Stephen J. Kerrigan
Age: 40
Hometown: Lancaster, Mass.
Secondary school: St. John's High School, Shrewsbury
Higher education: University of Maryland
Job: CEO of the Democratic National Convention Committee, Charlotte, N.C.
Volunteer: President at Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund Inc.
Previous jobs: Chief of staff for President Obama Presidential Inaugural Committee, 2008-2009; chief of staff for former Mass. attorney general Thomas F. Reilly, 2003 to 2007; chief of staff at Boston 2004 Inc. (Democratic convention host committee); political director and aide to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 1993 to 2003; intern to Kennedy, 1989 to 1993.