Key People-President Barack Obama
Obama for America, One Prudential Plaza, Chicago, IL     [website]   **in the states
2008 campaign organization

(page updated and corrected May 17,  2012)
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OVERVIEW: The re-elect campaign formally launched and filed with the FEC on April 4, 2011, although top members of the team were laying the groundwork earlier.  For the first pay period (April 15) the campaign showed 42 people on the payroll.  It added about 20 people every two-week pay period through the second quarter and showed 160 people on the payroll as of June 30 (Excel).  This did not include consultants.  The campaign had also begun building its organization around the country; in a July 13, 2011 video the campaign reported 60 field offices in 39 states.  Many people who worked for Organizing for America, which operated out of the DNC, switched to the campaign.  Note also the Summer Organizers and Fall Fellows programs.  In an October 13, 2011 email the campaign reported, "In the past three months we've grown our organizing staff by 50 percent, and opened up three new field offices every week."  By the time the primaries started (+), solid organizations were in place in many states, and more people were being added. 

Below is a sketch of this large and sophisticated campaign; the department headings below are rough, and there are many holes and gaps and a dose of educated guesswork about who fits where in some of the departments.  It is unprecedented to have an organization this big this early.  See also FEC.

As in 2008 when Campaign for Change was run through the state parties but was an integral part of the campaign, Organizing for America is functioning in the same way for the re-elect.  In the states there are a few Obama for America staff—typically the state director, the communications staff and the digital director—and a much more extensive Organizing for America team, but they are all part of the same effort.  It is a question of "who signs the check" and is "a distinction without a difference" but is something to be aware of. 

Campaign Manager  Jim Messina

White House deputy chief of staff for operations through Jan. 28, 2011; previously director of personnel for the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition, and national chief of staff for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.  Came to the campaign from his position as chief of staff to Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT).  Chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), 2003-05.  Campaign manager on Baucus' 2002 campaign.  Chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), 1999-2001.  Campaign manager on Baucus' 1996 campaign.  Chief of staff to state Sen. Mike Halligan, 1995.  Worked on Daniel Kemmis' campaign for mayor of Missoula in 1993.  B.A. from the University of Montana, 1993.  Grew up in Boise, ID.  twitter

Consultant  David Axelrod

Senior advisor to the President through Jan. 28, 2011; previously senior advisor to the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition and senior strategist to Barack Obama's presidential campaign.  Founded Axelrod & Associates in 1985, and served as senior partner of the campaign media firm now known as AKPD Message & Media; has worked on over 150 campaigns at the local, state and national levels.  Ran the DCCC's independent expenditure program in 2006.  Did the message and media campaign for Obama's 2004 U.S. Senate primary campaign.  Served as media consultant on Sen. John Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign.  Managed Paul Simon's 1984 U.S. Senate race where he upset Sen. Charles Percy.  Eight years as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, covering national, state and local politics.  B.A in political science from the University of Chicago, 1977.  Born in 1955 in New York City.   twitter

Director of Opinion Research  David Simas

(June 2011)  Per Lynn Sweet "coordinates polling and messaging research."  Served as director and aide to White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod.  Director of operations and earlier deputy chief of staff to Gov. Deval Patrick, 2007-09.  Registry of Deeds for Northern Bristol County.  Served on the Taunton City Council.  Member of the Taunton School Committee.  Practiced law.  J.D. from Boston College Law School, 1995; Stonehill College, 1992.  From Taunton, Mass.

Deputy Campaign Manager  Jen Dillon O'Malley

Executive director of the Democratic National Committee from Jan. 2009.  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 Rep. Jim Davis' 2006 gubernatorial campaign in Florida.  Deputy campaign manager for Sen. Tom Daschle's 2004 Senate 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 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. [Dillon's husband Patrick served as White House Deputy Director of Political Affairs to Jan. 2011].  twitter

Deputy Campaign Manager  Juliana Smoot

White House social secretary (announced Feb. 27, 2010, served into Jan. 2011)  Chief of staff to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk.  Finance director on Barack Obama's presidential campaign, then a co-chair of the Presidential Inaugural Committee.  Finance director at the DSCC in the 2006 cycle.  Other experience includes work for then Sen. Tom Daschle's DASH PAC, finance director on Sen. John Edwards successful 1998 campaign for U.S Senate and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.  Bachelor's degree in government from Smith College, 1989.

Deputy Campaign Manager  Stephanie Cutter

(reported by several news organizations on Sept. 26, 2011; to start "sometime after Thanksgiving"/"between Thanksgiving and Christmas")  Assistant to the President and deputy senior advisor at the White House (deputy to senior advisor David Plouffe).  Counselor to Treasury Secretary Geithner to May 2009.  Chief spokesperson for the Obama-Biden Transition.  Senior advisor and chief of staff to Michelle Obama on the campaign from June 2008.  Communications director on Kerry-Edwards 2004 and John Kerry for President, announced Nov. 11, 2003.  Communications director for the 2004 Democratic National Convention (also participated in the press operations of the Los Angeles, Chicago and New York conventions).  Communications director for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy starting July 2001.  Senior vice president at the public relations firm Robinson, Lerer and Montgomery.  Cutter worked for President Clinton as the deputy communications director at the White House, from 1999 to the end of the adminstration.  Associate Administrator for Communications at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  Cutter is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and Smith College.  Originally from Raynham, MA.  twitter

Special Assistant to the Campaign Manager  Peter Newell

(reported by the Washington Post on Nov. 25, 2011)  White House liaison at GSA, 2010-11.  Director of the White House Travel Office, 2009-10.  Deputy director of advance, press advance (from May 2008), and member of the national advance team (from Feb. 2007) at Obama for America.   Director of policy and planning (2005-07), and scheduler/policy director (2002-04) in the Office of Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn.  VISTA, 2001-02.  B.A. in communications from Boston College, 2001.

Chief Operating Officer  Ann Marie Habershaw

(April 2011) Chief operating officer at the DNC March 2009-March 2011.  Chief operating officer at M+R Strategic Services, Inc., Feb. 2007-March 2009.  COO at the DCCC for three cycles, 2001-07.  Director of finance and administration at EMILY's List, 1995-2001.  B.S. in accounting from Bryant College, 1984 and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001.

Senior Advisor  Robert Gibbs

(role formalized Jan. 2012)  White House press secretary through Feb. 11, 2011.  Senior strategist for communications and message on Obama's 2008 campaign; started as communcations director and senior traveling communications aide.  Joined Obama shortly after he won the March 16, 2004 U.S. Senate primary.  Press secretary for John Kerry for President for the first 10-plus months; resigned Nov. 2003.  Press secretary for the DSCC, 2001-02.  Communications director for Debbie Stabenow's U.S. Senate campaign, 1999-2000.  Press secretary to Sen. Max Cleland, 1999.  Communications director for Fritz Hollings' 1998 re-election campaign.  Press secretary to U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (NC).  Worked for U.S. Rep. Glen Browder (AL-3) including as executive assistant.  Degree in political science from North Carolina State University, 1993.  Native of Auburn, AL.

Senior Advisor  Jim Margolis

Senior partner at GMMB.  Also senior strategist on Obama's 2007-08 campaign.

Senior Advisor  Broderick Johnson

(announced Oct. 24, 2011)  A founding partner of the Collins | Johnson group.  Previously a partner at Bryan Cave LLP, where he headed the public policy and government affairs practice.  Informal advisor to the Obama campaign in 2008.  Senior advisor for congressional affairs on the Kerry presidential campaign.  Vice president for congressional affairs at AT&T and Bell South.  Served in the Clinton administration, 1998-2000, including as Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs.  Chief Democratic counsel for the House Committee on the District of Columbia and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.  Assistant counsel in the Office of Legislative Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives.  law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, 1983; bachelor's degree in philosophy from the College of the Holy Cross, 1978.  Baltimore native.

FIELD

Field Director  Jeremy Bird

Deputy director of Organizing for America.  General election director on Obama's Campaign for Change in Ohio; during the primaries, he served as the Obama campaign's South Carolina field director, Maryland state director and Pennsylvania field director.  Field director for Wake-Up Wal-Mart.  Deputy field director for training and GOTV at the DNC in Fall 2004 (started late July 2004 right before the Convention). Training director for Democratic GAIN.  One of the two Congressional District directors on Howard Dean's 2003-04 New Hampshire presidential primary. Bachelor's degree from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, 2000; Master's degree from Harvard Divinity School. Grew up in High Ridge, outside of St. Louis, MO.   twitter

Deputy Field Director  Marlon Marshall

(reported by Marc Ambinder on April 5, 2011)  Field director at the DCCC in the 2010 cycle.  Deputy White House liaison to the State Department.  In Fall 2008 Marshall served as general election director in Missouri on Obama’s Campaign for Change. On Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign he was field director for the May 6 Indiana primary, the March 4 Ohio primary and the Jan. 19 Nevada caucuses.  In 2006 Marshall served as field director on the Maryland Coordinated Campaign and earlier as Prince George's County regional field director.  Regional field director for the Kansas Democratic Party in the 3rd CD for the last six months of 2005.  In summer and fall 2004 Marshall served as Kansas City, MO field organizer/regional base vote director on the Missouri Coordinated Campaign; he finished the campaign doing GOTV in Ohio.  Graduate of the University of Kansas with a degree in communication studies. Native of St. Louis.   twitter

Battleground States Director  Mitch Stewart

National director of Organizing for America.  Virginia state director on the Obama campaign in the Fall; during the primaries Stewart served as Obama's Iowa caucus director starting in Jan. 2007, then worked on the campaign in Nevada and Minnesota, as field director on the March 4 Texas campaign, and as state director on the May 6 Indiana primary campaign.  Coordinated Campaign director for the Minnesota DFL during the 2006 midterm elections.  Field director on Sen. Tom Daschle's 2004 re-election campaign.  Eastern Iowa regional field director for Sen. John Edwards’ Iowa caucus campaign (announced May 2003).  A regional field director for the Louisiana Democratic Party during Sen. Mary Landrieu's 2002 run-off campaign.  A regional field director for the South Dakota Democratic Party during Sen. Tim Johnson's 2002 re-election campaign.  Has also served as a research assistant and staff assistant in Johnson's Senate office.  B.S. in chemistry and biology from the University of South Dakota.  Originally from Vermillion, SD.   twitter

Deputy Battleground States Director  Karine Jean-Pierre

(announced Aug. 25, 2011)  A regional political director in the White House Office of Political Affairs.   Southern political pod person on the Obama-Biden campaign. Came to the campaign after serving for four months as press secretary to Congressman Anthony Weiner.  Southeast regional political director on John Edwards for President, Jan. 2007-Feb. 2008.  State and local outreach coordinator at Wal-Mart Watch, 2006-07.  Deputy chief of staff at the New York City Council, 2004-06.  Master's degree in public policy from Columbia University's School of International  and Public Affairs, 2003.

Great Lakes/Mid-Atlantic Regional Director   Lauren Kidwell

A special assistant at the Department of HHS.  Worked on Obama's 2008 campaign starting as regional field director for South Central Iowa in the caucus campaign and as field director on the Kentucky primary campaign.  Regional field director for the 4th CD with the Minnesota Coordinated Campaign in 2006.  Worked in Senator Obama's DC Senate office from January 2005-June 2006 mainly as a legislative correspondent.  Regional director for NW Illinois on Obama's 2004 general election campaign for U.S. Senate; field staffer in Central Illinois on Obama's primary campaign for U.S. Senate.  Graduate of the University of Illinois. twitter

Western Regional Director  Angela Barranco

Came to the campaign after working in the Sierra Club's national press office.  Managed Congressman Russ Carnahan's 2010 re-election campaign.  Communications director for Congressman Joseph Crowley (NY-7), 2008-10.  Senior advisor on the Martin Heinrich for Congress campaign, Fall 2008.  Press secretary to Congressman Ciro Rodriguez (TX-23), 2007-08.  Campaign manager on Ken Jankins for county legislator, 2006-07.  Campaign manager on Christine Jennings for Congress in FL-13, 2006, narrowly losing to Vern Buchanan.  Campaign and recount manager, then legislative and transition director for Yonkers City Council President, 2005-06.  Field organizer in Sandoval County for NM Victory 2004.   B.A. in environmental biology from Columbia University in the City of New York, 2002. 

Midwestern Regional Director  Meg Ansara

(Jan. 2012)  Previously at Stand for Children as Massachusetts state director (2006-06) national organizing director (2007-08), chief operating officer (2008-11) and chief of state operations (2011).  National trainer at the DNC, Fall 2004.  In 2002 was volunteer coordinator on Reich for Governor and earlier deputy advance director on Wellstone for Senate.  Wildlife fire fighter, June-Nov. 2001.  Graduate of Oberlin College, 2001.

Southern Regional Director  Tharon Johnson

Campaign manager for Sen. Kasim Reed's successful campaign for Mayor of Atlanta.  Managed Congressman John Lewis's 2008 re-election campaign of.  Political and field director for Congressman John Barrow’s 2004 campaign and his 2006 re-election campaign. Johnson also served two years as Deputy Chief of Staff for Congressman John Barrow.  Campaign manager for Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond’s 2002 re-election campaign.

Northeast Regional Director  Dan Kanninen

White House Liaison to the EPA.  Legislative director to Gov. Jim Doyle of Wisconsin from Dec. 2008.  Wisconsin state director of Obama for America in the general election; during the primaries Kanninen took leave from his position as chief of staff to Sen. Robert Jauch (D-Poplar) to work on the campaign in WI, OH (early vote lead) and NC (deputy political director and GOTV political director).  Chief of staff to Jauch for four years, and has almost a decade of experience in the Wisconsin State Capitol.  Attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Grew up in Superior, WI.  twitter

Training Department "oversees training and campaign curriculum development for staff, volunteer leaders, volunteers, and the fellow/intern training programs in all 50 states.  There is a team of 11 state-wide training directors in battleground states throughout the nation, and 2 headquarters trainers in Chicago, all directed by Sara El-Amine.  The department is the first Training Department in Presidential campaign history, and stems from Obama for America’s commitment to training local citizens to be grassroots organizers."

National Training Director  Sara El-Amine

(Summer Organizers, Fall Fellows)  Since joining the campaign during the Iowa caucuses in 2007, El-Amine has worked in 12 states, serving in every position within the field hierarchy at Organizing for America and Obama for America.  B.A. in diplomacy and world affairs from Occidental College, 2007.  Lebanese-American; grew up in Duxbury, MA.   twitter

Deputy Training Director  Geoff Berman 

New York State field director for Organizing for America from June 2009.  Worked on the Obama campaign.  Artistic director of the acting school at the Atlantic Theater Company, 2004-07.  Attorney at Weil Gotshal and Manges, 1998-2002.  Undergraduate degree from UCLA, 1991.  twitter

Project Vote

(announced Aug. 25, 2011) "communicate with and engage key demographic groups, such as African Americans, Women, Youth, Latinos, LGBT, Veterans, Asian Americans and others."

Project Vote Director  Buffy Wicks

Vice president for political affairs at AKPD Media.  Deputy director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.  Wicks worked on Obama's 2007-08 campaign starting as the campaign's Western region field director in Chicago, then as field director in California, deputy field director in Texas, director of the campaign's national volunteer program ("Obama Organizing Fellows"), and in the fall state director for Missouri.  Political director for Wake Up Wal-Mart.  Organizer in the 'Anti-War in Iraq' campaign in San Francisco, CA.  Co-founded Hoi-Polloi, "a people’s organization created by a small group of conscientious thinkers striving for world peace."  Campaign manager on Jay Fetcher's 2004 state Senate campaign in Colorado.  Des Moines organizer on Howard Dean's Iowa caucus campaign.  Graduate of the University of Washington, 1998.  twitter

Project Vote Deputy Director  Michael Blake

(announced Aug. 25, 2011)  Most recently Deputy Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement where he directed outreach to the African-American and minority business communities.  In the 2008 general election campaign Blake served as deputy state director/political director for the Obama-Biden campaign in Michigan; he started as deputy political director on Obama's Iowa caucus campaign.  Director of external affairs for the Michigan House of Representatives before heading to Iowa.  Prior to that, in 2006, he was the West Michigan campaign organizer for the Michigan House Democratic Caucus, organizing three state house campaigns.  Member of the inaugural class of Obama's Hopefund "Yes We Can" training program.  Graduate of the Medill School of Journalism from Northwestern University.  New York native.  twitter

Women Vote Director  Kate Chapek

(Feb. 2012, succeeded Heather Colburn who started in Aug. 2011)  Consultant at Baughman Company (direct mail), 2010-11.  Account executive at MSHC Partners, 2010.  Regional communications desk at Change that Works, 2009-10.  Campaign manager on Joan Buchanan for Congress, mid-2009.  Regional coordinator at EMILY's LIst, 2005-09.  Also Michigan GOTV director for America Votes, Fall 2006.  Communications director at Moving America, Gov. Bill Richardson's organization, 2004.  M.A. in journalism from Georgetown University, 2009; B.A. from University of Southern California, 2001.

Jewish Outreach Director  Ira N. Forman

(Aug. 2011)  Executive director of the National Jewish Democratic Council starting in Jan. 1996.  Also research director of The Solomon Project.  Director of congressional relations at the Office of Personnel Management.  Fellow at the Center for National Policy, 1990-93.  New York director of National PAC, a large pro-Israel PAC.  Legislative liaison and political director at AIPAC, 1977-81.  M.B.A from Stanford University, 1983; undergraduate degree from Harvard College, 1974.

Youth Vote Director  Valeisha Butterfield-Jones

(announced Oct. 25, 2011)  Recently formed the Butterfield Group, a management and communications firm.  Deputy Director of Public Affairs for the International Trade Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Oct. 2009-June 2011.  Founder (2007) president and CEO of the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network and served as executive director of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network.  Executive director/executive vice president at Rush Communications.  Programing and marketing at HBO Sports, 2004-05.  After graduating, Butterfield worked on the Campaign to Re-elect Chief Justice Henry Frye.  B.A. in political science from Clark Atlanta University, 2000.  North Carolina native.  twitter

Youth Vote Deputy Director  Eric Zoberman

(announced Oct. 25, 2011)  Field director for Rock the Vote in the 2010 election cycle.  Following President Obama's inauguration, Zoberman led United We Serve, a national service initiative of the new administration.  Joined the Obama Iowa caucus campaign in June 2007; during subsequent contests traveled the country working in field and press and was the field director for St. Louis County, Missouri during the General Election.  Graduate of University of Maryland, 2007.  twitter

Latino Vote Director  Adrian Saenz

(Nov. 2011)  Consultant at Message, Audience and Presentation, 2011.  Chief of staff to Congressman Harry Teague, 2009-10.  Chief of staff to Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez (D-TX) from Jan. 2007 to Dec. 2008.  Took leave from congressional office to serve as state director for Obama's 2008 primary campaign in Texas.  National field director at the DCCC in 2006.  Press secretary/communications director for Congressman Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX) 2000-05.  Served as president of the Congressional Hispanic Staff Association.  Took leave from congressional office during the fall 2004 campaign to serve as base vote director (Hispanic) on the New Mexico Democratic Coordinated Campaign, based out of Santa Fe office.  B.S. in political science from the University of Texas at San Antonio.  twitter

African American Vote Director  Stefanie Brown

(Jan. 2012)  Founder and executive director of Brown Girls Lead. National director of the NAACP's Youth and College Division.  Also, president and CEO of SL.Brown Enterprise, a community relations consulting company.  Served as national outreach coordinator for Global Justice, Inc.  Program coordinator of the Antioch Development Corporation's Stopping AIDS is My Mission Program (SAMM) in Cleveland.  Degree in business management from Howard University, 2004.  Native of Bedford Heights, Ohio.  twitter

LGBT Vote Director  Jamie Citron

Worked at HHS' Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.  Started on Obama's 2008 campaign in early 2007 in the finance department and eventually served as deputy LGBT vote director.  Woked for the Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs.  In 2006 Citron worked on Patty Wetterling's congressional campaign as part of the HRC's Youth College program.  Attended Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.  Grew up in Highland Park, IL (the north suburbs of Chicago).  twitter

LGBT Vote Deputy Director  Aditi Hardikar

Graduate of University of Michigan, 2011.  twitter

Veterans and Military Families Vote Director  Rob Diamond

Diamond is also New York State Director.

Western Regional Operation Vote Director/Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Director  Alissa Ko

(March 2012)  Deputy PAC director at Consumer Attorneys of California, 2010-12.  President of California Young Democrats, 2009-11.  Political/community organizer for SEIU Local 1000, 2008-Jan. 2010.  PAC/development coordinator at Consumer Attorneys of California, 2005-08.  B.A. in business economics from UCLA.

Southern Regional Operation Vote Director/Senior Vote/Disablilities/Doctors Director  Andrea Bazán

President of Triangle Community Foundation in Durham, NC, 2005-11.  Served on board of the National Council of La Raza 2002-11, including a year as chair, elected Jan. 2008.  Executive director and chief lobbyist at El Pueblo, Inc. in Raleigh, NC, 1994-2005.  Research and policy at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Resoources, 1997-2000.  Field traning coordinator/project director at UNC Chapel Hill, 1994-97.  MPH and MSW from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995.  Originally from Boston.

Nurses for Obama

(announced March 14, 2012)

Political

Political Director  Katherine Archuleta

(reported by CNN June 9, 2011)  Prior to joining the campaign Archuleta served as chief of staff to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis.  Senior advisor to Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, starting in Oct. 2005, and the City of Denver's lead planner for the 2008 Democratic National Convention.  Executive director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation in Albuquerque.  Co-founded both Semilla Group, a women-owned consulting group focused on community development, and the Center for Regional and Neighborhood Action, a nonprofit organization engaged in regional growth management.  Aide to Federico Peña for a decade, including his eight years as Denver Mayor (administrative assistant, deputy chief of staff, and administrative cabinet officer), chief of staff to Pena when he was Secretary of Transportation, 1996-97, and senior advisor when he was Secretary of Energy, 1997.  Director of special initiatives at the Hunt Alternative Fund.  Master's in education from University of Northern Colorado, 1976.  B.A. in education from Metropolitan State College of Denver, 1971.  Denver native.  twitter

Deputy National Political Director  Yohannes Abraham

(announced Aug. 25, 2011)  National political director of Organizing for America at the DNC.  After graduating Abraham started as a Polk County field organizer on Obama's Iowa caucus campaign; he served as GOTV director on the Feb. 12 Virginia primary campaign; in the Fall he was field director on the Virginia Campaign for Change.Degree in political science from Yale, 2007.  Ethiopian American from Springfield, VA.  twitter

Associate Political Director  Omar Khan

(Aug. 2011)  Congressional liaison at HUD, 2009-11.  Vice president of Young Democrats of America, 2007-09.  In the 2008 cycle, Khan started as Nevada field director on the Biden for President campaign, March 2007-Jan. 2008, then worked on Obama for America starting as a field organizer, then director of operations for the Texas State Convention team, and in the Fall as deputy political director on the Florida Campaign for Change.  President of Florida Young Democrats, 2005-07.  Deputy political director-Florida Senate Victory at the Democratic Party of Florida, 2005-06; college outreach coordinator for DPF in the latter half of 2004.  B.A. in political science from University of South Florida, 2004; served as student body president, 2003-04.

PoliCY

Policy Director  James Kvaal

Deputy undersecretary of education from June 2010.  A special assistant to President Obama on the White House National Economic Council, Feb. 2009-June 2010.  Senior fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund.  Policy director on John Edwards' 2007-08 presidential campaign.  Senior policy advisor in Edwards' Senate office Jan. 2003-July 2004.  Legislative associate on the Democratic staff of the House Education and Workforce Committee, Jan. 2001-Jan. 2003.  Worked on education policy in the Clinton Administration from 1997-Jan. 2001, starting in Spring 2000 at the White House National Economic Council and earlier at the Department of Education's office of post-secondary education and the office of the Deputy Secretary.  J.D. from Harvard Law School, 2007; B.A. in public policy from Stanford University.  Born in Lexington, MA.

Associate Policy Director for Health Care  Christen Linke Young

(Dec. 2011)  Policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2009-11.  A regional field director on the Obama camapign in Fall 2008.  Public policy specialist at the Land Trust Alliance, 2004-06.  A field organizer on the Kerry-Edwards campaign.  J.D. from Yale Law School, 2009; B.S. in biological sciences from Stanford University, 2004.

Associate Policy Director for National Security  Marie Harf

(late Nov. or ea. Dec. 2011)  Media spokesperson for the Central Intelligence Agency from June 2008.  CIA analyst on Middle East leadership issues from March 2006 to June 2008.  Master's degree in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.  Bachelor's degree in political science from Indiana University.  Native of Granville, Ohio.

Associate Policy Director  Nikhil Joshi
(Jan. 2012)  B.A. in economics and M.A. in public policy from Stanford University, 2011.  Joshi worked as an associate consultant for Bain & Company in the latter half of 2011.  In Fall 2009 Joshi worked as a research asociate  for the National Economic Council at the White House.

Communications

Press Secretary  Ben LaBolt

(widely reported on April 5, 2011; start mid-May 2011)  Communications director on Rahm Emanuel's campaign for Mayor of Chicago.  An assistant press secretary to President Obama.  Joined the Obama campaign in Aug. 2007 and held a variety of roles including spokesman on the primary campaign in Ohio and a deputy press secretary in the general election.  Press secretary in Obama’s Senate office.  Spokesman on Sherrod Brown’s successful U.S. Senate campaign in Ohio in 2006.  Press secretary to U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), 2005-July 2006 and for a bit in early 2007.  Seacoast regional director on Howard Dean's 2003-04 New Hampshire primary campaign.  2003 graduate of Middlebury College with a degree in political science; president of College Democrats at Middlebury, 2001-03 and helped out on Howard Dean's 2000 re-election campaign.  Native of LaGrange, Illinois.  twitter

Deputy Press Secretary  Katie Hogan

(widely reported on April 5, 2011; start mid-May 2011)  Associate director of press advance and press pool wrangler at the White House.  Assistant traveling press secretary (press wrangler) on the 2008 Obama campaign Graduate of The George Washington University, 2006.  Chicago native (Beverly on the South Side).

Deputy Press Secretary  Kara Carscaden

(July 2011) Vice president and special assistant to the president at Rubenstein Communications, 2010-11.  Rapid response manager in the Office of the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, 2009-10.  Senior research associate at the DNC, 2008-09.  Deputy press secretary to Sen. Barbara Mikulski, 2006-07.  M.A. in political management from The George Washington University, 2007; interned for Sen. Charles Schumer.  Legal assistant in the Appeals Bureau for the Manhattan District Attorney, 2003-04.  Field organizer for the NHDP, June-Oct. 2002.  B.A. in political science and art history from Wellesley College, 2002.  twitter

Director of Regional Media  Tom Reynolds

(Sept. 2011)  Deputy director of the Office of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy.  Ohio deputy communications director for Obama for America in fall 2008. In May 2008 Reynolds joined Qorvis Communications as a director.  National press secretary on Bill Richardson's presidential campaign and earlier served as Iowa communications director for the campaign.  Press secretary to Sen.Tom Harkin (D-IA).  Communications director for Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA).  Earlier, according to The Hill, he worked for a public-affairs firm in Southern California.  Undergraduate degree from Boston University, and has completed most of the work towards Master’s degree in political management from The George Washington University.

Regional Press Secretaries 
West  Ofelia Casillas

(reported by Politico's Mike Allen on June 1, 2011)  Prior to joining the campaign Casillas was deputy director of communications and foundation relations for the ACLU of Illinois.  She has over a decade of experience writing for news publications including The Miami Herald, People magazine, The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune; social policy writer at the Tribune for nine years.  Bachelor's degrees in English and journalism from the University of Florida.  Cuban-American; originally from Miami.

Great Lakes/Mid-Atlantic  Frank Benenati

(reported by Politico's Mike Allen on June 1, 2011)  Prior to joining the campaign, Benenati served as Northwest regional press secretary at the DNC starting in April 2009.  Communications director on Al Franken for Senate/Minnesota Coordinated Campaign.  Press secretary to Rep. Louise Slaughter (NY) from late 2006 to March 2008.  Press secretary on the Linda Stender for Congress campaign (NJ-7), Fall 2006.  Staff assistant and legislative correspondent to Rep. Linda Sanchez (CA), 2005-06.  B.A. in journalism/government from American University, 2005.  twitter

Midwest  Ben Finkenbinder

(reported by Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet on June 27, 2011) Graduate of Macalester College, 2007.  Originally from Bethesda, MD. twitter

Northeast  Michael Czin

Previously Northeastern regional press and earlier assistant press secretary at the DNC.  Served as a field organizer in Davenport on Hillary Clinton's Iowa caucus campaign.  twitter

Southeast  Addie Whisenant

(Sept. 2011)  Democratic press secretary for the House Financial Services Committee, Aug. 2010-Sept. 2011.  Communications director to Rep. Artur Davis (initial deputy communications director), April 2009-Aug. 2010.  Graduate of North Carolina A&T State University with a degree in journalism and mass communications.  Native of Atlanta, GA.  twitter

Director of Constituency Press  Clo Ewing

(announced Aug. 25, 2011)  Senior associate producer for Harpo Productions from Aug. 2004.  Associate producer and assignment editor for CBS News, 2000-04.  Dual degree in political science and broadcast journalism from Syracuse University, 2000.

Director of Hispanic Press  Gabriela Domenzain

Communications director of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus from mid-2010.  Associate producer at Univision in Miami.  Liaison at the National Council of La Raza.  Master's degree in journalism from New York University; undergraduate degree from University of Chicago, 1998.  From Miami, FL.  twitter

Director of Rapid Response  Lis Smith

(reported by Politico, Jan. 2012)  Previously communications director for the Democratic Governors Association (announced Jan. 2011). Communications director on Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland's 2010 campaign, and in 2009 worked for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine and Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe.  Worked on Dan Seals' congressional campaign in Illinois.  Campaign manager on Sen. Chris Koster's campaign for Attorney General in Missouri, 2007.  Press secretary on Sen. Claire McCaskill's 2006 U.S. Senate campaign.  Graduate of Dartmouth College, 2005.  twitter

Deputy Director of Rapid Response  Danny Kanner

(reported by Politico, April 27, 2012; start early May 2012)  Comes to the campaign from position as press secretary to New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.  Press secretary on the independent Crist for U.S. Senate campaign in 2010.  Worked in the Department of Education for the Bloomberg Administration in New York City.  Worked on David Yassky's campaign for NYC comptroller in 2009.  Body man to Gov. Eliot Spitzer.  Graduate of the University of Maryland.

Press  Charly Norton

In the 2010 cycle, Norton worked as an account associate at MSHC Partners.  She has held many internship positions.  B.A. in political science, public policy from The George Washington University.

Director of Event Communications  Marti Adams

Worked on Obama's 2007-08 campaign starting as a press assistant in the NH primary.  Previously worked in Atlanta, GA on an economic development project commissioned by Mayor Shirley Franklin.  She has also worked as a correspondence intern for President Clinton in New York.  Graduate of Spelman College.  Originally from McLean, Virginia. twitter

Director of Surrogate Communications  Ellen Qualls

Came to the campaign from position as director of surrogate and allied group outreach at the DNC.  A resident fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics.  Senior advisor for strategic planning for four years for Nancy Pelosi; also served as press lead for Energy Secretary-designate Steven Chu during the Obama transition.  Communications director for Mark Warner's Forward Together PAC in the 2006 cycle; communications director for Gov. Mark Warner 2005-06, and press secretary to Warner starting on Dec. 12, 2001 through 2005.  Previously Richmond bureau chief for WDBJ-7 TV in Roanoke starting in Nov. 1994; earlier served as station's first Danville bureau chief.  Graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in English, 1988.

Director of Speechwriting  Stephen Krupin

(July 2011) Speechwriter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid from April 2009-July 2011; previously served as Leader Reid’s press secretary and deputy press secretary.  Florida press secretary on President Obama’s 2008 campaign.  Media relations and crisis communications associate at APCO Worldwide, 2004-07.  Founder, web designer and graphic designer of EonMedia, 2002-07.  While at Medill, Krupin worked a number of journalism jobs including Washington bureau of Cox Newspapers, reporter and copy editor at the Daily Herald in Chicago, and intern for CNN in Washington.  Master’s degree from the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, 2008; undergraduate degree from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, 2004.

Research

Research Director  Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean

Moved to the campaign from position as Special Assistant to the President and Director of Research at the White House, after serving as director of research on the transition, and deputy director of content on the campaign.  Previously worked as a research and communications strategist at CNBC and as Vice President at IMS, Inc., a research consulting firm.  Jarvis-Shean studied at the University of Cape Town and was the fifth generation of her family to attend the University of California, Berkeley, from which she graduated with a degree in political science.  Native of Sacramento, California.

Deputy Research Director  Peter Bondi

Senior advisor for research and communications on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee.  Research on Frank Lautenberg for U.S. Senate, 2008.  Deputy research director on Edwards for President, 2007-08.  Researcher at the Democratic National Committee during the 2006 cycle.  Experience includes Jon Corzine for Governor, Bob Menendez for Senate and Betty Castor for Senate campaigns.  Interned on Sen. Joe Lieberman's presidential campaign and then served as a field staffer in New Hampshire. Graduate of Cornell University, 2002.  Native of New Haven, CT.  twitter

New media

Chief Digital Strategist  Joe Rospars

Founding partner and creative director of Blue State Digital.  Took leave from BSD to serve as new media director on Obama's 2008 campaign.  Part of Gov. Howard Dean's presidential campaign Internet team, where he wrote and edited emails and also worked on message development, online brand building, and grassroots organizing.  Prior to the Dean campaign, Rospars taught English in Stockholm, Sweden and wrote for NotGeniuses.com, a political blog.  Bachelor's degree in political science from The George Washington University.  Originally from Long Island.   twitter

Digital Director  Teddy Goff

(May 2011)  Associate vice president for strategy at Blue State Digital.  Oversaw creation and launch of WhiteHouse.gov for the Obama-Biden presidential transition.  Part of the new media team on Obama's 2008 campaign-in the fall director of new media for battleground states (Great Lakes and Ohio Valley); during the primaries Goff served on the campaign's mass email team.  Degree in English and political science from Yale University.   twitter

ORGANIZING
Digital Organizing Director  Betsy Hoover

A regional organizing director at Obama for America.  In the 2008 campaign Hoover worked on Obama's Pennsylvania primary campaign and in the general election was a deputy field director on the Campaign for Change in Michigan.   twitter  .

Engagement Program Manager  Jeff Gabriel

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VIDEO
Director of Video  Stephen Muller

(Aug. 2011)  Director of video production and messaging at Blue State Digital, from Feb. 2008.  Producer at Obama for America, May-Dec. 2008.  BFA in film production from Chapman University Film School, 2007.

Final Cut Pro Editor  Kimberly Pellnat

Video Producer  Tara McGowan

Producer, Digital Video   Lizzy Morrison 

DESIGN/PRODUCTION
Design Director  Josh Higgins

(Sept. 2011)  Over twelve years design experience; creative director at Departure Advertising.  Previously associate creative director at Vitrorobertson.  Design degree from San Diego City College.  Musician with the band, fluf (7 albums).  San Diego native.

Senior Designer  Daphne Karagianis

(May 2011)  Designer at the DNC Feb.-May 2011.  Art director at Digitas Design in Chicago.  B.A. in graphic design from Columbia College Chicago.

Senior Designer/Photographer  Chris Dilts

(May 2011)  Owner of Christopher Dilts Photography | Design from Aug. 2005-present; including designer/photographer as part of the DNC New Media creative team, 2010-11.  Photographic editor/associate designer at P8NT Magazine, 1999-2005.  BA. in sociology/anthropology from Earlham College, 1999.

Lead Production Designer  Zach Stubenvoll

(Sept. 2011)  Bachelor's degree in graphic design from the Art Academy of Cincinnati, 2011.

Associate Design Director  Carla Pearlman

(July 2011)  Graphic designer at the Museum of Science and Industry, 2009-11.  Graphic designer at Obama for America, Fall 2008.  Graphic designer at Polaris Creative Partners, 2008.  B.F.A in visual communications from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2007.

Senior Design Lead  Taylor LeCroy

(Aug. 2011)  Senior art director at Tom, Dick & Harry Creative Co., 2008-11.  Art director at Element 79, 2007-08.  Art director at DDB Chicago, 2005-07.  Graduate in art direction from The Creative Circus; B.A. from University of Florida, 2002.

Senior Interactive Designer  Jillian Maryonovich

(Jan. 2012)  Senior interactive art director at Digitas Chicago, 2006-11.  Flash designer at Barbarian Group, 2004-06.  Graphic design at the Massachusetts College of Art, 2002.

Lead Interactive Designer  Dan Carson

(Oct. 2011)  Interactive designer at Hornall Anderson Design Works, Nov. 2009-Sept. 2011.  Designer and Flash developer at POP, 2006-09.  Interactive designer and developer at Squad, 2004-06.  Owner of okdan, web design and development, 2002-09.  AAA in interactive media from the Art Institute of Seattle, 2004.

INTERNET ADVERTISING
Internet Advertising  Bully Pulpit Interactive/Andrew Bleeker

Bleeker was director of internet advertising on for Obama for America in the 2008 general election campaign. He founded Bully Pulpit Interactive after the campaign and is principal; others are Michael Organ, partner; Ben Coffey Clark, managing director; and Mark Skidmore, managing director.

Search Engine Marketers
Cliff Doggett

(Nov. 2011)  Search marketing manager at Total Attorneys, 2010-11.  Account team leader at iProspect, 2009-10.   Search marketing program manager at Performics, 2007-09.  Marketing manager at DigitalWork Inc., 2003-07.  Graduate of DePaul University, 2004.

Brian O'Grady

(Feb. 2012)  Manager of launch and optimization at VivaKi, 2009-Feb. 2012.  Program manager at DoubleClick Performics, 2006-09.  MFA in creative writing from Eastern Washington University, 2005.

ANALYSIS
Senior Digital Analyst  Amelia Showalter

(July 2011)  Started Amelia Showalter LLC, doing quantitative political consulting, in January 2011. Director of media strategies at Changing Targets Media, 2008-10.  Analyst at MSHC Partners, Fall 2008.  M.P.P from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, 2008; A.B. in government from Harvard University, 2005.

Digital Analysts
Aziz Shallwani

Principal data analyst at Capital One, 2004-11.   M.Eng from McGill University, 2003; B.S. in electrical engineering from University of Waterloo, 2000.

Timothy Prescott

(Jan. 2012)  Consultant at Accenture, 2010-Jan. 2012.  Interned on Obama's 2008 campaign, Oct. 2007-Feb. 2008.  Bachelor's in internal business administration (2005) and MIS in supply chain management (2007) from Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.

Matthew Rattigan

(Dec. 2011)  Graduate student in the Knowledge Discovery Laboratory at UMass Amherst.

Director of Development  Dan Ratner

(May 2011)  Describes self as "Chicago-based serial entrepreneur..."  Co-founder and CEO of ContactKarma, a social recommendation engine.  CEO of High Note Enterprises.  Entrepreneur in residence at the Nanobusiness Alliance; chairman of the Nanotechnology Alliance.  With his wife founded in 2005 and operated Sittercity, the nation's first and largest site for matching parents and babysitters, petsitters, elder care, tutors, and housesitters.  Founder and CEO of Snapdragon Technologies, 1997-2001.  CTO of Wired Business, 2000-01.  Graduate of Brown University, 1997.

Director of Digital Products  David Sebag

(Dec. 2011)  Director of product management at Hashable, 2010-11.  Product marketing manager at Quigo Technologies, 2005-06, director of content at Quigo, 2006-07, and principal product manager at AOL Advertising/Quigo, 2008-Jan. 2010.  Founder of Beam5.tv.  Project manager at semaphore Partners, 2003-04.  Product manager at Hotjobs.com, 2000-01.  Research analyst at Cambridge Pharma Consultancy, 1998-2000.  M.A. in film from Columbia University in the City of New York, 2005.  B.A. in economics and psychology from University of Pennsylvania, 1998.

Digital Projects Manager  Michael Gottwald

Producer/community and online outreach for Court 13, a film production company headquartered in New Orleans.  Ohio new media co-director for Obama for America, June-Nov. 2008.  B.A. in film studies from Wesleyan University, 2006.

Program Manager  Sarah Langhinrichs

(May 2011)  Prior to joining the campaign Langhinrichs was an email campaigner at the DNC, starting April 2010.  Research assistant for Mic Check Radio at the Center for American Progress, 2008-10.  Civic engagement fellow at the Resource Center of the Americas, Jan.-Aug. 2007. B.A. in political science, economics from Macalester College, 2006.

Social Media Content Manager  Jessi Langsen

(Dec. 2011)  Knowledge manager at Edelman's Food and Nutrition practice, 2010-11, and social media strategist/account supervisor at Edelman Digital, 2008-11.  Senior account executive at Vi Nelson & Associates, 2006-08.  Degree in communications from Miami University, 2005.

Senior Outbound Writer  Martha Patzer

(May 2011)  Prior to joining the campaign Patzer was an email campaigner at the DNC, starting Aug. 2010.  Online outreach and communications manager at the League of Women Voters, 2009-10.  Communications manager at the Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement, 2007-09.  Arts and entertainment writer for UWeekly, 2006-07.  Copy editor at the South Bend Tribune, 2005-06.  B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame.

Email Writer  Caitlin Mitchell

Research director at AKPD Message and Media, 2009-11; new media director for Chicago for Rahm Emanuel, Oct. 2010-March 2011.  B.S. in communication studies, public advocacy from Ohio University, 2007.

Toby Fallsgraff

Senior email campaigner at the DNC from April 2010.  Consultant at M+R Strategic Services through April 2010.  Campaign manager on O'Neill for Congress, 2007-08.  M.A. in political management from The George Washington University, 2006.  Graduate of Ohio University, 2004.

Regional Desks
Great Lakes/Mid-Atlantic  Katy Rose Glickman

Previously a new media regional director for Organizing for America.  Staff assistant to U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (NJ), 2009-10.  Field organizer on Obama for America.  B.A. in fine arts from the University of Pennsylvania, 2008.

Midwest  Ryan Gallentine

Regional field director on Obama for America in Michigan's 4th CD from June -Nov. 2008 after serving as a field organizer in Iowa, Nevada, Colorado, Wisconsin and Indiana, starting in Oct. 2007.  Political editor at Broadcast Interactive Media, May-Oct. 2007.  B.S. in journalism and mass communication from University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007.

More Digital: Matthew Elias, Marie Ewald, Anna Kim, Shannon Lee, Lauren Parks, Matthew Ranalletta, Erica Sackin

Technology

Chief Integration and Innovation Officer  Michael Slaby

Deputy new media director then chief technology officer on Obama's 2008 campaign.  Deputy campaign manager on Vi Daley's re-election campaign for Alderman in Chicago, 2007.  Worked for Sen. Dick Durbin in Chicago starting in 2005.  Worked for several multimedia design and web application and platform development startup companies.  Production manager at The Strategy Group.  Degree in English from Brown University, 2001.   twitter

Chief Technology Officer  James Harper Reed

(from late April 2011; according to Chicago Tribune Reed "will focus on helping field operators improve voter contact")  Describes self as "an engineer excited about real time, social software and the open source software movement."  On his blog he wrote, "I spent most of 2010 doing my best to avoid deliverables and enjoy not having a day to day job."  At Rackspace to April 2010.  CTO of skinnyCorp, LLC (Threadless.com), 2005-09.  Web programmer at Cramer and Krasselt, 2004-05.  Security and software engineer at World Book Publishing, 2001-04.  Founder of NaTa2.com, a small hosting company, 1997-2008.  B.A. in computer science and philosophy from Cornell College in Mt Vernon, Iowa, 2001.

Deputy Chief Technology Officer  Mike Conlow

Previously deputy technology director at the DNC.  Director of analytics at OMP.  Director of data analysis and reporting on Obama for America, June-Nov. 2008.  Senior analyst at the DNC, 2006-07.  Senior research associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 2005-06.  Bachelor's degree in economics from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2004.

Director of Voter Experience  Anthea Watson Strong

Started May 2011 as product manager on the technology team.  Project manager for the Voting Information Project, Google and Pew funded at the New Organizing Institute, 2009-11.  Field organizer in WI, TX, IN and MS on Obama for America from Jan.-June 2008, then deputy regional field director on the Wisconsin Campaign for Change, June-Nov. 2008.  Associate director at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.  Deputy field organizer on the Democratic Coordinated Campaign in South Milwaukee, Oct.-Nov. 2006.  Legislative fellow in the office of Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, 2006.  J.D. from Boston University School of Law, 2005; B.A. in business administration from Principia College, 2002. 

Director of User Experience  Jason Kunesh

(May 2011)  Co-founder of Fuzzy Math, LLC, 2009-May 2011.  President of Kunesh Interaction Design, 2007-09.  Lead information architect at Orbitz, 2003-07; also night instructor at the School of Art Institute of Chicago, 2005-07.  Senior strategy consultant at Cyberworks Media Group, 2002-03.  Manager of multimedia design at DiamondCluster International, 1999-2002.  M.S. in human computer interaction from DePaul University, 2006.  B.A. in English from University of Wisconsin, 1992.  twitter

UI/UX Developer  Aaron Salmon

(May 2011)  Owner of Auraworks Ltd., a sole proprietorship, since 2007.  Co-founder OhSoWe.com.  Front-end development and user interface consultant for Solfo, design and usability director for mk2 development, 2008-10.  Art director at Tecture, LLC, 2007-08.  Internet designer/developer at Quicksilver Associates, 2005-07.  Web design supervisor at The CORE Organization, 2002-05.  eLearning creative developer for Integrated Performance Systems, 2001-02.  Web developer/team lead at Unety Systems, 1999-2001.  Web authoring and publishing certificate from Chippewa Valley Technical College.

Director of Frontend Web Development  Daniel Ryan 

(Aug. 2011)  CTO at PressCore, Inc., 2010-11.  Technical director at Chatterati, 2009-11.  Frontend department manager at Medium, 2007-09.  Freelance web and IOS developer, 1998-2011.  M.A. in cultural history of war from University of Manchester, 2006; B.A. in history from Lee University, 2005.

Deputy Director of Frontend Web Development  Kyle Rush

(June 2011)  Previously frontend web developer at Blue State Digital.  B.A. in political science from CSU Fullerton, 2008.

Director of Engineering  Dylan Richard

(May 2011)  Vice president of engineering (2009-10), director of software development (2008-09) and senior engineer (2007-08) at skinnyCorp.  Co-founder/advor at mk2 development, 2007-10.  Senior developer at Crate & Barrel, 2000-07.

Senior Security Engineer  Ben Hagen

(Sept. 2011)  Security consultant for Neohapsis, 2010-11.  Security consultant (2007-10) and security engineer (2004-07) for Motorola.  M.S. in information assurance from Iowa State University, 2004.

Senior Software Engineer  Justin Vincent

(July 2011)  Previously a software engineer at Google, March 2008-July 2011.  B.S., B.A. in computer science, mathematics from University of Washington, 2007.

Developer  Ryan Kolak

(July 2011)  Internet programmer at Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, senior internet programmer at Thermo Fisher Scientific, 2005-11.  Web developer at Clever Ideas, 2002-05.  Web developer at Computer Discount Warehouse, 2001-02.  Software engineer at IntegrationWare.  Studied at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Engineer  Angus Durocher

(2011)  Involved with the online sector for over a decade.  Lead web developer for YouTube/Google, 2006-10.  Ops, engineering, production at Roll Your Own Search Engine (Rollyo) from 2005.  Co-founder and CTO of Crow Hill Art since 2002.  UE engineer/interface engineer/head of production at Bigstep.com.  CD-ROM game developer.  Moved to San Francisco in 1997.  Reporter in Austin, TX and earlier in Haines, AK.  Studied at Bates College as well as UNH in Durham, and Brown University.

Engineer  Jesse Kriss

(Oct. 2011)  Principal at jklabs from July 2009.  Developer/designer/lead architect at Figure 53, 2009-11.  Research developer at IBM, 2005-10.  User interface design consultant at eJamming, Inc., 2004-05.  M.A. in human-computer interaction from Carnegie Mellon University, 2004; B.A. in music from Carleton College, 2003.

Software Engineers 
Gabriel Burt

(June 2011)  Software engineer for Novell, 2007-11.  Software engineer for IBM, 2006-07.  B.S. in computer engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005. 

Clint Ecker

(Sept. 2011)  Project manager, web developer, and technical contributorat Ars Technica, 2008-11.  Senior web developer at Stone Ward, 2006-08.  B.S. in computer engineering technology and A.S. in electrical engineering technology from Purdue University, 2004.

Derek Brooks

(Aug. 2011)  Co-founder/engineer at Absolocal from May 2010 and senior application engineer at Dipity from Jan. 2010.  Owner/engineer of Broox Productions, 2001.  Application engineer at Red 5 Interactive, Inc. 2007-10.  Co-owner/developer of Truespin Media, 2004-10.  Application developer for Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l, Inc., 2003-07.  B.A. in computer science from Cornell College, 2003.

Nick Leeper

(Aug. 2011) Co-founder/engineer at Absolocal from May 2010.  Senior software developer at Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., 2001-11.    Co-owner/developer of Truespin Media, 2004-10. MIS from Iowa State University, 2001.

Zane Shelby

(June 2011)  Mobile software engineer at TripIt and Concur Technologies, 2010-11.  Software engineer at Cozi, 2007-08.  Software engineer (2006-07) and associate software engineer (2005-06) at aQuantive; company acquired by Microsoft in Aug. 2007.  M.S. in computer science from Northeastern University, 2010.  B.A. in computer science from UC Santa Cruz, 2004.

Will St. Clair

(July 2011)  Interactive developer at Stone Ward, 2010-11.  University of Texas at Austin.

Lead Dev Ops  Scott VanDenPlas

(May 2011)  Co-founder of MaxRes Contract Research, Jan. 2010.  Director of tech. ops. at Sprout Social in early 2011.  Engineer at skinnyCorp, 2008-10.  Network operations manager at the Field Museum of Natural History, 2007-08.  CIO at Originate Home Loans, 2006-07.  Network operations manager at Insignis, 2001-06.  Senior network engineer at Aisa Technologies, 2000-01.  Graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000.

Community Outreach Lead  Catherine Bracy

(started on the campaign in June 2011 as a product manager)  Consultant to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, 2010-11.  Administrative director at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 2002-10.  B.A. in communcation from Boston College, 2002.

Data

Chief Analytics Officer  Dan Wagner

(beginning of June 2011)  Targeting director for Organizing for America at the DNC.  Oversaw Great Lakes and Ohio Valley targeting for the Obama campaign in Fall 2008.

Deputy Chief Analytics Officer  Andrew Claster

(July 2011)  Previously deputy targeting director at the DNC, 2009-11.  Field organizer on the Pennsylvania Campaign for Change, July-Nov. 2008.  Vice president at Penn, Schoen & Berland, 2005-08.  Consultant at the World Bank, 2004-05.  Analyst at Penn, Schoen & Berland, 1998-2001.  MSc in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, 2003.  B.A. in political science from Yale University, 1997.

Chief Scientist  Rayid Ghani

(July 2011)  Analytics research lead, senior researcher/research scientist at Accenture Technology Labs, 2001-July 2011.  M.S. in machine learning from Carnegie University, 2001.  B.S. in computer science, mathematics from Sewanee-The University of the South, 1999.

Director of Data  Ethan Roeder

Data and tech. director at the New Organizing Institute.  Roeder worked on Obama's 2008 campaign starting as voter file manager on the Nevada caucus campaign and concluding as Midwest data director/lead.

Data Manager  Ben Fuller

(August 2011)  Previously assistant director, FIS at SEIU, 2007-11.  Field director on Charlie Wilson for Congress, 2006. B.S. in political science from The Ohio State University.

Data  Warren Flood

Principal at Ramirez Group and president of Bright Blue Data, in Washington, DC.  Worked on the Democratic National Committee’s national targeting team for the 2010 U.S. election cycle.  Director of information systems and technology for the Office of the Vice President for almost two years.  Western region data director for Obama's 2008 campaign, responsible for nine states.

Database Engineer  Noel McKinney

(July 2011)  Principal and co-owner of The Constant Group Inc., Aug. 2005-present.  Vice president of engineering and development (2010-11) and senior software developer (2009-10) at Insignis.  Database administrator at Spectrum Global Fund Administration LLC, 2005.  Software developer at Insignis, 2001-05.  M.S. in computer science from DePaul University, 2001; M.S. in social and applied economics from Wright State University, 1991; B.S. in management (finance) from Purdue University, Kerannert School of Management, 1987.

Database Administrator  William Wanjohi

(Nov. 2011)  Data analyst at Seyfarth Shaw, 2009-11.  Litigation support analyst at Debevoise & Plimpton, 2007-09.  Research/doc. reviewer at Viacom, second half of 2006.  Legal assistant at Harkins Cunningham LLP, first half of 2006.  B.S. in engineering fro Swarthmore College.

Data Analyst  Nathan Sterken

(June 2011)  Previously analyst at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, starting Nov. 2010.  Analyst at Changing Targets Media, April-Nov. 2010.  M.P.P. from University of Michigan, 2007.  B.A. in political science, 2006. 

Reporting Manager  Daniel Scarvalone

(Dec. 2012)  Analyst at Catalist.  Colorado data/new media director for Organizing for American/DNC, 2010.  State legislative account executive/research assistant at NGP Software, 2009-10.  B.A. in political science from Tufts University, 2008.

Regional Data Managers (support state data directors)
Midwest  Ed Coleman

(August 2011)  National project manager for state data and targeting services at ISSI, 2008-11.  Minnesota technology director at America Votes, 2006-08.  Call center manager for Clean Water Action, 2005-06.  Minnesota technology director at America Coming Together, 2004.  Assistant technology manager at the University of Vermont, 2001-03.  B.S. in business administration from University of Vermont, 2001.

Great Lakes/Mid-Atlantic  Lena Tom

(August. 2011, initially Northeast regional data manager)  National data and targeting director at the Alliance for Climate Protection, 2009-11. Customer services representative at the DVA Federal Credit Union, mid-2009.  Indiana deputy voter file manager and field organizer on the Obama campaign in Fall 2008.  Interim manager at H.A.L.E. Federal Credit Union, first part of 2007.  B.A. from Loyola University of Chicago, 2007.

MEDIA

Director of Media Planning

Deputy Director of Message and Media  Melissa Nitti

(Nov. 2011)  Press secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2010-11.  A regional press secretary at Obama for America in Fall 2008.  Senior associate at The Strategy Group, mid-2008.  Account manager at Griffin Schake, 2006-09.  Junior publicist at Much & House Public Relations, 2005-06.  Production coordinator for The Strategy Group, 2004.  Undergraduate degree from Occidental College, 2004.

Media Budget Manager  Tom Elson

(Jan. 2012)  Worked on the campaign as a budget analyst in summer 2011.  Policy analyst at the Environmental Defense Fund, 2006-09.  M.B.A. from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, 2011 and  M.S. in environmental science from Stanford University, 2011.  A.B. in environmental studies/psychology from Bowdoin College, 2006.

Paid Media and Polling Regional Director  Alex Okrent

(Jan. 2012)  Previously senior analyst at Benenson Strategy Group, from April 2010.  Louisiana field director on Obama for America in Fall 2008; deputy Illinois political director on Obama for America, April 2007-June 2008.  Production assistant at The Strategy Group, 2006.  Worked as a field organizer on Obama's 2004 Senate campaign.  B.S. from the College of Social Studies at Wesleyan University, 2005.

Paid Media Regional Director  Casey Hernandez

(Jan. 2012)  Press aide to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Director of Media Analytics  Carol Davidsen

(April 2012; previously senior product manager, technology team from Nov. 2011)  Product and program manager for Microsoft Advertising TV Group (initially Navic Networks acq. in 2008), 2006-11.  Integrations lead and project manager in the professional services group at Converse Systems (Kenan Systems, Lucent Technologies, CSG Systems), 2000-05.  Consultant in the professional services group at Bearingpoint, 1998-2000.  B.S. in economics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Lead Media Analyst  Kim Stukel

(July 2011)  Senior media analyst for Ace Hardware, May 2005-Nov. 2010.  Owner of Stamping Street, 2003-04.  Media buyer at Starcom Worldwide, 1998-2002.  B.A. in marketing from Lewis University, 1998.

OPERATIONS

Director of State Operations  David Levine

(April 2011)  Previously national operations director at the DNC, from April 2010; regional operations director at the DNC, 2009-April 2010.  Deputy COO at M+R Strategic Services.  Founder/partner at QCharm LLC, 2006-08; founder/partner at EZBands LLC, 2004-08.  In Fall 2004 Levine was assistant to director of operations at the DCCC.  In Fall 2003 he was a field organizer for EMILY's List/Patti Morrisey for State Delegate in VA House District 32.  B.A. in political science from American University.

Deputy State Operations Director  Nathan Olson
(July 2011)  Regional operations director at the DNC, 2010-11.  Operations coordinator at Teach for America, 2009-10.  Regional organizer at Grassroots Solutions, 2008-09.  5th CD political coordinator for the Minnesota DFL, June-Dec. 2008.  Field intern on Al Franken for Senate.  B.A. in Spanish studies and linguistics from University of Minnesota, 2008.

Regional Operations Director  Ashleigh Barber

(August 2011)  Consultant, field strategies, 2007-May 2011.  Degree in English from the University of Notre Dame, 2006.

Systems Administrator  Joseph Kimball

An IT consultant, Joseph Kimball Consulting LLC.  Technical analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.  IT helpdesk at Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney.  IT consultant at Matrix Computer Software.  M.S. in information technology from Northwestern.  B.S. in management information systems from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Help Desk/IT  Andrea Sherry
(Sept. 2011) Director of internal operations at Tomorrow's Humanitarian Engineers Corporation of Chicago.

Telecom Desk  Scott Speegel

(Dec. 2011)  Volunteer teacher at Shree Bharathi Vidyalaya School in India, 2010-11.  Campaign manager on Ascot for Congress, Aug. 2009-Feb. 2010.  Worked on Obama's 2008 campaign starting as a data manager and in operations in the Fall.  Senior paralegal at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, 2005-07.  B.A. in political science from Northwestern University, 1985.

Human Resources Director  Sheena Patton

Part of Organizing for America in Illinois.  In Fall 2008 ran the Obama campaign's border state program in Indiana; attended the first Camp Obama in May 2007.  Worked in corporate human resources for about 14 years.  B.S. degree from DePaul University.  Lifelong resident of the south suburbs of Chicago.

Deputy HR Director  Janie Minkin

(Dec. 2011)  Interim vice president of operations at Field Trip Factory, first part of 2011.  Owner at Sage Mediated Solutions, LLC, 2010-11.  Senior consultant at HRadvantage, LLC 2008-09.  Vice president of human resources at Chef Solutions Inc./Orval Kent Foods, 2004-07.  Director of human resources at ConAgra Foods, 1998-2003.  Managing principal at the HR Group, 1995-98.  Director of compensation, benefits and systems at Baxter Healthcare Corp. 1992-95.  Manager of compensation, benefits and HRIS at Kraft Foodservice, 1989-92.  Senior consultant, compensation, benefits and HRIS at Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association, 1983-89.  MBA in finance from Loyola University of Chicago, 1984.

CFO

Chief Financial Officer  Mary Beth Schulz

(April 2011)  Special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Financial Management & Comptroller, 2010-11.  Controller at the DNC, 2009-10.  Valuation services senior associate at KPMG, 2007-09.  Auditor at Ernst & Young, 2003-07.  M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 2011.  M.S. in accountancy from University of Notre Dame, 2004.

Budget Analysts 
Jared Mueller

(July 2011)  Associate at the Boston Consulting Group, 2009-11.  Graduate of Duke University, 2009.

Jeff Rapp

Experience includes analyst at Excelsior Capital Management.

Susan Parker

(Dec. 2011)  M.P.P. from University of Chicago, 2011; B.A. in international relations from Michigan State University, 2009.

Scheduling and Advance

Director of Scheduling and Advance  Lisa Kohnke

(reported by Lynn Sweet on Sept. 19, 2011)  Director of Special Events in the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House from Jan. 2009.  Deputy director of scheduling and advance on Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.  Associate director of national events for AIPAC, Oct. 2005-May 2007.  Joined the Kerry campaign in May 2004 as a scheduler for Sen. Kerry; moved over to advance and served as a deputy director of advance from July 2004 to the end of the campaign.  Scheduled for Congressman Kendrick Meek, late 2002 to May 2004.  Scheduled for Gore after he left office, first at his transition office then at his PAC, Leadership 02, until Nov. 2002.  Joined the Gore campaign in Nov 1999; worked as a field organizer for 5 months in Sioux City, IA and Broward County, FL, did advance for 3 months, then moved to Nashville in June to be the advance desk for Vice President Gore teams until Nov. 2000.  National field director of College Democrats of America, from Spring 1998 to Fall 1999.   B.A. degrees in political science and Jewish studies from Indiana University, 1998.  Grew up in Oak Park, IL.

Director of Surrogates  Joseph Reinstein

Deputy Social Secretary in the Office of First Lady Michelle Obama from Jan. 2009.  Two decades of marketing experience, including vice president of marketing at Medline Industries, 2007-09; senior vice president/senior account director energy at BBDO, 2003-07; vice president and marketing director at Element 79, 2001-03; and vice president and marketing director at Foote Cone & Belding, 1998-2001.  Degree in government from Oberlin College, 1987.

Deputy Surrogate Director  Jennifer Rosenbaum

(Aug. 2011)  Finance at the DNC, most recently deputy national finance director at DNC/Obama Victory Fund 2012 (April-Sept. 2011), finance director for Americans Abroad (2009-11), New England deputy finance director (April-Aug. 2009).  Jewish outreach on Obama for America in Fall 2008.  Marketing coordinator at Alstra Capital Management, 2005-06.  Programming and production manager at College Sports Television, 2003-05.   B.A. from Boston College, 2001.  

Surrogate Scheduler  Stephanie Venegas

(Jan. 2012)  Executive assistant/office manager (Aug. 2008-Dec. 2011) and staff assistant (2007-08) to Congressman Xavier Becerra.  B.A. in law and society from UC Santa Barbara, 2007. 

Finance

Finance Director  Rufus Gifford

Moved over from position as finance director at the DNC, which he had held since Feb. 2009.  With his partner Jeremy Bernard, Gifford did fundraising through B&G Associates in California.  Deputy finance director, Western States for the DNC during the 2004 election (oversaw eight states). Six years working at Davis Entertainment and then Twentieth Century Fox. Graduate of Brown University, 1996.  twitter

Senior Deputy Finance Director  Diana Doukas

(May 2011)  Annual fund officer for New York University's Stern School of Business for the first part of 2011.  National finance director on Hodes for Senate, 2009-10.  Finance consultant on Andrew Cuomo 2010, 2008-09.  In the 2008 cycle served as PAC director and as deputy Mid-Atlantic finance director for the DSCC.  Graduate of Villanova University, 2005.

Deputy Finance Director  Elizabeth (Liz) Lowery

Finance director at the DSCC in the 2010 cycle, starting in Jan. 2009.  Senior advisor to the chairman at the DLC, since June 2007.   National finance director Harold Ford, Jr. for U.S. Senate, 2004.  Fundraising consultant at Kimball Stroud & Associates, Inc, 1999-2003.  University of Alabama.

Gen44 Finance Director  Sharon Yang

(April 2011)  Previously Gen44 finance director at the DNC, 2009-11.  National candidate finance director at the DCCC, July-Dec. 2008.  Mid-Atlantic finance on Hillary Clinton for President, 2007-08.  Production manager/executive assistant at Grunwald Communications, 2005-07.  Account assistant at MSHC Partners, Fall 2004.  B.A. degree from Loyola Marymount University, 2004.

Gen44 Deputy Finance Director  Lora Whitticker

(May 2011)  Previously Gen 44 founding member and national co-chair at the DNC from June 2009.  Worked on the Presidential Inaugural Committee and in the closing weeks of the campaign served as voter protection legal team coordinator on Indiana for Change.  Associate attorney at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, 2007-08; associate attorney at Lord Bissell & Brook LLP, 2005-07.  J.D. from Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, 2002; B.A. in political science and African-American studies from Indiana University, Bloomington, 1999.

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Regional Finance and Deputy Finance Directors include

Midwest  Roz Skozen
(March 2011)  Previously Midwest finance director at the DNC.  Midwest deputy finance director and earlier Midwest finance assistant on Obama for America, 2008.  Finance assistant at Evan Bayh's All America PAC, 2006.  Special assistant to Sen. Bill Nelson, 2005-06.  B.A. in English/Spanish from DePauw University.

Deputy Midwest  Michael Kurtz

(April 2011)  Deputy finance director at Friends of Martin O'Malley, 2009-11.  Finance intern on Obama's 2008 campaign.  B.A. in political science from The George Washington University, 2009.

Northern California  Autumn Sample
(April 2011)  Previosly Northwest finance director and Northern California deputy finance director at the DNC, from April 2007.  Washington State Democrats/DNC regional field director for Eastern Washington.  Graduate of Purdue University, 2004.

Deputy Southern California/SW  Michael Gilmore

(April 2011)  Moved over from position as deputy Southern California/Southwest finance director position at DNC, started in Feb. 2009.  Also served as deputy finance director, Northwest on PIC 2009 and for the DNC in the latter half of 2008.  Boards and commissions administration 2006-08.  Deputy to the political director at Cantwell 2006.  B.A. in political science from Seattle University, 2006.

Southern California/SW Finance Assistant  Adia Smith

New England  Kathleen Gasperine

New England finance director at the DNC from March 2009.  As a Boston-based consultant Gasperine served as finance director on Deval Patrick's 2010 re-election campaign.  Northeast deputy finance director at the DNC in Fall 2008; deputy New England finance director on Hillary Clinton for President.  Deputy Massachusetts finance director for Keeping America's Promise, Sen. John Kerry's PAC, from Nov. 2006-Feb. 2007.  Finance assistant on Rendell for Governor, 2006.  Graduate of Ithaca College, 2006.

Illinois  April Harley
(April 2011)  Previously Illinois finance director at the DNC and earlier Illinois deputy finance director.  Deputy Southern finance director on Southern finance assistant, and Illinois finance assistant on Obama for America, 2008.  B.A. in English from Howard University. 

New York  Brad Thompson

Grassroots Fundraising Manager  Yolanda Magallanes

(May 2011)  Associate at The Ashmead Group, 2006-10.  B.A. in politics from Oberlin College, 2006.

Director, African-American Leadership Council  Edana Walker

(June 2011)  Previously finance consultant to the DNC.  Consultant at B+G Associates, 2007-09.  Administrative assistant in the retirement section of Mercer, 2005-07.  Fundraiser at John Kerry for President.  Program instructor at The Close Up Foundation, 1999-2001.  Fifth grade teacher at George Washington Carver Elementary School, 1996-98.  Graduate of Spellman College.

African-American Leadership Council Deputy Finance Director  Marcus Switzer

Director, Futuro Fund  Zach Portilla

(Futuro Fund, launched in Oct. 2011, is a grassroots Latino fundraising effort)  Assistant in the Office of Presidential Personnel at the White House.  Left Penn State to volunteer on Obama's 2008 campaign.  Duluth native.

Finance Chairman  Matthew Barzun

(starting June 1, 2011)  Leaving position as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, which he started Aug. 12, 2009, to join the campaign.  In the 2008 cycle he was "among the first to join Barack Obama's National Finance Committee, where he produced the first $25 per-person fundraiser."  based in Louisville, KY, he advised and invested in start-up internet companies.  He was the fourth employee at CNET Networks, where he worked from 1993-2004, including as executive vice president, chief strategy officer, and a member of the executive committee.  A.B. in history and literature from Harvard College.  Originally from Massachusetts.

Marketing

Marketing and Merchandise Director  Meaghan Burdick

SBA's White House liaison.  Director of grassroots fundraising on Obama's 2007-08 campaign.  [http://store.barackobama.com]  Director of marketing and online services at the DCCC in the 2006 cycle (started there in Jan. 2005).  Previously at the DSCC.

First Lady Michelle Obama

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Chief of Staff  Allyson Laackman

(from Jan. 2012, reported by Lynn Sweet on Dec. 1, 2011)  Comes to the campaign from position as CFO in the Executive Office of the President.  Finance director on the Obama-Biden Transition Project.  Controller at Obama for America, Jan.-Nov. 2008.  CFO at French American Securities, 1997-2001.  CFO at IFX (formerly Jack Carl 312 Futures, Inc.) 1992-97.  Manager at Arthur Anderson, 1981-92.  Master's in accountancy science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;  in finance from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Press Secretary  Olivia Alair

(Dec. 2011)  Previously press secretary (Nov. 2009-Dec. 2011) and deputy press secretary (April-Nov. 2009) at the U.S. Department of Transportation.  Regional communications director, OH at Obama for America, Fall 2008.  Deputy press secretary to Sen. Joe Biden, 2006-July 2008.  B.A. in government and history from Georgetown University.

Vice President Joe Biden

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Chief of Staff  Sheila Nix

(team announced March 26, 2012)  U.S. executive director of ONE since June 2009.  Senior vice-president for the Strategy Group, where she focused on direct mail for the Obama general election.  Senior advisor to Gov. Rod Blagojevich starting in Sept. 2004, deputy campaign manager for policy on his 2006 campaign, and one of two deputy governors to Blogojevich through June 2008.  Chief of staff to Sen. Bill Nelson (FL) for 2 1/2 years from when he took office through Spring 2003.  A vice president at Wallman Strategic Consulting after working briefly at Podesta.com  Chief of staff to Sen. Bob Kerrey (NE) to end of Feb. 1999 and earlier legislative director, started with Kerry in late 1992; also worked on Kerrey’s 1992 presidential campaign.  Associate at Arnold & Porter, 1989-91.  J.D. from University of Chicago Law School; B.S. in accounting from Creighton University, 1983.

Deputy Chief of Staff  Scott Mulhauser

Senior advisor and counsel to the Senate Finance Committee, overseeing communications, message and outreach.en. Frank Lautenberg (NJ) and in other senior communications positions, including for Sen. John Breaux (LA) and the DSCC.  Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Georgetown University Law Center.

Political Director  Sam B. "Trip" King

South Carolina state director on Biden's presidential campaign, 2007.  Director of development, special projects, with a primary focus on South Carolina Political Collections for the University of South Carolina's University Libraries starting in 2005.  Worked for U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings for 28 years serving as state director from 1990 until Hollings' retirement from the Senate in January 2005, and earlier as Upstate director to Hollings, 1977-89.  Active in South Carolina politics starting in 1974, including work on four of Hollings' campaigns.  Attended Wofford College and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.A. in political science.  Native of Columbia, SC.

Press Secretary  Amy Dudley

Moves over from serving as deputy press secretary in the Office of the Vice President.  Previously served as press secretary to Sen. Ted Kaufman (DE).  Worked in the public affairs office of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI).  Started her career in Washington as a staff writer for National Journal's The Hotline.  Graduate of Colgate University.  Native of Brookfield, CT.  twitter

Nora Cohen

Most recently as deputy director of advance for Vice President Biden; has served in the White House since 2009.  Part of the advance team for the Obama-Biden campaign in 2008.  Worked as a fundraiser for various non-profits in Philadelphia, including the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.  Graduate of Harvard College.  Native of Appleton, WI.

Virginia "Ginna" Lance

Moves over from serving as scheduler for Vice President Biden.  Worked at the International Trade Administration at the Department of Commerce.  Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.  Originally from Ellicott City, MD.

Counsel

General Counsel  Bob Bauer

(end of June or beginning of July 2011)  White House Counsel, announced Nov. 2009, served through end of June 2011 when he returned to Perkins Coie LLP; resignation announced June 2.  Chair of the Political Law Group of Perkins Coie; served as general counsel to the DNC and Obama's personal lawyer.  General counsel for Obama's 2008 campaign.  Thirty years of law practice.  Counsel for many years to the DSCC and DCCC.  J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, 1976.  B.A. from Harvard University, 1973.

Corporate Counsel  Gaurab Bansal

(Oct. 2011)  Attorney at Perkins Coie LLP, 2007-11.  Teacher at KIPP Houston, 2002-04.  Teacher at Teach for America in Houston, 2000-02.  J.D. from University of Washington School of Law, 2007.  B.A. from University of Pennsylvania, 2000.

Counsel and Ballot Initiative Director  Kip Wainscott

(Aug. 2011--director of delegate operations and counsel for ballot access)  Political lawer and litigator at Bryan Cave LLP, 2008-11; also DC managing director of the New Leaders Council, 2008-11.  Law clerk at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 2006-08.   J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, 2008; B.A. in political communication from The George Washington University, 2004.

Voter Protection Counsel  Jenni Katzman

(Jan. 2012)  Attorney at Steptoe & Johnson LLP, 2008-Jan. 2012.  U.S. District Court law clerk, 2007-08.  Attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Associates, 2005-07.  J.D. from Cornell Law School, 2005.  B.A. in public policy from Duke University, 2002.

Voter Protection Coordinator  Courtney Wheeler

(Jan. 2012)  Campaign manager on Nashville Mayor Karl Dean's 2011 re-election campaign.  Director of special projects at the DNC, Aug. 2010-Jan. 2011.  Deputy campaign manager on Karl Dean for Mayor, 2007.  Political director on Jim Davis for Governor of Florida, 2005-06.  Political director at the Tennessee Democratic Party, 2004-05.  Field director in Tennessee and Maryland on John Kerry fror President, then served as delegate tracker for the campaign.  Campaign manager for a couple of state reps. on the Tennessee Coordinated Campaign, Fall 2012.  J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law, 2010; undergraduate degree from Texas State University-San Marcos, 2001.

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Treasurer  Martin Nesbitt

Close friend of Obama, treasurer on Obama's 2008 campaign.  President and CEO of PRG Parking Management (Dba, the Parking Spot), an owner and operator of off-airport parking facilities.  Vice President of the Pritzker Realty Group, L.P. (PRG).  At LaSalle Partners for seven years as equity partner and investment manager.  Worked for General Motors Corporation.  M.B.A. from the University of Chicago; B.S. from Albion College.

National Co-Chairs

(announced Feb. 22, 2012)  Lynnette Acosta – OFA volunteer leader from Florida.   Marc Benioff – CEO of Salesforce.com.   Senator Michael Bennet – U.S. Senator from Colorado.   Mayor Julian Castro – Mayor of San Antonio.   Governor Lincoln Chafee – Governor of Rhode Island.   Ann Cherry – Retired teacher and OFA volunteer leader from North Carolina.   Representative Judy Chu – Representing the 32nd District of California.   Representative Emanuel Cleaver – Representing the 5th District of Missouri.   Bill Daley – Former White House Chief of Staff to President Obama, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce.   Maria Elena Durazo – Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO.   Senator Dick Durbin – U.S. Senator from Illinois.   Mayor  Rahm Emanuel – Mayor of Chicago.   Senator Russ Feingold – Former U.S. Senator from Wisconsin.   Representative Charles A. Gonzalez – Representing the 20th District of Texas.   Loretta Harper – High School Counselor and OFA volunteer leader from Nevada.   Attorney General Kamala Harris – Attorney General of California.   Sai Iyer – Student at Virginia Commonwealth University and OFA volunteer leader from Virginia.   Caroline Kennedy – Author/President of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.   Eva Longoria – Actress and Philanthropist.   Felesia Martin – OFA volunteer leader from Wisconsin.   Bishop Vashti McKenzie – African Methodist Episcopal Bishop.  Attorney General Tom Miller – Attorney General of Iowa.   Kalpen Modi – Actor/Former White House Associate Director for the Office of Public Engagement. Admiral John Nathman – Retired U.S. Navy Admiral.   Governor Deval Patrick – Governor of Massachusetts.   Secretary Federico Pena - Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and U.S. Secretary of Energy.   Elaine Price – Retired Ohio resident and OFA volunteer leader from Ohio.   Penny Pritzker – Founder and CEO of PSP Capital Partners.   John Register – U.S. Army Veteran and Paralympian.   Representative Jan Schakowsky – Representing the 9th District of Illinois.   Senator Jeanne Shaheen – U.S. Senator from New Hampshire.  Joe Solmonese – President of the Human Rights Campaign.  Alan Solow – Partner at DLA Piper LLP and past Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.   Governor Ted Strickland – Former Governor of Ohio.   Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa – Mayor of Los Angeles

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Women Vote Director  Heather Colburn

(Aug. 2011-Feb. 2012)  Colburn was for some years a Madison, WI-based consultant for progressive non-profits, political organizations, campaigns and candidates for public office.  Wisconsin state director on the Hillary Clinton for President campaign, 2007-08.  In the 2006 cycle she served as deputy campaign manager on Fair Wisconsin, a statewide initiative to defeat a constitutional amendment banning civil unions and gay marriage.  Major gifts and events director at EMILY's List, 1999-2004.  Finance director on Tammy Baldwin's successful campaign for Congress in 1998.  B.A. in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Director of Media Planning  Amy Gershkoff

(April 2011...to Burson-Marsteller)  Founding partner of Changing Targets Media, a company that provides targeting and analysis for paid media campaigns.  Vice president of analytics at MSHC Partners, 2007-09.  Senior associate at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, 2006-07.  Ph.D. in political science/methodolgy from Princeton University.  B.A. in economics and government from Cornell University. 

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ALABAMA

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State Director  Leanne Townsend

BFA from Unniversity of Montevallo.

ALASKA

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State Director  Michelle Meyer

(June 2011)  President and owner of VantagePoint LLC, a political consulting company from Jan. 2006-June 2011.  Campaign manager on Poe for Alaska gubernatorial primary, 2009-June 2010.  Development director at Oiled Regions of Alaska Foundation, 2008-09.  Campaign coordinator on Cruise Ship Taxation & Regulation Initiative, 2003-06.  B.A. in environmental sciences from Western Washington University, 1985.

Arizona

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Field Director  Anthony Elmo

ArKANSAS

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State Director  Gary Moody

Experience includes national executive director for the Young Democrats of America and executive director of the Young Democrats of Arkansas.  M.A. in communication from University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

California

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State Director  Mary Jane Stevenson

California field director on Obama for America in Fall 2008; Stevenson started as a regional field organizer on Obama's California primary campaign for two Congressional Districts in the Los Angeles area; then was appointed as a precinct coach for nine Congressional Districts from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara.  Before joining the campaign, Stevenson was a national on-air correspondent for Court TV.  She also worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Daily Journal.  B.S. in journalism from the University of Colorado, Boulder; master's degree in international affairs from American University.  twitter

Colorado

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State Director  Carrie Doyle

(reported by the Denver Post on Feb. 20; start March 5, 2012)  Most recently chief program officer at Western Conservation Foundation.  Campaign director at Western Energy Project, 2009-11.  Executive director at Colorado Conservation Voters, 2006-09.  Advocate for the Colorado Environmental Coalition, 2003-06.  Southwest program manger for the League of Conservation Voters, 2001-03.  Organizer, canvasser and administrator for PIRGs, 1990-2000.  B.A. in American studies from Stanford University, 1990.  twitter

Connecticut

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Delaware

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District of Columbia

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State Director  Kouri Marshall

Experience includes legislative assistant in the government relations and public policy department of Operation HOPE.  M.P.A. from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.  B.A. in communication from Eureka College, 2005.  Originally from Peoria, IL.

Florida

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State Director  Ashley Walker

Florida director of Organizing for America from 2009.  Deputy state director for Obama for America in the general election; Florida staffer for Obama for America in the primary, and earlier deputy to political director Matt Nugen in Chicago.  Walker managed Jeremy Ring (D-Margate)'s successful 2006 campaign for State Senate.  Staffer to Sen. Bob Graham, 2002-03, then worked on Graham's presidential campaign.

Georgia

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Hawaii

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Idaho

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Illinois

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State Director  Janelle Rau-Clauson

(May 2012)  At SEIU since March 2001 starting as political and communications director for SEIU Local 284, then Midwest area political director and most recently Midwest assistant area director.  Deputy finance director on Mark Dayton for U.S. Senate campaign, Fall 2000.  Legislative assistant, public information specialist at the Minnesota State Senate, 1999-2000.  Fundraiser on Freeman for Governor, 1997-98.  B.A. in political science from University of Minnesota, 1997.

Digital Director  Taneisha Roby

Field organizer on Obama for America in NV, AZ, TX, MS, NC and KY, then deputy director of operations on Obama' Campaign for change in Las Vegas, and director of operations on Doherty for Congress campaign in Texas.  Customer relationship manager lead at Verizon Wireless, 2004-06.  Assistant to the vice president of risk management at Business Bank of California, 2001-04.

INdiana

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Iowa

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State Director  Brad Anderson

(announced Jan. 18, 2012) A partner at Link Strategies, a Des Moines-based political consulting firm from May 2008. Iowa communications director for Obama for America in the Fall 2008 campaign.  Communications director to then-Secretary of State Chet Culver's campaign for Governor and continued as Gov. Culver's communications director, Aug. 2006-May 2008.  Worked for LinkStrategies, the Des Moines-based political consulting firm.  Policy director on John Edwards' 2003-04 Iowa caucus campaign.  Research director for Sen. Tom Harkin's 2002 re-election campaign.  Senior research associate at the DNC during the 2000 presidential election.  Researcher on Edwards' 1998 Senate campaign.  Graduate of North Carolina State University with a degree in political science/criminal justice.  twitter

Kansas

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KEntucky

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State Director  Keidra King

Executive assistant to Congressman John Yarmuth from Jan. 2007-Dec. 2011.

Headquarters: 617 Baxter Avenue, Louisville   ...grand opening April 7, 2012.

Louisiana

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State Director  Pat McCollough

Ordained Minister.  Served in the Marine Corps for 25 1/2 years, retiring as Marine Sergeant Major.  Degree in physical education from the University of Florida.

Maine

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State Director  Shelby Wright

(July 2011)  Councilor-at-large on the Hampden Town Council.  Community outreach coordinator for the Maine Green Energy Alliance, July 2010-Feb. 2011.  Northern Maine field director on Organizing for America, July 2009-July 2010.  Degree in political science/history from Virginia Commonwealth University, 1993.

Maryland

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State Director  Jason Waskey

Special assistant to Secretary of State John P. McDonough, 2007-09.  In 2008 Waskey was a near full-time volunteer on the Obama Maryland campaign.  Degree in American studies from University of Maryland College Park, 2005.

Data Director  Robert Yochem

(Sept. 2011)  Started as data director for Organizing for America in Jan. 2010.  Research specialist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Massachusetts

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State Director  Carl Nilsson

Previously campaigns director at Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts.  twitter

Michigan

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State Director  Lavora Barnes

(early May 2012)  Communications manager for public policy and social mission at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.  Communications director for the Michigan House Democratic Caucus, starting 2007.  Worked a regional desk in the Office of Media Affairs at the White House.  Virginia press secretary on the Clinton-Gore '92 campaign.  Legislative affairs associate for the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.  Field director on the Saslaw for Lieutenant Governor campaign in Virginia, 1989 (lost in the primary to Don Beyer).  B.A. from The College of William and Mary, 1987.

Minnesota

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State Director  Jeff Blodgett

(Blodgett was also MN state director in Fall 2008)  Founding director of Wellstone Action.  Senior advisor to Amy Klobuchar’s U.S. Senate campaign in 2006.  Oversaw get-out-the-vote efforts in Minnesota for Kerry/Edwards in 2004.  Thirteen years as a senior aide, advisor, and campaign manager to the late Senator Paul Wellstone; ran all three of Wellstone’s Senate races.  Began his career as a community organizer working with family farmers during the farm crisis of the 1980s.  M.P.A. from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, 1998. Undergraduate degree from Carleton College, 1983.

Mississippi

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Missouri

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Field Director  Carl Walz

(Aug. 2011)  Also an independent research consultant to Kids Voting USA from Jan. 2009.  Team leader for Advancing Wisconsin for several months in 2011.  Field organizer for the Alliance for Climate Protection, 2010.  Finance assistant at Majority Strategies, 2009-10.  M.A. in communication studies from University of Kansas, 2009; B.A. in communications from Truman State University, 2006.

Regional Field Directors
Kansas City  Andrea Hale
St. Louis  Craig Lindahl

Josh Harris
MO state field director for Organizing for America from April 2011; started at Organizing for America as an intern in Aug. 2009, then served as a regional field director in south Louisiana, and as Louisiana state director.  Clerk in the U.S. Attorney's Office at the U.S. Department of Justice, 2008-09.  B.A. in political science from the University of New Orleans, 2008, after attending Louisiana State Unniversity for a couple of years.

NeBRASKA

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State Director  Zack Burgin

Previously at Planned Parenthood of the Heartland.  twitter

Nevada

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State Director  Luke Hayes

(June 2011)  Texas state director for Organizing for America, 2009-10.  Field organizer on Obama's 2007-08 Nevada caucus campaign; in Fall 2008 Hayes served as deputy field director on the Virginia Campaign for Change.  Worked on Will Wynn’s 2006 campaign for Mayor of Austin, TX.  Graduate of Vassar College.  Originally from the Bronx.   twitter

New Hampshire

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General Election Director  Pete Kavanaugh

A principal at Hilltop Public Solutions.  Advisor on the Jody Wagner for Lt. Governor campaign in Virginia, 2009, and on the Terry McAuliffe for Governor campaign 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.  twitter

New Jersey

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State Director  Jackie Cornell-Bechelli

(started beginning of Jan. 2012)  Previously legislative and political director at New Jersey Citizen Action since Dec. 2010.  New Jersey state director and earlier field director for Organizing for America, 2010.  Worked for Planned Parenthood in New Jersey in several positions, 2003-10.  B.A. in English and women’s and gender studies from The College of New Jersey, 2004.

New Mexico

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State Director  Raymond G. Sandoval

New Mexico state director of Organizing for America.  twitter

New York

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State Director  Robert Diamond

(also National Director, Veterans and Military Families Outreach)  A "former finance-type," Diamond was a vice president at Bear Stearns & Co, Inc., in the Structured Equity Products/Equity Finance group and a senior vice president at Realty Capital International LLC.  Officer in the U.S. Navy for seven years.  Bachelor's degree from tue U.S. Naval Academy.  NYC native.  twitter

North Carolina

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State Director  Lindsay Siler

NC state director on Organizing for America from June 2009.  Director of public policy at Planned Parenthood Health Systems, 2005-June 2009.  Graduate of University of Southern California. twitter

North Dakota

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720 Main Ave., Suite 203, Fargo, ND  ...office opened Oct. 22, 2011

Ohio

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State Director  Greg Schultz

Started mid-March 2009 as state director of Organizing for America.  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 from The Ohio State University, 2003; M.Ed from The Ohio State University 2004.  twitter

Oklahoma

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Miguel Medrano

also, key supporter
Susan McCann  twitter

Change Oklahoma

OREGON

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Brandyn Keating

Virginia state director of Organizing for America from June 2009.  In the Fall of 2008 Keating served as GOTV director on the Campaign for Change in Wisconsin.  Field director at Coalition for Our Communities, the campaign against a Sept. 2008 ballot initiative to eliminate the Mass. income tax.  Worked in field on the Obama campaign in March-April 2008.  Finance director of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, 2007-ea. 2008.  Executive director of the Criminal Justice Policy Coalition, Sept. 2005-June 2007.  Regional field director on Deval Patrick's 2006 campaign for governor.  Lead organizer for the Coalition for Social Justice/Coalition Against Poverty.  Graduate of Suffolk University Law School, 2006.

PENNSYLVANIA

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State Director  Bill Hyers

Campaign manager on Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's 2010 gubernatorial campaign.  White House’s liaison to the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Midwest regional director on Obama's general election campaign.  Campaign manager on Jeanne Shaheen's U.S. Senate campaign in New Hampshire from Nov. 2007-July 2008.  State director on former Sen. John Edwards' Nevada caucus campaign.  Campaign manager on Michael Nutter for Mayor May 2007 Democratic primary campaign in Philadelphia.  Campaign manager for Kristen Gillibrand’s successful 2006 congressional campaign in New York’s 20th district, defeating the incumbent Republican congressman.  In Fall 2004, Hyers worked as the Coordinated Campaign Director in Alaska.  Central Iowa regional field director on Edwards' 2003-04 Iowa caucus campaign.  State field director for the Judi Dutcher for Governor primary campaign and then regional director for the Minnesota State House DFL Caucus in the 2002 cycle.  Worked on a number of local campaigns in Duluth and Minneapolis starting in 2001.  Before entering the political field, Hyers served in the U.S. Army, 1993-98; as a Military Police soldier; he was stationed in Bosnia during Operation Joint Endeavor.  B.A. in political science from St. Cloud State University in  MN.  Illinois native.

Rhode Island

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State Director  Devin Driscoll

M.P.P from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, 2011.  In Fall 2008 was Driscoll was a field organizer in Rhode Island for the Obama camapign. Undergraduate degree in English from Providence College, May 2008; served for the previous 18 months as chairman of the College Democrats of Rhode Island (CDRI) and as deputy state director of RI Students for Barack Obama starting in May 2007.  Oregon native.

South Carolina

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State Director  Le'Jamiel (Lee) Goodall

(May 2011)  Georgia state director of Organizing for America, March 2009-April 2011.  In Fall 2008 served as field director on the Georgia Campaign for Change after serving on the primary campaign in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana.  Loan officer, Feb. 2003-Feb. 2008.  B.S. in communications from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., 2003.

TeNnessee

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State Director  Justin Wilkins

Tennessee state director for Organizing for American from 2009.  East Tennessee volunteer coordinator on the 2008 campaign and attended Camp Obama in summer 2007.  twitter

Texas

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State Director  Hector Nieto

In the 2008 cycle Nieto was communications director for the Texas Democratic Party after serving as deputy communications director.  Legislative director for Texas Representative Rafael Anchia.  Field representative to Congressman Martin Frost for three years.  Graduate of St. Edwards University in Austin, TX. 

Field Director  Michael Apodaca

B.A. in political science from UT El Paso, 2007.  Served as president of Texas Young Democrats.  From El Paso.

Utah

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State Director  Igor Limansky

A field organizer for the Obama campaign in 2008.

vermont

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Virginia

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State Director  Lise Clavel

(reported Oct. 10, 2011)  Campaign manager of the Perriello for Congress campaigns in VA-5 in 2008 and 2010 and served as Perriello's chief of staff in Congress. Yale graduate.  twitter

Washington

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State Director  Chelsea Turnbull (née Waliser)

(Jan. 2012)  Special assistant to the regional administrator at the General Services Administration, 2009-early 2012.  Account executive at Nyhus Communications, 2009.  Worked on Obama for America, including Polk County regional field director for the Iowa caucus campaign and Washington state director, and in the fall Washington state field director on the Campaign for Change, 2007-08.  Public information officer for the Washington State Senate Democratic Caucus in first part of 2007.  Political director on Adam Smith for Congress, 2005-07.  Field organizer on People for Patty Murray, 2004.  B.A. in politics and government from University of Puget Sound, 2004.

Dustin Lambro

State director of Organizing for America from May 2009.  SW regional field director on the Washington Campaign for Change in Fall 2008.  Worked at SEIU Healthcare 775NW starting May 2004.

Amie Cullop, Priscilla Min, Jeremy Walker

West Virginia

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Wisconsin

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State Director  Tripp Wellde

Worked on Obama's 2007-08 campaign starting on March 3, 2007, working in Davenport, IA for the caucuses, and later served as a regional field director in Nevada, Minnesota, and Ohio, and as deputy field director in North Carolina; and in the fall was filed director on the Iowa Campaign for Change.  Graduate of the University of Richmond.  twitter

WYoming

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State Director  Robert Vernon-Kubichek

Working towards an M.A. in political science and graduate assistant at the University of Wyoming.  B.A. in political science from the University of Wyoming, 2010, after attending University of Utah.  Grew up in Casper and graduated from Natrona County High School.

211 East Grand, Laramie, WY 82070

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Senior Advisor  David Plouffe

(started at the White House in Jan. 2011; to coordinate between the campaign and the White House)  Joined AKP Message & Media in winter 2000 and became a named partner in Feb. 2004.  Senior political advisor on Dick Gephardt's 2004 presidential campaign.  Executive director of the DCCC, 1999-2000.  Gephardt's deputy chief of staff, 1997-98.  Managed Bob Torricelli's 1996 campaign for U.S. Senate in New Jersey.  Campaign director at the DSCC in 1995.  Managed Attorney General Charlie Oberly's unsuccessful U.S. Senate race against Sen. Bill Roth in Delaware in 1994.  Managed Rep. John Olver's (D-MA) 1992 re-election campaign.  Served as a state field director for Sen. Tom Harkin's 1992 presidential campaign, after serving as deputy field director in Harkin's 1990 U.S. Senate race.  Attended University of Delaware from fall 1985 through fall 1988 as a political science major.

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Chairman  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

(announced April 5, 2011, succeeding Tim Kaine; elected May 4)  Elected to represent Florida's 20th CD (parts of Broward and Miami-Dade Counties) in Nov. 2004 ("first Jewish Congresswoman ever elected from Florida").  Member of the Florida Senate, 2000-04.  Member of the Florida House, 1992-2000.  Aide to U.S. Rep. Peter Deutsch, 1989-92.  Bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Florida, 1988; Master's degree in 1990.  Originally from New York.

Executive Director  Patrick Gaspard

(announced Jan. 20, 2011)  White House political director since Jan. 2009.  Political director on Obama's 2008 campaign.  Executive vice president of politics and legislation for Local 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.  In 2006 he served as acting political director for SEIU international.  National field director for America Coming Together, 2004.  Acting field director on Howard Dean's South Carolina primary campaign.  1199 SEIU deputy director.  Chief of staff to New York City Council member Margarita Lopez.  Worked on David Dinkins' 1989 campaign for Mayor of New York City, then worked for four years for Mayor Dinkins in advance and political, and on Dinkins' unsucessful 1993 re-election effort.  Helped on Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign.  Studied at Columbia University School of General Studies, 1994-97.  Born in Democratic Republic of Congo of Haitian parents; grew up in New York City.

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