Hillary for America

Headquarters: 1 Pierrepont Plaza in Brooklyn Heights, NY.

general election edition | see also: primary edition





OVERVIEW: The Clinton campaign (HFA) appeared to have a very solid organization, with much more depth and many more staffers than the Trump campaign. All told there were 900-plus employees at headquarters in Brooklyn and about 3,000 employees in the affiliate entities nationwide. HFA began to name state directors for the general election starting at the end of April 2016 and by the time of the convention had directors in all 50 states. The campaign and Victory 2016 (DNC/HFA) built up robust organizations in the battleground states. For example in Florida there were about 750 total staff and 82 offices around the state. As from the outset, the campaign placed a significant emphasis on staff diversity. HFA had offices in all 50 states and as of mid-Oct. had 455 offices in the battleground states (12 states plus ME-2 and NE-2). In addition to people out in the field, many new staffers joined the headquarters team in Brooklyn in June, July and August and there was considerable reconfiguring. (Separate from the campaign, in August 2016, work started on the transition through the Clinton-Kaine Transition Project, a 501(c)(4); that effort maintained a very low profile). In the closing weeks of the campaign, dozens of staffers are deployed from headquarters to key states to help out with GOTV and other work.



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Chairman John Podesta

(specific reports on Jan. 13, 2015; several reports in 2014 tabbed Podesta as likely campaign chair)

• Counselor to the President, announced Dec. 10, 2013, leaving the position in early Feb. 2015. Founder (2003) and president and CEO of the Center for American Progress to 2011. Visiting Professor of Law on the faculty of the Georgetown University Law Center. Co-chair of the Obama-Biden Transition Project following the 2008 campaign.

• Chief of Staff to President Clinton at the White House from Oct. 1998-Jan. 2001; Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff, 1997-98. Assistant to the President, Staff Secretary and a senior policy adviser on government information, privacy, telecommunications security and regulatory policy, Jan. 1993-95.

• In 1988 Podesta and his brother Tony founded Podesta Associates, Inc.. Experience on Capitol Hill as Counsel to Democratic Leader Sen. Tom Daschle, 1995-96; Chief Counsel for the Senate Agriculture Committee, 1987-88; Chief Minority Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Subcommittees on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks; Security and Terrorism; and Regulatory Reform, 1981-87; and Counsel on the Majority Staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 1979-81.

• Served as a special assistant to the Director of ACTION, the federal volunteer agency, 1978-79. Worked as a trial attorney in the Department of Justice's Honors Program in the Land and Natural Resources Division, 1976-77. Graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, 1976. Graduate of Knox College in Galesburg, IL, 1971. Chicago native.

• Author of The Power of Progress: How America's Progressives Can (Once Again) Save Our Economy, Our Climate, and Our Country (Crown, Aug. 2008). twitter



Special Assistant Milia Fisher

(April 2015) Research assistant on the women's initiative (March 2014-April 2015) and in the executive office (Sept. 2013-April 2014) at the Center for American ProgressDegree in international relations from Pomona College, 2013.





Chief of Staff to the Chairman Sara Latham



Founded Latham Group in 2006. Special Advisor to the U.K. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Public affairs director at Freud Communications and in 2005 worked for Tony Blair on his re-election campaign. Managing director for Philip Gould Associates in London. Government affairs advisor for Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa. Special Assistant to White House Chief of Staff John Podesta and Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Presidential Scheduling from 1996 to 2000. twitter





Senior Advisor Minyon Moore



(reported by the New York Times' Maggie Haberman on May 2, 2016) A principal at Dewey Square Group, Moore heads up the DSG's state and local affairs and multicultural strategies practices. A senior advisor on Clinton's 2008 campaign. In the 2004 cycle she was a senior advisor to the Kerry campaign as well as one of the founders of Americans Coming Together (ACT). Chief operating officer at the DNC, responsible for the day-to-day running of the party, after directing DNC chair Terry McAuliffe's transition in the first part of 2001. Appointed as White House deputy director of political affairs in Feb. 1997 she became director of public liaison in May 1998 and finished as director of political affairs. Joined the DNC in 1993 and served as director of public liaison, director of constituency and outreach, deputy chief of staff and finally as national political director in the 1996 cycle. Worked at the Rainbow Coalition, 1988-93. In 1988 she was national deputy field director for Rev. Jesse Jackson's campaign, Jackson's convention coordinator, and in the fall national deputy field director for the Dukakis campaign. Worked on Jackson's 1984 campaign. After starting as a volunteer at Operation/PUSH, she joined an assistant to Rev. Willie Barrow in 1985. B.S. from the University of Illinois at Chicago, 1982. Native of Chicago.





Vice Chair and Chief of Staff to Hillary Clinton Huma Abedin

Directed Clinton's transition office when Clinton left the State Department. Special government employee/consultant and earlier deputy chief of staff to Clinton at the State Department. Traveling chief of staff for Clinton during her 2007-08 campaign. Senior advisor and earlier staff assistant to Sen. Clinton. Started working for First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in 1996 as an intern at the White House. B.A. degree from The George Washington University. Grew up in Saudi Arabia; born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Wife of former Congressman Anthony Weiner.





Campaign Manager (Running Campaign Day to Day) Robby Mook

Advised Clinton on 2014 midterms. Managed Terry McAuliffe's 2013 campaign for governor of Virginia. Executive director at the DCCC in the 2012 cycle; DCCC political director from 2009-May 2010, then DCCC IE director to Nov. 2010. Campaign manager on Jeanne Shaheen's successful 2008 campaign for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. State director in Nevada, in Ohio, and in Indiana for then-Sen. Hillary Clinton's 2007-08 presidential campaign. Directed the 2006 Maryland Democratic Coordinated Campaign. In 2004 Mook served as DNC deputy field director for programs and finished out the campaign as GOTV director in Wisconsin. Earlier he served as deputy field director on Howard Dean's 2003-04 New Hampshire primary campaign (started April 20, 2003). Worked for NYC councilwoman Eva Markowitz. Field director for the Vermont Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign in 2002. B.A. in classics from Columbia University, 2002. Worked for the Vermont Democratic House caucus in 2000 and the Vermont Democratic Party as a canvasser in 1998. Vermont native.

Chief of Staff to the Campaign Manager Heather Stone

(reported by CNN's Dan Merica on Aug. 12, 2015) Deputy national political director at SEIU. Deputy director of DCCC I.E. unit in 2010 under Mook. GOTV director on Clinton's 2008 Ohio primary campaign when Mook was state director. In 2004 Stone served as New Hampshire state organizing director for America Votes, and earlier as events director for New Hampshire for Health Care, project of the SEIU, during the New Hampshire primary. Worked at the Turner Foundation where she managed an $8 million funding program. She has also spent significant time in Texas politics working on health care legislation in the state legislature and on many state campaigns. Stone worked for the Texas Freedom Network and co-ran her own political fundraising and event planning business.



Deputy Chief of Staff to the Campaign Manager Channing Ansley Grate

(July 2016) Communications director to Gov. Jay Nixon (MO), Dec. 2012-July 2016. Director of communications and research on Jay Nixon for Governor, April 2011-Nov. 2012. Policy director on Robin Carnahan for Missouri campaign for U.S. Senate, May 2009-Nov. 2010. Research director on Kay Barnes for Congress (MO), April-Nov. 2008. Research associate at EMILY's List, July 2006-March 2008. Member liaison at National Journal, Feb. 2005-June 2006. Account assistant at Malchow Schlackman Hoppy & Cooper, June-Nov. 2004.



Executive Assistant to Campaign Manager Kate Offerdahl

(June 2015) Worked at the State Department in the Office of the Secretary's senior advisor for development, June 2014-May 2015. Master of International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, 2015; B.A. in political science from Columbia University in the City of New York, 2014. From Minnesota.





Chief Strategist Joel Benenson

(see The Washington Post, Jan. 13, 2015) Has done polling for Obama since joining the Obama campaign in Jan. 2007. Founding partner (2000) and president of the Benenson Strategy Group (BSG); has served as a pollster and strategist for U.S. senators, governors and mayors, CEOs and corporate clients. Benenson started his polling career in 1995. Briefly worked as a vice president of the Foote, Cone & Belding advertising agency. Communications director for Gov. Mario Cuomo's 1994 re-election campaign. Political reporter for the New York Daily News; earlier worked at newspapers in Westchester County. Graduate of Queens College of the City University of New York.





Media Advisor Jim Margolis



(see The Washington Post, Jan. 13, 2015) Senior partner at GMMB. Senior advisor on Obama's 2012 re-election campaign and on Obama's 2007-08 campaign. Senior strategist/media consultant on John Kerry's 2003-04 presidential campaign through the primaries. Worked on the ad team for Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. Joined Greer & Associates in 1985, and has been with the firm since then, except for leave to serve as chief of staff to Sen. Kent Conrad, Jan. 1987-Jan. 1988.. Worked on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign as state director for the Illinois primary, the North Carolina primary, and as deputy communications director in the Fall campaign. Chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Howard Wolpe; managed Wolpe's upset win for Congress in Michigan in 1978. B.A. degrees in government and communication studies from Oberlin College, 1978. Grew up in Kalamazoo, MI.



See full media and opinion research team below







FIELD AND POLITICAL



Director of State Campaigns and Political Engagement Marlon Marshall



(see the Washington Post March 18, 2015) Returned to 270 Strategies from Jan. 5, 2015. A special assistant to President Obama and the principal deputy director of the Office of Public Engagement at the White House to the end of 2014. Founding partner of 270 Strategies. Senior advisor to the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee. Deputy field director on Obama's re-election campaign, from April 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.



Executive Assistant Lucy McIntosh

(May 2016...started as a political intern, June 2015-May 2016) Bachelor's degree in organizational science from The George Washington University, 2016.



Deputy Director of State Campaigns and Political Engagement Brynne Craig

(from Nov. 2015; started as deputy national political director under Amanda Renteria) Scheduler in Hillary Clinton's personal office (reported by Politico on March 8, 2014). Political director on Terry McAuliffe's 2013 campaign for governor of Virginia (R.Mook campaign manager). National field director at the DCCC in the 2012 cycle (R.Mook exec. dir.). Northeast regional field director at the DCCC in the 2010 cycle; started Feb. 2010. An Organizing for America national regional desk at the DNC, started March 2009. A deputy field director in Ohio on Obama's 2008 campaign (Campaign for Change). Worked on Hillary Clinton's Nevada caucus campaign. Attended the University of San Francisco, 2003-05; B.A. from Smith College, Program for the Study of Women and Gender, 2007.



National Operations Director Ashleigh Barber Tevelin

(April 2015) Senior field manager (Jan. 2014-March 2015) and senior manager of operations for Cooking Matters at the Store (April-Dec. 2013) at Share Our Strength. Regional operations director at Obama for America, Aug. 2011-Dec. 2012. Account manager at The Strategy Group, May-July 2011. COO at Field Strategies, Oct. 2007-May 2011. COO at Switchboard Communications, Jan.-Nov. 2011.



Deputy National Operations Director Alessandra Biaggi

(April 2016...previously vetting team lead, May 2015-March 2016) Assistant general counsel in the New York Governor's Office of Storm Recovery, Aug. 2014-May 2015. Legal fellow for New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, Sept. 2013-March 2014. Independent contractor with Kaplan Test Prep, May-Oct. 2013. Law clerk at Biaggi & Biaggi, Esq., March-Aug. 2013. Compliance analyst at Two Sigma Investments, Sept. 2012. Jan. 2013. Executive legal assistant at Toberoff & Associates, P.C., Oct. 2008-June 2009. J.D. from Fordham Law School, 2012; B.S. in communications from New York University, 2008.



National Regional Operations Directors

Dan Ensign

(May 2016) Deputy CFO on O'Malley for President, May 2015-March 2016; started out at O'Malley's O'PAC as finance assistant (April 2013-Aug. 2014) then deputy political director (Aug. 2014-May 2015). Prior to the PAC, Ensign worked internships at the NJDC, DNC and White House. B.S. in finance from University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, 2012. From Louisville, KY.

Abby Compton

(May 2016) Senior field manager on the No Kid Hungry campaign at Share Our Strength, May 2011-April 2016. Vice president at Independent Strategies, Jan. 2010-March 2011. Executive assistant in the Office of Sen. Kay Hagan (NC), Jan.-Aug. 2009. Senior associate at Venn Strategies, Feb. 2007-Jan. 2009. Political assistant at the Democratic Governors Association, Oct. 2005-Feb. 2007. Operations analyst at Columbia Partners, LLC, Jan.-Sept. 2005. Researcher/media monitor at the DNC, Aug.-Dec. 2004. Research assistant in the North Carolina General Assembly, June 2003-Aug. 2004. Intern on John Edwards for President, Jan. 2003-March 2004. M.A. degrees in business administration and government from The Johns Hopkins University-Carey Business School, 2010; B.A. in political science from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004.



[also Farooq Salahuddin (May-Aug. 2016)]



Consultant Craig T. Smith

(reported by CNN's Dan Merica on Aug. 12, 2015) Strategic outside counsel to Penn Schoen Berland; principal at PSB from Jan. 2006. Advisory board member and formerly senior vice president at mCapitol Management. Campaign director and senior advisor on Joe Lieberman for President, Inc.. President of Chief Advantages, a public affairs firm. Vice president of Democratic Outreach at Voter.com. Campaign manager for Gore 2000 from Jan. 1999 until it moved to Nashville. White House political director, Jan. 1997-Dec. 1998. Co-executive director of 53rd Presidential Inaugural Committee. Deputy campaign manager and political director on the 1996 Clinton/Gore reelection campaign. Deputy director of the White House Office of Political Affairs. Deputy director of White House Personnel. Political director at the DNC, 1993-94. Field director of the 1992 Clinton/Gore campaign. Finance director of the Clinton for President Exploratory Committee, 1991. Secretary of Appointments to Boards and Commission in the Office of Gov. Bill Clinton. Executive director of “Jobs for Arkansas’ Future,” a public-private economic development partnership. J.D. (1982) and B.S. in public administration (1980) from the University of Arkansas. Native Arkansan.





Senior Advisor to HFA/Coordinated Campaign Tripp Wellde (late Aug./early Sept. 2016) Founding principal of Intellectus, an executive coaching practice, from April 2015. Principal at 50+1 Strategies, Feb. 2014-Jan. 2015. Manager of government and public affairs for the San Francisco 49ers NFL football team, June 2013-March 2014. Wisconsin state director (Jan.-Dec. 2012), Midwest regional director (June-Dec. 2011) and campaign launch team (March-June 2011) on Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. Director of campaigns and elections (June 2010-Feb. 2011) and Midwest regional director (March 2009-June 2010) at the DNC. Worked on Obama's 2007-08 campaign starting on March 3, 2007, field organizer 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 field director on the Iowa Campaign for Change. Press assistant on Mark Warner's Forward Together PAC, May-Dec. 2006. B.S. in political science from the University of Richmond, 2006.



BATTLEGROUND STATES



Battleground States Director Meg Ansara

On leave from position as partner at 270 Strategies; started at the firm in Jan. 2013. Worked 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 Ansara 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. Boston born and raised. twitter

Regional Battleground States Directors (3)

OH, PA and VA Rick Fromberg ...deployed to PA



(May 2016) Senior advisor for public engagement (Jan. 2015-May 2016) and senior advisor on Pre-K for All (April 2014-Jan. 2015) in the City of New York. Vice president for public affairs at Global Strategy Group, April 2012-Nov. 2014. Campaign manager on Bellone for County Executive, Jan. 2011-Jan. 2012. Campaign manager on Lassa for Congress (WI), May-Dec. 2010. Campaign manager on Cunningham for Senate (NC), Nov. 2009-May 2010. Campaign manager on Nye for Congress (VA), Jan. 2008-Jan. 2009. Nevada political director on John Edwards for President, May 2007-Feb. 2008. Issues campaign director for Wal-Mart Watch, May 2005-May 2007. National GOTV director for the Sierra Club, May 2004-Feb. 2005. B.A. in political science from University of Richmond.



CO, FL, NV and NC Allison Zelman ...deployed to San Francisco to run nation call/text center

(May 2016) Senior advisor and Director of the Office of Public Engagment at the U.S. Department of Labor, Dec. 2014-April 2016. Managing director of the Women's Initiative (Feb.-Dec. 2014) and senior manager for gun policy mobilization (April 2013-Feb. 2014) at the Center for American Progress. A policy assistant for the White House Domestic Policy Council and a special assistant in legislative affairs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, 2009-11. Worked for over a year on Obama's 2008 campaign starting as a volunteer in California and concluding as a regional field director in New Mexico. Bachelor's degree in international relations from Connecticut College, 2007.



IA, NH, MI and WI Kevin Harris ...deployed to NC

A deputy communications director at the Peace Corps focusing on Michelle Obama's "Let Girls Learn" initiative from Sept. 2015. Chief of public affairs/communications director to Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake for two years to Sept. 2015. Communications director and senior policy advisor to U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (CA). Worked in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative under Ambassador Ron Kirk. A legislative assistant and special assistant in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. Political appointee at U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2009. Worked on Obama's 2008 campaign starting in Iowa in March 2007. Master's degree in government from Johns Hopkins University; B.A. in journalism from Howard University. Originally from Birmingham, AL.



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National Organizing Director Michelle Kleppe

Started on the campaign in April 2015 as organizing director for the Iowa caucuses. Senior vice president at 270 Strategies. State field director on Terry McAuliffe for Governor, Jan.-Dec. 2013. Wisconsin state field director on Obama's 2012 re-election campaign; started as Wisconsin state field director on Organizing for America in Aug. 2009. Field organizer on the Obama campaign in Waukesha County, Fall 2008. Business manager at Shao Lin Boxing Methods, 2001-09; sales consultant at Mortensen Art Photography, 2001-06. B.A. in politics from Carroll College, 2009. twitter



National Organizing Desks (3)

Punya Krishnappa

(April 2016) Started on the campaign in April 2015 as a regional organizing director in Cedar Rapids for the Iowa caucuses, then served as organizing director on the Illinois primary. Illinois organizing director for Enroll America from July 2013. A regional field director for Organizing for America-North Carolina based in Winston-Salem, NC, Jan.-Nov. 2012. Field organizer in Charlotte, NC on Obama's Campaign for Change, Aug.-Nov. 2008; organizing fellow for Obama for America, June-Aug. 2008. B.A. in public relations, advertising and applied communication from Bradley University, 2011.



Matt Beltrami

(April 2016) Started on the campaign as deputy organizing director on the New Hampshire primary, April 2015-Feb. 2016. Impact and advocacy associate/field manager at Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign, April 2013-April 2015. Deputy field director (June-Nov. 2012) and regional field director (July 2009-June 2012) for Organizing for America-Iowa. B.A. in philosophy and sociology from Coe College (Cedar Rapids), 2009. Chicago native.



Victoria Zyp

(April 2016) Project director, mobilization/public policy at Airbnb, Jan. 2015-Jan. 2016. Field director on Battleground Texas, Nov. 2013-Jan. 2015. Leadership development director at Organizing for Action, April-Oct. 2013. Training director/deputy field director at 50+1 Strategies, LLC/Coalition for School Reform campaign in Los Angeles, Jan.-April 2013. A deputy field director in Ohio (Sept.-Nov. 2012) and training director in Ohio (Dec. 2011-Sept. 2012) on Obama for America. Deputy field director on We Are Ohio, May-Nov. 2011. A regional field director on Organizing for America, July 2009-April 2011. M.A. in Arab studies, economics, business from Georgetown University, 2009; B.A. in economics from Rice University, 2004.





GOTV Associates

Noah Hughes



(Aug. 2016) Aide to the dean at NYU Stern School of Business, June 2014-June 2016. Bachelor's degree in political science from New York University, 2014.

Anna Fowler

(Aug. 2016) Analyst at Deutsche Bank, July 2013-Aug. 2016. B.S. in communications and business from Cornell University, 2013.



Shiah Shahmohammadi

Experience includes research analyst at The Messina Group. Studied at The George Washington University; active in GW College Democrats. From Pueblo, CO.





National Training Director Laura Warbelow

Deputy organizing director on the Iowa caucus campaign, May 2015-Feb. 2016. Senior project manager at 270 Strategies, May 2014-May 2015. Organizing director at Enroll America, May 2013-May 2014. Deputy field director (from Aug. 2012) and training director on the Obama campaign in Michigan. A regional field director with Organizing for America-DNC from May 2011. Degree in social relations and policy from Michigan State University, 2009. twitter



Deputy National Training Director and Director of National Call and Text Centers Jason E. Gray



(July 2016) Program manager at Bridgewater Associates, July 2015-July 2016. Founder of Finvisor Co., Feb.-Aug. 2014. Consultant with Deloitte Consulting, Jan.-Aug. 2013. State training director, chief of staff for field programs and deputy field director on Organizing for America-Wisconsin, Jan.-Nov. 2012. Analyst with Deloitte Consulting, July 2010-Dec. 2011. M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, 2015; M.A. and B.A. degrees in politics from Brandeis University.







POLITICAL



National Political Director Amanda Renteria



(reported by Roll Call on Feb. 26, 2015) Candidate for Congress in California's 21st CD (Central Valley) in 2014, losing to U.S. Rep. David Valadao by 57.8% to 42.2%. Legislative aide, legislative director and (from 2008) chief of staff to Sen. Debbie Stabenow. Staff to Sen. Dianne Feinstein starting in 2006. Special consultant/budget analyst/neighborhood manager for the City of San Jose, 2003-04. Economics/math teacher and athletic coach at Woodlake High School, 2000-01. Financial analyst for Goldman Sachs, 1997-2000. M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, 2003. B.A. degrees in economic and political science from Stanford University, 1997. twitter



Voter Outreach and Mobilization Project Manager/Political Assistant Sally Marx

(June 2016; started as political assistant in May 2015) Executive assistant at Ben Barnes Group, Dec. 2014-April 2015. B.A. in history from Amherst College, 2014.



Deputy National Political Director Carlos Sanchez

(May 2016...earlier served as communications director on the Texas primary campaign) On leave from position as chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX). Deputy press secretary and advisor (Jan. 2011-Dec. 2012) and press advisor (Sept. 2007-Jan. 2011) to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. Communications director for the Congressional HIspanic Caucus Institute, June 2006-Sept. 2007. Native of Loredo, TX.



Regional Political Directors

MI, NH, WI, and IA Eduardo Cisneros

(June 2016) Associate director of intergovernmental affairs (April 2015-June 2016) and special assistant to the Secretary (July 2013-April 2015) at the U.S. Department of Labor. Regional special projects manager on Obama for America, 2012. M.P.P. from University of Chicago, 2013; B.A. in political science, public policy from Cal State University Long Beach, 2006.



OH, PA and VA Linara Davidson

On leave from position as vice president at Oglivy, started there Jan. 2016. Served in the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio. Campaign manager on Walrond for Congress (NY), 2014. Special assistant in the Office for External and Community Affairs at Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance. liaison for Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer. Worked on Vilmanette Montgomery's 2006 State Senate campaign (NY). Degree in English from New York University. Harlem native.



South Hans Goff



(reported by The New York Times' Maggie Haberman on April 1, 2015) Southern regional organizing director at Ready for Hillary super PAC. Senior associate at M Public Affairs; founder (2010) and CEO of Voting Works, LLC. Rocky Mount/Northeast regional field director for OFA-NC, Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. Other experience includes work for Gov. Mark Warner, the New Jersey General Assembly Majority Office, the non-profit YouthBuild Newark, U.S. Rep. John Olver, Gov. Jon Corzine and Sen. Robert Menendez. Master of public affairs and politics from Rutgers Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, 2008; double major in government and African-American studies from William and Mary, 2005. Started out in politics in high school, working as an intern for Trenton Mayor Douglas Palmer. Native of Trenton. Godson of Pattie LaBelle. twitter





AAPI Outreach Director Jason Tengco



(succeeded Lisa Changadveja) Deputy director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders from May 2012. Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies fellow in Office of U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, Sept. 2011-May 2012. B.A. in political science from UCLA. twitter



LGBT Outreach Director Dominic Lowell

(reported by the Washington Blade on Sept. 29, 2015) Director of strategic partnerships at Rock the Vote, May 2014-July 2015. Vice president of investment services (Jan. 2012-May 2014) and senior analyst (June 2008-Jan. 2012) at The Democracy Alliance. B.A. from Swarthmore College, 2008. twitter



Jewish Outreach Director Sarah Bard

(reported by Jewish Insider on Jan. 21, 2016) An assistant administrator at the U.S. Small Business Administration. Small business owner and a non-profit consultant who specialized in corporate and private sector engagement and partnership building. Director of international finance (citizens living abroad) on Obama for America. Directed the Jewish Leadership Council and the Democratic Business Council at the DNC. Worked on Obama's 2008 campaign, and earlier on Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. B.S. in political science/finance from the University of Colorado Boulder, 2005. Daughter of Boston Rabbi Dov Bard. twitter



Muslim Outreach Director Farooq Mitha

(Aug. 2016) Special assistant to the DASD for Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy (from Sept. 2014) and special assistant to the Director of the Office of Small Business Programs (from March 2011) at the U.S. Department of Defense. Attorney/partner at Gelle.r/Mitha in Miami/Fort Lauderdale, 2009-11. Fulbright fellow in Amman, Jordan, Dec. 2008-Sept. 2009. J.D. from University of Florida, 2007; B.S. in interdisciplinary health studies from University of South Florida, 2004.

Veterans Outreach Director Jonathan Murray

(moved over to DNC) Started on the campaign in Oct. 2015. Subject matter expert for IDS International from Aug. 2012. Strategic partnerships advisor for UNOPS, Oct. 2014-July 2015. Field program manager for USAID in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Nov. 2010-March 2012. Director of advocacy/campaign manager for Operation Free national campaign at Truman National Security Project, Oct. 2009-Nov. 2010. Campaign manager on Myers for Congress in Erie, PA, Jan.-April 2008. Campaign manager on Oleszek for State Senate in Fairfax, VA, Jan.-Nov. 2007. A regional field director on John Kerry for President in Gainesville, FL, July-Nov. 2004. M.Sc. in diplomacy and international strategy from London School of Economics and Political Science, 2013. B.A. in political science and government from University of Fllorida, 2003. U.S. Marine Corps, Oct. 1997-Aug. 2001.

Faith and Heritage Community Outreach Director John McCarthy



(May 2016) Served as a national co-chair of Catholics for Obama in 2012. More recently director of social innovation programming for Mission Hub LLC from Nov. 2015. Vice president of Irish American Democrats PAC from 2014. Legislative assistant in the U.S. House. ACE advisor to the ACT Foundation from Aug. 2013. Executive director of Future Civic Leaders, 2009-2014. Legislative aide to State Sen. Barbara Buono (NJ), May 2012-Sept. 2013. White House liaison fellow in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of the Interior, Oct. 2011-May 2013. Graduate of Catholic University of America. twitter



Business Outreach Director Rhett Buttle

(July 2016) Director of private sector engagement for the U.S. Department of HHS from July 2014. President and managing director (Feb.-July 2016) and vice president of external affairs (March 2013-July 2014) and director of national outreach and government affairs (July 2010-March 2013) at Small Business Majority. Director of special projects in the Office of the President at The George Washington, University, Dec. 2008-July 2010. Staffer on Obama for America, July-Nov. 2008. Executive fellow in the Office of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, June 2007-July 2008. Master's in political management and public policy from The George Washington University; B.A. in political science and sociology from University of San Diego. twitter





Director of Congressional Affairs Laura Schiller

(from early May 2016; reported by Politico on April 25, 2016, succeeding Maura Keefe) Chief of staff to Sen. Barbara Boxer since 2005. Speechwriter to First Lady Hillary Clinton. Worked on Boxer's 1992 campaign for U.S. Senate. Graduate of UCLA,1992. Grew up in the Bay Area. Also, co-owner with her husband of Unum, a restaurant in Georgetown.



Congressional Liaison LaDavia Drane



(reported by NBC News on July 16, 2016; served as the campaign's African American outreach director for the first year of the campaign, reported by Buzzfeed on May 28, 2015; started June 29, 2015) Director of the Office of Federal and Regional Affairs to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser from Jan.-June 2015. Executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus. Senior director for federal affairs for the Grocery Manufacturers Association from Dec. 2010. Director of legislative and regulatory policy at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC). Legislative counsel and then legislative director to U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge (OH). Attorney for Ulmer & Berne LLP in Cleveland. Field organizer for Obama for America. J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University; B.S. from the School of Business at Miami University of Ohio. twitter





Political Chief of Staff Jared Mueller

(Aug. 2015...started on the campaign as director of special projects, April-Aug. 2015) Director of budget and operations at Charlie Crist for Governor from Feb. 2014. Policy advisor in the Office of the Administrator at the U.S. Small Business Administration, March 2013-Feb. 2014. Budget analyst at Obama for America, July 2011-Nov. 2012. Associate at the Boston Consulting Group, Sept. 2009-July 2011. Undergraduate degree from Duke University, 2009. twitter note: Mueller was also the point person on rural outreach







VOTER OUTREACH AND MOBILIZATION



Director of Voter Outreach and Mobilization Addisu Demissie

(reported May 2016 by NBC News) Vice president and director of grassroots advocacy at The Messina Group from Feb. 2014; and political consultant at 50+1 Strategies from Feb. 2011. Field director at Chicago for Rahm Emanuel, Oct. 2010-Feb. 2011. Policy counsel at Google, May-Oct. 2010. Political director at Organizing for America/DNC, Feb. 2009-May 2010. Ohio GOTV director at Obama for America, Aug.-Nov. 2008. Worked on Hillary Clinton for President during the primaries, 2007-08. Georgia field director on the Kerry campaign. Research director for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. J.D. from Yale Law School, 2008; B.A. in political science from Yale University, 2001. From Atlanta.



Deputy Director of Voter Outreach and Mobilization Cristóbal Alex

(June 2016) President of Latino Victory Project from 2014. Program officer at the Ford Foundation, 2011-14. Program officer at Open Society Foundations, 2009-11. Director of the National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights, 2006-09. Senior litigation associate at MacDonald Hoague & Bayless in Seattle, 2003-06. Law clerk for the Washington Court of Appeals, 2001-04. J.D. from University of Washington School of Law, 2001;



African American Vote Director Nadia Garnett



(reported by NBC News on July 16, 2016) National political director at the Center for Community Change from Jan. 2014. State desk director for the DNC’s Voting Rights Institute. Chief of staff at Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies. Political tracker at EMILY’s List. Eastern state director for The Atlas Project. Field (FL, AR, LA and VA) on Kerry-Edwards 2004. Southern political director on Joe Lieberman's presidential campaign. B.S. in political science and international affairs from Florida State University. From Palatka, Florida. twitter



Deputy African American Vote Director Malik Hubbard



(reported by NBC News on July 16, 2016) Operation Vote director in Ohio for the Obama camapign from Feb. 2012. Executive director of the State of Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, 2011-12. Deputy director of Boards and Commissions in Gov. Ted Strickland's office, 2007-11. Political director at the Ohio Democratic Party, Fall 2008. Field director on the Ohio Democratic Coordinated Campaign, 2006. Deputy field director at Tim Kaine for Governor, 2005. Base field director at America Coming Together, 2003-04. The Ohio State University and earlier Ohio Wesleyan University. twitter



African American Faith Director Zina Pierre

(reported by NBC News on July 16, 2016) Founder (Dec. 2013) of Zina Pierre Ministries and The Breaking Room (TBR) virtual prayer and deliverance ministry in Lanham, MD; associate pastor at the Temple of Praise in Washington, DC from 2009; president and CEO of Green Solve Group, Inc. from May 2012; and president and CEO of the Washington Linkage Group, a government relations and strategic consulting firm, from Feb. 2001. Political appointee in the Clinton Administration, 1993-2001 with her final position as special assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House. Worked in television production, 1986-93. Receptionist in the office of Gannett Chairman Al Neuharth, 1985-86. twitter

African American Outreach Director Tamia Booker

(reported by NBC News on July 16, 2016) Director of constituency and allied outreach for the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) from Jan. 2016. Associate director of the Office of External Affairs at the U.S. Department of HHS, July 2010-Dec. 2015. Executive director of College Democrats of America, March 2008-June 2010. Co-Youth Vote director at Obama for America, July-Nov. 2008. B.S. in political science, Spanish from Florida A&M University 2005. twitter

Latino Vote Director Lorella Praeli



(reported by NBC News Latino on May 20, 2015, to start mid-June) Director of advocacy and policy at United We Dream from June 2012. co-founded and directed CT Students for a DREAM, Oct. 2010-May 2012. B.A. in political science and sociology from Quinnipiac University, 2011. Born in Peru, brought to the U.S. at age 10 and grew up undocumented,. twitter

Deputy Latino Vote Director Jason Rodriguez

(July 2016) Manager of political affairs at S&P Global, Sept. 2015-July 2016. Senior political associate at Angerholzer Broz Consulting, Jan. 2014-Sept. 2015. Deputy campaign manager/finance director on Will Brownsberger for Congress, June-Oct. 2012. Manager op political outreach for ActBlue, April 2011-Sept. 2012. Manager of accounts and outreach for TripAdvisor, Nov. 2009-April 2011. B.S. in Economics from Northeastern University, 2009.



Deputy Latino Vote Director Keylin Rivera

(June 2016) Liaison to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, April 2015-June 2016. Scheduler to U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, Jan. 2014-April 2015. Associate at Solidarity Strategies, Sept.-Dec. 2013. Comprehensive immigration reform issue organizer at Organizing for Action, June-Sept. 2013. President of College Democrats of North Carolina, Dec. 2012-March 2013. Field organizer in Greensboro for Organizing for America, July-Nov. 2012. B.A. in political science and Spanish from UNC Greensboro, 2013.



Director of Latino Outreach Sara Valenzuela

(July 2016) Director of external relations for NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, June 2014-July 2016. Regional director for NY State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Jan.-June 2014. Immigration and education liaison in the Outreach Department, New York City Councill, Speaker Christine Quinn, Feb. 2013-Jan. 2014; and coordinator Latinos Con Quinn, Feb. 2013-Jan. 2014. Intergovernmental affairs liaison to Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, Sept. 2011-Feb. 2013. New Leaders Council fellow in New York City, Jan.-June 2012. Associate director of government affairs for Earth Day Network, April 2010-Sept. 2011. Associate at The Raben Group, July-Dec. 2009. Legislative aide to U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (NJ), Feb. 2008-July 2009. Deputy field organizer on Obama's Campaign for Chang in Colorado, Oct.-Nov. 2008. Legislative correspondent to U.S. Rep. Joe Baca, Aug. 2007-Jan. 2008. Social studies teacher in the Rio Grande Valley with Teach for America, June 2005-June 2007. B.A. in anthropology and Spanish double major from Vanderbilt University, 2005.



Women's Vote Director Mini Timmaraju



(June 2016; previously women's outreach director, June 2015-June 2016) Consultant on public affairs, government relations, community outreach, marketing and business development with clients in U.S. and India, from Aug. 2014. Chief of staff/advisor to U.S. Rep. Ami Bera (CA), Jan. 2013-Aug. 2014. Director of the Office of the President at Planned Parenthood Federation of America. J.D. from University of Houston Law Center, 1999. B.A. in developmental studies/international area studies from UC Berkeley, 1995. twitter

Deputy Women's Vote Director Tori Taylor ...Pod Director-North Florida, Sept.-Nov. 2016



(June 2016) State campaigns manager at the Center for American Progress, Oct. 2015-June 2016. Manager for state and local campaigns (March-Oct. 2015) and political opportunity program coordinator (Dec. 2013-March 2015) at EMILY's List. Communications and digital media consultant for Women Advance, April 2013-April 2014. Research department at EMILY's List, March-Dec. 2013. Regional GOTV director in Columbus, Ohio for Obama for America, Sept.-Nov. 2012. Youth coordinator in the Office of Public Engagement for Charlotte in 2012-Democratic National Convention, May-Sept. 2012. Master's degree in public relations from The George Washington University, 2015; bachelor's degree in political science, history, American studies from UNC Charlotte, 2012. twitter



Deputy Women's Vote Director Neisha Blandin



(June 2016; previously deputy director of African American outreach, March-June 2016; deputy director of grassroots engagement, July 2015-March 2016;started as director of grassroots fundraising April-Nov. 2015) Grassroots fundraising director at the Ready for Hillary super PAC from Jan. 2014. Fundraising development at The Cooper Union, 2013. Associate at Hudson TG, political consulting firm, Aug. 2010-Aug. 2012. Junior fundraiser at The Esler Group, July 2009-Aug. 2010; and campaign finance compliance officer at Gioia for New York, July 2009-Jan. 2010. B.A. in political science from Montclair State University, 2008. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago. twitter





Millennial Vote Director Sarah Audelo ...to PA GOTV at the close of the campaign



(June 2016) Political and field director at Rock the Vote, Jan.-May 2016. Policy director at Generation Progress, the Center for American Progress, Sept. 2013-Dec. 2015. Director of domestic policy (Jan.-Sept. 2013), senior domestic policy manager (May 2010-Dec. 2012) and manager of the Youth Activest Network (June 2008-May 2010 at Advocates for Youth. Special education teacher in La Joya Independent School District (TX), Aug. 2006-June 2008. M.P.P. from The George Washington University, 2012; B.S. in foreign service from Georgetown University, 2006. twitter



Deputy Millenial Vote Director Jamira Burley

(Aug. 2016) Manager for gun violence, criminal justice and policy accountability at Amnesty International USA, Dec. 2014-Aug. 2016. Executive director at the Mayor's Office of the Philadelphia Youth Commission, May 2012-Dec. 2014. National coordinator/fellow at the Student Peace Alliance, May 2011-March 2012. B.B.A in international business, legal studies from Temple University, 2012.



National Campus and Student Organizing Director Kunoor Ojha

National student organizing director (Feb.-April 2016), NH campus director (Sept. 2015-Feb. 2016) and regional field director in Nashua, NH (2015) on Bernie 2016. Field director on Hughes for Congress in Atlantic City, July-Dec. 2014. Regional field director on Yes for Independent Maps in Northern Illinois, Jan.-July 2014. B.S. in political science from the Illinois Institute of Technology, 2013. Also, field organizer on Obama for America, May-Sept. 2011. twitter



Special Advisor for Millennial Engagement Anne Hubert

(May 2016) Worked for more than seven years at Viacom as senior vice president, consulting practice at Scratch (June 2011-Sept. 2014), vice president of MTV Scratch (Jan. 2010-June 2011), senior director of MTV360 development and production (Jan. 2009-Jan. 2010) and Director of integrated programming; and director of integrated programming for mtvU (Sept. 2008-Jan. 2009). Legislative assistant (Nov. 2002-June 2004) and legislative correspondent (Oct. 2001-Nov. 2002) to U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine (NJ). M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and J.D. from Harvard Law School, 2008; B.S. in symbolic systems from Stanford University, 2001. twitter

Labor Outreach Director Nikki Budzinski



(May 2015) Political director (May 2008-May 2015) and associate director in the legislative and political action department (Nov. 2013-May 2015) at United Food and Commercial Workers in Washington, DC. Political representative for the International Association of Fire Fighters, May 2005-May 2008. Iowa political director on Chris Dodd for President, Sept. 2007-Jan. 2008. Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. twitter



Deputy Labor Campaigns Director Lori D'Orazio

(June 2016) Came to the campaign from the AFL-CIO; formerly worked for the United Auto Workers.



Deputy Labor Campaigns Director Michele Gilliam

(June 2016) New Hampshire constituency director on Bernie 2016, Sept. 2015-Feb. 2016. Political organizer for Transport Workers Union Of Greater New York AFL-CIO Local 100, March 2013-Sept. 2015. Political fundraising assistant at Bliss Street Strategies, LLC in Queens, NY, Oct. 2012-March 2013; after school counselor for the YMCA in Springfield Gardens, NY, Sept. 2012-March 2013. B.A. in political science, French from Hunter College, 2012.







Director of Expansion State Programs Lauren Crawford Shaver

(April 2016) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for Health Care at U.S .Department of Health and Human Services, April 2015-April 2016. Partner at Hamilton Place Strategies, April 2012-March 2015. Partner at Locust Street Group, Aug. 2008-March 2012. Senior associate at Dewey Square Group, Sept. 2007-Aug. 2008. GOTV on Hillary Clinton for President, 2007-08. Assistant at the Fund for American Studies, May 2006-Sept. 2007. M.A. in government and political communiication from The Johns Hopkins University; B.A. in international relations and communications from University of San Diego. Originally from Seattle, WA.

Regional Expansion States Directors (3)

Jeremy Jansen

(June 2016...during the primaries served as Midwest political director, April 2015-June 2016) Campaign manager on Friends of Cheri Bustos in Rock Island, IL from Sept. 2013. Campaign manager on Lanford for Judge, Feb.-April 2013. Wisconsin GOTV director for Organizing for America in Wisconsin, Sept.-Nov. 2012. Statewide field director for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, March 2011-Sept. 2012. Legislative secretary to the Iowa Senate Majority Leader, Jan.-March 2011. Senate field director for the Iowa Democratic Party, Jan. 2010-Jan. 2011. Legislative secretary in the Iowa Legislature, Jan.-May 2009. Campaign manager for a state House race/Iowa Democratic Party in Wapello, May-Nov. 2008. Legislative secretary in the Iowa House of Representatives, Jan.-May 2008. B.A. in political science from University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2007.



Troy Perry

(June 2016) Director of diversity and public engagement at the DCCC, June 2014-2016. Senior political capacity organizer at SEIU, Dec. 2011-June 2014. Regional field director on Obama for America, June-Nov. 2008. Lead organizer on Hillary Clinton for President, Aug. 2007-May 2008. Master's degree in public policy management from Georgetown University, 2015; bachelor's degree in political science from Morehouse College, 2007.



Sergio Gonzales

Deputy chief of staff to OPM Director Katherine Archuleta. Colorado political director on Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. Legislative assistant to Sen. Michael Bennet. Political and outreach director on Bennet's 2010 campaign.



Expansion States Operations Director Jennifer Chang

(July 2016) Consultant at WolfBrown in Boston, Sept. 2013-Feb. 2014. Sales operations manager at Google Fiber, Nov. 2012-2014; reporting and insights strategist at Google, Sept. 2010-Oct. 2012. Master's degree in viola performance from Juilliard; bachelor's degree in social studies from Harvard University, 2007.



Pods



VOTER PROTECTION



Deputy Counsel and National Voter Protection Director Hannah Fried

(April 2016) Chief of staff and senior counsel in the Office of Legal Policy at the Department of Justice, Sept. 2014-April 2016. Special assistant to the chief of staff at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Aug. 2013-Aug. 2014. Florida voter protection director on Obama's re-election campaign, March-Nov. 2012. Deputy director and deputy counsel for voter protection at the Democratic National Committee, July 2009-March 2012. National advance staff on Obama's 2008 campaign. J.D. from Harvard Law School, 2008; bachelor's degree in political science and American studies from Williams College, 2004. [see below]











POLICY



Senior Policy Advisor Maya Harris



(reported by Politico April 14, 2015) Senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. Served five years as vice president of Democracy, Rights and Justice and an officer of the Board of Trustees at the Ford Foundation. Executive director of the ACLU of Northern California. Senior associate at PolicyLink. Dean and CEO of Lincoln Law School of San Jose. Civil litigator at Jackson Tufts Cole and Black, LLP, J.D. from Stanford Law School; bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley. She is the sister of Calif. Attorney General Kamala Harris. twitter



Senior Policy Advisor Jake Sullivan



(reported by Politico April 14, 2015) A national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden. Director of policy planning at the U.S. State Department from Feb. 2011; previously deputy chief of staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from Jan. 2009. Deputy policy director on Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign. Chief counsel and senior policy advisor to Sen. Amy Klobuchar. Attorney at the Minneapolis law firm of Faegre & Benson. After finishing law school, he clerked for Judge Guido Calabresi of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and then Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court. B.A. (1998) and J.D. (2003 degrees from Yale University and an M.Phil. in international relations (2000) from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Minnesota native.



Note Aug. 2016 changes: Ann O'Leary served as senior policy advisor, April 2015-Aug. 2016, and Ed Meier served as director of policy outreach, July 2015-Aug. 2016. In Aug. 2016 they moved over to serve as co-executive directors of the Clinton-Kaine Transition Project.

Senior Policy Advisor Jacob Leibenluft

(reported June 2016) Comes to the campaign from position as deputy director of the National Economic Council and special assistant to the President at the White House from 2013. Director of economic policy and associate policy director on Obama for America, 2012. Senior policy advisor to the National Economic Council, Jan. 2011-March 2012. Worked at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, 2009-10. Writer for Slate. Luce scholar with Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, 2006-07. Undergraduate degrees in history and economics from Yale, 2006; served as editor-in chief of the Yale Daily News. From Chevy Chase, MD.



Economic Policy Advisor Michael Schmidt

(June 2015) Policy analyst for the U.S. Treasury, June 2011-Aug. 2012. Financial analyst at Yale Investments Office, July 2008-June 2011. J.D. from Yale Law School, 2015; B.A. in history from Yale University, 2008.



Economic Policy Advisor Michael Shapiro

(May 2015) Senior policy advisor at the White House, National Economic Council, 2011-13. J.D. from Yale Law School, 2016; Bachelor's degree from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School, 2009. twitter



Domestic Policy Outreach Coordinator Jed Herrmann

(Oct. 2015) Senior advisor to the CEO at the Corporation for National and Community Service, July 2012-Sept. 2015. International development consultant to USAID Guatemala - Project Mirador Electoral, Nov. 2010-June 2012. Chief of staff and deputy commissioner at the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, Jan. 2004-Aug. 2009. Teacher and department head at the American International School of Costa Rica, Aug. 2002-July 2003. Teacher at PS 333 Manhattan School for Children, Aug. 2000-June 2002. AmeriCorps member at City Year in Boston, Aug. 1995-June 1996. Graduate of Yale University.

Foreign Policy Advisor Laura Rosenberger

(July 2015...runs the day to day; reported by John Hudson of Foreign Policy) Chief of staff to the Deputy Secretary of State, Jan.-July 2015. National Security Council staff, July 2012-Jan. 2015. Worked at the State Department as bilateral political unit chief in the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs (Aug. 2010-July 2012), special assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs (May 2009-July 2010) and FAO in the Office of Korean Affairs (2004-09). M.A. from American University, 2004; B.A. from Penn State University, 2002.



Deputy Foreign Policy Advisor Bishop Garrison

(June 2016) Advisor to the Science and Technology Directorate at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Nov. 2014-June 2016; also deputy lead on the TSA Passenger Screening Recommendations Task Force. Special assistant and White House liaison to the Department of Veterans Affairs, April-Nov. 2014. (Acting) special assistant to the Secretary of Defense/White House liaison, July 2013-April 2014; and deputy White House liaison to the Department of Defense, Feb. 2013-April 2014. Operation Vote director and director of veterans outreach on Organizing for America-Virginia, March-Nov. 2012. Consultant at Deloitte Consulting, June 2010-March 2012. Army officer, June 2002-Aug. 2007. B.S. in pre-law from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 2002.



Policy and Research Consultant Ethan Gelber



(April 2015) Director of research/policy advisor (Sept. 2014-April 2015) and book project director/researcher (March 2013-Aug. 2014) in the Office of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Special assistant in the Office of the Counselor and chief of staff (Sept. 2012-Feb. 2013), special assistant in the Bureau of Energy Resources (Oct. 2011-Sept. 2012), deputy White House Liaison (Sept. 2010-Oct. 2011) and staff assistant in the Office of White House Liaison (Aug. 2009-Aug. 2010) at the U.S. Department of State. State outreach associate/assistant to the executive director at the National Security Network, July 2008-July 2009. National advance staff on Hillary Clinton for President, June 2007-June 2008. M.A. in security studies from Georgetown University, 2012; B.A. in linguistics, history from Brown University, 2007.

Policy Advisor Sara Jacobs

(Nov. 2015) Conflict and stabilization policy officer at the U.S. Department of State, Feb. 2014-Aug. 2015. Innovation unit at UNICEF, May 2013-Jan. 2014. Department of Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations, Nov. 2012-May 2013. Tri-state finance on Obama for America, Sept. 2011-June 2012. Master's degree in international relations and affairs from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, 2012; B.A. in political science and government from Columbia University in the City of New York, 2011.



Policy Advisor Kristina Costa

(Aug. 2015) Advisor to the Counselor to the President at the White House, March 2014-Aug. 2015. Speechwriter to the chair (Oct. 2012-March 2014) and economic policy analyst (April 2011-March 2014) at the Center for American Progress. Legislative correspondent in the U.S. House of Representatives, Aug. 2010-Jan. 2011 B.A. in political philosophy from Wellesley College.



Policy Advisor Corey Ciorciari

(April 2015) Policy associate in Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Office, May 2011-July 2012. Policy and research analyst on Chicago for Rahm, Dec. 2010-Feb. 2011. Associate at the White House, Sept. 2010-Jan. 2011. J.D. degrees from New York University School of Law and University of Chicago Law School, 2015; B.S. in economics and international studies from University of Miami, 2009; interned on Obama's 2008 campaign.



Policy Advisor Jake Maccoby

(Aug. 2016...including Kaine debate prep.) Chief speechwriter for Attorneys General Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch, March 2015-Aug. 2016; deputy speechwriter for Attorney General Eric Holder, July 2013-March 2015. Senior associate at SKDKnickerbocker, Nov. 2012-July 2013. Presidential debate preparation team member at Obama for America, May-Oct. 2012. Associate at SKDKnickerbocker, Aug. 2010-May 2012. Legislative aid to state Sen. Ken Donnelly (MA), Jan. 2009-July 2010. Bachelor's degrree in political science, communications and media studies from Tufts University.



Regional Policy Director Andrea Flores

(Aug. 2015) J.D. candidate at Columbia Law School, anticipated graduation 2017. Policy assistant on immigration and rural affairs at the White House, April 2013-March 2014. Special assistant to the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Oct. 2011-April 2013. Associate at The Raben Group, Jan.-Oct. 2011. Field representative for U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, June 2010-Jan. 2011. B.A. in history from Harvard University, 2010.



Regional Policy Director Kate Monroe FitzGerald

(June 2016...earlier served as a policy clerk, Sept. 2015-Jan. 2016) Associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Feb.-June 2016. Manager of teacher leadership development (June 2010-July 2012) and high school English teacher (Aug. 2008-June 2010) in the Mississippi Delta as part of Teach for America. J.D. from University of Michigan Law School, 2015; bachelor's degree in economics, political science, Spanish from Indiana University Bloomington, 2008.



Regional Policy Director Rosa Po

J.D. from Yale Law School, 2016; MA and BA from Yale University.



Policy Chief of Staff Ashley Woolheater

(Oct. 2015) Senior associate at Beacon Global Strategies LLC, 2013-15. Special assistant (2013) and press assistant (2011-13) at the U.S. Department of State. M.A. in global communication from The George Washington University, 2012; B.A. in international studies from Emory University, 2009.



Advisory Working Groups

numerous including:

Middle East - Wittes and Derek Chollet. Coordinator Prem Kumar.

Counterterrorism - Rand Beers and Dan Benjamin. Coordinator Matt Spence.

Human Rights - Harold Koh and Mike Posner.

Europe and Russia - Michael McFaul, Phil Gordon and Julie Smith.



see:

John Hudson. "Inside Hillary Clinton's Massive Foreign-Policy Brain Trust." Foreign Policy, Feb. 10, 2016.

Andrew Restuccia. "Hillary Clinton's climate army." Politico, Aug. 11, 2016.





SPEECHWRITING



Director of Speechwriting Dan Schwerin



(reported by Bloomberg Politics on May 6, 2015) Helped Clinton with her book Hard Choices. Speechwriter for then-Secretary of State Clinton. Press secretary and deputy press secretary in the office of then-Sen. Clinton. Graduate of Northwestern University, 2004. twitter

Deputy Director of Speechwriting Megan Rooney

(July 2015) Senior presidential speechwriter at the White House, May 2013-July 2015. Speechwriter for Secretary Clinton and member of the policy planning staff at the U.S. Department of State, 2009-Feb. 2013. Senior writer for West Wing Writers LLC, Aug. 2003-March 2009. Speechwriter for Michelle Obama at Obama for America, July-Nov. 2008. AB in classics from Brown University, 2001.



Speechwriter Lauren Peterson



(initiallly director of content and creative in digital starting April 2015) Senior advisor and writer for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, March 2013-April 2015. Senior writer at Obama for America, Aug. 2011-Dec. 2012. Acting operations director at the Wisconsin Film Festival, Jan.-Aug. 2011; project manager at the University of Wisconsin Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives, March 2010-Aug. 2011. B.A. in political science and government from University of Madison-Wisconsin, 2010. twitter

Speechwriter Ben Krauss

(2016...chief speechwriter for Sen. Tim Kaine and director of surrogate speechwriting) Managing partner at Fenway Strategies since 2013. International team at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, 2010-13. National Economic Council at the White House, 2009-10. Campaign coordinator on Bloomberg for Mayor, 2009. Associate at Rice & Dore Associates, 2006-09. A.B. in political science and government from Dartmouth College, 2006.



Speechwriter Gregory Bell



(June 2016) Director of Speechwriting at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, May 2013-June 2016. Director of speechwriting for the International Trade Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 2011-13. Speechwriter/press officer at the New York City Comptroller's Office, 2006-10. Author of In the Black: A History of African Americans on Wall Street (John Wiley & Sons/Black Enterprise), 2002.





COMMUNICATIONS



Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri



(reported by The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 5, 2015 leaving White House "March at earliest") Assistant to the President and Director of Communications at the White House, reported Dec. 5, 2011. President of the Center for American Progress Action Fund and a senior vice president for communications at CAP. Ohio communications director on Kerry-Edwards '04. National press secretary for the John Edwards campaign starting in Jan. 2003. Press secretary at the DNC through the 2002 cycle. Served eight years in Clinton Administration, as a White House Deputy Press Secretary from 1998 to 2001, as a Special Assistant to White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, and Deputy Director of Scheduling and Advance. She started her career in the congressional office of then Rep. Leon Panetta (D-CA). Graduate of the American University in Washington, DC. twitter



Assistant to the Communications Director Olivia Raisner

(Oct 2015...started as a communications fellow on the campaign in NH, June-Aug. 2015, then as a communications fellow in Brooklyn, Aug.-Oct. 2015) B.A. in government and legal studies from Bowdoin College, 2015.



Deputy Communications Director Kristina Schake



(reported March 23, 2015 by Bloomberg's Jennifer Epstein) Chief communications officer at L'Oreal USA from July 8, 2013. Special Assistant to President Obama and communications director to the First Lady Michelle Obama, Dec. 2010-mid 2013. A key figure in the lawsuit challenging California's Proposition 8; in Spring 2006 she and Chad Griffin co-founded of the American Foundation for Equal Rights. Chief communications strategist for California First Lady Maria Shriver. Co-founder (with Chad Griffin) and principal of Griffin|Schake, a Los Angeles-based public affairs and strategic communications firm. Consultant on Prop. 10 on California's Nov. 1998 ballot (the Rob Reiner Initiative), which imposed an additional 50 cents tax on cigarettes. Executive director of I Am Your Child Foundation. Graduate of Johns Hopkins University, 1992.



Deputy Communications Director Christina Reynolds

(promoted from Nov. 2015 after starting as director of rapid response in May 2015) Managing director of The Glover Park Group, Mar. 2010-May 2015. Director of media affairs at the White House, Jan. 2009-Mar. 2010. Director of rapid response at Obama for America, June-Nov. 2008. Research director and senior advisor for communications on former Sen. Edwards' presidential campaign, Jan. 2007-Feb. 2008. Research and policy director at the DCCC, Jan. 2005-Nov. 2006. Communications director for Sen. Tom Daschle's re-election campaign, Feb.-Nov. 2004. Research director on Sen. Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign (from Jan. 2003). Research director for Sen. Tim Johnson's (D-SD) 2002 re-election campaign. Senior researcher, deputy research director at the DNC, 1999-2002. Research analyst on John Edwards for Senate, 1998. B.A. in journalism, political science from UNC at Chapel Hill, 1997.

National Press Secretary Brian Fallon



(reported by the Washington Post on March 17, 2015) Director of the Office of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice (spokesman for Attorney General Eric Holder), July 2013-end of March 2015. Communications director at the Senate Democratic Policy & Communications Center, Jan. 2011-June 2013; communications director to Sen. Charles Schumer, July 2007-Dec. 2010. B.A. in political science and government from Harvard University, 2003. twitter

Deputy National Press Secretary and Senior Spokesman Jesse Ferguson



(reported by The New York Times' Maggie Haberman on March 12, 2015) DCCC director of independent expenditures from Feb. 7, 2014; previously DCCC deputy executive director and communications director from Nov. 16, 2012; DCCC press secretary in the 2012 cycle and started at the DCCC in Oct. 2009 as southern regional press secretary. Communications director on Brian Moran’s Democratic primary campaign for governor in Virginia, 2009. Chief of staff to Moran, the Democratic Caucus Chairman in the Virginia House of Representatives, starting in 2006. Executive director of Virginia 21, a higher education advocacy organization based in Richmond. Bachelor's degree in government and economics from the College of William and Mary. twitter



Senior Spokesman Glen Caplin

(reported by Politico on June 2, 2016) On leave from position as senior vice president at Global Strategy Group in New York, started there Sept. 2015. Senior communications director to U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY). Co-founder of grassroots marketing and radio promotion company for major record labels. Special assistant to the president of Rubenstein Associates, a New York public relations firm. Bachelor's degree from Syracuse University. Born and raised on Long Island. twitter



Travelling Press Secretary Nick Merrill

Clinton's spokesperson since 2013. Office of Strategic Communications at the U.S. Department of State from Aug. 2009-end of Jan. 2013. Associate at The Markham Group. Worked for 15 months as a full time national advance staffer for the Hillary Clinton campaign, serving as the lead site person for many of her major rallies and speeches. Worked for one year for loveLife, an HIV prevention program in South Africa. Field on Jon Corzine's campaign for governor. B.A. in government from Skidmore College, 2005. twitter



Spokesperson Josh Schwerin

(from April 2015, initially rapid response spokesperson) National press secretary at the DCCC from Jan. 2014. Press secretary on Terry McAuliffe's successful campaign for governor of Virginia, Dec. 2012-Nov. 2013. Northeast regional press secretary at the DCCC, Jan. 2011-Dec. 2012. Communications director to U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy (NY), March 2009-Jan. 2011. Communications director and earlier deputy press secretary on Scott Murphy for Congress, 2009-10. Field organizer on Gillibrand for Congress, June-Nov. 2008. B.A. in economics from Trinity College-Hartford, 2008. twitter



Foreign Policy Spokesman Jesse Lehrich

(initially rapid response communications, reported by New York Times' Maggie Haberman on March 12, 2015) Deputy communications director at American Bridge 21st Century after starting as press secretary in May 2014. Assistant press secretary at Organizing for Action, April 2013-April 2014. Competitive manager (April 2012-April 2013), media assistant (Dec. 2011-April 2012) and media buying intern (Sept.-Dec. 2011) at GMMB. Interned on the Obama campaign, Aug.-Nov. 2008. B.A. in political science from Colorado College, 2011. twitter



Director of Hispanic Media Jorge Silva

(reported by BuzzFeed's Adrian Carrasquillo on Aug. 13, 2015) Senior advisor for Hispanic Media (May-Aug. 2015) and press secretary for Hispanic media (Feb. 2012-May 2014) for U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid. Membership/development assistant for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Sept. 2007-Jan. 2010. Immigration consultant in Vancouver, Canada, July 2006-April 2007. Manager at True Confections in Vancouver, Canada, July 2004-May 2006. Attorney and junior partner at Gatt & Associates, LLP in Guadalajara area of Mexico. Master's degree in international trade and development policy from Middlebury College/Monterey Institute of International Studies, 2011; law degree from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, A.C., 2002. twitter



Deputy Director of Hispanic Media Paola Ramos



(initially rapid response communications, reported by BuzzFeed's Adrian Carrasquillo on June 22, 2015) Worked on Obama's 2012 campaign. Special assistant to Dr. Jill Biden. Scheduler to the chair of the Council on Environmental Quality. Master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard, May 2015; undergraduate degree in political science from Barnard College, Columbia University. Daughter of Univision anchor Jorge Ramos. twitter



Director of African American Media Denise Horn

(Feb. 2016; reported by BuzzFeed's Darren Sands on Feb. 9, 2016) Assistant press secretary at the U.S. Department of Education, April 2014-Feb. 2016. Public policy communications assistant at Facebook, Feb. 2013-Feb. 2014. Traveling press aide on Obama for America, July-Nov. 2012. M.P.P. from The University of Chicago, 2012; B.A. in journalism from Howard University, 2009.



Director of Coalitions Press Xochitl Hinojosa



(reported by BuzzFeed's Adrian Carrasquillo on May 1, 2015) Senior managing director (from Dec. 2014) and press secretary (Aug. 2013-Dec. 2014) at the U.S. Department of Labor. Communications director to U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, Jan.-Aug. 2013. Communications director on Berkley for Senate in Nevada, June-Nov. 2012. Public affairs specialist at the U.S. Department of Justice, July 2009-May 2012. twitter

Director of Women's Media Rebecca Chalif



(initially women's press lead from April 2015) Deputy national press secretary at the DNC from Dec. 2012; started as a communications intern June 2010-Nov. 2011, then assistant press secretary, Nov. 2011-Nov. 2012. M.A. in media and politics from Georgetown University, 2011; B.A. in American history from Duke University, 2008. twitter



Director of Millennial Media Christopher Huntley

(Aug. 2016) Deputy press secretary for the Democratic National Convention Committee from March 2016. Deputy press secretary and deputy speechwriter in the Office of Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid from May 2015, started in Reid's office as a press assistant in Aug. 2013. B.S. in public relations from SUNY at Plattsburgh, 2013, after studying broadcast journalism at Hudson Valley Communiity College 2009-10.

Spokeswoman (Muslim Issues) Zara Rahim

(July 2016) Public policy and communications at Uber, Nov. 2014-July 2016. Content at Bully Pulpit Interactive, Jan.-Nov. 2014. Office of digital strategy at The White House, July 2013-Jan. 2014. Public affairs in the Office of the Mayor, City of Tampa, Jan.-July 2013. Bachelor's degree in international relations from University of South Florida.





• STATE COMMUNICATIONS

Director of State Communications Lily Adams

Started as communications director on the Iowa caucus campaign from March 2015. Deputy communications director at the DNC from Sept. 2013. Press secretary to Sen. Tim Kaine (VA) from Jan. 2013, after serving as press secretary on his 2012 campaign. Press secretary and earlier Connecticut press secretary to Sen. Richard Blumenthal (CT). Deputy press secretary on Gov. Ted Strickland's 2010 re-election campaign. Part of the press team on Creigh Deeds' 2009 campaign for governor of Virginia. B.A. in politics from Brandeis Universlty, 2009. Daughter of Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and granddaughter of Ann Richards. twitter



Regional Communications Director Patrick Burgwinkle

Responsible for battleground states of IA, MI, NH and WI. Started out as press secretary for Clinton's Iowa caucus campaign, April 2015-Feb. 2016, then communications director for the Oklahoma and Pennsylvania primaries. Press secretary for the Democratic Party of Arkansas from Sept. 2013. A regional press secretary at the DNC, Dec. 2012-Aug. 2013; previously assistant press secretary Dec. 2011-Dec. 2012. Managed Massachusetts State Sen. Jamie Eldridge's 2010 campaign. M.A. in media and public affairs from The George Washington University, 2011; B.A. in political science from GWU, 2009. Grew up in Lancaster, MA. twitter



Regional Communications Director Ian Sams

Responsible for battleground states of OH, PA and VA. (initially rapid response communications, reported by New York Times' Maggie Haberman on March 12, 2015) Previously a regional press secretary at the DNC from Sept. 2013. Press secretary to Sen. Tom Carper, June 2011-Sept. 2013; also digital director on Carper for Delaware, June-Sept. 2013 and press secretary on Carper for Delaware, Sept.-Nov. 2012. B.A. in political science from University of Alabama. twitter



Regional Communications Director Sabrina Singh

(June 2016) Previously communications director for Katie McGinty's U.S. Senate campaign in Pennsylvania. Senior associate at SKDKnickerbocker from Jan. 2015. Deputy communications director at the Democratic Governors Association (DGA). Communications director for U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL). Deputy press secretary at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). twitter



Non-Battleground Communications Director Miryam Lipper

(initially did much work in surrogates) Deputy national press secretary and director of broadcast media (announced March 30, 2015) and press assistant (from June 2013) at the DNC, and spent time working on campaigns in Georgia during the 2014 midterms. Undergraduate degree in political science and journalism from Indiana University Bloomington, 2013; while a student worked at Slavica Publishers and did several internships including at the DNC from May-Aug. 2012. twitter

Spokesperson Tyrone Gayle

(April 2015; reported by New York Times' Maggie Haberman on March 12, 2015) Western regional press secretary at the DCCC from Jan. 2014. Associate director for communications at the U.S. Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, Feb. 2013-Jan. 2014. Special assistant to Tim Kaine on his U.S. Senate campaign, Aug. 2011-Nov. 2012. Communications associate at Media Matters for America, Sept. 2010-Aug. 2011. Press and communications at the Center for American Progress, June-Sept. 2010. B.A. in communications studies from Clemson University, 2010. twitter







• RAPID RESPONSE

Director of Rapid Response Zac Petkanas

(Oct. 2015) Vice president at Media Matters for America, Jan.-Oct. 2015. Deputy campaign manager/communications director on Wendy Davis for Governor, Mar.-Nov. 2014. Senior communications advisor to the Nevada State Democratic Party, Dec. 2011-2013. Director of communications for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Dec. 2010-Dec. 2011. Deputy communications director on Reid's re-election campaign, Oct. 2009-Dec. 2010. Communications director to U.S. Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper (PA), Mar.-Sept. 2009. Communications director on Ann Kirkpatrick for U.S. Congress, July-Dec. 2008. Press secretary for the U.S. House Committee on Rules, Dec. 2007-July 2008. DC scheduler/new media assistant to U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis (CA), Jan.-Nov. 2007. B.A. in political science from the George Washington University, 2007. twitter



Rapid Response Spokesperson Adrienne Watson

(reported by Politico's Annie Karni on Feb. 22, 2016) Communications director (2015-16) and deputy communications director and director of surrogates (2013-15) at Correct The Record. Press secretary for U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly (IN), 2013. Communications director/press secretary to Rep. Loretta Sanchez (CA), 2011-13. Press assistant, staff assistant and intern to Rep. Baron Hill, 2009-11. B.A. in history from Indiana University. Originally from Carmel, Indiana. twitter



Rapid Response Spokesperson Gwen Rocco

(February 2016, initially state press team) Communications director at American Bridge 21st Century super PAC, 2014-15. Rapid response director on Terry McAuliffe's campaign for Virginia governor, 2013. North Carolina communications director on Obama for America, 2012. Communications director on Natalie Tennant's campaign for West Virginia governor, 2011. Communications director on Betty Sutton's 2010 congressional campaign in Ohio. Press secretary for Bill de Blasio for Public Advocate campaign, 2009. Master's degree from New York University. Bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland. twitter

Rapid Response Spokesperson Tim Hogan

(June 2016) Started in April 2015 as communications director on the Nevada caucus campaign; then served as communications director for the Arizona and Kentucky primaries. Communications advisor to U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI) from Jan. 2015. Deputy chief of staff and communications director to U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford (NV), Jan. 2013-Jan. 2015; also press secretary on Horsford for Congress in 2012 and 2014. Director of social media for the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas, Sept. 2011-March 2012. Press secretary on Kate Marshall for Congress in NV-02 special election. Senate Democrats caucus communications director, Dec. 2010-July 2011. Campaign manager for Nevada Senate Democrats, April-Dec. 2010. Press assistant and outreach coordinator for the Earth Day Network, Jan.-April 2010. Press assistant/intern to U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (MN) Sept. 2009-Jan. 2010. Degree in political science, international relations and affairs from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2008. twitter



Rapid Response Spokesperson Matt Mittenthal

(August 2016) Press Secretary for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman from June 2013. Regional press secretary in Pennsylvania on Obama for America, June-Nov. 2012. Press secretary for the New York City Department of Education, Jan. 2010-June 2012. Deputy press secretary in the Office of the Public Advocate for the City of New York, Jan. 2009-Jan. 2010. Field organizer on Obama for America, July-Nov. 2008. B.A. in philosophy from Princeton University. twitter

Rapid Response Associate Molly Nuñez

(July 2016) PIO for the Washington, DC Deputy Mayor for Greater Economic Opportunity, May 2015-July 2016. Account manager at DCI Group, June 2013-May 2015. B.A. in political science from Washington University in St. Louis, 2013. From Minneapolis. twitter

Rapid Response Communications Jordan Bennett

(August 2016) Associate director of communications, deputy press secretary/digital director and communications and media relations specialist for Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser from March 2015. Project manager and communications associate for Stones' Phones, May 2014-March 2015. Staff assistant, tour coordinator and driver to U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (CT), April 2013-May 2014. Community organizer for Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, Nov. 2011-March 2013. Personal aide to Mary-Jane Foster for Mayor (Bridgeport), July-Sept. 2011. B.A. in political science from The University of Connecticut, 2011.



Crystal Carson







Director of Communications Outreach Jess McIntosh

(reported by Politico's Annie Karnie on May 23, 2016) Vice president of communications, communications director (from early 2013) and deputy communications director (from 2010) at EMILY's List; Spokesperson for Sen. Al Franken (MN) through his campaign, recount, subsequent election contest(s), and first year in the Senate. Worked in research and communications for the campaigns of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Communications director for the Minnesota DFL. M.A. in English literature from New York University. twitter

Progressive Media Director Zerlina Maxwell

(Feb. 2016) Contributing writer to Essence Magazine, Jan. 2015-Feb. 2016. Worked as a paralegal, April 2004-Dec. 2011. J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law-Newark, 2013; B.A. in international relations and affairs from Tufts University, 2003. twitter

Director of Broadcast Media Melinda Arons

(May 2016) Strategic partnerships, video for Facebook, June 2013-May 2016. Senior producer and chief political producer (April 2011-May 2013) and producer and chief political producer (March 2006-March 2011) at ABC News' Nightline. Bachelor's degree in English language and literature/letters from Georgetown University, 1998.



National Media Booking Manager Alexandria Phillips



(April 2015; initially press assistant) Policy officer in the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator at the U.S. Department of State, Sept. 2014-2015. Assistant in the president's office at The Rockefeller Foundation, June 2012-Sept. 2014. Bachelor's degree in international/global studies from Spellman College, 2012.



Associate National Media Booker Paul Esker



(July 2016) Previously regional radio booker, April-July 2016, press aide in SC, NC and WI primaries, Feb.-April 2016, and started as communications intern on the Iowa caucus campaign. Account associate at Link Strategies from Feb. 2015. Field organizer for the Iowa Democratic Party, June-Nov. 2014. B.A. in political science from Luther College, 2014.



National Radio Broadcast Manager Lucas Acosta

(July 2016) Senior communications associate at Marathon Strategies, LLC, Dec. 2015-July 2016. Director of communications and legislation in the Office of NY City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, Sept. 2014-Nov. 2015. B.A. in political science, religious ethics from Middlebury College, 2014.







Senior Advisor for Communications Mandy Grunwald



(reported by The New York Times' Jonathan Martin, Feb. 5, 2015) Longtime advisor to the Clintons; served as media advisor and director of advertising on Clinton/Gore '92. President of Grunwald Communications in Washington; media consultant to myriad campaigns. Partner at Greer Margolis Mitchell, Grunwald & Associates in Washington, DC from 1991. Worked for 12 years at the Sawyer/Miller Group in New York, starting in 1979. Graduate of Harvard University.





Communications Chief of Staff Lori Lodes

(reported by Buzzfeed on April 9, 2016) Director of the Office of Communications at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Sept. 2014-March 2016. Senior vice president, CAP and senior vice presiden for campaigns and strategy at CAP Action (April 2013-Sept. 2014) vice presidenti for communications at Center for American Progress (Jan. 2012-April 2013), deputy director of Think Progress war room (March 2011-Jan. 2012) and director of Legal Progress at the Center for American Prograss (July 2010-June 2011) Deputy communications director at SEIU, Dec. 2008-June 2010. Director of paid media at PMUSA, Jan. 2008-April 2010. Senior strategist at MacWilliams Kirchner Sanders & Partners, Jan. 2002-Jan. 2008. J.D. from Southern Methodist University, 2000; undergraduate degree from University of Oklahoma, 1997. twitter



Director of Strategic Planning and Messaging / Communications Deputy Chief of Staff Katie Peters

(July 2016) Communications director for The Hub Project, Feb.-July 2016. Senior advisor to the Office of Communications at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dec. 2014-Feb. 2016. Managing director for communications (July-Dec. 2014) director of press relations (Feb.-July 2014) and associate director of press relations (Sept. 2011-Jan. 2014) at the Center for American Progress. Senior director of communications (Jan. 2009-Sept. 2011) and director of communications (March 2008-Jan. 2009) at First Focus. Youth engagement coordinator for America's Promise, Jan. 2007-Feb. 2008. B.S. in education from University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, 2008. twitter





Traveling Press Aide/Press Wrangler Varun Anand

(June 2016; previously statewide press secretary on the South Carolina primary campaign, then on the Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey primaries, Nov. 2015-June 2016; started asassistant to communications director Jennifer Palmieri, May-Nov. 2015). B.A. in political science from Universty of Pennsylvania, 2016. twitter





Press Assistant David Blumenthal

(April 2016) Communications fellow, Sept. 2015-April 2016; started as a summer fellow in New Hampshire, June-Aug. 2015. Reporter for the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Oct. 2014-June 2015. B.A. in sociology from Yale University, 2014.

Press Assistant Brooke Goren

Started on the campaign as a research associate, July 2015-July 2016. Bachelor's degree in public policy from University of Chicago, 2015.



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Communications Director for Tim Kaine Karen Finney

Press Secretary for Tim Kaine Amy Dudley









SURROGATES

Director of Strategic Communications Adrienne Elrod (Early Nov. 2015 the New York Times reported Elrod was being promoted to head of surrogate operations succeeding Diane Hamwi). Vice president of communications for American Bridge PAC and communications director for Correct the Record.Chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez. Deputy chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Ron Klein (FL). Worked on Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign as Texas primary communication director, manager of the eastern and southern states’ communications operation and deputy director of the congressional delegate operation.. Regional press secretary at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in the 2006 cycle. Communications director to U.S. Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR). Political appointee in the Clinton administration, serving as executive assistant to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, and later as a Special Assistant at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. B.A. in journalism from Texas Christian University. From Arkansas; according to a Politico article (+), "She had known Bill Clinton since at least the age of five." twitter

Director of Creative Engagement Genevieve Roth (March 2016...big name talent and creative endeavors) Executive director of special projects at Glamour Magazine from Jan. 2012. Co-founder of The Girl Project, Nov. 2013-April 2016. Acting deputy editor at Hearst Magazines, May 2012-Jan. 2013. Contributing writer for Marie Claire, Dec. 2011-Jan. 2013. Features director at Marie Claire Magazine, Dec. 2009-March 2012. Articles editor at Glamour Magazine, Aug. 2007-Nov. 2009. Editor at Details Magazine, Dec. 2004-Aug. 2007. Editor at GQ Magazine, 2002-04; editorial assistant at Esquire Magazine, July 2002-May 2003. Studied at Emerson College. Grew up in Alaska.

Director of Surrogate Operations/Scheduling Emily Bromberg (June 2016) M.P.A. from Columbia University; B.A. from Cornell University.

Surrogate Communications Manager Mary Rutherford Jennings (Feb. 2016) Deputy communications director (April 2015-Feb. 2016) and communications analyst/regional press secretary (Feb. 2014-April 2015) at Correct The Record. Accounts payable manager for the 2012 Democratic National Convention Committee, July-Oct. 2012. Co-owner of Proposals in Litle Rock, AR, Feb. 2011-July 2012. Attorney at Mitchell Williams, June 2009-Aug. 2010. J.D. from University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2009; B.A. in political economy and international relations from Tulane University, 2006. Outreach Coordinator Michelle Kwan

(June 10, 2015 tweet) Champion figure skater from 1995-2005. Master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University, 2011; undergraduate degree in international studies from the University of Denver, 2008. twitter

Surrogates Team Marissa Astor (started as assistant to campaign manager Robby Mook) Experience includes surrogate communications assistant for Obama's re-election campaign, March-Nov. 2012. B.A. in political science and psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, 2011. twitter

Surrogates Team Hannah Klain (Dec. 2015) Associate at SKDKnickerbocker, June-Nov. 2015. Worldwide advertising and North American PR coordinator for Tom Ford International, May 2013-June 2014. B.A. in English from Columbia University in the City of New York, 2013. (Ron Klain's daughter)

Regional Surrogate Director Ebony Meeks Laidley (Feb. 2016) Senior communications associate at AFSCME, March 2013-March 2015. B.A. in public relations from Howard University. Regional Surrogate Director Abigail Page (June 2016) Senior advisor to Office of Intergovernment Affairs/Office of the Secretary (May 2014-June 2016), director of trips and advance (Feb. 2011-May 2014), lead advance representative to the Secretary (2009-11) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Director of special projects in Arizona Gov. Napolitano's Office, 2007-09. Director of volunteers on Gov. Napolitano's re-election campaign, 2006. Bachelor's degree in political science and government from Indiana University Bloomington. Surrogates Associate Emily Samsel (June 2016, previously a press analyst, March-June 2016 and special assistant to the chief analytics officer, May 2015-March 2016) Community editor at MSNBC, June 2014-May 2015. B.A. in political science from The George Washington University, 2014.

Surrogates Associate Christina Ives (June 2016) Legislative assistant at Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas, Dec. 2014-June 2016. Policy assistant at Niemela Capitol Concepts in Sacramento, June 2013-Aug. 2014. B.S. in environomental science and management from UC Davis, 2013.

Surrogates Associate Laurel Ruza (July 2016, previously a research associate, July 2015-July 2016) B.A. in public policy from University of Michigan, 2015.

Surrogates and Communications Associate Helen Brosnan (July 2016) B.A. in government and justice and peace studies from Georgetown University, 2016.







RESEARCH



- DNC and HFA combined, research had more than 60 staff by the end of the campaign -

Research Director Tony Carrk

(April 2015) Vice president for policy and research (Sept. 2014-March 2015) and director of the health care war room (Aug. 2013-Sept. 2014) at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Director of rapid response research at the DNC, July 2011-Aug. 2013. 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. twitter



Deputy Research Director Tyson Brody

(April 2015) Research director to Sen. Mary Landrieu, March 2013-Dec. 2014. Research associate at Obama for America, July 2011-Nov. 2012. B.A. in history and sociology from Columbia University in the City of New York, 2009.

Deputy Research Director Emily Aden

(April 2015) Research director for House Majority PAC, Jan.-Nov. 2014. Research director on Terry McAuliffe's 2013 campaign for governor of Virginia, Dec. 2012-Nov. 2013. Research for the DCCC's independent expenditure, March-Dec. 2012. Master's degree in political management (2011) and bachelor's degree in political communication (2009) from The George Washington University.







Research Team Leads

Brad Pollock

(Feb. 2015) Research consultant at Walsworth Landset Research, Nov. 2014-Feb. 2015. Research director on Gina Raimondo for Governor, April-Nov. 2014. Research consultant at Walsworth Landset Research, Jan. 2013-March 2014. Senior research associate at Obama for America/DNC in Chicago, July 2011-Nov. 2012. Research consultant at Walsworth Landset Research, Jan.-June 2011. Senior research analyst (Nov. 2008-Dec. 2010) and research analyst (Feb. 2007-Nov. 2008) at the DCCC. Project associate at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, Oct. 2005-Dec. 2006. Research/press assistant at Thunder Road Group, Sept.-Nov. 2004. Accounts payable coordinator on Dean for America, Dec. 2003-May 2004; started as a finance intern, Sept.-Dec. 2003. B.A. in political science and history from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2003.



Courtney Zientek

(April 2015) Research director at the Texas Democratic Party, Sept. 2013-March 2015. Deputy research director on Ed Markey's U.S. Senate campaign, Feb.-June 2013. Deputy research director on McCaskill for Missouri, Jan.-Nov. 2012. Research and policy assistant on Alexi for Illinois U.S. Senate campaign, May-Nov. 2010. B.A. in history and political science from Villanova University, 2011.



Jeremy Massey

(May 2015) Director of research on Rahm for Chicago, Jan. 2013-May 2015. Research associate at The Chicago Committee, Sept. 2011-Dec. 2012. Research associate on Dan Seals for Congress, May-Nov. 2010. B.A. in political science from The George Washington University, 2011.



Melissa Cantrell

(May 2015) Media research director at American Bridge, April 2013-April 2015. Digital asset manager at My Digital Manager in Des Moines, Feb. 2012-Jan. 2013. Field organizer on Lloyd Doggett for Congress (TX), July 2011-Feb. 2012. B.A. in international relations from The University of Texas at Austin, 2011.



Carter Hutchinson

Deputy research director at American Bridge/Correct The Record from Dec. 2013. Research associate on McAuliffe for Governor, June-Nov. 2013. Senior aide at Viriginia LCV. Legislative aide to state Sen. Adam Ebbin. Researcher on Kaine for Virginia, Feb.-Nov. 2012. Special projects coordinator for the Shenandoah Valley Network and research assistant for the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation. B.A. in history from Hampden-Sydney College, 2010.



Samantha McClain

Experience includes regional research analyst (South) at the DCCC in the 2014 cycle.



Note: Team leads had various areas of responsbility including due diligence, media, Bill Clinton Administration...





More Research:

Christopher Allen

(June 2016) Vice president, director of competitve intelligence at Global Strategy Group, May 2011-June 2016. President of CSA Research Solutions, Jan. 2009-April 2011. Communications director on Joe Manchin for Senate, Sept.-Nov. 2010. Research director on Jeanne Shaheen for Senate, March-Nov. 2008. Press secretary for the Iowa Democratic Party, May 2007-Feb. 2008. Research director on Bruce Lunsford for Governor, Jan.-May 2007. Research director on Chet Culver for Governor, June 2006-Jan. 2007. Research associate at Link Strategies, March 2005-June 2006. Research intern on John Kerry for President, June-Nov. 2004. Studied at Trinity College.



Nick Baer

(June 2015) Analyst for The Advisory Board Company, April 2014-May 2015. Program coordinator for Global Access Programs at the Clinton Health Access Initiative, July 2012-April 2014. B.A. in history from Brown University.



Constance Boozer

(June 2015) Research fellow on Rahm for Chicago, Dec. 2014-April 2015. Press and research aide on Durbin for Senate, April-Nov. 2014. Research associate for Mayors Against Ilegal Guns, June-Aug. 2013. M.P.P. from the University of Chicago, 2015; B.A. in American studies and political science from Columbia University in the City of New York, 2013.



Eli Bovarnick

(July 2016...Tim Kaine focus) Deputy press secretary of Chris Van Hollen for U.S. Senate, Jan.-June 2016. Dec. 2015. Bachelor's degree in strategic communication, history from University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015.



Nora Brickner

(June 2016) B.A. in political science and government from Oberlin College, 2016; served as co-chair of Oberlin College Democrats and founded Oberlin Students for Hillary.



Ryan Brown

(May 2016; research intern from Aug. 2015-April 2016) B.A. in philosophy and economics from Wesleyan University, 2015.



Daniel Confalone

(July 2016) B.A. in political science and government from Mount St Mary's University, 2016.



Batul Contractor

(June 2015) B.A. in political science and government from Perdue University, 2015.



Matt Dhaiti

(June 2015) Research associate at the Center for American Progress, Nov. 2014-May 2015. Research associate ant American Bridge 21st Century PAC, June 2013-Nov. 2014. Graduate of The George Washington University, 2013.



Lindsey Garber

(Aug. 2016) J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, 2016; undergraduate degree from Boston University.

Shelley Greenspan

(July 2016) Legislative project manager, senior legislative assistant, and legislative assistant at AIPAC, Jan. 2014-June 2016. Degrees in political science and public relations from University of Florida, 2013.



Greg Gutiérrez

(April 2015) Research analyst (March-Dec. 2014) and research assistant (April 2013-March 2014) at the DCCC. Research assistant at the DCCC, March-Nov. 2012. B.A. in political science from UCLA, 2011.



Nicole Haley

(June 2015) Special assistant at CAP Action (Center for American Progress), Oct. 2013-June 2015. B.S., B.A. in communication studies and government from The University of Texas at Austin, 2013.



Natalie Heinitz

(June 2016...started as a political intern, Oct. 2015-June 2016) B.A. degrees in government and communication from Manhattan College, 2016.



Charles Hicks

(May 2015) Research associate at Correct The Record, Nov. 2013-May 2015. B.A. in public affairs, journalism and anthropology from University of Georgia, 2013.



Lela Johnston

(June 2016) Executive assistant to the president at Alliance for Justice, July 2015-June 2016. B.A. in political science and government from North Carolina State University, 2015.



Paul Lisbon

(June 2016) B.A. in economics/political science from The George Washington University, 2016; internedat the Clinton Foundation, May-Sept. 2015.



Valentina I. Perez

(July 2015) B.A. in social studies from Harvard College, 2015.



Meredith Pickett

(2016) Senior research associate (Jan.-July 2016) and research associate (June 2013-Dec. 2015) at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. M.P.A. from New York University, 2013; B.A. in history and political science from Tufts University, 2008.



Sharon Reshef

(May 2015) Researcher at Correct The Record, April 2014-May 2015. Bachelor's degree in social policy from Northwestern University, 2014; internships include research intern on Obama for America in Chicago, Aug.-Nov. 2012.



Vasishth Srivastava

(April 2015) Research and communications assistant for the Michigan Democratic Party/Gary Peters for U.S. Senate, June-Nov. 2014. B.A. in political science from Reed College, 2014.







DIGITAL



Senior Advisor for Digital Strategy Teddy Goff



(reported by The Washington Post's Philip Rucker on March 24, 2015) Partner at Precision Strategies. Digital director on Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, May 2011-Nov. 2012. Associate vice president for strategy at Blue State Digital, Jan. 2009-April 2011. Oversaw creation and launch of WhiteHouse.gov for the Obama-Biden presidential transition, Dec. 2008-Jan. 2009. 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. B.A. in English and political science from Yale University, 2007. twitter

Digital Director Jenna Lowenstein



(initially deputy digital director; reported by The Washington Post's Philip Rucker on March 24, 2015) Vice