Dan Maffei Bio

 

Born:                                            July 4, 1968, Syracuse, N.Y.

Hometown:                                  DeWitt, N.Y.

Residence:                                   15 Pebble Hill Road North

                                                            Syracuse, N.Y. 13214-2405

 

Family:                                         Wife: Abby Davidson

                                                                                                                 

Education:                                  MA, Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (1995);

MA, Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism (1991);
Bachelors, History, Brown University (1990)

 

Military Service:                        None

     

Professional Career:                  Senior Advisor, Government & Regulatory Policy, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP (2011-);

Professor, State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry (2011);

Senior Vice President, Pinnacle Capital Management, LLC (2007);
Owner, Maffei & Associates, Inc political consulting firm (2005);

Reporter/ Producer, Syracuse Channel 9 News (1991-1993)

Reporter, Watertown Channel 7 News (1991)

           

Political Career:                        Member of Congress, New York’s 25th Congressional District (2009-2011)

Democratic Candidate v. Rep. Jim Walsh (NY-25) (2006)

Maffei & Associates, Inc. client - Mayor Matt Driscoll (2005);

Communications Director, Senior Policy Adviser for the Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Charles Rangel; (1999-2005);

Press Secretary, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1997-1998);