Daman Irby
Director of Operations
Daman Irby earned a B.A. in International Affairs with a concentration in Economics and minor in German at The George Washington University in 1997. Upon graduation he studied at the University of Vienna in Austria before working as a researcher at the H. John Heinz III Center in Washington, D.C. Daman joined the Center for Politics in September 2002 and currently serves as the Center's director of operations and the Youth Leadership Initiative's deputy director of instruction.
After working closely with YLI for a number of years Daman joined the staff of the program in June 2008 where he focuses on the fiscal and general administration of the program as well as assisting in organizational outreach. As the Center for Politics' director of operations he manages the Global Perspectives on Democracy program, works with the Chief of Staff and Chief Financial Officer on management issues and takes on the direction of special projects. Some of these include the creation and management of www.JamestownJourney.org, the official education website of the Jamestown 400th anniversary commemoration; the International Youth Democracy Summit; and the National Constitutional Convention. He is also a producer on the documentary, "Questioning the Constitution" which premiered in September 2008.
Daman is civically active serving as an appointed Board Member on the Orange County (Virginia) Economic Development Authority and as a deacon at Blue Run Baptist Church in Somerset, Virginia.