David Urban joined the Trump campaign in its early days as an advisor in the Pennsylvania and Indiana primaries. At the Republican Convention he served as the senior political liaison. After the convention, he was named a senior advisor, leading the campaign to victory in Pennsylvania. Urban is president of the American Continental Group (ACG), a consulting firm, and is a political commentator on CNN. Before joining ACG, he served five years as chief of staff for Senator Arlen Specter, acting as senior advisor on legislative, political, media, and administrative matters. He was Specter’s direct representative to constituents, members of Congress, senior executive branch officials, ambassadors and officials of foreign governments, and oversaw the senator’s interests before the Judiciary, Appropriations, Veterans’ Affairs, and Environment and Public Works committees. From 1994 to 1997, Urban was an attorney in private practice, with experiences ranging from litigation involving director and officer corporate liability matters to structuring public bond financing of health care systems. An active member of the Pennsylvania Bar, Urban is admitted to practice before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. From 1986 to 1991, he served as an Army artillery officer in the 101st Airborne Division. He was awarded a Bronze Star for meritorious achievement while engaged in combat operations against Iraq in Operation Desert Storm. Urban earned a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a Master of Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Juris Doctor from the Temple University School of Law. He has lectured at universities, serving as an adjunct professor at the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University.