J. Brian O'Day

Current

Political Party Expert & Resident Senior Program Manager at National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
Democratic Political Consultant (Self-employed)

Past

Executive Director at Maryland Democratic Party
Volunteer - Gabon at Peace Corps

Education

Fudan University
St. Mary's College of Maryland

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J. Brian O'Day’s Summary

POLITICAL PARTY EXPERT – National Democratic Institute for International Affairs

Developed and conducted seminars on party building and candidate elections; wrote The Political Campaign Planning Manual: A Step By Step Guide to Winning Elections; consulted with political leaders and candidates to strengthen the various democratic political parties and prepare for elections.

Afghanistan - March 2008 - Present - Managing the elections and political party program.

Pakistan - October 2007 - February 2008 - Managed nationwide political party polling agent program, training over 500 master trainers from nine political parties and through them distributing over half a million polling agent manuals to enable to political parties to monitor the elections more effectively.

Iraq – March 2004 – August 2007 – Worked with political parties and candidates in Baghdad and the Kurdish region in advance of elections. Lead an Iraqi study mission to Canada to observe the 2004 parliamentary elections. Managed the regional office in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.

Morocco – January – October 2003 - Worked with Moroccan political parties to develop their message and tested it with Moroccan focus groups; conducted over 40 focus groups for political and civic groups.

Yemen – March - December 2002 - Worked with the ruling party, the Socialists and the Islamists political parties in the seven major cities of Yemen to develop strategy and prepare for the parliamentary elections.

Russia - 1997 – 2000 - Consulted with political leaders and candidates on party building and election campaign methods; developed training seminars on campaign techniques, strategic planning for political parties, direct voter contract, and monitoring elections in preparation for regional and parliamentary elections.

SHORT TERM CONSULTANT

West Bank/Gaza, Mauritania, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine.

J. Brian O'Day’s Specialties:

Campaign management; political party building; democracy development; strategic planning;

J. Brian O'Day’s Experience

Political Party Expert & Resident Senior Program Manager

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs

(Non-Profit; Program Development industry)

February 1997 — Present (12 years 10 months)

Develop and conduct training seminars for political parties and candidates in developing democracies around the world.
Democratic Political Consultant

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Political Organization industry)

1994 — Present (15 years )

Managed campaigns; developed campaign plans and coordinated the implementation of campaign strategy, including direct mail programs, campaign literature, field operation and election day operation; consultant to the President of the Maryland State Senate, members of the Maryland State Legislature, Maryland Coalition '98, Maryland Democratic Party, and Maryland Democratic Leadership Council.
Executive Director

Maryland Democratic Party

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Political Organization industry)

January 1993 — December 1993 (1 year )

Managed all aspects of the Party; initiated the Sustaining Fund as a permanent fundraising tool; re-built the Party's state-wide voter file; developed the FAXLINE and Monthly Messenger as internal communication; developed the Rapid Response Network in 12 counties, raising grassroots support for the President's programs.
Volunteer - Gabon

Peace Corps

(Government Agency; Construction industry)

June 1986 — October 1988 (2 years 5 months)

Peace Corps volunteer in Gabon building a rural primary school.

J. Brian O'Day’s Education

Fudan University

Chinese language and politics 1982 — 1983

Exchange student from St. Mary's Colllege of Maryland to Fudan University in Shanghai, China.
St. Mary's College of Maryland

BA , Political Science , 1978 — 1982

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J. Brian O'Day’s Interests:

Strategic Planning, Democracy Development, Political Campaign Methods, Political Message Development, Politics, Training, International Travel, History