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Kris Tyler Benjamin is a communication strategist and political activist, affiliated with the local and national Democratic
Party. Benjamin, was the Director of the D.C. Democratic State Committee first in the Nation Presidential Primary. With less
than a month to go, she accomplished increasing the voter turnout by more than double the previous cycle.
Benjamin was born in Manhattan, New York to parents from the United States Virgin Islands. She spent a great deal of time
in both places, but attended schools primarily in New York City. Benjamin graduated from the prestigious Notre Dame High School,
and went on to attend the State University of New York at Oswego and Johns Hopkins University.
Benjamin became a political activist in the early nineties joining the New York Public Interest Research Group to organize
against rising state tuition, cuts in higher education, consumer fraud, and homelessness. She rose quickly in the organization
becoming the Consumer Advocate for Oswego and organizing large lobby days to the state capital of Albany, New York.
Benjamin was the Associate Director for Brazile and Associates, the ANC Relation Director for the Executive Office of the
Mayor, and the Community Liaison to the Office of the Superintendent all of which made use of her strong skills in public
affairs and strategic communications.
Benjamin has worked on several political and public awareness campaigns. The most notable has been Gore-Leiberman, Kmart Kids
Race Against Drugs, America Buckles Up, Campaign for a Tobacco Free Kid, D.C. First in the Nation Primary to name a few.
Benjamin served as the President of the D.C. Young Democrats for four years, bringing the organization to the highest success
in recent memory. She is currently the National Committeewoman and Political Director for the Mid-Atlantic Region. Benjamin
is also a Congressional Black Caucus Leadership Institute graduate, and the recipient of the Wilson-Clarke Leadership.
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