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Chairman Gov. Dan Malloy (CT)
(elected Dec. 7, 2015, succeeding Gov. Steve
Bullock)
Elected Governor in Nov. 2010 and re-elected in Nov. 2014.
Unsuccessful candidate in the Democratic primary for governor in
2006. Mayor of Stamford from 1995-2009. Assistant District
Attorney in Brooklyn, NY, 1980-84. Graduate of Boston College Law
School and Boston College. Born and raised in Stamford.
Senior
Advisor/Advisor to the Chair ?
Vice Chair - Jay Inslee (WA)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Executive Director Elisabeth Pearson
(reported by Politico on Dec. 22, 2014, continued on
from when Bullock was chair) Pearson
was political
director at the DGA in the 2014 cycle; started at the DGA as campaign
director.
Campaign manager on Jody Wagner's campaign for Lt.
Governor of Virginia, 2009. Virginia Victory 2008 coordinated
campaign director. Campaign director
for the
Democratic Party of Virginia in 2006-07. Deputy director of the
statewide coordinated campaign that elected Tim Kaine in 2005.
Undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College, 2003.
POLITICAL
Political Director Corey Platt
Deputy political director at the DGA in the 2014 cycle. National field director at SEIU during the 2012 cycle. Over a decade managing and working on campaigns including: Senior advisor at the Missouri Democratic Party and directed the coordinated campaign for Robin Carnahan’s 2010 Senate campaign. Campaign manager on Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty's brief campaign for governor of Pennsylvania, 2009-Feb. 2010. Managed Kay Barnes for Congress in 2008. Political director for the Missouri Democratic Party. twitter
Deputy Political Director Marshall Cohen
COMMUNICATIONS
Communications Director Jared Leopold
(announced Feb. 18, 2015) To the DGA from Sen. Maria Cantwell's office where he served as communications director for four years; also communications advisor on Cantwell's 2012 re-election campaign. Deputy communications director at the DSCC in Fall 2010. Campaign manager on Cal Cunningham's 2010 U.S. Senate primary race in North Carolina. Virginia Victory 2008 communications director. Worked with the Virginia House and Senate caucuses on the 2007 elections. Graduate of Northwestern University. Philadelphia native. twitter
DIGITAL
Digital Director Gavrie Kullman
(announced Feb. 18, 2015) Director of direct
response fundraising for the DGA from July 2014. Director of
online development for United Service Organizations (US), Oct.
2011-July 2014. Senior account executive at Anne Lewis
Strategies, June 2007-Oct. 2011. Deputy director of marketing,
online (Dec. 2006-June 2007) and direct marketing coordinator (April
2005-Dec. 2006) at the DSCC. Field organizer at Tom Daschle for
Senate, March-Dec. 2004. Field coordinator in Nashua, NH on John
Kerry for President, Nov. 2003-Feb. 2004. B.A. in political
science from UC Riverside, 2003.
Digital Assistant Ronnie Eder
(July 2015) B.A. in political communication from
The George
Washington University, 2015.
Digital Assistant Josh Ellis
(Feb. 2016) Master's degree in political
communication (2016) and
bachelor's degreee in political science and government (2015) from
American University.
Research
Research Director Heather Owens
Previously research manager at EMILY's List.
Research analyst at IMS, Inc., March 2007-July 2013. Research
analyst at the DCCC, Jan. 2006-March 2007. M.P.P. from The George
Washington University, 2008; B.A. in politics and international studies
from Fairfield University, 2005.
Deputy Research Director Emma Anspach
(Jan. 2016) Director of communications and
research on Ginny
Deerin for Mayor of Charleston, SC, Feb.-Nov. 2015. Research
analyst at the DCCC, Jan.-Dec. 2014. Defense/national security
legislative analyst at Cassidy and Associates, Jan.-Oct. 2013.
Field organizer for the DCCC, July-Nov. 2012. B.A. in political
science and history from Duke University, 2012.
Research Assistant Jonathan Geldof
(June 2016) Bachelor's degreee in
political science and government from University of Kentucky, 2016.
Policy
Policy Director Kwame Boadi
(Feb. 2015) Account executive at
Mack-Sumner communications,
June-Nov. 20014. Economic policy analyst at the Center for
American Progress, July 2012-June 2014. Polycy analyst at the
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities/DC Fiscal Policy Institute, Aug.
2010-July 2012. Correspondence specialist in the Office of Sen.
Mark Warner, Jan.-Aug. 2010. Federal policy analyst in the Office
of Gov. Tim Kaine, Oct. 2009-Jan. 2010. Research consultant at MJ
Beck Consulting, LLC, Oct. 2008-June 2009. Finance associate at
Political Development Group, LLC, Aug. 2005-July 2007. Virginia
campaigns, Jan.-June 2005. Account manager at Winning Directions,
June 2004-Jan. 2005. Field director on Puller for Senate
(VA-36)/Amundson for Delegate (VA-44), June-Nov. 2003. Canvass
director on Mark Shriver for Congress (MD-8), May-Sept. 2002.
M.A. in international relations from The Johns Hopkins University SAIS,
2009; B.A. in political science and economics from University of
Virginia, 2004. Originally from Ghana.
Policy Assistant Brandon Graham
(Nov. 2015) Deputy regional director in U.S.
Sen. Chuck Schumer's Hudson Valley regional office, June 2014-Nov.
2015. Regional field organizer on Juliette Kayyem for Governor
(MA), May-June 2014. Bachelor's degree in political science from
UMass Amherst, 2014.
DATA
Data Director Michelle Finkle
(Feb. 2016) GOTC deputy data director at Hillary for America, Jan.-Feb. 2016. Data analyst at The Voter Participation Center, March 2015-Jan. 2016. Midwest targeting director for the DCCC, Dec. 2013-Dec. 2014. Deputy data director for the Democratic Party of Virginia Coordinated Campaign, Terry McAuliffe for Governor, Aug.-Nov. 2013. Wisconsin data and targeting director at America Votes, March 2012-July 2013. Call time manager for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, Oct. 2011-Feb. 2012. B.A. in political science, business from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011.
FINANCE
Finance Director Noam Lee
(announced Feb. 18, 2014) Major donor director
at the DGA in the 2014 cycle from
Feb. 2013.
Southern finance director at the
DSCC, Feb. 2011-Jan.
2013. Deputy finance director on Friends for Harry Reid, May-Nov.
2010. Deputy finance director on Alex Sink for Governor (FL),
Jan.-April 2010. Northern Virginia finance director on Virginians
for Wagner, Jan.-Nov. 2009. Regional field director for the
Democratic Party of Virginia, Oct.-Nov. 2008. Senior associate at
The Media Guys, Inc., March-Sept. 2008. Field organizer on John
Edwards for President, July 2007-Jan. 2008. Deputy campaign
manager on Kacie Starr Triplett for Alderman, Jan.-March 2007.
Field organizer on Jeff Smith for Missouri Senate, June-Aug.
2008. B.A. in political science, Hebrew from Washington
University in St. Louis, 2007. Originally from Tempe, AZ.
Deputy Finance Director Kate Bukowski
(started Dec. 2013 as finance and events assistant) Program manager and events coordinator at Winning Connections, Jan. 2012-Dec. 2013. Internships. B.A. in anthropology and political science from University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011.
Events Director Lindsay Hayes
(Jan. 2016) Director of scheduling and advance
at the U.S. Small
Business Administration, Sept. 2014-Jan. 2016. Deputy director
and hotel program director (June 2013-Sept. 2014), advance coordinator
(Aug. 2012-June 2013) and advance associate (April-July 2012) at The
White House. Consultant to the DGA, Jan.-March 2012.
Finance
director on Taxpayers for Quinn (IL), Oct. 2011-Jan. 2012. Events
director (Dec. 2009-Oct. 2011), deputy finance director (Dec. 2009-Dec.
2009) and finance assistant (Feb.-Dec. 2007) at the DGA. Policy
assistant at the Children's Defense Fund, Aug. 2005-Jan. 2007.
B.A. in sociology, political science from The Ohio State University,
2005.
Deputy Events Director Leti Davalos
(May 2016) Previously worked for U.S. Rep.
Xavier Becerra (CA-34)
as advisor for Member services (Feb. 2015-April 2016), Member outreach
assistant (March 2014-Feb. 2015) and staff assistant (Jan. 2013-March
2014). Bachelor's degree in political science from UC Berkeley,
2012.
Major Donor Director Meghan Meehan-Draper
Has served as finance director for multiple
congressional and down
ballot state-wide campaigns. In 2014 she served as finance
director on Gov. Dan Malloy's re-election, and earlier as finance
director on Allyson Schwartz's campaign for governor in
Pennsylvania. Graduate of Ekerd College. Florida native.
Director of Corporate Membership Becca Durr
(March 2015) Finance consultant to Sen. Michael
Bennet, Rep.
Joaquin Castro, early 2015. Dpeuty national finance director for
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, and deputy mid-Atlantic finance
director at the DCCC. Finance director to U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei,
Jan.-Nov. 2012. Field director on George Barker for Virginia
State Senate, June-Nov. 2011. Dpeuty finance director on John
Perdue for Governor, West Virginia, Feb.-June 2011. Fegional
field director on U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards' camapign, June-Nov.
2010. Studied at The University of Texas at Austin.
Finance Assistant Fernando Ramos (May
2015-Aug. 2016 then to Hillary for America)
OPERATIONS AND MORE
Chief Operating Officer Stephen Hill
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Director of Operations & Intern Coordinator Donna Tappin
Also director of operations in the 2006, 2008, 2010,
2012 and 2014
cycles. B.Sc. in marketing from University of the West
Indies, St. Augustine campus, 1979.
Compliance Assistant Audrey Schlette
(April 2016) Development associate (Feb.
2015-March 2016) and development assistant (June 2014-Feb. 2015) at
Americans for Responsible Solutions. B.a. in American studies,
government from Connecticut College, 2014.
Administrative Assistant Kathleen Schiavenza
(Sept. 2015) B.A. in political science and peace
studies from
University of Notre Dame, 2015.
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES
I.E. Director Joe Schafer
Campaign manager on Tom Wolf for Governor, April 2013-Dec. 2014. Campaign manager for Gov. Tomblin in West Virginia, Feb. 2011-Nov. 2012. Northeast political director at the DCCC, April 2009-Jan. 2011. Executive director of the Pennsylvania HDCC, March 2008-March 20089. Campaign manager on No on I-96-, Aug.-Nov. 2007. Campaign manager on Zack Space for Congress (OH-18), June-Nov. 2006. Campaign manager on Tammy Duckworth for Congress (IL-6), Dec. 2005-April 2006. Campaign manager on Leslie Byrne for Lt. Governor, March-Nov. 2005. Campaign manager on David Valesky for State Senate (NY), July-Nov. 2004. Studied at Northwestern University.