Obama 2012
General Election Campaign Organization, New Hampshire
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Total staff of about 137 (48 statewide and 89 in the field).
State 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
General Election Director Dan Herman
Missouri state director for Organizing for America, 2009-10. A deputy field director on the Campaign for Change in Missouri in Fall 2008 after working in several states during the primaries.
Communications
Communications Director Holly Shulman
(Jan. 11, 2012) Previously communications
director at the NHDP
starting April
2011. Press secretary/media strategist at the Sierra Club,
2010-11. Communications director on Lee Fisher for Ohio, Fall
2010. Associate at Rabinowitz/Dorf Communications, 2009-10.
Producer/writer for The McLaughlin Group, 2008-09. Press
secretary on Noriega for Texas, 2008. Press secretary for Public
Citizen's Global Trade Watch, 2007-08. Political director for
Womens Information Network (WIN), 2006-07. Field staffer on
Carney for Congress, 2006. Manager of member services at the
Association for Competitive Technology, 2005-06. Director of
scheduling at ElectionMall Technologies, 2004-05. B.A. in urban
studies from Vassar College, 2004. twitter
Press Secretary Harrell Kirstein
(March 2012) Previously press secretary at the NHDP starting in May 2010 and earlier deputy press secretary. Served as a NH press aide on the Richardson for President campaign, 2007-Jan. 2008. B.A. in political science and government from University of Rochester, 2009.
Deputy Press Secretary Ben Wakana
(Feb. 2012) Account executive at VOX
Global from Sept. 2009-Jan. 2012. B.A. in government and
philosophy from Colby College, 2009. twitter
Deputy Press Secretary Sam Lau
(Sept. 2012) A deputy press
secretary at the Democratic National Convention Committee. U.S.
Senate from June 2009-Feb. 2012, starting a a staff assistant, then as
a press assistant/deputy speechwriter and finally as a deputy press
secretary/speechwriter.
B.A.
in
journalism
and
political
science
from
the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Chapel
Hill,
2009.
New
Jersey
native.
twitter
Press Assistant Meredith Thatcher
Digital
Digital Director Greg Wasserstrom
Writer, artist, photographer based in Brooklyn,
NY. B.A. in political science from American University,
2007. Grew up in Houston, TX. twitter
Digital Content Manager Colin Oldenburg
(July 2012; initially a field organizer in Concord,
Oct. 2011-July 2012) Assistant director at Grassroots Campaigns
in Denver, CO, May-Oct. 2011. B.A. in political science and
government from Clark University, 2011. twitter
Deputy Digital Director Rose Hyland
(Aug. 2012) Worked in London for the past
several years, most
recently as a social media and marketing manager at the Labour Party,
and pursuing a professional diploma in marketing, digital marketing
from University College London; B.A. in politics and international
relations from Loughborough University, 2009.
Online Data Coordinator Kayla Benker
Student at Claremont McKenna College. From
Omaha, NE. twitter
Deputy Online Coordinator Tara McMahon
Field
Field Director Sara Bean Duncan
(reported Oct. 28, 2011 by James Pindell) 5th CD
field director
for the Democratic Party of Oregon in Fall 2010 after serving as field
director on Bradbury for Governor from March-May 2010 and as deputy
campaign manager on DeFazio for Congress, July 2009-Jan. 2010.
Worked as a legislative assistant in the Oregon Legislature, Jan.-June
2009. B.S. in political science from University of Oregon, 2009.
Deputy Field Director-Management Michael
Ceraso
Student at Pitzer College. Has worked as a
trainer for
Greenpeace, a field organizer at the Sierra Club, and campaign manage
on the Messer for State Senate campaign in 2010.
Deputy Field Director-Management Mara Kunin
B.A. in government and history from Lawrence
University in Appleton,
WI, 2012. From Brookline.
Deputy Field Director-Management Kyle B.
Sutton
Deputy Field Director-Training and
Internships
Samantha Goldman
Jewish educator/program coordinator at the Bronfman
Center for Jewish
Life, 92nd Street Y from 2010. Bachelor's degree in international
relations and Middle Eastern studies from Tufts University, 2008.
Deputy Field Director-Border States Joe
Palank
Assistant to the DFD-Border States Kate
Malloy
Data
Data Director Amanda Peel
(Oct. 2011) Colorado data director at ISSI,
May-Sept. 2011. Voter protection and data director at Harry Reid
for Senate/Nevada State Democratic Party, May-Nov. 2010. A
regional
field director on
Virginia Victory '09/Creigh Deeds for Governor. Field organizer
on the Minnesota DFL Coordinated Campaign, 2008, then a legal field
coordinator on the Al Franken Recount Committee. B.A. in women's
studies from University of South Carolina-Columbia, 2006.
Deputy Data Directors James Butler
(Feb. 2012) M.P.A. from The Ohio State
University, 2011; B.A. in business administration from Baldwin-Wallace
College, 2007.
Deputy Data Director Lara
Helm
(Aug. 2012) B.A. in English and computer science from Wellesley College, 2012.
Deputy Data Director Andrew Magana
Data Support Specialist Alex
Perez-Caballero
Operation Vote
Operation Vote Director Donna Barry
On leave from Partners In Health, where she started
working in
2001. RN and MSN from the Massachusetts General Hospital
Institute of Health Professionals, 2001. Masters’ degrees in
international affairs and public health from Columbia University in New
York, 1992. Undergraduate degrees in political science and
Russian from Saint Louis University. twitter
Deputy Operation Vote Director Ben Wessel
(March 2012) Previously worked for several
months as a surrogate scheduler for Know Your Care/Protect Your Care,
and in summer 2011 at the was part of the redistricting team at the
DNC. B.A.
in environmental studies from Middlebury College, 2011. Grew up
in Washington, DC. twitter
Campus Organizer Anthony Marks
Senior city coordinator in Los Angeles for Greenpeace
to June
2012; started working for the organization in Aug. 2008.
Bachelor's degree in communications from UCLA, 2011.
Women's Vote Coordinator Helen Boyer
(Sept. 2012) Women's outreach coordinator at the
DNC. B.A. in political science, womne's, gender and sexuality
studies at American University, 2012. twitter
Deputy Women's Vote Coordinator Katherine
Lavelle
PoliticaL
Political Director Sean M. Downey
Executive director of New Jersey Democratic State
Committee from Jan.
2011. Senior political and field advisor on the John Lynch for
Governor campaign. Political director on Sen. Chris Dodd's NH primary
campaign (reported Feb. 2007). Northeast political director for
Sen. Evan Bayh's All America PAC in 2006; the PAC paid for Downey
to work as finance director for the NH Democratic State Senate Caucus
starting
roughly May 2006. Deputy scheduler for Sen. Joe Lieberman in his
Washington, DC office. Worked on Sen. Joe Lieberman's NH primary
campaign starting in July 2003, doing advance and driving the Joe
car. Field and political director for Manchester City Democrats
during the 2002 elections. Undergraduate degree in political science
from Holy Cross College, 2002. Grew up in Long Valley, NJ. twitter
Deputy Political Director Amy L. Kennedy
(May 2012) M.P.A. from University of North
Florida, 2011 and
worked as a graduate teaching assistant. District aide in the
Florida House of Representatives, 2008-09; campaign manager on re-elect
Debbie Boyd for State Representative, 2008. Director of community
relations for Planned Parenthood of North Central Florid,
2004-07. B.A. in sociology, women's studies and non-profit
leadership from University of Florida, 2006. twitter
Deputy Political Director for Surrogates
Sarah Zukowski
Associate at The Glover Park Group. twitter
Political Outreach Coordinator William
Hinkle
Master of International Studies from
North Carolina State University. twitter
GOTV
GOTV Director Erin Hannigan
Associate director of public engagement at the White
House.
Worked on Obama's 2008 campaign starting in 2007 as an intern, then
serving as a field organizer in Davenport on the Iowa caucus campaign;
continued on
to Ohio and North Carolina, and in Fall 2008 was a regional field
director on the Campaign for Change in Iowa. B.A. in public
administration, political science and history (triple major) from St.
Ambrose University, 2007. Orland Park, Illinois native. twitter
Deputy GOTV Director Joe Lorwin
Experience includes a deputy regional field director
on Obama's 2008
Campaign for Change in Missouri.
Voter Protection
Voter Protection Director Brian Castro
Principal at Areté Law, PLLC. Economic
and regulatory
policy advisor to Sen. Chris Coons. Connolly for Congress
2010. Senior counsel to the Department of Enforcement of the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, 2006-10. Worked as an
attorney at a couple of law firms. J.D. from Duke University
School of Law; B.S. from Cornell University.
Voter Protection Senior Advisor Ruth
Greenwood
L.L.M. from Columbia University School of Law, 2009.
Voter Protection Team Jennifer Marion,
Martha
Kinsella, Henry Klementowicz, Niles Friedman, Nick Beeson
Voter Hotline Roanne Kuenzler
Operations
Operations Director Meagan Coffman
Deputy Operations Director Emily Schofield
(Aug. 2012) M.S. in professional communications,
2012, and B.A.
in political science, 2011 from Clark University in Worcester, MA;
worked as a help desk consultant there for four years. From
Milford, NH. twitter
Deputy Operations Director for GOTV Lauren
Prince
(Oct. 2012) Credentials operations manager
(June-Sept. 2012) and
executive assistant in the Office of the Chief of Staff (June 2011-June
2012) at the Democratic National Convention Committee. Interned
at the White House, Jan.-June 2011. Field organizer for the
Nevada Democratic Party, Sept.-Nov. 2010. Field organizer on
Swett for Congress, May-Sept. 2010. Graduate of Boston
University, 2010.
Operations Assistant/Special Projects TJ DeKemper
New Hampshire Steering Committee
(announced
March 8, 2012)
Former
Digital Director Brandi Edwards
(Aug. 2011) New media regional desk at the DNC,
March-Aug. 2011.
Indiana deputy field director for Organizing for America, July
2009-April 2011. Started on the Obama 2008 campaign as a field
intern in March and in the Fall was a field organizer for the North
Carolina Campaign for Change. B.S. degrees from Indiana State
University.
RFD - Kayla Calkin
Master’s in public policy with a concentration in
women’s studies from
The George Washington University, May 2011. New Hampshire staffer
for the Clinton campaign in 2008. Bachelor's degree in political
science from Wellesley College, 2007.