Quentin Fulks is an American

campaign manager A campaign manager, campaign chairperson, or campaign director is an individual whose role is to coordinate a political campaign's spending, broad tactics, and hiring. They lead operations such as Campaign finance, fundraising, advertising, Opi ...

and political strategist who is a fellow at the

Harvard Institute of Politics The Institute of Politics (IOP) is an institute of Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University that was created to serve as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy and to inspire Harvard undergraduates to consider careers in politics and ...

. He was the principal deputy campaign manager of the

Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign Kamala Harris, the List of vice presidents of the United States, 49th vice president of the United States, announced her 2024 campaign for president of the United States, president on July21, 2024. On that date, incumbent president Joe Biden ...

and reportedly led the campaign's advertising program. Fulks was previously the principal deputy campaign manager of the

Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, announced his candidacy for re-election for a second presidential term on April 25, 2023, with Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate. After winning the Democratic primaries, he f ...

Early life

Fulks is from

Ellaville, Georgia Ellaville is a city in Schley County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,812 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Schley County. Ellaville is part of the Americus micropolitan statistical area. History A town named ...

. He graduated from Schley Middle High School in 2008. Fulks was a

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and

defensive back In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the ...

on the varsity football team. In 2012, he completed a bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in sociology at

Georgia Southwestern State University Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) is a state public university in Americus, Georgia, United States. Founded as the Third District Agricultural and Mechanical School in 1906, the university was established and is administrated by the Ge ...

. He served as the co-founder and president of its pre-law society. Fulks earned a M.A. from the American University School of Public Affairs in 2015.

Career

In June 2014, Fulks joined Priorities USA Action as a political content manager. He interned for U.S. representative

Steny Hoyer Steny Hamilton Hoyer ( ; born June 14, 1939) is an American politician and retired attorney who has served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 1981. He also served as House Majority Leader from 2007 to 20 ...

. Fulks served as the deputy to campaign manager Anne Caprara during governor

J. B. Pritzker Jay Robert Pritzker (born January 19, 1965) is an American businessman and politician serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Illinois. A member of the wealthy Pritzker family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain, Pritzker has started several vent ...

's election campaign in the 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election. Fulks was the manager of Senator

Raphael Warnock Raphael Gamaliel Warnock ( ; born July 23, 1969) is an American politician and Baptists, Baptist pastor serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, United States senator from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, ...

's reelection campaign during the

2022 United States Senate election in Georgia The 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the U.S. Senate to represent the state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic senator Raph ...

. Warnock was the first Democrat to win re-election to the Senate in Georgia since

Sam Nunn Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. (born September 8, 1938) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972–1997) as a member of the Democratic Party. After leaving Congress, Nunn co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initi ...

in 1990 and the first Deep South Democrat to win re-election since former Louisiana Senator

Mary Landrieu Mary Loretta Landrieu ( ; born November 23, 1955) is an American entrepreneur and politician who served as a United States senator from Louisiana from 1997 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Landrieu served as the Louisiana State Treasu ...

in 2008. Fulks is a fellow at the

. On April 25, 2023, Julie Chávez Rodriguez and Fulks were named as campaign manager and principal deputy campaign manager respectively of the

. This is the first time a Latina and an African American man were selected to run the campaign of an incumbent president. He is Harris' principal deputy campaign manager during her 2024 presidential campaign. Fulks took over leadership of the campaign's advertising program, replacing Mike Donilon.

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