1. (252) 289-4618 Asa Abraham Gregory asagregory@gmail.com
Objective: Utilize my communication skills and my varied political and community service experiences
to expand voter, donor & volunteer networks; in order to promote the objectives of and to effectively
disseminate the communications of the organization.
Political/Communication Experience
 State Executive Committee (SEC) of the North Carolina Democratic Party, Member from Wilson
County Democratic Party-November 2014 to Present—Wilson, North Carolina
• Represent the Wilson County Democratic Party at all meetings of the SEC to vote on resolutions, actions,
platform planks and candidates for office within the North Carolina Democratic Party and for positions
with the Democratic National Committee (DNC)
 The 13th
Congressional District of the North Carolina Democratic Party, Platform & Resolutions
Committee Chair-May 17, 2014 to Present—Nashville, North Carolina
 Organize and Convene the Platform & Resolutions Committee meetings at least once a year to review
submissions from the district
 Represent the district at the state meetings as the member of the Platform & Resolutions Committee for the
North Carolina Democratic Party from the 13th
Congressional District
 Chair each year the portion of the District Convention that deals with matters brought forth from the
Platform & Resolutions Committee of the district
 Bobi Gregory for North Carolina House, Campaign Manager – February 28, 2014 to November 15, 2014 –
Wilson, North Carolina
 Inspired, focused , trained and guided my mother for her first-ever run for political office, maintaining a
tight schedule from start to finish, garnering over 10,000 votes in a tough rural Eastern North Carolina
house district
 Managed the communications throughout the campaign, issuing many press releases, writing speeches in
my mother’s voice, as well as managing a strong social media presence
 Managed a very efficient budget of $12,000 to raise awareness of my mother’s candidacy, yielding nearly
40% of the vote
 Designed and maintained a website with high daily traffic in a very difficult race against a Republican
incumbent
 Ron Sanyal for U.S. Congress, District 13, Communications Director – January 17, 2014 to May 16, 2014
– Raleigh, North Carolina
 Issued multiple press releases for Mr. Sanyal to all media outlets in the congressional district
 Designed and maintained a valuable website for the campaign with frequent updates and upgrades
 Traveled with and acted as a surrogate for Mr. Sanyal at many functions within the congressional district
during the primary
 Mark Bibbs for North Carolina House, Consultant/Communications Director – June to November, 2012 –
Wilson, North Carolina
 Issued campaign communications such as emails, social media posts and press releases often at the
candidate’s pleasure
 Handled daily physical aspects of the campaign such as setting up/breaking down campaign tent at early
voting site, festival locations, as well as assembly and distribution of campaign materials such as brochures
& signs
 Traveled with and acted as a surrogate for Mr. Bibbs at many functions throughout the district

2.  Wilson County Democratic Party, Chair – April 16, 2011 to April 20, 2013 – Wilson, North Carolina
 Led the county party into a third successful election cycle in a row by communicating with precinct
officials and allowing them to lead in their precincts
 Started, designed and maintained a highly engaging county party website featuring events and valuable
precinct resources
 Acted as the “voice” of the county party in a presidential election cycle with consistent interaction with the
media to establish the goals and issue concerns of Democrats
 Led by example to work to include all Democrats of the county after years of a lack of unity & inclusion
 Represented the county party as the automatic member of the State Executive Committee (SEC) at all state
party SEC meetings
 Wilson County Democratic Party, First Vice-Chair – August 28, 2010 to April, 16 2011 – Wilson, North
Carolina
 Closely communicated with precinct officers and activists to organize 22 out of 24 precincts in preparation
for the 2011 County Convention (previously 6 out of 24 precincts for years)
 Planned and organized the 2011 Wilson County Democratic Party County Convention
 “Moving NC Forward” Coordinated Campaign, NC Democratic Party, Field Organizer– September to
November 2010– Wilson, North Carolina
 Helped to successfully protect 7 out of 8 Democratic Representatives in Congress
 Helped to generate 2,200,134 voter contact attempts (average of 39,288 attempts per staffer)
 Managed a turf composed of two counties with total eligible voter population of at least 123,385
 Managed one of 23 counties that went for U.S. Senate candidate Secretary of State Elaine Marshall and
returned two Democratic representatives to the NC House
 North Carolina Campaign for Change, Intern Field Organizer – September to November 2008 – Wilson,
North Carolina
 Worked with a team that delivered record turnout in Wilson County, delivering the county for all
Democrats, as one of the last two counties to go for Senator Obama
 Helped to register more than 1,600 new voters in Wilson County for the Nov. 4 election
 Assisted Field Organizer Jon Dynes with daily goals and tasks including logistics
 Collaborated with Office Manager Bettie Lucas to ensure the efficiency of our joint office
 Student Peace Alliance, Tabling Coordinator – June to August 2008 – Raleigh, North Carolina
 Recruited and trained a team of five to assist with the tabling event
 Remained in contact with key Student Peace Alliance (SPA) contacts to distribute tickets, confirm
shipment of necessary materials and assure the receipt of donations from the event by SPA
 Supervised the recording of 200 photo petitions for a United States Department of Peace and the upload of
all petitions to a central SPA sharing site, to be distributed to the appropriate U.S. Representatives
 Operation Democracy, Vigil Host/Council Coordinator – March to April 2008 – Albuquerque, New Mexico
 Planned, coordinated and hosted a fifth anniversary “New Priorities” Vigil to recognize the costs of the Iraq
War
 Collaborated with Operation Democracy contact Kimberly Fountain to organize the revitalized
Albuquerque Operation Democracy Council and allow for future interaction online
Education:
 B.A. in History, East Carolina University, 2006
 B.A. in Religious Studies, East Carolina University, 2006