Biden
for President
(page updated May 8,
2020, also corrections/revisions July 22, 2020)
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Philadelphia, PA.
Attention Readers:
This page is the primary
election edition. It shows my understanding of
the campaign from launch through the contested primaries
to late April
2020, including national staff and the large
organizations in the early states. Greg Schultz led the
campaign for most of this time. On
March 12, 2020, the campaign announced Jennifer O'Malley
Dillon as campaign manager, signaling a turn towards the
general election.
The pandemic put a pause on growth in the latter part of
March and April as staff worked remotely (+). Biden became the presumptive
nominee on April 8. Suggestions/input/additions/corrections for
this primary election edition page would be greatly
appreciated. For my current understanding of the
campaign, please see the presumptive
nominee edition which
picks up towards
the end of April 2020.
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Campaign Manager Jennifer O'Malley Dillon
(announced Mar. 12, 2020) Campaign manager on Beto for America, Mar.-Nov. 2019. Co-founder/partner at Precision Strategies from May 2013. Co-chair of the DNC's Unity Reform Commission, 2017-18. Deputy campaign manager on Obama's 2012 campaign, 2011-12. Executive director of the Democratic National Committee from Jan. 2009 through 2010. Battleground states director on the Obama campaign, starting in April 2008. Deputy campaign manager on John Edwards for President after serving as state director on his Iowa caucus campaign. Campaign manager on U.S. Rep. Jim Davis' 2006 gubernatorial campaign in Florida. Deputy campaign manager for U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle's 2004 re-election campaign in South Dakota. Field director on Sen. Edwards' 2003-04 Iowa caucus campaign. In 2002 O'Malley served as field director for the South Dakota Democratic Coordinated Campaign, then as field director for U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu's runoff campaign. In 2001 she was campaign manager for St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay. In 1999-2000 O'Malley was volunteer coordinator for Gore in the NH primary, then worked as a field organizer in New York and Pennsylvania, and in the general election, she was regional field director for the Missouri Coordinated Campaign in the St. Louis Metro area. O'Malley is a 1998 graduate of Tufts University and hails from Jamaica Plains, MA. twitter
Senior Advisor Anita Dunn
(expanded role "campaign strategy and overall coordination on budget and personnel" from Feb. 7, 2020) Managing director at SKDKnickerbocker. Acting White House communications director, Apr.-Nov. 2009. Senior communications advisor/director of communications, policy and research on Obama's 2008 campaign. Principal at Squier Knapp Dunn; joined the firm in 1993 after working for Sen. Bill Bradley. Media consultant to Sen. Evan Bayh's All America PAC in 2006 and developed strategy and produced the media for Bayh's 2004 re-election campaign. Senior political advisor to Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, 2001-02. Took leave from the firm in 1999 to serve as communications director and chief strategist for Sen. Bill Bradley’s presidential campaign. Communications and political director and then chief of staff to Sen. Bill Bradley. Communications director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) for the 1988 and 1990 election cycles. Communications director for U.S. Rep. Bob Edgar’s 1984 congressional and 1986 senatorial campaigns. Press assistant on Sen. John Glenn’s 1984 campaign. Began her career in politics working for White House chief of staff Hamilton Jordan under President Jimmy Carter and as an intern for White House communications director Gerald Rafshoon.
Former Campaign Manager Greg
Schultz
(campaign manager
from Apr. 25, 2019 to Mar 12, 2020...new role "organizational
planning for the general election and continuing to bolster
the campaign’s external outreach") Schultz
served as executive director of Biden's American Possibilities
PAC and started as senior advisor to Vice President Biden in
Dec. 2013. Ohio state director on Obama's 2012
re-election campaign. Chairman of Franklin County
Democrats to mid-2012. State director of Organizing for
America from mid-March 2009. Deputy political director
on the Ohio Campaign for Change in Fall 2008.
Legislative liaison for Gov. Ted Strickland in the Department
of Administrative Services. First vice president of Ohio
Young Democrats. B.A. in history and political science
(2003) and M.Ed (2004) from The Ohio State
University. twitter
Assistant to
the Campaign Manager Esther Ongeri
(June 2019) Special projects assistant to the CFO (from Feb. 2018) and operations coordinator (Sept. 2017-Feb. 2018). Staff assistant (May 2016-July 2017) and intern (Aug. 2015-May 2016) to U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez. Bachelor's degree in political science and government from Saint Peter's University.
Deputy Campaign Manager and
Communications Director Kate Bedingfield
(Apr. 25, 2019) Vice
president of communications at Monumental Sports &
Entertainment. Communications director to Vice President
Biden from Aug. 2015. Chief spokeswoman and vice
president of corporate communications at the Motion Picture
Association of America from May 2013; started there in Nov.
2011. Associate communications director and acting
director of media affairs at the White House.
Communications director on Jeanne Shaheen's 2008 campaign for
U.S. Senate. New Hampshire communications director (from
May 2007) and earlier deputy national press secretary on John
Edwards for President. DCCC Western regional press
secretary in the 2006 cycle. Spokeswomen on Paul
Hackett's congressional campaign in Ohio's 2nd CD (Aug. 2005
special election). Worked on the Kerry-Edwards general
election campaign. Worked at the AFL-CIO. Graduate
of the University of Virginia. twitter
Executive
Assistant Amijah Townsend-Holmes
(Aug. 2019) Lead research assistant at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, May-Aug. 2019. Bachelor's degree in international studies from Spelman College, 2019.
Deputy Campaign Manager Pete
Kavanaugh
(Apr. 25, 2019) President of
Revolution Field Strategies in Boston from June 2013, and
partner in Hilltop Public Solutions from June 2009.
Virginia senior advisor on Hillary for America, Apr.-Nov.
2016. Director of the Obama for America campaign
in New Hampshire, Sept. 2011-Nov. 2012. Advisor on
Jody Wagner for Lt. Governor in Virginia, 2009, and on Terry
McAuliffe for Governor in Virginia, 2009. Field
director on the Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign,
2008. New Hampshire deputy field director on John
Edwards for President, 2007-08. Deputy director of the
Missouri Democratic Coordinated Campaign, 2006. Field
director on the Scott Lang for Mayor campaign in New
Bedford, MA, 2005. Political director at
IssuesMatter.org, 2004. Political director on Jim
Stork for Congress in FL-22, 2004. New Hampshire
political assistant on the John Edwards for President
campaign, 2003-04. B.A. in government from Georgetown
University, 2006. twitter
Deputy Campaign Manager and Chief of
Staff to Dr. Jill Biden Anthony Bernal
(Apr. 25, 2019) Special Assistant to The President and Deputy Chief of Staff (Sept. 2013-Jan. 2017) and director of scheduling/trip director (from Jan. 2009) to Dr. Jill Biden in the Office of the Vice President. Director of scheduling for Dr. Jill Biden on the Obama-Biden campaign from Aug. 2008. Worked in the office of the CEO at the The Critical Path Institute. Chief of staff at the ALS Therapy Development Foundation, a Cambridge-based non-profit biotechnology company. Director of financial administration for the Democratic National Convention Committee, Inc. in 2004. He worked at AARP, and earlier worked in Coca-Cola Company’s office of international affairs in Washington, DC. Served both President Bill Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore in their respective offices of scheduling and advance at the White House and did scheduling and advance for both Clinton campaigns. Bachelor's degree in history and philosophy from the University of Texas at El Paso; also studied at Carleton College in Northfield, MN. Native of Tucson, Arizona. twitter
Chief of Staff Zeppa Kreager
(April 2019) Director of the Creative
Alliance at Civic Nation from Mar. 2017. Director of
public engagement i(June 2016-Jan. 2017) and associate
director of public engagement and intergovernmental affairs
(June 2015-June 2016) in the Office of the Vice
President. Mobilization program coordinator for Airbnb,
Apr. 2015-June 2015. Deputy operations manager at
Battleground Texas, Apr. 2013-Mar. 2015. Field organizer
(May-Nov. 2012) and intern (Feb. 2011-May 2012) with
Organizing for America. B.A. in political science and
religion from Hood College.
Travelling Chief of Staff Annie Tomasini
Senior director of state, local and community relations at Harvard Public Affairs and Communications. Deputy press secretary to Vice President Biden during the first two years of the Obama Administration to Dec. 2010. Worked communications on Biden's 2007-08 presidential campaign. Press secretary to then Sen. Biden when he was chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Started career at Rasky Baerlin Strategic Communications. From Boston.
Mike Donilon
Has advised Biden since 1981. Partner at
AKDP Message and Media and"has played key roles in the
presidential campaigns of every Democratic nominee since
President Bill Clinton, and has helped elect more than 25
Democratic Senators and Governors." Counselor to Vice
President Biden, 2009-13. Part of Obama's 2012
advertising team. A.B. and J.D. from Georgetown
University.
Ron Klain
Executive vice president and general counsel at
Revolution LLC, an investment firm launched by AOL
Co-Founder Steve Case in 2005, and president at Case
Holdings. White House Ebola Response Coordinator from
Oct. 2014-Feb. 2015. Chief of staff to Vice President
Biden, 2009-11. Partner and national practice group
chair at O’Melveny & Myers LLP. General counsel for
the Gore Recount Committee in 2000. Chief of staff to
Vice President Al Gore, 1995-99. Chief of staff
and counselor to Attorney General Janet Reno. Staff director
of the Senate Democratic Leadership Committee. Chief
counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Law clerk to
Supreme Court Justice Byron White for the 1987 and 1988
terms. J.D. from Harvard Law School; undergraduate
degree from Georgetown University. twitter
Valerie Biden Owens
Biden's younger sister, ran all of
Biden's Senate campaigns and his 1987 and 2007-08
presidential campaigns. Executive vice president of
Joe Slade White and Company, a strategic consulting
firm. Graduate of the University of Delaware.
Bruce Reed
Co-founder and CEO at Civic from 2016.
Senior policy advisor to Emerson Collective from 2015.
President of the Broad Foundation, 2013-15. Chief of
staff to Vice President Biden, Jan. 2011-Dec. 2013.
Executive director of the Simpson-Bowles Commission, Apr.-Dec.
2010. President and CEO of Democratic Leadership
Council, 2001-10. Assistant to the President for
Domestic Policy (1996-2001) and Assistant to the President for
Domestic Policy Planning (1995-96) at the White House.
Deputy campaign manager for policy of Clinton-Gore '92.
Policy director of the Democratic Leadership Council,
1990-91. Chief speechwriter for U.S. Sen. Al Gore
(TN),1985-89. Master's degree in English
Literature from Oxford University as
a Rhodes Scholar, 1984; A.B. in English from Princeton,
1982.
Steve Ricchetti
Chief of staff to Vice President Biden, Dec. 2013-Jan. 2017. Founder/principal at Richetti, Inc. from Jan. 2001. Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations at the White House, Oct. 1998-Jan. 2001. Worked at Public Strategies Washington, 1996-98. Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, Jan. 1993-Feb. 1996. Executive director of the DSCC, 1990-92. Political department at Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, 1987-89. J.D. from George Mason University; undergraduate degree from Miami University in Ohio, 1979.
Senior Advisor Symone Sanders
(Apr. 25, 2019) Strategist and
CNN political commentator. National press secretary on
Bernie 2016 from Aug. 2015-June 2016. Communications
officer at Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, Nov.
2014-Aug. 2015. Communications director for Virginia
Delegate Michael Futrell, Dec. 2014-June 2015. Deputy
communications director on Chuck Hassebrook for Governor
(NE), April-Nov. 2014. Communications, events and
community outreach manager (Sept. 2013-Aug. 2014) and
special projects coordinator (Oct. 2012-Sept. 2013) for the
Empowerment Network in Omaha, NE. B.B.A. in management
from Creighton University, 2013. twitter
Senior Advisor Cristóbal Alex
(Apr. 25, 2019) President of
the Latino Victory Project from 2014. Deputy director of
voter outreach and mobilization on Hillary for America,
June-Nov. 2016. Program
officer at the Ford Foundation, 2011-14. Program
officer at Open Society Foundations, 2009-11. Director
of the National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights,
2006-09. Senior litigation associate at MacDonald
Hoague & Bayless in Seattle, 2003-06. Law clerk
for the Washington Court of Appeals, 2001-04. J.D.
from University of Washington School of Law, 2001.
twitter
Senior Advisor Brandon English
(Apr. 25, 2019) Senior advisor to GPS IMPACT from June 2018. DCCC deputy executive director for digital communications and fundraising (Jan.-Nov. 2015); digital director in the 2014 and 2012 cycles; DCCC online communications manager during the 2008 cycle; managed micro-sites and e-mail campaigns for the DCCC's Independent Expenditure Program in 2006. Bachelor's degree in economics/modern culture and media from Brown University, 2006. twitter
Political Director Erin Wilson
(Apr. 25, 2019) State director for U.S.
Sen. Bob Casey (PA), Apr. 2017-Apr. 2019. Deputy
Pennsylvania state director on Hillary for America, June-Nov.
2016. Northeast political director at the
DNC from July 2014. Longtime staffer to Sen. Bob
Casey. Deputy state director (May 2011-July 2014);
director of outreach and special projects (Nov. 2009-May
2011), regional representative (Feb. 2007-Nov. 2009), and
started as his deputy political director, July-Nov.
2006. Assistant to the First Lady of Illinois, July
2005-July 2006. B.A. in political science and government
from University of Pennsylvania, 2005.
Deputy Political Director John W. McCarthy
(Sept. 2019) Chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle (PA), from Jan. 2017. National director of faith and heritage community outreach on Hillary for America from May 2016. Director of social innovation programming for Mission Hub LLC, 2014-15. Legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., 2014-15. Vice president of Irish American Democrats PAC from 2014. ACE advisor to the ACT Foundation, Aug. 2013-2016. Executive director of Future Civic Leaders, 2009-2014. A national co-chair of Catholics for Obama in 2012. Legislative aide to State Sen. Barbara Buono (NJ), May 2012-Sept. 2013. White House liaison fellow in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of the Interior, Oct. 2011-May 2013. Graduate of Catholic University of America. twitter
National Coalitions Director ???
Vanessa Cárdenas to Nov.
2019
Director of African American Engagement Trey Baker
(Aug. 2019) City manager of Grenada, MS,
started in that role in Nov. 2016. Legislative aide and
counsel to U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS), Apr. 2014-Nov.
2016. Career consultant at University of Denver Sturm
College of Law, Aug. 2011-Mar. 2014. Attorney at Pryor
Johnson Carney Carney Karr Nixon, P.C., Sept. 2009-Aug.
2011. J.D. from University of Denver Sturm College of
Law, 2009; B.A. in political science from Tougaloo College,
2006. Native of Grenada. twitter
LatinX Vote Director Laura Jiménez
Worked on Andrew Gillum's campaign for governor
in Florida. Regional political director for Palm Beach, FL on
Hillary Clinton's campaign, July-Nov. 2016. Communications
associate for Broward Teachers Union, June 2015-Jan.
2016. Legislative assistant in the Florida Senate,
Nov. 2014-June 2015. Deputy campaign manager on
Maria Sachs for State Senate, July- Nov. 2014.
Legislative assistant in the Florida Senate, Dec.
2013-July 2014. Bachelor's
degree in political science from Florida Atlantic
University. From Dominican Republic. twitter
Latinos con Biden (announced Oct. 23, 2019)
AAPI Vote Director Amit Jani
(Sept. 2019) President and co-founder of
the New Jersey Leadership Program from Aug. 2015.
Contributing writer for The Huffington Post from Sept.
2014. Director of AAPI outreach on Menendez for Senate
(NJ), Sept.-Nov. 2018. Director of AAPI outreach on
Murphy for Governor/Victory 2017 Coordinated Campaign,
Aug.-Nov. 2017. District representative to U.S. Rep.
Frank Pallone (NJ), June 2014-Jan. 2016; and legislative
fellow to U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (CA), Sept. 2013-June 2014.
B.A. in journalism, political science from Rutgers,
2012. twitter
AAPIs for Biden (announced Oct. 26, 2019)
Women's Vote Director Carissa Joy Smith
(Aug. 2019) Public relations specialist
for Black Girls Rock! Fest from Mar. 2019. Regional
press secretary in Cincinnati for the Ohio Democratic Party,
Sept.-Nov. 2018. Communications and program associate
for the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress,
Jan.-July 2017. Communications fellow at R&R
Resources+, Aug.-Dec. 2016. B.S. in communication from
Bowie State University, 2016. Native of Bloomfield, NJ.
Women for Biden
(announced Oct. 7, 2019) Executive Director Ambassador Denise Bauer - Ambassador to Belgium from Aug. 2013-Jan. 2017. Finance chair of Women for Obama, 2011-12. Chair and co-chair of the DNC's Women's Leadership Forum, 2008-12. Served on Obama for America's National Finance Committee, 2007-08. Public affairs officer for American Red Cross Bay Area, 1993-94. Worked in television and as a freelance film and video producer from 1985-1992. B.A. in political science from Occidental College, 1986.
Director of Labor Engagement Erika Dinkel-Smith
(July 2019) Political and legislative
department director (from May 2018) and assistant political
and legislative director (from Apr. 2016) at IATSE.
Staff representative/organizer at AFSCME Council 32, Mar.
2013-Mar. 2016. Organizer at AFSCME MN Council 5, Sept.
2009-Mar. 2013. Degree in political science,
international relations and affairs from University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2008. twitter
LGBTQ Vote Director Reggie Greer
(Mar. 2020) Director of constituent
engagement for Victory Fund & Institute from Oct.
2016. Deputy director of public engagement (Apr.
2015-Oct. 2016) and special assistant to the Secretary (May
2014-Apr. 2015) at the U.S. Department of
Transportation. Political staff assistant at the DNC,
Sept. 2013-May 2014. DC youth organizer for the 50th
Anniversary of the March, June-Sept. 2013. Field
organizer in Norfolk, VA on Obama for America, Apr.-Nov.
2012. Government affairs associate for American
Waterways Operators, June 2011-Aug. 2012. Government
relations intern at Professional Services Council, Feb.
2010-Jun. 2011. B.A. in government, history from
Georgetown University, 2009. twitter
Youth Vote Coordinator Lubna Sebastian
(July 2019; also states department assistant from Feb. 2020) B.A. in political economy from UC Berkeley, 2019. twitter
Mid-Atlantic Political Director Laura O'Neill
NH deputy state director, Apr. 2019-Feb. 2020. Worked in the office of U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Jan. 2018-Apr. 2019. Director of the NH Senate Democratic Caucus, Jan. 2017-Jan. 2018. Worked on Hillary for America in NH, ME and WI, July 2015-Nov. 2016. Executive assistant to U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, July 2013-July 2015. B.A. in political science and public and community service studies from Providence College, 2013. twitter
South Political Director Vincent
Evans
(July 2019, initially South and
Northeast) Special assistant in the U.S. House, Jan.
2017-July 2019. Aide to Commission Curtis Richardson,
Office of Mayor and City Commission, Tallahassee, Nov.
2014-Jan. 2017. Policy and rules research assistant at
the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
Apr. 2013-Aug. 2014. Legislative assistant at Lawson and
Associates Government Relations, Apr. 2012-Apr. 2013.
Legislative analyst in the Florida Senate, 2011-12. B.S.
in political science/pre-law from Florida A&M University,
2011. twitter
West Political Director Adam Dunstone
(initially West and Midwest) Principal at
Freestone Strategies in Denver, CO from Jan. 2018.
Principal at Tightline Strategies and Beacon Media in Denver,
CO, Feb. 2015-Dec. 2017. Campaign manager on Udall for
Senate, July 2013-Dec. 2014. Senior associate at RBI
Strategies, Jan. 2012-Dec. 2014. Campaign manager for
Proposition 103 (CO), Aug.-Nov. 2011. Campaign manager
on Romer for Denver Mayor, Dec. 2010-June 2011. Deputy
campaign manager on Bennet for Colorado, Jan. 2009-Nov.
2010. Campaign director/media consultant at Fletcher
Rowley Inc.-Apr.-Nov. 2008. Field director and earlier
deputy field director and regional field director in Davenport
on Biden's 2007-08 Iowa caucus campaign. Deputy campaign
manager, Angie Paccione for Congress in Colorado,
2005-06. Previously executive director of
ThisMatters.org and Be the Change USA grassroots political
organizations in Denver area. B.A. from Michigan State
University, 2004.
Midwest Political Director Will McIntee
(started on the campaign as Iowa political director, June 2019-Feb. 2020, then to Missouri) Midwest outreach director for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, Feb. 2017-June 2019. Lead advance representative with the U.S. Department of the Interior, June 2015-Jan. 2017. Account executive for Cambridge Global Advisors, Dec. 2014-June 2015. Deputy district director for U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, Aug. 2011-Jan. 2015. Deputy political director on Braley for Senate, July-Nov. 2014. Field director on Braley for Congress, May-Nov. 2012. B.A. in politics/international studies from Loras College, 2011.
Director of Super Tuesday States Molly Ritner
(announced
Oct. 28, 2019) National
political director for campaigns and recruitment (Jan.- late
July 2019) and Midwest regional political director
(2018 cycle) at the DCCC. Campaign manager on Sue
Minter's run for governor of Vermont, Feb.-Nov. 2016.
Campaign manager at Friends of Gary McCollum for State
Senate (Virginia Beach, VA), 2015. Midwest fundraising
director for the DCCC, 2013-14. Finance director on
U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan's (MN) 2012 re-election campaign.
Finance director on Chris Donovan for Congress (CT-5) from
July 2012. Deputy finance director on U.S. Rep. Martin
Heinrich (NM)'s 2010 re-election campaign. twitter
Surrogates Director Michelle Kwan
Outreach coordinator on Hillary for America, June 2015-Nov. 2016. American Public Diplomacy Envoy, appointed by Secretary of State Condolezza Rice in Nov. 2006. Champion figure skater from 1995-2005. Master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University, 2011; undergraduate degree in international studies from the University of Denver, 2008. twitter
Political Chief of Staff Stacy Eichner
(June 2019) Deputy political director/PAC
director for UFCW, July 2017-June 2019. Program manager
for Foreign Policy's CultureSummit 2017, Feb.-Apr. 2017.
Florida surrogates director on Hillary for America, Apr.-Nov.
2016. Director of special projects for the 2016
Democratic National Convention Committee, Aug. 2015-Aug.
2016. Special assistant to the chair at the DNC, Mar.
2013-May 2015. Deputy finance director on Robin Kelly
for Congress, Dec. 2012-Mar. 2013. Deputy finance
director on Kathy Boockvar for Congress, Mar.-Nov. 2012.
B.A. in political science and government from University of
Florida.
National Organizing Director Kurt Bagley
(Apr. 25,
2019) National field director (from Feb. 2017) and Southern national field
desk (Oct. 2015-Dec. 2016) at the DCCC. Field
director on Ron Barber for Congress, Jan.-Dec. 2014.
Field and data director at Utah Votes from Apr.-Dec.
2013. Field organizer at CU Boulder for Organizing for
America-Colorado, Aug.-Nov 2012; organizing fellow at Obama
for America Utah, Feb.-May 2012. General manager at
Turbo Express Car Wash, Jan. 2011-Feb. 2012. B.A. in
economics from University of Utah, 2011. twitter
Northeast Organizing Director Rachel Niemerski
(Mar 2020...previously California organizing
director, Feb.-Mar. 2020, and started as deputy organizing
director on the Iowa caucus campaign, May 2019-Feb.
2020) Organizing director on Andrew Cuomo 2018,
June-Nov. 2018. NYC organizing director for the New York
State Democratic Party, Feb.-June 2018. Field director
on Sheehan for Mayor (Albany, NY), May-Nov. 2017.
Regional organizing director for the Ohio Democratic Party,
Apr.-Nov. 2016. Regional organizing director in Boise,
ID (Feb.-Apr. 2016) and field organizer in Iowa (July
2015-Feb. 2016) on Hillary for America. Operations
manager (2014-June 2015) and policy associate and executive
assistant (Feb. 2013-Aug. 2014) for Environmental Working
Group. B.S., program in the environment from University
of Michigan, 2012. twitter
National Training Director Gabriella Cascone
(May 2019) Trainer for the National Democratic Training Committee from Jan. 2018. Coach for Wellstone Action from July 2017. Mobile enrollment coordinator for IDNYC for the NYC Human Resources Administration from Apr. 2017. Training director on JB Pritzker for Governor, May-Dec. 2018. Senior training manager with Indivisible Project, Mar.-May 2018. North Carolina statewide training director (July-Nov. 2016), regional organizing director in Newport News, VA (May-July 2016) and organizer in Western Iowa on the caucus campaign (July 2015-May 2016) for Hillary for America. Regional field director (June-Nov. 2014) and field organizer (Apr.-June 2014) on the North Carolina Coordinated Campaign. Public affairs coordinator for Planned Parenthood of Nassau County, Inc., Aug. 2012-Apr. 2014. Client service representative for Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood, Inc., July 2009-Aug. 2010. B.A. in sociology from SUNY Geneseo, 2009. twitter
Communications Director Kate Bedingfield ...see above
Deputy Communications Director for Messaging Kate
Berner
(Apr. 25, 2019) Vice president at SKDKnickerbocker from April 2016. Special advisor to the Under Secretary at the International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, May 2015-Apr. 2016. Director of outreach (from June 2014), deputy director of administration (May 2013-June 2014) and associate director of administration (May 2012-May 2013). Senior state-federal liaison for the Governor's Office, State of Illinois, May 2011-May 2012. Advance and communications specialist on Quinn for Illinois, Feb.-Nov. 2010. Bachelor's degree in history at The University of Chicago, 2010. twitter
Deputy Communications Director for Strategic Planning Meghan Hays
(Apr. 25, 2019) Executive director of enterprise communications/director of executive communications for MGM Resorts International from Apr. 2017. Deputy director of communications/director of message planning/advance lead to Vice President Joe Biden, 2012-17. Director of scheduling and advance on Wendy Davis for Governor, Oct. 2013-Nov. 2014. Press lead, national advance staff on Obama for America, 2012. Director of scheduling for U.S. Sen. Blumenthal (CT), Jan.-Dec. 2011. Director of research and legislative affairs at The Duberstein Group, July 2008-Jan. 2011. Deputy director for surrogate scheduling on Hillary Clinton for President, Sept. 2007-June 2008 National traveling advance team: lead site/press on Kerry-Edwards, 2004. National traveling advance team: lead site/press on Dean for America, 2003-04. Scheduler in the Office of Gov. Gray Davis, 2003. B.A. in political science from UC Davis, 2003. twitter
Deputy Communications Director for Press Bill Russo
(Apr. 25, 2019) Communications director to former Vice President Biden. Advisor to Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken. Advisor to Biden national security aide Jake Sullivan, associate director of administration, and earlier scheduling intern in the Office of the Vice President from Fall 2011. Graduate in political science, English and history from the University of Delaware, 2009. Grew up in Exton, PA. twitter
National Press Secretary Jamal Brown
(Apr. 25, 2019) Consultant with Civic Advisors. Worked for six years at the White House, most notably as press secretary for the Office of Management and Budget. A senior legal assistant at GLBTQ Advocates & Defenders (GLAD). B.A. in government and women's and gender studies from Dartmouth. From Northern California. twitter
National Press Secretary TJ Ducklo
(Apr. 25, 2019) Senior
communications director at NBC News in NYC from Mar.
2018. Producer/communications for "The Circus: Inside
The Biggest Story on Earth," Mar. 2017-Feb. 2018.
Owner of TJD Communications, Inc., Mar. 2017-Feb.
2018. Communications director at Bloomberg Politics,
Apr. 2016-Mar. 2017. Senior manager for corporate
communication at Viacom, Mar. 2015-Apr. 2016.
Communications lead and advisor to the chairman on
Washington 2024 (Olympic bid), July 2014-Apr. 2015.
Deputy director of corporate communications (Feb. 2013-July
2014) and press assistant (Sept. 2011-Feb. 2013) at the
Motion Picture Association of America. Communications
assistant at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, June-Sept.
2011. Research/staff assistant to Mary Matalin and
James Carville, Aug. 2010-June 2011. B.A. in political
communication from The George Washington University,
2011. twitter
Traveling National Press Secretary Remi Yamamoto
(Apr. 25, 2019) Communications
director
on
Fred Hubbell for Governor (IA) from Sept. 2017. Press
secretary on Tom Perriello for Virginia, Jan.-June
2017. A regional press secretary in Virginia on
Hillary for America, July-Nov. 2016. Senior associate
(Aug. 2015-July 2016) and communications associate (Aug.
2014-Aug. 2015) at Precision Strategies. B.A. in
political science and government from The George Washington
University, 2013. Served as a national headquarters
paid media intern on Obama for America in summer 2012.
twitter
Deputy Press Secretary Matt Hill
Previously media relations manager at Georgetown University from Jan. 2018. Associate at Global Strategy Group, May 2016-Jan. 2018. B.A. degrees in political science, communication from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016; communications intern in the Office of the Vice President, Jan.-May 2016. twitter
Deputy Press Secretary Adonna Biel
(May 2019) Campaign communications
assistant at EMILY's List, Jan.-Dec. 2018. B.A. in
political science and government from North Carolina State
University, 2017. twitter
Director of Rapid Response Andrew Bates
(Apr. 25, 2019) Communications director for House campaigns (from Feb. 2018) and deputy communications director (Feb. 2017-Feb. 2018) at American Bridge 21st Century. North Carolina communications director on Hillary for America, May-Nov. 2016. Press secretary (Sept. 2014-May 2016) and deputy press secretary (Dec. 2013-Sept. 2014) at the U.S. Trade Representative. Communications researcher (Aug. 2011-Dec. 2013), press assistant (March-Aug. 2011) and media monitor (March 2010-March 2011) at The White House. Development coordinator at Business Forward, Sept. 2009-Feb. 2010. Bachelor's degree in political science from North Carolina State University, 2009. Winston-Salem native. twitter
Director of Strategic Communications Kamau Marshall
(Apr. 25, 2019) Deputy national press
secretary and director of African American media at the DCCC,
2018-19. Communications director to U.S. Rep. Al Green
(TX), 2017-18. Speechwriter and communications advisor
at the USDA, 2016-17. Special assistant to U.S. Rep.
Elijah Cummings, 2015-16. Communications and outreach
coordinator (contractor) for U.S. Department of Labor,
2015. Public affairs at SKDKnickerbocker, 2014-15.
Press and legislative fellow with U.S. Sen. Tom Carper and
Homeland and Government Affairs Committee, 2013-14.
Field organizer with Obama for America, 2012. M.P.A. in
public policy and B.A. in journalism and public affairs from
Texas Southern University. twitter
Deputy Director of Strategic
Comms./Hispanic Media Press Secretary Isabel Aldunate
(started on the campaign as Nevada press
secretary, announced May 6, 2019) Deputy
national press secretary (from Mar. 2018), press assistant
(Jan. 2017-Mar. 2018) and intern (Oct.-Dec. 2016) to U.S. Sen.
Chuck Schumer. Deputy press secretary on Andrew Gillum
for Governor (FL), Sept.-Nov. 2018. Communications
intern at ACORE, Aug.-Oct. 2016; fellow at Climate Action
Campaign, June-Aug. 2016; communications coordinator for the
Maryland Clean Energy Center, Jan.-May 2016; and graduate
fellow on Chris Van Hollen for U.S. Senate, Feb.-Apr.
2016. Master's degree in political communication from
American University, 2017; B.A. in communication and media
studies from University of Maryland Baltimore County,
2015. twitter
Director of State Communications Meira Bernstein
New Hampshire communications director, Apr.
2019-Feb. 2020. Communications director on McCaskill for
Missouri, Jan.-Nov. 2018. Communications director for
the Missouri Democratic Party, ,July-Dec. 2017. Press
secretary to U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, Jan.-July 2017; press
secretary on Maggie for NH, Jan.-Nov. 2016. Senior
associate (June 2014-Dec. 2015) and associate (Apr. 2013-May
2014) at Global Strategy Group. Associate account
executive at Kwittken & Company, Jan.-Mar. 2013.
B.A. in history, leadership studies and international studies
from Williams College, 2012. twitter
Regional Communications Director Julia Krieger
(Feb. 2020) Iowa communications director, May 2019-Feb. 2020. Communications director for the start up of U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan's presidential campaign (first six weeks). Communications director on U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)'s re-election campaign, Nov. 2017-Nov. 2018. Deputy communications director (Feb.-Nov. 2017) and press secretary to Sen. Heitkamp. New media press secretary to the U.S. House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, July 2013-Aug. 2014. Media analyst for American Bridge 21st Century, Feb. 2012-July 2013. Researcher at Media Matters for America, June 2010-Feb. 2012. B.A. in journalism, gender, women and sexuality studies from University of Minnesota, 2009. twitter
RESEARCH
Research Director Megan Apper
Research director on Sen. Tim
Kaine's 2018 re-election campaign. Deputy research
director on Maggie Hassan's 2016 campaign for U.S.
Senate. Senior research associate at American
Bridge. Political reporter for BuzzFeed News.
twitter
Deputy Research Director Sharmeen Khan
(April 2019) Research
associate at American Possibilities PAC, July 2018-Apr.
2019. Research analyst at Democracy Forward, Sept.
2017-July 2018. B.A. in political science and
government from New York University, 2017.
Internships include research intern on Hillary for America
(Sept.-Nov. 2016), office of Sen. Gillibrand (June-Aug.
2016), and research intern on Hillary for America, June
2015-May 2016. Pakistani American from Louisville,
KY. twitter
POLICY
education
| clean
energy and environmental justice | foreign
policy | protect and build on
the ACA | older Americans
| rural
America | criminal
justice | gun violence
| education
after high school | government
that works for people | worker organizing,
collective bargaining and unions | veterans/military
families | invest in
middle class competitiveness [infrastructure]
| violence
against women
| nation of
immigrants | Central
America
coronavirus
and future health threats
Policy
Director Stef Feldman
(April 2019)
Director of policy at the Biden Institute at the
University of Delaware, Apr. 2017-Apr. 2019. Deputy
director for domestic and economic policy (Mar.-July
2015), associate director for policy (Nov. 2013-Feb.
2015), assistant director for policy (July 2012-Nov. 2013)
and policy analyst (June 2011-July 2012) in the Office of
Vice President Biden. J.D. from Yale Law School;
B.A. in public policy studies from Duke University.
twitter
Deputy Policy Director Grace Landrieu
(July 2019; started as
briefings director in April 2019) Special projects
director for the Nevada State Democratic Party 2018
Coordinated Campaign, June-Nov. 2018. Deputy
director of product design and previously senior business
analyst for New Classrooms, July 2013-July 2016.
Associate product manager, UX designer at Amplify, Aug.
2012-July 2013. Teach for America Corps member and
8th grade math teacher at Miller-McCoy Academy in New
Orleans, May 2010-July 2012. M.P.P. from Harvard
University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, 2016;
B.A. in government, social justice analysis from
Georgetown University, 2010.
Briefings Director Vanessa Lion
(Aug. 2019) Associate
at McKinsey & Company, Sept. 2018-July 2019 and Jan.
2014-July 2016. e-Marketplace analyst for The Global
Fund, July 2015-Feb. 2016. M.P.P. from Harvard
University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, 2018;
Master's degree in business administration and management
from Solvay Brussels School, 2013;
DIGITAL
Digital Director Rob Flaherty
(Dec. 2019) Previously digital director on Beto for America, May-Nov. 2019). Creative director at the progressive super PAC Priorities USA. Deputy digital communications director on Hillary for America from June 2015. Director of digital media (Feb.-June 2015) and video producer/youth media coordinator (Nov. 2013-Feb. 2015) at the DNC. Digital and press assistant at Terry McAuliffe for Governor, June-Nov. 2013. Communications coordinator for Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, Sept. 2011-Dec. 2012. Communictions director on Myrick for Ithaca, March-Sept. 2011. B.A./B.S. in politics/television from Ithaca College, 2013. twitter
National Digital Organizing Director Courtney Corbisiero
(July 2019; started as traveling digital
director in Apr. 2019) Digital director at End Citizens
United, Nov. 2017-Apr. 2019. Digital director on the
Drive for Our Lives bus tour (Affordable Care Act), July-Aug.
2017. Chief digital officer at Rapid Returns, Apr.-July
2017. Digital director on the Save My Care bus tour,
Jan.-Mar. 2017. Wisconsin digital director on Hillary
for America, May-Nov. 2016. Digital associate at
270 Strategies, Jan. 2015-May 2016. Deputy digital
director at Braley for Iowa (U.S. Senate) June-Nov.
2014. Digital director for state support at 270
Strategies, Dec. 2013-May 2014. Deputy digital
director at Business Forward, Feb.-Dec. 2013. Digital
organizer in Ohio (July-Nov. 2012), tech and field intern
(Jan.-July 2012) and Illinois digital state lead (Sept.
2011-Feb. 2012) on Obama for America. B.A. in
political science from The George Washington University,
2013. twitter
Traveling Digital Director Olivia Raisner
(Aug. 2019) Digital director for Tax
March, June-Aug. 2019. Speechwriter/communications
consultant to ALDE Party for the EU's 2019 parliamentary
elections, Jan.-June 2019. Writer/producer at Putnam
Partners, Sept. 2017-Dec. 2018. Writers' assistant at
HBO, May-Sept. 2017. Assistant to the communications
director (Oct. 2015-Nov. 2016) and communications fellow
(June-Oct. 2015) at Hillary for America. B.A. in
government and legal studies from Bowdoin College, 2015.
twitter
Senior Digital Video Editor Chris Strider
(June 2019) Self-employed video editor editor/animator/colorist in the Philadelphia area from June 2012. Video editor and animator at Stream Companies, 2017-Apr. 2018. Freelance video editor for CNN, 2017. Senior video editor for Star Group in Philadelphia area, 2013-16. Colorist and visual digital effects compositor at Eye in the Sky Entertainment, Sept.-Nov. 2013. B.F.A. in film/video and photographic arts from Virginia Commonwealth University. twitter
Video Editor Eric Bravo
(Jan. 2020) Video producer on Beto for
America, Aug.-Nov. 2019. Video production at Vino Nuevo
El Paso, Apr. 2014-Aug. 2019. Freelance video director
from Jan. 2018. B.A. in cinematography and film/video
production, media advertising from The University of Texas at
El Paso.
twitter
Director of Online Fundraising Elana Firsht
Principal (Dec. 2018-Apr. 2019), director of
email strategy (May-Dec. 2018), managing strategist (Sept.
2015-May 2018) and digital strategist (Feb.-Sept. 2015) at
Mothership Strategies. Communications intern in the
Office of the Vice President, Jan.-May 2014. B.A. in
organizational studies, history from University of
Michigan. twitter
Director of Digital Advertising
Patrick Bonsignore
(Apr. 2019) Senior vice president
(Jan.-Mar. 2019) and vice president (Mar. 2017-Dec. 2018) at
GMMB. Lead media buyer on Hillary for America, Oct.
2015-Nov. 2016. Principal (April-Oct. 2015) and senior
associate (May 2014-April 2015) at Precision Strategies.
Manager/director of business development at Devine Mulvey,
Oct. 2009-Jan. 2013. M.B.A. from Columbia Business
School, 2014; bachelor's degree in English language and
literature from Boston College, 2008. twitter
Director of Creative Production Alexander Kalsey
(Oct. 2019) Creative director at GtP
Media from Nov. 2011. Editor for NFL Network, Aug.
2011-Feb. 2014. Editor at Ringleader Productions, Jan.
2007-Jan. 2012. Freelance at Kalsey, LLC, Jan. 2000-Jan.
2012. Editor/designer/producer at Evil Twin, Oct.
2007-Aug. 2011. Editor/designer/smoke artist at Klasky
Csupo, Oct. 2004-Nov. 2007. B.A. in critical studies in
cinema-television from University of Southern California,
2004. twitter
Associate Producer Asjia Garner
(Dec. 2019...started as digital advertising
production assistant, July-Dec. 2019) B.A. degrees in
journalism and international studies from Cal State University
Long Beach, 2019. twitter
Program Manager Jordan Finkelstein
(Sept. 2019) Senior associate
(Jan.-Sept. 2019) and associate (Sept. 2016-Dec. 2018) at
SKDKnickerbocker. Communications fellow in office of
U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, June-Aug. 2016. Bachelor's
degree in business administration, marketing and communication
design from Washington University in St. Louis; student body
president, Mar. 2015-Mar. 2016. twitter
Direct Mail Director Adam Zuckerman
(Sept. 3, 2019) Senior advisor to
Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn, Virginia House Democratic Leader,
Dec. 2018-Feb. 2019. Political desk at House Majority
PAC, Mar.-Dec. 2018. Campaign manager on Virginians for
Mark Herring, Mar. 2017-Jan. 2018. Campaign manager on
Friends of Jeff Bourne (VA District 71), Jan.-Feb. 2017.
Campaign manager on LuAnn Bennett for Congress (VA-10), Dec.
2015-Nov. 2016. Political director for One Commonwealth
PAC (Mark Herring), July 2014-Dec. 2015. Political
director on Mark Herring for Attorney General, July 2012-July
2014. Legislative assistant to State Sen. Mark Herring,
Dec. 2009-July 2012. Body person/staff on Jody Wagner
for Lt. Governor, June-Nov. 2009. B.A. in political
science, political communications from James Madison
University, 2009; B.A. in sports management from University of
South Carolina Columbia, 2006. twitter
Chief Analytics Officer Becca
Siegel
(Apr. 25, 2019) Director of data science at BlueLabs from Feb. 2015. Ohio data and analytics director (Apr.-Nov. 2016) and national analytics (Jan.-Apr. 2016) on Hillary for America. Data science and strategy at BlueLabs Analytics, 2015. Battleground Texas deputy data director, Dec. 2013-Nov. 2014. Deputy regional field director in Fort Collins on Obama for America, Dec. 2011-Nov. 2012; deputy field organizer on Obama's 2008 campaign. B.A. in history from Stanford University, 2013. twitter
Deputy Chief Analytics Officer Molly Graepel
(May 2019) Analytics director, advocacy
and engagement (Oct. 2018-May 2019) and data scientist
(May-Oct. 2018) for the ACLU. Analytics at Blue State
Digital, June 2017-Apr. 2018. Digital analytics on Hillary for
America, June 2015-Nov. 2016; took a year and a half leave
of absence from graduate studies at Harvard to work on the
campaign. Program analyst (Oct. 2013-June 2014) and
associate program analyst (Oct. 2011-Sept. 2013) at Charity
Navigator. M.P.P. from Harvard University, 2018;
undergraduate degree in East Asian studies, economics from
Haverford College, 2010.
CTO Dan Woods
Deputy CTO Laila ElGohary
(July 22, 2019 tweet) Chief solutions
officer at TargetSmart Communications, LLC, Mar. 2018-July
2019. Senior analytics consultant for The Messina Group,
Mar. 2016-Sept. 2017. Director of technology and
operations at The White House, Sept. 2015-Apr. 2016.
Senior analytics strategist at UFCW, Mar.-Sept. 2015.
Data director on Alison Lundergan-Grimes for U.S. Senate,
June-Dec. 2014. Database administrator for SEIU Local
32BJ, May 2013-June 2014. Data and digital strategies on
Obama for President, Feb. 2011-Dec. 2012. Freelance
communications consultant in Bahrain, 2010-11. Junior
account executive at Hill & Knowlton, 2009-10. B.A.
in political science, philosophy from The American University
in Cairo. twitter
Engineering Director Matt Hodges
(June 2019) Software engineer at Harmony
Labs, Apr.-July 2019. Technology consultant at Alloy,
Feb.-June 2019. Infrastructure engineer at Datadog, Dec.
2017-Apr. 2019. Senior software engineer for The
Groundwork / Timshel (software engineer on the digital
platform supporting Hillary for America) Feb. 2015-Dec.
2017. Web and mobile application engineer for Lisnr,
Aug. 2013-Feb. 2015. Mobile application engineer at
Cardinal Solutions, June 2012-Aug. 2013. Web engineer for
Rosetta, May-Oct. 2011. B.S. in computer science from
Miami University, 2012.
Finance Director Katie Petrelius
(Apr. 25, 2019) Director of development
at the Biden Foundation from May 2017. Northeast finance
director at the DSCC, Mar. 2014-May 2017. National
finance director at Joe Kennedy for Congress, Feb. 2012-Mar.
2014. West deputy finance director at the DSCC, Mar.
2011-Mar. 2012. Finance associate at 4C Partners, LLC,
Sept. 2009-Feb. 2011. Finance assistant at the Public
Justice Foundation, May 2008-Sept. 2009. B.S. in
political science and government, French from Drew University,
2008.
Deputy National Finance Director Sharon Weber
(April 2019) Midwest and South finance director at the DSCC, Mar. 2017-Feb. 2019. Illinois finance director on Tammy for Illinois, Apr. 2015-Dec. 2016. Political fundraiser for New Chicago Consulting LLC, Nov. 2014-Apr. 2015. Political fundraiser at Nancy Kohn Consulting, LLC, Apr. 2011-Nov. 2014. Deputy finance director on Toi for Illinois, Dec. 2012-Mar. 2013. Field staffer (Sept.-Nov. 2010) and finance assistant (June-Oct. 2010) at Alexi for Illinois. B.A. in political science from DePaul University, 2010.
PA and DE Finance Director Evan
Seltzer
(April 2019) Deputy finance director on
Tom Wolf for Governor, Mar. 2017-Nov. 2018. Deputy
finance director (in-state) on Katie McGinty for Senate, Sept.
2015-Nov. 2016. Finance director on Paul Steinke for
City Council At-Large (Philadelphia), Jan.-May 2015.
Finance assistant ant tracker (May-Nov. 2014) and finance
intern (Oct. 2013-May 2014) on Sean Eldridge for Congress
(NY). B.A. in political science from Vassar College,
2014.
Finance Director of the South Central Region Crystal Kay Perkins
(May 2019) Senior advisor (from Mar.
2019) and executive director (Feb. 2015-Feb. 2019) for the
Texas Democratic Party. Finance director on Mark Schauer
for Governor, June 2013-Dec. 2014. Regional campaign
services for the DCCC, Jan. 2012-Jan. 2013. Southern
deputy finance director for the DSCC, Feb.-Dec. 2011.
Deputy campaign manager on Jullie Lassa for Congress (WI),
July-Nov. 2010. Deputy finance director on Cal
Cunningham for U.S. Senate (NC), Jan.-July 2010. Finance
director on Jack McDonald for Congress in TX-13, Feb.-Dec.
2009. Finance consultant with Progressive Capitol Group,
May 2008-Dec. 2009. B.A. in public relations and
political science from Texas State University-San Marcos.
Deputy So. Calif. Finance Director Haley Jones
(April 2019) Junior associate (Sept.
2018-Mar. 2019), account assistant (Mar. 2017-Sept. 2018) and
executive assistant (June 2016-Mar. 2017) at Gonring, Spahn
& Associates. B.A. in political science and
govenrment from UCLA, 2016; internships include finance intern
in the SW regional finance office on Hillary for America
(Mar.-June 2016).
Southeast Deputy Regional Finance Director (Miami) Georgette Brammer
(May 2019) Tri-state finance director at
the DNC, Feb. -May 2019. Finance director on Donna
Shalala for Congress, Mar. 2018-Feb. 2019. Finance
director (Aug. 2017-Jan. 2018) and deputy finance director
(May-Aug. 2017) for the Florida Democratic Party. Sales
coordinator for the St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort, Aug.
2016-May 2017. Welcome desk agent at W Fort Lauderdale,
Nov. 2015-Aug. 2016. Director of scheduling and advance
in the USTR, Nov. 2013-Aug. 2015. Director of
scheduling and advance (Feb.-Nov. 2013), associate director of
scheduling and advance (Dec. 2010-Feb. 2013) and special
assistant to the White House liaison and scheduling and
advance for the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Florida finance assistant on Obama for America, June 2007-Nov.
2008. Bachelor's degree in political science from
University of Miami, 2007.
Deputy Regional Finance Director (Houston) Atissa Ladjevardian
(June 2019) Finance associate at
Fulkerson Kennedy and Company, Mar. 2017-Mar. 2019.
Finance assistant on Hillary for America, June-Nov.
2016. Bachelor's degree in political science and
government from Yale University, 2016.
Director of Strategic Initiatives Karla Frank
(April 2019) Finance manager at American
Possibilities PAC, July 2017-Apr. 2019. Deputy West
finance director at the DSCC, Mar.-July 2017. Deputy No.
California and Northwest finance director at the DNC, Feb.
2015-Nov. 2016. National finance associate on Allison
for Kentucky, Aug.-Nov. 2014. Client staff assistant at
Burson-Marsteller, Oct. 2013-July 2014. B.A. in
political science and government from Georgetown University,
2013. twitter
Finance Chief of Staff Meredith Jachowicz
(April 2019) Finance chief of staff (Mar.
2017-Mar. 2019), deputy events director (Apr. 2015-Mar. 2017),
Senate services director (Dec. 2012-Mar. 2017) and assistant
to the finance director (Feb. 2011-Dec. 2012) at the
DSCC. Member services assistant, marketing intern at
EMILY's List, Jan.-Nov. 2010.
Director of Advance Sam Salk
Director of Advance and Deputy Director of
Operations in the Office of the Vice President at theThe White
House, Nov. 2015-Jan. 2017. Director of scheduling and
advance (Feb.-Nov. 2015) and deputy director of scheduling and
advance (Oct. 2011-Feb. 2015) and deputy director of
scheduling (Feb. 2009-Oct. 2011) at the U.S. Department of
Education. Operations manager for the Presidential
Inaugural Committee, Dec. 2008-Feb. 2009. B.A. in
political science and government from Ohio Wesleyan
University, 2008.
Deputy Director of Advance Jaclyn Gelfond
(April 2019) Operations manager at
ACRONYM, Aug. 2018-Apr. 2019. Leadership recruiting for
Tesla, Feb. 2017-Aug. 2018. Deputy director of advance
(Oct. 2016-Jan. 2017) and associate director of advance (Oct.
2015-Oct. 2016) in the Office of the Vice President; advance
associate (May 2015-Sept. 2015) and scheduling and advance
intern (Jan.-May 2015) at the White House. B.A. in
political science and communication at University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. twitter
National Advance Lead Valentine Sanders
(May 2019) Director of advance in the
Office of the New York State Attorney General, Jan. 2018-May
2019. White House advance lead (Apr. 2014-Jan. 2017) and
White House advance associate (Aug. 2011-Apr. 2014) for the
Office of the Vice President. Press advance leader on
Obama for America, Feb.-Nov. 2012. Advance lead on
Elizabeth Warren for Massachusetts, Feb.-Nov. 2012.
Scholarship in Oman, May-Aug. 2011. Studied political
science and Arabic at CUNY Hunter College.
Communications intern in the Office of the Vice President,
Dec. 2010-June 2011. Deputy Wisconsin GOTV director
(May-Nov. 2008) and field organizer (Jan.-June 2008) on Obama
for America. Junior analyst at Caine Mitter &
Associates, Jan.-Sept. 2007.
Director of Scheduling Allie Panther
Evants manager at Emily's List from Oct.
2017. Director of the CEO's office at No Labels,
Mar.-Oct. 2017. Associate director of scheduling for
Vice President Joe Biden, June 2015-Jan. 2017. Scheduler
for Secretary Tom Vilsack at the USDA, Jan.-June 2015.
Director of scheduling and operations for U.S. Rep.
Bruce Braley, Jan. 2013-Jan. 2015. Regional field
director in Davenport (Jan.-Nov. 2012) and field organizer
(Aug.-Dec. 2011) on Organizing for America-Iowa. Deputy
field organizer for the Iowa Democratic Party, Sept.-Nov.
2010. B.A. in political science and gender, women's and
sexuality studies from University of Iowa, 2011. twitter
Director of Production Ari Krupkin
(May 2019...May 20 tweet) Manager at The
Markham Group, Jan. 2015-May 2019. Campaign manager on
Edwin Edwards for Congress, July-Nov. 2014. Advance
associate at the White House, Feb. 2012-June 2014.
National advance staff on Obama for America, Feb.-Nov.
2012. Studied at Louisiana State University. twitter
Trip Director Ashley Williams
(Apr. 25, 2019) Senior advisor at director of special projects for the Ambassador at the U.S. Department of State, Feb. 2014-Aug. 2016. National advance staffer on Obama for America, Aug.-Nov. 2012. Special assistant (Apr. 2011-Aug. 2012) and intern (Sept. 2010-Jan. 2011) in the Office of Dr. Jill Biden at the White House. J.D. candidate at University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2019. Master's degree in political management from The George Washington University, 2018; B.S. in international politics from Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service, 2010.
Deputy Campaign Manager and Chief of
Staff to Dr. Jill Biden Anthony Bernal
Communications Director Sherice Perry
(Apr. 25, 2019) A vice president at Spitfire Strategies from Sept. 2017. Executive director of The Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative, Feb. 2016-Apr. 2017. Director of (Mar. 2014-Feb. 2016) and special assistant for (Apr. 2012-Mar. 2014) specialty and broadcast media in the secretary’s Public Affairs Office at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). Health equity program manager at Families USA, June 2008-Mar. 2012.. A communications specialist with the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service, June 2006-May 2008. Consultant for health policy (Sept. 2005-May 2006) and intern (Nov. 2004-June 2005) at Burness Communications. M.P.P. from Georgetown University; undergraduate degree from University of Pennsylvania. Author of Invincible Summer.
Press Secretary Michael LaRosa
(Nov. 2019) Deputy
director/communications for House Democratic Policy Committee,
Apr.-Nov. 2019. Communications director for U.S. Sen.
Maria Cantwell, June 2017-Apr. 2019. Segment producer
for Hardball with Chris Matthews at MSNBC, June 2013-July 2017
and digital reporter for MSNBC.com/NBC News, Sept. 2012-Dec.
2014. B.A. in political science and communications from
Seton Hall University. twitter
COO and Senior Advisor Maju Varghese
(Sept. 2019) Chief operating officer for
The Hub Project, Sept. 2018-Aug. 2019. Senior advisor at
Dentons, Apr. 2017-Aug. 2018. Assistant to the President
for Management and Administration (July 2015-Jan. 2017),
Special Assistant to the President and deputy Director of
Advance (June 2014-July 2015) and advance lead/senior advance
lead (Nov. 2010-June 2014) at THe White House. Associate
at Wade Clark Mulcahy, Feb. 2006-Nov. 2010. Research
associate at the DNC, Apr. 2001-July 2002. National
advance staff on Gore 2000, June 1999-Nov. 2000. J.D.
from Hofstra University, 2005; bachelor's degree in political
science and economics from University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, 1999. twitter
Director of Operations Andrew Schreyer
(April 2019) Operations at Everytown for
Gun Safety, Apr. 2018-Apr. 2019. Manager of field
operations for Mesmerize Marketing: Point-of-Care Media, May
2017-Mar. 2018. Accounting systems manager on
Hillary for America, July 2015-Jan. 2017. Fleet
performance and monitoring for Sungevity in Oakland, CA,
from April 2014. B.A./B.S. in philosophy, business
administration, French from Chapman University, 2014.
twitter
Deputy Director of National State Operations DeUndre Eberhart
(May 2019) Executive assistant to the
executive director at the Democratic Governors Association,
Feb.-May 2019. Deputy logistics director fo the DSCC on
the Florida recount, Nov. 2018. Director of operations
for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, July-Nov.
2018. Director of logistics/special
assistant to the candidate on Stacey Evans for Georgia
Governor, July 2017-May 2018. Special assistant to the
Commissioner/trasition executive for DeKalb County
Commissioner, Jan.-April 2017. National chief
operating officer fo the National Black MBA Association,
Leaders of Tomorrow, Sept. 2014-June 2015. Executive
assistant to the executive director at Tomorrow's Luminaries
Foundation, Aug. 2012-Feb. 2014.
Director of Travel Operations Adrian Culea
(May 2019) Field/political director on
Sean Patrick Maloney for Congress (NY), Feb.-Nov. 2018.
Production assistant/replay operator for the National
Basketball Association, Sept. 2014-Feb. 2018. Campaign
manager for Stronger New Castle slate (NY), July-Nov.
2017. Deputy GOTV/operations director for the Colorado
Democratic Party, Sept.-Nov. 2016. General manager for
Hoop1Video, Aug. 2014-May 2016. Basketball operations
intern for the Brooklyn Nets, Jan. 2013-Aug. 2014.
Deputy field director on Colorado Commits to Kids, Sept.-Nov.
2013. Field director in IA-04 for the Iowa Democratic
Party, Apr.-Nov. 2012. Public relations associate for
Men's Health Network, Dec. 2011-Mar. 2012. B.A. in
political science from Hofstra University, 2011.
Deputy Director of Travel Operations Susanna Billings
(June 2019) Executive assistant (July
2018-June 2019) and leadership recruiting coordinator (June
2017-July 2018) at Tesla. Administrator at the Maryland
Addictions Directors Council, Feb.-June 2017. B.A. in
political science from American University, 2017; internships
include operations intern in the Office of the Vice President,
Sept. 2016-Jan 2017.
Chief People, Diversity and Inclusion Officer (CHRO) Michael Leach
(June 2019) Senior manager of labor
relations (Feb.-June 2019), manager of labor operations (July
2015-Feb. 2019) and labor operations coordinator (May
2014-July 2015) for the NFL Management Council.
Assistant to the head coach at the Chicago Bears, June
2011-May 2014. Football operations assistant (Jan.-May
2011) and media relations assistant (May 2010-May 2011) at the
Miami Dolphins. Defensive charter/manager for the
University of Illinois football team, Mar. 2006-Feb.
2009. M.S. from St. Thomas University; B.S. from
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Operations and Hiring Coordinator Esmeralda Orozco
(Aug. 2019) Staff assistant in Orange
County, CA for U.S. House, Jan.-July 2019. B.A. in
political science and public administration from Cal State
Fullerton, 2019.
National Recruitment Coordinator Sophia Rubio
(Aug. 2019) Scheduler in the U.S. House,
Oct. 2018-Aug. 2019. Virginia field organizer for For
Our Future, Feb.-Oct. 2018. B.S. in therapeutic
recreation/recreational therapy from University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, 2017.
Director of Financial Planning and Analysis Amanda Brockbank
(June 2019) Chief of staff (Apr. 2018-June 2019), client strategy and operations manager (June 2017-Apr. 2018) and business analyst (June 2016-June 2017) at Guild Education. Office of the Chief Economist of Global Practices and Cross Cultural Solution Areas at The World Bank, Mar.-Aug. 2015. B.A. in public policy from Stanford University.
Senior Accountant Andrea Wise
(Aug. 2019) Senior accountant (Jan.
2008-Jan. 2019) and accounting analyst, accounts receivable
(Jan. 2005-Jan. 2008) at Axalta Coating Systems. General
accountant at H.D. Lee Company, Inc., Jan. 2001-Jan.
2005. Credit manager for VF Corporation, Jan. 1997-Jan.
2001. M.B.A. from Drexel University's LeBow College of
Business, 2009.
General Counsel Dana Remus
(Apr. 25, 2019) General counsel of the Obama Foundation and the Office of Barack and Michelle Obama. Senior ethics counsel at the White House from 2016. Professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law, from 2013. Prevously taught at the University of New Hampshire School of Law from 2009, and Drexel University's Earle Mack School of Law, 2006-08. Associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP in New York, 2002-05. J.D. from Yale Law School, 2002; A.B. in East Asian studies from Harvard College, 1997.
(announced April 30, 2020)
Co-Chairs
Former U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd; U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt
Rochester; Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti; and former
White House and Senate counsel to Vice President Biden,
Cynthia C. Hogan
Vetting teams led by former White House Counsel Bob
Bauer, campaign general counsel Dana Remus, and former
Homeland Security Advisor Lisa Monaco
U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond (LA-2) (announced
May 31, 2019)
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (announced Jan. 9, 2020)
U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE) (announced Mar. 4, 2020)
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (MI) (announced Mar. 5, 2020)
International Association of Fire
Fighters (IAFF) (announced
Apr. 29, 2019)
133 former national security officials (announced Nov. 12, 2019)
National Association of Government Employees
(NAGE-SEIU) (announced Dec. 9, 2019)
Actors Vivica A. Fox and Sean Patrick Thomas (announced Jan. 9, 2020)
AAPI Victory Fund (announced
Jan. 17, 2020)
International Association of Bridge, Structural, and
Ornamental Iron Workers (announced Jan.
22, 2020)
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) (announced Feb. 1, 2020)
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) (announced Feb. 5, 2020)
Latino Victory Fund (announced Feb. 20, 2020)
Operative Plasterers’ & Cement Masons’ International
Association (OPCMIA) (announced Mar. 3, 2020)
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
(announced Mar. 8, 2020)
Brady PAC (announced Mar. 8, 2020)
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund (announced Mar. 9, 2020)
Giffords PAC (announced Mar. 11, 2020)
National Wildlife Federation Action Fund (announced Mar. 12, 2020)
National Education
Association (NEA) (announced
Mar. 14, 2020)
International Longshoremen's
Association (ILA) (announced
Mar. 15, 2020)
more than 80 nation
security professionals (announced
Mar. 18, 2020)
CHC BOLD PAC (announced Mar. 20, 2020)
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)
(announced
Mar. 20, 2020)
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) (announced
Mar. 22, 2020)
American Federation of State County and Municipal
Employees (AFSCME) (announced Mar. 23, 2020)
CASA in Action (announced
Apr. 9, 2020)
Emgage PAC (announced
Apr. 16, 2020)
Voto Latino (announced
Apr. 16, 2020)
End Citizens United and
Let America Vote (announced
Apr. 16, 2020)
J Street (announced
Apr. 17, 2020)
League of Conservation Voters Action Fund (announced
Apr. 20, 2020)
Congressional Black Caucus PAC (announced
Apr. 20, 2020)
more than 80 scientists (announced Apr. 21,
2020)
United Auto Workers (UAW) (announced
Apr. 21, 2020)
Jewish Democratic Council of America (announced
Apr. 24, 2020)
Invisible (announced
May 4, 2020)
National Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund (announced
May 5, 2020)
Human Rights Campaign (announced
May 6, 2020)
Progressive Turnout Project (announced
May 6, 2020)
Transport Workers Union (TWU) (announced
May 7, 2020)
Former Candidates for the 2020 Democratic Nomination (announcements)
Former President Barack Obama (announced
Apr. 14, 2020)
@JoeForIA
Jan. 3, 2020; the campaign reports:"a robust Iowa organizing operation with 28 offices and more than 145 paid staffers on the ground"
Field Offices:
Ames - 416 Douglas Ave., Ste. 205, Ames, IA 50010
Burlington - 405 Jefferson St., Burlington, IA 52601
Carroll - 311 E 6th St., Carroll, IA 51401
Cedar Rapids - 3621 1st Ave. NE. Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Clinton - 415 S. Second St., Clinton, IA 52732
Council Bluffs - 536 W. Broadway, Council Bluffs, IA 51503
Davenport - 1706 Brady St., Davenport, IA 52803
Decorah - 208 W Water St, Decorah, IA 52101
Des Moines area
- 4319 Fleur Dr., Des Moines, IA 50321 (south side)
- 2355 E. University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50317
- 5967 Ashworth Rd., Waukee/West Des Moines, IA 50266
Dubuque - 799 Main St., Dubuque, IA 52001
Fairfield - 115 E. Burlington Ave., IA 52556
Fort Dodge - 304 2nd Ave. S, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
Fort Madison - 811 Ave. G., Fort Madison, IA 52627
Grinnell - 817 4th Ave., Grinnell, IA 50112
Iowa City - 702 S. Gilbert St., Ste. 104, Iowa City, IA 52240
Lorimor - 401 Main St., Lorimor, IA 50149
Mason City - 105 S Delaware Ave., Mason City, IA 50401
Muscatine - 130 E. 2nd St, Muscatine, IA 52761
Newton - 110 1st St. N, Newton, IA 50208
Ottumwa - 2815 N. Court St., Ottumwa, IA 52501
Sioux City - 1754 Hamilton Blvd., Sioux City, IA 51103
Spencer - 24 W. Park St., Spencer, IA 51301
Storm Lake - 615 Lake Ave., Storm Lake, IA 50588
Waterloo - 10 W 4th St., Ste. 50, Waterloo, IA 50703
Aug. 1 - Council Bluffs, Sioux City (with Dr. Jill Biden)
Aug. 7 - Iowa City (with Joe Biden), Davenport, Dubuque (with Dr. Jill Biden)
Sept. 6 - Mason City (with Dr. Jill Biden)
Sept. 7 - Des Moines (with Dr. Jill Biden)
Sept. 27 - Carroll, Fort Dodge (with Sen. Tom Carper)
Oct. 5 - Fort Madison, Burlington (with Dr. Jill Biden)
Nov. 2 - Des Moines south side (with Jill and Joe Biden)
Nov. 8 - Muscatine (with former Labor Sec. and L.A. Supervisor Hilda Solis)
Nov. 9 - Newton (with former Sen. Bob Kerrey)
State Director Jake Braun
(reported by DMR's Brianne Pfannenstiel on May 17, 2019) CEO at Cambridge Global from 2013; faculty/lecturer at University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy. White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, Jan. 2009-Dec. 2010. Deputy national field director on Obama's 2008 campaign; earlier did some consulting for Chris Dodd's presidential campaign. Field director on the Michigan Coordinated Campaign in Fall 2004; headed up John Kerry's Dubuque office during the 2003-04 Iowa caucus campaign. Worked on local campaigns in Dubuque in 2002. Master's degree in international relations and affairs from Troy University; master's degree in education from National Louis University; bachelor's degree in philosophy from Loyola University Chicago. From Omaha.
Senior Advisor Jessie Harris
(reported by DMR's Brianne Pfannenstiel on May
17, 2019) Partner at the LS2group in Des Moines from
June 2017; started as a senior account executive in Nov.
2010. A senior aide to Iowa Secretary of State
Michael Mauro, 2010. Iowa state director
on SEIU Change That Works, 2009. Iowa Democratic Party
Coordinated Campaign director, Feb. 2008-Jan. 2009.
Political director on Citizens for Tom Harkin, Apr. 2007-Feb.
2008. Iowa field director on Tom Vilsack for President,
2007-08. Field director for the Iowa Democratic Party’s
Coordinated Campaign. Field director on the Chet Culver
for Governor campaign. Regional field director for the
2004 Iowa Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign (Linn
County). Field staffer on John Edwards' Iowa caucus
campaign (Warren County). B.A. double major in political
science and history from Simpson College, 2003.
Deputy State Director Claudia Chavez
(June 2019) Senior advisor to Chicago for Rahm Emanuel, Feb. 2018-May 2019. Deputy director of Legislative Council and government affairs (Aug. 2016-Feb. 2018) and assistant to the Mayor, Legislative Council and government affairs (Mar. 2014-July 2016) to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Senior account executive at Resolute Consulting LLC, Apr. 2011-Feb. 2014. Senior account executive at Central Strategies, May 2011-Dec. 2013. Regional deputy GOTV director for OFA-CO, Sept.-Nov. 2012. Regional director for For A Better Chicago, Jan.-May 2011. Deputy field director for the Illinois Democratic Coordinated Campaign, July 2010-Apr. 2011. Field director on Alexi for Illinois, May-July 2010. Field director on Dan Hynes for Governor, July 2009-Feb. 2010. Field director on Friends of Sara Feigenholtz (IL-5), Dec. 2008-Mar. 2009. Regional field director on Bill Foster for Congress (IL-14), Aug.-Nov. 2008. GOTV for the IL-14 special election, Feb.-Mar. 2008. B.A. in political science and government from Illinois State University. twitter
Political Director Will McIntee
(June 2019) Midwest outreach director for
the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, Feb. 2017-June
2019. Lead advance representative with the U.S.
Department of the Interior, June 2015-Jan. 2017. Account
executive for Cambridge Global Advisors, Dec. 2014-June
2015. Deputy district director for U.S. Rep. Bruce
Braley, Aug. 2011-Jan. 2015. Deputy political director
on Braley for Senate, July-Nov. 2014. Field director on
Braley for Congress, May-Nov. 2012. B.A. in
politics/international studies from Loras College, 2011.
Deputy Political Director Lucas Oglesbee
(July 2019) Political director on Patty
Judge for U.S. Senate, May-Nov. 2016. Field director in
Des Moines for the Iowa Democratic Party, Mar. 2015-Apr.
2016. Legislative clerk in the Iowa House, Jan.-Mar.
2015. Field director for the House Truman Fund,
Jan.-Dec. 2014. Legislative clerk in the Iowa House,
Jan.-May 2013. Campaign manager for the House Truman
Fund, May-Nov. 2012. Field organizer for the Iowa
Democratic Party, June-Nov. 2010. Campaign coordinator
on the Yes for All campaign (Johnson Co.), Mar.-May
2009. Canvasser for the Iowa Democratic Party, May-Nov.
2008. Assistant field organizer in Johnson County on Joe
Biden for President, July 2007-Jan. 2008.
Political Associate Elizabeth Baer
(July 2019) Assistant account executive at Resoluted Consulting LLC, Jan.-May 2019. Copywriter with Dover Strategy Group, June-Nov. 2018. B.A. in political science from University of Iowa, 2017. twitter
Youth Vote Director Wesley Crew
(Aug. 2019) Constituent affairs liaison in the New York State Assembly, May-Aug. 2019. Regional field director for the Florida Democratic Party, May-Aug. 2018. Eligibility specialist (June 2015-Aug. 2017) and counselor/navigator (Dec. 2014-June 2015) for the Broward Regional Health Planning Council, Inc. Field organizer in Coral Springs for the Florida Democratic Party, May-Nov. 2014. Bachelor's degree in political science and government from The University of Alabama, 2019. twitter
Director of Coalition Building State Rep. Ras Smith
(reported by the Courier on Nov. 8, 2019) Elected to
represent House District 62 (parts of Waterloo) in Nov.
2016. Iowa consultant for community engagement and
resource development for Communities In Schools of Mid-America
from Jan. 2019. Site coordinator, George Washington
Carver Academy for Communities In Schools, Jan. 2016-Jan.
2019. Shift leader at Four Oaks, May 2015-Jan.
2016. M.A. in leisure, youth and human services (2015)
and B.A. in exercise science and movement from University of
Northern Iowa. twitter
Organizing Director Adrienne Bogen
(reported by the Des Moines Register on May 17,
2019) Deputy Coordinated Campaign director for the
Florida Democratic Party in Fall 2018. Statewide field
director on Philip Levine for Governor (FL), Mar.-Aug.
2018. Feld director for St. Petersburg Mayor Rick
Kriseman's re-election in 2017. Worked on Hillary
Clinton's 2016 campaign in Florida. Worked on Charlie
Crist's campaign for governor in 2014. twitter
Deputy Organizing Directors
Rachel Niemerski
(May 2019) Organizing director on Andrew
Cuomo 2018. NYC organizing director for the New York
State Democratic Party, Feb.-June 2018. Field director
on Sheehan for Mayor, May-Nov. 2017. Regional organizing
director in Mason for the Ohio Democratic Party/Hillary for
America, Apr.-Nov. 2016; regional organizing director in
Boise, ID (Feb.-Apr. 2016) and field organizer in the Des
Moines area (July 2015-Feb. 2016) on Hillary for
America. Operations manager (2014-June 2015) and policy
associate and executive assistant (Feb. 2013-Aug. 2014)
at the Environmental Working Group. B.S. degree, program
in the environment from University of Michigan, 2012. twitter
Scott Genzink
(May 2019) 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
Regional Organizing Directors
Polk County Ben Hoffman
Deputy sector director in Orlando on the
Florida Recount for the DSCC, Nov. 2018. Deputy field
director (Western Iowa, Polk County and Cedar Rapids) for the
Iowa Democratic Party, Sept.-Nov. 2018. Field director
on Dan Koh for Congress, Jan.-Sept. 2018. Field
organizer in Prince William County for the Democratic Party of
Virginia, June-Nov. 2017; organizer on Ralph Northam for
Governor, Mar.-June 2017. Field organizer on Anna
Throne-Holst for Congress, July-Nov. 2016. Bachelor's
degree in political science from Tufts University, 2016.
twitter
Western Iowa Jacob Spreyer
(June 2019) Regional field director
(May-Nov. 2018) and field organizer (Oct. 2017-May 2018) on JB
Pritzker for Governor. Master's degree in sport
administration from University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, 2018; bachelor's degree in sports management from
University of Connecticut, 2016. twitter
Iowa City Tripp Frank
Campaign manager on Jennifer Boysko for State
Senate (VA) special election. Field director on Raul
Ruiz for Congress (CA), Apr.-Nov. 2018. Campaign manager
on Jennifer Boysko for Delegate, June-Nov. 2017. Field
director on Jennifer Boysko for Delegate, May-Nov. 2015.
Degree in political science and government from American
University, 2015. twitter
Eastern Iowa (River Counties between Dubuque and Lee) Elizabeth Glad
(May 2019) Deputy field director/fellows coordinator on Melinda Katz for District Attorney (Queens), Apr.-May 2019. Deputy field director/regional field director (Feb.-Apr. 2019) and field organizer (Dec. 2018-Feb. 2019) on Toni for Chicago. Field organizer on Gina Raimondo for Governor/Democratic Coordinated Campaign, July-Nov. 2018. Campaign fellow on London Breed for Mayor (SF), Apr.-June 2018. B.A. in marketing from SFSU, 2015.
NE Iowa (Waterloo) Larry Bowden
(June 2019) Regional field director
(Sept.-Dec. 2018) and field organizer (June-Sept. 2018) on JB
for Governor. Consultant to DSCC on the Florida recount
in Nov. 2018. Intake specialist for Morgan & Morgan,
P.A., Oct. 2017-May 2018. Research assistant for Florida
Strong, Jan. 2016-Sept. 2017. Customer service
representative for Systems and Methods, Inc., Oct. 2016-July
20017. Bachelor's degree in political science and
pre-law from Florida A&M University, 2014.
Cedar Rapids Joanna Naranjo
(Aug. 2019) Associate for Orange Lake
Resorts, Holiday Inn Club Vacations from May 2012. Field
director in Orlando for the Florida Democratic Party,
Aug.-Nov. 2018. Field organizer on Mayor Philip Levine's
campaign, May-Aug. 2018. B.A. in international/global
studies and B.S. in public health from University of South
Florida, 2017. twitter
Out of State Coordinator ???
Deputy Out of State Coordinator Annalee Garrity
(Aug. 2019...started on the campaign as
regional organizing director for Eastern Iowa (river counties
between Dubuque and Lee) from May 2019) Staffer/executive
assistant at Cambridge Global Advisors from Nov. 2018.
GOTV director in CD-1 for the IDP, Oct. 2018.
Paid canvass director in Iowa CD-1 for the DCCC from Sept.
2018. Field director for County IDEA from June
2018. Political organizer for the Illinois Beveraga
Association from Feb. 2018. Native English teacher in
Japan, June 2016-July 2017. B.A. in classics and
classical languages from Bryn Mawr College, 2011. twitter
Communications Director Julia Krieger
(May 2019) Communications director for
the start up of U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan's presidential campaign
(first six weeks). Communications director on U.S. Sen.
Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)'s re-election campaign, Nov. 2017-Nov.
2018. Deputy communications director (Feb.-Nov. 2017)
and press secretary to Sen. Heitkamp. New media press
secretary to the U.S. House Oversight & Government Reform
Committee, July 2013-Aug. 2014. Media analyst for
American Bridge 21st Century, Feb. 2012-July 2013.
Researcher at Media Matters for America, June 2010-Feb.
2012. B.A. in journalism, gender, women and sexuality
studies from University of Minnesota, 2009. twitter
Press Secretary Sean Higgins
(Sept. 2019) Communications director for
U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Dec. 2018-Sept. 2019.
Press secretary on Heidi Heitkamp for North Dakota, Sept.
2017-Nov. 2018. Press secretary (Sept. 2016-Sept. 2017),
speechwriter and press assistant (Nov. 2015-Sept. 2016) and
legislative corresspondent and staff assistant (Feb.-Nov.
2015) to U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos. B.A. in political
science and African-American studies from University of
Mississippi, 2015. twitter
Press Assistant Connor Coughlan
Press secretary on Gary Chico's campaign for
Mayor in Chicago to Mar. 2019. Worked on Chris Kennedy's
campaign for Governor of Illinois, 2017-Apr. 2018. B.A.
in political science from Creighton University.
Digital Director Ben Cobley
(Oct. 2019) Comms. director for Iowa
Voices from June 2019. Digital and communications
specialist on Friends of John Delaney, Feb.-June 2019.
Senior digital strategist for GPSIMPACT from June 2017.
Press aide in Des Moines on Hillary for America, Sept.-Nov.
2016. Deputy campaign manager on Rob Hogg for U.S.
Senate, Jan.-June 2016; also legislative aide to Sen. Hogg,
Jan.-April 2016. Bachelor's degree in
international/global studies from University of Iowa,
2016. twitter
Policy Director Jack Cumming-Meininger
DATA
Data Director John Miller
(June 2019) Data director on Beto for
Texas, Jan.-Nov. 2018. Data director for the Democratic
Party of Arkansas, July-Dec. 2017. Battleground states
analyst on Hillary for America, Sept.-Nov. 2016. New
Hampshire data director for NextGen Climate, July-Sept.
2016. California data director (May-June 2016) and
national data desk (Jan.-May 2016) on Bernie 2016. Data
director and deputy state director on Give Arkansas a Raise,
Cot.-Nov. 2014. Data director/deputy state director on
Arkansas Voter Registration Project, May-Oct. 2014.
Degree in politics from Hendrix College, 2013. Fellow in
Little Rock on Obama for America, May-Nov. 2012. Fellow
in San Antonio on Obama for America, Aug.-Nov. 2008.
Operations Director Bill Doerrer
(June 2019) Executive director of Chicago
Victory PAC (Rahm Emanuel), May 2018-May 2019. Deputy
campaign manager on Kennedy for Illinois, May 2017-Apr.
2018. Campaign manager on Morrison for State Senate
(IL), May-Dec. 2012. Chief of staff to State Rep. Kelly
Cassidy (IL), Sept. 2011-May 2012. Regional director on
For A Better Chicago PAC, Jan.-May 2011. Regional field
director for the Colorado Democratic Party, July-Nov.
2010. Field organizer in Montcalm Co. for the Michigan
Democratic Party, July-Oct. 2008. J.D. from Chicago-Kent
College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2016; B.A.
in history and economics from Marquette University,
2010. twitter
Training Director Bobby Brady-Sharp
National field director (Mar. 2018-Mar. 2019)
and deputy national training director (Apr. 2016-Mar. 2018) at
Organizing for Action. Field director in San Antonio for
Brass Tactics, Dec. 2015-Feb. 2016. Deputy field
director on Adrian Garcia for Mayor, July-Nov. 2015.
Regional field director for Battleground Texas, Feb.-Nov.
2014. Senior field organizer in the Milwaukee area on
Obama for America, Mar.-Nov. 2012. Field organizer in
Waukesha (June-Nov. 2008) and deputy field organizer in
Houston (Feb.-Mar. 2008) on Obama for America. twitter
Field
Organizers include:
Sabrina Bousbar
Iowa City twitter
Tavis Cote twitter
Connor Culloton
Council Bluffs twitter
Peter Danos twitter
Grace Darrah twitter
Kelsey Fitzpatrick Ottumwa twitter
Camilo Haller Storm Lake twitter
Andrew Hernandez twitter
Jack Hurley Cedar Rapids twitter
Kyle Jaffe twitter
Gabriella Johns
Cedar Rapids twitter
Tiffany Louk
Fort Dodge twitter
Robert Lyons SW
Iowa twitter
Ben Martel
Grace Meyer Des Moines twitter
Zach Moneypenny
Dubuque twitter
Haley Ring NW Iowa twitter
Riley Robinson
Davenport
Sebastian Rozo twitter
Tria Stallings
Dubuque
Denisse C. Cedar
Rapids twitter
On July 30, 2019, DMR's Brianne Pfannenstiel reported, "The campaign says it will have about 75 total staff members in Iowa by Aug. 1."
Endorsements
(press
releases)
...announced June 11, 2019
Betty Brim-Hunter,
Former Political Director, Iowa Federation of Labor
Teri Hawks Goodman,
Community Leader
Bruce Hunter, State
Representative
Jim Lykam, State
Senator
Mary Maloney, Polk
County Treasurer
Jackie Norris,
President & CEO, Goodwill of Central Iowa; Former
Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to First Lady
Michelle Obama
Tom Powers, Former
Councilman, City of Waterloo
Ken Runde, Former
Dubuque County Sheriff & Obama Administration United
States Marshal
...announced June 25, 2019
Dennis Cohoon, State
Representative (District
87, Burlington)
Roxanna Moritz, Scott
County Auditor
Bill Gluba, Former
Mayor of Davenport
Jerry Messer, Former
Quad City Federation of Labor President
Jim Hancock, Former
Scott County Supervisor
Highland Nichols,
Former Clinton County Democratic Chair
...announced July 26, 2019
NW Iowa leaders:
Tim Kacena, State
Representative (District
14, Sioux City)
David O'Brien, longtime
lawyer and 2014 congressional candidate
Cindy Waitt executive
director
of the Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention
Terry O'Brien, community
leader
and attorney
Dave Somsky, former
Woodbury County Democratic chairman
Connie Gronstal, community
leader
and retired social worker
...announced Aug. 7, 2019
Sarah Orwig,
International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) member and
Iowa Professional Fire Fighters (IPFF) Executive Board Trustee
Rev. Dr. Frantz Whitfield,
Senior Minister, Mount Carmel Baptist Missionary Church
Megan Rucker, Educator
from Davenport
Patrick Riley,
Attorney and Community Activist from Cedar Rapids
Kyle Cirkyl, U.S. Army
Veteran and Engineer from Cedar Rapids
Miyoko Hikiji, Veteran
and Advocate from Urbandale
Ellen Goodmann Miller,
Community and Resource Development Specialist from Dubuque
Jesse McCunniff, Iowa
National Guard Veteran and Community Activist from Waterloo
...announced Aug, 15, 2019
former Iowa State
Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal
...announced Sept. 26, 2019
Educators for Biden
...announced Oct. 3, 2019
18 community leaders
...announced Oct. 10, 2019
Bill Gerhard, President of the Iowa State Building and
Construction Trades Council
...announced Nov. 5, 2019
former State Senator Tod
Bowman of Maquoketa
...announced Nov. 8, 2019
10 current and former elected officials
John Lundell, Mayor of
Coralville
David Neil, Mayor of
La Porte City
Dick Gruber, Mayor of
Pocahontas
Deb Larsen, Mayor of
New Hampton
Susan Marie Webster,
Mayor of Rowley
Jason Morse, Mayor of
Polk City
Dwight Lamb, former
Mayor of Onawa
Ric Jones, Dubuque
City Council
JR Ackley, Marble Rock
City Council
Martin Larsen, former
Chickasaw County Sheriff
...announced Nov. 13, 2019
Lee County leaders:
George Morgan of
Keokuk, former Lee County Veterans Affairs
Commission Chair, Lee County Supervisor and
Keokuk Police Chief
Ron Fedler of West
Point, Lee County Supervisor
Gene Fraise of Fort
Madison, former State Senator
Vernon Benjamin of
Argyle, former Lee County Democrats Chair
Christine Spann, Lee County Treasurer
...announced Nov. 23, 2019
Former Gov. Tom Vilsack and
First Lady Christie Vilsack
...announced Dec. 13, 2019
Dr. Tammy Wawro,
former President of the Iowa State Education Association
...announced Dec. 16, 2019
Davenport Mayor-elect Mike
Matson
...announced Dec. 17, 2019
25 Iowa leaders including
state Sen. Herman Quirmbach (District
23, Ames)
...announced Dec. 23, 2019
Brent Oleson, Linn
County Supervisor
...announced Jan. 2, 2020
U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer
(IA-01), Dubuque
...announced Jan. 5, 2020
Rev. Rob Johnson,
Associate Minister at Corinthian Baptist Church, Des Moines
...announced Jan. 10, 2020
Kirsten Running-Marquardt,
State Representative (District
69, Cedar Rapids)
...announced Jan. 15, 2020
Scott County Supervisors Ken Croken and Brinson Kinzer
...announced Jan. 21, 2020
Sandy Opstvedt, DNC member and
labor leader
...announced Jan. 22, 2020
Bonnie Campbell,
former Iowa Attorney General from Des Moines
Tom Hockensmith, Polk
County Supervisor from Des Moines
Mary Gaskill, Iowa
State Representative (District
81, Ottumwa)
John Forbes, Iowa
State Representative (District
40, Urbandale)
Cynthia Forbes,
Community Leader from Urbandale
Eric Van Lancker,
Clinton County Auditor from Clinton
Staci Appel, former
Iowa State Senator from Indianola
Jerry Kearns, former
Iowa State Representative from Keokuk
Will Overstreet, Iowa
National Guard veteran and educator from Cedar Falls
Cody Leistikow, labor
activist from Waterloo
Mary Elgar, former
Henry County Democrats Chair from Mount Pleasant
...announced Jan. 23, 2020
Diana Broderson, Mayor
of Muscatine
Steve Gorman,
firefighter and State Senate Candidate in District 8
Marty Pottebaum,
Woodbury County Supervisor
...announced Jan. 24, 2020
former Gov. Chet Culver
...announced Jan. 25, 2020
U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03),
West Des Moines
Sioux City Journal
...announced Jan. 26, 2020
State Rep. Mark Smith
(District
71, Marshalltown) ......previously backed Booker
...announced Jan. 28, 2020
State Sen. Jackie
Smith (District
7, Sioux City)
State Rep. Dave Jacoby (District
74, Coralville)
State Rep. Bob Kressig (District
59, Cedar Falls)
...announced Jan. 29, 2020
Marcia Nichols, former
political director of AFSCME Council 61 ...previously backed Booker
...announced Jan. 30, 2020
State Rep. Timi Brown-Powers
(District
61, Waterloo)
State Sen. Pam Jochum (District
50, Dubuque)
...announced Feb. 1, 2020
State Rep. Amy Nielsen
(District
77, North Liberty)
Nate Willems, former
Iowa State Representative from Mount Vernon
Randy Black, Chair of
the Wing Ding and Vice Chair of Cerro Gordo County Democrats
from Mason City
Ann Poe, Cedar Rapids
City Councilmember
David Schrader, former
Iowa House Minority Leader from Newton
Steve Hansen, former
Iowa State Senator from Sioux City
Doug Bishop, Jasper
County Treasurer from Baxter
Rob Barron, Co-Founder
of the Latino Political Network and Des Moines School Board
Member
Izaah Knox, Community
Activist from Des Moines
Mary Campos, Latino
Activist from Des Moines
Scott Foens, Veteran
and Democratic Activist from Marion
Linda Foens,
Democratic Activist from Marion
Kathy Eck, Vice Chair
of Humboldt County Democrats from Humboldt
Tim Tracy, former
Chair of the Carroll County Democrats from Carroll
Kelli Soyer, Member of
the Des Moines School Board from Des Moines
@JoeForNH
Field Offices:
Berlin - 38 Glen Ave., Unit 103, Berlin, NH 03570
Concord - 64 N. Main St., 2nd Floor, Concord, NH 03301
Dover - 24 Chestnut St., St. 1, Dover, NH 03820
Keene: - 41 Winchester St., Unit 2, Keene, NH 03431
Lebanon: - 85 Mechanic St, Suite F1-1, Lebanon, NH, 03766
Manchester - 35 W. Brook St, Manchester, NH 03101
Nashua - 142 North Main St., Ste. 510, Nashua NH 03060
Portsmouth - 2800 Lafayetter Rd., Ste., 11, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Salem - 48 Stiles Road, Suite 104, Salem, NH 03079
State Director Ian Moskowitz
(reported by WMUR on Apr. 25, 2019,
2019) Campaign manager on Steve Dettelbach's run for
Ohio Attorney General, May 2017-Nov. 2018. Account
executive at AL Media, Sept.-Nov. 2016. Campaign
manager on Galbraith for Vermont, Mar.-Aug. 2016.
Political director for the New Hampshire Democratic Party,
Dec. 2014-Feb. 2016. NH Senate Democratic Caucus
campaign manager for state Sen. David Watters re-election
and for Maureen Manning for state Senate, May-Nov.
2014. Special assistant to New York City Council
Member Annabel Palma, Mar. 2013-May 2014. Research
assistant at D Squared Tax Strategies, Jan.-May 2013.
Finance assistant on Mark Murphy for Congress (NY),
June-Nov. 2012. B.A. in political science from Boston
University, 2012. twitter
Deputy State Director Laura O'Neill
(reported by WMUR on Apr. 25, 2019) Has
worked in the office of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen from Jan.
2018. Director of the NH Senate Democratic Caucus,
Jan. 2017-Jan. 2018. Worked on Hillary for America in
NH, ME and WI, July 2015-Nov. 2016. Executive
assistant to U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, July 2013-July
2015. B.A. in political science and public and
community service studies from Providence College,
2013. twitter
Political Director Kaytlynn Jacobs-Brett
(early July
2019) Government affairs specialist at Bianco
Professional Association from Dec. 2018. Managed Joe
Pace's campaign for Executive Council District 3,
Sept.-Nov. 2018. Political director on Maura
Sullivan for Congress, Nov. 2017-Sept. 2018. Managed
Sen. Martha Fuller Clark's re-election campaign, June-Dec.
2016. Bachelor's degree in political science and
government from UNH, 2015. twitter
Deputy Political Director Jeremy Levinson
(Dec. 2019)
Senior advisor to Sheila Bynum-Coleman for Delegate (VA),
June-Nov. 2019. Legislative aide in the New
Hampshire Senate, Dec. 2018-Apr. 2019. Campaign
manager on Shannon Chandley for State Senate (NH District
11), May-Nov. 2018. Studied politics and history at
Lake Forest College. twitter
ORGANIZING
Organizing Director Peter Dougherty
(reported by WMUR on Apr. 25, 2019,
2019) Southern regional field director at the DCCC
from June 2018. Campaiign manager on Bobby Kaple for
Congress (GA), Jan.-May 2018. Campaign manager on
Karen Keys-Gamarra for School Board in Fairfax, VA,
June-Sept. 2017. Campaign manager on Sara Townsend for
Delegate, Feb.-June 2017. Regional GOTV director for
the Democratic Party of Virginia, Aug.-Nov. 2016.
Field director on DPV/LuAnn Bennett for Congress (VA),
Mar.-Nov. 2016. Political director on Kathy McGuiness
for Lt. Governor of Delaware, Jan.-Mar. 2016. Field
director on Ginny for Mayor (Charleston, SC), June-Nov.
2015. Field director on Dan Storck for Supervisor of
Mount Vernon, Apr.-June 2015. Regional field director
(July-Dec. 2014) and field organizer (Apr.-June 2014) for
the Arizona Democratic Party. Regional field director
for the Utah Democratic Party, Jan.-Mar. 2014.
Communications intern at the DCCC, Sept.-Dec. 2013.
B.A. in political science from Miami University, 2013.
twitter
Deputy Organizing Director Catherine Vegis
(May 2019) Deputy field director
(May-Nov. 2018) and regional field director (June 2017-May
2018) on JB Pritzker for Governor (IL). Field
organizer in greater Philadelphia area for the Pennsylvania
Democratic Party, June-Nov. 2016. Experience also
includes fellow on Hillary for America in Chicago, Feb.-Mar.
2016, Rahm Emanuel's mayoral campaign, Jan.-Apr. 2015.
Studied political science and government at DePaul
University. twitter
Regional Organizing Directors include
Joe Scheidler
(May 2019) Special assistant on the
Warrior-Scholar Project, Mar.-May 2019. Campaign
manager on Martha Fuller Clark for State Senate, Sept.-Dec.
2018. Regional field director (Sept. 2018) and field
organizer (June-Sept. 2018) and Intern (Jan.-May 2018) on
Maura Sullivan for Congress (Portsmouth, NH). B.A. in
political science and government from University of New
Hampshire, 2018. twitter
Ben Kochenburger
Regional field director for the Arizona
Democratic Party, May-Nov. 2018. Regional program
director for the Locust Street Group (NY), July 2017-May
2018. Field organizer on Hillary for America in
Jefferson County, Colorado, June-Nov. 2016. Bachelor's
degree in psychology from Eastern Connecticut State
University, 2016. twitter
Nashua Alyssa Walker
(May 2019) Site lead in Tampa/St. Pete
on the Flordia Recount, Nov. 2018. Regional field
director for the Democratic Party of New Mexico, June-Nov.
2018. Political advocate for the Nashua Soup Kitchen
& Shelter, Inc., May 2017-June 2018. Organizer in
Claremont for the New Hampshire Democratic Party, May-Nov.
2016. Organizer on Brad Schneider for Congress
(IL-10), Feb.-Mar. 2016. Organizing fellow on Hillary
for America, Sept. 2015-Feb. 2016. M.A. in
international relations and affairs from University of Kent,
2015; B.A. in political science and government from
Merrimack College, 2014. twitter
Kevin Pallasch
GOTV director on Chris Pappas for Congress,
Aug.-Nov. 2018. Regional communications director for
We Are Missouri, Apr.-Aug. 2018. March into 18
organizer in DuPage, IL for the Democratic Party, Feb.
2017-Apr. 2018. Field organizer in Bucks County for
the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, July-Nov. 2016.
B.A. in international relations and affairs from The George
Washington University, 2016. twitter
Manchester Milton R. Patch III
(May 2019) Deputy regional field
director on JB Pritzker for Illinois, Aug. 2017-Nov.
2018. B.A. in political science and government from
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2016. twitter
Concord Niki Wagner
(July 2019) Recount site lead for the DSCC in Miami, Nov. 2018. Field organizer in Carbondale on JB for Illinois, Sept. 2017-Nov. 2018. Bachelor's degree in political science and government from University of Illinois at Urbandale, 2017; Associate's degree in political science from John A. Logan College, 2015. Field organizer on Scott Bennett for Illinois Senate, Oct. 2015-Nov. 2016. twitter
Dover Patrick Hobart
(Oct. 2019) Project director at
Revolution Field Strategies, June-Dec. 2018. Regional
field director in L.A. for Method Campaign Services,
Feb.-June 2018. Field manager in L.A. for Grassroots
Campaigns, Jan. 2017-Jan. 2018. Bachelor's degree in
politics from University of San Francisco. twitter
Communications Director Meira Bernstein
(reported by WMUR on Apr. 25, 2019,
2019) Communications director on McCaskill for
Missouri, Jan.-Nov. 2018. Communications director for
the Missouri Democratic Party, ,JUly-Dec. 2017. Press
secretary to U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, Jan.-July 2017; press
secretary on Maggie for NH, Jan.-Nov. 2016. Senior
associate (June 2014-Dec. 2015) and associate (Apr. 2013-May
2014) at Global Strategy Group. Associate account
executive at Kwittken & Company, Jan.-Mar. 2013.
B.A. in history, leadership studies and international
studies from Williams College, 2012. twitter
Press Secretary Emma Riley
(reported by WMUR on Apr. 25, 2019,
2019) Associate press secretary (from Mar. 2018) and
assistant (Mar. 2017-Mar. 2018) to Boston Mayor Martin
Walsh. Regional organizing director in York (July-Nov.
2016) and field organizer (May-July 2016) fo rthe
Pennsylvania Democratic Party. Organizing fellow in
Nashua, NH for Hillary for America, May 2015-May 2016.
Bachelor's degree in political science and government,
strategic communications from High Point University,
2016. twitter
Press Assistant Ike Hajinazarian
(July 2019) Deputy press secretary for
the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security/Chairman
Bennie G. Thompson, Jan.-July 2019. Press assistant ,
Apr.-Dec. 2018) and press intern (Sept. 2017-Apr. 2018) in
the Office of U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly (IN). Master's
degree in political management from The George Washington
University, 2018; Bachelor's degree in journalism from
Indiana University Bloomington, 2016. twitter
Digital Director Eisha Misra
(reported by Union Leader's Kevin Landrigan
on July 2; July 3 tweet) Digital director for the NH
Democratic Coordinated Campaign, Aug.-Dec. 2018.
Digital strategist at Run the World Digital, Aug. 2017-Aug.
2018. Communications and digital coordinator at the
Toxics Action Center, Feb.-Aug. 2017. Digital content
lead in Philadelphia on Hillary for America, July-Nov.
2016, Studied public relations, advertising and
applied communication at Penn State University. twitter
Data Director Evan Medina
(reported by Union Leader's Kevin Landrigan
on July 2) Data and analytics manager at The ONE
Campaign, Apr. 2017-June 2019. Deputy state director,
data and analytics for the Democratic Party of Virginia,
May-Nov. 2016. Lead organizer in Fort Dodge on Hillary
Clinton's Iowa caucus campaign, Apr. 2015-Jan. 2016.
Regional field director on Anthony Hardy Williams for Mayor
(Philadelphia), Jan.-Mar. 2015. Field director on
Kelly Westlund for Congress, July-Nov. 2014. Regional
field director on Alex Sink for Congress (FL), Jan.-Mar.
2014. Field organizer on the Virginia Democratic
Coordinated Campaign, Apr.-Nov. 2013. Field organizer
in Miramar on Organizing for America-Florida, June-Nov.
2012. B.A. in political science from the University of
Pennsylvania, 2011. twitter
Operations Director Laura DeLucia
(reported by Union Leader's Kevin Landrigan
on July 2) Project manager at The MIS Department, Inc.
from Dec. 2013. Operations manager for Tough Mudder
LLC, July 2012-Nov. 2013. Operations associate at the
Center for a New American Security, Sept. 2010-July
2012. Director of operations for presidential
personnel (Aug. 2009-May 2010) and staff assistant
(Jan.-Aug. 2009) in the EOP at The White House.
Director of operations in NH, TX, IN and PR on Obama for
America, Apr. 2007-Nov. 2008. Client services manager
and personal assistant to the CEO/President at NGP VAN, May
2004-Apr. 2007. B.A. in political science and
government from The George Washington University, 2004.
Training Director Aaron Thomas
(July 2019) Constituent advocate for
U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, Jan.-July 2019. Regional
field director in the greater Philadelphia area for the
Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Apr.-Nov. 2018. Field
organizer in Greensboro for the North Carolina Democratic
Party Coordinated Campaign, July-Nov. 2016. Degree in
political science and government from Millikin University,
2015.
GOTV Manager Erik Darcey
(Jan. 2020) Campaign manager on Helmer
for Virginia (House of Delegates), Nov. 2018-Nov.
2019. Deputy field director in VA-2 [Elaine Luria]
(Oct.-Nov. 2018) and grassroots director/paid canvass
director/organizer in VA-10 [Jennifer Wexton] (Feb.-Oct.
2018) for the DCCC. Investment specialist for
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. 2014-17. Field
organizer in Tama, IA and Bryan, TX on Hillary Clinton for
President, 2007-08. M.A. in philosophy and theology
from University of Oxford; B.A in history and religous
studies from Marlboro College. twitter
Field
Organizers include:
Lauren Anderson
twitter
Cari Berlin twitter
Jake Blaut
Peterborough twitter
JD Brennan twitter
Stephen Cekuta twitter
Genevieve Cickavage Concord twitter
Sal DeFrancesco twitter
Brady Easterling Portsmouth twitter
Syrena Falkengren twitter
Tiff Fontaine twitter
Daniel Gessen twitter
Jacob Link twitter
Aislinn Lowth twitter
Quinn Mannard Seacoast twitter
Hannah Peyton twitter
Tiffany Renee twitter
Jason Scheuchenko twitter
Jillian Singer
Michael Slatery twitter
On
June 25, 2019 WMUR's John DiStaso reported the Biden
campaign "now has 25 staffers in #fitn primary state NH with
more to be added soon."
In a Nov. 3, 2019 memo,
Biden for President New Hampshire state director Ian
Moskowitz reported the campaign has over 50 staff.
Endorsements
(press
releases)
...reported by WMUR on Apr. 25, 2019, 2019
Former Gov. John Lynch
served four terms from 2005-13 (>)
Terry Schumaker served
as ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago from 1997-2001,
co-chaired Bill Clinton's NH primary campaigns (>)
former New Hampshire Supreme
Court Chief Justice John Broderick, served as chief
justice 2004-10 and associate justice 1995-2004
...reported by WMUR on April 26, 2019
Former U.S. Rep. Carol Shea
Porter (>)
...reported by Fosters on May 13, 2019
Dana Hilliard, Somersworth Mayor and Middle School
principal
...reported by WMUR on July 8, 2019
Ned Helms, former
chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party; former
Commissioner of Health and Human Services
...reported by NBC News embed Amanda Golden on
July 15, 2019
Rep. Denny Ruprecht
(Landaff)
Rep. Richard Komi
(Manchester)
Strafford County
Commissioner George Maglaras
Substance misuse treatment advocate Olivia Dupell
...reported by WMUR on Aug. 12, 2019 (>)
Dick Swett, former
Ambassador and Congressman
...reported by the Union Leader on Aug. 17, 2019 (>)
State Sen. Lou D'Allesandro
(District 20-Manchester)
...reported by the Union Leader on Sept. 9, 2019 (>)
former New Hampshire Democratic party chairs Michael King and Chris Spirou
...announced Sept. 25, 2019
New Hampshire Educators for
Biden
...announced Oct. 2 2019
nine state representatives:
Rep. David Cote
(Nashua)
Rep. Tim Egan (Sugar
Hill)
Rep. Mary Freitas
(Manchester)
Rep. Julie Radhakrishnan (Amherst)
Rep. Beth Rodd
(Bradford)
Rep. Catt Sandler (Somersworth)
Rep. Charlie St. Clair (Laconia)
Rep. Ken Vincent (Somersworth)
Rep. Kermit Williams
(Wilton)
...reported by WMUR on Oct. 31, 2019 (>)
Rep. Laura Pantelakos
(Portsmouth), longest
serving member of the House
Rep. Paul Berch (Westmoreland)
Rep. John Cloutier
(Claremont)
Rep. Bruce Cohen (Nashua)
Rep. Jim Maggiore
(North Hampton)
...reported by WMUR on Dec. 4, 2019 (>)
former NH State
Senate Majority Whip Deb Reynolds, served 2006-10
...announced Dec. 11, 2019
former state Sen. Bette Lasky,
represented Nashua in the Legislature from 1998-2018
...announced Dec. 12, 2019
six mayors and former mayors:
Kendall Lane, Mayor of
Keene
Paul Grenier, Mayor of
Berlin
Bob Lister, former
Mayor of Portsmouth
TJ Jean, former Mayor
of Rochester
Jack Buckley, former
Mayor of Dover
William Boc, former
Mayor of Dover
...announced Dec. 18, 2019
Speaker of the House Steve
Shurtleff
...announced Jan. 6, 2020
100 New Hampshire
Independents
...announced Jan 9, 2020
Sen. and President Pro-Tem
Martha Fuller Clark (District
21, Portsmouth)
...announced Jan. 14, 2020
Rep. Patricia Lovejoy,
Rockingham - District 36
Rep. Patty Cornell,
Hillsborough - District 18
Rep. Mark Vallone,
Rockingham - District 9
Rep. Janet Wall,
Strafford - District 6
Rep. Jaci Grote,
Rockingham - District 24
Rep. Cathryn Harvey,
Cheshire - District 1
Rep. Barry Faulkner,
Cheshire - District 12
Rep. Howard Moffett,
Merrimack - District 9
Rep. David Huot,
Belknap - District 3
Rep. Anita Burroughs,
Carroll - District 1
Rep. Megan Murray,
Hillsborough - District 22
Rep. Jackie Cali-Pitts,
Rockingham - District 30
Former Rep. Kate Miller,
Belknap - District 3
...announced Jan. 23, 2020
Bill Shaheen, DNC
Committee Member
Sylvia Larsen, former
New Hampshire State Senate President
Joe Keefe, former New
Hampshire Democratic Party Chair
Jim Demers, Obama 2008
& 2012 Co-Chair
Paul W. Hodes, former
Member of Congress, CD-02
Peggo Horstmann Hodes
Peggy Gilmour, former
State Senator
Chris Meier, former
Carroll County Democratic Chair
Maureen Manning,
Manchester Attorney
Dan O'Neil, Manchester
Alderman-at-Large
Bill Barry, Manchester
Ward 10 Alderman
Kathy Kelley,
Manchester Ward 2 School Board Member
...announced Jan. 27, 2020
State Sen. Melanie Levesque
(District
12, Nashua)
@JoeforNV
(press release)
Offices:
2330 Paseo del Prado, Ste.
105, Las Vegas, NV 89102
Carson City - 810 East 5th St., Carson City, NV 89701
East Las Vegas - 2790 E. Flamingo Rd., Ste. F. Las
Vegas, NV 89121
North Las
Vegas - 4841 W. Craig Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89130
Henderson
- 1331 W. Warm Springs Rd., Ste. 110, Henderson, NV
89014
Reno - 4080 Kietzke Lane, Reno, NV 89502
...office openings: E.Las Vegas (Jill Biden Oct. 12):
Reno (Jill Biden Oct. 13)
State Director Hilary Barrett
(announced May 6, 2019) Campaign
manager on Joe Kopser for Congress in TX-21, June-Nov.
2018. Director of operations and scheduling on John
Chiang for Governor (CA), Mar.-June 2018. Director of
scheduling for U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto (NV), Nov.
2016-Mar. 2018. A deputy political director (focused
on coordinated table; also principal trip lead) in Nevada on
Hillary for America, May-Nov. 2016. Operations and
training (Feb.-May 2016) and deputy training
director-presidential caucus (Aug. 2015-Feb. 2016) for the
Nevada State Democratic Party. Bachelor's degree in
political science and international studies from University
of Utah, 2015. twitter
Senior Advisor Sttate Sen. Yvanna Cancela
(announced Jan. 6, 2020) First Nevada
elected official to endorse Biden, in Apr. 2019.
Political Director Divya Narala
Development office and program manager for
the South Asian Council for Social Services in NYC from May
2018. Assembly Education Committee manager and
personal attache to Chairman Tyrone Thompson, Jan.-June
2017. Personal secretary to Assemblyman Tyrone
Thompson, Jan.-June 2015. Intensive case manager for
HELP of Southern Nevada, July 2013-Apr. 2014.
AmeriCorps VISTA for Clark County Social Service, Jan.
2012-Jan. 2013. Bachelor's degree in biology from
University of Nevada, Reno 2011.
Organizing Director Jennifer Sosa
(announced May 6, 2019) Western
regional
field director at the DCCC from Jan. 2018. Vice
president of operations for California Young Democrats from
Feb. 2018. Field representative for U.S. Rep. Scott
Peters (CA), Dec. 2016-Dec. 2017. Field director in
the greater San Diego area for the California Democratic
Party (Aug.-Nov. 2016) and for the DCCC (Mar.-July
2016). Deputy campaign manager for Yes on A
(Carlsbad), Nov. 2015-Feb. 2016. Campaign manager on
Jerry Velasco for El Monte City Council and Andre Quintero
for Mayor, Aug.-Nov. 2015. Field organizer with the
California Democratic Party, June-Nov. 2014.
Bachelor's degree from UC San Diego, 2014. twitter
Deputy Organizing Director Lucia Nunez
(announced May 6, 2019) Field
director for CA-10 (July-Nov. 2018), organizing director
for CA-10 (Nov. 2017-June 2018) and senior regional
organizer in Modesto (Feb.-Nov. 2017) for the California
Democratic Party (Josh Harder). Field organizer in
Sacramento area for the California Democratic Party,
June-Nov. 2016. Research associate at briliant
corners Research & Strategies, Dec. 2015-June
2016. B.A. in environmental analysis, Hispanic
studies from Scripps College, 2015. twitter
Regional Organizing Directors include
Las Vegas Krystal Sun
(June 2019) Legislative assistant in
the Nevada State Legislature, Jan.-June 2019. Worked on the
recount for the DSCC in Florida, Nov. 2018. Organizer
for the Nevada State Democratic Party, Sept.-Nov.
2018. B.A. in sociology from UCLA, 2018.
Communications Director Vedant Patel
(announced May 6, 2019) Communications
director to U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA) from July
2018. Regional press secretary and director of AAPI
media at the DNC, Apr. 2017-July 2018. Communications
director on Mike Honda for Congress, Nov. 2015-Jan.
2017. Deputy communications director to U.S. Rep.
Mike Honda (CA), Jan. 2013-Nov. 2015. M.B.A. from UF
Hough Graduate School of Business, 2017; B.S. in biology
from UC Riverside, 2012. twitter
Press Secretary Kevin Munoz
(started as deputy press secretary in Sept.
2019) Account executive (from July 2019) and account
coordinater (from June 2018) at SS+K. Bachelor's
degree in political science, Latin American studies from
Vanderbilt University 2018.
Note:
Isabel Aldunate served as the initial Nevada press secretary
(announced May 6, 2019), moved to national: deputy director
of strategic comms. and Hispanic media press secretary.
Digital Director Kayla Johnson
(July 2019) Senior social marketing strategy manger (Aug. 2018-July 2019), corporate communications social manager (Jan.-Aug. 2018), corporate social media manager (Jan. 2017-Jan. 2018), corporate social media strategist (Sept. 2015-Jan. 2017), marketing and social media specialist (Apr.-Sept. 2015) and pit clerk at ARIA Resort & Casio (June 2014-Apr. 2015) for MGM Resorts International. Marketing assistant at Communication Works, May-Nov. 2014. Marketing and public relations specialist for Gateway Oaks Family Dentistry, Oct. 2013-Mar. 2014. Bachelor's degree in communication, journalism from University of Nevada-Reno, 2013. twitter
Operations Director Brooks Mears
(July 2019) Project management
consultant/operations analtys for Booz Allen, July
2015-June 2019. B.A. in history, politics-foreign
affairs from University of Virginia, 2015. twitter
Field
Organizers include:
Arlene Castilla
Las Vegas twitter
Nic Louie Ciccone Reno
twitter
Avery Counts Reno
twitter
Mailinh McNicholas
Las Vegas
Endorsements
press releases
State Senator Yvanna
Cancela (District 10, Las Vegas...Co-Majority Whip)
(reported by AP on Apr. 25, 2019, 2019) >
Nevada System of Higher Education Regent and former
Chair of the Nevada Democratic Party Sam Lieberman
(announced July 30, 2019)
Former Congresswoman
Shelley Berkley
Former Congressman Jim
Bilbray
Former Speaker of the
Nevada Assembly Richard Perkins
Assemblymember Susie
Martinez (District 12, Las Vegas)
Assemblymember
Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod (District 34, Las
Vegas)
Assemblymember Ozzie Fumo
(District 21, Las Vegas)
Former Assemblymember
Elliot Anderson
Former Las Vegas
Councilmember Bob Coffin
Former Chair of the Nevada
State Democratic Party Adriana Martinez
Ashok Mirchandani,
Community Leader
(announced Oct. 8, 2019)
Former President of the Nevada State Education Association Ruben Murillo
Community Leader and Documentary Filmmaker Christopher Scott
Clark County Democratic Club Member Ellen Fumo
Former Clark County School Board Trustee, Former Vice Chair
of the Nevada State Democratic Party Jose Solorio
Registered Nurse and Filipino Community Leader Doris Bauer
Business Leader Abbi
Whitaker
Business Leader Prymas Vaz
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Professor Ivet Adalba
Business Leader Phil Satre
Former Chancellor of Nevada System of Higher Education Dan Klaich
Sierra Vista High School Principal John Anzalone
(announced Oct. 16, 2019)
35 Nevada educators
(announced Nov. 15, 2019)
Roberta Lange, Former
Dem Party Chair, Current President Women's Dem Club
John Oceguera, Former
Speaker of the Nevada State Assembly
Kerin Scianna Rodgers,
Former President, Women's Democratic Club
Mary Ann Hebinck,
Former President, Women's Democratic Club
Katy Simon Holland,
Board President, Washoe County School District Board of
Trustees
Hanadi Nadeem, Local
Business Owner
Nadeem Tariq,
Physician and Community Activist
Kurt Thigpen, Former
President of American Advertising Federation, Reno, LGBTQ
Activist
Steven Evans, Former
Clark County Planning Commission
Larry Mosley, Former
Director of the Nevada State Department of Employment,
Training, and Rehabilitation
(announced Nov. 25, 2019)
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (NV-3)
(announced Dec. 4, 2019)
Former Gov. and Sen. Richard
Bryan (governor from 1983-89 and U.S. Senator from
1989-2001)
(announced Dec. 9, 2019)
Dr. Robert Green,
civil rights leader
(announced Jan. 16, 2020)
Former Las Vegas Mayor Jan
Jones Blackhurst
(announced Jan. 21, 2020)
17 African American community
leaders
(annoiunced Jan. 29,2020)
19 community and political
leaders
(announced Jan. 31, 2020)
Assemblywoman Selena Torres,
District
3
Assemblywoman Dina
Neal, District
7
Feb. 13, 2020
Las Vegas
Sun and Las Vegas
Weekly Joe Biden and Amy Klobuchar >
(announced Feb. 14, 2020)
U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford
(NV-4)
(announced Feb. 15, 2020)
Las Vegas City Councilman
Cedric Crear
(annoounced Feb. 16, 2020)
Lt. Gov. Kate Marshall
SOUTH CAROLINA
@JoeforSC
Charleston - 2025 Reynolds Ave., North Charleston, SC 29405
Columbia - 1634 Taylor St., Columbia, SC 29201
Florence - 658 S. Coit St., Florence, SC 29501
Greenville - 600 E. Washington St., Ste. 610, Greenville, SC 29601
Orangeburg - 778 Broughton St., Orangeburg, SC 29115
Rock Hill - 1348 Ebenezer Rd., Rock Hill, SC 29732
Openings: Charleston (July 20 with Dr. Jill Biden)
State Director Kendall Corley
(reported by The
State on Apr. 25, 2019, 2019) Political
director on James Smith's 2018 campaign for governor.
Helped lead DNC turnout efforts on behalf of Doug Jones'
campaign for U.S. Senate in Alabama (>).
Strategist on Archie Parnell's campaign for Congress against
Ralph Norman in the June 20, 2017 special election to succeed
U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney in the 5th CD. South Carolina
political director on Draft Biden, Sept.-Oct. 2015 (>).
Has worked for Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin. Midlands
regional field director on Obama's 2007-08 South Carolina
primary campaign. twitter
Deputy State Director Mariah Hill
(reported by The
State on Apr. 25, 2019, 2019) Campaign manager
on Joe Cunningham for Congress in the 1st CD, Feb. 2018-Feb.
2019. Deputy political director (June-Nov. 2016) and
scheduler and political assistant (Feb.-June 2016) on Jason
Kander for U.S. Senate (MO). Field organizer in New
Hampshire on Martin O'Malley for President, Aug. 2015-Feb.
2016. Intern for U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (MI),
Feb.-June 2015. B.A. in political science from Albion
College, 2012. twitter
POLITICAL
Political Director Willie Lloyd
"Scott" Harriford IV
(reported by The State on Apr. 25, 2019, 2019) Field director for U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham from Jan. 2019. Owner and CEO of Jah Roots (hydroponic farm/consulting), Aug. 2012-May 2018. Deputy political director on James Smith's campaign for governor, Oct. 2017-Dec. 2018; assistant to state Rep. James Smith, May 2017-Dec. 2018. Catering manager, Jan. 2013-Dec. 2017. Managing partner of Royal Greens in Punta Gorda, FL, Nov. 2014-Aug. 2015. Studied at University of South Carolina-Columbia. twitter
Coalitions Director Rosalyn Glenn
(reported by The
State on Apr. 25, 2019, 2019) Financial
advisor. Democratic nominee for South Carolina
Treasurer, def. by incumbent Curtis Loftis (R) by 56.0% to
42.5%. President and CEO of Glenn Destiny Consulting,
LLC from 2007. President and CEO of Brookland Federal
Credit Union, 1999-2007. B.A. in sociology from
University of South Carolina, 1991. Raised in Wellford,
SC.
Faith Outreach Director Rev. Michael McClain
(announced Aug. 22, 2019) Pastor of
Hisotric Liberty Hill MIssionary Baptist Church in Catawba,
and founder and president of Green Bulb Lighting of Columbia,
SC. Most recently national outreach coordinator for the
National Religious Partnership for the Environment in
Washington DC. Native of Statesville, NC.
Regional Political Directors
Greenville Bajeyah Eaddy
(Aug. 2019) Case manager/founder at
Standing Against Violence Everyday from July 2012. Case
manager for Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands from Dec.
2017. Case manager at Family Footprint, Mar.-Aug. 2017.
Jeff Hart
(July 2019) Field organizer on Deval
Patrick's Reason to Believe PAC, Dec. 2018-Feb. 2019.
Field organizer and office coordinator in Orangeburg County,
Aug.-Nov. 2018. Campaign manager on Anthony Hallmon for
Orangeburg County Auditor, Apr.-June 2018. B.A. in
political science, criminal justice from Claflin University,
2018.
ORGANIZING
Regional Organizing Directors include
Florence Michael Johnakin
(Dec. 2019) Regional organizing director
in Davenport, Iowa on Beto for America, Apr.-July 2019.
Field director in the 6th CD for the Kentucky Democratic
Party, June-Nov. 2018. Field director on Amy McGrath
for Congress (KY), April-May 2018. Major sales for
Costco Wholesale, Nov. 2017-Mar. 2018. Distributed
regional organizer on Tom Perriello for Virginia, Mar.-June
2017. Regional field director for the Montana
Democratic Party, May-Nov. 2016. Field organizer on
Bernie 2016, starting in Muscatine, IA in Oct. 2015, and
subsequently in Richmond, VA to Feb. 2016. Deputy
canvass director in Saint Lucie, FL for FieldWorks.
Field organizer and petition organizer on Chopra for
Virginia, Feb.-June 2013. Field organizer on Miami
Dolphins stadium refereendum, April-May 2013. Field
organizer (Mar.-Nov. 2012) and summer organizer (June-Aug.
2011) in Richmond, VA on Obama for America. Studied
political science at J Sargeant Reynolds Community
College. twitter
Greenville Tucker Lawson
(June 2019) Regional field director in
Greenville for the South Carolina Democratic Party, Sept.-Dec.
2018. Campaign manager on Eric Graben for Congress, Mar.-July
2018. Regional field organizer in Greenvill for the
South Carolina Democraty Party, Sept.-Dec. 2016.
Interned on Bernie 2016 in Spartanburg, Feb. 2016. B.A.
in history and government from Wofford College, 2016.
Communications Director Paige Hill
(reported by The
State on Apr. 25, 2019, 2019) Communications at
Bloomberg Philanthropies from Jan. 2019. Communications
and policy director on former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean's
campaign for governor in Tennessee, Feb.-Nov. 2018.
Traffic anchor (Sept. 2016-Jan. 2018) and reporter (Oct.
2014-Sept. 2016) for "Good Morning Nashville" (ABC).
Reporter for KFOR in Oklahoma City, May 2013-Oct. 2014.
B.A. in journalism from Lindenwood University, 2013. twitter
Press Secretary John W. Grandy
(Aug. 2019) Deputy press secretary
(Apr.-Aug. 2019) and press assistant (June 2017-Apr. 2019) to
U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz. Internships on Capitol Hill,
2016-17. Sales rep. for WealthEngine, June-Dec. 2015.
Bachelor's degree in political science and government
from Franklin & Marshall College, 2015. twitter
Press Assistant Johnnie Lynch
(July 2019) Master's in teaching (2019)
and undergraduate degree in history (2018) from University of
South Carolina. Page for the South Caorlina Legislative
Black Caucus from Nov. 2017.
Digital Director Jamie Green
(Aug. 8, 2019 tweet) Social content
manager at the DNC from May 2018. Press assistant (Feb.
2017-May 2018) and staff assistant (May 2016-Feb. 2017) in the
Office of U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond. Bachelor's degree
in pulblic relations from University of Louisiana at
Lafayette, 2015. twitter
Data Director Taylor Williams
(Aug. 2019) Regional GOTV organizer on
Mikie Sherrill for Congress, Oct.-Nov. 2018. Campaign
manager on David Holden for Congress (FL), May-Sept. 2018.
Project coordinator at Kearns & West, Jan.-May 2018.
Deputy national program director (May 2014-June 2016)
and assistant national program director (Apr. 2012-May 2014)
at The Voter Participation Center. Field organizer on
Obama for America, starting on the NH primary and in Naples,
FL for the general election, Dec. 2007-Nov. 2008. B.A.
in public policy studies from Duke University.
Director of Operations De'Marcus
Finnell
(July 2019) Grassroots/grasstops
associate at Dewey Square Group, July 2018-July 2019.
Special assistant to the COO at the DNC, July 2017-July
2018. Staff assistant for the U.S. Senate Committee on
Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Apr. 2015-July
2017. Bachelor's degree in communications from
University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 2014. twitter
Deputy Operations Director Destine Hicks
(Nov. 2019...previously intern/operations
coordinator and started as a regional organizing director,
June-Aug. 2019) Ordained minister with the A.M.E. Church
in Denmark, SC from July 2015. Legislative aide in the
South Carolina House, Jan. 2018-June 2019. B.A. in
political science and public affairs from Columbia College,
2018.
Field Organizers
include:
Matthias
Tillmann York, Chester and Lancaster Cos.
Endorsements
...announced May 6, 2019
23 political and community
leaders including one state senator and five state
representatives:
Sen. Dick Harpootlian
(District
20, Columbia)
Rep. Jimmy Bales (District
80, Eastover)
Rep. Robert Brown (District
116, Hollywood)
Rep. Bill Clyburn (District
82, Aiken)
Rep. Joseph Jefferson,
(District
102, Pineville)
Rep. David Mack, III (District
109, No. Charleston)
...announced June 5, 2019
11 elected officials and
community leaders led by:
Inez Tenenbaum, former
State Superintendent of Education and Chairman of the Consumer
Product Safety Commission
...announced Jun 20, 2019
11 current and former mayors
...announced June 25, 2019 (+)
Sen. Kevin Johnson (District
36, Manning)
Rep. Carl Anderson (District
103, Georgetown)
Rep. Beth Bernstein (District
78, Columbia)
Rep. Will Wheeler (District
50, Bishopville)
...announced Aug. 22, 2019
39 faith leader endorsements
...announced Sept. 9, 2019
Sen. Vincent Sheheen
(District
27, Camden)
Dick Riley,
former Governor and former U.S. Secretary of Education
....announced Sept. 12, 2019
Rep. Robert Q.
Williams (District
62, Darlington)
...announced Dec. 3, 2019
Rep. Marvin Pendarvis (District
113, No. Charleston) ...Pendarvis had backed Beto O'Rourke
...announced Dec. 10, 2019
former Richland County
Council Chair Bernice G. Scott and her "Reckoning
Crew" ...had
backed Kamala Harris
...announced Dec. 11, 2019
14 elected officials
and community leaders
...announced Dec. 17, 2019
Sen. Darrell Jackson (District
21, Richland Co.) ...Jackson had backed Kamala Harris
...announced Dec. 18, 2019
South Carolina Faith
Coalition now includes 105 pastors and
faith leaders from every region of the state
...announced Jan. 6, 2020
Sen. Marlon Kimpson (District
42, Charleston)
...announced Jan. 23, 2020
First
Judicial Circuit Solicitor David Pascoe
...announced Jan. 28, 2020
Marguerite Willis, former
candidate for governor, Florence attorney, president of the
South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
Melissa Watson,
candidate for Congress in SC-7, former 2nd Vice Chair of the
South Carolina Democratic Party, and a public school teacher
...both were previously
co-chairs of Kamal Harris' campaign
...announced Jan. 29, 2020
South Carolina Educators
for Biden
...announced Feb. 23, 2020
11 Orangeburg County elected officials including
Mayor Michael Butler
State Senator John Matthews
State Senator Brad Hutto,
the Orangeburg County Democratic Party’s longtime former
chair Betty Henderson, and current chair Kenneth Glover.
...announced Feb. 26, 2020
U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn,
Majority Whip
...announced Feb. 28, 2020
a dozen current and former
lawmakers and community leaders including
State Senator Margie Bright
Matthews
State Senator Karl Allen
State Senator Glenn Reese
State Senator Thomas McElveen
State Representative Leon
Stavrinakis
State Senator
Gerald Malloy
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ENDORSEMENTS FROM THE STATES to late Jan.
see also: congressional and statewide endorsements to late Jan.
- the campaign has announced over 2,100 endorsements from around the country -
AL, AS, AR, CA, CO, DA, ME, MA, MN, NC, OK, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA
On Super Tuesday the campaign's website listed a total of eight field offices.
CALIFORNIA
State Director Jessica Mejia
(announced
Oct. 28, 2019) Western regional director at EMILY's
List. Western state
regional director during the primary campaign on Hillary for
America from Apr. 2015. Southern regional organizing
director at Ready for Hillary super PAC. Campaign
manager on Anthony Rendon for California State
Assembly. Campaign manager on U.S. Rep. Loretta
Sanchez's 2010 re-election campaign. Field director on
Judy Chu for Congress. Field director for Ricardo Lara
for Assembly (CA). Statewide Get-Out-The-Vote director
for the California Democratic Party “Yes We Can! California
’08” campaign. Deputy director of political affairs
for the 2008 Democratic National Convention Committee.
State field director for Hillary Clinton for President in
Colorado. Volunteer coordinator for Barbara Boxer for
U.S. Senate, 2004. Midwest deputy regional field
director for the DNC, 2004. Attended California Lutheran
University. Los Angeles native. Experience also
includes working as an organizer for SEIU 1928. twitter
Organizing Director Rachel Niemerski
(Feb. 2020) Deputy organizing director on
Biden's Iowa caucus campaign from May 2019.
Out of State Director Joe Scheidler
(Feb. 2020) A regional organizing
director on Biden's NH primary campaign.
Communications Director Vedant Patel
(Feb. 2020) Communications director on Biden's Nevada caucus campaign from May 2019.
Press Secretary Sean Higgins
(Feb. 2020) Press secretary on Biden's Iowa caucus campaign from Sept. 2019.
Endorsements
press releases
U.S. Sen.
Dianne Feinstein ...reported by the Washington Examiner on
May 8, 2019 (>),
official announcement on Oct. 8, 2019
U.S. Rep. Lou Correa
(CA-46) ...announced Aug. 22, 2019
Jim Cooper,
CA State Assemblyman ...announced
Sept. 12, 2019
...announced Nov. 26, 2019
21 elected officials and
community leaders:
Melissa Hurtado, State Senator
Tom Umberg, State Senator
Steve Glazer, State Senator
Tom Daly, Assemblymember
Timothy Grayson, Assemblymember
Patrick O’Donnell , Assemblymember
Freddie Rodriguez, Assemblymember
Jim Cooper, Assemblymember
Paul Koretz, Los Angeles City Councilmember
Adele Andrade-Stadler, Alhambra Mayor
Andre Quintero, El Monte Mayor
Gustavo Camacho, Pico Rivera Mayor Pro Tem
Jerry Velasco, El Monte Mayor Pro Tem
Esmeralda Hurtado, Sanger City Councilmember
John J. Kennedy, Pasadena City Councilmember
Jamison Power, Westminster School Board Member
Kerry Townsend Jacob, California Democratic Party Delegate
Tony Hale, California Democratic Party Executive Board Member
Kerman Maddox, Democratic Stakeholder and Community Leader
Reverend Dr. Shane Scott, Democratic Stakeholder and Community
Leader
Conway Collis, Former Member of the California State Board of
Equalization
...announced Nov. 30, 2019
U.S. Rep. John Garamendi
(CA-3)
...announced Dec. 3, 2019
U.S. Rep. Ami Bera (CA-7)
...announced Dec. 11, 2019
15 elected officials
including six who formerly backed Kamala Harris
Bob Archuleta, State Senator
Jerry Hill, State Senator
Autumn Burke, Assemblymember
Mike Gipson, Chair, Assembly Democratic Caucus
Mike Eng, Former Assemblymember
Ari Ruiz, Vice Chair, Los Angeles County Commission on
Insurance
Mike Gomez, Los Angeles County Consumer Affairs Advisory
Commission
Mike Fong, Los Angeles Community College District Trustee
Frank Lima, International Association of Fire Fighters
10th District Vice President
Bob Mulholland, Democratic National Committee Member
William Smart, CEO, Southern Christian Leadership
Conference of Southern California
Patrick Kennedy, Sacramento County Supervisor
Bryan Urias, Councilmember, City of Duarte
Suzie Price, Councilmember, City of Long Beach
Brigette Hunley, Chair, California Democratic Party
Computer and Internet Caucus
...announced Dec. 13, 2019
U.S. Rep. Lucille
Roybal-Allard (CA-40)
...announced Dec. 23, 2019
U.S. Rep. Tony Cardenas
(CA-29)
...announced Jan. 7, 2020
13 leaders including
5 current state legislators, city councilmembers, and other
prominent Democrats (5 former Harris
supporters)
Bill Dodd, State Senator
Cathleen Galgiani, State Senator
Anthony Portantino, State Senator
Ken Cooley, Assemblymember
Al Muratsuchi, Assemblymember
Jackie Lacey, District Attorney of Los Angeles County
Andra Hoffman, Los Angeles Community College District Board of
Trustees President
Neysa Fligor, Los Altos City Vice Mayor
Maria Morales, El Monte City Councilmember
Denise Menchaca, San Gabriel City Councilmember
Robert Gin, Alhambra Unified School District Board Member
Art Torres, Former State Senator and Former Chair of
the California Democratic Party
John Trasviña, Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development and Former Dean of the
University of San Francisco Law School
...announced Jan. 9, 2020
Long Beach Mayor Robert
Garcia
Los Angeles Mayor Eric
Garetti
...announced Jan. 22, 2020
Sacramento Mayor Darrell
Steinberg
State
Director Rachel Caine
(announced Jan. 6,
2020) Political program director for the Denver
Classroom Teachers Association (managed Shool Board slate),
June-Nov. 2019. Campaign manager on Debbie Ortega for
Denver City Council, Jan.-May 2019. Campaign manager
on Jessie Danielson for Colorado, July-Nov. 2018.
Campaign manager on Monica Duran for State Rep., Aug.
2017-June 2018. Legislative aide for Colorado State
Rep. Jessie Danielson, Jan. 2015-May 2017; campaign manager
on Jessie Danielson for Colorado, May-Nov 2016. Fellow
with the Colorado House Majority Project, June-Dec.
2015. Clinical case manager at the Mental Health
Center of Denver, Oct. 2014-Jan. 2015. Master's
candidate at Regis University, 2016-18; B.A. in sociology
and psychology from University of Vermont, 2014.
Endorsements >
_______________________________________State Director John Laadt
(announced
Oct. 28, 2019) M.P.A. candidate at NYU Robert F. Wagner
Graduate School of Public Service from Jan. 2018.
Campaign manager on Marty Walsh for Mayor, Mar. 2017-Jan.
2018. Director of Boston 311, Dec. 2016-Mar. 2017.
Regional organizing director in Lebanon and Berks Cos. on PA
Victory 2016. Special assistant/sustainability advisor
to the Chief of Environment, Energy and Open Space (Sept.
2015-July 2016) and neighborhood coordinator for
Allston-Brighton (Jan. 2014-Sept. 2015), City of Boston.
Boston regional organizer on Hillary for America, Feb.-Mar.
2016. Field organizer on Marty Walsh for Mayor,
July-Nov. 2013. Field fellow on Ed Markey for Senate,
Apr.-June 2013. B.A. in history and political science
from Boston College, 2013. twitter
Endorsements
>
Senior Advisor Corey Day
(announced Jan. 6,
2020) CEO of Blue Ox Strategies from April 2019; and
consultant/manager of the Minnesota office of New Partners
from Feb. 2019. Executive director of the Minnesota DFL,
Jan. 2015-Nov. 2019. Partner at Strategic Field
Concepts, Aug. 2009-2011. GOTV director in West Palm
Beach on Obama for America, 2008. Grassroots coordinator
East for Walmart, 2006-08, B.A.Sc. in political science
and governmennt from Illinois State University, 1999. twitter
Endorsements
>
State Director Travis Brimm
(announced
Dec. 31, 2019) Senior advisor on McCready for Congress
(NC-09) from June 2019. Campaign manager on Richard Bew
for Congress (NC-03), Feb.-May 2019. Southern candidate
fundraising director at the DCCC, Apr. 2017-Jan. 2019.
Finance director on Julia Brownley for Congress (CA), Aug.
2015-Mar. 2017. Client manager/candidate committee
coordinator at Evans & Katz LLC, Mar. 2013-Aug.
2015. Campaign manager on Linda Fondren for Mayor
(Vicksburg, MS), Jan.-Mar. 2013. Deputy finance director
on Lampson for Congress (TX), Apr. 2012-Jan. 2013. B.A.
in history, business, English from University of Mississippi.
Organizing
Director for North Carolina and Virginia Catherine
Vegis
(Feb. 2020) Deputy organizing director on Biden's NH
primary campaign, May 2019-Feb. 2020.
Endorsements >
Field Offices:
Austin - 2922 East Cesar Chavez St.,
Austin, TX 78702
Dallas - 829 West Davis St., Dallas, TX 75208
Houston - 9800 Northwest Freeway, Ste.
600, Houston, TX 77092
San Antonio
- 101 W. Euclid Ave., San Antonio, TX 78212
State Director Jane Hamilton
(announced
Nov. 12, 2019) "A Democratic strategist and campaign
veteran who has spearheaded the electoral victories of
Democrats across Texas." Based in Dallas.
Endorsements >
State Director Fernando
Mercado
(announced Dec. 31,
2019) Iowa deputy organizing director on Kamala Harris
for the People to early Dec. 2019. Director of Latino
outreach for Gov. Ralph Northam. Political director on
Virginians for Mark Herring from Feb. 2017. Regional
organizing director in Prince William Co. on Virginia Victory
2016. Orgnizer in Muscatine and Louisia Counties on
Hillary for America, Sept. 2015-Feb. 2016. Community
outreach specialist for the Legal Aid Justice Center, Nov.
2014-Aug. 2015. Field organizer in Arlington for the
Democratic Party of Virginia, Aug.-Nov. 2014. B.A. in
political science, government, history from University of
Virginia, 2014. twitter
Organizing Director
for North Carolina and Virginia Catherine Vegis
(Feb. 2020) Deputy organizing director on Biden's NH
primary campaign, May 2019-Feb. 2020.
Endorsements
>
DEMOCRATS ABROAD (Mar. 3-10)
ID, MI, MS, MO, ND, WA
IDAHO
_______________________________________
MICHIGAN
Senior Advisor Tom Kelly
(Dec. 2019) Director of capital
development and buildings administration in Wayne County,
Aug. 2017-Dec. 2019. Director of government affairs
at Clark Hill PLC, Aug. 2014-Aug. 2017. Senior
policy advisor at the White House, 2013-14. Deputy
director of the Office of Recovery for Automotive
Communities and Workers (ORACW) at the U.S. Department of
Labor, 2012-13. Program analyst/Secretary's
Office/Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public
Engagement at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 2010-12. Field organizer on Obama for
America, 2007-08. Special assistant to Dan
Shomon/political director for Obama 2010 (re-elect),
,Jan.-Sept. 2005. Staff for Obama for Illinois,
2003-05. M.P.A. in public policy from Harvard
University; M.S. in comparative social policy from
University of Oxford, 2007; B.A. in political science and
government from DePaul University, 2005.
Trey Baker
(announced Mar. 7, 2020) Director of
African American engagement on the campaign from Aug.
2019. City manager of Grenada, MS, started in that
role in Nov. 2016. Legislative aide and counsel to
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS), Apr. 2014-Nov. 2016.
Career consultant at University of Denver Sturm College of
Law, Aug. 2011-Mar. 2014. Attorney at Pryor Johnson
Carney Carney Karr Nixon, P.C., Sept. 2009-Aug.
2011. J.D. from University of Denver Sturm College
of Law, 2009; B.A. in political science from Tougaloo
College, 2006. Native of Grenada. twitter
Will McIntee
(announced Feb. 26, 2020) Political
director on Biden's Iowa caucus campaign. Midwest
outreach director for the U.S. Global Leadership
Coalition, Feb. 2017-June 2019. Lead advance
representative with the U.S. Department of the Interior,
June 2015-Jan. 2017. Account executive for Cambridge
Global Advisors, Dec. 2014-June 2015. Deputy
district director for U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, Aug.
2011-Jan. 2015. Deputy political director on Braley
for Senate, July-Nov. 2014. Field director on Braley
for Congress, May-Nov. 2012. B.A. in
politics/international studies from Loras College,
2011. twitter
Manny Abarca, IV
(announced Mar. 7, 2020) Deputy
district director to U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5) from
June 2014. Member of the Kansas City Public
Schools Board of Education, Sub-district 3, elected Apr.
2019. Candidate for Missouri House District 19,
narrowly losing the Aug. 2, 2016 primary.
Self-employed consultant from June 2012. Coordinator
for the Latino Civic Engagement Collaborative, 2013-June
2014. Field organizer on Charlie Burton for State
Senate (Missouri District 31), Oct.-Nov. 2012).
Field organizer on the Coordinated Campaign/McCaskill
re-election, June-Sept. 2012. M.S. in occupational
safety management from University of Central Missouri,
2012; B.A. in political science from Central Missouri
State University, 2010.
State Director Jacob Spreyer
(announced Feb. 26, 2020) Western
Iowa regional organizing director on Biden's Iowa caucus
campaign, June 2019-Feb. 2020. Regional field director
(May-Nov. 2018) and field organizer (Oct. 2017-May 2018)
on JB Pritzker for Governor. Master's degree in
sport administration from University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, 2018; bachelor's degree in sports management
from University of Connecticut, 2016. twitter
March 17, 2020
AZ, FL, IL, OH
State
Director Jennifer Sosa
(announced Feb. 26,
2020) Organizing director on Biden's Nevada caucus
campaign, May 2019-Feb. 2020. Western regional field
director at the DCCC from Jan. 2018. Vice president of
operations for California Young Democrats from Feb.
2018. Field representative for U.S. Rep. Scott Peters
(CA), Dec. 2016-Dec. 2017. Field director in the
greater San Diego area for the California Democratic Party
(Aug.-Nov. 2016) and for the DCCC (Mar.-July 2016).
Deputy campaign manager for Yes on A (Carlsbad), Nov.
2015-Feb. 2016. Campaign manager on Jerry Velasco for
El Monte City Council and Andre Quintero for Mayor,
Aug.-Nov. 2015. Field organizer with the California
Democratic Party, June-Nov. 2014. Bachelor's degree
from UC San Diego, 2014. twitter
Senior Advisor Jackie Lee
(announced Oct. 28, 2019) Founding partner (2009) of JLee Strategies in Orlando. Progressive partnership and elections advisor for Our Future Florida, 2016. Florida state director for NextGen Climate Action, 2014-16. Senior advisor on Obama's 2012 general election campaign in Florida. Florida lead for Protect Your Care/Know Your Care, May 2011-Apr. 2014. Executive director of Fair Districts Now campaign in 2010. General election director on Obama's Campaign for Change in Florida, July-Nov. 2008. Iowa field director for the John Edwards for President campaign, 2007-08. Statewide field director for the Florida Democratic Party in 2006. Florida statewide field director for former Sen. John Edwards’ campaign during the 2004 presidential primary. Delaware State director for the Emergency Campaign for America’s Priorities and for Americans United to Protect Social Security. Field director for the Oklahoma Democratic Coordinated Campaign. North Central Iowa regional field director for the Edwards for President campaign in 2003-04, and then the campaign's field director in Virginia and Florida. Worked for the Louisiana Democratic Party during Sen. Mary Landrieu's 2002 run-off campaign. Managed a field office for the South Dakota Democratic Party during Sen. Tim Johnson's 2002 re-election campaign. B.A. in international relations from University of Delaware. Delaware native. twitter
State Director Stacy Eichner
(political chief of staff from June 2019) Deputy political director/PAC director for UFCW, July 2017-June 2019. Program manager for Foreign Policy's CultureSummit 2017, Feb.-Apr. 2017. Florida surrogates director on Hillary for America, Apr.-Nov. 2016. Director of special projects for the 2016 Democratic National Convention Committee, Aug. 2015-Aug. 2016. Special assistant to the chair at the DNC, Mar. 2013-May 2015. Deputy finance director on Robin Kelly for Congress, Dec. 2012-Mar. 2013. Deputy finance director on Kathy Boockvar for Congress, Mar.-Nov. 2012. B.A. in political science and government from University of Florida.
Constituency
Chairs (announced Feb. 12, 2020):
• Florida Women Leaders for Biden: Hon. Gwen Graham, Senator
Janet Cruz, Senator Audrey Gibson
• Florida African Americans Leaders for Biden: Senator Perry
Thurston
• Florida Hispanic Leaders for Biden: Carmen Torres and
Senator José Javier Rodríguez
• Florida Caribbean Leaders for Biden: Dr. Larry Pierre
• Florida Jewish Leaders for Biden: Rep. Joe Geller, Michael
Adler, Senator Lori Berman
• Florida Faith Leaders for Biden: Rep. Shevrin Jones and
Reverend Joe Parramore
• Florida LGBTQ+ Leaders for Biden: Joe Falk
• Florida Young Leaders for Biden: Rep. Ramon Alexander
State Director Claudia Chavez
(announced Feb. 26, 2020) Deputy
state director on Biden's Iowa caucus campaign, June 2019-Feb.
2020. Senior advisor to Chicago for Rahm Emanuel, Feb.
2018-May 2019. Deputy director of Legislative Council
and government affairs (Aug. 2016-Feb. 2018) and assistant to
the Mayor, Legislative Council and government affairs (Mar.
2014-July 2016) to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Senior
account executive at Resolute Consulting LLC, Apr. 2011-Feb.
2014. Senior account executive at Central Strategies,
May 2011-Dec. 2013. Regional deputy GOTV director for
OFA-CO, Sept.-Nov. 2012. Regional director for For A
Better Chicago, Jan.-May 2011. Deputy field director for
the Illinois Democratic Coordinated Campaign, July 2010-Apr.
2011. Field director on Alexi for Illinois, May-July
2010. Field director on Dan Hynes for Governor, July
2009-Feb. 2010. Field director on Friends of Sara
Feigenholtz (IL-5), Dec. 2008-Mar. 2009. Regional field
director on Bill Foster for Congress (IL-14), Aug.-Nov.
2008. GOTV for the IL-14 special election, Feb.-Mar.
2008. B.A. in political science and government from
Illinois State University. twitter
Ron
Holmes
Reyahd Kazimi
Jason McGrath
(announced Mar. 7, 2020)
State
Director Jonathan Murray
(announced Feb. 26,
2020) cleveland.com reports Murray "worked for U.S.
Sen. Sherrod Brown as a defense fellow and on his Dignity of
Work Tour in 2019." Policy and outreach at CFIUS with
The Rosslyn Group from Apr. 20019. Military
legislative assistant in the Office of U.S. Sen. Bill
Nelson, Sept. 2017-Jan. 2019. Veterans and military
families outreach director at the DNC in Fall 2016; moved
over from the same role on Hillary for America, started on
the campaign in Oct. 2015.
Subject matter expert for IDS International from Aug.
2012. Strategic partnerships advisor for UNOPS, Oct.
2014-July 2015. Field program manager for USAID in
Kandahar, Afghanistan, Nov. 2010-March 2012. Director
of advocacy/campaign manager for Operation Free national
campaign at Truman National Security Project, Oct. 2009-Nov.
2010. Campaign manager on Myers for Congress in Erie,
PA, Jan.-April 2008. Campaign manager on Oleszek for
State Senate in Fairfax, VA, Jan.-Nov. 2007. A
regional field director on John Kerry for President in
Gainesville, FL, July-Nov. 2004. M.Sc. in diplomacy
and international strategy from London School of Economics
and Political Science, 2013. B.A. in political science
and government from University of Fllorida, 2003. U.S.
Marine Corps, Oct. 1997-Aug. 2001. twitter
State
Director Rashad Taylor
(announced Mar. 7, 2020) Senior advisor and previously
chief equity officer and counselor to Atlanta Mayor Keisha
Lance Bottoms. Political consultant. After
redistricting ran for House District 57 in the 2012 Democratic
primary. Represented House District 55 in the Georgia
General Assembly for two terms, 2009-13. Political
director of the Georgia Democratic Party, June 2007-Jan.
2009. Campaign manager on Alisha Thomas for State
Representative, 2002. B.A. in international relations
from Morehouse College. twitter
See also:
Michael Scherer. "Biden campaign replaces Democratic
National Committee CEO, signs deal to expand fundraising." Washington
Post, Apr. 24, 2020.
Julia Manchester. "Biden campaign, Democratic National Committee set joint fundraising agreement." The Hill, Apr. 24, 2020.
Alex Thompson. "Internal Biden campaign
rift opens over how to compete with Trump online." Politico, Apr. 21,
2020.
David Karpf. "Biden's Path to Victory
Does Not Bode Well for Voters." Wired,
Apr. 10, 2020.
Jonathan Martin. "Joe Biden Needs to Bulk
Up HIs Team. He's Hiring a New Campaign Manager." New York Times,
Mar. 13, 2020.
Jonathan Martin. "Joe Biden Shakes Up
Campaign Leadership, Elevating Anita Dunn." New
York Times, Feb. 8 2020.
Ryan Lizza. "Why Biden's Retro Inner Circle Is
Succeeding So Far." Politico
Magazine, Dec. 19, 2019.
Marc Caputo. "Biden's senior Latina
adviser quits in frustration. Politico,
Nov. 25, 2019
Olivia Nuzzi. "Joe Biden's Zombie Campaign." New York, Oct. 28, 2019.
Julia Terruso, Chris Palmer and Chris
Brennan. "Joe Biden's campaign office opens in Philly
with a protest, not a party." Philadelphia Inquirer,
July 12, 2019.
Jessica A. Floyd. "Black Staff Matters:
Behind the Scenes with the Biden 2020 Team. Ebony,
May 22, 2019.
John DiStaso. "Biden staffing up: Ian
Moskowitz, Laura O'Neill heading former VP's New Hampshire
campaign team." WMUR,
Apr. 25, 2019, 2019.
Emma Dumain. "Joe Biden enters 2020 race
with a full team in South Carolina." The
State, Apr. 25, 2019, 2019
Katie Glueck and Emma Dumain. "Biden's
South Carolina allies lay groundwork for 2020 campaign."
McClatchy,
Mar. 27, 2019.
Thomas Beaumont. "Biden's team sees Iowa
as crucial to nabbing 2020 nomination." AP,
Mar. 27, 2019.
Arlette Saenz and Jeff Zeleny. "Joe Biden readies major
endorsements and message of strength ahead of likely 2020
run." CNN,
Mar. 18, 2019.
Amie Parnes. "Exclusive: Inside Joe Biden's campaign in
waiting." The Hill, Feb. 28,
2019.
Former Staff
Director of Digital Content PJ Alampi ...to Dec. 2019
(Apr. 25, 2019) Director of accounts
(from Feb. 2019) and associate director of new business and
social video strategy (Sept. 2017-Feb. 2019) at
Fullscreen. Social media strategist at Epic Signal,
Mar.-Sept. 2017. Senior account manager, social video
strategist (Jan.-Mar. 2017) and account manager, social video
strategist (Jan. 2016-Jan. 2017) and social video coordinator
(Apr. 2015-Jan. 2016) at Fullscreen. Associate producer
at PBS, Aug. 2014-Apr. 2015. B.F.A. in fine arts, film
from Syracuse University, 2014. twitter
Lead Software Engineer Nick
Catalano ...to Nov. 2019
(July 2019) CTO (Feb. 2017-Jan. 2019),
director of technology (May 2015-Feb. 2017) and senior backend
developer (Juen 2013-May 2015) at Organizing for Action.
Technology advisor to the Obama Foundation, Sept. 2016-Feb.
2017. Technology manager for New Organizing Institute,
June 2011-June 2013. Sales and account manager for
Steadfast Networks, Jan. 2000-June 2011. B.A. in
political science, computer science from Loyola University of
Chicago, 2011. Internships include Dean for America, May
2003-Mar. 2004.
National Coalitions Director
Vanessa Cárdenas ...to Nov. 2019
(Apr. 25, 2019) Senior director of national outreach (from May 2018) and director of strategic communications (June 2016-Apr. 2018) at EMILY's List. Director of Climatico at the World Wildliife Fund, Apr. 2015-June 2016. Vice president for Progress 2050 (Jan. 2010-Mar. 2015)and director of ethnic media (June 2006-June 2009) at the Center for American Progress. Outreach coordinator/policy communications associate at the National Immigration Forum, Nov. 2002-June 2006. Public education specialist in Arlington County, VA, Nov. 2000-Nov. 2002. Outreach coordinator/media relations for Arlington Public Schools, Jan. 1997-Jan. 2000, M.P A. from George Mason University. twitter
COO and CFO Daniel McCarthy ...to
Sept. 2019
(Apr. 25, 2019) Principal and CEO at Blue
Ledger Group, LLC (BlueMissionOps) from May 2017, and director
of finance and operations at Resources for Human Development
from Apr. 2017. Deputy CFO and controller (from Aug.
2016) and deputy controller and accounts payable (from Apr.
2015) on Hillary for America. Board treasurer and
financial controller for the Gateway Men's Chorus,
2013-15. Senior internal revenue agent in the special
enforcement program at the IRS in St. Louis, 2012-15.
M.B.A. from Webster University, 2013; M.A. in accounting
(2009) and bachelor's degree in accounting and business
administration (2008) from University of Illinois.