Chris Garland
| Christopher Garland | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Office of California State Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom |
| Role: | Chief of Staff |
| Location: | Sacramento, California |
| Expertise: | Government Affairs |
| Affiliation: | Democrat |
| Education: | •University of Alabama (B.A. political science, 1998) |
| Website: | Official website |
Christopher Garland is the chief of staff for California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom. Formerly, Garland served as the deputy director for the California State Assembly speaker Fabian Núñez and a political director for the California Faculty Association.[1][2]
Career
After graduating from the University of Alabama in 1998, Christopher Garland became a legislative analyst and budget committee fellow for U.S. House Rep. Rush D. Holt Jr. (D-N.J.). Garland remained with Holt until 2001; during that time, Garland worked on press releases, speeches and legislation research.[1]
In 2001, Garland became the president of Predicted Lists, a list management and development firm. In 2004, the firm led the direct mail campaign for the Democratic National Committee.[1] While at Predicted Lists, Garland also served as the vice president and senior analyst for the now defunct MSHC Partners; the firm had such clients as Democratic National Committee, the AFL-CIO, EMILY's List, and the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton (1992 and 1996), Al Gore, John Kerry (2004) and Hillary Clinton (2008).[3][1]
Garland served under California State Assembly speaker Fabian Núñez as Núñez's deputy director, where he oversaw the communications, outreach, and media operations of Núñez's office.[1][2] In 2007, Garland was appointed to the position of political director for the California Faculty Association (CFA), the union of California State University "professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches."[4]
In 2009, Garland announced his candidacy as the Democratic candidate for District 9 of the California State Assembly.[5][6] Garland lost in the primaries to Roger Dickinson.
Garland remained with the CFA until 2011, when he took a leave of absence to become California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom's chief of staff.[1][7]
Garland also serves as political director for Sean Parker, the co-founder of Napster and former president of Facebook.[8]
Highlighting Garland's political connections in the California and role with Parker, Recode described Garland as one of the "most powerful players in Silicon Valley" in August 2015.[8]
See also
- Fabian Núñez
- Gavin Newsom
- Rush D. Holt Jr.
- California State Assembly elections, 2010
- Democratic National Committee
- AFL-CIO
- EMILY's List
- Bill Clinton
- John Kerry
- Hillary Clinton
External links
- California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom
- California Faculty Association
- U.S. House of Representatives History
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 LinkedIn, "Christopher Garland," accessed December 16, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sacramento News and Review, "Down and dirty: The political junkie’s guide to the local primary," May 20, 2010
- ↑ The Hill, "Democratic mega-firm MSHC shutting its doors," October 27, 2010
- ↑ California Faculty Association, "About," accessed December 16, 2015
- ↑ CalFac, "CFA Headlines," September 22, 2009
- ↑ Sacramento Press, "CHRIS GARLAND CAMPAIGN PICKS UP KEY ENDORSEMENTS IN NEW YEAR," January 5, 2010
- ↑ California Dept. of Technology, " LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, OFFICE OF THE," accessed December 16, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Recode, "Meet the Most Powerful Political Players in Silicon Valley," August 18, 2015
