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447 Members of the DNC
...includes 75 at-large members who are nominated by
the Chairman and approved by the full DNC.
Executive Committee
64 members; oversees affairs of the party in between
meetings of the full committee and meets four times a year.
Standing Committees
Rules and Bylaws - Co-chairs: Jim Roosevelt (MA) and
Lorraine Miller (TX)
Credentials - Co-chairs: Karen Carter Peterson (LA)
and Andrés W. López (PR)
Resolutions - Co-Chairs: Jim Zogby (DC) and Hilda
Solis (CA)
Caucus and Council chairs
and vice chairs:
Constituency
caucuses: Black (Virgie Rollins-MI, Everett Ward-NC), Hispanic
(Iris
Martinez-IL, Andres Ramirez-NV),
Women (Lottie Shackelford, Joyce Cusack, Jadine Neilson, Alex
Gallardo-Rooker),
LGBT (Earl Fowlkes-DC, Laura Calvo-OR), AAPI (Bel Leong-Hong, Jadine
Neilsen).
Regional
caucuses: Eastern (Nancy DiNardo-CT, Gus Bickford-MA, Amanda
Green Hawkins-PA), Midwest (Doug Brooks-MO, Dean
Boerste-IN), Southern (Gilda Cobb Hunter-SC,
Sally Rosser-GA, Darryl Sinkfield-AL),
Western (Aleita Huguenin-CA, Carolyn Warner-AZ, Anthony Graves-CO).
Councils:
Youth
(Jason
Rae,
Tori
Taylor).
Seniors
(Steve
Regenstreif,
Maria
Cardone).
Native
Americans
(Rion
Ramirez-WA).
Ethnic
(Jim
Zogby,
Danica
Oprnica).
Small
Business
(Andrew
Lachman,
Annette
Taddeo-Goldstein).
Rural
(Betty
Richie-TX,
Mike
Gierau-ID).
Veterans
&
Military
Families
(Don
Fowler,
Jan
Donatelli).
Labor
(Acting
Maria
Elena
Durazo).
Nine Elected Officers*
*Chairman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
announced April 5,
2011, elected May 4, 2011; re-elected Jan. 22, 2013)
Elected a DNC vice chair in Jan. 2009; also served as DCCC vice chair
for incumbent retention in the 2010 cycle. Elected to represent
Florida's 20th CD (parts of Broward and Miami-Dade
Counties) in Nov. 2004 ("first Jewish Congresswoman ever elected from
Florida"). Member of the Florida Senate, 2000-04. Member of
the Florida House, 1992-2000 "youngest female legislator in Florida
history"). Aide to U.S. Rep. Peter Deutsch,
1989-92. Additional experience includes adjunct instructor at
Broward Community College, NJDC staffer, lecturer at Nova Southeastern
University and community and external affairs staff at Nova
Southeastern University. B.A. in political science, 1988, and
M.A. in political science, 1990, from the
University of Florida, 1988. Originally
from New York. twitter
Chief of Staff
Tracie Pough
Chief of staff to Rep.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her
congressional
office. An advisor on education, budget and African
American outreach in the office of House Democratic Whip, Nancy Pelosi,
2003-05. Base vote director at the DCCC, 2002. Southeast
regional director and then state network director at the Center for
Policy Alternatives. Senior legislative analyst in the Florida
Legislature. Program administrator and management consultant with
the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. M.P.A. from Florida
State University; B.A. from Rollins College, 1992.
Jacksonville native.
Deputy Director
Kate
Yglesias Houghton
Returned to this position
in Feb. 2015 after serving as director of the
DNC's Democratic Women's Alliance from March 2014-Feb. 2015.
Started as deputy director of the Chair's
Office in May
2011. Policy analyst and PAC coordinator at CDM Smith, Aug.
2010-April 2011. Executive assistant and advisor to Rep. Debbie
Wasserman Schultz, Feb. 2009-Aug. 2010. M.A. in public policy
from
George Mason University, 2008; B.A. in political science and government
from Florida International University, 2006. twitter
Director of
Scheduling Garret Bonosky
(Jan. 2015) Deputy
scheduler/office manager to Rep. Debbie
Wasserman Schultz in her congressional office, June 2014-Jan.
2015. Worked for Gov. Andrew Cuomo as senior staff assistant for
federal policy (May 2013-June 2014), special office assistant for
federal policy (June 2012-April 2013), executive assistant to the
Special Counsel (Jan.-May 2012). B.A. in CLEG from American
University, 2012.
Senior Advisor Jason
O'Malley
Experience includes staffer to U.S. Rep. David Obey. Interned for
Sen.
Ted Kennedy. Bachelor's degree in international studies from
American University, 1999. From Lancaster, PA.
Senior Communications
Advisor Sean Bartlett
(announced Feb. 6, 2015) Also communications director to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her congressional office from Jan. 2014. Senior communications officer with the UN Foundation, May 2011-Jan. 2014. Americas regional editor at foreign policy digest, May 2010-May 2011. Press secretary to U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, May 2009-May 2011. Communications associate with Hildebrand Tewes, May 2008-March 2009. Staff assistant to Sen. Byron Dorgan, July 2006-Aug. 2007. Experience also includes interning in the office of Sen. Hillary Clinton, Jan.-May 2005. Master’s degree from American University’s School of International Service, 2008; bachelor’s degree from Stony Brook University, 2006. twitter
Vice Chairs (5)
*Donna Brazile
[Vice chair of Voter Registration and
Participation] Served as interim chair for the month following
Tim Kaine's
resignation, April 5-May 4, 2011. Founder and managing director
of Brazile & Associates LLC, a
general consulting, grassroots advocacy, and training firm based in
Washington, DC. Chair of the DNC's Voting Rights Institute,
established
in 2001. Worked on every presidential campaign from 1976 through
2000,
when she served as campaign manager on Vice President Al Gore's
campaign. Adjunct professor and lecturer; author (autobiography Cooking
with
Grease:
Stirring
the
Pots
in
American
Politics); and frequent
commentator. Degree in psychology from Louisiana State
University.
First campaign involvement at age 9 for a City Council candidate.
New
Orleans native. twitter
*Maria Elena Durazo
(elected Jan. 22, 2013) Executive
Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor,
AFL-CIO, elected May 2006 and re-elected in 2010, and an Executive Vice
President of the national AFL-CIO Executive Council. President of
UNITE-HERE, Local 11, and in 2004 elected Executive Vice President of
UNITE-HERE International (General Vice President of Immigration, Civil
Rights and Diversity). Law degree from the People’s College of
Law in 1985; undergraduate degree from St. Mary’s College in
Moraga. Daughter of Mexican immigrant farm workers. twitter
*U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
(elected Jan. 22, 2013) Represents Hawaii's 2nd
CD;
elected in 2012. Elected to Honolulu City Council in 2010.
Legislative aide to Sen. Daniel Akaka. Member of the Hawai'i
National Guard; served two tours of combat duty in the Middle
East. Elected to the Hawai'i House of Representatives in 2002 at
21 years old. Degree in international business from Hawai'i
Pacific University. Born in American Samoa.
*Former Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak
(ratified Sept. 10, 2011) Executive director of
Generation Next, a partnership focusing on the education achievement
gap in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Elected Mayor in 2001
and re-elected in 2005 and 2009 serving to 2013. Business
consultant.
General manager of Channel4000.com. Vice president of Internet
Broadcast System. Publisher of the Twin Cities Reader.
Director of development at the Downtown Council. Reporter for the
Minneapolis Tribune. Graduate of Boston College, 1978. (In
2007, Mayor Rybak was the first mayor of a major US city to endorse
President Obama). twitter
*Ray Buckley
[President of the Association of State Democratic
Chairs (ASDC) [twitter, list], elected to a two-year term on
Jan. 21, 2009; first
openly gay person to serve in the position] Chair of the New Hampshire
Democratic Party, elected March 2007; previously served four terms as
vice chair, and also four years as executive director and two cycles as
New Hampshire Coordinated Campaign director. Served 18 years in the NH
legislature. First volunteered on a campaign at age 8. Served as Tilton
town chair for Ed Muskie at age 12, an organizer for Jimmy Carter's
1976 presidential campaign, and worked on the presidential campaigns of
Mike Dukakis, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Joe Lieberman, John Kerry and
Barack Obama.
Executive Director,
ASDC
Jonae Wartel
(April 2015) Chief of staff
for community affairs to DC Mayor Muriel
Bowser, Jan.-March 2015. Training director for the ASDC, June
2013-Jan. 2015. Regional field director for Organizing for
America-North Carolina, based in Durham, Oct. 2011-Nov. 2012.
Metro Atlanta region director of Young Democrats of Georgia, April-Oct.
2011. Deputy director, director of constituent services for the
Georgia House Democratic Caucus, May 2010-Oct. 2011. Campaign
manager on Stacey Evans for George House District 40, Aug.-Nov.
2010. Field organizer in Kansas City, MO on Barack Obama's
Campaign for Change, July-Nov. 2008. B.A. in political science
and Spanish from University of North Carolina at Greensboro. twitter
Training Director,
ASDC Vanna Cure
(Feb. 18, 2015)
Legislative correspondent to Rep. Barrow, March 2013-Dec. 2014.
Field director on John Barrow for Congress, June 2012-Nov. 2014.
Deputy director for FieldWorks in Fort Collins, CO, Oct.-Nov.
2013. Constituent services representative in Savannah for Rep.
John Barrow (D-GA), Jan. 2011-June 2012. M.B.A. in marketing
(2010) and B.B.A. in marketing (2008) from Valdosta State University,
2008.
Operations Director,
ASDC Amy Littleton
(Nov. 2013)
Operations on Terry McAuliffe for Governor/DPV,
May-Nov. 2013. Field organizer/East Carolina University campus
organizer at Organizing for America North Carolina, July-Nov.
2012. B.A. degrees in political science and French from Harding
University, 2012.
Senior Advisor,
ASDC Amy Fishman
Longtime ASDC executive
director (from 1979) moved to senior advisor
role effective April 15, 2013.
Legal Counsel
Karl Sandstrom
Senior counsel at Perkins
Coie.
*Treasurer Andrew Tobias
(1999) Author of a dozen books including three NYT national best-sellers (Fire and Ice: the Charles Revson/Revlon Story; The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need; Money Angles; Getting By On $100,000 a Year (And Other Sad Tales)). His Managing Your Money software was the market leader. Graduate of Harvard Business School. While studying Slavic Languages and Literature at Harvard he ran the publishing business Let's Go: The Student Guide to Europe. www.andrewtobias.com
*Secretary Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
(from Jan. 22, 2013 meeting) Sworn in as mayor
on Feb. 2010 and elected to a full term in Nov. 2011. Elected to
Baltimore City Council City in 1995 and served as Council President
from Jan. 2007 to Feb. 2010. J.D. from University of Maryland
School of Law, 1995; B.A. in political science from Oberlin College,
1992.
Director, Office of
the Secretary Julie Greene
(May 2014) Previously at the AFL-CIO as deputy political director, assistant political director (Aug. 2011-May 2012) and campaign operation analyst (June 2007-Aug. 2011). Account executive at MSHC Partners, June 2002-June 2007.
Deputy Director,
Secretary's Office Ariana Tobias
(Sept. 2012...with break
Oct.-Nov. 2012 to serve as
a regional GOTV director
for Organizing for
America in CO) Manager of Convention Services for
the Democratic National Convention Committee in Charlotte (overseeing
the
Office of the Secretary's Convention operation), June-Sept. 2012.
Bachelor's degree in political science from Hunter College, 2011.
Deputy Director, Secretary's Office Marvin Turner
(at the DNC from
2005) Also does consulting as The M. Turner Group from
2000. Campaign manager and field director at Grassroots
Solutions, 2003-07. Community relations liaison to Cong. Eleanor
Holmes Norton, 2000-04.
*National Finance Chair Henry R. Muñoz III
(from Jan. 22, 2013 meeting) Chairman of the
Board and Chief Creative Officer of Muñoz & Company, a design and
management firm based in San Antonio, TX; previously CEO of Kell Muñoz
Architects Inc.. A national co-chair of
The Futuro Fund, part of Obama's re-election effort. Served as
transportation commissioner under Gov. Ann Richards. twitter
Assistant to the Finance Chair
Alex Hoffman
(Jan. 2015) Previously fnance assistant (Sept.-Dec. 2014)
and finance intern (Jen.-Sept. 2014) at the DNC. Studied
political science and government at American University; was executive
director (Dec. 2012-April 2013) and president (April 2013-April 2014)
of AU College Democrats.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Chief Executive Officer Amy Dacey
(reported Oct. 31, 2013, started Jan. 2014)
Executive director of EMILY's List, announced
June
4, 2010. Director of government relations at Service Employees
International Union. National political director for Sen. John
Kerry's
Keeping America's Promise PAC, 2005-06. During the fall 2004
presidential campaign, Dacey
served as traveling political director to Sen. Kerry; during the
primaries, she was a regional political coordinator for the Kerry
campaign. Deputy political director at
the DSCC in the 2002 cycle. State legislative program director
for
EMILY's List, 2001. Deputy political director at the DCCC in the
2000 cycle. Deputy chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Louis Slaughter
(NY)
and ran her successful 1998 re-election campaign. Deputy campaign
manager for U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey's (NY)
1996 re-election campaign. Dacey's first position in Washington,
DC was as a policy analyst and director of development for the National
Foundation of Women Legislators. Master's degree in political
science
from the American University, 1995; bachelor's degree in political
science
and history from the SUNY at
Binghamton, 1993.
From Auburn, NY. twitter
Director of Voter Protection/Expansion
Pratt Wiley
(announced Oct. 23, 2013) A national regional
voter protection coordinator on Obama for America. Attorney at
Nutter, McClennan & Fish in Boston, Oct. 2006-May 2012.
Special assistant to the senior vice president for administration and
finance at Lesley University, 2001-03. Global Sales at Zentropy
Partners, 2000. 401(k) representative at Fidelity Investments,
Aug. 1998-Dec. 1999. J.D. from Boston College Law School, 2006;
B.S. in finance from Georgetown University, 1998. twitter
Deputy Director of Voter Expansion Bobby
Hoffman
(announced April 9, 2014) Leadership roles in the voter expansion program in Virginia in 2012 and 2013. Worked on Obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns. Graduate of Valparaiso University Law School.
Director of Knowledge Management for Voter
Expansion Zara Haq
(announced April 9, 2014) Most recently a
freelance political
consultant. Obama Victory Fund compliance research associate
(DNC), June-Nov. 2012 and at the close of the campaign deputy director
of the OFA-VA voter protection hotline. J.D. from American
University's Washington College of Law, 2011; B.A. in philosophy, South
Asian studies from University of Virginia, 2007.
Arbor Project - next generation voter registration
toolset (announced June 5, 2014)
OPERATIONS
Chief Operating Officer Lindsey Reynolds
(from March 2014, promoted from director of the Secretary's Office; started there in 2011) Executive director of Democrats Abroad in the 2008 and 2010 cycles; also served as vice chair of the Association of State Executive Directors. Executive director of the Democratic Party of Virginia in the 2004 cycle; joined the state party in March 2002 as finance director. Finance director for Virginia's Joint Democratic Caucus starting in 2000. She began her career in Virginia Democratic politics in 1998, as legislative assistant to Sen. Stanley C. Walker of Norfolk, then President pro tempore of the Virginia Senate. B.A. in political science from Virginia Wesleyan College, 1998.
Deputy COO Christine Simpson
(2011; initally assistant COO) Worked in the Office of the Virginia Secretary of Commerce during the Kaine and Warner administrations. M.Phil in comparative politics from Oxford, 2010. B.A. in government from College of William and Mary, 2005.
POLITICAL
Political
Director
Raul
Alvillar
(announced March 5, 2014) Senior advisor to
Secretary
Shaun Donovan in the Office of Public Engagement and Public Affairs at
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Associate director of the Office of Public Engagement at the Office of
the Vice President, March 2010-April 2011. A congressional
relations officer in the Office of Congressional and
Intergovernmental Relations in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD). Western regional political director at Obama
for America, March 2007-Nov. 2008, including state director for the
Feb. 5 Arizona primary. National deputy political director at
Keeping America's Promise/Friends of John Kerry, Feb. 2000-March 2007;
in 2004 Alvillar
served
as political director on the New Mexico Democratic Coordinated
Campaign,
and earlier worked in the boiler room during the Democratic National
Convention
in Boston, worked as a delegate tracker at Kerry headquarters in DC,
and
served as 1st CD regional field director on Kerry's NM caucus campaign,
2003-Feb. 3, 2004. Deputy field organizer on Richard Romero for
Congress,
2002. District scheduler for Congressman Tom Udall,
2000-02.
Volunteer coordinator on the 2000 NM Coordinated Campaign.
Started
off in politics working for the Democratic Party of New Mexico as
originator
of the party's e-news newsletter. Attended the University of New
Mexico. Originally from Belen, NM.
Executive Assistant Calynn Jenkins
(Feb. 2014) Experience includes several internships including DNC
marketing, Aug.-Dec. 2012. B.A. in political science and
government from American University 2013.
Deputy Political Director of State Party Programs and Counselor to the CEO Maureen Garde
(promoted from deputy political director in March
2014) Started Sept. 2005 and continued through 2006
cycle as deputy
political
director (State Party Services); interim political director in the
first part of 2007. Deputy executive director of the Democratic
Governors' Association, 1999-2005. Executive director
of the Massachusetts Democratic Party in the early 1990s.
Graduate of Boston College.
Regional Political Directors
Northeast Erin Wilson
Longtime staffer to Sen. Bob Casey. Most
recently his deputy state director; previously director of outreach and
special projects (Nov. 2009-May 2011), field representative (2007-09)
and started as his deputy political director in 2006. B.A. in
political science and government from University of Pennsylvania, 2005
South Jordan Whichard
(June 2014) Advance associate for the White
House since 2012. Deputy director of events and ceremonies for
the PIC. Southern regional director for intergovernmental affairs
and outreach for the Democratic National Convention Committee, from
Sept. 2011. Associate director of advance and trip coordinator at
the White House, Jan. 2009-July 2011. National advance staff on
Obama for America from May 2007-Nov. 2008. B.A. in political
science; management and society from UNC at Chapel Hill, 2007.
Midwest Brooks Banton
(June 2014) Legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond (LA) through March 2014. Finance associate at Political Development Group, Oct. 2009-March 2011. National political outreach coordinator at Obama for America, Feb. 2007-Nov. 2008. Finance director for the Democratic Expatriate Leadership Council, Feb. 2005-Feb. 2007. Mid-Atlantic finance assistant on John Kerry for President, March-Nov. 2004. B.S. from Ohio University, 2004. twitter
West Ali
Khan
(June 2014) Campaign co-chairman and
senior policy advisor on Mo Khan for State Rep., July 2013-May
2014. Attorney at Khan Legal Solutions LLC, March 2013-March
2013. Volunteer attorney at Chicago Legal Clinic, Inc., Dec.
2009-Jan. 2013. Attorney at Schiff Hardin LLP, Sept. 2006-June
2008. J.D. from Harvard Law School, 2006; B.S. in finance from
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002.
Director, ASDC
(see above)
Director of Community Engagement ?
Deputy Director of
Rural, Seniors and Small Business Engagement Miles Fernandez
(June 2015)
Previously special assistant to
the Director of Community
Engagement, July 2014-June 2015. B.A. from
University of Washington, 2013.
Director of the
Democratic Women's Alliance Liala Mohib
[Democratic Women's Alliance is women's outreach effort launched in 2013] Started at the DNC as AAPI engagement desk. Program director at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies. Contractor for Communications Workers of America. Political coordinator for campaign services and trainings, and special assistant to the chief of staff at EMILY's List. Staffer to U.S. Rep. Jim Davis, 2006. Worked in the candidate recruitment department of Progressive Majority. DNC's Office of Independent Expenditures. Masters in Arts in art history, connoisseurship and the history of the art market from Christie’s Education; undergraduate degree in Social anthropology and art history from Sarah Lawrence College.
Hispanic Engagement Desk Albert Morales
(July 2014) Founder (Jan. 2011) and president of
Albert Morales
Strategies, LLC. Vice president at Cassidy & Associates,
2009-10. Hispanic outreach director at the DNC, 2005-09.
Policy advisor and federal liaison at the Democratic Governors
Association, 2003-05. Regional political director on the DNC's
2000 redistricting project, 2001-03. Attended Texas Wesleyan
University.
Asian American and Pacific Islander Engagement
Desk Laila Mohib
African American and Youth Engagement Desk
A'shanti Gholar
(Sept. 2014) Manager of education, income, and
health strategies
and partnerships for United Way Worldwide, Jan.-Aug. 2014.
Special Assistant to the Secretary in the Office of
Public Engagement of the Department of Labor from March 2011-Dec.
2013. Director of public engagement for the 2012 Democratic
National Convention Committee, June-Sept. 2012. Worked in the
political department of the DNC, Jan. 2008-Feb. 2011. Field
director on Berkley for Congress, Oct. 2005-Dec. 2007. B.A. in
political science from UNLV, 2005. From Nevada. twitter
LGBT Engagement Desk Sean Meloy
(April 15, 2015) Issues campaign manager at
Public Knowledge. Campaign manager on Kristin Cabral's 2012
campaign for Congress agains U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (VA). Public
policy associate for the Association of Community College
Trustees. Former aide to U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle (PA), started as an
intern in 2008, and served as a staff assistant and manager of Doyle's
2010 re-election. Graduate of Penn State, and served as president
of the College Democrats there. From Pittsburgh.
Senior Advisor for General Election
Strategies
Anu Rangappa
(March 2015) Principal at The Dewey Square Group
from Sept.
2001. Campaign staffer on Gore Lieberman campaign, March
1999-Dec. 2000. Advance staff at The White House, Jan. 1997-March
1999. B.A. in goverment from The College of William and Mary,
1996.
COMMUNICATIONS
Communications Director Luis
Miranda
(announced Sept. 17, 2015; started beginning of Oct.) Co-founder and managing director of MDC Strategies. Spokesperson and Director of Hispanic Media at the White House, 2009-13. Deputy communications director and director of regional and specialty media at the DNC, Feb. 2005-Jan. 2009. Deputy press secretary for the Kerry-Edwards campaign; started on Kerry's campaign early in the primary season, launching the campaign's internet operations and on-line communications strategy. Miami-Dade field director for the 2000 Gore-Lieberman coordinated campaign in Florida, including on operations related to the Florida recount. Has worked with organized labor at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in Florida. Research analyst at the DCCC. B.A. in political science from Florida Atlantic University, 1999. twitter
National Press Secretary Holly Shulman
(announced Feb.
6, 2015; start Feb. 10 to
Nov. 2015) Spokesperson
for international affairs at the Treasury Department. New
Hampshire communications director on Obama for America from Jan. 11,
2012. Communications
director at the NHDP
starting April
2011 through the NH primary. Press secretary/media strategist at
the Sierra Club,
2010-11. Communications director on Lee Fisher for Ohio, Fall
2010. Associate at Rabinowitz/Dorf Communications, 2009-10.
Producer/writer for The McLaughlin Group, 2008-09. Press
secretary on Noriega for Texas, 2008. Press secretary for Public
Citizen's Global Trade Watch, 2007-08. Political director for
Womens Information Network (WIN), 2006-07. Field staffer on
Carney for Congress, 2006. Manager of member services at the
Association for Competitive Technology, 2005-06. Director of
scheduling at ElectionMall Technologies, 2004-05. B.A. in urban
studies from Vassar College, 2004. twitter
Deputy
National Press Secretary and Director of
Broadcast Media
Miryam Lipper
(announced March 30, 2015 to late 2015) DNC press assistant from June 2013, and spent time working on campaigns in Georgia during the 2014 midterms. Undergraduate degree in political science and journalism from Indiana University Bloomington, 2013; while a student worked at Slavica Publishers and did several internships including at the DNC from May-Aug. 2012. twitter
Regional Press
Secretaries
Northeast and Director of Women's Media
Kaylie Hanson
(announced March 30, 2015) Comes to the DNC from
position as deputy communications director to U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy
(CT); started with Murphy as deputy press secretary on his campaign for
U.S. Senate in 2012. Previously worked for two years for U.S.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (CT). Graduate of the University of
Michigan.
twitter
South Christina Freundlich
(July 2015) Communications director for the Iowa
Democratic Party, July 2013-Feb. 2015. Georgia state director for
Mayors Against Illegal Guns, March-June 2013. North Carolina
deputy press secretary on Obama for America, April-Nov. 2012.
Press fellow at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Jan.-Aug.
2010. Public engagement at the White House Council on
Environment, March-Dec. 2009. Field organizer on Obama's Campaign
for Change in Florida, Aug.-Nov. 2008. B.A. in political
communication from The George Washington University. twitter
West Eric Walker
(announced March 30, 2015) Comes to the DNC from
position as communications director for U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter's
office and at the House Rules Committee since Jan. 2013; communications
director on Slaughter's re-election campaign in 2012.
Communications director for Assemblyman Rory Lancman and Lancman for
Congress (Queens, NY), Dec. 2011-June 2012. Worked for the New
York State Assembly Democratic Caucus. Program assistant at the
National Education Assocation, Sept. 2009-Sept. 2010. Graduate of
The George Washington University. M.A. in political management
from The George Washington University,
2010; B.A. in political communication from The George Washington
University, 2009. From New Jersey. twitter
Midwest and Director of LGBT Media TJ
Helmstetter
(July 2015) Director of media relations/director
of
communications support at Progressive Change Campaign Committee, June
2014-June 2015. Director of communications at the Center for Popular
Democracy, 2013-14. Director of communications at Garden State
Equality, 2013. Deputy campaign manager on Rob Zerban for
Congress (WI), Sept.-Nov. 2012. Director of communications and
digital strategy atthe Working Familiies Party in New York, Jan.-Dec.
2011. Client manager at Blue State Digital, Dec. 2008-Nov. 2010.
Communications director and deputy finance director on Shulman for
Congress in New York, Feb.-Nov. 2008. Program coordinator at
Garden State Equality, June 2007-Feb. 2008. twitter
Director of Hispanic Media Pablo Manriquez
(announced April 27, 2015) A Washington correspondent for Fox News Latino, and has blogged extensively on Latino affairs at Huffington Post. Did Hispanic digital and field outreach at the DCCC in the 2010 cycle. Midwest digital director and Latino outreach specialist on Obama's 2008 campaign. twitter
Director
of
African
American
Media
Michael
W.
Tyler
(announced Feb. 6,
2015) Press
secretary on Michelle Nunn's 2014 campaign for U.S. Senate in
Georgia. Director of communications for the Atlanta City
Council. A field organizer on the Obama 2008 campaign in
Virginia. Graduate of Georgetown University. twitter
Press Assistant Evelyn Chang
(Sept. 2014) Press fellow (April-Sept. 2014) and
district office
intern (Jan.-March 2014) to U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27). B.A. in
political science from UC Santa Barbara, 2013.
Writer Tom Francis
Media Center Director Mitch Malasky
(July 2014) Digital communications editor at the
DCCC, Jan. 2013-June 2014. Video editor at the DNC, June-Nov.
2012. Owner/executive producer at Malasky Media LLC, March
2011-June 2012. Operations director for Main Street Insider,
March 2010-Feb. 2012. Managing partner/executive producer at Sum
of Change Productions, April 2009-March 2011. Production
assistant/editor at Zej Media, Sept. 2008-June 2009. B.A. in
technical theater, American culture studies, film from Washington
University in St. Louis, 2008.
Digital
Media
Director
Rob
Flaherty
(announced Feb. 6,
2015) DNC video producer/youth media coordinator in the 2014
cycle from Nov. 2013. Digital and press assistant at Terry
McAuliffe for
Governor, June-Nov. 2013. Communications coordinator for
Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, Sept. 2011-Dec. 2012. Communictions
director on Myrick for Ithaca, March-Sept. 2011. B.A./B.S. in
politics/television from Ithaca College, 2013. twitter
On Feb. 6 and Mar. 30, and April 27, 2015 the DNC announced key people on its communications team.
Digital
Digital Director Matt Compton
(Sept. 2013) Deputy director of digital content
at the White House, Oct. 2011-Sept. 2013. Director of new media
campaigns at the DNC, April 2010-Oct. 2011 (started as senior email
campaigner). Communications directo at the DLCC, May 2008-April
2010. Editor and manager of publications at the Progressive
Policy Institute, July 2005-May 2008. B.A. in history from University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005. twitter
Creative Director Elizabeth Eadie
(at the DNC from July 2013; initially senior
designer) Owner/designer at Social Proper since July 2011.
Owner/designer at Wellmade Design from Oct. 2010. Freelance
graphic designer, June 2009-Jan. 2011. Creative project manager
(May 2008-Jan. 2009) and creative project management associate (Feb.
2007-May 2008) at The Walt Disney Company. Account coordinator at
B.D. Fox & Friends, 2005-06. B.A. in English from North
Carolina State University, 2003.
Email Director Patrick Stevenson
(March 2013) Email writer for PIC 2013.
Outbound writer at
Obama for America from April
2012. Assistant
account executive (Nov. 2010-March 2012) and account coordinator (Agu.
2009-Nov. 2010) at GYMR Public Relations. B.A. in English and
history from Xavier University, 2008.
Senior Email Campaigner Eric Reif
(Nov. 2013) Senior digital strategist at Powell
Tate, Feb.-Nov.
2013. Senior digital strategist at Weber Shandwick, Feb.-Nov.
2013. Senior digital advertising manager at Obama for America,
Aug. 2011-Jan. 2013. Account supervisor at Bully Pulpit
Interactive, June 2010-Aug. 2011. B.A. in history, American
culture studies from Washington University in St. Louis, 2010.
Senior Writer Rebecca Christopher
(Dec. 2013) Senior writer for Mayors Against
Illegal Guns, June-Sept. 2013. Writer at Obama for America, Aug.
2011-Nov. 2012,
then writer on the 2013 PIC. Writer at OMP, July 2010-July
2011. Assistant external online organizer for Obama for America,
2007-08. Studied political science and government at Valparaiso
University, 2006-10.
Digital Content Manager Cate Domino
(Aug. 2013; started as an email campaigner) M.S.
in social policy
from The University of Pennsylvania, 2013; B.A. in government, women's
studies from The College of William and Mary, 2010.
Project Ivy "the fourth (IV) iteration of the Democratic Party’s investment in digital and technology"
RESEARCH
Research Director Lauren Dillon
(previously deputy research director; senior research
associate, 2011-12; started at the
DNC in 2009 as a
research associate) Correspondence and judicial appointments
coordinator in the Office of Gov. Culver and Lt. Gov. Judge,
2006-09. English teacher at Hebei Normal University
2005-06. B.A. degrees in politics and psychology from Drake
University, 2005. twitter
Deputy Research Director Lauren Smith
(March 2014) Previously Northeast regional
research analyst at
the DCCC.
Senior Research Supervisor Chad Rivard
(May 2013) Senior research associate at the PIC,
Nov. 2012-Jan.
2013. Senior research associate at the DNC, Feb.-Nov. 2012.
Intern at Obama for America, May 2011-Jan. 2012. Regional field
director on Susana Mendoza for City Clerk (Chicago), Jan.-Feb.
2011. Field
organizer for the Illinois Democratic Party, Fall 2010. B.S. in
history, political science from Illinois State University, 2010.
Research Associates
TECHNOLOGY
Technology Director Andrew Brown
(April 2013; started at the DNC in Feb. 2013 as
national data
director) COO (June 2012-Feb. 2013) and national project manager
(March 2008-June 2012) at ISSI. Iowa technology director on
Hillary Clinton for President, March 2007-Jan. 2008. Technology
director at Tom Vilsack for President, Nov. 2006-March 2007.
Technology director for the Iowa Democratic Party, 2003-06.
Attended Iowa State University.
Director of Information Technology Yared
Tamene Wolde-Yohannes
(from March 2011...is senior project manager for The MIS Department, Inc.; he joined MIS in Sept. 2009) He has served in various roles at DePaul University including director of the McNair Scholars Program, adjunct faculty, student support services. M.A. in math education from DePaul University, 2004; B.S. in pure mathematics, philosophy from DePaul University, 1998.
Data Services Director Sam McCabe
(Oct. 2013; started as technology project manager in June 2013) Technology project manager at Votes Voices Now, Feb.-June 2013. National date manager at ISSI, July 2012-Jan. 2013. Senior account manager at Aristotle International, Aug. 2011-July 2012. Self-employed political strategist and pollster in Texas, 2005-2011. Network specialst for ResCare Premier, Aug. 1999-May 2005. B.A. in philosophy from Texas State University-San Marcos, 2010.
Data Services Manager Jacob Winowich
(April 2014) Executive director (March 2013-Jan.
2014), voter
file manager (March 2012-March 2013) and field organizer (Aug.-Oct.
2011) at the Democratic Party of West Virginia. Research director
for the Democratic Party of New Mexico, Jan.-July 2011. Assistant
to the Mayor of Albuquerque, Jan. 2008-Dec. 2009. M.P.A. from the
University of New Mexico, 2010; bachelor's degree in government from
New Mexico State University, 2007.
Data Services Manager Oliver Whitney
(Aug. 2013) Administrator of the Labor Action
Network (June
2010-Aug. 2013), material/data mobilization coordinator (Dec. 2008-June
2010) and assistant administrator of the Labor Action Network (May-Dec.
2008) at the AFL-CIO. Director of on-water programs for the
National
Maritime Heritage Foundation, June 2005-May 2008. B.A. in
American
Studies from Carleton College, 2005.
Election Data Analyst Hana Elhattab
(from June 2014; started as a data services manager June 2013-June 2014) Deputy data and targeting manager at ISSI, June 2012-Jan. 2013. Senior program assistant for voter education campaign at the National Democratic Institute, 2010-12. BASc in genetics/cellular and molecular biology from University of Maryland College Park, 2010.
Senior Data Analyst Keith Erskine
(July 2010) Senior software engineer at Compact
Solutions LLC,
July 2007-July 2010. Principal consultant at Aspective Ltd, May
2000-April 2007. Senior software engineer at Raytheon Canada,
LTD, May 1997-Feb. 2000. Software engineer at Syseca, Nov.
1993-April 1997. BSc from University of Leicester, 1988.
Director of Data Science Andrew Therriault
(May 2014) Senior data scientist at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, Sept. 2013-May 2014. Director of research and business development at Pivotal Targeting / Lightbox Analytics, March 2012-Aug. 2013. Production project manager at Elsevier, 2005-06. Production coordinator at Pearson Education, 2005. Production coordinator at Other Press, 2002-03. Ph.D. (2011), M.A. (2008) and B.A. (2003) from New York University.
Director of Engineering Nick Gaw
(Nov. 2013) Director of campaign tools
(April-Nov. 2013) and
senior campaigner for innovation (Aug. 2011-April 2013) at
Change.org. Communitiy manager (March 2010-Aug. 2011) and
trainings and events coordinator (June 2009-May 2010) at the New
Organizing Institute. B.A. in history and linguistics from
Swarthmore College, 2009.
FINANCE
National Finance Director Jordan Kaplan
(Feb. 2013) Illinois finance on Obama's 2012 and
2008
presidential campaigns; started as a fundraiser for Obama on his 2004
U.S. Senate campaign. Finance director on Rahm Emanuel's 2011
campaign for Chicago mayor. Graduate of Connecticut College, 2000.
Regionals include:
Texas and the Midwest Max Marshall
(Feb. 2013) Fundraiser for Obama for America
(March-Nov. 2012)
and for the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Program manager at
the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), Nov. 2011-March
2012. Bachelor's degree from Acadia University.
Midwest, Florida and Georgia Clayton Cox
Finance director at Virginia Progress Pac, March-Dec.
2014. Deputy finance director for the South and Florida at the
DNC, March 2013-March 2014. Swing State Victory
Fund at Obama for America, June 2011-Nov. 2012. Masters in
political management from The George Washington University, 2012;
undergraduate degree in political science and international affairs
from the University of Georgia, 2010.
New York Tri-State Zach Allen
(Feb. 2012)
Mid-Atlantic Alexandria Shapiro
(Feb. 2014) A regional fundraiser for McAuliffe
for Governor,
Dec. 2012-Jan. 2014. Candidate services and fundraising associate
at the DCCC, April-Dec. 2012. Research assistant at ICF
International, July 2010-April 2012. B.A. in political science,
environmental studies from Tufts University, 2010.
Northern California Erik Stowe
Southern California Lindsay Rachelefsky
Experience includes development director at ACLU
Foundation of Southern
California. Attended Columbia University in The City of New York.
New England
Northwest
Southwest
Director, Women's Leadership Forum Claire
Olszewski
(March 2013) Midwest deputy finance director at
Obama for America, May 2011-Nov. 2012, then same position for the
Inaugural Committee. Advance staffer (Jan.-March 2011) and
scheduling and advance intern (Aug. 2010-Jan. 2011) in the Office of
First Lady Michelle Obama. Undergraduate degree from Northwestern
University, 2010.
Director, African American Leadership
Council Aaron Carr
Worked in finance on Obama's 2012 campaign.
Recruiter for the Midtown Group. Special assistant to Washington,
DC Mayor Adrian Fenty, 2008-11. B.A. in public health from
University of Maryland College Park, 2010.
Director, LGBT Leadership Council
Director of Events Ellen Thrower
(since 2003) Deputy director of the DNC's Jefferson Trust,
2000-03. Marketing/circulation in the publishing division at
Barney Magazine (Lyrick Studios in DFW area, 1998-2000. Public
relations for Resource 3, Inc. 1997-98. Marketing/circulation for
D Magazine, 1995-97. Attended University of Mississippi.
MARKETING
Marketing Director Collin Ward
(Nov. 2014) Senior director at Newport Creative
Communications, July 2010-Nov. 2014. Account supervisor at
Epsilon, Jan. 2009-June 2010. Senior account manager at DBM
Group, Oct. 2006-Dec. 2008. Marketing specialist at Ingram Micro,
Jan. 2005-Oct. 2006. Marketing and internal communications
associate at ADP, Jan. 2003-Dec. 2004. M.A. in political communication
from The Johns Hopkins University, 2012; B.A. in marketing from Azusa
Pacific University, 2003.
Marketing Manager Katja
Greeson
(Nov. 2014) State Party Victory Fund coordinator
at the DNC,
Jan.-Nov. 2014. Development and finance at USAction, June-Dec.
2013. Campaign manager on the Committee to Elect Van Duyn in
Buncombe Co. NC, June-Nov. 2012. Bachelor's degree in political
science from University of North Carolina at Asheville, 2012.
COMPLIANCE
Compliance Director Alan Reed
(Jan. 2008) Previously worked as a consultant for LexisNexis specializing in public records research for non-profits, 2001-07. Deputy director of compliance at the DNC, 1996-2001. M.A. in international relations from University of Kentucky, 1994; B.A. double major in history and political science from Northern Kentucky University, 1992.
Deputy Compliance Director Chelsea Cook
Also held this position in the 2008 cycle.
Deputy Compliance Director Laura Lopez
(March 2011; note served as a Obama GOTV volunteer in
the close of the
campaign) Media liaison at PETA, 2009-10. Compliance
researcher at the DNC, latter half of 2008. Executive assistant
to photographer Ruth Litoff, first part of 2008. Director of Amos
Eno Gallery, 2004-06. Bachelor's degree in art from New York
University, 2003.
Deputy Compliance Director Kevin Snowden
(Sept. 2008) Organizer/compliance
associate on the Hillary for President campaign. Teller
supervisor at BB&T, 2005-07.
FEC Reports Manager Jessica TeSelle
(Aug. 2011) Comptroller at Gillibrand for Senate
from April
2009. Compliance director on John Edwards for President,
2007-09. Compliance director on Cantwell 2006. B.A. in
political science from University of Washington, 2005.
CFO / ACCOUNTING
Chief Financial Officer Brad Marshall
CFO at the DNC since 1992. Previously he worked for a
decade as a CPA in Lexington, KY, 1982-92. Financial vice president and
controller for Melco Construction in London, KY, 1980-82. Senior
manager at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Lexington, 1978-80. Staff
accountant at Deloitte & Touche in Lexington, 1976-78. Bachelor's
degree in accounting from Morehead State University in Morehead, KY.
Controller Manisha Patel, CPA
(Aug. 2010) Senior assurance associate at
PricewaterhouseCoopers,
2006-10. Master's in accounting and BSBA/BSIS from University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Senior Staff Accountant Kaley Chenot, CPA
(May 2011) Assurance associate at
PricewaterhouseCoopers,
2008-11. Teller at Amboy Bank, 2005-06. B.S., B.A. in
accounting, economics from Elon University, 2008.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Director of Human Resources Kristele Pyles
(April 2015) Previously associate director of
human resource from Sept. 2010. Studied at Hampton University.
Chief Diversity Officer Greg Hinton
(announced Oct. 17, 2011; shared with DCCC) Comes to the DNC from position as chief diversity officer of U.S. Cellular; started at U.S. Cellular in 2002 as senior director of talent strategies and diversity. Director of global sourcing at Abbott Laboratories, 1997-2002.
PARTY AFFAIRS
Director of Party Affairs Patrice Taylor
Deputy director in the 2008 cycle; started with Party
Affairs in June 2006 after working in the Research Department since
September 2005. Previously worked in Gov. Mark Warner's office and in
Rep. Bobby Scott (VA)'s office.
Special Assistant Alecia Dyer
(started with Party Affairs in Feb. 2005) At the
DNC since
February 2001.
Deputy Director of
Party Affairs Courtney Federico
Started at the DNC as special assistant to the CEO from Jan. 2014-June
2015. Assistant to the executive director at EMILY's List,
June-Dec. 2013. Public engagement intern at the White House
Council on Environmental Quality, Jan.-May 2013. Field organizer
in Nashua, NH for Organizing for America, Aug.-Nov. 2012; started as an
Organizing Fellow in Boston in the summer. B.A. in international
relations from Boston University, 2012.
Legal
General Counsel Bob Bauer
(end of June or beginning of July 2011) Chair of the Political Law Group of Perkins Coie. White House Counsel, announced Nov. 2009, served through end of June 2011 (resignation announced June 2). Chair of the Political Law Group of Perkins Coie; served as general counsel to the DNC and Obama's personal lawyer. General counsel for Obama's 2008 campaign. Thirty years of law practice. Counsel for many years to the DSCC and DCCC. J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, 1976. B.A. from Harvard University, 1973.
Counsel Kip Wainscott
Associate at Perkins Coie. In 2011-12 he served as counsel and national delegate director for the Obama-Biden reelection campaign. Associate at Bryan Cave LLP, 2008-11. J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, 2008; B.A. in political communication from The George Washington University, 2004.
Counsel Graham Wilson
Associate at Perkins Coie. Previously
served as an
attorney at the
Federal Election Commission, Office of General Counsel, Litigation
Division. J.D. from University of Virginia; B.A. from Carleton
College.
AND
Democratic
National Convention Committee
Chief Executive Officer Leah Daughtry
(announced
April 2, 2015) Principal at BCT
Consulting
Group,
LLC; president and CEO of On These Things, LLC.
CEO
of
the
2008
Democratic
National
Convention
Committee
starting
April
2007.
Chief
of
staff
at
the
Democratic
National
Committee,
May
2001-March
2009.
Served
in
several
senior
posts
at
the
U.S.
Department
of
Labor
during
the
Clinton
Administration,
including
Senior
Advisor
to
the
Secretary,
Chief
of Staff, and lastly, Acting Assistant
Secretary for Administration and Management. Executive director
of Man to Man/Sister to Sister. Served on the Clinton-Gore 1992
Transition team. Director of convention management for the 1992
Democratic National Convention. Legislative assistant to
Congressman Edolphus Towns. In 1984 Daughtry ran Rev. Jesse L.
jackson's campaign in Hanover, NH. Daughtry is Pastor of The
House of the Lord Church in Washington, DC since 2003, and ordained as
an Elder in 2012. A.B. degree from Dartmouth College, 1984, and
M.T.S. from Wesley Theological Seminary, 2012. Native of
Brooklyn, NY.
Recent
Meetings:
Summer -
Aug. 27-29, 2015
at the Hilton Minneapolis in
Minneapolis, MN.
Winter
- Feb. 19-21, 2015 at
the Hyatt
Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Summer - Aug 21-23, 2014 at the
Hyatt Regency in
Atlanta, GA.
Winter - Feb. 27-March
1, 2014
at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC.
Summer - Aug.
22-23,
2013
at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Hotel in
Scottsdale,
AZ.
Winter - Jan. 22, 2013
at the Omni Shoreham in Washington, DC.
Director of Convention Site Selection Zoe
Garmendia
Managing director of credentials for the 2012
Democratic National
Convention. Chief
of operations for the Office of Administration in the
Executive Office of the President. 2009-11.
DNC senior
advisor for convention
planning in advance of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
Senior advisor for operations
for the 2004 Democratic National Convention Committee. Worked on
the
2000 and 1996 conventions as deputy director for convention planning,
associate director for credentials, and special assistant to the deputy
CEO. Event coordinator for the 53rd Presidential
Inauguration,
the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Olympics.
The DNC's
15-person Technical Advisory
Committee consists of Stephen Bittel - Peggy
Cusack
-
Amy Dacey, DNC CEO - Leah Daughtry - Lisa
Garcia - Zoe Garmendia, DNC Director of Convention Site
Selection - Greg Hinton, DNC Chief Diversity Officer
- Ricky Kirshner - Theo LeCompte - John
Liipfert - Cameron Moody - Ben Self
- Erik Smith - Patrice Taylor, DNC Director of Party
Affairs - Graham Wilson, Perkins Coie.
Former
National
Press
Secretary
Holly
Shulman ...communications
consultant
(announced Feb.
6, 2015; start Feb. 10 to
Nov. 2015) Spokesperson
for international affairs at the Treasury Department. New
Hampshire communications director on Obama for America from Jan. 11,
2012. Communications
director at the NHDP
starting April
2011 through the NH primary. Press secretary/media strategist at
the Sierra Club,
2010-11. Communications director on Lee Fisher for Ohio, Fall
2010. Associate at Rabinowitz/Dorf Communications, 2009-10.
Producer/writer for The McLaughlin Group, 2008-09. Press
secretary on Noriega for Texas, 2008. Press secretary for Public
Citizen's Global Trade Watch, 2007-08. Political director for
Womens Information Network (WIN), 2006-07. Field staffer on
Carney for Congress, 2006. Manager of member services at the
Association for Competitive Technology, 2005-06. Director of
scheduling at ElectionMall Technologies, 2004-05. B.A. in urban
studies from Vassar College, 2004. twitter
Deputy National Press Secretary and Director of
Broadcast Media
Miryam Lipper ...Hillary for America
surrogates
(announced March 30, 2015) DNC press assistant from June 2013, and spent time working on campaigns in Georgia during the 2014 midterms. Undergraduate degree in political science and journalism from Indiana University Bloomington, 2013; while a student worked at Slavica Publishers and did several internships including at the DNC from May-Aug. 2012. twitter
Communications Director Mo
Elleithee
(first reported by Politico on Aug. 12, 2013 to end of Sept. 2015) A founder (2006) and partner at Hilltop Public Solutions, taking leave; also a partner at Three Point Media since 2009. Senior strategist on Tim Kaine for Senate, 2011-12. Senior advisor on Vince Gray for Mayor, 2010. Senior advisor to Terry McAuliffe for Governor and the Democratic Party of Virginia, 2009. Senior advisor at Tom Udall for Senate, 2008. Senior spokesman and traveling press secretary on Hillary Clinton for President, 2007-08. Communications director Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine's successful 2005 campaign for governor of Virginia. Senior vice president and communications director of the Thunder Road Group in 2004, overseeing the state communications operations of America Coming Together (ACT). New Hampshire communications director for Gen. Wesley Clark's 2004 NH primary campaign. National press secretary on Bob Graham for President, 2003. Campaign manager on Janet Reno's 2002 primary campaign for governor of Florida, then served as deputy campaign manager on Bill McBride's general election campaign. Press secretary on Mark Warner's 2001 successful campaign for governor of Virginia. Communications director on Chuck Robb for Senate, and press secretary to Sen. Robb, 2000. Communications director on Bill Bradley for President 2000 NH primary campaign, then Midwest regional communications director and Washington State communications director for the campaign. Deputy campaign manager on the Tom Udall for Congress campaign in New Mexico in 1998, helping Udall to defeat a Republican incumbent; then served as press secretary in Udall's office. Acting director of communications and field for The Interfaith Alliance, 1996-97. Field coordinator on the '96 Project in Raleigh, NC, 1996. M.A. from the Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University, 1996; B.S.F.S. from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, 1994. twitter
Midwest Jason Pitt ...communications
director of the Montana Democratic Party
(Oct. 2013; announced continuing on March 30, 2015 continued to July 2015) Communications director to Rep. Julia Brownley (CA). Regional press secretary in the Cincinnati area on the Obama campaign, May-Nov. 2012. Associate press secretary at the Sierra Club, May 2011-May 2012. Deputy press secretary (March 2010-Jan. 2011) and scheduler/press assistant (Dec. 2009-March 2010) to Rep. John Boccieri (OH). Attended James Madison University. twitter
Director of Community Engagement Regena
Thomas
(to July 2015)
Thomas
is
also
a
pastor
in
the
African
Methodist
Episcopal
Church.
Deputy
campaign
manager
at
the
National
Education
Association
in
the
2008
cycle.
New
Jersey's
31st
Secretary
of
State,
appointed
by
Gov.
McGreevey,
Jan.
2002-Jan. 2006. Partner at IEM Message Management,
Inc. Worked or consulted on Corzine for Senate in 2000; McGreevey for
Governor in 1997, and Torricelli for Senate in 1996. Director of base
vote operations at the DNC, 1997-2001. Worked for six years in the DC
government
as deputy director and then director of constituent services. Worked
for the National Rainbow Coalition and Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's 1984 and
1988 campaigns. Legislative analyst for the Legislative Research
Commission for the Kentucky State Legislature, early 1980s. B.A. from
Morehead State University. Native of Clinton, KY.
Southern Regional Press Secretary Kristin Sosanie ...to Iowa deputy state director on O'Malley for President
(announced March 30, 2015) Communications director for the South Carolina Democratic Party, Feb. 2013-Feb. 2015. Minnesota press lead for The Action, Nov. 2012-Jan. 2013. Minnesota communications director at Obama for America, Oct. 2011-Nov. 2012. Communications director (Jan.-Oct. 2011) and deputy communications director (June 2009-Jan. 2011) at the Minnesota DFL. Assistant comunications director in the U.S. House, Jan. 2006-June 2009. Analyst at Government Relations Inc., 2004-05. M.A. in political management from The George Washington University, 2007; B.A. in political communication from The George Washington University, 2006. twitter
Director of Human Resources Bernard Coleman III ...to Hillary for America
(2009 to
April 2015) State affairs specialist for
the Society
for Human
Resource Management to May 2009. Project portfolio manager/ageny
liaison for DC government. Member advocacy specialist for the Society
for Human Resource Management, March 2006-Jan. 2008. Executive director
Hoyer for Congress committee. National field coordinator for the DCCC,
2004-early 2005; deputy director of member services, Jan. 2003-July
2004.
Marketing Manager Molly Barker
...to Hillary
for
America
(Feb. 2011; previously marketing coordinator from Jan.
2009 and started
at the DNC in Feb. 2008 as marketing assistant) B.S. in political
science and international relations from Utah State University, 2007.
Deputy Communications Director Lily Adams ...to Hillary for America
(Sept. 2013) Press secretary to Sen. Tim Kaine
(VA) after serving
as press secretary on his 2012 campaign. Press secretary to Sen.
Richard Blumenthal (CT). Deputy press secretary on Gov. Ted
Strickland's 2010 re-election campaign. Part of the press team on
Creigh Deeds' 2009 campaign for governor of Virginia. B.A. in
politics from Brandeis Universlty, 2009. Daughter of
Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and
granddaughter of Ann Richards. twitter
Deputy National Press Secretary Rebecca Chalif ...to Hillary for America
(Dec. 2012; started as a
communications intern June 2010-Nov. 2011, then assistant press
secretary, Nov. 2011-Nov. 2012) M.A. in media and politics from
Georgetown
University, 2011; B.A. in American history from Duke University,
2008.
twitter
Regional Press Secretary - Northeast,
Mid-Atlantic,
VA, WV and KY Ian
Sams ...to
Hillary
for
America
(Sept. 2013 to
March
2015) Press secretary to Sen. Tom Carper, June
2011-Sept. 2013;
also digital director on Carper for Delaware, June-Sept. 2013 and press
secretary on Carper for Delaware, Sept.-Nov. 2012. B.A. in
political science from University of Alabama. twitter
Director of Hispanic Media/ Western Regional
Press Secretary Pili Tobar ...communications
director for U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ)
(Oct. 2013) Press secretary at America's Voice from March 2011. Intern at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, Aug. 2010-March 2011. M.P.A. (2010) and B.S. in political science (2008) from University of Miami. twitter
Executive Director,
ASDC John Bisognano ...associate director
in White House Office of Public Engagement
(April 2013 to Feb. 2015)
Massachusetts
political
director
and
communications
advisor
at
Obama
for
America.
Deputy
Northeast/West
political
director
at
the
DNC,
2011-12.
Deputy
national
regional
director
at
Organizing
for
America,
2009-11.
Vice
president
of
accounts
at
National
Field
LLC,
2010-11.
Deputy
regional
field
director
on
Obama's
2008
campaign
in
Southern
Missouri
(June-Nov.
2008)
and
during
the
primaries
was
a
field
organizer
in
NC,
WV,
KY
and
MT.
M.B.A.
and
B.S.
degrees
in
marketing
from
Providence
College.
twitter
Training Director,
ASDC Jonae Wartel ...chief of
staff-community affairs for DC Mayor Muriel Bowser
(June 2013 to
Jan.
2015)
Regional
field
director
for
Organizing
for America in
Durham, NC, Oct. 2011-Nov. 2012. Deputy director, director of
constituent services for the Georgia House Democratic Caucus, May
2010-Oct. 2011. Campaign manager on Stacey Evans for Georgia
House District 40, Aug. 2009-Nov. 2010. Field organizer on Jim
Martin for U.S. Senate, Nov.-Dec. 2008. Field organizer on
Obama's campaign for Change in suburban Kansas City, MO. B.A. in
political science and Spanish from University of North Carolina at
Greensboro. twitter
National
Press Secretary Michael Czin ...communications
director for DC Mayor Muriel Bowser
(May 2013 to
Dec.
2014)
Northeast
regional press secretary at
Obama for America, Jan.-Nov. 2012. Northeastern regional
press secreatry, April 2009-Jan. 2012 and assistant press
secretary April 2008-09 at the DNC. Wisconsin press assistant,
regional field director (Phoenix), and field organizer (Davenport,
Iowa) on
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Press secretary on
Denise O'Brien for Secretary of Agriculture (Iowa), July-Nov.
2006. B.A. in modern Middle Eastern history and political science
from Muhlenberg College.
twitter
Assistant to
the Finance Chair
Kenneth Sandoval ...to the White House
(March 2013) A regional field director, also
youth vote and LGBT
vote on Organizing for America New Mexico, March-Nov. 2012. Field
staffer on Diane Denish's gubernatorial campaign in 2010.
Attended New Mexico State University.
Director, LGBT Leadership Council Aditi
Hardikar ...associate director
for LGBT and AAPI in White House Office of Public Engagement
(Feb. 2013
to Nov. 2014)
Deputy director, LGBT Leadership
Council and LGBT
Vote at Obama for America, Aug. 2011-Nov. 2012. Bachelor's
degree in economics and political science from University of Michigan,
2011. twitter
Southern Finance Mabel Arrambide ...vice president of
finance and external relations at Latino Victory Project
Illinois deputy finance director, and later Florida deputy finance director on Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. Finance for the Mid-Atlantic and Tri-State regions at the DNC. Worked in operations on Obama's 2008 campaign. Born in Mexico, early years in Houston and calls Chicago home.
Mid-West Finance Lauren Durham ...a financial
advisor in the finance department at EMILY's List
Experience includes field organizer in the Ohio
primary on Hillary
Clinton's presidential campaign.
Northwest Finance Ashling Pearson
(started at the DNC in March 2013 as deputy finance
director for
Northern California) Deputy finance director of Montanans for
Tester, March-Nov. 2012. Advancement assistant at the Sierra
Club, Jan. 2011-March 2012. Finance assistant at Friends of
Barbara Boxer, June-Nov. 2010. BFA from Rutgers, 2007.
Southwest Finance Charles Johnson
(started at the DNC in Feb. 2013 as deputy finance director for Southern California) Graduate of Tulane University, 2012.
Director of African American Media / Regional
for the South
Kiara Pesante
(July 2013) Communications director to DC
Councilmember Mary Cheh, Sept. 2011-June 2013. Founder and
principal of The Pesante Media Group, LLC, June 2009. Other
experience includes press assistant on Capitol Hill. M.P.A. from
Howard University, 2011; B.A. in journalism from Auburn University,
2009. twitter
Communications
Advisor Jonathan Beeton
(2011) Communications
director to Rep. Wasserman
Schultz since
2005. Michigan press secretary on Wesley Clark's presidential
campaign. Gore/Lieberman press secretary in Kentucky in Fall
2000. Worked at the Department of Health and Human Services and
the Department of Labor during Clinton's second term. West
Michigan
press secretary (Grand Rapids) for the Michigan Democratic Party during
the 1996 election cycle. B.S. from Albion College. Grew up
in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Marketing Director Kim Postulart ...to director of
direct marketing for the Alzheimers Association
(started Sept. 2005 to Sept. 2014) Vice president at Adams, Hussey & Associates, 2004-05. Deputy director of marketing and membership at EMILY’s List, 2004. Marketing director on the Edwards for President campaign, 2003-04. B.A. in international studies from American University, 1997.