Michael Glassner
{{short description|American political advisor}}
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|party = Republican
|education = University of Kansas (BA)
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Michael Glassner (born July 30, 1963)Falcone, Michael. [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sarah-palins-hand-man-meet-michael-glassner/story?id=12945047 "Sarah Palin's New Right-Hand Man: Meet Michael Glassner."] abcnews.go.com. 2011-2-18. Retrieved 2017-6-10.{{Cite news|url=http://jewishjournal.com/news/nation/182682/|title=From AIPAC to Trump: Michael Glassner's journey — Jewish Journal|date=2016-02-19|work=Jewish Journal|access-date=2017-05-03|language=en-US}} is an American political advisor and commentator who is the president of the public affairs consulting firm C&M Transcontinental. He previously served as COO of the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign.{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_Glassner|title = Michael Glassner}}
Early life and education
Glassner moved to Kansas in 1972 at the age of eight, where he was raised on a farm outside Peabody, Kansas. Glassner graduated from the University of Kansas in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in Political Science.{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Brien R.|date=March 11, 2008|title=ROBERT J. DOLE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT|url=http://dolearchivecollections.ku.edu/collections/oral_history/pdf/glassner_mike_2008-03-11.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 16, 2019|website=dolearchivecollections.ku.edu}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hutchnews.com/26d17e2f-3d02-5c6d-92fb-9817f9c29530.html|title=Huelskamp says he's mentioned for top ag job; Trump transition team member denies confirming rep's on list|last=Newsmclarkin@hutchnews.com|first=Mary ClarkinThe Hutchinson|website=The Hutchinson News|language=en|access-date=2019-12-16}}
Career
In 1988, Glassner served as Bob Dole's traveling aide during Dole's presidential campaign. He held senior roles in Dole’s 1996 presidential campaign, Leadership PAC, and Senate offices in Kansas.{{Cite news|title=Michael Glassner - Ballotpedia|language=en-US|work=Ballotpedia|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_Glassner|access-date=2021-02-15}}
In 1998, Glassner began working for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, where he became the senior advisor and eventual Chief of Staff to then-Chairman Lewis Eisenberg. In 2001, he became Senior Vice President for External Affairs for IDT Corporation, where he oversaw government relations, communications, and investor relations.{{Cite web|title=Michael Glassner|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_Glassner|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}
Glassner served as an advisor to the George W. Bush 2000 presidential campaign, and later as director of vice-presidential operations for the John McCain 2008 presidential campaign. In 2014, Glassner served as southwest regional political director of AIPAC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/30/politics/donald-trump-michael-glassner-political-director/index.html|title=Donald Trump hires former Palin aide as political director - CNNPolitics|author=Daniella Diaz|website=CNN|date=July 30, 2015|access-date=2019-12-16}}
In 2015, Glassner was hired by the Trump campaign to serve as political director and was later named deputy campaign manager.{{Cite web|title=Michael Glassner|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_Glassner|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}} In January 2017, President-elect Donald Trump named Glassner as COO of the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign.{{Cite news|last=Ballhaus|first=Rebecca|date=2017-01-13|title=Trump Names Michael Glassner to Oversee Campaign Committee|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-names-michael-glassner-to-oversee-campaign-committee-1484269776|access-date=2021-02-15|issn=0099-9660}}
On December 15, 2020, Trump appointed Glassner to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.{{Cite web|title=President Trump to Appoint New Council Members — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|url=https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/press-releases/president-trump-to-appoint-new-council-members-1|access-date=2021-02-15|website=www.ushmm.org}} Glassner has also served as a member of the Board of Directors for the American Red Cross of Northern New Jersey and the Board of Advisors for the Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick.{{Cite web|title=TRENDING: Palin hires chief-of-staff (Michael Glassner -- Folks she's running!)|url=https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2672490/posts|access-date=2021-02-15|website=freerepublic.com}}
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