Paris Dennard

Dennard is a member of the American Enterprise Institute's Leadership Network. Dennard serves on the Advisory Board for Black Voices for Trump for the 2020 re-election campaign for Donald J. Trump.

In 2018, President Donald J. Trump appointed Dennard to serve as a commissioner on the President's Commission on White House Fellowships.

Dennard has been a political TV commentator on C-SPAN, BBC, OANN, Newsmax TV, Hill TV, and TV One where he was a regular on NewsOne Now with Roland S. Martin, BET's State of the Union coverage, MSNBC, and was a paid political commentator with CNN from 2016-2018 and NPR's Here and Now. Dennard also writes opinion articles that have appeared in the Daily Caller and The Hill on a host of topics. On August 22, 2018, The Washington Post reported that, according to documents and a university official, Dennard had been fired in 2015 from his position as an events director for Arizona State University's McCain Institute for International Leadership for allegedly making sexually explicit comments and gestures toward women. The Washington Post claims the report states that Dennard did not dispute those claims but said he committed the acts jokingly. Following the publication of the Washington Post's report, CNN and Boston NPR member station WBUR-FM announced they had suspended Dennard with pay pending further investigation. President Trump publicly praised Dennard during his Black History Month listening session at the White House for his work as a political commentator, and singled him out several times in his remarks during the Black Voices for Trump launch in Atlanta, GA.

Between 2005 and 2009, Dennard worked for U.S. President George W. Bush, including at the Office of Legislative Affairs, the Office of Political Affairs, and the Office of Public Liaison. During that time, he served as White House Director of Black Outreach; coordinated the meetings and travels of the President, First Lady Laura Bush, and the House of Representatives; and planned various events in the White House. Between 2009 and 2011, Dennard worked at the Republican National Committee as an Associate Director for Coalitions.

While attending Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona, Dennard served as the chairman of the Arizona Teenage Republicans and spoke at the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. After graduating from Brophy in 2000, Dennard attended Pepperdine University on a scholarship for students of color. He was featured with Sean Combs for an MTV special and interview at the 2004 Republican National Convention. Dennard graduated from Pepperdine in 2005 with a B.A. in political science and public relations.

Paris Perrial Dennard (born August 18, 1982) is an American conservative political speaker. He previously worked in the Administration of President George W. Bush, the Republican National Committee (RNC), and has appeared as a conservative commentator on many national outlets including CNN and NPR, and is the Senior Director of Strategic Communications for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.