Michael Glassner


Michael Glassner is an American political advisor, currently serving as the executive director of the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign committee. He is also president of the public affairs consulting firm C&M Transcontinental, and served as Chief of Staff to the former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin.

Early life and education

Glassner's family is Jewish. Glassner moved to Kansas in 1972 at the age of eight to live with his older sister, where he was raised on a farm outside Peabody, Kansas. In 1974, Glassner volunteered for Bob Dole's Senate re-election campaign, and later interned in Dole's field office in 1985. Glassner graduated from the University of Kansas in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in Political Science.

Career

In 1988, Glassner served as Bob Dole's traveling aide during Dole's presidential campaign.
Glassner later became a senior advisor and eventual Chief of Staff to Lewis Eisenberg, then-Chairman of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. Before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Glassner left the Port Authority and went to work for the IDT Corporation.
Glassner served as an advisor to the George W. Bush 2000 presidential campaign, and later as Director of Vice Presidential Operations for the John McCain 2008 presidential campaign.
In 2014, Glassner served as Southwest Regional Political Director of AIPAC. Glassner has written pro-Trump op-ed columns for Townhall and Cleveland.com.
In 2015, Glassner was hired by the Trump campaign to serve as political director. During his time working for the campaign in 2016, Glassner helped procure the endorsement of Sarah Palin. In January 2017, President-elect Donald Trump named Glassner as Chief Operations Officer of his 2020 presidential campaign committee.