O'Malley
for
President
[website
| facebook]
(page
revised February 9, 2016)
Headquarters:
Baltimore,
MD.
announced May 30, 2015
see also: pre-campaign
organization | pro-O'Malley
super
PAC
Campaign Manager David Hamrick
(reported June 28, 2015) Owner at New Partners Consulting. With Daniel Rabin and Adam Strasberg, Hamrick co-founded RSH campaigns in 2009. Senior advisor to Obama’s 2008 campaign in Pennsylvania and Michigan. Consultant at Hildebrand Tewes. Political director at the DCCC, 2005. Coordinated Campaign director at the DSCC, 2003-04. In 2002, Hamrick served as the Coordinated Campaign director in South Dakota where he ran the field and Native-American programs for the Tim Johnson campaign for U.S. Senate. Worked for Gov. Ruth Ann Minner of Delaware as her representative in Washington. With the Gore presidential campaign in Iowa, Maryland and Delaware. Worked for U.S. Rep. John Dingell and managed his 1998 campaign. Field organizer for the Michigan Democrats' 1996 Coordinated Campaign. Legislative aide in the Maryland House of Delegates, 1996. M.P.A. from The George Washington University; undergraduate degree from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1991.
Strategist Bill Hyers
(reported Dec. 3, 2014; according to the Washington
Post had been informally advising the PAC for a few
months)
Partner at
Hilltop
Solutions from Dec.
2013.
Chief strategist on Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's 2014 re-election
campaign. Announced as campaign manager for Charlie
Crist's 2014
gubernatorial campaign in Florida, but left before
starting.
Campaign
manager for Bill de Blasio’s successful New York City mayoral
campaign
in 2013. Pennyslvania state director on President
Obama's 2012
re-election campaign. Campaign manager on Gov. Steve
Beshear's
re-elect
campaign in Kentucky, 2011. Campaign manager on
Milwaukee Mayor
Tom
Barrett's 2010 gubernatorial campaign. White House’s
liaison to
the Department of Veterans Affairs. Midwest regional
director on
Obama's 2008 general election campaign. Campaign manager
on
Jeanne
Shaheen's U.S. Senate campaign in New Hampshire from Nov.
2007-July
2008. State director on former Sen. John
Edwards' Nevada caucus campaign. Campaign manager on
Michael
Nutter for
Mayor May 2007 Democratic primary campaign in
Philadelphia.
Campaign
manager for Kristen
Gillibrand’s successful 2006 congressional campaign in New
York’s 20th
district, defeating the incumbent Republican
congressman. In Fall
2004,
Hyers worked as the Coordinated Campaign Director in
Alaska.
Central Iowa regional field director on John Edwards' 2003-04
Iowa
caucus campaign. State field director for the Judi
Dutcher for
Governor
primary campaign and then regional director for the Minnesota
State
House
DFL Caucus in the 2002 cycle. Worked on a number of
local
campaigns
in Duluth and Minneapolis starting in 2001. Before
entering
the political field, Hyers served in the U.S. Army, 1993-98;
as a
Military Police
soldier; he was stationed in Bosnia during Operation Joint
Endeavor.
B.A. in political science from St. Cloud State University in
MN.
Illinois native. twitter
Deputy Campaign Manager and COO Adam Goers
Executive director of O'PAC from 2011.
Principal
consultant at Demo Strategies
since June 2008. National finance director for Gov.
O'Malley's
re-election campaign, Jan. 2009-Jan. 2011. Mid-west
regional
finance director on Hillary Clinton for President, Jan.
2007-Sept.
2008. Finance director on Bruce Braley's successful 2006
campaign
for Congress in Iowa. Deputy finance director on Tim
Kaine for
governor campaign, Jan.-Dec. 2005. B.A. in political
science and
economics from Colorado State University, 2004; M.B.A. from
Wharton
School of Business, 2015. twitter
Deputy Campaign Manager-Communications/Policy/Research
Elisabeth
(Lis)
Smith
(started as consultant/spokeswoman in Jan. 2013
) Also served as consultant to the
Democratic Governors Association in the 2014 cycle.
Communications consultant to
Adriano
Espaillat
primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel in June 2014
primary.
Spokeswoman on Bill de Blasio's campaign for Mayor of New York
City,
Sept.-Dec. 2013. Spokeswoman for Eliot Spitzer's
campaign for
city
comptroller in the Sept. 10, 2013 Democratic primary.
Director of
rapid response
on Obama's re-election campaign from Jan. 2012.
Communications
director for the Democratic Governors Association under
O'Malley
(announced Jan.
2011). Communications director on Ohio Gov.
Ted Strickland's 2010 campaign, and in 2009 worked for New
Jersey Gov.
Jon Corzine and
Virginia
gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. Worked on Dan
Seals'
congressional campaign in Illinois. Campaign manager on
Sen.
Chris Koster's campaign for Attorney General in Missouri,
2007.
Press secretary on Sen. Claire McCaskill's 2006 U.S. Senate
campaign. Graduate of Dartmouth College, 2005. twitter
Deputy Campaign Manager - Political, Constituency/Field Karine Jean-Pierre
(reported May 7, 2015 by the New York Times)
Campaign
manager for Tish James for New York City public advocate
run-off campaign in 2013. Senior advisor on Bill
Thompson’s 2013
New York City
mayoral campaign. With Katie Ingebretson, another former
Obama
staffer, Jean-Pierre formed K+K Enterprises. Deputy
battleground
states director on Obama's re-elect from Aug. 2011-May
2012. A
regional political director in the White House Office of
Political Affairs. Southern political pod person on
Obama 2008's campaign. Came to the Obama campaign after
serving
for four months as press secretary to U.S. Rep. Anthony
Weiner.
Southeast regional political director on John Edwards for
President,
Jan. 2007-Feb. 2008. State and local outreach
coordinator at
Wal-Mart Watch, 2006-07. Deputy chief of staff for New
York City
Councilman James Sanders, 2004-06. Director of
legislative and
budget affairs for New York City Council Member James F.
Gennano.
Master's degree in public policy from Columbia University's
School of
International and Public Affairs, 2003. twitter
Irish
Americans
for O'Malley (launch
Nov. 5,
2015)
Press Secretary Haley Morris
(April 2015) Most recently communications director on
U.S.
Rep. Gary Peters' 2014 campaign for U.S. Senate in Michigan,
and
previously communications director to Peters in his
congressional
office. Midwest regional press secretary for the DCCC in
the 2012
cycle. Press assistant, then deputy press secretary to
Sen.
Sherrod Brown, 2009-10. Graduate of Dartmouth College,
2008. twitter
Deputy Press Secretary Sean Savett
(June 2015) Junior press secretary
(April-June
2015), press
assistant (May 2014-April 2015) and media outreach fellow
(july
2013-May 2014) at the AFL-CIO. Press and finance
assistant at
Louise Slaughter for Congress, June-Nov. 2012. B.A. in
political
science from University of Rochester, 2012. twitter
Director of Hispanic Media Jose
Aristimuño
(reported by Buzzfeed's Adrian Carrasquillo on Sept. 1, 2015) Political contributor to various media outlets; founder (May 2012) and CEO of Latino Giant. Political columnist at ZGS Communications, Feb.-Oct. 2014. Associate at Dewey Square Group, Jan. 2012-July 2014. B.A. in political science from American University, 2012; working towards a J.D. from American University's Washington School of Law. Originally from Venezuela. twitter
Deputy Press Secretary Matt
Corridoni
(from May 2015 as comunications aide;
previously a
press associate at O'PAC
from Aug.
2014-May 2015) M.A. in political communication from
American
University, 2015; B.A. in political science and theatre arts
from
Marymount Manhattan College, 2013.
Policy Director Kalen Pruss
(2015) Special assistant to the Secretary
at the
Department of Labor, July 2013-Feb. 2015. Confidential
assistant
to the Assistant Attorney General (U.S. Department of Justice
Civil
Rights Division), July 2012-July 2013. Speechwriter and
editorial
assistant at the Center for American Progress, July 2010-July
2012. B.S. in environment, history from University of
Michigan,
2010.
Foreign Policy Director Stephen
Lassiter
(May 2015) Senior legislative assistant
(Jan.
2013-July 2014) and
legislative assistant (March 2011-Jan. 2013) to U.S. Rep.
Keith Ellison
(MN). Legislative correspondent (Aug. 2010-March 2011)
and staff
assistant (March-Aug. 2010) to U.S. Sen. Kay Hagen (NC).
Teacher
and MUN organizer at the Ramallah Frends School, Aug.
2007-June
2009. Working toward an M.P.A. in international
relations from
the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
at
Princeton University; undergraduate degree from University of
North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007
Director of Policy Development
Daniel
Gaynor
(May 2015) Chief speechwriter to the
Administrator of USAID, Feb.
2014-May 2015. Editorial chief (Feb. 2013-Jan. 2014) and
digital
strategist and writer (Feb. 2012-Feb. 2013) at the
Truman
National Security Project and Center for National
Policy. B.A. in
political science, media, journalism from Washington
University in St.
Louis, 2010.
Digital Director Madeleine Perry
(first reported by MSNBC's Nisha Chittal on
June
12, 2015) Digital director and veterans press lead for
U.S. Sen.
Richard Blumenthal (CT), March 2014-June 2015. Deputy
director at
Bully Pulpit Interactive, Feb. 2013-Jan. 2014. Digital
director
and campaign photographer at Friends of Sherrod Brown,
June-Nov.
2012. Photographer (Nov. 2011-Aug. 2012), senior digital
coordinator (Nov. 2011-July 2012) and digital program manager
(April
2011-July 2012) at the DNC. Technologist at Echo &
Co. March
2006-March 2011. B.A. in English from Washington
College,
2005.
twitter
Chief Technology Officer Ian
Ferguson
(May 2015; reported by MSNBC's Nisha Chittal as
director of data and analytics on
June 12, 2015) Most recently worked as a freelance
software
engineer. Senior software engineer at OnDeck, Sept.
2013-Sept.
2014. Software engineer and team tech lead for Catalist,
Dec.
2012-Aug. 2013. Regional data director for the
Mid-Atlantic,
Great Lakes & Northeast on Obama for America, Feb.-Nov.
2012.
Software engineer (Nov. 2010-Feb. 2012) and data acquistion
specialist
(Aug.-Nov.
2010) for Catalist. Field organizer in rural VA on Obama
for
President, June-Nov. 2008. B.S. in computing information
and
technology from Guilford College, 2010.
Director of Public Engagement Gabriela Domenzain
(first reported by Buzzfeed's
Adrian
Carrasquillo
on
May
29,
2015)
Principal
at
the
Raben
Group,
Aug.
2013-Jan.
2015.
National
director
of
Hispanic
press
at
Obama
for
America,
June
2011-Nov.
2012.
Communications
director
of
the
Congressional
Hispanic
Caucus,
June
2010-April
2011.
Associate
producer
at
Univision
in
Miami.
Liaison
at
the
National
Council
of
La
Raza.
Master's
degree
in
journalism
from
New
York
University;
undergraduate
degree
from
University
of
Chicago,
1998.
From
Miami,
FL.
twitter
Deputy Political Director Mollie Byron
(started as Maryland director in June
2015)
Legislative
liaison for the Prince
George's County Executive's Office from Feb. 2015. Deputy
legislative
officer (Aug. 2014-Jan. 2015), and deputy director of
intergovernmental
affairs (July 2012-Jan. 2015) to Gov. Martin O'Malley; Capital
Area
intergovernmental ffairs coordinator for Gov. O'Malley's
Office Of
Community Initiatives, March 2011-Nov. 2012. Western
Maryland
campaign coordinator on Gov. O'Malley's 2010 re-election
campaign. J.D. from the University of the District
Columbia,
2010; B.A. in human services, sociology from The George
Washington
University. twitter
Southern Regional Political
Director David
Opong-Wadee
(May 2015) Legislative assistant (July
2013-May
2015) and staff
assistant (Feb.-July 2013) in the U.S. House. Field
organizer for
OFA-Iowa in Dubuque, Jones and Delaware Cos., Aug.-Nov.
2012.
B.A. in political science from Grinnell College, 2012.
Midwest Regional Political Director Brad Elkins
Political advisor to O'Malley's O'PAC (reported
by the
DMR on Jan .29, 2015) Political
director for Jack
Hatch's 2014 campaign for governor in Iowa. National
political
director for the Truman Project. Co-founder of
Democracy,
Diplomacy, Development, and Defense (4D) PAC. B.A. in
computer
science/mathematics and international affairs from Lewis &
Clark
College. California native, based in DC. twitter
Northeast Regional Political
Director
Michael
Edwards
(June 2015) Campaign manager on Glen
Gainer for
Congress (WV),
Feb.-Nov. 2014. Deputy campaign manger on Adam Haber for
Nassau
County Executive, July-Sept. 2013. Coordinated campaign
director
for the Indiana Democratic Party, Aug.-Nov. 2012.
Dirctor of
outreach for U.S. Chamber Watch, 2011-12. Campaign
director for
Defeat Poverty DC, Jan.Nov. 2010. Program manager at
Winning
connections, Aug.-Nov. 2008. National outreach director
for the
Children's Defense Fund, June 2007-July 2008. Field
coordinator
for the ONE Campaign, June 2006-June 2007. B.A. in
political
science and government from Simpson College, 2000.
Director of Scheduling and Advance Erin Gorman
(May 2l015) Advisor at O'PAC, Jan.-May
2015. Finance
director on Vincent Sheheen for South Carolina, July-Dec.
2014.
Deputy finance director-national fundraising at Alyson
Schwartz for
Governor, April 2013-May 2014. Governors liaison (Oct.
2011-March 2013)
and assistant to the executive director (Jan. 2011-Aug. 2012)
at the
Democratic Governors Association. Director of
fundraising
events/finance associate at Friends of Martin O'Malley, Dec.
2009-Jan.
2011.
?Media
Consulting
Jimmy Siegel
(reported by the Washington
Post's John Wagner on May
15, 2015...extent of involvement not clear yet)
Principal at Siegel
Strategies.
Worked
at
the
advertising
agency
BBDO
for
over
20
years
through
Dec.
2005;
started
as
a
junior
copywriter
and
ultimately
becoming
vice
chairman,
senior
executive
creative
director
and
member
of
the
Board.
Creative
director
on
Eliot
Spitzer's
2006
campaign
for
governor.
Among
other
campaigns
he
worked
on
Hillary
Clinton's
2008
presidential
campaign.
Author
of
four
novels.
National Finance Director Michael Kurtz
(May 2015) National finance director on
Alison
for Kentucky, Jan.
2014-Jan. 2015. Mid-Atlantic finance director at the
DNC,
Feb.-Dec. 2013. Senior deputy Midwest finance director
on Obama
for America, April 2011-Nov. 2012. Deputy finance
director on
Friends of Martin O'Malley, May 2009-April 2011. B.A. in
political science and government from The George Washington
University,
2009.
Midwest Finance Director Jacob
Kleinrock
(June 2015) Finance director on Linda for
Nashville, March-May
2015. Deputy finance director on Mark Schauer for
Governor, (MI)
Aug. 2013-Nov. 2014. Managing director (July 2012-July
2013) and
development associate (July 2011-July 2012) at Berger
Hirschberg
Strategies. Field rep. on Mike McWherter fo Governor,
May-Aug.
2010. B.A. degree from Hamilton College.
Finance Associate Michael
Woicekowski
(June 2015) Associate at DDC, Jan.-June
2015. Deputy
finance director, and earlier call time manager and finance
assistant on Callis for Illinois, Sept. 2013-Nov.
2014.
Bachelor's degree in international relations and affairs from
American
University, 2012.
Finance Associate Annie Osborne
Started as a finance associate for O'PAC in
Nov.
2013. D.A. in
public policy, political science, Spanish from Dck
University,
2013.
Finance Chairman Martin G.
Knott,
Jr.
President of Knott Mechanical since 1996,
responsible
for business
development and contract management. The company, which
does HVAC service and installation, was founded in 1972 as
Martin G.
Knott and Associates by Martin G. Knott, Sr.. B.B.A from
Xavier
University, 1994.
Philanthropist; grandson of Henry J. Knott, Sr., an important
developer
in Baltimore in post-World War II. twitter
Chief Financial Officer Hailey Arends
Principal and founder (Sept. 2014) of Capitol Operations, LLC. Vice president and business manager at New Partners Consulting, Inc, May 2010-Sept. 2014. CFO on Deeds for Governor, July 2009-Jan. 2010. Compliance consultand on Virginians for Wagner, Jan. 2008-Dec. 2009. Director of Compliance and operations on Terry McAuliffe for Governor, Jan.-June 2009. Budget director and interim CFO on Hillary Clinton for President, April 2007-Oct. 2008. Financial administrator in the Office of U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, Jan.-April 2007. Director of production and operations on the DSCC independent expenditure, March-Dec. 2006. Comptroller on Tim Kaine for Governor, Jan.-Dec. 2005. Director of operations at America Coming Together, March-Nov. 2004. Bachelor's degree in political science from Aquinas College, 2002.
Deputy CFO Daniel Ensign
(from May 2015; started out at the PAC as finance assistant April 2013-Aug. 2014, then deputy political director Aug. 2014-May 2015) Prior to the PAC, Ensign worked internships at the NJDC, DNC and White House. B.S. in finance from University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, 2012. From Louisville, KY. twitter
General Counsel Joseph Sandler
Partner at Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein &
Birkenstock. General counsel to the DNC for 15 years
starting in
Feb. 1993. Partner at Arent Fox, 1989-93. Staff counsel
for the
DNC, 1986-89. Associate at Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin
& Kahn
in Washington, DC, 1978-86. J.D. from Harvard Law
School, 1978;
A.B. from Harvard University, 1975.
Deputy General Counsel Dara Lindenbaum
Senior associate at Sandler Reiff Lamb
Rosenstein
& Birkenstock
since Sept. 2013. Associate counsel in the voting rights
project
at the Lawyers'
Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Jan. 2012-Sept.
2013.
J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, 2011;
B.S. in
art history from Northeastern University, 2005.
Treasurer Terry Lierman
Founder of Summit Global Ventures.
President of
Energy One.
Chief of staff to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer May
2007-Dec.
2011. Chairman of the Maryland Democratic Party, elected
Dec.
2004 and served to May 2007. National finance co-chair
of Dean
for America. Partner of Health Ventures, LLC,
2001-05.
Democratic nominee for Congress against U.S. Rep. Connie
Morella in
MD-8 in 2000. Founder and president of Capitol
Associates, Inc.,
1984-2001. Staff director of U.S. Senate Committee on
Appropriations and of the Labor Health and Human Services
(HHS)
Appropriations Subcommittee. Started at the National
Institutes
of Health. Master's degree from University of Wisconsin;
B.A.
from Winona State University. Native of Beloit, WI.
National Co-Chair
Former Gov.
Brian
Schweitzer (MT) -
elected Nov. 2004 and served two terms, Jan. 2005-Jan.
2013. (announced Oct.
23, 2015)
Headquarters: 405 SW 8th
Street, Des Moines ...O'Malley
opened
May
30,
2015
martinomalley.com/category/iowa
|
@omalleyforia
Cedar Rapids:
1953
First Ave. NE, Suite B1, Cedar
Rapids 52403 ...O'Malley
opened
on Aug. 5, 2015
Sioux City: 1408
Nebraska St.,
Sioux City 51105 ...O'Malley
opened
on Aug. 15, 2015
Waterloo:
329 E 4th
St, Waterloo 50703
...O'Malley
to
open
on
Dec.
28,
2015
State Director Jake
Oeth
(post-Nov. 4, 2015 elections; reported Jan.
27, 2015
by Politico)
Political director on U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley's 2014 U.S.
Senate
campaign
from April 2013. District director to Braley,
Jan.-March
2013. Political director on Braley for
Congress, April
2011-Dec. 2012. Legislative correspondent for Sen.
Tom Harkin,
May 2009-Dec. 2010. B.A. in politics, business,
history from
Loras College. twitter
Iowa Caucus Director Joe O'Hern
(reported by Iowa Starting Line on May 14,
2015) Deputy director/voter contact director of the
Iowa
Democratic Party Coordinated
Campaign for the 2014 cycle. Field director on U.S.
Rep. Leonard
Boswell (IA-3)'s 2010 campaign. O'Hern also ran
congressional
campaigns
in Illinois and worked for the DCCC. twitter
Deputy State Director Kristen
Sosanie
Briefly southern regional press secretary
at the
DNC.
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 communications 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
Press Secretary
Carlee Griffeth
(Aug. 2015; started on the press team in Baltimore per May 14, 2015 tweet from Lis Smith). Deputy communications director for the South Carolina Democratic Party, Sept.-Nov. 2014. Assistant account executive at S&S Public Relations in the SF Bay area, June-Aug. 2014. Internships. B.A. in visual media arts from Emerson College, 2012. twitter
Field Director Whitney Larsen
Graduate of University of
Wisconsin-Madison. twitter
Operations Director Benjamin
Chou
(May 2015) Political associate at
O'Malley's
O'PAC, Aug. 2014-May
2015. B.A. in political science from Rice
University, 2013.
Extensive internship experience on campaigns and in
government.
Field
Regional Field Directors
Cedar Rapids Seth
Cohen
(May 2015) Deputy paid canvass
director for the
Iowa Democratic
Party, July-Nov. 2014. Field director on Friends of
Doug Duncan
in Montgomery Co, MD, March-June 2014. Finance on
Rick Wade for
Senate, Jan.-March 2014. Field organizer for the
Human Rights
Campaign in Danville, VA area, Aug.-Nov. 2013. Field
director on
Andy Ball for Boone (NC), May-Aug. 2013. Field
organizer in
Hickory, NH on Obama's Organizing for America, June-Nov.
2012.
Degree in political science from Appalachian State
University,
2013. twitter
Iowa City Sean
McEnerney
Campaign manager in Iowa for several state
senate
candidates for the Senate Majority Fund, May-Nov.
2014. Special
assistant to the Queens Borough President, Jan.-May
2014.
Campaign coordinator on Melinda Katz 2013, Jan.-Nov.
2013. Field
organizer and policy research assistant on the Grace for
New York
congressional campaign, latter part of 2012. B.A. in
political
science and government from New York University,
2012. twitter
Waterloo Alexander Freedman
(June 2015) Campaign manager on Rostom Sakissian for L.A. City Council, Jan.-March 2015. Field organizer for the Iowa Democratic Party, May-Nov. 2014. Research analyst/tracker at Friends of Chris Murphy, June-Nov. 2012. B.A. in international relations and affairs from Syracuse University, 2013.
Polk County Eric Litmer
Election specialist at Everytown for Gun
Safety, June
2013-April
2015. Regional field director at Obama for America
in Harrisburg,
PA, Oct. 2011-Nov. 2012. Project assistant at the
Fair Elections
Legal Network, Aug.-Oct. 2011. Research assistant at
Plouffe
Strategies, July-Nov. 2010. Field organizer on the
Obama campaign
in Connecticut, Ohio and Oregon, Jan.-Dec. 2008; started
as a field
intern in Manchester, NH, Aug. 2007-Jan. 2008. B.A.
in political
science from The George Washington University, 2010.
twitter
Western Iowa Claire McGuire
Undergraduate degree in political science
from Cornell
College. Originally from Montana. twitter
Field Organizers
include:
Des Moines - Jordan
Sabine
(June 2015) Undergraduate at Drake University
('17).
Interned for Iowa House Democrats, Feb.-May 2015.
Field organizer
for the League of Conservation Voters, Aug.-Nov.
2014.
Des Moines - Craig
Kornblum (June 2015) M.B.A. (2015) and B.S.
in
sports/entertainment/event management (2014) from Johnson
& Wales
University. Experience includes field organizer for
the RI
Democratic Party, Oct.-Nov. 2014; and regional field
director and
intern on Angel Taveras for Governor campaign.
Iowa City - Ben
Kramer (June 2015) B.A. degrees in
government and politics
and history from University of Maryland College Park,
2015.
Admitted to University of Virginia Law School.
Burlington - Michael
Von Barnhill III (June 2015) Field
organizer on the North
Carolina Coordinated Campaign, May-Nov. 2014. B.S.
in political
science from East Carolina University.
Earliest Endorsements included...
Melinda Jones -
county chair
for the Wapello County Democrats and
member of the Iowa Democratic Party's state central
committee (July 16,
2015)
former U.S. Rep. Berkley
Bedell
(Aug. 14, 2015)
Co-Chair
George
Appleby - partner in Carney
Appleby
Law for more than twenty years. He has practiced law
in Des
Moines and throughout Iowa since 1979.
State
Legislators
Sen. Kevin Kinney
(District 39, Keokuk Co. and parts of Johnson and
Washington Cos.) >
Sen. Rich Taylor
(District 42, Mount Pleasant area) >
Rep.
Bruce
Bearinger (District 64, Oelwein) >
Rep. Bruce Hunter
(District 34, Des
Moines) >
Rep. Dan Kelley (District
29, Jasper County) >
Rep. Charlie McConkey
(District 15, Council Bluffs) >
Endorsements
...chronological
(announced Sept. 8,
2015)
State Sen. Rich Taylor
(District 42, Mount Pleasant area) >
State Rep. Dan Kelley
(District
29, Jasper County) >
former U.S. Rep. Berkley
Bedell
Joe Judge,
Monroe County Chair
Mary Hoyer,
Henry County Chair
Carol Gordon,
Grundy County Chair
Donna Crum,
Mills County Chair
Melinda Jones,
Wapello County Chair
Larry Hodgden,
Cedar County Chair
Bev Strayhall,
Scott County Vice Chair
Nathan Blake,
School Board Member (Des Moines-Polk County)
John Murphy,
Dubuque County Recorder
Steve Seigel,
Wapello County Supervisor
Kim Boggus, IDP
State Central Committee Member and Affirmative Action
Officer (Des
Moines-Polk County)
Julie Stewart,
IDP State Central Committee Member (Dallas County)
Edgar Ortiz,
Latino community activist (Des Moines-Polk County)
Mary Burke,
Member of SEIU (Davenport)
(announced Oct. 5,
2015)
State Rep. Charlie
McConkey
(District 15, Council Bluffs) >
Steven Gast, Mayor
of Maxwell
Joel Greer,
Marshalltown City
Councilor
Phil Meier, Boone
County
Auditor
Kelley Bennett,
Assistant
Jasper County Attorney
Sandra Frericks,
Blue Grass
City Councilor
Matt Dalby,
Ottumwa City
Councilor
Gary Schmidt, Polk
County
Activist
Karl Schilling,
Polk County
Activist
Heather Ryan, Polk
County
Activist
Mitch Henry, Polk
County
Activist
Lu Ann Pedrick,
Former DNC
Rules Committee Member and Polk County
Activist
Cal Woods, Former
Des Moines
Area News Anchor and Polk County Activist
Scott Heldt,
Dallas County
Activist and candidate for State House
Bob Petrzelka,
Vice Chair Henry
County Democrats
Bryan Johnson,
Vice Chair of
Mahaska County Democrats
Frank Rottinghaus,
Floyd County
Treasurer
Rick Mullin,
Former Woodbury
County Chair
Jon Heitland ,
Former Hardin
County Chair and 2008 Electoral College
Elector
Jim West, Labor
Activist and
SEIU Member
Jerry Hageman, CWA
Local 7108
Treasurer
Ed Brown, Former
Davenport
Alderman
Sam Gray,
Candidate for State
Representative
Alexander Mundell,
Co-Chair
Grinnell College Democrats
(announced
Oct.
27, 2015)
State Sen. Kevin Kinney
(District 39, Keokuk Co. and parts of Johnson and
Washington Cos.) >
State Rep. Bruce
Bearinger
(District 64, Oelwein) >
State Rep. Bruce Hunter
(District 34, Des
Moines) >
Peggy Sherrets,
Mayor of Oelwein
Dan Howard, Mayor
of Maynard
Sharon Acuff,
Pilot Mound City
Councilwoman
Rick Howard,
Maynard City
Council Member
Art Behn, Dallas
County Chair
Nancy Bobo, Polk
County Activist
Ken Kahl, Crawford
County Vice
Chair
Sara Riley, Linn
County Activist
Nancy Riley, Linn
County
Activist
Peter Riley, Linn
County
Activist
Larry Peterson,
Former Crawford
County Chair
Morgan Brittain,
Former
President of the College and Young Democrats of
Iowa
Bob Beisch, Former
Wapello
County Chair
Jan Evans, Marion
County
Central Committee Member
Gregory Guelcher,
Woodbury
County Vice Chair
Cheryl Scherr,
Marion County
Vice Chair
Tom Corrieri,
Story County
Central Committee Treasurer
Richard Machacek,
DNC
superdelegate for Obama in ’08; Fmr Buchanan
County Dems Chair
Kevin Powell,
Starmont
Community School District Board Member
Larry Stewart,
Former President
Charles City Chamber of Commerce
Karl Knock, Union
County
Activist
Sharon Holle,
Scott County
Activist
Rob Hubler, Former
Iowa
Congressional Candidate and Fairfield County
Activist
(announced
Nov.
16, 2015)
Tom Henderson,
Polk County Chair
Gary Gelner,
Hancock County Chair
Brian Gerjets,
Cherokee County Chair
Julie
Geopfert, Webster County Chair
Beth Vogt,
Crawford County Chair
Kathy Kerns,
Cass County Vice Chair
Kathy
Geronzin, Jackson County Vice Chair
Nevon Conrad,
Fort Dodge City Council Member
Pat Gill,
Woodbury County Auditor
Perla
Alarcón-Flory, Sioux City School Board Member
Tina
Patterson, Vice President of Lin-Mar Board of
Education
Matthew
Goodman, Ames City Councilman
John Klaus,
Former Ames City Attorney
Bob Leonard,
President, Wartburg College Democrats
Lexi
Fairbanks, President Young Democrats Morningside
College
James Farnan,
Vice President Young Dems Morningside College
Donald
Weatherwax III, Linn County Central Committee
Member
Clark
Reike, Linn County Central Committee
Member
Drew Kloetzer,
Former Hardin County Chair
Patricia
Malinee, Recording Secretary, Scott County
Democrats
Highland
Nichols, Former Clinton County Chair
Karen
Havlicek, Woodbury County Dems
Steve Gorman,
candidate for State Representative
Alba Perez,
Latino community activist
Cheri Doane,
Marion County activist
Marilee
Monroe, Former Floyd County Recorder and Former
President of
Iowa State
Association of Counties
Tracy
Hatfield, Muscatine County Activist
Don Smith,
Former Poweshiek County Chair
STAR*PAC (announced
Dec. 14, 2015)
Immigration and Refugee New Leadership Committee
(announced Jan. 6, 2016) comprised of 21 elected officials, activists, community leaders, DREAMers, and supporters across Iowa.
Headquarters:
223 South Willow Street, Manchester
...opened
June
17,
2015
martinomalley.com/category/new-hampshire
|
@omalleyfornh
Keene:
149 Emerald St.
Portsmouth:
75
Congress St.
State Director
John Bivona
(reported by New
Hampshire Union
Leader's Dan Tuohy on May 20, 2015) Campaign
director for
NH Democrats' 2014 Coordinated Campaign (Granite State
Forward),
April-Dec. 2014. Deputy campaign manager on Alex Sink
for
Congress (FL), Nov. 2013-March 2014. Consultant at
Brass Tactics
Consulting, March-Nov. 2013. Advocacy program director
for the
Common Purpose Project, Oct. 2011-March 2013. Director
of special
projects at the DNC, April-Sept. 2011. Florida field
director at
Organizing for America, April 2009-April 2011. State
field
director for the Florida Democratic Party Coordinated
Campaign,
Aug.-Nov. 2010. Field staff on Obama for America, July
2007-Nov.
2008; started out in Council Bluffs on the Iowa Caucus
campaign and
finished as a regional field director in South Bend,
IN. twitter
Deputy State
Director Matt Sheaff
(reported by New
Hampshire Union
Leader's Dan Tuohy on May 20, 2015)
Communications
director for Massachusetts Treasurer Deb Goldberg from Jan.
2015.. Communications director for the Mass.
Executive
Office of Housing and Economic Development from June
2014.
Communications director for the Mass. Department of Housing
and
Community Development from Oct. 2012. Senior
communications
advisor for the Office of Head Start at HHS, Oct. 2009-Oct.
2012.
Communications director at AFOP, Jan.-Oct. 2009.
Deputy press
secretary at Strong American Schools, March-Dec. 2008.
Director
of the Performance Institute, June 2006-March 2008.
B.A. in
politics from Saint Anselm College, 2006. twitter
Field
Director
Elsie
Raymer
Field director on
Kuster for
Congress, April-Aug. 2014. GOTV
director on Mike Cryans for Executive Council, Feb.-March
2014.
State campus director for NextGen Climate Action, Aug.-Nov.
2013.
Legal assistant at MoloLamken LLP, Feb.-Aug. 2013.
Field
organizer for Obama for America in Durham, NH, May-Nov.
2012.
B.A. in political science from Vassar College, 2012.
Field intern
on Obama for America in Madison, WI from July 2008. twitter
Regional
Field
Directors
Alex Vuskovic
Campaign
coordinator on Joan
Buchanan for State Senate in Walnut Creek,
CA, Jan.-March 2015. Field organizer in Keene for the
New
Hampshire Democratic Party, Aug.-Nov. 2015. Field
organizer on
Kuster for Congress, May-Aug. 2014. Intern for NextGen
Climate in
San Francisco, Nov. 2013-June 2014. Bachelor's degree
in
political science from UC Berkeley, 2014. twitter
T.J. DeKemper
John Tackeff
(May 2015) Field
organizer
for the
Democratic Party of Virginia in the Kathleen Murphy for
Delegate Jan.
2015 special election. Field organizer for the New
Hampshire
Democratic Party in Portsmouth, NH, June-Nov. 2014.
Also served
as an organizing fellow and campus organizing fellow for
Obama for
America, June-Nov 2012. Undergraduate degree in
government and
international politics from George Mason University. twitter
Field Organizers
Hanover - Mariah Hill
(Aug. 2015) Most recently served as a legislative
intern to Sen.
Debbie Stabenow (MI). B.A. in political science from
Albion
College, 2012.
Portsmouth - Sam Taylor
Started with O'Malley as a policy intern in Baltimore,
June-Aug.
2015. Consulting apprentice and technical writer fro M
Powered
Strategies, Oct. 2014-May 2015. B.A. in political
science from
UMass Amherst, 2014.
Steering Committee
(announced
Oct. 22, 2015)
Peter Burling, Co-Chair
(early endorser - reported by the Valley News on May 29, 2015) Former State Senator, 2006-08; former State Representative, served in the House from 1988-94 and 1996-2004 including as Democratic Leader. DNC committeeman for 6 1/2 years until resignation in Nov. 2014. From Cornish.
Mary Rauh, Co-Chair
Currently serves on
the
board of Planned Parenthood of Northern
New England and was a founding board member of the Women’s
Fund of NH
and the NH Women’s Initiative.
Dave Allen, Co-Chair
Currently a senior
vice
president at Dyn International and has
been recognized as a New England Super Lawyer, Rising Star
each year
from 2009-13 by Law and
Politics
Magazine.
Jay Surdukowski, Co-Chair & NH Counsel
Specializes in New
Hampshire
campaign finance law at Sulloway and
Hollis. Served as counsel to Gov. Maggie Hassan’s
re-election
campaign in 2014. New Hampshire native.
Dan
Calegari -
(early endorser -
see
The
Washington
Post
March 29,
2015) has worked on six
presidential campaigns and numerous congressional and
gubernatorial races in NH since 1975. Before joining the
Southern New
Hampshire Services team, he served as special assistant
for constituent
services for Senator Jeanne Shaheen. ...AP's Ken Thomas notes
that Calegari
and O'Malley both worked on Gary
Hart's campaign in 1983.
Rachel Hampe -
member of in the
Litigation Department of McLane
Middleton.
Debra Hastings -
health care
professional and local Democratic activist.
Don Jorgensen -
early supporter
of President Barack Obama; former
member of the Manchester Airport Authority.
Pam Jorgensen -
former
Londonderry Town Democratic chair and former
treasurer of the Rockingham County Democratic Committee.
Ben Kelley -
practices
commercial real estate at Brady Sullivan. Also a
co-founder of
BevNow, a Manchester based mobile technology
company.
Commissioner Paul
Martineau -
Welfare
Commissioner
of
the
Manchester
Welfare
Commission;
has
served
in
elected
office
for
14
years
in
Manchester.
Norm Patenaude -
Ward 1 vice
chair of the Portsmouth
Democrats. A certified adjudicator; currently
chairs the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board at the NH
Department of
Labor.
John Rauh - one of
the
country’s leading voices on election
reform. Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in
1992.
Jerry Slagle - an
early
supporter of President Barack Obama and remains
a local Democratic activist in Gilford.
Other New Hampshire
Endorsements
Maureen Mann,
Former State
Representative
Kat McGhee, Former
Chair of the
Hollis Democrats
Rep. Patricia Higgins,
State
Representative
Lawrie Barr, Chair
of
Francestown Democrats
Rep. Chuck Townsend,
State
Representative
Matt Hancock, Vice
Chair of
Portsmouth Democrats
Rep. Frank Heffron,
State
Representative
(announced Nov. 19,
2015)
Manchester Community Leaders
Catherine Cavanaugh, Manchester
Grassroots
Organizer and former NARAL board member
John Clayton, Former Union
Leader columnist and author
Dan
O'Neil, Manchester Alderman
Marty
Quirk, Musician
Matt and Jody Wilhelm, Manchester
Community
Leaders, CityYear and AmeriCorps Alumni
Additional Endorsements
Hon. Betsy Burtis, Former State
Representative
Hon.
John Mann, State Representative
Hon.
Catherine Mullholland, Former State
Representative
Pete Spanos, Sullivan
County Community Leader
(announced
Jan.
12, 2016)
Paul Bauer, Town
Chair,
Newfields
Paul Drager, Town
Chair,
Somersworth
Bridie Pierce,
Town Chair,
Winchester
Pat Clark, Town
Chair, Tilton
Dave Sandmann,
Former Town
Chair, Stratham
Dan Moore,
Chairman of New
Hampton Conservation Commission
Jan Williams,
Small Business
Owner
Bianca Acebron Peco,
Candidate
for State Representative
Ronnie Cooper,
Candidate for
State Representative
Tom Thibeault,
Democratic
activist
Roland Bergeron, Manchester
Small
Business
Owner
and
Community
Leader
NEVADA
Chair
Former Las
Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman
Endorsements
Former State Rep. Andrew Martin
Dana Barooshian, Democratic
Activist
SOUTH CAROLINA
State Director Tyler Jones
(reported by The
State on
Dec. 4, 2015) Associate director of the South
Carolina House
Democratic Caucus from Jan. 2009, serving as senior
advisor and
spokesman for House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford.
Associate at
McIntosh Consulting, LLC from Aug. 2008. Director of
marketing at
Qutera, Inc. Sept. 2011-March 2012. Political
director on Linda
Ketner for Congress, Feb.-Aug. 2008. Lowcountry
field director on
John Edwards for President, Jan. 2007-Feb. 2008.
B.A. in
political science from Charleston Southern University,
2007. twitter
Chairs
(announced Oct. 22, 2015)
Political Co-Chair State Sen.
Vincent
Sheheen
State Senator representing District 27
(Camden).
Attorney. Democratic
nominee for governor in 2014 and 2010, losing to Nikki
Haley..
Prosecutor from the City of Camden, 2000. J.D. from
University of South
Carolina, 1996; B.A. from Clemson University
1993. twitter
Political Co-Chair Former State
Rep. H.
Boyd Brown
(one of O'Malley earliest supporters; see
for example
RT March 20, 2015 or The
Washington
Post March 29,
2015) Member of the DNC since May 2012. Commercial
real estate broker. Former state legislator,
elected at age 22 in 2008 and served two terms; did
not seek
re-election in 2012. B.A. in political science
from University of
South Carolina, 2007. From Winnsboro (Fairfield
County). twitter
Steering Committee Charleston
City
Councilmember Rodney Williams
Elected in Nov. 2013 as the Charleston City
Councilmember
for District 2. Economic development consultant
and the owner of Williams and Associates Consulting
LLC. Native
of Charleston and resides in West Ashley.
Steering Committee Phil Noble
Owner of Phil Noble & Assoc. and
PoliticsOnline
from 1973. Co-founder (2012) of Envision South
Carolina.
Candidate for Lt. Governor in
1994. Founder and executive director of the Palmetto
Project, a
community
service group, 1985-92. President of the South
Carolina New
Democrats, an
independent reform group started by former Governor and US
Secretary of
Education Richard Riley. B.S. in history and
political scienc
from Birmingham-Southern College, 1974. twitter
Finance Chair Mulllins McLeod
Attorney at McLeod Law Group, LLC in
Charleston.
Candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor in
2010,
but withdrew from the race in Feb. 2010. Served two
terms as the Chairman of the Charleston County Democratic
Party.
J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law,
1997.
Undergraduate degree from Wofford College, 1994.
Originally from
Waterboro, SC. twitter
Endorsements
(announced
Nov.
6, 2015)
Trip King - 2008
Biden SC
director
John Moylan - 2004
and 2008
John Edwards for
President SC state chair
Ginger Crocker -
former state
representative
(state leadership teams from 21 states, DC and PR announced on Nov. 3, 2015)
Endorsement
U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15, Dublin) announced July 24, 2015
Endorsements
Gary Hart,
former U.S.
Senator, presidential candidate
Sue Casey,
former member of
Denver City
Council
Bill Holen,
Arapahoe County
Commissioner
Hal Haddon, Democratic
Activist
Tom Hogg,
Democratic
Activist
Paul Weissmann,
Former State
Senator
and former State House Majority Leader
Endorsement
Walter Deleon, Advisory
Neighborhood
Commissioner
and
youngest
elected official in District of Columbia history.
Endorsement
Former Macon Mayor Jack Ellis
Endorsement
Former
Miami Mayor
Manny Diaz
Endorsements
State Senator Bill
Cunningham
Former State Comptroller
Daniel W.
Hynes
Endorsements
Former Attorney
General
Chris
Gorman
Former Treasurer
Jonathan Miller
Chairs
Attorney
General Brian
Frosh
Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett
Former Maryland Democratic Party Chair Yvette Lewis
Former Maryland Democratic
Party
Chair Terry Lierman
Charles County
Commission President
Peter Murphy
Former Governor Harry
Hughes
Former Governor Parris
Glendening
Former Senator Joe
Tydings
Former Congressman Mike
Barnes
Former Baltimore Mayor
Kurt
Schmoke
Senator Bill Ferguson
Senator Karen
Montgomery
Senator Ron Young
Senator Nathaniel
McFadden
Delegate Talmadge
Branch
Delegate Ben Brooks
Delegate Kathleen
Dumais
Delegate Bill Frick
Delegate Barbara Frush
Delegate Tawanna Gaines
Delegate Anne
Healey
Delegate Karen Young
Delegate Mary Ann
Lisanti
Delegate Andrew Platt
Baltimore City Council
Vice-President
Ed Reisinger
Baltimore City
Councilman Robert Curran
Montgomery County
Councilman Tom Hucker
Mayor Peter Fosselman
Mayor of Laurel Prince
George's Fred
Robinson
Mayor of Marydel Debbie
Rowe
Mayor of Takoma Park
Bruce Williams
Mayor of Berlin Gee
Williams
Former Wicomico County
Executive Rick
Pollitt
Former Charles County
Commission
President Candice Quinn Kelly
Former Delegate Ann
Marie Doory
Endorsements
Boston City Councilor
Matt O'Malley
Somerville Mayor Joe
Curtatone
Newton Alderman Jay
Harney
Former Mass.
Democratic
Party chair and former State Rep. Gerard Doherty
MINNESOTA
Chair Jim Erickson
Attorney at Erickson, Bell, Beckman & Quinn in Roseville.
MONTANA
Former Gov. Brian Schweitzer
(national
co-chair; see
above)
NEBRASKA
Jim Cavanaugh,
Douglas
County
Commissioner
John Cavanaugh,
Former
member of
Congress
Mike Fahey,
former
Mayor of
Omaha
Steve Lathrop,
Former
State
Senator
Endorsement
Former Nepturn Mayor Mike
Beson
Chair
Adam Stolz
Founding principal of Stolz Management Advisors.
Endorsement
Newburg Heights Mayor
Trevor Elkins
Endorsement
Former Councilman at
large,
Philadelphia, Bill Green IV
Former Pittsburgh Mayor
Tom
Murphy
State Rep. Mike
Driscoll
TEXAS
Endorsement
Former U.S. Rep. John
Bryant
Endorsement
Former Petersburg Mayor
Trevor Elkins
Endorsement
Milwaukee
County
Executive
Chris
Abele
PUERTO RICO
Endorsements
(announced
Sept. 4,
2015)
Sen. Jorge
Suárez
Rep. César Hernández
Rep. Sonia Pacheco
Rep. Ramón Luis Cruz
Rep. Carlos Bianchi
Rep. Nelson Torres
Yordán
*On May 14, 2015 the Baltimore
Sun reported "Former
governor Martin O'Malley on Friday will sign a lease for
7,200 of
office space across the street from Baltimore's Penn
Station..."
Former Staff
Policy Director Sarah Miller
(reported by MSNBC's Alex Seitz-Wald on Nov. 20, 2014, "brought on about two months ago") Worked at the Treasury Department. Speechwriter and advisor to John Podesta at the Center for American Progress. Worked on the policy team of Clinton's 2008 campaign.
Press
Team
Emily Pochter
(May
14,
2015 tweet from Lis Smith) Research director and
deputy
communications director at FWD.us, from Feb. 2014.
Associate at
SKDKnickerbocker, Jan. 2013-Feb. 2014. Rapid
response
coordinator/special projects assistant at Obama for
America in
Columbus, OH, Aug.-Nov. 2012. B.A. in international
relations and
environmental studies from Rhodes College, 2012. twitter
Press Director Megan Adams
(announced Oct. 30, 2014) Executive coordinator (from June 2014), special assistant to the president (April 2013-June 2014), and special assistant to the chief of staff and CFO (June 2012-April 2013) at the Center for American Progress. Foreign policy intern at the Clinton Foundation, Jan.-June 2012. B.A. in political science, international studies from University of Kansas, 2011. twitter
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