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Pete for America January 21, 2020
Pete For America Names Four New Hampshire Co-Chairs Who Will Lead
the Campaign Ahead of the New Hampshire Primary
Maura Sullivan Is a
Marine Veteran Who Served As An Assistant Secretary Of Veteran Affairs
and An Assistant To The Secretary of Defense Under President Obama
Jennifer Frizzell
Is a Women’s Health and Rights Advocate, Former Vice President of
Policy at Planned Parenthood New England And Has Worked As a
Progressive Leader in New Hampshire Democratic Policy and Politics
Suzanne Prentiss
Is The Former Lebanon Mayor, Current City Councilor, Former Republican,
and New Hampshire’s Former EMS Bureau Chief
Eli Rivera Is A
Four-Term Cheshire County Sheriff And The Only Latino Sheriff In New
Hampshire
Manchester, NH — Today, Pete For America announced its New Hampshire
campaign co-chairs: Marine veteran and former Obama administration
national security official Maura Sullivan, women’s health and rights
advocate and former Planned Parenthood Policy Director Jennifer
Frizzell, former Lebanon Mayor and current City Councilor Suzanne
Prentiss, and Cheshire County Sheriff Eli Rivera.
This is the first time that Sullivan has publicly announced her support
for Buttigieg. Sullivan will help coordinate Women for Pete events and
the campaign’s operation on the Seacoast. She will also work closely
with the state’s organizing and political teams to reach out to New
Hampshire veterans.
Working with New Hampshire State Director Victoria Williams, the
co-chairs will lead Pete For America’s outreach to their communities
and critical constituencies like veterans, first responders, and local
government officials. They will also highlight how Pete’s platform —
including his health care, climate change, veterans, and women’s
empowerment policies — will benefit Granite Staters in the critical
weeks ahead of the primary. Prentiss and Rivera announced their
endorsements of Buttigieg in September and have been working with Pete
For America’s New Hampshire team since the early fall on everything
from organizing to political outreach. Frizzell spoke at the rollout of
Pete’s women’s empowerment policy in October and has been advising the
campaign for months.
“With our country so divided and beset by many challenges, the future
of our democracy requires a different kind of leadership — one that can
heal our nation. Pete Buttigieg is our best hope. Strategic, bold, and
empathetic, Pete leads with confidence and humility,” said Maura
Sullivan. “Choosing a candidate is deeply personal — and no more so
than in this election. Our planet, our rights, our health care — and
our nation’s fundamental character is at stake. At a time when the
President continues to try to divide us, Pete will once again call us
to the values that have made America not just a world power, but a
world leader. As an Iraq veteran and military family member, I know
what it means to put your life in the hands of a commander-in-chief. I
trust Pete with the lives of my loved ones. He will never put our
troops in harm’s way without a clear strategy, and he will meet our
national security challenges using the full breadth of tools at our
disposal — diplomatic, economic, and only when absolutely necessary,
military. I look forward to a Buttigieg administration that will
conduct foreign policy by putting our best values forward — and that
starts at home.”
“Every election is important, but this year’s presidential election
feels like the most consequential in my lifetime,” said Jennifer
Frizzell. “For the past two decades, I’ve worked to protect and expand
women’s health and rights — but this president and his allies are using
every tool at their disposal to erase our progress and take us
backwards. We have to turn the page on the current administration, end
the dysfunction in Washington, and write a new chapter for our country.
Pete Buttigieg has put forward a bold, comprehensive plan to build
enduring power for women. At the same time, Pete recognizes that all of
our rights and freedoms are intertwined, which is why his policies will
advance civil rights, racial justice, environmental justice, LGBTQ
rights, and so much more. He understands addressing our greatest
challenges requires that we come together across issues toward a
unified progressive vision. With our country so broken, he is
connecting people across issues and affiliations and I am proud and
motivated to support Pete Buttigieg and to serve as a campaign
co-chair.”
“With Pete Buttigieg, we have a chance to unite our country around our
shared values and work together to overcome our most significant
challenges,” said Sheriff Eli Rivera. “My deputies and I, along with
local law enforcement, have been waging a battle against substance
misuse disorders and face a mental health care crisis. With Pete in the
White House, we’ll finally have a true partner. He understands the
power of belonging, and with his national service plan, he will offer
young people an opportunity to serve their country and find a sense of
purpose that too many are missing. Pete understands serving our country
means treating everyone with respect, compassion, and dignity –
regardless of who we are or where we are in our life’s journey. With
Pete as president, I look forward to a restoration of decency and
respect to public life.”
“Pete Buttigieg continues to make our country proud, and I’m proud to
serve as the co-chair of his campaign in New Hampshire,” said Suzanne
Prentiss. “As someone who has spent years serving in local office, I
agree when Pete says Washington needs to look more like our best run
cities and towns. Drawing on the experience that can only be gained as
the chief executive of a city, Pete has the ability to ensure his ideas
actually make an impact and understands how policies actually impact
our lives. As our president, Pete will deliver real results and bring
the voices of working people in places like South Bend and New
Hampshire to Washington along with a common-sense approach. I’m ready
to put the chaos and dysfunction behind us and finally get to work on
our greatest challenges.”
Pete For
America New Hampshire Campaign Co-Chairs Biographies
Maura Sullivan
Maura Sullivan is a nationally recognized leader, Marine Iraq veteran,
and former Obama administration official. Sullivan served as the
assistant secretary of Veteran Affairs for the Office of Public and
Intergovernmental Affairs and as the assistant to the secretary of
defense for public affairs. She also serves as the co-chair of the New
Hampshire Democratic Party's Veterans and Military Families Caucus, and
as a member of U.S. Representative Chris Pappas' Service Academy
Nomination Board, the Board of Directors of the World Affairs Council
of New Hampshire, and the Advisory Board of the New Hampshire Chapter
of Children of the Fallen Patriots. Sullivan is also a member of the
Seacoast detachment of the Marine Corps League. In 2018, she was a
Democratic congressional candidate in New Hampshire’s 1st District.
Jennifer Frizzell
Jennifer Frizzell is currently the Director of Policy at the NH Women’s
Foundation and has worked at the highest levels in New Hampshire policy
and politics for the past two decades. Frizzell has served as Planned
Parenthood of Northern New England’s vice president for policy, the
director of policy for the New Hampshire Senate, and was senior policy
and outreach advisor to Democratic Governor John Lynch during his 2010
campaign. In 2008, she was a co-chair of NH Women for Hillary Clinton.
In October 2019, Frizzell spoke at the launch of Buttigieg’s women’s
empowerment policy: Building Power for Women: An Agenda for the 21st
Century in Bow, New Hampshire. Last week, she introduced Rep. Annie
Kuster at a town hall with Pete Buttigieg in Concord.
Eli Rivera
Eli Rivera is currently serving his fourth term as the sheriff of
Cheshire County, and has been on the front lines fighting the state’s
mental health and opioid crisis. He is the first Democratic Sheriff to
serve Cheshire County since the position became an elected office in
1879 and is the only Latino sheriff in the state. Rivera is also a
veteran of the US Army Reserve and Coast Guard as well as a retired
Keene Police Lieutenant.
Suzanne Prentiss
Suzanne Prentiss was first elected to the Lebanon City Council in 2009
and was elected to serve as mayor in 2017. She is a certified paramedic
and has served as the state’s EMS bureau chief, the state’s trauma
coordinator, and the manager of emergency medical services at Concord
Hospital’s emergency department. Prentiss is a former Republican turned
Independent, who has never endorsed a Democratic presidential candidate
in a primary until Pete Buttigieg. In October, she registered as a
Democrat as a statement of support for Pete Buttigieg.
Since December, Buttigieg has earned 26 endorsements from current and
former elected officials as well as local leaders and Democratic
activists. These endorsers include U.S. Representative Annie Kuster
(NH-2), NEA-NH Executive Director Rick Trombly, three “Blue Wave” state
representatives — Paul Dargie (Milford), Peter Petrigno (Milford), and
David Woodbury (New Boston) — Carroll County Democrats Chair Knute
Ogren, former Executive Council candidate Gray Chynoweth, Nashua State
Representatives Sue and Ray Newman, Nashua Alderman-at-Large Ben
Clemons, former Somersworth Mayor Lincoln Soldati, and Rochester City
Councilor Chris Rice among others.
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Pete for America November 13, 2019
Pete For America Announces New
Hampshire “Pete Summit,” Following Pete Buttigieg’s Four-Day,
All-Access New Hampshire Bus Tour
On
November
16-17,
Pete For America Will
Hold Two-Day Training to Empower Volunteers to Organize Their Own
Communities
MANCHESTER, N.H. –– Today, Pete For America announced that
beginning on Saturday, November 16, it will hold “Pete Summit,” a
two-day training in New London to empower volunteers and provide them
with the resources to organize their own communities to win the era.
Pete Summit builds on the grassroots energy the campaign has generated
across New Hampshire. The two-day summit will help expand PFA’s
organizing capacity by equipping supporters with the tools to mobilize
their community around Pete’s commitment to unify our country to tackle
the challenges Washington has ignored. Volunteers will learn key skills
to help them organize their friends and neighbors in support of
Pete.
“We’re seeing so much excitement on the ground for Pete in New
Hampshire, and our supporters are eager to spread that energy to their
communities,” said Pete For America New Hampshire Communications
Director Kevin Donohoe. “Granite Staters are tired of the division in
Washington, which is why Pete’s message of bringing our country
together to finally address our greatest problems is resonating. We
know that Pete's bold, optimistic message is carried further and deeper
when it is spread by supporters within their own communities. That’s
why Pete Summit will train our volunteers on how best to organize their
neighbors."
The training comes just days after Pete wrapped a four-day, 10-county,
open-press bus tour, which “attracted enthusiastic crowds as he
campaigned across New Hampshire,” and gave “radical access” to
reporters and voters. During the trip, more than 4,370 Granite Staters
came to see Pete at events in every corner of the state.
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Pete for America
To: Interested Parties
From: Kevin Donohoe, New Hampshire Communications Director
Date: October 30, 2019
Memo: Ahead of Filing, Pete Buttigieg Has Momentum in the
Granite State
Introduction In February, Pete Buttigieg held one
of his first campaign stops in New Hampshire at an event in Alstead
that drew 50 people. It was a big crowd for a candidate who was just
introducing himself to New Hampshire — and since then the momentum for
Pete in the Granite State has only grown... and grown and grown. Just a
few months later in April, 1,200 people showed up to see Pete at a town
hall in Plymouth. And this summer — even amidst forecasts of
thunderstorms — more than 800 people showed up on a weekday morning to
see Pete at an outdoor event in Dover.
Why? After years of politicians in
Washington continually fighting each other — and doing little to make
Granite Staters’ lives better — Pete is offering something different.
At town halls across the state, Pete has been laying out ideas bold
enough to address the challenges of our time — but big enough to unify
Americans. With a winning message, the campaign quickly became a rocket
ship.
On each trip, Granite Staters have
enthusiastically welcomed Pete back to New Hampshire by flocking to his
events. And as the crowds have grown, so has Team Pete in New
Hampshire. When Pete Buttigieg files with the New Hampshire Secretary
of State today, he will do so with the most campaign offices of any
candidate, one of the largest organizing teams in the state, and a
growing army of volunteers who are helping the campaign reach
communities from Coos County to the Seacoast. As the Boston Herald
recently noted, “backed by more than a dozen offices and 60 staffers
statewide, Buttigieg is pitching himself as the candidate ‘who can
advance bold ideas and bring people together around them.’”
Hours before Pete Buttigieg
officially files in the First-In-The-Nation primary, here is a snapshot
of his campaign’s growing momentum in the Granite State:
Pete For America is One of the Largest Campaigns in the Granite State
Since the summer, Team
Pete in New Hampshire nearly doubled its staff, growing to 65 with the
addition of more than 30 new organizers.
Team Pete has 13
offices in New Hampshire in all 10 counties — the most of any campaign
based on an analysis by the New York Times.
In the 24 hours
following Pete’s commanding performance at the fourth democratic
debates on October 16, Team Pete in New Hampshire contacted 15,799
Granite State voters by phone, email, and text to discuss how they can
become part of our growing movement in the state.
Since August, Pete For
America has been running a series of digital ads across Facebook,
YouTube, Hulu, Spotify, Pandora and other digital platforms.
Union Leader:
Buttigieg NH Digital Campaign Goes on Offense
Keene Sentinel:
Buttigieg to run ads on Spotify, Pandora
Since launching his
exploratory committee, Pete has taken 11 trips to New Hampshire — today
is his twelfth trip. After this trip, he will have spent 21 days in the
Granite State and held more than 50 events.
Pete has been widely
accessible to New Hampshire and New England media. Since May, he has
been interviewed (often more than once) by WMUR, the Union Leader, The
Concord Monitor, Seacoast Media Group, The Valley News, The Conway
Daily Sun, The Keene Sentinel, The Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, The
Eagle Times, Kiss 108 Boston, WKBK (Keene), Jack Heath, Chris Ryan,
WHDH Boston, NBC Boston, NECN, CBS Boston, Boston 25, WCAX, The
Dartmouth, The Boston Herald, and more. Pete has also taken to the
pages of New Hampshire’s leading newspapers to make the case to Granite
State voters — with op-eds published in The Concord Monitor, The
Portsmouth Herald, and The Union Leader.
Growing Enthusiasm
Since March, more than
12,100 people have come to see Pete at events in every corner of the
Granite State.
In April, 1,200 people
showed up to see Pete in Plymouth in what remains one of the larger
crowds of this cycle for any candidate in New Hampshire. In July, 800
came to see Pete on a weekday morning in Dover — even though the
forecast called for thunderstorms.
In early September,
due to overwhelming demand, our office opening in Portsmouth was moved
to nearby Prescott Park to accommodate the hundreds of people eager to
see Pete.
During Pete’s latest
visit last week, WMUR reported that Pete is “making a statement with
his crowds.”
Growing Endorsements
Since September 1,
eight State Representatives have endorsed, bringing the total from two
to ten.
Endorsers include
12-term Representative and House Ways & Means Committee Chair Susan
Almy and three “Blue Wave” Representatives who flipped Republican seats
- Michelle St. John (Hollis), Harrison Kanzler (Conway), and Donna
Mommbourquette (New Boston)
21 current and former
elected officials and Democratic activists also endorsed including:
Cheshire County
Sheriff Eli Rivera, former Lebanon Mayor and current City Councilor
Suzanne Prentiss, Epping Board of Selectmen Chair and Army Veteran Adam
Munguia, Democratic Activist and New Castle “power couple” John and
Mary Rauh, and progressive advocate Dan Weeks
Expanding Our Community Of Volunteers
We’re doing things
differently with a program that is focused on relational organizing:
meeting voters where they are, building a strong community of Pete
supporters — and having fun! We’re not just knocking on doors —
although we are — we are actively engaging and living in the
communities we’re organizing and finding new places to talk about Pete.
The American Prospect
said Pete For America’s New Hampshire team was “perhaps the most
creative campaign in the state in terms of events.” Here’s why:
A group of
organizers entered a community cast iron cooking competition in
Holderness — and won it.
One of our
organizers is now an active member of the local church in Laconia.
Another ran a 5k
to support the local fire department in Jaffrey.
Pete for America
October 10, 2019
Kevin Donohoe
Eugene Chow
Pete For America Announces
“Boot Pledge Pledge” Statewide Weekend Of Action
Manchester, N.H. — On Saturday, October 12 and Sunday, October
13, Pete For America will host a massive, statewide “Boot Pledge
Pledge” Weekend of Action. At 37 events in all ten New Hampshire
counties, hundreds of volunteers, grassroots organizers, and community
leaders will canvass their neighborhoods and talk to their neighbors
about why they are pledging to support Pete Buttigieg in the
First-in-the-Nation primary.
The “Boot Pledge Pledge” events will expand the ever-growing community
of Pete supporters in New Hampshire, and spread Pete’s message about
the need for solutions big enough to meet our greatest challenges and
unifying enough to actually be achieved. Each “Boot Pledge Pledge”
event will start with Pete supporters officially signing a pledge to
vote for Pete, sharing it on social media — and then heading into their
communities to ask their neighbors to commit to vote for Pete as well.
The massive weekend of action comes amidst a surge of enthusiasm for
Pete in the Granite State. Since early September, eight New Hampshire
state representatives have endorsed Pete, bringing the total from two
to ten. Pete also earned the endorsement of ten current and former
elected officials and Democratic activists — including former Lebanon
Mayor Suzanne Prentiss and New Hampshire “power couple” John and Mary
Rauh. And over the course of the last three months, Team Pete in New
Hampshire nearly doubled its staff — growing from 34 to 64 with the
addition of nearly 30 new organizers — and added 13 offices in all ten
of New Hampshire’s counties.
The Day of Action comes after months of the campaign focusing on
organizing through relationships. Beginning this summer, Pete For
America trained and empowered hundreds of volunteers to organize their
own networks. At trainings, house meetings, and social events,
volunteers have worked with the campaign to introduce their friends,
family, and neighbors to Pete, invited their networks to attend
campaign events, and built a grassroots, volunteer-led organization in
support of Pete. In September alone, Pete For America’s New Hampshire
team held 222 organizing events. In a field of 20 candidates and with
four months until the primary, this unique tactic has allowed the
campaign to break through the noise and talk to potential voters who
might not otherwise pick up their phone from an unknown number, be
paying close attention to the race this early, or even exist on the
traditional lists campaigns contact.
Media planning to cover the events are asked to RSVP to Eugene at
echow@peteforamerica.com.
The 37 Boot Pledge Pledge events will occur in the following locations:
Amherst, Berlin, Bethlehem, Claremont, Conway, Concord (multiple
events), Derry, Durham (multiple events), Epping, Exeter, Fremont,
Gilford, Goffstown, Hampton, Hollis, Hooksett, Keene, Laconia, Lebanon,
Londonderry, Manchester, Nashua (multiple events), New Market,
Peterborough, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Salem, Somersworth, Strafford,
Rochester, Merrimack, Milton, Wolfeboro Pete for
America October 1, 2019
Manchester, NH - In the past thirty days, Pete For
America’s New Hampshire team has seen a surge in staff, organizing
capacity, volunteers, endorsements, and field offices.
Here are some highlights:
Since September 1, eight State Representatives have
endorsed Pete, bringing the total number to ten. Those
endorsers include 12-term Representative and House Ways & Means
Committee Chair Susan Almy and three “Blue Wave” Representatives who
flipped Republican seats. Last month, Pete also earned
the endorsements of ten current and former elected officials and
Democratic activists including former Lebanon Mayor and
current City Councilor Suzanne Prentiss, Epping Board of Selectmen
Chair and Army Veteran Adam Munguia, Democratic activists and New
Castle “power couple”
John and Mary Rauh — who WMUR called a “significant get”
for
Team
Pete.
In addition to the latest slate of endorsements, since
the
start
of
September,
Team
Pete
in New Hampshire nearly doubled its
staff, growing from 34 to 64 with the addition of nearly 30 new
organizers.
Team Pete now has 13 offices in New Hampshire.
We were the first campaign to open an office in Berlin — and Pete
personally opened offices in Portsmouth, Somersworth, Conway, and
Berlin. As WMUR reported noted, “the Buttigieg network of
offices is one of the largest in the state, if not the largest, among
the Democratic presidential field.”
On top of all that, Team Pete also:
Held
222
organizing
events
Canvassed
for
State
Representative
Naomi
Andrews
(on
September 21) and Manchester
Mayor Joyce Craig and Manchester Democrats (on Sunday)
Hosted
26
debate
watch
parties
Read highlights from the past thirty days of
#PeteWave:
“Perhaps the
most creative campaign in the state in terms of events, Buttigieg’s New
Hampshire team has also organized a screening of the movie Thor, weekly
morning coffee “Pete-Ups,” and a “Pups for Pete Up!” activity this
summer. “
SEPTEMBER
5: Paul Steinhauser on WKXL: “Here’s a story that’s
interesting, I tweeted out yesterday an endorsement that Pete Buttigieg
got here in New Hampshire [...]
The response I saw on Twitter from Buttigieg was mindbongling, how many
retweets, how many likes, you look at him here he’s got a lot of
energy, his supporters have a lot of energy[...] This guy’s got energy, got
buzz still, and he’s got money [...]
He’s the top contender to make it into a final four.”
SEPTEMBER
7: MSNBC:
Vaughn
Hillyard “What Mayor
Pete Buttigieg is walking into here is essentially a coalition that is
quite strong five months out, and at least puts him in a position to
run a very formidable campaign over the next five months here."
12 Offices, 10 Counties, 4 Days: Pete For America’s NH Office
Opening Schedule
Manchester, N.H. — Monday, Pete For America announced that it
will open twelve new offices in all ten counties in New Hampshire this
week.
Pete For America’s new offices will begin opening on Thursday,
September 5, when Chasten Buttigieg and Pete For America Campaign
Manager Mike Schmuhl will launch a tour around the Granite State to
open offices in Manchester, Concord, Lebanon, Laconia, Claremont,
Keene, Nashua, and Derry. And following his appearance at the New
Hampshire Democratic Party Convention on Saturday, September 7, Pete
Buttigieg will open additional campaign offices in Somersworth and
Portsmouth before heading to the North Country on Sunday morning for
meet-and-greets at PFA’s new Conway and Berlin offices.
PETE FOR AMERICA NEW HAMPSHIRE OFFICE OPENINGS SCHEDULE
Pete Buttigieg will attend the office openings in Somersworth,
Portsmouth, Conway, and Berlin on September 7-8.
Thursday, September 5
1:15 PM ET: Pete For America Manchester Office Opening
Location: 542 Elm St, Manchester, NH
2:45 PM ET: Pete For America Concord Office Opening
Location: 11 Depot St, Suite 1, Concord, NH
4:15 PM ET: Pete For America Laconia Office Opening
Location: 635 Main St, Suite 303, Laconia, NH
6:45 PM ET: Pete For America Lebanon Office Opening
Location: 2 West Park St, Suite 260, Lebanon, NH
Friday, September 6
9:00 AM ET: Pete For America Claremont Office Opening
Location: 24 Crescent St, Claremont, NH
10:45 AM ET: Pete For America Keene Office Opening
Location will be sent upon RSVP.
1:30 PM ET: Pete For America Nashua Office Opening
Location: 37 Main St, Nashua, NH
4:30 PM ET: Pete For America Derry Office Opening
Location: 127 Rockingham Rd, Unit 11, Derry, NH
Saturday, September 7
4:30 PM ET: Pete For America Portsmouth Office Opening with Pete
Buttigieg
Location: 33 Deer St #5A, Portsmouth, NH
5:45 PM ET: Pete For America Somersworth Office Opening with Pete
Buttigieg
Location: 8 Government Way, Somersworth, NH
Sunday, September 8
7:30 AM ET: Pete For America Conway Office Opening with Pete Buttigieg
Location: 73 Main St, Unit 4, Conway, NH
10:30 AM ET: Pete For America Berlin Office Opening with Pete Buttigieg
Location: 19 Pleasant St, Berlin, NH
Pete for America
June 21, 2019
Pete For
America Announces New Hampshire Deputy State Directors, Organizing Team
Leadership
Amelia Matier and
Former Hassan Staffer Victoria Williams Will Join as NH Deputy State
Directors
Pete
For
America
Will
Also
Bring
on
Four Staffers to Lead Grassroots,
Volunteer-Led NH Organizing Team
Manchester, N.H. — Today, Pete for America announced six key new
hires who will lead the campaign’s New Hampshire operation and manage
its volunteer-led, grassroots organizing team.
The hires include Victoria Williams, who previously served in U.S.
Senator Maggie Hassan’s office, and Amelia Matier, who recently managed
Buffy Wicks successful campaign for California Assembly. The team will
also include a group of deeply experienced organizers who will manage
Pete for America’s growing volunteer-led organization. The new hires
triple the number of Pete for America staffers on the ground in New
Hampshire. Pete for America will announce additional New Hampshire
hires in the coming weeks and months.
“It’s game on — and Team Pete can’t wait to talk to voters about how we
build a better future for this country and win the era. We are bringing
on a team of energetic and empathetic organizers whose first priority
will be listening to Granite Staters about the challenges they face,”
said New Hampshire State Director Michael Ceraso. “Starting this
summer, Team Pete will be going to every corner of this state to help
elect local Democrats, elevate the issues Granite Staters care about —
and spread Pete’s message of generational change.”
Victoria Williams, Deputy State
Director
Victoria, who will join Pete for America in July, brings a deep
knowledge of the Granite State to the team. For the past two and a half
years, Williams served in U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan’s office, first as
Counsel for Economic Policy and most recently as Counsel for the
Judiciary and Trade Policy. In 2016, Victoria was the Director of
Operations, Compliance, and Scheduling on Hassan’s campaign for U.S.
Senate. Victoria has a J.D. from Washington University School of Law.
Amelia Matier, Deputy State Director
Amelia brings strong experience in campaign management, strategic
planning and grassroots organizing to Pete For America’s New Hampshire
team. Amelia most recently managed Buffy Wicks’ successful primary and
general election campaigns for California State Assembly. In 2016, she
managed Vicki Veenker’s campaign for California Assembly. Amelia
previously worked at a number of public affairs firms in California and
before entering politics, was an Associate Producer for KCBS Radio in
San Francisco. She has a degree in Journalism from the University of
Oregon.
Noah Dion, New Hampshire Organizing
Director
Noah most recently served as National Regional Field Director at the
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, where he helped flip eight
districts from Red to Blue in 2018. Before joining the DCCC, Noah
managed Debra Rodman’s successful race for the House of Delegates in
Virginia, which ousted a 17-year Republican incumbent. In 2016, Dion
served as Deputy Organizing Director in Pennsylvania for the
coordinated Presidential Campaign of Hillary Clinton. Noah previously
served in organizing roles for the American Federation of Teachers,
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, and the Ohio Democratic Party.
Zoe Meeken, New Hampshire Deputy
Organizing Director
Zoe is returning to New Hampshire after serving as the organizer in
Strafford County for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential
primary. Most recently, Meeken was the Volunteer Engagement Manager for
the United Way of Salt Lake. She previously served as the Special
Projects Director for the Virginia Coordinated Campaign and as a
Regional Organizing Director in Pennsylvania for the coordinated
presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Liz McLeod, New Hampshire Deputy
Organizing Director
Liz most recently served as the Campaign Manager for the Travis County
Coordinated Campaign in Texas, where she oversaw the largest Democratic
performance ever and helped elect an entirely Democratic delegation to
the state legislature. McLeod previously worked on a number of
Congressional races in Texas and served as a policy advisor to San
Antonio Councilwoman Ana Sandoval.
Laura Gelb, Operations Director
Laura joins Pete for America from the Democratic digital consulting
firm Mothership Strategies, where she served as Operations Manager.
Before joining Mothership, she was a legal assistant for Utrech,
Kleinfeld, Fiori, Partners, a law firm specializing in campaign
finance. Laura served as a field organizer for the Iowa Democratic
Party’s Coordinated Campaign in 2014.
In May, Pete for America announced Michael Ceraso as State Director and
Cole Riel as Deputy Political Director. Ceraso previously served as
Bernie Sanders’ New Hampshire Deputy State Director in 2016 and Deputy
Field Director for President Barack Obama’s re-election team in New
Hampshire in 2012. Riel is a State Representative from Hillsborough
County’s 6th District and serves as Vice Chair of the Goffstown Budget
Committee.