Mame Reiley

Mary Anne "Mame" Reiley (December 24, 1952 – June 2, 2014) was an American political activist and business leader.

Before her death, she was president of The Reiley Group, a consulting, fundraising and events communication agency. She was a veteran political organizer in the Democratic Party who moved with ease in both Virginian and U.S. national political circles.

Civic engagement As head of The Reiley Group, she consulted for Race for the Cure in Washington, D.C., and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. As another part of her civic engagement, she was a member of the Economic Club of Washington and the Federal City Council Executive Committee. In the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination process, Mame Reiley served as a superdelegate who pledged her support for Hillary Clinton.

Virginia politics Reiley was instrumental in persuading (then) Mayor of Alexandria Jim Moran to run for Congress in 1989, later serving as his campaign manager during the campaign, and eventually serving as his chief of staff on the Hill from 1991 to 1996.