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Meet Christine

A volunteer in politics since the stroller, Christine Pelosi has a lifetime of grassroots organizing and public policy experience.

From courtrooms to campaigns to the corridors of power.

Christine holds a JD from University of California Law San Francisco and a BSFS from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.  Cofounder and Counsel for We Said Enough, Christine has served as prosecutor in San Francisco, special counsel in the Clinton-Gore administration, and chief of staff on Capitol Hill.

Christine is an elected member on the executive committees of the California Democratic Party, the National Federation of Democratic Women, and the Democratic National Committee, where she cofounded the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council and Disability Caucus, passed Resolutions on empowering women, raising wages, protecting health care, campaign finance reform, voting rights, and climate action, and now sits on the Credentials Committee.  

Christine has volunteered on countless campaigns, as a law tutor and teacher, and served on the boards of the National

AIDS Memorial Grove, Legal Services for Children, Young Democrats of America, and San Francisco Giants Community Fund.

Christine is the author of Campaign Boot Camp, Campaign Boot Camp 2.0, and the Amazon bestseller The Nancy Pelosi Way, and lives in North Beach with her husband Peter Kaufman and their daughter Isabella.

JUST SOME OF

Christine's Experience

Building Power for the People

1991–1993

Tutor, UC Law SF Legal Education Opportunity Program

1993

Teacher, USF Street Law

1994–1997

San Francisco Deputy City Attorney, Construction and Litigation.

1997–1999

San Francisco Deputy District Attorney, Sexual Assault & Child Abuse Unit

1997–1999

Teacher, Delancey Street Foundation

1999–2001

Special Counsel, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

2001–2005

Chief of Staff & Legislative Counsel, U.S. Congressman John Tierney

2005–2020

Director, AFSCME Congressional Candidates Boot Camp

2017–Present

Cofounder & General Counsel, We Said Enough

2017-PRESENT

Founder, IMPACT Strategy