/eye_on_ny/q-a-democratic-national-committee-ceo-amy-dacey-an-auburn/article_ce5429b6-b3cd-11e3-b8fd-001a4bcf887a.html|website=auburnpub.com|publisher=The Citizen|accessdate=14 July 2014|date=March 26, 2014|quote=On Saturday, Dacey will headline the Democratic Women of Cayuga County's annual spring brunch in Auburn.}}