Patti Solis Doyle

As a top advisor to Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden, Patti Solis Doyle has served on eight of the most historic campaigns of the last 25 years. She delivers a candid, practical, and irreverent perspective on how the campaigns of 2020 will be won, from the latest polls and headlines, to the underlying economic and demographic trends shaping the race.

Patti Solis Doyle provides a highly personal perspective on the two constituencies most likely to decide elections next year: women and Hispanics. When she started in politics, it was a man’s game, and campaigns tended to focus on issues that mattered most to white, middle-class voters. “Women’s issues,” like family leave, were delegated to the candidates’ spouses, and Hispanic voters rarely decided a race. Twenty-five years later, Hispanics are America’s fastest-growing voting block – and a deciding factor in nine states. Women are the principal breadwinners in 40% of American households, and our economy depends increasingly on helping them prosper in the workforce. Her career helps tell the story of how these two groups emerged as political powers. A child of Mexican immigrants, she earned a scholarship to Northwestern and got her start in politics working at Chicago City Hall and an early role on Bill Clinton’s improbable campaign for President. She served as a senior advisor to Hillary Clinton through two terms in the White House, two senate campaigns and her first presidential bid. She dedicated much of her time in politics to recruiting women and Hispanic candidates and championing policies that helped them. During the 2008 general election, she served as campaign manager for vice presidential nominee Joe Biden. During the 2012 election, she served as a senior advisor to the Obama-Biden campaign, focusing on women and Hispanic voters.

Patti Solis Doyle is a Partner at The Brunswick Group, a global strategic advisory firm focused on critical issues at the center of business, politics and society. She is a political commentator on CNN. She also works with Hispanic service organizations and student organizations across the U.S. Hispanic Business magazine named Patti one of America’s “100 Most Influential Hispanics.” She has also received Hispanic magazine’s Latinas of Excellence Award and Siempre Mujer magazine’s Siempre Inspiran Award.