Jay Parmley has spent most of his adult life working on behalf of the Democratic Party. He is currently the Executive Director of the Alaska Democratic Party.  He has served in the same role for the Oklahoma, South Carolina, and North Carolina Democratic Parties.  He was the founding Executive Director of South Forward an organization dedicated to building the Democratic bench in the South.  Parmley is a former At-Large Member of the Democratic National Committee and spent almost a decade training candidates, staff and activists with Democracy for America's Campaign Training Academies.