Debra DeLee (born 1948) was Chair of the Democratic National Committee from 1994 to 1995, and was the second woman to hold the post.(15 May 1995)
Democratic Convention Is a DeLee Homecoming
''Chicago Sun Times'' ("Debra DeLee, the chief executive officer of the 1996 Democratic National Convention, is a Chicago native who is coming home for her new role.") She also served as CEO of the Democratic National Committee. She is currently President and CEO of

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(APN), a national

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organization dedicated to enhancing Israel's security through peace and to supporting the Israeli

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movement. She was born in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

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, is a graduate of the

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. She was a superdelegate for the

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and endorsed

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of New York in the primaries.

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