Democratic National Committee - 2012

Executive director of Democrats Abroad in the 2008 and 2010 cycles; also served as vice chair of the Association of State Executive Directors.  Executive director of the Democratic Party of Virginia in the 2004 cycle; joined the state party in March 2002 as finance director.  Finance director for Virginia's Joint Democratic Caucus starting in 2000.  She began her career in Virginia Democratic politics in 1998, as legislative assistant to Sen. Stanley C. Walker of Norfolk, then President pro tempore of the Virginia Senate. B.A. in political science from Virginia Wesleyan College, 1998.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Executive Director  Patrick Gaspard

(announced Jan. 20, 2011, started early March 2011) White House political director from 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.

Chief of Staff to the Executive Director  Laura Santucci

(March 2011) Special assistant at the White House, Jan. 2009-Feb. 2011.  Associate director for politics and legislation at 1199 SEIU, Nov. 2004-June 2008.  B.A. in international/global studies from Manhattanville College, 2003.

Special Assistant to the Executive Director  Sarah Rojas

Undergraduate degree in government from the College of William & Mary, 2009.  From Summit, NJ.

Counsel and Director of Voter Protection  Will Crossley

Attorney at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, 2004-09.  J.D. from University of Virginia School of Law, 2001; M.Ed. from Harvard University Graduate School of Education, 1995; B.A. in public policy studies from University of Chicago, 1994.

Chair's Office

Chief of Staff  Tracie Pough

Chief of staff to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her congressional office, 2005-12.  An advisor on education, budget and African American outreach in the office of House Democratic Whip, Nancy Pelosi, 2003-05.  Base vote director at the DCCC, 2002.  Southeast regional director and then state network director at the Center for Policy Alternatives.  Senior legislative analyst in the Florida Legislature.  Program administrator and management consultant with the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.  M.P.A. from Florida State University; B.A. from Rollins College, 1992.  Jacksonville native.

Communications Advisor  Jonathan Beeton

(2011)  Communications director to Rep. Wasserman Schultz since 2005.  Michigan press secretary on Wesley Clark's presidential campaign.  Gore/Lieberman press secretary in Kentucky in Fall 2000.  Worked at the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor during Clinton's second term. West Michigan press secretary (Grand Rapids) for the Michigan Democratic Party during the 1996 election cycle.  B.S. from Albion College.  Grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  

Senior Advisor  Tom Manatos

Prior to joining to DNC, Manatos spent over nine years with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, both in the Speaker’s office and the Minority Leader’s office through July 2011.  Most recently he was the senior advisor for Member services as well as outreach advisor for young Americans to Pelosi.  Previously he was the national trip director and the director of advance for Speaker Pelosi.  He started on Capitol Hill as an intern and served as a staff assistant for then Minority Whip Pelosi.  Acting deputy press secretary for Sen. Paul Sarbanes.  Took a semester off from Cornell to serve as an advance desk at the Gore/Lieberman headquarters in Nashville, TN in 2000.  Undergraduate degree from Cornell University; Master's degree in government from Johns Hopkins University, 2010.  With his wife he has run the TomManatosJobs.com site since 2010.

Special Assistant  Liz Shepherd

Legislative aide to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, 2011.  Legislative correspondent 2010-11 to Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, and staff assistant to Speaker Pelosi, 2009-10.  B.A. in art history, government from Bowdoin College, 2009.

Director of Scheduling  Mackenzie Smith

Scheduler to Rep. Karen Bass, 2011.  Scheduler on Kendrick Meeks for Senate (FL), 2010.  Scheduler at Gavin Newsom for Lieutenant Governor (CA), 2010.

OPERATIONS

Chief Operating Officer  Amanda Howe

(April 2011)  Previously business development manager for McGuireWoods LLP.  Served Gov. Tim Kaine as executive director of Virginia's Royal Welcome, which designed and coordinated Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Virginia in 2007, and then as a communications advisor.  Assistant secretary of commerce under Gov. Mark Warner.

Deputy COO  Arnold Skretta

(March 2010)  J.D. from University of San Francisco School of Law, 2008.  B.A. from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2002.

Assistant COO  Christine Simpson

Worked in the Office of the Virginia Secretary of Commerce during the Kaine and Warner administrations.  M.Phil in comparative politics from Oxford, 2010.  B.A. in government from College of William and Mary, 2005.

POLITICAL

National Political Director  Jeffrey Lerner

(mid-March 2011)  Worked on the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee.  Political field director for Change to Win (the labor group) starting in April 2008.  Communications director to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, April 2007-April 2008.  Senior account executive at Dan Klores Communications.  Florida deputy state director for America Votes in 2004.  In 2002, he oversaw a joint Sierra Club and the Service Employees International Union national, school-based get-out-the-vote effort, 2002.

Assistant to the National Political Director  Rachel Martin

National Deputy Political Director  Steven L. Walker

(July 2011)  Previously southern regional director of Organizing for America from March 2010.  Louisiana state director of Organizing for America, from May 2009.  A regional field director on the Obama campaign.  Degree in biology from Prairie View A&M, 1990.

Regional Political Directors
Northeast and Florida  John Falcicchio

 (July 2011)  Senior advisor to Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, 2003-11.  Finance director/GOTV coordinator on Kevin Johnson for Mayor, Spring 2008.  Campaign manager on Muriel Bowser for Ward 4 (DC), first part of 2007.  Field organizer on Dean for America, 2003-04.  Field organizer at Participation 2000/Maine Democratic Coordinated, Fall 2002.  Research analyst at Multistate Associates, 2001-02.  B.A. in politics from the Catholic University of Americ, 2001.

West  Andrew O'Leary

(Oct. 2011; earlier Midwest)  Executive director of the Minnesota DFL, 2005-11.  Ran the voter contact operation for Scott Stringer’s successful campaign for Manhattan Bureau President.  National field director for 21st Century Democrats in the 2004 cycle.  Prior to 2004, he served various roles in the Indiana Democratic Party including intern, regional field director, deputy finance director and political director.  Undergraduate degree from Indiana University Bloomington, 1997.  O'leary grew up in the Navy.

Midwest  Le'Jamiel Goodall

(June-Nov. 2012)  South Carolina state director for Obama for America, May 2011-June 2012.  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.

West  Cesar Blanco

(Aug. 2011 to May 2012 then to Obama campaign as Arizona state director) 

Southern  Nicole Price

(July 2011 to June 2012 the to the Obama campaign as Florida Operation Vote director) 

South and Mid-Atlantic  Monica Fuentes

(Oct. 2011 to Sept. 2012, then to Obama campaign; served as East Central FL regional voter protection director for final two months) 

National Constituency Outreach Director  Brian Bond

(mid-Aug. 2011)  Deputy director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.  Constituency director on Obama's 2008 campaign.  Executive director of the DNC's Gay & Lesbian Leadership Council from May 2006.  Executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund from 1997 to 2003.  DNC director of LGBT outreach in 1996.  Served as executive director of the Missouri Democratic Party.  Degree in public administration from Missouri State University in Springfield, MO.  Missouri native.

National Deputy Constituency Outreach Director and Director of Women's Outreach  Simone Ward

Campaign manager on Sen. Barbara Mikulski's re-election campaign, 2009-10.  Served in the political department at EMILY's List from 2007.  A deputy director of the DNC's American Majority Partnership under then-Chairman Howard Dean.  Executive director of Democratic GAIN in 2004.  Executive director of Young Democrats of America starting in June 2002.  Worked with Mercer & Associates in Washington, DC.  Finance assistant at the DNC; special assistant at the White House.  Pursuing an M.P.A from American University.  B.A. from Oklahoma City University.

Senior Advisor for Hispanic Affairs  Juan Sepúlveda

(Nov. 2011)  Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, appointed by Sec. Duncan in May 2009.  President and founder (2005) of The Common Enterprise (TCE), whose mission is to help nonprofit groups, philanthropic organizations and businesses help build stronger communities.  Texas state director on Obama's 2008 campaign from July 2008 and a member of Obama's National Latino Leadership Council.  A senior advisor for Bill Bradley's 2000 presidential campaign.  Worked with the Rockefeller Foundation, 1992-95.  Worked closely with Willie Velasquez, founder of the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project.   Law degree from Stanford Law School, 1993.  Rhodes scholar; combined degree in politics, philosophy and economics at The Queen's College, Oxford University.  B.A. in government from Harvard.  Grew up in Topeka, KS.  San Antonio resident from the 1980s.

Deputy Director of Hispanic Affairs  Jaime Areizaga-Soto

Candidate for Virginia State Senate in 2011.  Senior Attorney Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), 2010-11.  Practiced cross border infrastructure finance for over ten years with large law firms, including eight years at Clifford Chance LLP (Brazil); earlier practiced at Hogan & Hartson LLP.  U.S. Army JAG Lieutenant Colonel and serves as the Army Staff Judge Advocate and Chief of Criminal Justice of the District of Columbia National Guard.  J.D. from Stanford University Law School; Masters in Latin American Studies from Stanford University; B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.  Grew up in Puerto Rico.

Hispanic Outreach Coordinator  Valentina Pereda

(Oct. 2011)  Previously a field organizer on the Obama campaign from June 2011.  Graduate of The George Washington University, 2010.

Deputy Director of African American Outreach  Rosemary Enobakhare

Worked on HIllary Clinton's campaign.  Graduate of Spellman College, 2008.  Jackson, MS native.

Director of AAPI Outreach  Naomi Tacuyan

(Sept. 2010)  Deputy director at Asian Pacific Islander American Vote, 2008-11.  Press secretary/fundraising coordinator on Robert A. Underwood's 2006 campaign for Governor of Guam.  Communications director for the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, 2004-06.  Program coordinator at the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, 2002-04.  M.P.P. from UCLA, 2008; B.A. in journalisim and A/P/A studies from New York University, 2002.  Philipina from Guam.

Director of LGBT Outreach and the Office of Party Leaders  Jeff Marootian

(Oct. 2011)  Office of the Director, District of Columbia Department of Transportation, July 2008-Oct. 2011.  Manager for community partnerships at the Metropolitan Police Department, 2005-06.  M.P.A. and B.A. from The George Washington University.

Director of Youth Outreach and College Democrats of America Executive Director  Jennifer Bissett

Worked for Lake Research Partners in the 2008 cycle.  Worked on the 2005 Virginia Coordinated Campaign/Kaine for Governor.  Worked on the Knowles for Senate campaign (AK) in 2004.  Degree in political science from James Madison University.  Raised in Yorktown, VA.

Director of Faith Outreach  Rev. Derrick Harkins

(announced Oct. 20, 2011)  Senior pastor of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church in Washington DC.  Previously senior minister of the New Hope Baptist Church of Dallas Texas.  B.S. in broadcasting and film from Boston University; Master of Divinity in church history from Union Theological Seminary in New York City; doctorate in homiletics from United Seminary, Dayton, Ohio.

Director of Veterans and Small Business Outreach  Ron Pierce

West Point graduate, combat veteran.

Jewish Outreach Liaison  Dani Gilbert

(March/April 2012)  Legislative Assistant to Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.  Master's degree in comparative politics from the London School of Economis.  Undergraduate degree from Yale, 2008.  Originally from South Florida.

Jewish Outreach Coordinator  Max Slutsky

to the Obama campaign.

Women's Outreach Coordinator  Helen Boyer

(Dec. 2011 to Sept. 2012, then to OFA-NH and Women's Vote Coordinator)

Seniors Outreach Coordinator  Katherine Cox

Faith and Seniors Outreach Coordinator  Josh Dickson

(May 2012)  Recruitment director and manager of outreach (2009-10), national recruitment director, faith community relations (2008-9) and corps member (2006-08) at Teach for America.  M.P.P. from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, 2012; B.A. in political science from University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 2006.

Democrats Abroad Executive Director  Vincent Fry

Served as director of the DNC Voting Rights Institute starting in 2004; director of the Northeastern and Southern political desks at the DNC in 2003.  Associate director of political affairs at the White House.  Founder and president of Aliese McKinley Corporation, a Chicago consulting firm.  Law degree from Northwestern University; bachelor's degreee from Morehouse College.  Chicago native.

Constituency Outreach Program Manager  Katie Dvorak

(Sept. 2011 logistical and admin. support)  DNC director of constituent services from May 2005 and intern coordinator from June 2009.

Outreach Director for Strategic Projects  Carri Twigg

(Jan. 2012; previously a deputy regional political director from July 2011)  Political director (2009-10) and deputy political director (2007-09) at the Ohio Democratic Party.  Policy staff aide to Gov. Ted Strickland, 2006-07.  B.A. in political science and history from The Ohio State University, 2007.

Director of Surrogate and Allied Group Outreach  Bob Creamer

Principal at Strategic Consulting Group (SCG).

COMMUNICATIONS

Communications Director  Brad Woodhouse

(Feb. 2009) President of Americans United for Change, March 2007-Feb. 2009. On leave from Americans United for Change from June-Nov. 2008, served as senior communication adviser for the DNC. Consultant for Hildebrand Tewes Consulting, Oct. 2005-March 2007. Communications Director for Americans United to Protect Social Security, Feb. 2005-Oct. 2005. Several months as press secretary to Sen. Jon Corzine (NJ). Communications director for the DSCC, March 2003-Nov. 2004. Press secretary on Erskine Bowles' 2002 U.S. Senate campaign.  A policy aide and then press secretary to Rep. Bob Etheridge (NC).  twitter

Deputy Communications Director  Caroline Ciccone

A regional press secretary at the DNC in the 2008 cycle. Deputy press secretary and earlier press assistant to Sen. Barbara Boxer, 2006-07.

National Press Secretary  Melanie Roussell

(start beginning of Aug. 2011; also helping direct rapid response)  Comes to the DNC from position as press secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.  Southern regional communications director on the Obama campaign.  Press secretary/spokesperson for the House Judiciary Committee.  Communications director and earlier staff assistant for U.S. Rep. William Jefferson (LA-2), April 2002-Feb. 2007.  Bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from Florida A&M University; M.A. in public communication from American University.  New Orleans native.  twitter

Assistant Press Secretary  Rebecca Chalif

At the DNC since June 2010; started as a communications intern.  M.A. in media and politics from Georgetown University, 2011; B.A. in American history from Duke University, 2008.

Regional Press Secretaries

Midwest  Ellen Canale

Previously deputy chief of staff at Grunwald Communications.  Graduate of Eastern Illinois University, 2009.

Southern and African American Press  Adam Hodge

Southern regional press secretary at the DCCC, July 2011-Jan. 2012.  Press secretary in the Office of the Majority Whip, 2010-11.  Deputy press secretary on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.  Assistant media buyer at Mundy Katowitz Media, Fall 2008.  Legal support, 2007-08; paralegal, 2006-07.  Electronic correspondent in the Office of Sen. Chris Dodd, 2004-06.  African American outreach director and field organizer on Friends of Chris Dodd, May-Nov. 2004.  Phone bank coordinator on the Gephardt for President campaign, 2004.  B.A. in government from Wesleyan University, 2004.

East Coast/West Coast  Kevin Harris

Legislative assistant and special assistant in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs.  In 2010 served as deputy campaign manager to a gubernatorial campaign and GOTV consultant for a contested congressional race.  Political appointee at HUD in 2009.  Degree in journalism from Howard University.  Grew up in Birmingham, AL.

Regional Press Assistant  Patrick Burgwinkle

Managed Massachusetts State Sen. Jamie Eldridge's 2010 campaign.  Masters degree in media and public affairs from The George Washington University; B.A. in political science from GWU.  Grew up in Lancaster, MA.

Speechwriter  Jon Monteith

(Sept. 2011)  Press aide on Capitol Hill, 2010-11.  Policy assistant at the Human Rights Campaign, 2008-10.  Degree in rhetoric, professional writing, political science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007.

Speechwriter  Tiffany Haas

(April 2012)  Counsel to the Ballot Access Project and field director (DC and Northern Virginia) at Obama for America, Aug. 2011-April 2012.  Attorney at Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C., 2008-11.  J.D. from Marquette University Law School; B.A. in political communication from The George Washington University.

New Media Outreach Director  Greg Greene

(from June 2009)  Interactive communications manager at the National Democratic Institute, 2007-09.  Senior strategist at Blue State Digital LLC, 2004-06.  Worked as an independent consultant, sole proprietorship Green[e]house Strategies, 2001-05.  Associate at Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLC, 1998-2000.  Editorial assistant at the Atlanta Business Chronicle, 1994-95.  J.D. University of Virginia School of Law, 1998.  B.A. in foreign affairs from University of Virginia, 1994.

Video Producer  Anne Thompson

Media Center Director  Reed Petty

Petty worked for CNN, and later at NBC for 13 years as an editor. He has spent many years as a freelancer, working for Discovery Communications, BBC America and Guggenheim Productions. He spent his first year in the Washington, DC-area as a house husband and has lived in the region for 24 years.

Digital

Digital Director  Lucas Fleischer

(from December 2010, succeeded Natalie Foster) Previously creative director starting in March 2009.  Ohio director of new media for Obama's general election campaign; joined the Obama campaign as a volunteer in 2007.  Graduate of Brown University, 1999.

Creative Director  Karen Heileson

(Dec. 2010)  Graphic designer for Organizing for America, 2009-10.  Senior designer at Eben Design, 2007-09.

Director of Frontend Development  Drew Tipson

(April 2010)  Field and GOTV organizer for the Democratic Party of Virginia, April-Nov. 2005.  Field organizer on the Ohio Democrats' Coordinated Campaign, 2004.  M.P.A. from New York University, 2003; B.A. from the College of Social Studies at Wesleyan University, 2000.

Director of Email Programs  Alexa Rozell

(May 2012)  Previously campaign manager for CREDO Action in San Francisco, from Nov. 2010.  New media director at Onorato for Governor (PA), Fall 2010.  B.S. in foreign service, international security studies from Georgetown University.

Digital Content Director/Social Media Manager  Elizabeth Chan 

(May 2010)  Proofreader/fact checker for University of Chicago magazine, 2008-10.  Bachelor of journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.

Creative Strategist  Christina Gomez 

(April 2012) Principal at stay{up}early campaigns from Oct. 2011.  Director of operations at the Mexican American Legislative Caucus in Austin, 2009-11.  Communications director for State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, 2008-11.  Texas State University-San Marcos.

...department highlights include mini-sites such as Romney-Ryan Revealed and Romney Tax Plan

RESEARCH

Director of Rapid Response Research  Tony Carrk

(July 2011)  Policy director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund's "ThinkProgress.org" (a "progressive communications war room"), 2009-11.  Research director on Terry McAuliffe's gubernatorial campaign, Jan.-June 2009.  Deputy research director at the DSCC, latter half of 2008.  Senior researcher on Hillary Clinton for President, 2007-08.  Research associate at IMS, 2003-07.  M.P.P. from Georgetown Public Policy Institute, 2003; bachelor's degree from Siena College, 2001.

Tracking Director  Rebecca Parks

(Aug. 2011)  Special assistant for scheduling and advance in the Office of HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, 2009-11.  Researcher on the Obama campaign, 2007-08.  Senior project manager at Gragert Research, 2005-06.  Campaigns assistant at the League of Conservation Voters, 2004-05.  B.A. in social anthropology from University of Michigan, 2003.

Media Archive Director  Erika Starr

(July 2010; started as a research associate in July 2008)  Government relations and public affairs specialist at the Natural Products Association, 2007-08.  Field organizer on the Montana Coordinated Campaign/Jon Tester for Senate, 2006.  Events coordinator at the Campaign Finance Institute, 2005-06.  Surrogate scheduling assistant on Kerry-Edwards 2004.  B.A. in English from the University of Virginia, 2004.

Research Associate  Jared McDonald

(April 2010; started as a video conversion associate in Aug. 2009)  B.A. in political science from The George Washington University, 2009.

Video Research Associate  Emily Rogers

(Jan. 2012)  M.A. in political communication from American University, 2011; B.A. in film and media studies from Washington University in St. Louis, 2010.

Video Systems Administrator  Jim Donofrio

(Sept. 2011)  Streaming media assistant at MLB Advanced Media, March 2010-Sept. 2011.  Mail technician at EY Productions, 2009-10.  Production assistant at Comcast SportsNet, Oct. 2008-Feb. 2010.  Promotions assistant at WBEB-FM, Aug. 2007-Dec. 2008; backup producer for CW WakeUp News at Traffic.com, Oct. 2007-Feb. 2008.  B.A. in broadcasting/telecommunications/mass media from Temple University, 2007.

Research Assistant  Dani Lipsman

(May 2012)  B.A. in political science from American University, 2012.

Director of Strategic Research  James Lynch  ...headed up team of about two dozen in Chicago, focused on opposition research

(March 2012; previously deputy director of strategic research starting July 2011)  Senior deputy appointments secretary in the Office of Gov. Jerry Brown, Jan.-July 2011.  Director of research and rapid response at Jerry Brown 2010, March-Dec. 2010.  Consultant at James Lynch Research, 2009-10.  Research and policy director at Merkley for Oregon, Jan. -Nov. 2008.  Legislative researcher in Congress, Oct. 2007-Jan. 2008.  Deputy research director on Angelides 2006, May 2005-Nov. 2006.  J.D. from University of the Pacific-McGeorge School of Law, 2006; B.A. degrees in U.S. History and political science from UC San Diego, 2003.

Geoff Andersen, Devan Barber, Dave Barr, Luke Bassett, Aaron Buchner, Tyson Brody, Lauren Dillon, Kayti Fan, Chris Herold, Nicholsa Howie, Avi Klein, Kate Mann, Jacob Mathai, Chris McClure, Ryan McInerney, David Miller, Melinda Okoye, Brad Pollock, Anna Ruch, Tom Ryan, Samuel Salustro, Matthew Schaub, Matt Timmeny, Tori Wender

TECHNOLOGY

Director of Technology  Bryan Whitaker

(April 2011) Previously director of field information services at Service Employees International Union (SEIU) starting 2009.  Assistant
political director for targeting and technology at SEIU beginning 2006.  Regional field organizer for the Sierra Club in the Southern Appalachian
region. Field organizer for John Kerry for President in Ames, Iowa in 2003 and regional field lead for Kerry-Edwards in Southeast Ohio in
2004.  B.A. in history from University of Dayton, 2002.

Deputy Technology Director  Paul Smith

(Sept. 2011) Co-founded EveryBlock in 2007; it was acquired by msnbc.com in 2009, and he worked there until the fall of 2011.  Freelance web developer in Chicago.  Webmaster and systems administrator at the Center for Neighborhood Technology in Chicago.  Intermittently attended St. Mary’s College of Maryland.  Originally from Maryland.

National Data Director  Chris Brill

(Aug. 2011; previously voter file and data acquisitions manager from April 2010)  Elections director (2008-10)  and voter file director (2006-08) at the Arizona Democratic Party.   Undergraduate degree political science, research methodology and quantative methods from the University of New Mexico, 2006. 

Director of Data Architecture  Chris Wegrzyn

(July 2011; previously lead targeting developer from March 2010)  Web developer at Voter Activation Network, 2009-10.  Database application developer at Obama for America, 2007-08.  Programmer at Eaton Vance, 2006-07.  B.S. in physics, mathematics, history from Carnegie Mellon University, 2006.

Regional Data Services Director  Brett Lasky-Benson

(Sept. 2011 support to state party data directors in Eastern U.S.)  Pennsylvania data and targeting manager at ISSI, 2010-11.  Voter file manager at Obama for America, Fall 2008.  B.B.A. from Temple University, 2005.

Director of Information Systems  Yared Tamene Wolde-Yohannes

(from March 2011; Rajeev Chopra moved over to the campaign)  Wolde-Yohannes runed the information systems department as senior project manager for The MIS Department, Inc.; he joined MIS in Sept. 2009.  He has served in various roles at DePaul University including director of the McNair Scholars Projram, adjunct faculty, student support services.  M.A. in math education from DePaul University, 2004; B.S. in pure mathematics, philosophy from DePaul University, 1998.

Deputy Information Systems Director  Drew Hulburt

(Aug. 2010)  IT director at the Alliance for Climate Protection 2009-10.  IT specialist on the Obama campaign.  Vice president of sales atn SingleHop.Com, 2007-08.  Server sales engineer/support engineer at FastServers.Net, 2002-07.  Technical support/customer service at MidWest Communications, Inc. 2000-01.  Attended University of Northern Iowa.

Deputy Director for Engineering, Media Tracking  Christopher Frommann

(Aug. 2011)  Partner and software engineering consultant at DRJWeb, from Jan. 2009.  Computer scientist and fellow at the Social Security Administration, July 2010-Aug. 2011.  M.Eng. in computer science (2010) and B.A. in government, computer science (2009) from Cornell University.

Senior Analytics Engineer  Erek Dyskant

(Jan. 2012)  Field technology consultant to International Medical Corps latter part of 2011.  Targeting developer at the DNC, mid-2010-Aug. 2011.  Analytics engineer and architect (Jan.-July 2010), software engineer (Feb. 2009-Jan. 2010) and junior analyst (Sept. 2008-Feb. 2009) at Catalist.  Studied at Swarthmore College.

Director of Systems Engineering  Leo Zhadanovsky

(deployed at Obama headquarters in Chicago from June 2012; previously senior systems administrator (Dec. 2010-June 2012) and started at the DNC as a systems administrator (2009-10).  Systems administrator at the University of Chicago, 2007-09.  B.S. in information technology and informatics from Rutgers, 2007.

FINANCE

National Finance Director  Hildy Kuryk

Previously deputy national finance director; ascended to the director position when Gifford moved over to the campaign.  Senior New York finance consultant to the Obama campaign. Graduate of Vanderbilt University, 1999.

Finance Chief of Staff 

Finance Technology Manager  Zak Bremer

(Sept. 2011)  Senior database administrator at Integral, LLC, 2010-11.  Data integration manager at Hillary Clinton for President, 2007-08.  Database administrator at the DSCC, 2005-07.  Worked for America Coming Together Michigan, 2004.  Deputy director of operations at Joe Lieberman for President.  Master's degree in campaign management from The George Washington University, 2002; bachelor's degree in political science from Michigan State University, 2001.

Finance Operations Manager  Bo Creason

(April 2012)  Associate at the Frost Group, 2010-12.  B.A. degree from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 2009.

State Party Victory Fund Manager  Alexandra Raposo

(May 2011)  Finance assistant on Betsy Markey for Congress, latter part of 2010.  Staff assistant/legislative correspondent, 2009-10.  Field director on the Adam Smith for Congress campaign, latter part of 2008.  B.A. in politics and government from University of Puget Sound, 2008.

National Director, Women's Leadership Forum  Tammy Paster

(Sept. 2011)

Legal

General Counsel  Bob Bauer

(end of June or beginning of July 2011; also general counsel for the Obama campaign)  Chair of the Political Law Group of Perkins Coie.  White House Counsel, announced Nov. 2009, served through end of June 2011 (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.

Counsel  Rebecca Gordon

(also on legal team for the Obama campaign)  Attorney at Perkins Coie. Deputy general counsel to Obama for America and counsel to the DSCC. J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, 2001; B.A. in economics, government from the College of William and Mary, 1997.

Counsel  Graham Wilson

Associate at Perkins Coie.  Graham previously served as an attorney at the Federal Election Commission, Office of General Counsel, Litigation Division.  J.D. from University of Virginia; B.A. from Carleton College