Michael Glassner

Michael Glassner (born 30 July 1968)[1][2] is the executive director of the Donald Trump for President campaign committee.[3] He is also president of the public affairs consulting firm C&M Transcontinental, and served as an aide to the former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin.[4]

In 1988 Glassner served as Bob Dole's traveling aide during Dole's presidential campaign.[2]

Glassner became a senior advisor to Lewis Eisenberg, then Chairman of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, in the late 1990s.[2]

Just before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Glassner left the Port Authority and went to work for IDT founder Howard Jonas.[2]

In 2014 Glassner served as Southwest Regional Political Director of AIPAC.[2][5]

During Donald Trump's campaign for president in 2016, Glassner helped procure the endorsement of Sarah Palin.[6]

References

  1. Falcone, Michael. "Sarah Palin's New Right-Hand Man: Meet Michael Glassner." abcnews.go.com. 2011-2-18. Retrieved 2017-6-10.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "From AIPAC to Trump: Michael Glassner's journey — Jewish Journal". Jewish Journal. 2016-02-19. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  3. "CNN: We didn't run Trump ad because of 'fake news' graphic". POLITICO. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  4. "Michael Glassner - Ballotpedia". Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  5. "Trump Names Jewish Financier, Fixer to Major Campaign Positions". The Forward. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  6. CNN, Jeremy Diamond. "Key aide may have cemented Donald Trump-Sarah Palin union". CNN. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
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