NCDP Chairman David Parker
David Parker has 35 years of experience in state campaigns and fundraising for Democratic candidates. From 1976 when he was Jimmy Carter's North Carolina Youth Coordinator through 2008 as an Obama Super-Delegate, Parker has demonstrated strong, experienced leadership.
At the local level he has been a successful Precinct and County Chair in Iredell County. At the State level, David has been State President of the Young Democrats of North Carolina and the First Vice Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party.
At the national level, he has served on the Democratic National Committee since 1995. In addition, Parker has been a member of the North Carolina delegation at every National Convention since 1984, when then Party Chairman David Price named him as a page while he was President of the Young Democrats.
As a campaign manager for Terry Sanford's US Senate campaign in 1992, Parker ran a fundraising effort that raised $2.5 million. He has hosted dozens of fundraisers in his Iredell County home for local, statewide, and national Democrats, including: Kay Hagan, Terry Sanford, John Edwards, Joe Biden, and D.G. Martin.
He has consulted or managed inumerable local and congressional campaigns. And in 2010, he was an instrumental leader in the drive to allocate tax check-off money through the NCDP Congressional District Chairs to the grassroots at the county level.
Locally, Parker has been on the finance boards for the YMCA, Mitchell Community College, Fort Dobbs historical site, and numerous smaller fundraising drives. A significant accomplishment of his term on the Iredell-Statesville School Board was raising money for schools.
