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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 - SHEILA HEALY
(from Aug.
2015) Coordinated Campaign director for the Texas Democratic
Party, Jan.-Dec. 2014. Communications coordinator at the
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, July 2013-Jan. 2014.
Field director on Jack Wagner for Mayor of Pittsburgh, PA, March-May
2013. A regional field director in North Florida for the Obama
campaign, Jan.-Nov. 2012. Field organizer in seven primary
states, and finished in Cincinnati, OH on Obama for America, Aug.
2007-Nov. 2008. Studied history at Trinity College in Hartford.
ARKANSAS - TED DICK
(announced Aug. 31, 2015) Executive director of the Montana Democratic Party from Dec. 2010 to Jan. 2013. Montana political coordinator with the Service Employees International Union Healthcare 775 NW. Headed the Montana Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee in 2004.
CALIFORNIA - CHRIS MASAMI MYERS
Managing director at the California Democratic Party since 2011,
where
he was research director from 1998 to 2010. Served as a
legislative
aide to Assemblymember Don Perata from 1997-98. twitter
COLORADO - ANNE WILSECK
(Jan. 2015) Director of operations fro the Colorado
Coordinated Campaign, May-Dec. 2014. Communications manager for
Larimer County Democrats, Feb. 2009-May 2014. Designer with Group
Publishing, March 2000-Jan. 2011. Production manager for
Colorcorp, March 1999-March 2000. Prepress manager at Star
Printing & Promotions/Target Graphics Ltd. in Illinois, Feb.
1997-Feb. 1999. Prepress coordinator at Washburn Graficolor in
Illinois, July 1995-Feb. 1997. B.S. in journalism from University
of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign-1995.
CONNECTICUT - MICHAEL MANDELL
(Jan. 2015) [Mandell took leave for about a month to serve as
state director of Hillary Clinton's April 24 primary campaign]. Deputy
campaign manager on Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's 2014 re-election
campaign.
Legislative aide to Gov. Malloy. Worked on Malloy's 2010
campaign. twitter
DELAWARE - RAY LEWIS
(Jan. 2016) Technology director at the party from Jan. 2013;
started as voter file manager, July-Dec. 2012. Artist,
2010-12. B.A. in communication and media studies from University
of Delaware, 2009.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - DON ISAAC, JR.
(???) Master's degree in real estate from Georgetown;
undergraduate degree from Morehouse College. (Father is director
of the Mayor's Office of Religious Affairs).
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. twitter
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. twitter
HAWAI'I - ALEXANDER WHEELER
(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. twitter
IOWA - BEN FOECKE
(announced Feb. 18, 2015) Worked for the Iowa Senate Majority
Fund starting in 2009. Iowa Democratic Party Caucus Director in
2004. Did canvassing door-to-door for the Harkin/Vilsack coordinated
campaign in 2001. twitter
KANSAS - KERRY GOOCH
(April 2015) Previously political director from July
2013. Worked in governmental affairs at Capitol Advantage in
Topeka, Jan.-Dec. 2013; campaign representative for Kansans for Wind
Energy, Jan.-Dec. 2013. Bachelor's degree in political science
from Kansas State University, 2013.
"Joined the Kansas Democratic Party as Political Director in July of 2013. Kerry is a graduate of Kansas State University where he earned a degree in Political Science. Before joining the KDP, Kerry spent a year working in governmental relations, helping to institute a successful wind energy grassroots campaign and supporting legislation before the Kansas Legislature. At the same time, Kerry served as the Finance Intern for the Kansas Democratic Party, assisting in statewide fundraising efforts and capital campaigns. Kerry is a Wichita-native and is easily the best dressed KDP staff member." twitter
KENTUCKY - DAVID O'NEILL
() .
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. twitter
MAINE - JEREMY KENNEDY
(Jan. 2015) Finance director at the party from Jan. 2013 and started as state field director, July-Nov. 2010 Campaign manager on Libby Mitchell for Governor, April-July 2010. Regional field organizer for Human Rights Campaign, Sept. 2008-March 2010. Political on Hillary Clinton for President, 2007-08. B.A. in biology and political science from University of Texas at Dallas, 2007. twitter
MARYLAND - CHARLES "CHUCK" R. CONNER III
(June 2016) Served as the Maryland Democratic Party's
director of community outreach from Feb. 2016. Director of
stewardship at Thread, a Baltimore-based non-profit that engages
underperforming high school students, Aug. 2015-Feb. 2016. Aide
to House Democratic Caucus Chair Luke Clippinger, Oct. 2013-July
2015. J.D. from the Charleston School of Law, 2013; M.Div. from
Duke University, 2008; A.B. in religion from Davidson College, 2005.
MASSACHUSETTS - JAY CINCOTTI
(June 2016...succeeded Matt Fenlon) Co-founder and owner of
Cence Cincotti Strategies. Director of operations at the MA
Democratic Party, 2005-06. MA Coordinated Campaign director in
2004. Bachelor's degree in political philosophy from Trinity
College-Hartford, 1996.
MICHIGAN - LAVORA BARNES, COO
(Aug. 2015) Deputy Clerk/Register of Deeds for Oakland County,
Jan. 2013-Aug. 2015. Michigan state director on Obama's 2012
re-election campaign, May-Nov. 2012. Communications manager for
public policy and social mission at Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Michigan. Communications director for the Michigan House
Democratic Caucus, starting 2007. Worked a regional desk in the
Office of Media Affairs at the White House. Virginia press
secretary on the Clinton-Gore '92 campaign. Legislative affairs
associate for the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Field
director on the Saslaw for Lieutenant Governor campaign in Virginia,
1989 (lost in the primary to Don Beyer). B.A. from The College of
William and Mary, 1987. twitter
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. twitter
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. twitter
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 Dick
Gephardt’s presidential campaign. Undergraduate degree in
political science from University of Missouri. twitter
MONTANA - NANCY KEENAN
(started April 20, 2015) President of NARAL Pro-Choice
America, Dec. 2004-Feb. 2013. Education policy director for
People for the American Way, 2003-04. Candidate for Congress in
2000, losing to Denny Rehberg. Served three terms as Montana
Superintendent of Public Instruction, first elected in 1988.
Served in the Montana House of Representatives. Special education
teacher. Master's degree from University of Montana; undergraduate
degree in education from Montana State University.
"Born and raised in Anaconda, Keenan worked in the Anaconda smelter
to pay her way through college. She went on to teach children with
special needs in Billings and Anaconda. She served in the Montana
legislature and as State Superintendent of Public Instruction. In 2000,
Keenan ran a strong campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Keenan later served as the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, a
leading women’s rights advocacy group."
twitter
NEBRASKA - HADLEY RICHTERS
(announced July 28, 2015; started as interim executive director after Dan Marvin left in Nov. 2014) Co-owner of the Lincoln-based political consulting and fundraising firm, Richters Brinkman, LLC. B.A. in political science from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2001.
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. twitter
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. twitter
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 - JOE KABOUREK
(announced July 27, 2015) Campaign manager on Quick for
Colorado, Feb. 2013-Nov. 2014. Deputy District Attorney in Adams
Co., Colorado. Finance on Shaffer for Colorado, Aug.-Nov.
2012. Regional director on Forward Colorado, April-Nov.
2008. J.D. from Villanova University School of Law, 2012;
bachelor's degree from University of Michigan, 2006.
NEW YORK - BASIL SMIKLE
(April 2015) Founder (2003) and principal at Basil Smikle Associates. .brief run for New York State Senate. Deputy state director to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jan. 2001-Sept. 2003; served on her first campaign for Senate. Consultant to Ron Kirk for U.S. Senate, 2002. Special assistant to Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, June 1996-Dec. 2000. Ph.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University, 2016M.P.P. from Columbia University, 1996; B.S. in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University 1993. Child of Jamaican immigrants. twitter
NORTH CAROLINA - KIMBERLY REYNOLDS
(May 2015) Office of the Democratic Leader in the NC General
Assembly, Feb.-April 2015. Norht Carolina executive director of
the Center for Supportive Schools, March 2013-May 2014. Chief of
staff (Feb. 2012-Jan. 2013) and deputy chief of staff (Jan. 2009-Feb.
2012) to the Lt. Gov. of North Carolina. Associate at Nexus Strategies,
Jan. 2007-Dec. 2008. Director of NC Democrats Senate committee,
2005-06. B.A. in political science from North Carolina State
University, 1998. twitter
NORTH DAKOTA - ROBERT HAIDER
(April 2015) Staff assistant to the House Minority Leader in
the ND Legislative Assembly, Jan.-April 2015. Campaign manager on
Taylor for Agriculture Commissioner, May-Nov. 2014. Campaign
manager on Schneider, Oversen, Mock for District 42, Aug.-Nov.
2012. Campaign manager on Corey Mock for Secretary of State,
March-Nov. 2010. Organizing fellow on the Progressive Change
Campaign Committee, Oct. 2009-Nov. 2010. Field organizer for
SEIU, June-Aug. 2009. Field organizer on Obama for America,
July-Nov. 2008. J.D. from University of North Dakota School of
Law, 2014; B.A. in political science and government from University of
North Dakota, 2010. twitter
OHIO - GREG BESWICK
(Jan. 2015) District director/communications director to U.S.
Rep. Joyce Beatty, Jan. 2013-Jan. 2015. Campaign manager on
Beatty for Congress, Dec. 2011-Dec. 2012. President of Buckey
Strategy Group, Aug. 2008-Jan. 2013. Director of policy and
legislative affairs in the Ohio Attorney General's Office, Jan.
2007-Aug. 2008. Ohio Democratic Paaty campaign manager on the
Attorney General race, May-Dec. 2006. Legislative and political
director for Care for Ohio, a project of SEIU, Feb. 2005-Dec.
2006. Central regional field director for America Coming Together
in Ohio, Aug. 2003-Dec. 2004. M.B.A. from Ohio Dominican
University, 2009. B.A. in political science from The Ohio State
University, 2001. twitter
OKLAHOMA - DONNA RUSSELL
(...) Treasurer of
the party from May 2011. Office manager for the Moore Association
of Classroom Teachers, Jan. 2006-May 2013. B.S. in education from
University of Oklahoma, 1972; B.S. in secondary education and teaching
from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, 1966.
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 - SINCERE HARRIS (Sinceré)
(announced Oct. 26, 2015) Staffer in the Office of Legislative
Affairs to Gov. Wolf. Deputy director of the Wolf Inaugural
Committee. An early staffer on Tom Wolf's 2014 campaign for
Governor; started as SE political director and then deputy statewide
political director. Worked for the non-profit Second Chance
Foundation, and on Obama re-election campaign in 2012. B.A. from
Temple University; raised in Philadelphia and is a graduate of the
Philadelphia High School for Girls.
RHODE ISLAND - ANNIE PEASE
(...) Started at the party as field director in June
2014. B.S. in environmental and natural resource economics from
University of Rhode Island, 2014.
SOUTH CAROLINA - CHRISTALE SPAIN
(May
2016) Political outreach
director on Bernie Sanders SC primary campaign from Sept. 15,
2015. Deputy executive director of the South
Carolina Democratic Party; started at the party in April 2012.
Director of activities and education programs at the Carolina Childrens
Home, March 2005-Aug. 2011. M.A. in
human behavior and conflict management from Columbia College, 2010;
B.A. in
sociology (human services) from University of South Carolina at
Aiken, 1999. Native of Columbia, SC. twitter
"Christale Spain is the Executive Director of the South Carolina
Democratic Party; she has been with the party since 2012. Christale
temporarily served as Interim Executive Director of SCDP in 2015 during
this time she helped plan and coordinate one the Party’s most
successful Issues Conference’s to date. Most-recently Christale
served on Senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign in South
Carolina and other states as the Political Outreach Director.
"Christale began working in politics in 2008 by volunteering for the
Obama for America presidential campaign. Her love for people and
community activism has led her to a number of volunteer opportunities
and leadership roles. Christale worked in the social services field for
many years advocating for adolescents, people with disabilities and the
homeless.
"Christale received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (Human
Services) at the University of South Carolina @ Aiken and a Masters of
Arts in Human Behavior and Conflict Management at Columbia College; she
is also a Congressional Black Caucus Institute Boot Camp graduate.
Christale is a native of Columbia, SC where she currently resides
with her teenage son. She looks forward to helping build a
stronger South Carolina Democratic Party focused on organizing at the
local level , constituency outreach and strategic planning."
SOUTH DAKOTA - SUZIE JONES PRANGER
(started Aug. 3,
2015) Most recently clerked for a judge in Sioux Falls.
Fifth generation South Dakotan. J.D. from USD School of Law,
2014; masters degree in political science from USD; B.A. in political
science from USD, 2011; also president of USD College Democrats,
2010-11.
TENNESSEE - MARY MANCINI
(chair).
TEXAS - CRYSTAL KAY PERKINS
(Feb. 2015) National financial director for Mark Schauer for
Governor of Michigan, June 2013-Dec. 2014. Regional
campaign services director for the DCCC, Jan. 2012-Jan. 2013.
Southern deputy finance director for the DSCC, Feb.-Dec. 2011.
Deputy campaign manager on Julie Lass for Congress (WI), July-Nov.
2010. Deputy finance director on Cal Cunningham for U.S. Senate
(NC), Jan.-Jly 2010. Finance director on Jack McDonald for
Congress (TX-10), Feb.-Dec. 2009. Finance consultant with
Progressive Capitol Group, May 2008-Dec. 2009. From South Side
San Antonio. twitter
UTAH - LAUREN LITTLEFIELD
(Feb. 2015)
Political director from Jan. 2013. Executive director of the Salt
Lake County Democratic Party, Sept. 2011-Jan. 2013. Manager of
advocacy and programs for Equality Utah, Jan. 2008-Aug. 2011.
Assitant field director on Wilson for Mayor, March-Sept. 2007.
B.S. in gender studies from University of Utah, 2007. Salt Lake
City native. twitter
VERMONT - CONOR CASEY
(from July 2015 after Julia Barnes went to the Sanders
campaign)..
Conor Owen Casey has over a decade of experience as a campaign
manager, organizer, fundraiser and advocate.
Growing up between Ireland and the United States
he developed a deep appreciation for worker's rights and political
activism at an early age. Conor received his B.A. in Media Arts at
Emerson College in Boston and completed his M.A. in Communications at
Dublin City University.
After returning to the States, Conor worked in the press office of
Senator Edward Kennedy prior to accepting a position with the Vermont
State Employees' Association. As Political Director, Conor saw VSEA
through some of its most difficult years during the recession and
managed to pass some of the strongest whistleblower protection and
anti-privatization laws in the country.
He has worked on countless campaigns on every level and most
recently served as Political Coordinator for the Connecticut Education
Association, the largest union in the state, representing over 43,000
classroom teachers.
He has twice been elected Vermont Justice of the Peace and has
served on the executive and state committees of the Vermont Democratic
Party.
In 2013, Conor was honored by the Irish Echo as one of the top 100
Irish in the labor movement to commemorate the centennial
anniversary of the Dublin Lockouts.
Conor lives in Montpelier with his lovely wife, Pixy and ferocious
greyhound, Liffey. twitter
VIRGINIA - BECCA SLUTZKY
(May 2015) Campaign manager for Yes on Prop. 47, Californians
for Safe Neighborhoods and Schoos, 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.
"Rebecca is a native Virginian, having grown up in Charlottesville and is a veteran of both Virginia and national campaigns. She worked as a Regional Field Director for Hillary Clinton in 2008, Terry McAuliffe for Governor in 2009, Deeds for Governor 2009 and most recently managed a successful California statewide ballot initiative, Proposition 47, which implemented social justice reform. Rebecca has a political science degree from Virginia Tech and a law degree from Santa Clara Law, Santa Clara, California." twitter
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. twitter
WISCONSIN - KORY KOZLOWSKI
(announced Sept. 30, 2015, started at the beginning of Nov.
2015) A senior associate and communications strategist at A|L
Media (Adelstein Liston) from Nov. 2011-Oct. 2015. Director of
the DPW Coordinated Campaign for 2011 Senate recalls, March-Sept.
2011. Executive director of WI State Senate Democratic Committee,
Jan. 2009-March 2011. Chief of staff to Sen. Lena Taylor, Nov.
2006-Dec. 2007. Campaign manager on John Lehman for Senate, April-Nov.
2006. B.A. in political science from UW-Milwaukee. twitter
WYOMING - AIMEE VAN CLEAVE
(from May 2015) "Aimee is an outspoken, unapologetic
feminist. A Laramie native, she is
excited to use her passion for grassroots organizing to develop the
presence of the Wyoming Democratic Party and elect new Democrats to
office. Prior to her work with the WDP she has worked for Battleground
Texas, the Human Rights Campaign, NARAL Pro-Choice Wyoming, and in the
Wyoming Legislature." twitter
Graduate of Laramie High School.
Attended University of Wyoming.
DEMS ABROAD - no exec.dir.; chair KATIE
SOLON
PUERTO RICO - TATIANA ALEJANDRO
AMERICAN SAMOA - ANDREW
BERQUIST
GUAM - JON JUNIOR CALVO
VIRGIN ISLANDS - PAMELA
SAMUEL