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State Director Tracey Lewis
(reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on July 28, 2020) Senior advisor for organizing on Warren for President, Jan. 2019-Mar. 2020. Deputy executive director and COO at the DSCC in the 2018 cycle, announced Feb. 16, 2017. Senior advisor for Georgia on HIllary for America in Fall 2016; earlier directed surrogate operations at the Democratic National Convention; and was primary states director on Hillary for America. State strategic advisor to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA). COO for Michelle Nunn's campaign for U.S. Senate in Georgia in 2014. Deputy campaign manager on Warren's 2012 campaign for U.S. Senate. Principal in the grassroots practice at Dewey Square Group from May 2011. National field director for the Alliance for Climate Protection. Managed the 2010 Connecticut Coordinated Campaign. General election director on Obama's Campaign for Change in New Hampshire, July-Nov. 2008. New Hampshire field director for Hillary Clinton's 2008 primary campaign, then served as senior staff and field advisor and organized get-out-the-vote efforts for Clinton in six other primary states. Campaign manager for Massachusetts Democrats' Victory ‘06 Coordinated Campaign. Deputy director of Sen. John Kerry's leadership committee, Keeping America's Promise. Worked in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Florida for John Kerry in 2004 and served as Kerry's credentials director during the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Worked in Wisconsin for Gore-Lieberman in 2000. Lewis has also worked on various local and statewide races in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Graduate of Colgate University. Grew up in Syracuse, NY. twitter
Senior Advisor Simone Bell
(reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on July 28, 2020) Served in the Georgia House, 2009-15 representing District 58; elected in a 2009 special election, the first Black out lesbian state rep. in the U.S.. Southern region director for Lambda Legal. B.A. in English literature/creative writing from Agnes Scott College, 2003.
Senior Advisor Tharon Johnson
(reported by the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution on July 28, 2020) Founder
(May 2017) and CEO of Paramount Consulting Group, LLC in
Atlanta. Director at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, July
2015-Apr. 2017. Managing director at McKenna Long
& Aldridge LLP, Jan. 2013-July 2015. National
Southern regional director and senior advisor to Florida on
Obama for America, Aug. 2011-Nov. 2012. Partner at
Piedmont Public Affairs, Jan.-Aug. 2011. Senior advisor
to Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Jan. 2010-Jan. 2011; campaign
manager on Reed's campaign for mayor, Apr.-Dec. 2009.
District director to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, Feb. 2007-Apr.
2009; campaign manager on Lewis' re-election, Apr.-Aug.
2008. Deputy chief of staff to U.S. Rep. John Barrow,
Jan. 2005-Jan. 2007; political and field director on Barrow's
campaign for Congress, May-Dec. 2004. Public relations
specialist at Georgia Department of Labor, Apr. 2002-May
2004. Campaign manager on Michael Thurmond's re-election
campaign for Labor Commissioner, May-Nov. 2002. Program
assistant in the Mayor's Office for Community Affairs, July
2000-Jan. 2002. B.A. in history from Clark Atlanta
University, 2001. Grew up in Athens; born in
Atlanta. twitter
Senior Advisor T.J. Copeland
(reported by the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution on Sept. 8, 2020)
Political/business consultant in the Atlanta area; CEO of
Horizon Partners LLC from Feb. 2016. Teacher in Fulton
County Schools, Feb. 2003-Apr. 2016. Curriculum
developer for Verizon Wireless, 2013-14. Candidate for
Georgia House in District 63, losing the Aug. 2012 Democratic
runoff. Candidate for Georgia House in 2006 and
2004. M.Ed. from Georgia State University, 2010; M.P.A.
in public relations/image management (2006) and B.A. in
political science and government (2004) from Jacksonville
State University. twitter
Political Director Dominick Perkins
(reported by the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution on July 28, 2020) Political
consultant at Perkins & Associates Political Consulting,
LLC from Nov. 2011. Campaigns worked on include: senior
advisor on Sanford Bishop for Congress, Feb.-Nov. 2018.
Senior advisor on Mimi Woodson for Columbus City Council,
Jan.-May 2018. Data director on Kia Chambers for
at-large School Board, Jan.-May 2018. Director of data
and analytics on Jim Barksdale for U.S. Senate, June-Nov.
2016. Worked on a couple of local races in the first
part of 2016. Campaign manager on Teddy Reese for
Columbus City Council, Dec. 2015-May 2016. Data director
on Sanford Bishop for Congress, July-Nov. 2014.
Operations director on Teresa Tomlinson 2014, June 2013-May
2014. Regional field director on Sanford Bishop for
Congress, June-Nov. 2012. M.S. in international
relations and affairs from Troy University, 2011; B.A. in
political science from Georgia Southern University, 2006; A.S.
in international affairs from Georgia Military
College-Columbus, 2006.
Coalitions Director Phillip Thompson
(reported by the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution on Sept. 8, 2020) Experience
includes director of candidate development for Leadership for
Educational Equity, partner at The Maccabee Group, deputy
executive director at the Florida Democratic Party, and
campaign manager at the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun
Violence.
Communications Director Jaclyn Rothenberg
(early Sept. 2020) Senior communications
advisor for the First Lady (from Sept. 2019), deputy
communications director and rapid response (Apr.-Sept. 2019),
first deputy press secretary (June 2018-Apr. 2019) and deputy
press secretary (Jan. 2017-June 2018) in the NYC Office of the
Mayor. National press secretary on Bill de Blasio 2020
presidential campaign. Western Pennsylvania press secretary
(July-Nov. 2016) and national advance press lead and site lead
(Apr. 2015-July 2016) on Hillary for America. A vice
president at SKDKnickerbocker, May 2015-July 2016.
Senior associate for the digital and public affairs teams at
Teneo Strategy, May 2013-May 2015. Advance lead in the
Office of Sec. Hillary Clinton, Mar. 2014-Apr. 2015.
Associate at SKDKnickerbocker, Apr. 2012-May 2013.
Client executive (Sept. 2011-Apr. 2012) and client staff
assistant (Aug. 2010-Sept. 2011) at Burson-Marsteller.
B.A. in psychology from The George Washington University,
2010. Personal assistant at Nancy Jacobson Consulting,
Sept. 2007-May 2010. From Atlanta. twitter
Deputy Communications Director Matthew Creegan
(Sept. 2020) Director of communications
(from July 2019) and deputy press secretary (Aug. 2017-July
2019) at the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and
Development. Project coordinator, government and
community affairs at Columbia University in the City of New
York, June 2016-Aug. 2017. Search coordinator at FPL
Advisory Group, Mar. 2015-June 2016. Journalist at CNBC,
June 2013-Mar. 2015. M.B.A. in business administration,
management and operations (2013) and B.A. degrees in
journalism and Spanish (2013) from Quinnipiac University.
twitter
Press Secretary Jeremy Edwards
(Sept. 2020) Communications director for U.S.
Rep. Bobby Rush (IL) from Aug. 2019. A deputy
spokesperson (Feb.-Aug. 2019), press assistant (Aug. 2017-Feb.
2019) and paralegal specialist (July 2016-Aug. 2017) at the
U.S. Department of Justice. Assistant supervisor (July
2014-July 2016) and aide (Sept. 2013-July 2014) in the
Marshal's Office at the U.S. Supreme Court. B.S. in
speech communication and rhetoric from Syracuse University,
2013. twitter
Deputy Press Secretary Rebecca Galanti
Senior communications associate (from Jan.
2020), communications associate (Sept. 2017-Jan. 2020) and
communications assistant (June-Sept. 2017) at STG. B.A.
in international affairs from The George Washington
University, 2017. twitter
Communications Associate Abby Glime
(Sept. 2020) Advance person/right hand
woman to Nora Kate Keefe on Elizabeth Warren's presidential
campaign and worked in her Senate office. twitter
Coordinated Campaign
State Director Jeremy Halbert-Harris
(reported by the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution on Sept. 8, 2020) Founder
(Mar. 2013) and CEO of JH2 Group in the Atlanta area.
Deputy political director of the Democratic Attorneys General
Association, Mar. 2019-Mar. 2020. Campaign manager on
Charlie Bailey for Attorney General (GA), May-Nov. 2018.
Deputy campaign manager on Stacey Evans for Governor (GA),
Jan.-May 2018. Deputy political director on Jim
Barksdale for Senate (GA), June-Dec. 2016. Marketing
director for ONYX MS Group, May-July 2013. B.A. in
business, management, marketing from Morehouse College,
2013. twitter
Deputy State Director Jack DeLapp
(reported by the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution on Sept. 8, 2020) Director of
campaigns, data and analytics at Fair Fight Action from Nov.
2018. Data director on Stacey Abrams for Governor, June
2017-Nov. 2018. National data and analytics manager
(Apr.-Nov. 2016) and Iowa data director (Mar. 2015-Mar. 2016)
at NextGen Climate. Deputy data director for the North
Carolina Democratic Coordinated Campaign, June-Nov.
2014. B.A. in political science from The George
Washington University, 2014. twitter
Deputy State Director Scott Genzink
(reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Sept. 8, 2020) Deputy organizing director on Biden's Iowa caucus campaign, Mmay 2019-Feb. 2020. Organizing and youth vote director on Deidre DeJear for Secretary of State, Aug.-Nov. 2018. Aide to the Secretary of State of New Jersey, Jan.-Aug. 2018. Deputy field director on Murphy for Governor (NJ), Jan.-Nov. 2017. Regional organizing director in Wausau for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, Apr.-Nov. 2016. Organizer in Milwaukee, WI, York, ME and Knoxville, IA on Hillary for America, July 2015-Apr. 2016. Regional field director for the New York State Democratic Committee, July-Nov. 2014. Field organizer on Cory Booker for Senate, July-Oct. 2013. B.A. in political science and sociology from Calvin College, 2013. twitter
Deputy State Director Reese McCranie
(reported by the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution on July 28, 2020) Deputy
chief equity officer in the Mayor's Office of Equity,
Diversity and Inclusion, City of Atlanta from Mar. 2018.
Director of policy and communications at Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport, June 2013-Mar. 2018.
Candidate for Fulton County Commission, District 4 in Nov.
2017. Deputy director of communications for Atlanta
Mayor Kasim Reed, Jan. 2010-June 2013; director of
communications and media on Reed's campaign for mayor, May
2009-Jan. 2010. M.B.A. from Georgia Institute of
Technology, 2014; bachelor's degree in political science and
international affairs from Florida State University,
1999. twitter
Organizing Director Matt Handsfield
(reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Sept. 8, 2020) Georgia organizing director on Mike Bloomberg 2020. South Carolina organizing director on Cory 2020, May-Sept. 2019. Deputy field director for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party in 2018. Worked for Virginia Democrats in 2017. Worked on Hillary for America. Degree in political science from Tulane University, 2014. Atlanta native. twitter
Digital Organizing Director Stacia Yim
(reported by the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution on Sept. 8, 2020) Experience
includes Pilates, barre and yoga teacher and high schooll
social studies teacher. Originally from New
Orleans. twitter
Data Director Chelsea Jones
(reported by the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution on Sept. 8, 2020) Data
director on Biden's Nevada caucus campaign, June 2019-Feb.
2020. Deputy data director for the Indiana Democratic
Party, Aug.-Nov. 2018. Field organizer on Hubbell for
Governor, Dec. 2017-June 2018. Field organizer in
Richmond area for the Democratic Party of Virginia, June-Nov.
2017. Field organizer in Orlando area for the Florida
Democratic Party, July-Nov. 2016. Customer service
representative/contractor, Aug. 2015-July 2016. Account
executive at PLS Logistics Services, June-Nov. 2014.
B.A. in political science/economics from Florida State
University, 2014.
Deputy Data Director Luxshmi Sivalogan
(Sept. 2020) Data director on Kennedy
for MA, Dec. 2019-Sept. 2020. Specialist 1 (July-Dec.
2019) and specialist (June 2017-July 2019) for payment
accuracy at Cotiviti. Bachelor's degree in health policy
and management/business studies from Providence College, 2017.
Deputy Data Director Sophie Lanier
(Aug. 2020) Data fellow at Bluebonnet
Data, June-Nov. 2020. B.A. in computer science and
political science from Barnard College, Columbia University in
the City of New York, 2020.
Deputy Data Director - DigiDems Kyle McNicoll
(July 2020) Hired by DigiDems as a
political technical specialist in May 2020 and donated to the
Georgia Coordinated Campaign as an in-kind contribution.
Financial services consultant at Century Consulting Services,
Mar.-Dec. 2018. Bachelor's degree in business and
management from Wheaton College Massachusetts.
Voter Protection Director Saira Amir Draper
(reported by the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution on Sept. 8,
2020) Moved over from serving the same position for the
state party from Dec. 2019; started there as deputy voter
protection director, Sept.-Dec. 2019. Senior staff
attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center, Nov. 2018-Sept.
2019. Litigation associate at Jones Day in Atlanta, Oct.
2011-Oct. 2018. Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras, June
2006-Aug. 2008. J.D. from Georgetown University Law
Center, 2011; B.S. in public policy from Georgia Institute of
Technology, 2006. twitter
Operations Director Candice Washington
(reported by the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution on Sept. 8, 2020) Announced
as operations director of the Democratic Party of Georgia on
Sept. 10, 2019. J.D. from Tulane University;
undergraduate degree from the College of Wooster.
Georgia native.
See: Greg Bluestein. "Joe Biden is beefing up his
campaign in Georgia." Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, Sept. 8, 2020.
...added 11 additional staff with 2 months to go
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Chairwoman Sen. Nikema Williams
(elected Jan. 2019; earlier served as first
vice chair and in 2013 as interim chair) Selected as
Democratic nominee for Congress in GA-5 on July 20 following
the death of U.S. Rep. John Lewis. State senator
representing District 39, elected in a 2017 special
election. State director for the National Domestic
Workers Alliance from June 2018. Vice president of
public policy, Mar. 2011-Jan. 2018) and director of public
policy (Apr. 2010-Jan. 2018) at Planned Parenthood
Southeast. Public policy manager (Jan. 2008-Mar. 2010)
and legislative coordinator (Jan.-Apr. 2008) at Planned
Parenthood of Georgia. Chair of 13th CD Democrats,
2007-09. Managed TJ Copeland's campaign in HD 65,
2004-06. B.A. in biology from Talladega College.
Originally from Alabama. twitter1, twitter2
First Vice Chair Ted Terry
Vice Chair of Candidate Recruitment Adrienne White
Vice Chair of CD Chairs and County Party Liaison Sarah
Todd
Vice Chair for Constituency Groups Bee Nguyen
Secretary Justin Holsomback
Treasurer Jason Esteves
Executive Director Scott A. Hogan
(July 2019) Campaign manager on James Smith's campaign
for governor of South Carolina, July-Nov. 2018.
Campaign manager on Jenny Wilson's campaign for U.S. Senate
in Utah from Sept. 2017. Worked on Tom Perez's
campaign for chairman of the DNC. Worked on
HIllary for America
Statewide Field Director Tyler
McDermott
Voter File Administrator Grassroots Georgia Director
Jeff Totty
Canvass Director Todd Hendricks
Communications Director Maggie Chambers twitter
Director of Party Affairs Justin Pitts
Operations Director Candice Washington
Legislative Campaign Director Craig Walters
Digital Director Naomi Rutagarama
Senior Communications Advisor Alex Floyd
Finance Director
Scheduler Kristina Kimball
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