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Daniella Gibbs Léger is the executive vice president for Communications and Strategy at American Progress. Previously, she was the organization’s senior vice president for American Values and New Communities, where her work focused on the intersection of politics, race, demographic change, religion, and values.
Prior to joining American Progress, Léger served as a special assistant to the president and director of message events in the Obama administration. In this role she was responsible for helping to plan and execute the president’s official domestic events. Prior to joining the White House in January 2009, Léger was the vice president for Communications at American Progress, where she specialized in domestic and economic policy, as well as American Progress’s overall communications strategy.
Léger has also been the deputy director of communications at the Democratic National Committee, where she began working in June 2002 as communications director for the Women’s Vote Center in the political department. During her tenure at the Democratic National Committee, Léger also handled African American and specialty media and was a regional media director during the 2004 presidential cycle. Prior to that, Léger spent two years at the National Newspaper Publishers Association as their marketing associate and political liaison. Léger also worked at Sony Music in New York City for three years before moving to Washington, D.C.
Léger has been a guest on numerous TV and radio shows and has been quoted in various print publications. Her columns have been posted on the Huffington Post and TheGrio.com, and she is currently a contributing columnist for Essence.com and Loop21.com. Named one “DC’s Top 9 Blacks Behind the Scenes” and of the top 15 African American women in politics under 40, Léger holds a degree in government and a minor in sociology from the University of Virginia.
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The Equality Act and the Quest To Protect LGBTQ Rights | Center for American Progress Action | February 25, 2021 |
How White Supremacy Flourished in Donald Trump’s White House | Center for American Progress Action | February 18, 2021 |
Impeachments and Vaccinations | Center for American Progress Action | February 11, 2021 |
Jocelyn Frye on the Need for a Gender-Equitable Recovery Effort | Center for American Progress Action | February 4, 2021 |
Dr. Reed Tuckson on Racial Disparities in Vaccines and Public Health | Center for American Progress Action | January 28, 2021 |
HuffPost’s Kate Sheppard on Progressive Politics in the New Washington | Center for American Progress Action | January 22, 2021 |
Malcolm Nance on White Supremacy and the Capitol Insurrection | Center for American Progress Action | January 14, 2021 |
David Daley and What’s Ahead for American Democracy | Center for American Progress Action | January 7, 2021 |
Jon Lovett Helps Us Wrap Up the Longest Year Ever | Center for American Progress Action | December 17, 2020 |
U.S. Election Assistance Commission Chairman Ben Hovland on the Successes of the 2020 Election | Center for American Progress Action | December 10, 2020 |
Dr. Angela Rasmussen on New COVID-19 Vaccines and the State of the Coronavirus Pandemic | Center for American Progress Action | November 19, 2020 |
A Time for Healing? | Democracy Journal | November 19, 2020 |
Delaware State Senator-Elect Sarah McBride on Political Trailblazing in 2020 | Center for American Progress Action | November 12, 2020 |
CAP Action CEO Neera Tanden and the Stakes of the 2020 General Election | Center for American Progress Action | November 6, 2020 |
Dr. Rachel Bitecofer on the 2020 General Election and America’s Shifting Electoral Coalitions | Center for American Progress Action | October 29, 2020 |
The Appeal’s Daniel Nichanian on the Fight for Voting Rights in 2020 | Center for American Progress Action | October 22, 2020 |
The New Republic’s Matt Ford on the Future of the Supreme Court | Center for American Progress Action | October 15, 2020 |
The Economist’s G. Elliott Morris on Forecasting the 2020 General Election | Center for American Progress Action | October 8, 2020 |
Mother Jones’ David Corn on the First Trump-Biden Debate and a Peak Inside the President’s Taxes | Center for American Progress Action | October 1, 2020 |
Remembering Justice Ginsburg, and Former Acting CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt on the Future of Health Care | Center for American Progress Action | September 24, 2020 |
Evergreen Action’s Jamal Raad: The West Coast Is on Fire | Center for American Progress Action | September 17, 2020 |
AFT President Randi Weingarten on How the Trump Administration Failed Our Kids, Parents, and Teachers | Center for American Progress Action | September 11, 2020 |
2020’s Next Phase, Plus the Future of Policing With Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison | Center for American Progress Action | September 3, 2020 |
Supermajority’s Juanita Tolliver on Engaging the Black Electorate | Center for American Progress Action | August 27, 2020 |
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe on the 2020 DNC and Governing To Meet the Moment | Center for American Progress Action | August 20, 2020 |
Jennifer Palmieri on the New Era for Women in Politics | Center for American Progress Action | August 13, 2020 |
The Legacy of John Lewis, and Amber Torres on How Indian Country Is Responding to the Pandemic | Center for American Progress Action | July 23, 2020 |
New School Professor Maya Wiley on the Struggle for Equal Justice in America | Center for American Progress Action | July 16, 2020 |
Modeling a Path Forward With Newark Mayor Ras Baraka | Center for American Progress Action | July 9, 2020 |
Director Dawn Porter on Her New Documentary ‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’ and the Need for Activism in the Modern Age | Center for American Progress Action | July 2, 2020 |
Donald Trump’s Ongoing Culture of Corruption and How To Effectively Contact Trace, With CAP Action’s Adam Conner | Center for American Progress Action | June 25, 2020 |
A Landmark Win for the LGBTQ Community, With Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David | Center for American Progress Action | June 18, 2020 |
A New Age in Police Reform With Roy Austin, Former Deputy Assistant to President Obama | Center for American Progress Action | June 11, 2020 |
Black Lives Matter, and a Conversation With Rep. Joe Neguse | Center for American Progress Action | June 5, 2020 |
George Floyd, Christian Cooper, and Being Black in America | Center for American Progress Action | May 28, 2020 |
CREW’s Noah Bookbinder on Government Oversight in the Trump Era | Center for American Progress Action | May 21, 2020 |
Dr. Keisha Callins on the Coronavirus Pandemic in Georgia | Center for American Progress Action | May 14, 2020 |
Houston Dreamer Jesus Contreras on Frontline Health Care Work in the Age of the Coronavirus | Center for American Progress Action | May 7, 2020 |
New York Assemblyman Michael Blake on the Coronavirus in the Bronx | Center for American Progress Action | April 30, 2020 |
Dr. Angela Rasmussen on Studying the Novel Coronavirus and Other Infectious Diseases | Center for American Progress Action | April 23, 2020 |
David Daley on Unrigging America’s Broken Democracy | Center for American Progress Action | April 9, 2020 |
Unpacking the Economic Impact of COVID-19 With Sarah May Whitelake and CAP Action’s Gbenga Ajilore | Center for American Progress Action | April 2, 2020 |
US Air Force Veteran Sarah Samere on the Hurdles of Testing for COVID-19 | Center for American Progress Action | March 26, 2020 |
10 Years of the Affordable Care Act, With Patient Advocate Peter Morley | Center for American Progress Action | March 19, 2020 |
Topher Spiro on State and Local Government Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic | Center for American Progress Action | March 17, 2020 |
Ben Wikler on Rebuilding Progressive Organizing Infrastructure in Wisconsin | Center for American Progress Action | March 12, 2020 |
BONUS EPISODE: Dr. Zeke Emanuel on Managing the Coronavirus Outbreak | Center for American Progress Action | March 9, 2020 |
Super Shake-up on Super Tuesday With SKDK’s Doug Thornell | Center for American Progress Action | March 5, 2020 |
The Rev. Leah Daughtry on the Stakes of the South Carolina Primary | Center for American Progress Action | February 27, 2020 |
All Bets Are Off Heading Into Nevada, With BuzzFeed’s Addy Baird | Center for American Progress Action | February 20, 2020 |
A Muddled Field: Breaking Down the Primary With Jonathan Martin | Center for American Progress Action | February 13, 2020 |
Rep. Eric Swalwell on President Trump’s Culture of Corruption | Center for American Progress Action | February 6, 2020 |
Exposing the Trump Administration’s Obstruction With Kate Brannen | Center for American Progress Action | January 30, 2020 |
Trump’s (Witnessless) Impeachment Trial and NARAL’s Ilyse Hogue on the Anniversary of Roe | Center for American Progress Action | January 23, 2020 |
John Podesta on Donald Trump’s Impeachment Trial | Center for American Progress Action | January 16, 2020 |
New Year, Same Trump-Induced Chaos, With Mieke Eoyang | Center for American Progress Action | January 9, 2020 |
A Mandate To Be on the Right Side of History | Center for American Progress Action | December 19, 2019 |
Impeachment Inquiry 301: Articles Unveiled | Center for American Progress Action | December 12, 2019 |
Unraveling 2020 Twists With Amanda Terkel | Center for American Progress Action | December 5, 2019 |
Giving Thanks and Also Subpoenas | Center for American Progress Action | December 2, 2019 |
Hitting the Quid Pro Quota | Center for American Progress Action | November 21, 2019 |
Impeachment Inquiry 201: Public Hearings | Center for American Progress Action | November 14, 2019 |
Cornell Belcher Gets Real on 2020 Polling | Center for American Progress Action | November 7, 2019 |
Breaking Down the Latest on Impeachment—Plus, Harris, Booker, and Steyer Visit the Justice Voters 2020 Forum | Center for American Progress Action | October 31, 2019 |
Nayyera Haq on the Trump-Induced Crisis in Syria (And Yes, Impeachment) | Center for American Progress Action | October 24, 2019 |
Rep. Ted Lieu on Syria, Impeachment, and Accountability | Center for American Progress Action | October 17, 2019 |
Trump’s Ukrainian Affair With ‘The Asset’s’ Max Bergmann | Center for American Progress Action | October 10, 2019 |
Impeachment Inquiry 101 With Former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade | Center for American Progress Action | October 3, 2019 |
Impeachment and Joy-Ann Reid on the 2020 Primary | Center for American Progress Action | September 27, 2019 |
Stacey Abrams and the Fight for Voting Rights | Center for American Progress Action | September 19, 2019 |
Navigating Purple State Politics With Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe | Center for American Progress Action | September 12, 2019 |
Democrats Must Heed Voices of Color | Real Clear Policy | November 21, 2017 |