(page
updated September 2, 2015)
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| @JimWebbUSA
announced candidacy July 2, 2015
see also: pre-campaign
organization
Ed. note: The Webb campaign, which had appeared quiescent through July 2015, appears to be perking up...
Denny Shaw
(Aug. 2015) Business law attorney, and
adjunct professor at SDSU and Pt. Loma Nazarene College. Chief
operations officer of i-SAFE, Inc., a non-profit e-safety
publishing company. Ran for Judge of the Superior Court in San
Diego County, finishing second in the March 7, 2000 election.
Served seven years in high level Department of Defense policy making
positions during the Reagan Administration - as Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense and
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, as Deputy
Under Secretary of the Navy, and on special assignment transferring
control of the National Defense Strategic and Critical Material
Stockpile to the DOD. Air Force officer. J.D. from
University of San Diego School of Law, 1980; M.A. in strategic studies
and defense analysis from University of Lancaster, England, 1970; B.A.
in political science from UCLA, 1969. Relocated from California
to help
on the campaign.
Advisor David "Mudcat" Saunders
Best known as a colorful and quotable strategist
on the bubba/rural vote. Senior political strategist on Wayne
Powell's 2012 campaign against U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor. Senior
advisor on former Sen. John Edwards' 2007-08 presidential
campaign. Senior advisor on Webb's 2006 U.S. Senate
campaign. Advised Sen. Bob Graham on rural strategy in his
presidential campaign in 2003. Did rural outreach for Sen. John
Edwards' leadership PAC, New American Optimists, 2002. Rural strategist
on Mark Warner's successful campaign for governor of Virginia in 2001
(Steve Jarding, campaign manager). Started out as a sportswriter
in Roanoke and then for the Newport News Daily Press. From
Roanoke. Co-author with Steve Jarding of Foxes in the Henhouse: How the Republicans
Stole the South and the Heartland and What the Democrats Must Do to Run
'em Out (Touchstone, March 2006). Saunders also owns a
fair bit of real estate
in downtown Roanoke, VA.
Communications Director Craig Crawford
(announced Jan. 2, 2015) Publisher of Trail Mix from June 2005 to July 2015. Contributor, commentator and columnist, including for CQ Roll Call, MSNBC and CBS News. Publisher (2001-03) and editor-in-chief (1997-2001) of The Hotline. Washington bureau chief (1989-97), national political reporter (1987-89), and legal affairs correspondent (1985-87) for the Orlando Sentinel. Worked on the presidential campaigns of Jimmy Carter, John Glenn (Alabama state field director), and Walter Mondale (Georgia state field director in the general election). Practiced law in Orlando to 1984. Candidate for state legislature in Orlando, 1982. J.D. from Stetson University College of Law, 1981; B.A. in history, political science, English from Stetson University, 1978. Grew up in Orlando, FL. Author of Attack the Messenger (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005) and The Politics of Life (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011) and co-author of Listen Up, Mr. President (Scribner, 2009). twitter
Social Media/Veterans Coordinator Joe Chennelly
(Aug. 2015) More than 16 years of experience in
marketing,
communications,
corporate and non-profit development, management, crisis
communications, and community engagement Assistant national
director for communications for Disabled American Veterans from
2008. Elected member of the Calvert County Board of Education,
Nov. 2012-14. President of Social Communications of Southern
Maryland, 2009-March 2014. National director of communications at
American Veterans, 2006-08. Media director at U.S. Marine Corps
Base Quantico, VA, 2006-07. Staff writer/deputy news editor at
Gannett, 2004-06. Staff writer for Leatherneck magazine,
2004. Marine combat veteran and served in Afghanistan and Iraq,
1997-2003. Bachelor's degree from Chapman University 2003;
studied photojournalism at Syracuse University, and journalism at the
Defense Information School; A.A. from Finger Lakes Community College,
1997. twitter
Fundraising Anastasia Apa
(Aug. 11, 2015 email) Founder (2010) and
principal at ApaFirm, which
raises money for the
progressive campaigns and causes, and earlier focused on staffing for
political campaigns. Has raised money for more than 15
campaigns. Deputy scheduler on a U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania
in 2004. Special assistant at Williams, Stern & Associates
(WSA), a heath policy and evaluation firm. In 2002 she managed a
Miami-Dade countywide ballot initiative race for the ACLU of Florida's
"Say NO to Discrimination" campaign. Apa started in politics in
2001 as an intern to U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek (FL). Originally from
Miami, Florida. twitter
No. Virginia Office:
203 South Alfred St., Alexandria, VA 22314
Kyle Grantier
Senior associate at Ward Circle Strategies starting in
July 2014.
Legislative correspondent to U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, Jan. 2013-July
2014. Legislative correspondend (Aug. 2012-Jan. 2013) and staff
assistant (Jan.-Aug. 2012) to U.S. Sen. Jim Webb. B.A. in
government from Hampden-Sydney College, 2011.
Joe Stanley
(end of May or early June 2015...reported by the Des Moines Register)
Interactive marketing manager at Foot Levelers, Inc. Jan. 2010-June
2011. Designer/owner at StarCityDesign, March 2002-Jan.
2010. Campaign manager on Ferguson for Delegate in Rocky Mount,
VA, 2005-Dec. 2007. Web designer/content developer on Webb for
Senate, Jan.-Dec. 2006. Web design on Deeds for Attorney General,
2005. Production manager and art director at Agile Industries,
Aug. 2000-Oct. 2001. New media design at Ziccardi & Partners,
Jan.-Aug. 2000. Director of education/webmaster for the New York
Genealogical and Biographical Society, Feb. 1996-Jan. 2000.
Master's degree in educational theatre from New York University, 1997;
B.A. in fine arts from Ferrum College, 1993. twitter
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