Patti Solis Doyle

Patti Solis Doyle is a nationally recognized political organizer and campaign strategist. She speaks regularly on the rise of women and minorities in politics, presidential campaigns, and issues affecting Hispanic Americans. Solis Doyle is also a CNN political contributor and winter fellow at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics.

 

She is President of Solis Strategies, a communications firm serving non-profits, NGOs, and corporations. Solis Doyle has more than 20 years of experience in politics, presidential campaigns and public service. She began her career working on Richard Daley’s campaign for Mayor of Chicago and later worked at Chicago City Hall. In 1991, she was among the first to join then Governor Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign. She served as a senior advisor to Hillary Clinton throughout that campaign and two terms in the White House. In 2000, Solis Doyle served as chief of staff to the First Lady’s first Senate campaign. She later managed Senator Clinton’s political operations, PAC and 2006 re-election campaign. As campaign manager of Clinton’s presidential bid (from January 2007 through February 2008), Solis Doyle was the first Hispanic woman to lead a presidential campaign.

 

During the 2008 general election, Solis Doyle joined the Obama for America campaign as chief of staff for Vice Presidential operations. In this role, Solis Doyle built a national team of policy, communications, political and field operatives in advance of the nominee’s selection. She later managed day-to-day operations for Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden. During the 2012 presidential election, Solis Doyle served as an advisor to the Obama-Biden campaign.

 

In addition to her work with VAP, Solis Doyle works with Hispanic service organizations and student organizations across the U.S.

 

Hispanic Magazine has honored Solis Doyle with the “Latinas of Excellence Award” for her accomplishments in the area of government, politics and civil leadership. She also received the “Siempre Inspiran” award from Siempre Mujer magazine, honoring remarkable Latinas whose achievements and contributions to their communities are helping shape the future of Hispanic women in this country. Hispanic Business Magazine named her one of America’s “100 Most Influential Hispanics.”

 

Solis Doyle received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from Northwestern University. She currently resides in Washington, DC with her husband and two children.

—Yale University, New Haven, CT

 

Women in Politics

—Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

 

—California State University, Fresno, CA

 

—Politics & Prose, Washington, D.C.

 

—Parc des expositions de Villepinte La Francilienne, Paris, France

 

Women in Cable Telecommunication Visionary Leadership Breakfast & Award Ceremony
—Renaissance Convention Center Hotel, Schaumburg, IL

 

Women in Leadership; Litmus Test for Democracy in the Middle East and Iran 
—U.S. House of Representatives, RHOB, Washington, D.C.

 

38th NAHN Annual Conference
—Crowne Plaza Hotel, New Orleans, LA

 

—Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

 

—Desmond Hotel, Albany, NY

 

—University of Virginia Center for Politics, Richmond, VA

 

—The Department of Energy, Washington, DC

 

—St. Phillips College, San Antonio, TX

—Maricopa Community College, Pheonix,  AZ

 

—University of Delaware, Newark, DE

 

—University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

 

—Garden Valley State University, Allendale, MI

 

—Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

 

—University of Maryland, College Park, MD

 

—Marshall University, Huntington, WV

 

—University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

 

—Goucher College, Towson, MD

 

Patti has spoken to a host of community groups, youth organizations and churches. To get in touch with Patti, click here. 

 

"At the end of the day, however, a race should boil down to who can govern. Who has the right ideas and policies for the time? And who can actually get them done?

 

“I think Hillary Clinton did yeoman's work in campaigning out there for Democrats,” said Patti Solis Doyle, a former Clinton campaign manager in 2008, in an interview with Fox News. “She did what she could to help her friends, and very strong Democrats out there. She raised money for them; she campaigned for them.” 

 

Bloomberg Politics' Midterm Election Night Coverage, With All Due Respect, for Bloomberg TV, November 4, 2014

 

A Chicago startup is aiming to mine a silver lining in the fiscal misery hanging over Illinois... Vendor Assistance Program says it can profit by advancing the money to pay the vendors, then keeping late fees the state owes them. Vendors forego the penalty payments but get their money faster than they would otherwise.

 

Campaign Boys Club, hosted by Alicia Menendez for Huffington Post Live, January 8, 2013

 

Patti Solis Doyle, Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign manager, joined HuffPost Live Tuesday to discuss the role of women in political campaigns and speculated on her former boss' 2016 presidential prospects.

"Hopefully there will be a 2016 campaign," Solis Doyle told HuffPost Live host Alicia Menendez, while praising the diversity among Clinton's top 2008 staff.

 

Patti Solis Doyle On Hillary Clinton 2016 Run: 'Hopefully' (VIDEO), by Danny Shea for The Huffington Post, January 8, 2013

 

“I think what voters are looking for is the sense that ‘this guy knows what he’s doing,’ and ‘I feel comfortable leaving this guy in charge,’ ” said Patti Solis Doyle, who ran Hillary Clinton’s campaign when she debated Obama (and the other Democratic presidential candidates) in 2008, and later helped prepare Joe Biden for his vice presidential debate with Sarah Palin.

 

What Obama Needs to Do in Denver, by Alexis Simendinger for Real Clear Politics, October 1, 2012

 

 

Sharron Angle Has Told Us Exactly What to Expect, by Patti Solis Doyle for The Huffington Post, October 28, 2010