Jenny McAllister is the currently serving President of the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

, and has previously served in many other positions to support the ALP.

McAllister was born in Murwillumbah, on the north coast of New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

. Her first formal involvement with politics came in 1992, when she registered as an official member of the ALP. In 2003, she co-founded the Labor Environment Activist Network with future-Premier of New South Wales, Kristina Keneally

Kristina Keneally

Kristina Kerscher Keneally MP, is an Australian politician and was the 42nd Premier of New South Wales. She was elected leader of the Australian Labor Party in New South Wales and thus Premier in 2009, but went on to lose government to the Liberal/National Coalition at the March 2011 state election...

.

McAllister is currently a member of the ALP State Conference (NSW) (1999–present); the ALP Administrative Committee (NSW) (2000–present); and has in the past been a member or delegate of the ALP National Policy Committee on Foreign Affairs (1998–2000), the ALP National Policy Committee (2006–2007). She was also the Labor candidate for the seat of Richmond

Division of Richmond

The Division of Richmond is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the far north-east of the state, along the Pacific coast...

 in the 2001 Federal Election. On 25 November 2011 she was reelected as National President of the ALP.