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Senior Advisor Pete Kavanaugh
(April 2016) President of Revolution Field
Strategies since June
2013, and a principal at Hilltop Public Solutions since Jan.
2009. Director of Obama for America New Hampshire primary
campaign, Sept. 2011-Nov. 2012. Advisor on the Jody Wagner for
Lt. Governor campaign in Virginia, 2009, and on the Terry McAuliffe for
Governor campaign in Virginia, 2009. Field director on the
Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign, 2008. New Hampshire
deputy field director on John Edwards for President, 2007-08.
Deputy director of the Missouri Democratic Coordinated Campaign,
2006. Field director on the Scott Lang for Mayor campaign in New
Bedford, MA, 2005. Political director at IssuesMatter.org,
2004. Political director on Jim Stork for Congress in FL-22,
2004. New Hampshire political assistant on the John Edwards for
President campaign, 2003-04. B.A. in government from Georgetown
University, 2006.
State Director Brian Zuzenak
(reported by Politico's
Gabriel
Debenedetti
on
May
3,
2016)
Director
of
Gov.
Terry
McAuliffe's
Common
Good
VA
political
action
committee.
Deputy
executive
director
(Dec.
2013-Dec.
2014),
political
director
(Dec.
2012-Dec.
2013)
and
regional
political
director
for
the
Plains
(Dec.
2011-Dec.
2012)
at
the
DCCC.
Campaign
manager
on
Kate
Marshall
for
Congress
in
Reno,
NV,
April-Oct.
2011.
Executive
director
of
the
Missouri
Democratic
Party,
2009-11.
Campaign
manager
on
Judy
Baker
for
Congress
in
MO-9,
March-Nov.
2008.
ERP
consultant
for
the
State
of
Tennessee,
Feb.
2007-March
2008.
B.S.
in
political
science
from
Missouri
State
University,
2000.
twitter
Deputy Director Kéren E. Charles Dongo
Deputy state director and legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine from Feb. 2013. VA Victory 2012 Coordinated Campaign director, Jan.-Dec. 2012. Deputy field director at the ONE Campaign, Aug. 2009-Dec. 2011. Political director on Terry McAuliffe's campaign for governor. Outreach and political director of the 2008 Democratic Coordinated Campaign. Communications and policy director at Tenants and Workers United, 2007-08. An adviser to U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott (VA). M.A. in government from Regent University's Robertson School of Government; J.D. from University of the District of Columbia School of Law, 2016; B.A. in political science from University of Michigan, 2001. twitter
POLITICAL
Political Director Marvin Figueroa
(July 2016) Healthcare and education policy
legislative staffer in
the U.S. Senate from Jan. 2011. Ed.M. from Harvard University
Graduate School of Education, 2010; B.A. in Latin American studies and
political science from Vanderbilt University, 2007.
Deputy Political Director Jackson Menner ....to Florida, pod lead assistant in Broward County in Oct. 2016
(July 2016) Immediately prior to becoming deputy political director, Menner was an organizer for the Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign, May-June 2016. He started on the campaign as political assistant in Iowa, April 2015-Feb. 2016, then organizer in Nevada, Feb. 2016, then district delegate protection director in Iowa, Feb.-May 2016. Field organizer for the Iowa Democratic Party, June-Nov. 2014. Field organizer on Pat Murphy for Congress in Dubuque, Iowa, Jan.-June 2014. B.A. in philosophy from Grinnell College, 2013.
Deputy Political Director Arquena “Quena” Dailey, MPA
(July 2016) Staff assistant to the District
Department of the
Environment, Dec. 2011-July 2014. Project coordinator in the
Office of the Chief Technology Officer, District of Columbia, July
2008-Dec. 2011. Legislative assistant in the Virginia General
Assembly, Dec. 2004-July 2008. Physical therapy technician in
Hampton, Virginia, July 1998-Dec. 2004. M.P.A. from Troy
University; B.S. in biology from Longwood University.
Deputy Political Director Alice Tong
(June 2016) Chief of staff to Catherine Van
Hollen on the Chris
Van Hollen for Senate campaign, Jan.-June 2016. Eastern states
advocate at Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), Feb. 2015-Jan.
2016. Northern Virginia political director on Friends of Mark
Warner, Feb.-Nov. 2014. Deputy campaign manager/deputy finance
director on Moran for Congress (VA), May 2013-Jan. 2014.
Legislative fellow in the U.S. House of Representatives, March
2012-March 2013. B.S. in communication studies from New York
University.
Communications Director Sarah Peck
(May 2016...served as press secretary on Clinton's
Virginia
primary campaign,
Feb.-March 2016) Press secretary (from Oct. 2013) and deputy
press
secretary (Feb.-Oct.
2013) to U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine. Press assistant on Kaine for
Virginia, May-Nov. 2012. Graduate of University of Virginia,
2012.
twitter
Press Secretary Daniel Wessel
(May 2016) Press secretary (May 2015-May 2016)
and press
assistant (Nov. 2013-April 2015) at Correct The Record. B.S. in
economics from University of Delaware's Lerner College of Business.
Regional Press Secretary Remi Yamamoto
(July 2016) Senior associate (Aug. 2015-July
2016) and
communications associate (Aug. 2014-Aug. 2015) at Precision
Strategies. B.A. in political science and government from The
George Washington University, 2013. Served as a national
headquarters paid media intern on Obama for America in summer 2012.
Regional Press Secretary-Hampton Roads Brandon Gassaway
(Aug. 2016) On leave from position as
communications director to
U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond (LA), started March 2014. Events
associate at Parkinson's Action Network, Oct. 2013-March 2014.
Executive team leader at Target in Northridge, Calif., Feb. 2011-Aug.
2013. Volunteer coordinator with the California Democratic Party,
Aug.-Nov. 2010. B.S. in political science and public relations
from Pepperdine University, 2010.
Press Assistant Madeleine "Maddy" Broas
(June 2016) Bachelor's degree in geography and
government from
Dartmouth College, 2016. Organizing fellow on Hillary for New
Hampshire, Dec. 2015-Feb. 2016.
Press Assistant
Jordun
Lawrence ...to North Carolina
deputy press secretary in Oct. 2016
(May-Oct. 2016) Press assistant (March-May 2016) and legislative correspondent (Jan. 2015-March 2016) to U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield. Intern for U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (CA). Finance director on Kerry Graves for NC House, March-May 2014. Executive assistant at Mosaic Strategies, Nov. 2013-May 2014. Public relations manager and event coordinator for Chef Jerome Brown, Jan.-April 2014. Intern on Dr. Bobbie Richardson for NC House, July-Dec. 2013. B.A. in political science from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2013.
Digital Director Jessalyn Reid
(May 2016) Deputy email director at the DNC, June
2015-May 2016.
Communications director for State Rep. Justin Rodriguez (TX)j, Nov.
2014-June 2015. Senior digital associate at Battleground Texas,
Feb.-Nov. 2014. Account manager for marketing communications for
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, May 2011-Jan. 2014. B.A. in
psychology, philosophy from McGill University, 2011. twitter
Deputy Digital Director Sam Jacobson
(June 2016) Social media coordinator on Van
Hollen for Senate
(MD), Jan.-June 2016. Senior account executive for new product
launches at Politico, May 2013-Nov. 2015. Senior associate at The
Advisory Board, Jan. 2012-May 2013. Field organizer in Flint, MI
on the Obama campaign, Aug.-Nov. 2008. B.A. in political science,
international studies and Hebrew from UNC Chapel Hill, 2011.
Digital Content Lead Logan Anderson
(June 2016, previously digital content and creative at
headquarters in
Brooklyn, May 2015-May 2016) Graduate of Louisiana State
University, 2015; interned
for the Louisiana Democratic Party, Jan.-May 2014.
Digital Organizing Lead Shaddi Zeid
(June 2016) Field organizer/regional field
director on Bernie
2016, Oct. 2015-May 2016. Finance/communications intern with the
Democratic Party of Virginia, Dec. 2014-Aug. 2015. B.A. in
political science, history from Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015.
Videographer James Kicklighter
(Aug. 2016) Founder (2005) and chairman of
JamesWorks
Entertainment, based in Los Angeles. Program director at the
National Student Leadership Conference, Jan.-Aug. 2010. B.S. in
public relations from Georgia Southern University, 2010.
Coordinated Campaign
GOTV Senior Advisor Denise Feriozzi
(Oct. 2016) Deputy executive director
(from March 2015), political director (Jan. 2013-Feb. 2015) and Women
Vote! director (Oct. 2009-Dec. 2012) at EMILY's List. Executive
director of Common Sense Virginia, Feb.-June 2009. Deputy Women
Vote! director at EMILY's List, May-Dec. 2008. Iowa Caucus field
director on Hillary Clinton for President, May 2007-March 2008.
Ohio State director, Virginia GOTV director at Communities for Quality
Education, Sept. 2005-April 2007. Deputy national field director
at Americans United to Protect Social Security, March-Sept. 2005.
Campaign Corps deputy director and recruiter at EMILY's List, March
2003-Feb. 2005. Field organizer on Mary Landrieu for Senate,
Nov.-Dec. 2002. Field organizer on Tim Johnson for Senate,
June-Nov. 2002. B.A. in government from The College of William
and Mary, 2001.
(April-Sept. 2016)
Deputy organizing director
on Clinton's Iowa caucus
campaign, April 2015-Feb. 2016. Field director on Alison
Lundergan Grimes for U.S. Senate (KY) Jan.-Nov. 2014. Deputy
field director (April -Nov. 2013) and regional field director
(Jan.-March 2013) on Terry McAuliffe's 2013 campaign for
governor. Worked on Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. B.S.
in public policy and law from Trinity College in Hartford, CT,
2011. From New Orleans.. twitter
ORGANIZING
Organizing Director Chris Bolling
Regional political director on Friends of Mark Warner,
April-Nov.
2014. Regional field director for the Democratic Party of
Virginia, March-Nov. 2013. Communications officer with the
Richmond Police Department, Sept. 2011-March 2013. National
volunteer coordinator on Organizing for America, March-Nov. 2010.
Field organizer on Virginia Victory 2009, Aug.-Nov. 2009. Field
director on Towey for Delegate, June-Aug. 2009. Field organizer
on Terry McAuliffe's 2009 Democratic primary campaign for
governor. Field organizer on Obama's 2008 campaign.
Deputy Organizing Directors (6)
Inner NOVA (Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax-partial, Loudoun) Kevin Groh
(April 2016...started on the New Hampshire primary campaign as an organizer from April-Sept. 2015 and then regional organizing director from Oct. 2015) Finance assistant on Annie Kuster for Congress (NH), Jan.-March 2015. Regional field director for the New Hampshire Democratic Coordinated Campaign, June-Nov. 2014. Field director on Mark Takai for Congress, Jan.-May 2014. Field organizer for the Democratic Party of Virginia-Lynwood Lewis for Senate (VA), Nov. 2013-Jan. 2014. Field organizer for the Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign/Terry McAuliffe for Governor, Aug.-Nov. 2013. B.A. in political science from Brown University, 2013.
Outer NOVA (Fairfax-partial, Prince William down to Fredericksburg and over to Winchester and Harrisburg) Noah Kim
(April 2016...started on the campaign as an organizer
in Des Moines,
then to Austin, TX and Tallahassee, FL, Nov. 2015-March 2016)
Campaign manager on McPike for state Senate (No. VA), Jan.-Nov.
2015. National finance assistant on Kay Hagan for U.S. Senate,
Feb.-Nov. 2014. Field organizer for the Democratic Party of
Virginia-Lynwood Lewis for Senate (VA), Nov. 2013-Jan. 2014.
Field organizer for the Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign/Terry
McAuliffe for Governor, June-Nov. 2013. B.A. in government from
The College of William and Mary, 2013.
Hampton Roads (just east of Fredericksburg down to Norfolk) Jenny Glass
(May 2016...started on the Iowa caucus campaign as an organizer in rural Southwest Iowa, and Council Bluffs, then to Nebraska and New York, April 2015-May 2016). Field director for the Virginia Victory Coordinated Campaign, June-Nov. 2014. Field director on Don Beyer for Congress (VA-8), Feb.-June 2014. Organizer with the Democratic Party of Virginia, April 2013-Jan. 2014. Field organizer on Organizing for America Virginia, Aug.-Nov. 2012. B.S. in political science from Old Dominion University, 2011.
Greater Richmond/South Side (south of Fredericksburg down to NC border including Suffolk) Tyler Tucker
Experience includes Virginia House Democrats, Alison
for Kentucky in
2015,
Virginia Senate Democrats and Terry McAuliffe for Governor in 2013.
Southwest VA (Charlottesville to Roanoke to Blacksburg and Danville) Joseph Hutton
Experience includes Kay Hagan for Senate (NC) in 2014 and Terry McAuliffe for Governor in 2013.
Out of Commmonwealth and Campus Programs Sarah Horvitz
(June 2016...started on the campaign as an organizer,
July 2015-Feb.
2016, then New Jersey organizing director, March-June 2016.
Associate at BMWL, Jan. 2014-July 2015. Campaign associate for
AIPAC, Jan. 2013-Jan. 2014. Field director on Yes on Prop A-Save
Our City College (SF), Aug.-Nov. 2012. Campaign coordinator on
Hannah Beth Jackson for State Senate (Santa Barbara, CA), April-Aug.
2012. Legislative assistant to state Sen. Jamie Raskin (MD), Dec.
2011-April 2012. B.A. in government and politics from University
of Maryland College Park, 2011.
Campus Director Hannah Bristol
(July 2016) Youth
vote director for NextGen Climate in New
Hampshire, April 2015-July 2016. Partnerships associate at
Democracy Works, June 2014-March 2015. Bachelor's degree in
environmental studies from Middlebury College, 2015.
9
campus organizers
Out of Commonwealth Director Veronica Young
(Sept. 2016)
Enterprise sales development
representative at
DoubleDutch, March-Sept. 2016. Account manager at Wildfire
Contact, Aug. 2014-March 2016. Office manager, executive
assistant to Paul Tewes at Smoot Tewes Group, April 2013-Aug.
2014. Field organizer on Obama for America in Las Vegas,
June-Nov. 2012. B.A. in history of public policy from UC Santa
Barbara, 2012.
Organizing Assistant/Executive Assistant to Organizing Director Amanda Shepherd
(July 2016) Served various positions with HFA from May 2015-July 2016: convention team, states team/New Jersey, mid-Atlantic finance team, and grassroots engagement team. President and founder of Hoyas for Hillary, Aug. 2015-May 2016. B.S.F.S in international politics from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, 2016.
24 regional
organizing directors and 200 organizers across the Commonwealth
Training Director Lianna Stroster
(May 2016) Director of the Office of the
President (July 2014-May
2016) and executive assistant to the president and board of directors
(June 2013-July 2014) at Enroll America. B.A. in political
science from Clark University, 2013; served as president of Democrats
of Clark University, 2012-13.
Deputy Training Director Amy Williams Navarro
(May 2016) Assistant to the Executive Office in
the Office of
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, April 2015-May 2016. Policy
associate at FWD.us, May 2014-April 2015. Special projects
coordinator on the student Success Project at 270 Strategies, Dec.
2013-April 2014. Field organizer on Terry McAuliffe for Governor,
June-Nov. 2013. B.A. in international relations and affairs from
The George Washington University, 2013.
Regional Training Director/Training Assistant Millicent "Millie" Cripe
(Aug. 2016...started on the campaign as a political
intern, Jan.-July
2016) Bachelor's degree in sociology from Yale University, 2016.
DATA AND ANALYTICS
Data and Analytics Director Daniel Westen
Data and analytics director on Clinton's Nevada caucus
campaign, June
2015-Feb. 2016. South targeting director at the DCCC, May
2014-May 2015. Data analyst for the Office of the Deputy
Chancellor at DC Public Schools, May 2013-May 2014. Data director
on Elizabeth Colbert Busch for Congress, April-May 2013. Regional
data director (March-Nov. 2012) and field organizer (March-Aug. 2012)
for Organizing for America North Carolina. Corps member at Teach
for America, June 2009-June 2011. B.A. in economics from
Northwestern University, 2009.
Deputy Directors, Data and Analytics
Evan
Medina
(May 2016...started as lead organizer in Fort Dodge,
Iowa, April
2015-Jan. 2016) Regional field director on Anthony Hardy William
for Mayor (Philadelphia), Jan.-March 2015. Field director on
Kelly Westlund for Congress (WI), July-Nov. 2014. Regional field
director on Alex Sink for Congress (FL), Jan.-March 2014. Field
organizer on the Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign, April-Nov.
2013. Field organizer on Organizing for America-Florida in
Miramar, June-Nov. 2012. B.A. in political science from
University of Pennsylvania, 2011.
Joe Eichenbaum
(May 2016) Junior analyst at MIO Partners,
Inc./McKinsey &
Company, Aug. 2015-May 2016. B.A. in mathematics from
Northwestern University, 2015.
Matthew Botta
(June 2016) Business analyst at Dataminr, Inc.,
June 2014-June
2016. B.S.F.S. in international politics from Georgetown
University, 2014.
Regional Data
Directors
Ian Lyons
(Aug. 2016) Mobilization lead in the greater L.A. area for Airbnb, Jan. 2015-June 2016. Field organizer on Kathleen Murphy for Delegate (McLean, VA), Nov. 2014-Jan. 2015. Field organizer for the Democratic Party of Virginia in Fredericksburg, June-Nov. 2014. Field organizer for the Virginia Democratic House Caucus, Aug-Nov. 2013. Bachelor's degree in international relations and affairs from The College of William and Mary, 2013.
Charlene Wang
(Aug. 2016) Senior associate (Sept. 2015-Aug.
2016) and associate
(March 2013-Aug. 2015) at Optimity Advisors. Technology
development program associate/systems analyst at UnitedHealth Group,
Aug. 2012-Feb. 2013. B.S. in earth and environmental engineering
from Columbia University, 2012.
Julian Ramon
(Aug. 2016) Regional organizing director with
the Democratic
Party of Virginia in Portsmouth, April-Aug. 2016. Regional field
director in Southwest Dallas County on Battleground Texas, May-Nov.
2014. Issue organizer/spring trainer/deputy state coordinator at
Organizing for Action Texas, Oct. 2013-May 2014; comprehensive
immigration reform issue organizer at Organizing for Action in Grand
Rapids, MI, July-Sept. 2013; intern on Organizing for America-Michigan,
June-Nov. 2012. B.A. in political science from The University of
Texas at Arlington, 2012.
Voter Protection Director Bobby Hoffman
(June 2016) Senior associate for election
initiatives at the Pew Charitable Trusts, Jan.-June 2016. Deputy
director of voter expansion at the DNC, April 2014-Dec. 2015.
Deputy voter protection director at Organizing for Action in Virginia,
Aug.-Nov. 2012. Legal intern with Obama for America in Chicago,
April-Aug. 2012. Field organizer/regional field director on Obama
for America, Aug. 2007-Nov. 2008. J.D. from Valparaiso University
School of Law, 2013; bachelor's degree in political science and
government from Purdue University Calumet, 2007.
Deputies:
Regional Sonja Diaz
(Aug. 2016) Deputy Attorney General in the
Office of California
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, May 2014-Sept. 2016. Voting
rights attorney and public interest law fellow at UC Berkeley, Oct.
2013-Sept. 2014. Special projects associate at Hispanas Organized
for Political Equality (HOPE), Oct. 2007-June 2008. J.D. from UC
Berkeley School of Law, 2013; Master of Public Policy from UCLA, 2010;
B.A. in politics from UC Santa Cruz, 2007.
Regional-NOVA Bailey Dowling
(Aug. 2016) Associate manager of volunteers for
the 2016 Democratic National Convention Committee, March-Aug. 2016.
Manager of administrative services for the Fairfax 2015 World Police
and Fire Games, April-Aug. 2015. Regional GOTV director with
Obama for America in Raleigh-Durham, NC, Oct.-Nov. 2012; executive
assistant to the senior advisor of convention planning for the 2012
Democratic National Convention Committee, May-Sept. 2012; external
relations intern with the Charlotte in 2012 host committee, Jan.-April
2012. J.D. from American University's Washington College of Law,
2014; bachelor's degree in political science and government from
University of South Florida, 2011.
(Director of Training) Lawrence Liu
(Aug. 2016) Staff director, deputy staff
director (May 2011-Jan.
2015) and senior counsel, counsel (Aug. 2006-May 2011) at the
Congressional-Executive Commission on China. Associate at
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York, Sept. 2003-July 2006.
J.D. from Columbia University School of Law; B.A. in public policy from
Brown University.
GOTV Director Ramsey Reid
Campaign manager on Cincinnati City Councilman
P.G. Sittenfeld's campaign for U.S. Senate in the March 2016 primary in
Ohio, from Jan. 2015. Deputy political director on Battleground
Texas, Wendy Davis' campaign for Governor of Texas, 2014. White
House Council on Environmental Quality. Worked on the Obama
campaign in Ohio in 2012. Attended Tulane University and
The Ohio State University. Cincinnati native.
Deputy GOTV Director Dani Isaacsohn
(Aug. 2016) Policy director on P.G. Sittenfeld for Senate, Jan. 2015-Feb. 2016. Deputy campaigns director/deputy political director at Battleground Texas, March 2013-Nov. 2014. J.D. from Yale Law School; M.Phil. in politics from Cambridge University, 2012; B.S. in international relations from Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, 2011.
Regional GOTV Directors
Operations Director Amy Littleton
Operations director for the ASDC at the DNC,
Nov. 2013-April 2016. Operations on Terry McAuliffe for Governor
and Democratic Party of Virginia, May-Nov. 2013. Field
organizer/East Carolina University campus organizer for Organizing for
America North Carolina, July-Nov. 2012. B.A. in political science
from Harding University, 2012.
Deputy Operations Director Sarah Rende
(May 2016) Organizer on Hillary for America,
Oct. 2015-April
2016; talent associate at Hillary for America in Brooklyn, April-Oct.
2015. B.A. in political science from Colgate University, 2015;
served as president of the Colgate Student Government Association.
Deputy Operations Director Joseph Pacific
(May 2016) Director of shutdown operations and GOTC/GOTV support on Hillary for America in Las Vegas, NV, Seattle, WA, Madison, WI and Philadelphia, PA. Deputy operations director on the campaign in Iowa, Dec. 2015-Feb. 2016. Vetting specialist on the campaign in Brooklyn, April-Nov. 2015. Associate and intern in the White House Presidential Personnel Office. Program coordinator at Washington State University, March 2013-May 2014. Bachelor's degree in political science from Washington State University, 2012.
IT Director Jerold Paulson
(June 2016) Iowa IT director on Obama for
America, July-Dec.
2012. New Hampshire IT director on Obama for America, July-Dec.
2008. High school mathematics teacher with the NYC Department of
Education, Sept. 2005-Jan. 2007. Technology architecture manager
June 1999-Oct. 2000) and lead systems architect (Oct. 1996-June 1999)
at AXA; division manager, senior project manager, programming
consultant, and senior programmer/analyst and actuarial trainee at AXA
Equitable, June 1985-Aug. 1996. B.A., M.A. and M.S. in
mathematics, computer science, risk management from City University of
New York.
Regional Operations
Directors
Shane Dias
(Aug. 2016) Organizer for the Democratic Party of Virginia in Fredericksburg, June-July 2016. B.A. in political science from UCLA, 2016.
Leah Hendrix-Smith
Working and dancing in the Bay Area, California. Degrees in dance and creative writing from St. Mary's College, 2013.
Dan Wynn
(Aug. 2016) Research assistant at Better
Markets, Inc., June
2014-July 2016. B.A. in political science and government from
University of Delaware, 2013.
Surrogates Director and Senior Advisor for Operations Lenora Hanks
(Aug. 2016) Associate manager for housing for
the Democratic
National Convention Committee, May-Aug. 2016. Operations director
for Hillary for America in Iowa, April 2015-April 2016.
Operations
director
at
270
Strategies,
Dec.
2013-March 2015.
Operations
director
for
the
Virginia
Democratic
Coordinated
Campaign,
Feb.-Dec.
2013.
Operations
director
at
Organizing
for
America
Michigan,
Dec.
2011
to
the
end
of
the
campaign.
Associate
at
the
Dewey
Square
Group,
May-Nov.
2011.
Operations
coordinator
(June
2010-March
2011)
and
executive
assistant
to
the
CEO
(Feb.
2009-June
2010)
at
Benenson
Strategy
Group.
Field
assistant on Obama's Campaign for Change, June-Nov.
2008. Degree in political science, French from University of
Michigan, 2008. twitter
Trips Director Ya'ara Barnoon
(July 2016) Associate at Hughes Hubbard &
Reed LLP since Oct.
2013. Research associate at the Kennedy School of Government,
June 2008-July 2010. Non-proliferation and international affairs
consultant with Copeland Capital International, June 2005-Jan.
2009. Researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies
in Tel Aviv, Jan.-April 2008. Prospects for Peace Initiative with
The Century Foundation, Aug. 2007-Jan. 2008. J.D. from Georgetown
University Law Center, 2013; M.A. in international relations, Middle
East studies, economics from University of St. Andrews, 2007.
Leadership Assistant Leah Motzkin
(Aug. 2016) Degree in American studies from Yale
University, 2016.
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Chairman Susan Swecker
(elected March 27, 2015) President of Dividing
Waters Public Affairs LLC. "A veteran of over two decades of
advocacy management, Susan is recognized as a pioneer in the field of
grasstops and issues management." J.D. from Washington and Lee
University; B.A. in political science from Mary Baldwin College.
Lifelong Virginian, born and raised on the Swecker family farm in the
Blue Grass Valley in Highland County. twiitter
Executive Director Becca Slutzky
(May 2015) Campaign manager for Yes on Prop. 47,
Californians
for Safe Neighborhoods and Schools, Aug.-Nov. 2014. Summer
associate at Morgan Advisory Group, LLC, June 2013-Aug. 2014. Field
director on Ned Lamont for Governor, March-Aug. 2010. Deputy
political director on Deeds for Governor, June-Nov. 2009.
Political on McAuliffe for Governor, Jan.-June 2009. Regional
field director for the Democratic Party of Virginia, June-Nov.
2008.
Worked on Hillary Clinton for President from May 2007-May 2008,
starting as a field organizer in IA, SC and OH, as statewide student
director in WI and as a regional field director in IN. J.D. from
Santa Clara University School of Law, 2014; bachelor's degree in
political science from Virginia Tech, 2007. Native Virginian;
grew up in Charlottesville. twitter
Operations
Deputy Executive Director, COO Thomas Buneo
Operations Director Brittne Walker
Finance
Finance Director Jamie Maniscalco
Finance Assistant Gillian Pentheny
Political
Political Director Kees Nordin
Political Director Semedrian Smith
Voter Protection and Policy Director Georgina Cannon
Communications
Communications Director Emily Bolton
Press Assistant Meredith Huddle
Digital Organizer Ashley Arkhurst
Data
Deputy Executive Director, IT and Data Brenner Tobe
Deputy Data Director Shyam Raman
Office Manager
Joe Cutright
Trevor Southerland,
House Caucus
Kristina Hagen, Senate Caucus
Cody McClelland, Senate Caucus
Jamie Nolan, Joint Democratic Caucus
1st Vice Chair, Organization Gaylene Kanoyton
2nd Vice Chair of Rules Fred W. Hudson
Vice Chair, Technology & Communications Dave Leichtman
Vice Chair, Outreach Sen. L. Louise Lucas
Vice Chair, Finance Mark Bowles
Secretary Dr. Steve Bunn
Treasurer Barbara Klear
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