The Democracy Alliance, a cadre of superwealthy Democratic fundraisers that bankrolls such major beltway groups as the Center for American Progress, is doing a fine job maintaining its very low profile, but we've learned that it's experiencing another in a series of shake-ups at the top. Founded soon after the 2004 election, the alliance—whose website is blank and phone number is unlisted—recently named its third new chief in two years: Kelly Craighead, a longtime pal of Bill and Hillary Clinton and a personal assistant to Hillary when she was first lady. Craighead gets her first crack at donors later this month, at the year's leadoff conference for the group.
By Dan Gilgoff With Suzi Parker, Anna Mulrine, and Silla Brush
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