Full Name:
Michael Alexander Blake
Gender:
Male
Birth Place:
Bronx, NY
Home City:
Bronx, NY
BS, Broadcast Journalism, Northwestern University, 2000-2004
Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, District 79, 2015-2021
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 15, 2020
Candidate, New York State Assembly, District 79, 2018
Former Member, Banks Committee, New York State Assembly
Former Member, Correction Committee, New York State Assembly
Former Member, Election Law Committee, New York State Assembly
Former Member, Governmental Operations Committee, New York State Assembly
Former Member, Housing Committee, New York State Assembly
Former Member, Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force, New York State Assembly
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Mitchell-Lama, New York State Assembly
Former Member, Veterans' Affairs Committee, New York State Assembly
Founding Principal/National Consultant, ATLAS Strategy Group, 2013-present
Former Deputy Political Director/Constituency Outreach Director, Iowa Caucuses, Barack Obama Campaign
Former Director of External Affairs, Michigan House of Representatives
Director of Public Policy & External Affairs, Green For All, 2014
Senior Advisor, Operation HOPE, 2014
Senior Advisor, Office of Public Engagement, Presidential Inaugural Committee, 2013
Campaign Manager, Reshma Saujani for New York City Public Advocate, 2013
National Deputy Director, Operation VOTE, Obama for America, 2011-2012
Deputy Associate Director, Offices of Intergovernmental Affairs & Public Engagement, The White House, 2009-2011
Director of National Labor Outreach, Presidential Inaugural Committee, 2009
Michigan Deputy State Director/Political Director, Barack Obama Campaign, 2008
Intern, State Senator Jeff Schoenberg, 2005
Vice Chairman, Democratic National Committee, 2017-present
Member, 100 Black Men of New York
Exhorter, African Methodist Escopial Church
Certified Lay Speaker, United Methodist Church