David Medina
COO and Co-Founder
David Medina is the Co-Founder and COO of Results for America, the leading, national nonprofit organization helping policymakers at all levels of government harness the power of evidence and data to solve our world’s greatest challenges.
David previously served in the Obama Administration as First Lady Michelle Obama’s deputy chief of staff and as the Peace Corps’ public engagement director. Earlier in his career, David served as the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign’s government relations director, U.S. Senator John Edwards’ presidential campaign national political director, the Democratic National Convention Committee’s deputy CEO, an AFL-CIO legislative representative, the Democratic National Committee’s policy director, and U.S. Senator Carol Moseley-Braun’s legislative assistant.
David currently serves on the AFL-CIO’s Working America Education Fund and Midwest Academy’s national board of directors. He also previously served on the University of Chicago’s Alumni Visiting Committee and the Human Rights Campaign, Millennium March on Washington, and Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute national boards of directors.
David received his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his M.P.P. from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.