Jehmu Greene - Career

Career

Greene co-founded Define American in June 2011 with Jose Antonio Vargas, Jake Brewer, and Alicia Menendez. Define American seeks to elevate the conversation on immigration reform.

In 2010, Greene was hired as a contributor by Fox News Channel.

Throughout her career, she has worked with the media to build high-profile social justice campaigns. A commentator on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and elsewhere, Greene served as the first African-American president of the Rock the Vote organization from 2000-2005 where membership grew from 1,500 to 1 million, 1.4 million new voters were registered, over 200 celebrities volunteered their support and youth voter turnout in the 2004 elections was achieved.

From 2009-2010, Greene was president of Women’s Media Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit women’s advocacy organization founded in 2005 by writers/activists Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem.

In 2010, Greene was appointed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to serve on the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.

Greene served as an advisor to Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.

She was a member of the Citizen's Debate Commission and previously served on the Board of Directors of the American Prospect Magazine; Demos; Youth Vote Coalition; The Entrepreneurial Development Institute (TEDI). She has also served as an Advisory Board Member of the Partnership for Public Service; Campus Green Vote; Vote for America; The White House Project's Vote-Run-Lead Project; and Freedom's Answer. Greene was a co-founder and Board Member of the 2030 Center, an economic and public policy organization for young adults.

Greene served on the Credentials Committee for the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. After the 2004 elections, Greene was appointed by Terry McAuliffe, DNC Chairman, to serve on the Commission on Presidential Timing and Scheduling. The Commission concluded its work in December 2005 and submitted its report to DNC Chairman, Howard Dean. To address diversity, representation, and participation issues in a meaningful way, the Commission recommended that there be an additional one or two first-tier caucuses inserted between the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary.

Greene is a former National Director of Project Vote.

From 1998-2000 Greene served as the Director of Women's Outreach and Southern Political Director at the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Greene also served as the Program Director for the Center for Policy Alternatives' Youth Voices Project and National Student Voter Education Day, Volunteer Coordinator for the University of Texas at Austin Neighborhood Longhorns Program, and Executive Director of the Texas Young Democrats. In addition, she has worked on numerous campaigns, including Clinton/Gore '96, Harvey Gantt for U.S. Senate, Lloyd Doggett for Congress, Jim Mattox for U.S. Senate, and Ann Richards for Governor.

In 1999, Greene traveled to Botswana and South Africa on behalf of the United States Information Agency (USIA) to encourage young voters to participate in the upcoming elections.

Greene was a founder and Managing Partner of Urban Hang Suite, a party promotion and Internet company that specialized in social networking services for African American professionals in Washington, DC.