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ALASKA - KAY BROWN
(from July 5, 2011) Most recently project manager for Alaskans for Fair Redistricting. Worked on Bob Poe's gubernatorial campaign. Communications director for the Alaska Democratic Party for four years through 2009. Communications consultant. Co-owner, editor and reporter for the Alaska Advocate, reporter for the Anchorage times and United Press International. Elected and served five terms (1986-1996) in the Alaska House of Representatives. Director of Oil and Gas, Department of Natural Resources, 1982-86. Deputy Director of Minerals and Energy Management, 1979-82. Policy analyst for the Legislative Research Agency, 1978-79. Legislative aide. Alaska resident since 1976. B.A. from Baylor University.
ARIZONA - DJ QUINLAN
(started as acting
executive director Jan. 2013; announced as executive director May 17,
2013) Led the party's 2012 GOTV effort. Campaign manger on
David Schapira for Congress in AZ-9 starting Feb. 2012;he lost Aug. 28
primary to K.Sinema. Elections director at the Arizona Democratic
Party, May 2010-Feb. 2012. Metrologist at National Calibration
Inc., May 2004-May 2010. Metrologist in the U.S. Air Force, May
2000-May 2004. Arizona native.
ARKANSAS - CANDACE MARTIN
(...) Started at the party in Feb./March 2011 as
communications director. Marketing director at the Fergus Burris
Team, Nov. 2010-March 2011. Deputy campaign director on Chad
Causey for Congress, July-Nov. 2010. Director of business and
community services at the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce, Nov.
2008-Nov. 2010. Press secretary at Schellinger for Indiana, Aug.
2007-May 2008. Deputy spokesperson for Gov. Mike Beebe, Jan.-Aug.
2007. Press secretary at Arkansas Victory 2006/Beebe for
Governor. B.S. in journalism from Arkansas State University, 2006.
CALIFORNIA - SHAWNDA WESTLY
(May 2009) Principal of Shawnda Westly Consulting starting in 2005; clients included John Burton’s race for CDP Chair, two months as a senior advisor to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, the Consumer Attorneys of California, Treasurer Bill Lockyer, No on the Arena Tax, No on 75, and many union funded independent expenditure campaigns. Political director of California Professional Firefighters for six years. Raised in Orange County.
COLORADO - JENNIFER KOCH
(August 2013) Chair of the board of directors of the African
Community Advancement Initiative, March-July 2013. Legislative
fellow to U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton, Aug. 2012-Jan. 2013. Executive
director of Tidewater PAC, Dec. 2010-Aug. 2011. Campaign manager
on Friends of Glenn Nye, Jan.-Dec. 2010. Assistant White House
liaison to HUD, Jan. 2009-Jan. 2010. Special assistant on the
2009 PIC. Northeast deputy political director at Obama for
America, Nov. 2007-Nov. 2008. Master's degree in international
relations and affairs from Webster University, 2012; bachelor's degree
in communication and media studies from Michigan State University, 2005.
CONNECTICUT - JONATHAN HARRIS
(May 2012) Deputy treasurer in the Connecticut Office of the Treasurer. Candidate for Secretary of State in 2010, finishing second at the convention. Served three terms in the Connecticut Senate representing the 5th Senatorial District towns of Bloomfield, Burlington, Farmington and West Hartford. Mayor of West Hartford, 2001-04. Attorney in private practice, 1990-2011; also served for six sessions as Counsel to the House Democrats in the Connecticut General Assembly. Aide to U.S. Rep. Barbara Kennelly. J.D. from the New York University School of Law, 1990; bachelor’s degree in politics and Russian studies from Brandeis University, 1986.
DELAWARE - BRIAN BOYLE
(March 2014) Campaign manager at DE Repeal (repeal the death
penalty). Campaign manager on Mitch Crane for Delaware Insurance
Commissioner, Sept. 2011-Sept. 2012. Fellow at the Delaware State
Treasury, Jan.-Sept. 2011. Senior field advisor at Flowers for
Treasurer, May-Nov. 2010. B.A. in international relations from
University of Delaware, 2009. From New Jersey.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - BILL O'FIELD
(March 2011) President of WRO Consulting Services since June
2008. Public affairs and program development manager at the D.C.
Board of Elections and Ethics, 1995-2008.
FLORIDA - SCOTT ARCENEAUX
(announced July 20, 2009) Worked on Creigh Deeds' successful primary campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Virginia, June 2009. Founder, president of Arceneaux Consulting from Jan. 2008. National political director on Sen. Chris Dodd's presidential campaign, 2007-Jan. 2008. In the 2006 cycle Arceneaux served as campaign manager on Doug Duncan's bid for Maryland Governor (starting in May 2005 through June 2006), then took similar roles for Peter Franchot's campaign for Maryland Comptroller and Judy Feder's run for Congress in Virginia's 10th District (starting in Aug. 2006). Campaign manager on Rep. Chris John's U.S. Senate bid in Louisiana in 2004. Executive director of the Louisiana Democratic Party, 2001-04, where he directed efforts for Mary Landrieu's 2002 Senate re-election and Kathleen Blanco's 2003 gubernatorial campaign. Litigation associate at Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittman and Hutchinson law firm. J.D. from Tulane Law School, 1995; bachelor's degree from Washington and Lee University, 1992.
GEORGIA - REBECCA DeHART
(Jan. 2014) Rebecca is the
founder [Dec. 2009] and President of Steel Cut
Strategies, LLC, a governmental affairs, communications and
campaign firm specializing in the representation of clients and
candidates with a bent towards social justice. A prominent player in
progressive politics in Georgia for more than a decade, Rebecca is known for her focus on women's
issues and civil justice and has held positions such as a the Executive
Director of the Georgia Commission on Family
Violence (2003-05] and the Director of Communications for the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association [2005-10].
Rebecca joined Mad
Dog
Mail for the 2012 election cycle - but she is no stranger to
the firm. She worked with Mad Dog Mail
while she managed an Attorney General race and during her successful
direction of an independent campaign created to build a voter turn-out
model for female judicial candidates. Back in the day, she was a
Regional Campaign Director of the Democratic Party of Georgia under the
leadership of Mad Dog Mail's founder, Jon
Anderson.
In addition to representing the environmental, healthcare and
violence against women causes at the state capitol, Rebecca has spent years spearheading the fight
against anti-choice legislation for the Feminist
Women's Health Center. She has managed several campaigns
including the Democratic Party Victory Fund's
Georgia Women Vote, the Georgia Women Vote
Action Fund, an Attorney General race, and she has provided
crisis campaign management to Georgia WIN List,
a
group
dedicated
to
electing
Democratic,
pro-choice
women.
Additionally,
last cycle, Rebecca was the
Director of Communications on a successful environmental statewide
referendum.
Rebecca is married to Garrett DeHart
and they happily reside with their menagerie of rescued pets.
ed. Attended Loyola University of
Chicago, 1997-2001.
HAWAI'I - ALEXANDER WHEELER, acting
(Aug. 2014) Committee clerk (March-May 2014) and legislative
aide (Jan.-March 2014) at the state legislature in Honolulu.
Branch school teacher and emergency teacher for AEON Corporation in
Japan, Nov. . 2010-Nov. 2013. B.A. in history from
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2010.
IDAHO - SALLY BOYTON BROWN
Served as communications director at the party to April 2012;
started in Jan. 2011 as field director. Personal growth guide at
Clarity NOW since 2006. Statewide volunteer coordinator on Allred
for Iowa, March-Nov. 2010. Campaign manager for state Rep. Phylis
King, 2006-07. Team coordinator for The Body Shop, 2003-06.
B.A. in communications from Boise State University, 2005.
ILLINOIS - TIM MAPES
Chief of staff to Chairman Madigan since late 1992. Previously special assistant to Madigan, has served on Madigan's research and issues staff since 1977. Graduate of Western Illinois University.
INDIANA - SHANNON MEARS
(announced July 15,
2013) Shannon (White) Mears most recently served as a deputy
prosecutor in the Marion County Prosecutor's Office, March
2011-2013. Finance director on Terry Curry's campaign for Marion
County Prosecutor in 2010. (Law school). National finance
director at the Democratic Governors Association, 2005-07.
Mid-Atlantic finance director for John Kerry's presidential campaign,
2003-05. Finance director on Dutch Ruppersberger's (MD-2)
successful 2002 campaign for Congress. J.D. from Indiana
University School of Law, 2010; B.A. in communications from Hanover
College.
IOWA - TROY PRICE
(announced Jan. 26, 2013) Political director on Obama's campaign in Iowa from Feb. 2012. Executive director at One Iowa after starting there in June 2010 as political director. Senior communication specialist and interim communications director to Gov. Chet Culver. Communication assistant in the Vilsack/Pederson administration. Worked at the Iowa Department of Public Health and Economic Development. Staff of Gov. Tom Vilsack and Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson and worked on therir re-election campaign. Degree in political science from University of Iowa. From Durant (Eastern Iowa).
KANSAS - JASON PERKEY
(started Jan. 3, 2012) Principal at The Perkey Group, Nov.
2009-Jan. 2012. Regional field director
with the Kentucky Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign in Louisville,
KY, May-Nov. 2011. Managed Congressman Danny Davis' brief
campaign for Mayor of
Chicago in late 2010. Managed the campaign of
David Yates (D) for the
District 25 seat on the Louisville Metro Council, defeating incumbent
Doug Hawkins (R), April-Nov. 2010. Ran Marty
Meyer’s unsuccessful bid against state Sen. Dan Seum
(R-Louisville). Senior strategist on Tyler Allen's Democratic
primary campaign for mayor of Louisville, Nov. 2009-May 2010.
Campaign manager on Friends of Shannon Valentine, April-Nov.
2009. A field organizer on the Obama
campaign in Virginia, June-Nov.
2008. Associate at Smith & Helman, Sept. 2007-June
2008; associate at Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLC, March 2004-March
2007. J.D. from Vermont Law School,
2003. B.A. in political science from Coker College in Hartsville,
SC, 1997. Perkey is also president of the Association of State
Executive Directors and a partner at the Truman National
Security Project. He has played golf professionally.
Originally from
Louisville
KENTUCKY - [DAN LOGSDON]
Chairman Logsdon fulfills the
responsibilities of executive director.
LOUISIANA - STEPHEN HANDWERK
(April 2012) Owner of TurnLouisianaBlue.com (political
consulting), Jan- 2005-Sept. 2012. National co-chair of National
Stonewall Democrats PAC, 2008-July 2012; southern regional director of
National Stonewall Democratis, 2006-08. Area supervisor at
McDonald's, 1985-94.
MAINE - MARY ERIN CASALE
(announced March 2, 2010) Most recently a regional field director for the Maine Democratic Party since Aug. 2009. A media director at a consulting firm in Washington DC. Worked on Chellie Pingree's US Senate race in 2002. 2003 graduate of Simmons College in Boston. Portland native.
MARYLAND - BOB FENITY
(Feb. 2013) Finance director at the party from June 2011-Jan.
2013. Previously worked four years at the DCCC: mid-Atlantic
finance director, Jan. 2009-Jan. 2011; candidate fundraising PAC
director, Feb.-June 2009; deputy director of candidate fundraising, May
2008-Jan. 2009; and candidate fundraising assistant, Jan. 2007-April
2008. Organizer at MN Student Vote!, July-Nov. 2006. B.A.
in political science from Colgate University.
MASSACHUSETTS - MATT FENLON
(April 2013) Press secretary at Dan Wolf for Governor,
July-Oct. 2013. Director of scheduling and operations to U.S.
Rep. Richard Neal, March 2011-June 2013. Western Mass. GOTV
director on Elizabeth Warren for Mass., Sept.-Nov. 2012; and
communications director at Neal for Congress, May-Nov. 2012. Aide
to U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, Nov. 2010-March 2011. Western Mass.
field director on the Deval Patrick campaign, March-Nov. 2010.
Bachelor's degree in English/journalism from Springfield college, 2009;
working towards an M.B.A. from University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
MICHIGAN - GARRETT ARWA
(May 2013) Michigan Operation Vote director on the Obama campaign, April 2011-Nov. 2012. Michigan state director for Organizing for America, March 2010-April 2011; state field director for Organizing for America, April 2009-Feb. 2010. Organizer on Scott Murpy for Congress April 2009 special election in NY-21. Worked various positions on Obama's 2008 campaign starting Sept. 2007 as a field organizer in Manchester, NH. M.A. in political science from UNH, 2008; B.A. in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University, 2003. His father is from Tanzania and his mother was born in Guam.
MINNESOTA - COREY DAY
(announced Oct. 31, 2011) Partner at Strategic Field Concepts
since Aug. 2008. Executive director of IMPACT Minnesota, an
independent expenditure PAC focused on the African American vote, Fall
2010. Managed the field program on Los Angeles Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa's March 2009 re-election campaign. Deputy GOTV
director on the Obama for America campaign in Florida. Field
director on the 2004 Minnesota Coordinated Campaign. Director of
operations in U.S. Rep. Martin Sabo's district office, 2003.
Statewide field director on Roger Moe's gubernatorial campaign,
2002. Political director for U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum,
2000. B.S. in political science from Illinois State
University. Grew up in suburban Chicago.
MISSISSIPPI - RICKEY COLE
(chair
and executive director...announced as ex.dir. Aug. 29, 2011)
Farmer; family farm near Ovett. Candidate for Commissioner of
Agriculture and Commerce in 2007. Founding President of
Mississippi Policy Forum, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit. Elected
chairman of the Democratic Party of Mississippi on Aug. 18, 2001 and
served until July 29, 2004. Volunteer, activist and staffer on
more than twenty political campaigns starting in 1982 including Guy
Land for Treasurer in 1987 and Wayne Dowdy for U.S. Senate in
1988. President of the Young Democrats at Mississippi State
University in 1985. A seventh generation Mississippian; native of
Jones County.
MISSOURI - CRYSTAL BRINKLEY
(started April 28, 2014) Finance director at the party
starting in Oct. 2013. Media coordinator in the Office of Gov.
Jay Nixon, 2010-12. Managed then State Rep. Rachel Storch’s 2010
reelection campaign. Field staffer on Hillary Clinton’s
presidential campaign. Volunteer coordinator on Congressman Dick
Gephardt’s presidential campaign. Undergraduate degree in
political science from University of Missouri.
MONTANA - ANDREA MARCOCCIO
(April 2013) Managing director at Forward Montana starting
Jan. 2010. Worked on Obama's 2008 campaign starting in
Providence, RI during the primary, and in Montana in the general
election. Account executive at Vision Strategies, Aug. 2006-Aug.
2008. B.A. in organizational communication and Spanish from
Assumption College, 2006.
NEBRASKA - JIM ROGERS
(Feb. 2009) Campaign manager for 2nd CD candidate Jim Esch in 2008 and 2006. Managed the coordinated campaign in 2002. Worked as finance on a congressional race in the 2000 cycle, finance director on a gubernatorial campaign in the 1998 cycle, and has worked on numerous county, municipal, and statehouse races. A former member of the Nebraska State Central Committee. Graduate of University Nebraska, Omaha.
NEVADA - ZACH ZARAGOZA
(Feb. 1, 2011) Moved up from the position of operatons and compliance director, which he held since 2008. Regional representative (March 2007-Jan. 2008) and staff assistant (Feb. 2006-Feb. 2007) in the Las Vegas office of U.S. Sen. Harry Reid. Graduate of UNLV with a degree in political science, 2006; served as president of both the UNLV Young Democrats and the Young Democrats of Nevada.
NEW HAMPSHIRE - SEAN DOYLE
Started at the NHDP in Aug. 2011
as deputy executive director for administration and operations.
Director of operations at the ASDC at the DNC, May 2009-Aug.
2011. Field coordinator for NHDP/Jeanne Shaheen for U.S. Senate,
May-Oct. 2008. Field organizer on Richardson for President, Inc.
May 2007-Jan. 2008. B.A. in computer information technology from
Franklin Pierce University, 2009; president of the College Democrats of
New Hampshire, May 2008-April 2009.
NEW JERSEY - CHRISTOPHER JAMES
(announced Feb. 3, 2014) Elected in 2013 to, and currently serves on, the East Orange City Council. James has been involved in government, policy making and community organizing for the past fifteen years. Experience includes deputy executive director of the New Jersey Assembly Democratic Office; chief of staff forAssembly Speaker Sheila Oliver; Essex County deputy field director for Obama for America; chief of staff to Assemblyman Craig A. Stanley from 2003-08. Born in the City of Orange and raised in Newark; his late mother was chief of staff to the late Congressman Donald M. Payne, Sr.,
NEW MEXICO - JON LIPSHUTZ
(July 2014) Self-employed political consultant since
2009. Campaign manager on Howie Morales campaign for governor,
Nov. 2013-June 2014. Caucus director for the New Mexico DLCC,
2012-13. Camapign manager on Maria Stephens for Wisconsin Supreme
Court, Dec. 2010-Feb. 2011. Campaign manager on Richard Brodsky
for Attorney General, March-Oct. 2010. Western field director for
the DCCC, 2008. State director on Hillary Clinton for President
and earlier regional field director on Iowans for Hillary.
Special assistant to the Wisconsin Attorney General, 2003-04.
B.A. in political science from University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000.
NEW YORK - RODNEY CAPEL
(announced Aug. 3, 2012, started in Sept.) New York City
director of intergovernmental affairs for Gov. Cuomo since April
2011. Senior vice president of Mercury LLC, Nov. 2008-March
2011. Deputy chief of staff for New York City Council Speaker
Christine Quinn, 2006-08. Worked at the New York State Democratic
Committee Jan. 2001-Jan. 2006, including as political director and
executive director. Took leave to serve as New York state
director for the Kerry/Edwards presidential campaign from June 15,
2004. Deputy state director for Sen. Charles Schumer, Jan.
1999-Jan. 2001; took leave to serve as deputy state director on the
Gore/Lieberman presidential campaign in Fall 2000. Master's in
political management from The George Washington University, 1998; B.A.
in political science from Syracuse University, 1995.
NORTH CAROLINA - CASEY MANN
(from Mar. 9, 2014; initially interim from Feb. 2014)
Previously state director at the party from Feb. 2013-14. A
regional field director (Triad) for the NCDP, Sept.-Nov. 2012.
B.A. in communication studies and pre-law from UNC at Greensboro, 2012;
served as publisher of the student newspaper, Oct. 2009-May 2012.
Campaign manager on Ed Ridpath for NC House, 2006. Director of
volunteer activities in the NC state headquarters of the Kerry-Edwards
campaign, 2004.
NORTH DAKOTA - CHAD OBAN
(announced Jan. 4, 2013) Government relations and political
consultant for eight years. Served as Dem-NPL State Party
Treasurer from 2009-11. Has worked in North Dakota politics for
over 15 years on campaigns across the state, at all levels, including
managing two campaigns for North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Roger
Johnson. Graduate of University of North Dakota.
Bismarck, North Dakota native; campaigned with his late father, Bill, a
state legislator from 1984-98.
OHIO - LIZ WALTERS
(announced Jan. 5, started Jan. 21, 2014) Political director at the Ohio Democratic Party from Nov. 2011. Deputy field director for Northeast Ohio for the We Are Ohio campaign that defeated Senate Bill 5 – Issue 2. A regional GOTV Lead for the Ohio Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign in Fall 2010. Worked for U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton, starting in her Akron office and eventually serving as district director. Volunteer coordinator in Summit and Portage counties on Obama's campaign. M.P.A. from Cleveland State University, 2008; B.A. in history from Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, PA. From Silver Lake, Ohio and is a graduate of Cuyahoga Falls High School.
OKLAHOMA - TRAV ROBERTSON, JR.
(July 2011) South
Carolina state director for Obama for America, announced Aug. 14,
2008. Iowa regional field director and South Carolina field
coordinator for Gov. Bill Richardson's presidential campaign.
Veteran of South Carolina politics; Robertson ran the 2006 re-election
campaign of State Treasurer Grady Patterson, narrowly won by Thomas
Ravenel (R). Previously he served as a spokesman for Treasurer
Patterson, and directed Patterson's successful 2002 and 1998
re-election campaigns. Robertson also managed Brent Weaver's
congressional campaign in the Dec. 2001 special election in the 2nd CD,
and Congressman John Spratt's victory in 2000.
Additionally, he is a former chairman of the Anderson County Democratic
Party B.A. from the University of South Carolina. South
Carolina native, Columbia, SC resident.
OREGON - BRAD MARTIN
(announced Feb. 4, 2013, started Feb. 13) Executive director
at Fair Share Alliance/Fair Share Action, Nov. 2009-Feb. 2013.
Political director at Progressive Future, 2008-09. Northwest
political director at the DNC, July 2005-08. Executive director
of the Montana Democratic Party, Jan. 1993-June 2005. Aide to the
Montana Senate Democratic Majority Leader, Jan.-May 1993. Field
director on U.S. Rep. Pat Williams' campaign, April-Dec. 1992.
Executive director at MontPIRG, 1986-92. Canvass director at Ohio
PIRG, summer 1986. New School organizing director at MassPIRG,
1984-86.
PENNSYLVANIA - ELENA CROSS
(permanent from May 2013; announced as interim Feb. 22, 2013)
In 2012 Cross served as the party's political and targeting director
and oversaw its voter ID efforts. Regional/political director for
the Pennsylvania House Democratic Committee in 2010. Campaign
manager on state Senate special election in 2009. Ran Bill
Cahir's congressional primary campaign in 2008. Graduate of Penn
State, 2008; worked briefly on John Edwards' NH primary campaign.
RHODE ISLAND - JONATHAN BOUCHER
(started as interim executive director April 2013) Field
director at the RI Democratic Party from June 2011. Organizer at
Citizen Action of New York, Feb.-April 2011. Regional field
director at the RI Democratic Party, June-Nov. 2010. Deputy field
director on Frank Caprio for Governor, Dec. 2009-June 2010.
Bachelor's degree in political science and government from University
of Rhode Island, 2009.
SOUTH CAROLINA - CONOR HURLEY
(March 17,
2014) Director of campaign strategy at ESP Media Productions in
Tallahassee, FL, Oct. 2013-March 2014; campaign manager on Andrew
Gillum for Mayor of Tallahassee, April 2013-March 2014. Policy
coordinator (April-Oct. 2013) and policy associate (Sept. 2011-March
2013) with the Young Elected Officials Network. Campaign manager
on Andrew Gillum for Tallahassee, Nov. 2011-Sept. 2012. Journal
editor in the Florida House of Representatives. North Florida
political director (April-Nov. 2010) and North Florida lead organizer
(Aug. 2009-April 2010) on Kendrick Meek for Florida. Field
organizer on Mark Schauer for Congress, June-Nov. 2008. B.S. in
political science from Arizona State, 2013, after attending Bates
College.
SOUTH DAKOTA - ZACH CRAGO, interim
(early July 2013;
had been executive director)
TENNESSEE - ALAN SECREST
(announced Nov. 5, 2013; from Jan. 2014) Principal at the survey research firm of Secrest Strategic Services, formerly known as Cooper & Secrest Associates, for 28 years; he closed the firm in mid-2013 citing financial circumstances.
TEXAS - WILL HAILER
(late April 2013) District director and earlier campaign manager for U.S. Rep Keith Ellison (MN-05). Director of development for the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus. Additional experience includes various leadership positions for the Democratic House Caucus in Minnesota, recounts of Al Franken and Mark Dayton, and caucus organizing work for the Dean, Edwards, and Clinton campaigns.
UTAH - MATT LYON
(Aug. 2011) Left
position as campaign manager of the Becker for Mayor re-election
campaign to join the party. Finance director on the Peter Corroon
for Governor campaign, 2010. Assistant to the chief of staff of
Salt Lake City Corporation, 2008-10. President of the Young
Democrats of Utah from 2005-08. Grew up in Ogden, Utah.
VERMONT - JULIA BARNES
State field director at Organizing for America - New
Hampshire, 2009 and New Hampshire Coordinated Campaign
field director in 2010. Deputy field director for NH Gov. Lynch's
successful 2008 re-election campaign. Worked for
Gov. Lynch in the Department of Constituent Services. Regional
field
coordinator
in
Hillsborough
County
for
then-Sen.
Joe
Biden's NH
primary campaign. Degree in political science and
women's studies from The George Washington University, 2005.
New
England
native.
VIRGINIA - ROBERT DEMPSEY
(started mid-April 2014) Executive director of the NC
Democratic Party from May 2013 until relieved
of
position
by
the
chairman
on
Feb.
9,
2014. Campaign
manager on Scott Peters for Congress (CA), Nov. 2011-Dec. 2012.
Staffer in the U.S. Senate, May-Oct. 2011. Executive director of
the Vermont Democratic Party, May 2009-March 2011. Midwest
candidate service director at the DCCC, June 2007-Dec. 2008.
Director of Ohio Senate Democrats, June 2005-May 2007. Regional
representative for U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Dec. 2002-June 2005;
campaign manager on Kaptur's 2004 re-election. Field director on
Jacobs for Congress, July-Nov. 2002. Regional director for the
Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee, Dec. 2001-June
2002. Campaign manager on Kalamazoo Against Discrimination,
July-Nov. 2001. Legislative assistant in the PA House of
Representatives. Campaign manager for the Pennsylvania House Democratic
Campaign Committee, April-Nov. 2000. Campaign coordinator on
Coleman for Mayor in Columbus, OH, Fall 1999. B.A. in English
from Unversity at Buffalo, SUNY, 1999.
WASHINGTON - KAREN DEAL
(announced June 9,
2014) Previously political director at the Washington State Labor
Council from April 2011. Political director at UFCW Local 21,
2005-11. Political director at the King County Labor Counci, May
2003-Dec. 2005. Degree from Saint Vincent College, 1996.
WEST VIRGINIA - CURT ZICKAFOOSE
Experience includes legislative liaison at the West Virginia
Secretary of State Tennant. In 2008 was regional field director
in the Kanawha Valley area (Charleston) for Obama's Campaign for Change.
WISCONSIN - JAKE HAJDU
(announced Oct. 14, 2013) Previously political director; also
has served as DPW organizing director, deputy field director and GOTV
director, and started at the party in June 2009. University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 2001-06.
WYOMING - ROBIN VAN AUSDALL
(Dec. 2011)
Owner and host of Encore Karaoke and Mobile DJ Service in Fort Collins,
CO. In 2010 Van Ausdall managed David Canter’s unsuccessful
campaign against U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) and was caucus director
on Andrew Romanoff's U.S. Senate race. DNC field organizer for
northeast Colorado. Working towards and MSc in management at
Colorado State University; B.S. in public health from the University of
Northern Colorado. Laramie native.
DEMS ABROAD - no exec.dir.; chair KATIE
SOLON
PUERTO RICO - DOMINIQUE A. GILORMINI
AMERICAN SAMOA - ANDREW
BERQUIST
GUAM - JON JUNIOR CALVO
VIRGIN ISLANDS - LOUIS P.
HILL
former
NEW MEXICO - LISSA KNUDSEN ...to July 2014
(Jan. 2014) Project director
on the Baby Friendly Hospital
Initiative since July 2012. Part time instructor at Central New
Mexico Community College from Aug. 2011. Bernalillo County
District 1 Commission assistant, March-Sept. 2012.
Teaching/research assistant at the University of New Mexico, Aug.
2005-May 2011; also president of the UNM Graduate and Professional
Student Association, June 2009-May 2011.
SOUTH CAROLINA - AMANDA LOVEDAY ...to March
2014 ...to
comms.
director
for
Rep.
Jim
Clyburn
(May
2011) Host and producer of Law School Interactive, Feb. 2010-Jan.
2012. Finance director on the Matthew Richardson for South
Carolina Attorney General campaign, 2010. Recruiter for
University of South Carolina, 2009-10. Producer/director on South
Carolina ETV, 2006-09. Degree in broadcast journalism from
University of South Carolina, 2007.
NORTH CAROLINA - ROBERT DEMPSEY ...to Feb. 9, 2014 ...relieved of
postion by chairman
(May 2013) Campaign manager on Scott Peters for Congress (CA), Nov. 2011-Dec. 2012. Staffer in the U.S. Senate, May-Oct. 2011. Executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party, May 2009-March 2011. Midwest candidate service director at the DCCC, June 2007-Dec. 2008. Director of Ohio Senate Democrats, June 2005-May 2007. Regional representative for U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Dec. 2002-June 2005; campaign manager on Kaptur's 2004 re-election. Field director on Jacobs for Congress, July-Nov. 2002. Regional director for the Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee, Dec. 2001-June 2002. Campaign manager on Kalamazoo Against Discrimination, July-Nov. 2001. Legislative assistant in the PA House of Representatives. Campaign manager for the Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee, April-Nov. 2000. Campaign coordinator on Coleman for Mayor in Columbus, OH, Fall 1999. B.A. in English from Unversity at Buffalo, SUNY, 1999.
NEW JERSEY - JUSTIN MYERS ...to Feb. 2014
(announced June 27, 2013) Campaign manager on Adam Haber's
campaign for Nassau County executive, Feb.-June 2013. Campaign
manager on U.S. Rep. Jim Himes' (CT) 2012 re-election general
election. Campaign manager on U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell's 2012
re-election primary against U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman (D) in NJ-9.
Campaign manager on state Sen. Jim Whelan's re-election race in
2009. Field director on Rep. Himes' 2010 re-election
campaign. High school history teacher in New York City.
MISSOURI - JOE DUFFY ...to end of Jan. 2014
(Dec. 2012) Field director on Jay Nixon for Missouri, Nov. 2011-Nov. 2012. Field director on Kate Marshall for Congress, June-Sept. 2011. Field director at Organizing for America in St. Louis, April 2010-April 2011; deputy field director at Organizing for America in Dallas, June 2009-April 2010. Worked on Obama's 2008 campaign starting Dec. 2007 in West Union, IA, continuing to CO, TX, MS, PA and MT, and in the Fall serving as a regional field director in Fort Collins, CO. B.S. in political science from Illinois State University, 2007.
OHIO - LIZ BROWN interim from Oct. 2013 to Jan. 2014
Had been serving as deputy executive director at the Ohio Democratic Party; started there in 2009; also Coordinated Campaign director for the 2012 election, Prior to working for ODP, Liz managed the statewide campaign operations for the Ohio House Democratic Caucus. Before entering politics, Liz worked in journalism where she was published in New York Magazine, NPR’s Columbus WOSU, and the Huffington Post. She also served as an Americorps corps member for City Year Philadelphia between high school and college. Ohio born and raised, Liz is a graduate of Columbia University where she graduated with a degree in English. She is a Truman National Security Project Partner. Daughter of Sen. Sherrod Brown.
VIRGINIA - LAUREN HARMON ...to Dec. 2013 ...Coord. Campaign
director for Ohio Dem. Party
(Feb. 2013) Deputy political director at the Ohio Democratic
Party, March 2012-Feb. 2013; also ODP Women's Caucus Director, June
2011-Feb. 2013. Campaign manager on Adriana Martinez for Ward 3
Council in Las Vegas, Feb.-June 2011. Senior deputy finance
director at the Arizona Democratic Party, July 2010-Feb. 2011.
Campaign manager on Felecia Rotellini for Arizona Attorney General,
Oct. 2009-Nov. 2010. Government relations account executive at
Torres Consulting and Law Group, Nov. 2008-Oct. 2009. Deputy
field director on Bob Lord for Congress, June-Nov. 2008. Campaign
coordinator at Healthy Arizona, Oct.-Dec. 2007. Special assistant
to Pima County Supervisor Bronson, Jan.-Aug. 2007. Studied
political science and and public policy analysis at University of
Arizona.
DELAWARE - JOE ARONSON ...to Dec. 2013 ...exec. dir. at PA
Senate Democratic Campaign Committee
(May 2011) Executive director of the North Dakota
Democratic-NPL Party, Aug. 2009-May 2011. Field director at the
Minnesota DFL, 2008-09. Legislative assistance at the Minnesota
House of Representatives, 2007-08. Worked for the DFL House
Caucus as a research and field organizer in 2004 and 2006. B.A.
in political science from St. John's University, 2006.
WEST VIRGINIA - JACOB WINOWICH ...to Dec. 2013
(announced March 13, 2013) Promoted from voter file manager, March 2012-March 2013; started at the party in Aug. 2011 as a field organizer. Research director for the Democratic Party of New Mexico, Jan.-July 2011. Regional political director on the Col Assistant to the Mayor of Albuquerque, Jan. 2008-Dec. 2009. Bachelor's degree in government from New Mexico State University, 2007. Born and raised in Albuquerque.
MASSACHUSETTS - BRIAN MULDOON
...interim to Oct. 2013 ...data
director
and
caucus
manager
on
Martha
Coakley
for
Governor
(July 2013) Analyst
in the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Sept. 2012-July
2013. Field and data director for the Massachusetts Democratic
Party, Jan. 2008-Aug. 2011. Regional field director for the DNC
and Boston organizer on the Mass. Coord. Campaign in Fall 2008.
J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, 2013; B.A. in political
science from University of Massachusetts Boston, 2007.
WISCONSIN - MAGGIE BRICKERMAN ...to Oct. 2013 ...campaign
manager on Burke for Governor
(August 2009) Communications director in the Offfice of Assembly Majority Leader Thomas Nelson, Jan.-Aug. 2009. Campaign manager for Alison Page for State Senate, June-Nov. 2008. Campaign director on Citzens for Dane County's Future, Nov. 2007-April 2008. Campaign manager for Ann Hraychuck for State Assembly, June-Nov. 2006. B.A. in political science from University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008.
OHIO - KYLE McDERMOTT ...to Oct. 2013 ...joins JVA Campaigns
(announced Aug. 11, 2011; started following the Nov. 8, 2011 elections) Campaign manager for Maryellen O'Shaughnessy for Ohio Secretary of State race in 2010. National field director for United Steelworkers, 2008. Director for the Ohio AFL-CIO statewide political program in 2006. B.A. in political science from Baldwin-Wallace College, 2002-03. Grew up in Zoar, Ohio.
TENNESSEE - KEVIN TEETS ...to Sept. 2013
(March 2013) Campaign manager
on Eric Stewart for Congress in TN-4 against Rep. DesJarlais from May
2012. Owner and keynote speakr at Greek Decisions from Jan. 2011.
Assistant to the Democratic Leader of the TN House of Representatives,
Feb. 2011-May 2012. Campaign manager on Lowe Finney for State
Senate, July 2010-March 2011. M.P.A. from Drake University
College of Business and Public Administration, 2010, and J.D. from
Drake University Law School, 2009; B.A. in communications and public
relations, political science from University of Tennessee at Martin,
2006.
COLORADO - ALEC GARNETT ...to ?
(successor
started Aug. 2013)
(March 2011) Campaign director at Stan Garnett for Colorado
Attorney General, 2010. Legislative director for Congressman John
Adler, 2008-09. M.P.A. from the University of Colorado at Denver,
2006; B.A. in history from The College of Wooster, 2005.
MASSACHUSETTS - CHRISTOPHER JOYCE ...to July
2013 ...left
to
manage
Koutoujian
congressional
campaign
(April 2013) Deputy executive director from Feb.-April 2013; field and operations director from Aug. 2011-Feb. 2013; intern, March-July 2011. Associate at Boston Partners Financial Group, LLC, June-Oct. 2010. B.A. in history, philosophy from Bates College, 2010.
INDIANA - KELLY NORTON ...to April 2013
(announced/started Nov. 9, 2012) Deputy campaign manager on Joe Donnelly's U.S. Senate campaign, Sept. 2011-Nov. 2012. Finance director at Andre Carson for Congress, May 2010-Aug. 2011. Finance director (May 2009-May 2010), compliance director/special events coordinator (Jan. 2007-Sept. 2009) and executive assistant (May-Dec. 2006) at the Indiana Democratic Party. B.A. in political science and psychology from Indiana University Bloomington, 2006.