Bernie
2020
(page
updated May 14, 2020)
Headquarters: Washington,
DC and Burlington, VT. | FEC
www.berniesanders.com
| @berniesanders
- announced
Feb. 19, 2019.
- suspended
campaign Apr. 8, 2020.
The Bernie 2020 campaign made over 300 million voter contact attempts, including knocking 6.7 million doors, making 49 million calls, sending 260 million texts. It was able to achieve this through a distributed organizing effort that built on the work of tens of thousands of "deeply empowered" volunteers. After the campaign, former members of the Bernie 2020 organizing team wrote, "In 2016, the Sanders campaign pioneered distributed organizing, and in 2020, we deployed it at a scale and level of sophistication previously thought impossible." See: Emily Isaac, Sophie Lasoff, Claire Wyatt, Kohlee Kennedy, Hannah Bauman, and Shana Gallagher. "Taking on Trump and Beyond: Learnings from Bernie 2020 National Organizing Staff." Medium, May 13, 2020.
staff press releases.
also
note
from
Mar.
15,
2019:
The
campaign
is
unionized
(UFCW
Local
400)
(+).
pre-Super Tuesday memo: "The
Establishment Bets On Joe Biden -- It Won't Work" [PDF via The
Washington Post]
Candidate Bernie Sanders timeline
Wife
Jane O'Meara Sanders twitter
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/ DIGITAL | RESEARCH | POLICY | TECHNOLOGY | DATA AND ANALYTICS | SCHEDULING AND ADVANCE
| JANE SANDERS | OPERATIONS | DIGITAL FUNDRAISING | POLLING | MORE | IOWA | NEW HAMPSHIRE | NEVADA | SOUTH CAROLINA | IN THE STATES
National Co-Chairs
Our Revolution President and former Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)
San Juan Puerto Rico Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz
Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen
(announced Feb. 21,
2019)
Campaign Manager Faiz Shakir
(reported by Daily Beast on Feb. 19, 2019)
National political director at the ACLU, Jan. 2017-Feb. 2019.
Senior advisor to U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, Mar. 2013-Jan.
2017. New media director ant senior advisor to House Democratic
Leader Nancy Pelosi, Jan. 2012-March 2013. Vice President at
Center for American Progress, 2005-May 2012. Researcher on
Kerry-Edwards campaign, 2003-04. B.A. in government from Harvard
University, 2002. twitter
Executive
Assistant
Kate Yeager
(July 2019)...started as
communications intern in May 2019)
Director of public relations at Temple University,Aug.-Dec. 2018.
Bachelor's degree in strategic communications/public relations from
Temple University, 2018. twitter
Deputy Campaign Manager René Spellman
(announced Mar. 19, 2019) An executive with the
CAA Foundation from 2017. Campaign manager on Jim Barksdale's run
for U.Senate in Georgia, Sept.-Nov 2016. Press advance
director/director of medial logistics and earlier national press
wrangler and director of traveling press on Bernie 2016.
Independent consultant. International experience includes GOTV
consultant for the prime minister race in Trinidad & Tobago, 2015;
and general consultant for presidential campaigns in Ghana in 2008 and
2012. Campaign manager for Michael Blake for NY State Assembly,
2014. Vice president for local marketing at Mtheory, a music
management and marketing firm, 2014. Vice president for corporate
communications, youth marketing, and entertainment PR at MWW Public
Relations, 2012-14. Senior advisor for Florida on Obama's 2012
campaign. Deputy to the Director of the White House Council for
Community Solutions, 2010-12. Special assistant to the Office of
the CEO and liaison to the White House at the Corporation for National
and Community Service, 2009-10. Confidential assistant to the
White House Liaison and Advance to the Secretary of Education,
2009-10. Youth vote director for ten states on Obama's 2008
campaign. Studied political science, biology at Stanford
University. Pennsylvania native.
Deputy Campaign Manager/Chief of Staff Ari Rabin-Havt
(announced chief of staff Mar. 19, 2019; reported
deputy campaign manager early Sept. 2019) Moved over from position as
deputy chief of staff (from Sept. 2018) and senior advisor (from Feb.
2017) in Sanders' Senate office. Host of The Agenda on Sirius XM
Radio, Oct. 2011-Jan. 2017. Senior fellow (May-Dec. 2013),
executive vice president (Jan. 2011-May 2013) and vice president for
research and communications, Oct. 2009-Dec. 2010 at Media Matters for
America. CEO of American Independent, Jan. 2012-March 2013.
Managing director of Media Matters Action Network, Jan.-Oct.
2009. Senior vice president at OMP, Jan. 2007-Jan. 2009.
Deputy campaign manager at Progressive Accountability, Feb.-Nov.
2008. Director of online communications for Senate Democratic
Leader Harry Reid, Dec. 2004Jan. 2007. Deputy director of online
communications on John Kerry for President, April-Nov. 2004.
Analyst at Penn Schoen Berland, Feb.-Dec. 2003. Legislative
correspondent to U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland (OH), Sept. 2001-Feb.
2003. M..A. in political management from The George Washington
University, 2006; B.A. in politics and peace studies from Brandeis
University, 2001. Author of three books: The Fox Effect, The Benghazi Hoax, and Lies, Incorporated. twitter
Deputy Campaign Manager/Communications Director Arianna Jones
(communications director from the beginning; reported deputy campaign manager early Sept. 2019) Communications director at Friends of Bernie Sanders, July 2018-Feb. 2019. Senior vice president of PR at Revolution Messaging from July 2016. Deputy communications director on Bernie 2016, June 2015-July 2016. Segment producer (Aug. 2012-June 2015) and booking producer (March 2011-April 2013) at MSNBC. B.A. in English, history from University of Vermont. twitter
Senior Advisor Jeff Weaver
President of Our Revolution, Aug. 2016-June
2017. Campaign manager on Bernie 2016 from May 2015. Ran
Victory Comics in Falls Church, VA from 2009. Worked for Sanders
over a period of 30 years; started a driver on Sanders' 1986
independent campaign for governor; staffer on Sanders' 1990
congressional campaign; worked as a legislative assistant to Sanders in
his House office while attending law school, served as Sanders' House
chief of staff in the early 2000s, as his 2006 campaign manager, and as
his Senate chief of staff from Jan. 2007-July 2009. Weaver ran
for mayor of St. Albans in 1990 and for Ward 4 alderman in St. Albans
in 1987. J.D. from Georgetown University School of Law, 1996;
undergraduate degree from University of Vermont, 1990. Author of How
Bernie
Won:
Inside
the
Revolution
That's
Taking
Back
Our
Country
(May
2018).
Senior Advisor Chuck Rocha
(Feb. 2019) Rocha also served as an advisor to
Bernie 2016. President and owner of Solidarity Strategies since
Jan. 2010. Political director for the Blue-Green Alliance, July
2009-Jan. 2010. National political director for United
Steelworkers, Dec. 1998-July 2009. Started as a worker at the
Kelly-Springfield Tire Company and member of United Rubber Workers
Local 746. Texas native. twitter
Senior Advisor Philllip Agnew [Umi Selah]
(announced Mar. 7, 2020) Had been serving as a
national surrogate
for the campaign. Co-founder (2012) and director of The Dream
Defenders, formed after the murder of Trayvon Martin. Graduate of
Florida A&M University, 2008. Chicago native. twitter
Executive Assistant to Senior
Advisors Amanda A. Arias
(Mar. 2019) Co-founder (Dec. 2018) and CEO of Fight4EARTH.
Executive office coordinator/associate/fellowship supervisor at
Solidarity Strategies, Nov. 2017-Mar. 2019; also membership and online
engagement director for the National Association of Diverse
Consultants, Nov. 2017-Mar. 2019. Bachelor's degree in political
science, communications from Towson University, 2017.
Political
Director
Analila
Mejia
(reported by The Atlantic on Feb. 19,
2019) Per The Atlantic,
directed
the
Fight
for
$15
and
Earned
Sick
Days
campaigns
in
New
Jersey.
Director
of
the
New
Jersey
Working
Families
Alliance.
New
Jersey
political
director
of
SEIU
32BJ.
Organizer
with
UNITE
HERE.
Degrees
from
Rutgers.
Deputy Political Director Sarah Badawi
(reported on Feb. 20, 2019; started as a senior
advisor to Friends of Bernie Sanders in Nov. 2018) Senior
strategist for legislative affairs for Progressive Change Campaign
Committee (PCCC), Jan. 2014-Nov. 2018. Finance assistant on
Elizabeth Warren for Massachusetts, Jan.-Dec. 2012. J.D. from The
George Washington University Law School, 2010; B.A. in political
science and government from the University of Florida, 2007. twitter
Deputy Political Director (Labor) Kevin Cooper
(May 2019) Deputy political director (Aug.
2016-May 2019), national political coordinator (June 2014-July 2016)
and political data coordinator at Communications Workers of
America. Political data coordinator at Solidarity Strategies,
Jan.-Dec. 2012. B.A. in history from University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, 2011. twitter
Health Care Constituency Director Michael Lightly
Most
recently director of public policy for the California Nurses
Association/NNU; with CNA/NNU from 1994-2018. Bachelor's
and master's degrees from Stanford University. Oakland
resident.
twitter
Project Manager, Political Jhari Derr-Hill
(started as a national distributed organizer in Mar.
2019)
Southern regional organizer for Our
Revolution, June 2018-Feb. 2019. North Carolina organizer for
Organization United for Respect at Walmart, Sept. 2017-June 2018.
Technical writer at Cisco for TEK Systems, Sept. 2016-June 2017.
Digital storytelling specialist at Signal Hill in Raleigh-Durham, Dec.
2015-May 2016. Teaching assistant at William and Mary, Sept.-Dec.
2013; in the American Studies program, 2012-14. M.A. in the
history of art, American art from Williams College, 2011; B.A. in the
history of art from Marymount Manhattan College, 2008.
Senior Political Advisor Winnie Wong
Co-founded People for Bernie in early 2015. "a
radical media
maker, internet activist and founding organizer of Occupy Wall Street
and Occupy Sandy."
Director of Ballot Access and Delegates Matthew J. Berg
(Mar. 2019) Campaigns director at The Fairness
Project, Aug. 2017-Jan. 2019. Advisor on Tom Perez for DNC Chair,
Jan.-Feb. 2017. Minnesota voter protection director on Hillary
for America, Aug.-Nov. 2016. Ballot access director and legal
advisor on Bernie 2016, July 2015-July 2016. Counsel
to
FEC
Commissioner
Ellen
Weintraub,
April
2014-July
2015.
Deputy
director
of
state
affairs
and
policy
counsel
at
Justice
at
Stake,
Sept.
2010-April
2014.
J.D.
from
UC
Berkeley
School
of
Law,
2010;
B.A.
in
English
from
University
of
Wisconsin-Madison,
2006. twitter
National States Director Robert Dempsey
(July 2019; startedd as a California regional director in May) Congressional campaign program direcctor for the California Democratic Party, July-Dec. 2018. Campaign manager on Doug Applegate’s run against U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa in CA-49 in 2016. Bernie 2016 state director in Minnesota Wisconsin and New Jersey. Executive director of the Virginia Democratic Party, Apr. 2014-June 2015. Executive director of the North Carolina Democratic Party, May 2013-Feb. 2014. Campaign manager on Scott Peters for Congress (CA), Nov. 2011-Dec. 2012. Staffer in the U.S. Senate, May-Oct. 2011. Executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party, May 2009-March 2011. Midwest candidate service director at the DCCC, June 2007-Dec. 2008. Director of Ohio Senate Democrats, June 2005-May 2007. Regional representative for U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Dec. 2002-June 2005; campaign manager on Kaptur's 2004 re-election. Field director on Jacobs for Congress, July-Nov. 2002. Regional director for the Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee, Dec. 2001-June 2002. Campaign manager on Kalamazoo Against Discrimination, July-Nov. 2001. Legislative assistant in the PA House of Representatives. Campaign manager for the Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee, April-Nov. 2000. Campaign coordinator on Coleman for Mayor in Columbus, OH, Fall 1999. B.A. in English from University at Buffalo, SUNY, 1999.
Deputy National States Director Anna Scanlon
(Nov. 2019) Outreach director for New Consensus,
Dec. 2018-Apr.
2019. Campaign manager on Kate Marshall for Lt. Governor
(NV). Campaign manager on Ellen Lipton for Congress, Jan.-Aug.
2018. Campaign manager on Simonds for Delegate (Newport News,
VA), Aug.-Dec. 2017. Regional director for Northern Nevada for
For Our Future, July 2016-Feb. 2017. Field director on Kaplan for
Congress (NY), Mar.-June 2016. Volunteer campus field director in
Charleston on Bernie 2016, Feb. 2016. B.A. in international
relations and government from The University of Texas at Austin,
2015. twitter
Deputy National States Director Neidi
Dominguez
(Dec. 2019) National director of strategic
campaigns for IUPAT
from June 2017. Director of worker center partnerships and deputy
director of community engagement for the AFL-CIO, May 2014-June 2017;
created the Bazta Arpaio Campaign-Labor Coalition,, June 2016-Nov.
2019. Co-director (Dec. 2011-Apr. 2014) and organizing legal
coordinator (Nov. 2010-Nov. 2011) of the CLEAN Carwash
Campaign. Case manager and development director for the
Wage Justice Center (L.A.), Aug. 2008-Sept. 2010. Extensive
experience in community organizing including founding member of
Mijente, active in the Not1More campaign, founding member of Dream Team
Los Angeles. B.A. in communities studies from UC Santa
Cruz, 2008. Migrated to the U.S. from Mexico at the age of 9 with her
mother and younger sister.
Executive Assistant Ignacio Goana
(Dec. 2019) National policy and advocacy manager
for LULAC from
2019. Founder (2018) of Adelante Latino, LLC, a private firm that
seeks to enhance Latino community development efforts. Executive
and development assistant and program coordinator for the Latino
Student Fund. B.A. in Spanish language and area studies at American
University. Elected trustee on the Fort Bragg, CA School Board at
age 14, served 2011-14. Immigrated from Mexico.
Organizing Director Claire Sandberg
(announced Mar. 19, 2019) Worked for Ady
Barkan's organization Be A Hero. Deputy campaign manager for
Abdul El-Sayed in his 2018 primary gubernatorial run in Michigan.
Co-founded the hybrid PAC We Will Replace You in
2017. Director of distributed organizing on Bernie 2016.
Co-founder and executive director of Water Defense. Co-founder of
Frack Action. twitter
Field Director Becca Rast
(reported by Politico
on Apr. 3, 2019) Campaign manager on Jess King for Congress (PA),
July 2017-Nov. 2018. Co-founder and leadership team of Lancaster
Stands Up, Nov. 2016-June 2017. Youth engagement coordinator at
350.org, Jan. 2014-June 2017. Bachelor's degree in environmental
studies from Brown University, 2013. twitter
Deputy National Field Director Hannah Fertig
(reported by Politico
on Apr. 3, 2019) Distributed organizing director on Abdul El
Sayed's campaign for governor in Michigan, Jan.-Aug. 2018.
Digital strategist at Middle Seat, Dec. 2016-July 2017. Digital
(distributed) organizer for NextGen Climate, June-Nov. 2016.
Regional distributed organizing director for Bernie 2016, Jan.-June
2016. B.A. in history from University of Colorado Boulder,
2017. twitter
Distributed Organzing Director Cole Edwards ...to Nov. 2019
(Jan. 2019) Consultant to Friends of Bernie
Sanders, Oct.-Nov. 2018. Distributed organizing director for
Cynthia Nixon, July-Oct. 2018. Digital director on Andy Thorburn
for Congress (CA), Jan.-June 2018. National organizer for The Big
Organizing Project, Jan.-Nov. 2017. National calling prgram
director (July-Nov. 2016) and national distributed organizer (June-July
2016) for NextGen Climate. National distributed organizer
on Bernie 2016, Dec. 2015-May 2016. Studied human services at Cal
State Fullerton.
Senior National Distributed Organizer Jack Califano
(Feb. 2019) Distributed organizing manager on
Organizing for Bernie (in Denver), Dec. 2018-Feb. 2019. Regional
organizing director in Harrisburg for NextGen America, July-Nov.
2018. Rocky Mountain organizing coordinator for Young
Invincibles, Nov. 2017-June 2018. Organizer for SEIU in
Harrisburg, April-June 2017. Campus organizer for the Colorado
Democratic Party, Aug.-Nov. 2016. Bachelor's degree in political
science from Sarah Lawrence College, 2016. twitter
Constituency Organizing Director Yong Jung Cho
(reported by Politico
on Apr. 3, 2019) Campaign manager on Kaniela Ing's campaign for
Congress in HI-1, Aug. 11, 2018 Democratic primary. Co-founder of
#AllofUs, Sept. 2016-Sept. 2017. Campaign coordinator and earlier
Southwest fossil fuel divestment organizer at 350.org. Field
organizer with Green Corps, Aug. 2012-Aug. 2013. B.A. in
political science, pre-medicine from Bryn Mawr College, 2012. twitter
Labor
Organizing Jonah
Furman
Played in the band
Krill, 2010-15. twitter
National Student Organizing Director Shana
Gallagher
(Aug. 2019) Texas campus organizing director and
launch organizer on Beto for America, Mar.-June 2019. Fellow at
U.S. PIRG, Nov. 2018-Feb. 2019. Campus organizing director on
Beto for Texas, Aug.-Nov. 2018. Canvass director for Fund for the
Public Interest in Boulder, CO, May-Aug. 2018. Field organizer
with Green Corps, Aug. 2017-Aug. 2018. Degree in environmental
studies and biology from Tufts University, 2017. twitter
...trained over 5,000 students in all 50 states and
Puerto Rico, and recruiting over 2,600 Campus Corps Leaders.
National Out of State Program Director Lynn Hứa
(Jan. 2020...started as national out of state volunteer coordinator, Oct.-Dec. 2019) Director of national calling program (Sept. 2017-May 2018) and national digital field manager, distributed organizing team (Apr.-Aug. 2017) for Justice Democrats. National digital field manager, distributed organizing team for Brand New Congress, Apr.-Aug. 2017. Organizer with ACLU, Feb.-Mar. 2017. National organizer for Knock Every Door, Jan.-Mar. 2017. Operations director in Philadelphia for NextGen America, May-Nov. 2017. Operations manager (Mar.-May 2016) and national digital field manager (Jan.-Mar. 2016) on the distributed organizing team at Bernie 2016. B.A. in social policy and public service from UC Irvine, 2016; A.A. in political science and government from Orange Coast College, 2015.
National Calling Program Kyle Machado
Director of organizing at Our Revolution.
National deputy digital calling program director (from Mar. 2016) and
national digital calling program associate (Dec. 2015-Mar. 2016) on
Bernie 2016. Team leader at the mechanical repair facility for
American Auto Brokers, Nov. 2012-Nov. 2014. Studied welding
technology at Orange Coast College and automotive technology at Golden
West College. twitter
•
NATIONAL TEXT TEAM
National Texting Director Kohlee Kennedy
... led a team of nine organizers, two developers, and
tens of
thousands of volunteer texters.
Text Team Organizers
include:
Curt Ries (June 2019)
Campaign manager on Dan Monte for Assembly
(CA), May-Nov. 2018. Deputy director on Democracy Spring, Oct.
2015-Feb. 2018. Lead organizer for 99Rise, Sept. 2013-Oct.
2015. Farm hand at Little Organic Farm, Mar. 2013-Feb.
2014. Peace Corps volunteer in Santa Ursula, Paraguay, Sept.
2010-Dec. 2012. Bachelor's degree in philosophy from University
of Oregon. twitter
Kim Selig
(Oct. 2019) Field director for HeadCount, Mar. 2018-Oct.
2019. Digital distributed organizer for the Center for Biological
Diversity, Oct. 2017-Mar. 2018. B.B.A. in marketing from Temple
University, 2017. Field organizer with the ACLU of Pennsylvania,
Apr.-May 2017. Deputy regional field director (Aug.-Nov. 2016)
and field organizer (June-July 2016) in Philadelphia withe NextGen
Climate.
Michelle
Lim Korean American, from Houston. twitter
Vanessa Grisko
(Nov. 2019...Spanish) Sustainability consultant (to Nov. 2019)
and client partnership associate (2017-Nov. 2019)/business development
(Feb. 2017-Oct. 2017) at Goby. Account coordinator at Grisko,
June 20016-Feb. 2017. B.S. in environmental science and
sustainability from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016.
•
NATIONAL EVENTS TEAM
National Events Program Manager Claire Wyatt
Led the 2019 Women’s March national volunteer and
sister march
programs. Executive director of Virginia Student Power Network
for New
Virginia Majority. Also worked at Movement Voter Project.
Graduate of the
University of Virginia, 2013. twitter
National Relational Organizing Director Emily Isaac
(Mar. 2019) Field director on Sri Kulkarni for
Congress, July-Nov. 2018. Campaign manager on Mary Street Wilson
for Congress (TX), Mar.-May 2018. Field director on Derrick Crowe
for Congress (TX), Dec. 2017-Mar. 2018. Legislative and political
assistant at National Nurses United, Aug. 2016-Dec. 2017. Field
organizer in Oakland, CA on Bernie 2016, Feb.-June 2016. Research
assistant at ITS at UC Davis, Aug. 2015-Feb. 2016. Bachelor's
degree in community and regional development from UC Davis, 2015.
twitter
Sophie Lasoff
A co-founder and the director of organizing and
trainings of By the
People, and a trainer with both the Ayni Institute and Momentum.
Co-author of the Resistance Guide. ...spearheaded and led the
Bernie Victory
Captain program, recruiting and training 3,000 top tier volunteers
Ruth Sussman
Caroline Shaffer
Harinee Suthakar
M.A. in gender and international development from
University of Sussex;
B.S. in rehabilitation science from University of Pittsburgh.
From Plainsboro, NJ.
National Events Organizer Thomas Kennedy
Experience includes community organizer at SEIU
Florida. twitter
Special Projects Director Hannah Bauman
(Mar. 2019...initially policy training manager)
Deputy policy director for the Green
New Deal project at The New Consensus, Sept.-Dec. 2018. Deputy
policy director on Abdul El-Sayed for Governor (MI), Oct. 2017-Aug.
2018. Secondary English teacher in Montgomery (AL) Public Schools
for Teach for America, May 2013-May 2016. M.P.P. in public policy
analysis from University of Michigan, 2018; B.A. in history, French
from Grinnell College, 2013.
"...over two dozen
specialized,
remote volunteer teams — each with a
very specific goal, role, team identity, and set of systems — to
support our larger volunteer base and execute critical
behind-the-scenes work." For example:
Event Moderation Team (30 volunteers) – vetted and approved all events that volunteers signed up to host on the campaign’s website. ...over 58,000 volunteer events by the end of the campaign.
Text Sweepers Team
(hundreds of volunteers) – did quality control of the
peer-to-peer text messages our volunteers sent. ...over 260 million peer to peer text
messages sent.
Advanced Call Team (about
200 volunteers) – made one-on-one calls to volunteers to confirm them
for their upcoming phonebank shift and sign them up for the next one
afterwards.
Data Entry Team (1,000
volunteers)
VANguard – used VAN "to cut turf, create Open Virtual Phone Banks (Open VPBs), and generate precinct lists for virtual canvassing." ...cut turf for 1,323 precincts across 10 states, as well as creating nearly 17,000 Open VPBs for volunteer event hosts to recruit for their events.
Help Desk Director Daniela Lapidous
(Sept. 2019) Campaign coordinator for NY Renews,
Oct. 2017-July
2019. Research lead at Ayni Institute, Mar.-Oct. 2017.
Campaign fellow at ClimateTruth.org, July-Dec. 2016. Bachelor's
degree in sustainable development from Columbia University in the City
of New York, 2016. twitter
Distributed Systems and Data Director Stephanie Nissley
Worked as a distributed organizer on Bernie
2016. Owner of Doody
FREE in Austin from Mar. 2008. Bachelor's degree in human
psychology from The University of Texas at Austin, 2007.
more...
Distributed
Organizer
Haley
Zink
(Sept. 2019) B.A. in history from Saint Louis University;
transferred from St. Charles Community College.
National Relational Organizer
Jess
Newman
From Detroit. twitter
National Distributed Organizer
(Canvassing) Latchmi
Gopal
(Dec. 2019) National action teal lead coordinator for By The
People (Action Network), Jan.-Dec. 2019. Executive program
assocaite for Open Society Foundations, Mar. 2018-Aug. 2019.
Campaign/operations manager for Participatory Budgeting Project, June
2017-Feb. 2018. Campaign strategist for #GOPHandsOffMe, Sept.
2016-Jan. 2018; activist/organizer with All Of Us, Sept. 2016-Jan.
2018. Partnerships program associate (Oct. 2016-Mar. 2016) and
Inclusive Democracy Project coordinator (June 2015-Mar. 2017 at
Demos. B.A. in political science and public health from Boston
University, 2015. twitter
Raffi
Mercuri
Campaign manager on Denver Right to Survive, May 2019. Candidate
for Boulder County Clerk and Recorder to Mar. 2018. Managed Eric
Budd’s 2017 campaign for Boulder City Council. Sanders delegate
from Colorado to the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
Teacher. Undergraduate degree from George Mason University.
Nick
Martin
Ana
Ancosta
Ed
Quantz
Deputy
Campaign
Manager/Communications
Director
Arianna
Jones
(communications director
from the beginning; reported deputy campaign manager early Sept.
2019) Communications director at Friends of Bernie Sanders, July
2018-Feb. 2019. Senior vice president of PR at Revolution
Messaging from July 2016. Deputy communications director on
Bernie 2016, June 2015-July 2016. Segment producer (Aug.
2012-June 2015) and booking producer (March 2011-April 2013) at
MSNBC. B.A. in English, history from University of Vermont. twitter
Deputy Communications Director Sarah Ford
Communications advisor to Friends of Bernie Sanders
from Jan. 2019. Communications director on Cynthia Nixon for New
York, April-Oct. 2018. Account supervisor at BerlinRosen, Aug.
2016-March 2018. Deputy national press secretary on Bernie 2016,
Nov. 2015-July 2016. National press secretary on Draft Biden
2016, April-Nov. 2015. B.A. in public relations and political
science from DePaul University, 2015. twitter
National Press Secretary Briahna Joy Gray
(announced Mar. 19, 2019) Columnist and senior
politics editor at The Intercept from May 2018. Associate at
Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky LLP (2014-May 2018) and at Stroock &
Stroock & Lavan LLP (Mar. 2013-Aug. 2014) in New York City.
J.D. from Harvard Law School, 2011; B.A. in history of science/history
of art from Harvard College, 2007. twitter
Deputy Latino Press Secretary Maria Belén Sisa
(reported by the Washington
Examiner on Feb. 28, 2019) Worked on Bernie 2016. twitter Note: Belén Sisa's
position
on
the
campaign
was
subject
of
a
Mar.
21
FEC
complaint
by the Coolidge-Reagan Foundation which notes she is an "Argentinian
national
in
the
U.S.
under
the
protection
of
DACA.
Deputy National Press Secretary Anna Bahr
West Press Secretary Joe Calvello
Land, air and water communications manager (May
2017-Apr.2019), communications associate (Mar. 2016-Apr. 2017) and
communications assistant (May 2014-Feb. 2016) at STG (Smoot
Tewes). Deputy communications director on Keith Ellison for
Attorney General, June-Nov. 2018. Communications advisor in North
Carolina for Hillary for America, Oct.-Nov. 2016. Bachelor's
degree in political science from University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
2014. twitter
Northeast Press Secretary Rosemary Boeglin
(Dec. 2019) Director of communications at the
New York City
Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, Mar. 2017-June 2018. Deputy
press secretary (Dec. 2016-Mar. 2017) and assistant press secretary
(May-Dec. 2015) to Mayor Bill de Blasio. Communications associate
on the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, Sept. 2014-May
2015. Master's degreee in gender policy and inequalities from the
London School of Economics and Political Science, 2019; bachelor's
degree in American history from Oberlin College, 2014. twitter
Midwest Press Secretary Freeland Ellis
Served as the campaign's NH primary press secretary to
Feb. 2020.
Southern Press Secretary Kolby Lee
(2020) Deputy national press secretary on Beto
for America,
2019. Communications advisor on MJ for Texas, 2018.
Communications associate at STG, 2017-19. Senior research
associate at Gersen Lehrman Group, 2015-17. Elementary educator
in Rhode Island with Teach for America, 2014-15. B.A. in
government from The University of Texas at Austin.
title? Angelo Greco
Experience on Andrew Gillum, Hillary for America and OFA. twitter
National Surrogate Communications Coordinator Eileen Garcia
(Mar. 2019) Communications associate at
Solidarity Strategies,
Jan.-Mar. 2019. twitter
Surrogate Communications Assistant Madison Mundy
Marketing coordinator at Burgess & Niple from June
2019.
Bachelor's degree in strategic communication from The Ohio State
University, 2019.
Senior Press Assistant Roya Hegdahl
(Sept. 2019) Communications specialist at LIUNA,
Dec. 2018-Sept.
2019. Branch operations manager at First Allied Securities, Inc.
IN Bellevue, WA, June-Nov. 2018. Undergraduate degree in
political science, Hispanic studies from Columbia University in the
City of New York, 2018. twitter
Senior Communications Advisor and Speechwriter David Sirota
(announced Mar. 19, 2019) Senior editor
for investigations for IBT Media from July 2014. Columnist for
Creators Syndicate (June 2007-Sept. 2015), freelance magazine writer
(Jan. 2007-Dec. 2013), staff writer for PandoDaily (Jan.-June 2014).
contributing writer (2013); reporter/columnist for Salon, Mar.
2010-June 2013; radio host for Clear Channel Radio in Denver, Mar.
2009-Jan. 2013. Founder of the Progressive States Network,
2005-Jan. 2007. Director of strategic communications at the
Center for American Progress, June 2003-April 2005. Senior
strategist on Brian Schweitzer for Governor, (MT), July-Dec.
2004. Communications director for House Democrats on the
Appropriations Committee, 2001-03. Communications director to
U.S. Rep. Bernie Sanders, 1999-2001; B.S. in journalism,
journalism and political science from Northwestern University,
1998. Author of Back to Our Future (Ballantine Books), The
Uprising (Crown Publishing), Hostile Takeover (Crown Publishing).
twitter
Senior Communications Advisor Mike Casca
(reported early Sept. 2019) Co-founder (July 2019) with Karthik Ganapathy of MVMT Communications. Spokesman for de Blasio's Fairness PAC on leave from the Mayor's Office from Apr. 2019. Communications director to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio from Dec. 2016/Jan. 2017. Deputy communications direction in Sanders' Senate office. Rapid response director on Bernie 2016. Worked briefly in Sanders' Senate office as press secretary/digital director, Aug.-Sept. 2015. Communications director to U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (MN) to end of July 2015; started with Ellison as a press intern. twitter
Digital Communications Director Josh Miller-Lewis
Moved to the campaign from position as communications
director in Sanders' Senate office (from July 2017) where he started as
a press assistant (May-Sept. 2015). B.A. in political science and
religion from Williams College, 2014. twitter
Senior Social Media Strategist Georgia Parke
(announced Mar. 19, 2019) Digital director (Jan.
2018-Feb. 2019), deputy digital director (Dec. 2016-Jan. 2018) and
press intern (June-Nov. 2016) in Sanders' Senate office. B.A. in
political science, policy journalism and media studies, English from
Duke University, 2016. twitter
Video Director Mia Fermindoza
(Apr. 2019) Supervising physical producer (Mar. 2017-Apr. 2019), live producer (Apr. 2016-May 2017), producer and editor (Jan.-Apr. 2016) for NowThis. Media operations for The Huffington Post, Nov. 2014-Jan. 2016. Postgraduate fellow for Now This, July 2014-Jan. 2015. B.A. in media studies from Vassar College, 2014. twitter
Senior Media Producer Armand Aviram
Moved over from the Senate office. Formerly a
producer at Now This News. twitter
Media Producer Samuel Adaramola
(Apr. 2019) Lead designer ( from Aug. 2016) and
digital media specialist (Jan. 2018-Mar. 2019) at Our Revolution.
Freelance digital designer and videographer, Jan. 2015-Dec. 2016.
Part time content manager for Ceca Foundation, Jan.-Nov. 2015.
Digital producer at Ogilvy, May 2014-Jan. 2015. Content manager
at RealInvestors, Jan.-Mar. 2013. B.S. in mass
communication/media studies from Towson University 2012. twitter
Spanish Digital Coordinator Luis Alcauter
(Apr. 2019) Partner (Jan.-Apr. 2019), vice
president (Jan. 2018-Jan. 2019) and creative director (Nov. 2015-Dec.
2017) at Solidarity Strategies. Owner of Visual Design in Fresno,
CA, July 2012-Nov. 2015. Program assistant with the U.S. Forest
Service, June-Sept. 2015. Documentation specialist at the Mexican
Consulate General in Fresno, Feb.-May 2015. Intern in the U.S.
Senate, Aug.-Nov. 2014. IT consultant, May 2011-July 2014.
Bachelor's degree in political science and government from Cal State
Fresno, 2015. Born and raised in Mexico.
Digital Media Coordinator Tyler Evans
(Mar. 2019) Digital communications coordinator
for Our Revolution, Apr. 2018-Mar. 2019. Senior digital
strategist and designer for American Bridge 21st Century, May 2015-Apr.
2018. Branding and design consultant to Sittenfeld for Senate,
Dec. 2014-May 2015. Principal designer and brand manager for
Battleground Texas, May-Nov. 2014. Designer/owner at Tyler Evans
Design, Mar. 2007-May 2014. NOC technician for CONEXIS, Sept.
2013-Jan. 2014. Catalog production artist for Mouser Electronics,
Feb. 2011-Aug. 2013. B.F.A. in advertising design from The Art
Institutes, 2008. twitter
Photographer Bryan Lawrence
"a bit over ten years experience working across a
spectrum of
fields in the creative industry, from working on a number of major
motion pictures & web series, teaching college photography, to
being the chief creative director of a major multi-million dollar
direct to consumer brand." twitter
Research Director Tyson Brody
Mar. 2019; reported by New York magazine's Gabriel
Debenedetti on Mar. 20 >)
A
deputy
research
director
on
Hillary
for
America
from
Apr.
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.
rebuild rural America | education | 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights | Medicare for All | secure retirement | criminal justice | workplace democracy
Green New Deal | media reform | medical debt | housing | income inequality tax | corporate money out of politics | corporate greed and corruption
legalize marijuana | immigration | veterans | high-speed internet | reproductive health care
how to pay for major plans
Policy Director Josh Orton
(announced Mar. 19, 2019) Most recently senior
advisor in Sanders' Senate office. Senior legal advisor to NARAL
Pro-Choice America, focused on judicial nominations including Kavanaugh
and Gorsuch. Longtime senior advisor and policy director to U.S.
Sen. Russ Feingold (WI). press secretary and progressive outreach
director for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, serving when Democrats
regained Senate control in 2006. J.D. and B.A. from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. From Madison, WI. twitter
Deputy Policy Director Billy (William) Gendell
A policy adviser on Bernie 2016. Gendell held various positions in the U.S. Senate starting as a legislative intern in Jan. 2013. B.S. in history from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012.
Senior Policy Advisor Dr. Heather Gautney
(announced Mar. 19, 2019) Associate professor of
sociology at Fordham University. Executive director of Our
Revolution from Fall 2018. a senior policy advisor on the U.S.
Senate Budget Committee (Sanders the ranking member). A senior
researcher for Bernie 2016. Legislative fellow in Sanders' Senate
office, 2012-13. Ph.D. in sociology from the CUNY Graduate
Center. Author of Crashing the
Party (Verso). twitter
Chief Technology Officer Chris Mabry
(Mar. 2019) Technology director for Our
Revolution, Aug. 2016-Mar. 2019. Frontend developer on Bernie
2016, Apr.-June 2016. Freelance web developer at Chris Mabry
Design in Nashville, May 2015-Apr. 2016. Co-founder and CTO at
Arrister, May 2014-May 2015. Studied computer science at
Tennessee Technological University. twitter
Data Director Jeremy Meadow
(May 2019) Data director on Beto for Texas,
May-Nov. 2018. Data scientist (volunteer) for Swing Left,
Feb.-May 2018. Business intelligence analyst for Brigade, Dec.
2016-May 2018. Director of analytics on Bernie 2016, Jan.-May
2016. Business intelligence lead (Sept. 2015-Apr. 2016) and
finance associate (Aug. 2013-Sept. 2015) at Everlane. Assurance
associate at PwC, Sept. 2012-July 2013. Master of Accountancy
(2012) and bachelor's degree in accountancy (2011) from University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
Deputy Data Director Ariane Schang
(from Sept. 2019, started as senior data analyst
May-Sept. 2019) Analytics fellow (Dec. 2018-May 2019)
and Katie Porter for Congress (July-Nov. 2018) for DigiDems.
Mobile developer and researcher for the Health Informatics Group at
McGill University, Jan.-May 2018. B.Sc. in computer science,
international development from McGill University, 2017.
Data Engineer Gustavo Sanchez
(June 2019) Senior data and technology for The
Movement Cooperative, June 2018-June 2019. Applied data scientist
at Civis Analytics, July 2016-May 2018. Strategic data analyst at
EMC Research Inc., June 2015-May 2016. B.A. in public policy
studies and political science from University of Chicago, 2015.
Director of Analytics Michael Futch
(May 2019) Lead data scientist at BlueLabs:
Analytics, Data,
Technology, Nov. 2013-May 2019. Statistical modeling analyst on
Obama for America, Apr.-Nov. 2012. Economist with the U.S.
Treasury, 2004-05. Ph.D. in economics from UC San Diego, 2011;
undergraduate degree from University of San Francisco, 2003.
Deputy Analytics Director Alison Mortell
(Oct. 2019) Senior analytics manager (July-Oct.
2019) , team
manager, political analyst (Aug. 2018-July 2019) and engagement
strategist (July 2016-July 2018) at BlueLabs: Analytics, Data,
Technology. Digital associate at Connections Media LLC, Feb.
2015-July 2016. Field organizer with Field Strategies, May-Nov.
2014. B.A. in political communication from The George Washington
University, 2014. twitter
Director of Scheduling and Advance Jean Michel Picher
Principal at Marathon Enterprises from 2006; served as
a consultant to Bernie 2016 from May 2015-July 2016. Advance
associate for The White House, 2009-16. Vice president of
business development at Solar Ship, 2009-10. National advance
lead on Obama for America, 2007-08. Special assistant in the
Office of the Prime Minister, 2005-06. National advance staff on
John Kerry for President, 2003-04. Assistant/research director at
Shrum Devine Donilon, 1997-98. M.B.A. from Richard Ivey School of
Business, 2006; L.L.B. from University of Western Ontario Law School,
2006; B.A. in political science and government from Colby College.
Deputy Director of Scheduling and Advance Carl Ober
National advance desk on Bernie 2016. Fulbright
Scholar in Denmark, 2014-15. Interned for Sen. Sanders in
Burlington and Washington, DC. Graduate of Villanova University,
2013.
Deputy Director of Advance Lindsay Adams
(started Apr. 2019 as travel desk director)
Political advance associate from June 2017. Author and speaker
program associate at Sixth & I, Jan.-May 2019. I.E. executive
coordinator for the DCCC, Apr.-Dec. 2018. Writing assistant at
Cards Against Humanity, LLC, Mar. 2017-Mar. 2018. Deputy campaign
manager on Renato Mariotti for Attorney General (IL), Oct. 2017-Feb.
2018. Director of scheduling and advance on Ameya Pawar for
Governor (IL), Aug.-Oct. 2017. Bachelor's degree in political
science from Northwestern University, 2017.
advance team includes
David Maddox
Also part of the advance team on Bernie
2016. Experience includes social sciences teacher, Aug. 2014-May
2015; youth development volunteer in Morocco with the Peace Corps,
Sept. 2011-Oct. 2013. Bachelor's degree in psychology, political
science, philosophy from Rockhurst University, 2011.
Jessie Cornett
John Marzabadi
(Mar. 2019) Administrative coordinator at
Our Revolution, 2018-19. Systems administrator/administrative
assistant (2011-2018) and administrative assistant/accounts payable
clerk (Aug. 2010-Nov. 2011) at the Center for Climate and Energy
Solutions. B.A. in political science and government from American
University, 2010.
Lisa Gerlach
(Feb. 2019) Director of scheduling and advance
on Ben Jealous for Governor, June 2017-Nov. 2018. Intern for The
World Food Prize Foundation, Feb.-May 2017. Lead organizer for
Vote Mob in Des Moines, Sept.-Nov. 2016. National advance (Dec.
2015-June 2016) and deputy field organizer in Des Moines (July-Dec.
2015) on Bernie 2016. B.A. in political science from Drake
University, 2017.
Charla Bailey
(Apr. 2019) Certified personal trainer at LA
Fitness from Sept. 2018. Managing partner at Blue Knot Strategies
LLC from June 2011. Director of production media national tour II
for the March for Our Lives, June 2018-Jan. 2019. Deputy finance
director for Sen. Blanche Lincoln (AR), 2010. National advance
lead on Obama for America, 2008; political outreach and national
advance on Hillary for America, 2007-08. B.A. in political science and
government from University of Memphis, 2005.
Joe Magee
(Apr. 2019) Organizer on Friends of Bernie
Sanders re-elect campaign from May 2018. Deputy campaign manager
on Carina Driscoll for Mayor of Burlington, VT, Dec. 2017-Mar.
2018. Press assistant on Mike Kelley for Boston City Council,
June-Nov. 2017. Ground logistics coordinator (Feb.-Aug. 2016) and
lead intern (Sept. 2015-Jan. 2016) on Bernie 2016. Bachelor's
degree in marketing/marketing management from University of Vermont
Grossman School of Business, 2018. twitter
Melissa Kaplan-Pistiner
(Apr. 2019) Field organizer on Lori Lightfoot
for Chicago, Mar.-Apr. 2019. Operations director on Randy Bryce
for Congress (WI), Aug.-Nov. 2018. Legislative fellow to U.S.
Rep. Brendan Boyle, June-July 2018; policy fellow to U.S. Rep. John
Conyers, Jr. Aug.-Dec. 2017. General counsel to Voatz, Jan.-Aug.
2017. Regulatory affairs staff attorney at Center for Science in
the Public Interest, June-Dec. 2016. J.D. from University of
Wisconsin Law School, 2016; B.S. in sociology from University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 2010.
Chloe Tomlinson
(Apr. 2019) Strategy director (Sept. 2016-Mar.
2019), program director in Uganda (June 2014-Aug. 2016) and Uganda
program manager (Aug. 2013-June 2014) for Spark MicroGrants.
Social innovation fellow at StartingBloc, May 2017-May 2018.
Coordinator at HIAS Pennsylvania, July 2012-July 2013. B.A. in
peace and justice studies from Tufts University, 2012.
Advance Desk Robert Lord
(Apr. 2019) Tour leader (from Mar. 2019) and
trip director (Jan. 2018-Mar. 2019) at Insider Expeditions.
Membership and development associate at GLMA: Health Professionals
Advancing LGBTQ Equality, July 2016-Jan. 2018. Academic program
assistant at American University, June 2015-June 2016. Assistant
project manager at Rusk Renovations, Inc., Jan. 2013-Dec. 2014.
Language and culture assistant at the Spanish Ministry of Education,
Sept. 2011-Aug. 2012. Bachelor's degree in political science from
American University, 2011.
National Advance Manager Sheila Angelo
(Feb. 2019) Political event logistics
coordinator/independent contractor from Feb. 2017. Creative
project manager and director of operations at Revolution Messaging, May
2017-Feb. 2019. Press advance for the White House, Aug.-Nov.
2016. National advance press lead on Bernie 2016, Nov. 2015-July
2016. Bachelor's degree in political science from University of
Massachusetts Lowell, 2015.
Trip Director Will Pierce ...to Sept. 2019
Crowd Lead Bryan Haynes
(Feb. 2019) Field director on Ken Harbaugh for
Congress, Feb.-Nov. 2018. Field organizer in Wayne County for the
Ohio Democratic Party, July-Nov. 2016. National advance staff on
Bernie 2016, Apr.-June 2016. Regional field director for Terra
Strategies, Nov. 2015-Feb. 2016. Cse management specialist in
Summit County, Ohio, Jan.-Oct. 2014. Staff assistant in U.S.
Senate office in Cincinnati, Feb. 2013-Jan. 2014. Field organizer
in Wooster for the Ohio Democratic Party, Apr.-Nov. 2012. B.A. in
political science from the University of Akron, 2012.
Chief of Staff to Jane Sanders Nicola Dones
(Mar. 2019) Consultant to The Sanders Institute, Oct.-Dec. 2018. Director of operations and administration (Jan. 2014-May 2018) and assistant to the executive director at California Nurses Association/NNU (Aug. 2006-Jan. 2014). B.A. in legal studies, general from UC Berkeley.
Executive Assistant Hannah Sachs
Press Secretary Shana Frahm
(Apr. 2019) Founder (Mar. 2014) of Shana Frahm
& Associates. Media director for The Sanders Institute,
Jan.-Apr. 2019. Worked on the Arts and Culture team for Bernie
2016, Jan.-May 2016. Global head of public relations for
Icebreaker Merino, Apr. 2014-July 2015. Global marketing and
communications advisor for Quiksilver, Aug. 2009-Apr. 2013.
Global public relations director for Burton Snowboards, Jan. 2006-July
2009. Marketing manager for Vans Shoes, Feb. 2001-Mar.
2003. Account supervisor at Weber Shandwick Worldwide,
2000-01. Director of public relations and promotions for MGM
Grand, 1999-2001. National manager for marketing communications
and experiential for Hard Rock International, 1988-1997.
Chief of People and State Operations Rikimah Glymph
Business consultant since Sept. 2006. Global
director of People Operations for Dimagi, Feb. 2017-Mar. 2019.
Global human resources director for 350.org, May 2014-Feb. 2017.
Chief administrative officer for Equality California, Apr. 2013-Apr.
2014. Director of operations and administration at
ColorOfChange.org in Oakland, CA, June 2012-Apr. 2013. Director
of finance and operations for the New Organizing Institute Education
Fund, June 2010-June 2012. M.P.M. in project management (2009)
and M.B.A. in marketing and advertising (2008) from Keller Graduate
School of Management; B.A. in history from UCLA, 2006.
Senior Benefits Administrator April Friend, aPHR, M.H.R.M., C.N.P.
(May 2019) HR associate for the National Society
of Professional Engineers, May 2018-May 2019. HR team member for
Target, May 2017-Mar. 2018. Senior director, tax services at the
Center for Economic Progress, Apr. 2006-Feb. 2016. Program
coordinator at the Akron Summit Community Action, Nov. 2004-Mar.
2006. Tax program specialist at Center for Economic Progress,
Dec. 2003-Nov. 2004. Master's degree in human resource management
(2018), and Master of nonprofit administration (2016); B.S. in
marketing from Bradley University, 2001.
Aisle 518
Strategies
Senior Advisor Tim Tagaris
CEO/Owner of Aisle 518 Strategies from Jan 2018. Partner at Revolution Messaging, Feb. 2013-Jan. 2018; served as the digital fundraising director on Bernie 2016. Advisor to Ustream, Inc. June 2007-Feb. 2016. Digital director on Chris Murphy's campaign for U.S. Senate in Connecticut, 2011-Dec. 2012. New media director for SEIU, June 2008-Nov. 2011. Director of media technologies on Sen. Chris Dodd's presidential campaign, Jan. 2007-Jan. 2008. Internet director on Ned Lamont's U.S. Senate campaign in Connecticut, March-Nov. 2006. Internet outreach coordinator at the DNC starting in Oct. 2005-March 2006. Internet communications director for Sherrod Brown; built/primary author of GrowOhio.org. Worked on Paul Hackett's campaign in the Aug. 2005 special election in Ohio's 2nd CD. Communications director on Jeff Seeman's congressional campaign Ohio's 16th CD (Canton) in 2004. Blogged at Swing State Project and occasionally at MyDD. Served in the Marines. Graduated from Southern Illinois University with a degree in television production. twitter
Digital Fundraising Director Robin Curran
Vice
president
of
digital
strategy
for
Aisle
518
Strategies
from
Jan.
2019.
Email
director
at
the
DNC,
Dec.
2017-Jan.
2019.
Digital
strategist
(Dec.
2016-Nov.
2017)
and
production
associate
(May
2015-Dec.
2016)
at
Revolution
Messaging;
served
as
digital
production
director
on
Bernie
2016.
Communications
fellow
at
the
Center
for
Community
Change,
June
2014-May
2015.
B.A.
in
sociology
and
Italian
from
Dominican
University,
2014. twitter
Digital Fundraising Manager Michael Whitney
(Apr. 2019) Newsletter editor and email
strategist for The Intercept, Feb. 2018-Apr. 2019. Digital
fundraising consultant and trainer at 27 Strategies, Dec. 2016-Feb.
2018. Fundraising expert in residence efor the Centre for
Australian Progress, Feb.-Sept. 2017. Senior campaign strategist
at Revolution Messaging, July 2014-Dec. 2016. Digital fundraising
manager on Bernie 2016, Apr. 2015-July 2016. Self employed
digital organiizng consultant, Feb.-June 2014. Director of U.S.
email (May 2012-Feb. 2014) and campaign director (July 2011-May 2012)
at Change.org. Digital strategy director at Firedoglake.com, Aug.
2009-July 2011. Online campaign manager at SEIU, Sept. 2008-Aug.
2009. New media coordinator for American Rights at Work, May
2006-Sept. 2008. Strategist at Collegelabs.org, July-Nov.
2004. Generation Dean co-founder, Mar. 2003-Feb. 2004.
Bachelor's degree in visual media: photography and political science
from American University, 2006. twitter
Pollster Ben Tulchin
Also served as pollster for Bernie 2016. Founder
and president of Tulchin
Research in San Francisco. Previously started and directed
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research’s California office, worked for the
California-based polling firm of Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin &
Associates, as well as the Washington, DC-based polling firms of
Garin-Hart-Yang, and Lake-Snell-Perry. Bachelor’s degree in
history from Amherst College.
Arts and Culture Director Evan Rose
(Apr. 2019) Principal creative for Mountain Rose, LLC in Burlington, VT from Mar. 2019. Vice president of creative marketing (Feb. 2016-Feb. 2019), creative director (Jan. 2009-Feb. 2016) and marketing director (July 2004-Jan. 2009) for Burton Snowboards. Content provider for Four Star Distribution, Feb. 2002-July 2004. Digital producer for EMAP, May 2000-Feb. 2002. Sales and marketing representative for Rossignol Group, Jan. 1996-May 2000. Studied recreation management, natural resources at University of Vermont.
National
Endorsements
Democratic Socialists of America
(Mar. 22, 2019)
Progressive Democrats of
America (Mar. 12, 2019)
UE,
the
United
Electrical,
Radio
and
Machine
Workers
of
America (Aug. 26, 2019)
National
Nurses
United (Nov. 15, 2019)
CASA
in
Action (Dec. 8, 2019)
People's
Action (Dec. 19, 2019)
Sunrise
Movement (Jan. 9, 2020)
Make
the
Road
Action (Jan. 15, 2020)
American
Postal
Workers
Union (Jan. 30, 2020) [Jan. 29 vote]
Friends
of
Earth
Action (Jan. 30, 2020 - joint endorsement Sanders and
Warren)
People
Power
for
Bernie (Jan. 30, 2020)
Zero
Hour
Movement (Jan. 31, 2020)
Muslim
Caucus
of
America (Jan. 31, 2020)
Emgage
PAC (Feb. 20, 2020)
Democracy
for
America (Mar. 2, 2020)
350
Action (Mar. 2, 2020 - joint endorsement Sanders and Warren)
Justice
Democrats (Mar. 8, 2020)
Working
Families
Party (Mar. 9, 2020 - initially endorsed Warren)
IfNotNow
(Mar. 11, 2020)
Federal
and
Statewide
Elected
Officials
More
Documentary filmmaker
Michael Moore (Oct. 19, 2019)
Actor and Activist Mark Ruffalo
(Dec. 4, 2019)
Actor and activist Kendrick Sampson
(Jan. 24, 2020)
Marianne Williamson (Feb. 23, 2020)
Activist, actor and producer Josh
Hutcherson (Feb. 27, 2020)
More than 100 Black scholars, writers and
educators (Feb. 29, 2020)
Eve Ensler, Kirsten Dunst, Kristen Wiig and
Sarah Silverman; Hari Nef (Mar.
3,
2020)
The Nation (Mar.
6, 2020)
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. (Mar. 8,
2020)
Former Warren for President staff
(Mar. 10, 2020)
berniesanders.com/iowa/
...as of Dec. 6, 2019 the campaign reported 177 staff in Iowa, 23 in headquarters and the rest in the field;
the number was expected to increase to 200 as the campaign onboarded more people.
Field Offices:
Ames - 114 Kellogg Ave., Ames, IA 50010
Burlington - 550 S. Gear Ave., Ste. 28, W. Burlington, IA 52655
Carroll - 820 W. 8th St., Ste. 3, Carroll, IA 51401
Cedar Rapids - 3223 16th Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Council Bluffs - 217 S. Main St., Council Bluffs, IA 51503
Davenport - 4436 N. Brady St., Ste. 103, Davenport, IA 52806
Decorah - 118 Winnebago St., Decorah, IA 52101
Des Moines area -
107 NE Delaware Ave., Ste. 4, Ankeny, IA 50021
401 SW 8th St. Suite 423, Des Moines, IA 50309
313 5th St., West Des Moines, IA 50265
Dubuque - 678 Central Ave., Dubuque, IA 52001
Fort Dodge - 805 Central Ave., Ste. 403, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
Indianola - 104 S. Howard, Indianola, IA 50125
Iowa City - 1745 Boyrum St., Iowa City, IA 52240
Marshalltown - 13 W. Main St., Ste. 102, Marshalltown, IA 50158
Mason City - 630 S. Monroe Ave., Mason City, IA 50401
Newton - 118 N. 2nd Ave. W., Newton, IA 50208
Ottumwa - 236 E. Main St., Ottumwa, IA 52501
Sioux City - 409 Nebraska St. Sioux City, IA 51101
Spencer - 14 W 221st St., Spencer, IA 51301
Waterloo - 1712 W. 4th St., Waterloo 50701
Council Bluffs and Sioux City (July 20), Davenport and Ottumwa (July 21), Decorah (Nov. 16), West Des Moines (Nov. 20).
Co-Chairs
Stacey Walker, Linn
County Supervisor
Nick Salazar, LULAC Iowa State
Director
Barb
Kalbach, farmer, nurse and activist from Adair Co.
State Rep. Jeff Kurtz (District
83, Fort Madison)
Chris Schwartz, Black Hawk
County Supervisor
Donna Langford, Des Moines
School Board Member
State Director Misty Rebik
(announced Mar. 12, 2019) Event and stewardship
coordinator for One Iowa, Aug. 2018-Mar. 2019. Campaign manager
on Cathy Glasson for Governor, July 2017-June 2018. Regional
director of strategic partnerships and development for Planned
Parenthood of the Heartland, Mar. 2016-July 2017. Executive
director of the Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, Aug.
2013-Feb. 2016. Graduate research assistant at the University of
Iowa Labor Center, Aug. 2012-June 2014. Community organizer at
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Aug. 2010-Aug. 2012.
Iowa Immigration Education Coalition for AmeriCorps VISTA, June-Aug.
2010. M.S. in city/urban, community and regional planning (2014)
and B.A. (2009) in international/global studies, Spanish from
University of Iowa. twitter
Deputy State Director Bill Neidhardt
(started on the campaign late Mar. 2019 as Midwest press secretary) Spokesman on U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (WI)'s 2018 re-election and previously press secretary in her Senate office. twitter
Caucus Director Evan Burger
(announced Mar. 12, 2019) Senior organizer
(coordinating political work) with Iowa Citizens for Community
Improvement. Iowa advance director on Bernie 2016, and
earlier events coordinator and started as college outreach director
(announced June 13, 2015).
Farming
and
environment
organizer
at
Iowa
Citizens
for
Community
Improvement
from
May
2013.
Graduate
of
Columbia
University
in
the
City
of
New
York,
2013. twitter
Deputy Caucus Director Tony Anthony
(reported by Iowa Starting Line on Mar. 21,
2019) Campaign manager on Racine for Attorney General (DC),
July-Nov. 2018. Campaign manager on Paul Pelletier for Congress
(VA), Jan.-June 2018. State director (Oct.-Nov. 2016) and deputy
director (July-Oct. 2016) in Florida for GRSG Company. DC state
director (Apr.-June 2016), New York statewide field director (Mar.-Apr.
2016), Missouri state director (Feb.-Mar. 2016) and deputy Iowa caucus
director (Dec. 2015-Feb. 2016) on Bernie 2016. Consultant
(organizing director-Caribbean) for 270 Strategies, Oct. 2014-Sept.
2015. Project manager for Grassroots Solutions, June 2013-Mar.
2014. Regional director for Voting for America (Project Vote),
Dec. 2011-Nov. 2012. Director of political and media affairs at A
Solutions, Jan. 2010-Dec. 2011. Project manager for Independent
Strategies, Mar. 2008-Nov. 2010. Political director on For
Maryland for Our Future, Mar.-Nov. 2008. Project manager at The
Saint Group, Mar. 2006-Nov. 2007. Media and political strategist
at Concepts & Strategies, April 2004-Sept. 2007. Campaign
manager for Voting is Power, Mar. 2004-July 2005. Deputy
political director at the DNC, 2003-04. Media and political
strategist at The Rendon Group, Dec. 2001-Mar. 2003. Deputy
executive director for the Georgia Democratic Party, June 2000-Nov.
2001. Director of intergovernmental relations in the Office of
the County Executive, Hudson County, NJ, Jan. 1998-Dec. 2000.
Worked on multiple campaigns, 1995-2000. Administrative
assistant/assistant field director on U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman's
re-election campaign, June-Nov. 1994. B.A. in political science
from the University of New Mexico, 1994.
Political Director Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben
(started June 2019 as director of Latinx outreach; succeeded Jess Mazour, who left the campaign in Sept. 2019) Professor at Kirkwood Community College. Fellow with Amnesty International USA, Apr..-Sept. 2016. Deputy political director on Patel for Iowa, Feb.-July 2015. B.A. in economics, Spanish from University of Iowa, 2016. Fellow in Iowa City on Obama for America, Sept.-Nov. 2012. twitter
Rural Coordinator Chris Neubert
On leave from graduate studies at the University of
North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Policy and campaigns associate for National People's
Action, Aug. 2013-Aug. 2014. Fulbright fellow in Kandy, Sri
Lanka, Oct. 2012-July 2013. Community organizer with Iowa
Citizens for Community Improvement, June 2008-Sept. 2012.
B.A. in sociology, global development studies from Grinnell College,
2008. twitter
Labor Coordinator Victoria Moon
Loan
servicing specialist with Wells Fargo and case monitor with Youth
Justice Initiative (YJI). Latino
community outreach intern for the DeJear for Iowa campaign.
Fundraising
work for Save the Children as well as grassroots organizing for the
Bernie Sanders campaign in Austin, TX. B.A. in
international relations from Loma Nazaren University, 2013. twitter
Political Coordinator Abshir Omar
Candidate for Des Moines City Council in 2017.
Des Moines
resident since 2012; Somali refugee. twitter
Field Director Michael Fasullo
(reported by Iowa Starting Line on Mar. 21,
2019) Organizer on Cathy Glasson for Governor campaign.
Organizer at SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana.
Graduate of Loyola University Chicago; served as president of student
government from Spring 2015-Jan. 2016, when he resigned. twitter
Deputy Field Director Brooke Adams
(Apr. 2019) Student action organizing director
for the People's Action Institute in Seattle, May 2017-Apr. 2019.
Field organizer in Illinois and NH on Bernie 2016, Jan.-Apr.
2016. Degree in mathematics and history, philosophy and social
sciences of science and medicine (HIPS) from The University of Chicago,
2017. twitter
Regional Field Directors
Polk County Justin Nieman
(June 2019) Field organizer on Cindy Axne for
Congress, Jan.-Nov. 2018. Campaign manager on Cecil Bothwell for
Asheville City Council, May-Oct. 2017. B.A. in political
science and government from American University.
Northeast [Dubuque] Derek Menges
(Nov. 2019 succeeding Jodi Risper who moved over to
operations; Menges started as a field
organizer,
July-Nov. 2019) Field organizer on Bucks Victory (PA), June-July
2019. Graduate of Penn State University. twitter
North Central [Ames] Gabe Gold Hodgkin
(May 2019) Field organizer on Randy Bryce for
Congress (WI),
June-Nov. 2018. Bachelor's degree in social studies from Harvard
University, 2018; served as campaigns director for Harvard College
Democrats, Jan. 2015-Dec. 2016, also interned for Sen. Elizabeth
Warren, May-July 2015 and on her Senate campaign, Sept.-Nov. 2012.
Ames Spencer Reed
(promoted Nov. 2019...started as a field organizer, July-Nov. 2019) Bachelor's degree in political science from The University of Chicago, 2019. Lead teacher for Debate It Forward in Chicago, Sept. 2018-June 2019; and co-founder and director of LegUp at the Institute of Politics, June 2018-June 2019. twitter
Cedar Rapids Hayley Goldstein
Waterloo Alim Flowers
(started as a field organizer) Field organizer
on Beto for Texas
U.S. Senate campaign. Studied at the University of
Alabama. twitter
Johnson Co. outside of Iowa City Jodi Clemens
(initally all of Johnson County) 2018 Democratic
nominee for Iowa House of
Representatives in District 73. Experience includes co-owner,
with her sisters of Marg's Little Red House Antiques &
Uniques. twitter
Iowa City Vicente Cortez
(started as a field organizer in Clinton in June
2019) Regional field director (June-Nov. 2018) and field
organizer (Dec. 2017-June 2018) on Walt Maddox for Governor
(AL). Experience also includes correspondence intern on
Hillyar for America, Aug.-Nov. 2016. Bachelor's degree in
communication and information sciences, advertising from University of
Alabama, 2017; associate degree from Enterprise State Community
College, 2014. twitter
Southeast Eugene Lim
...
Southwest Luke Hoffman
Experience includes GOTV director on Kara Eastman's
congressional campaign in NE-2. M.P.A. in public policy and B.S.
in political science from University of Nebraska.
Southwest Jessica Burbank
(Nov. 2019; started as a field organizer, July-Nov. 2019) M.P.A. from Brown University, 2019; undergraduate degree in international relations and affairs from Wells College, 2017. twitter
Mason City Brad Chester
(Nov. 2019) Content creator for Basecamp Strategy, June-Nov. 2019. Field director on Andres Jimenez for virginia, Mar.-June 2019. Field director on Mark Elrich for County Executive (Silver Spring, MD), Sept.-Nov. 2019. Canvass director in TX-7 for the Texas Democratic Party, July-Sept. 2018. Campaign manager on Vaughn Stewart for Delegate (MD), Jan.-June 2018. Organizer on Danica Roem for Delegate (VA), June-Nov. 2017. B.A. in history, law and public policy, rhetoric from Hampden-Sydney College, 2017. twitter
Iowa Campus Outreach Director Bar Kolodny
Graduate of Hampshire College. Born in
Jerusalem, moved to
Chicago at age 6. twitter
Communications Director Roger Ouellette
(April 4, 2019 tweet) Most recently
speechwriter/communications director at Tell That Story Creative
Campaigns. Communications director on Cathy Glasson for Iowa,
Oct. 2017-June 2018. Campaign director at Tell That Story
Creative Campaigns from Oct. 2016. Arts and entertainment
coordinator at The Public Interest Network, July-Sept. 2016.
Regional GOTV director in Central in Northern Calif. (May-June 2016)
and regional field director in the Des Moines area (Oct. 2015-May 2016)
on Bernie 2016. Production for Gracie Films, Dec. 2013-Oct.
2015. Production assistant for "The X Factor," Mar.-Dec.
2013. B.A. in creative writing from Emerson College, 2012. twitter
DATA
Data Director
John Baker
(May 2019) Self-employed political consultant,
Jan.-May 2019. Data director on Jess King for Congress (PA),
Aug.-Nov. 2018. Digital director on Jess Wilhelm for Montgomery
County Council, Feb.-June 2018. Software developer for Lexical
Intelligence, Mar. 2017-Feb. 2018. Deputy voter file manager and
data analyst for the Texas Democratic Party, Aug.-Nov. 2016. B.A.
in computer science from Grinnell College, 2016.
OPERATIONS
State Operations Coordinator Jodi Eleazer-Risper
(Nov. 2019...started as Northeast regional field director in Waterloo, May-Nov. 2019) Training associate with the PCCC, Mar.-May 2019. Regional organizing director with NextGen America, June-Nov. 2018. Deputy field director on Greg Edwards for Congress (Allentown, PA), Mar.-May 2018. Assistant director at Lehigh Valley Children's Centers, Sept. 2016-Mar. 2018. Bachelor's degree in social work from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, Sept. 2016-Mar. 2018. twitter
Operations Coordinator Ashley Parker
(May 2019) HIV prevention specialist (Nov.
2017-May 2019) and HIV
case manager (May-Nov. 2017) for Primary Health Care, Inc.. Brain
injury specialist with Community NeuroRehah, July 2015-June 2018.
Online organizer for Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, July
2016-Mar. 2017. Bachelor's degree in social work from University
of Iowa. twitter
Scheduler and
Operations Coordinator Joe Fahey
Finance assistant and call time manager for the Iowa Democratic Party from June 2018. Deputy finance director on Pete for Iowa (IA-3), Apr.-June 2018. Finance assistant on Greenfield for Congress (IA-3), July 2017-Apr. 2018. Degree in public relations and communications from Drake University, 2017.
Senior Advisor Pete D'Alessandro
(announced Mar. 12, 2019) Candidate for Congress
in Iowa's 3rd CD, finishing third with 15.6% in the June 5, 2018
primary. Iowa campaign coordinator on Bernie 2016 (he led in
putting the team together) then served as Oklahoma state director,
senior adviser in Nebraska, Indiana state director, director of
Northern California and the national convention delegate
director. Founder (2001) and CEO of PAD Consulting in Des
Moines. Political director for Gov. Chet Culver, 2007-11.
Political director of Bill Bradley's 1999-2000 Iowa caucus
campaign. Field director on Tom Vilsack's 1998 campaign for
governor. Worked on Leonard Boswell's 1996 campaign for
Congress. Worked in social service positions with
underrepresented communities. Graduate of Illinois State University,
1986. Berwyn native (suburb of Chicago). twitter
Serior Advisor Jessica Vanden Berg
(reported by the Des
Moines
Register on Apr. 23, 2019) Partner at Maverick
Strategy and Mail, LLC from Jan. 2007. Chief of staff to U.S.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, June 2013-Oct. 2014. Senior advisor to U.S.
Sen. Jim Web (VA), Jan. 2012-Jan. 2013. Manager of Christie
Vilsack for Congress, Sept. 2011-Nov. 2012. Campaign manager on
ONE Campaign's ONE Vote 08, Feb. 2007-Feb. 2008. Campaign manager
on Webb for Senate, Mar. 2006-Jan. 2007. Campaign manager on
Klobuchar for Minnesota, 2005-06. Coordinated campaign manager
for the North Carolina Democratic Party, 2004. Oklahoma state
director on Clark for President, 2003-04. Iowa state director on
Graham for President, May-Oct. 2003. caucus director for the Iowa
Democratic Party. In 2002 she worked as the deputy director of
the IDP's 2002 Coordinated Campaign. She served as Rep. Leonard
Boswell's communications director after managing his successful
re-election campaign in 2000. B.A. in political science from
Central College, 1997. From Pella, Iowa.
twitter
note: worked for Gabbard on Capitol
Hill, managed Klobuchar's 2006 Senate campaign, and was courted by
Biden (+)
Field Organizers
include:
Andrew Irons twitter
Kara Jess Des Moines
Daniel Hamidi Iowa City
Alex Inkiow Mason City
Diana Kingsbury Dubuque twitter
Endorsements (press releases)
early May 2019
Chris Petersen -
independent family farmer from Clear Lake, 4th CD member of the
Iowa Democratic Party State Central Commitee, board member of the Iowa
Farmers Union, and a leader with the Main Street Alliance, a
national small business network.
announced June 6, 2019
Jonathan Green, Mayor of Lone
Tree
Beverly Hannon, State Senator
(ret.)
Kate Larson, Dubuque City
Councilmember
Patrick Morrissey, Waterloo
City Councilmember
Chris Morse, Polk County
Democrats Membership Committee Chair
Jason Roudabush, Poweshiek
County Supervisor
Nick Salazar, League of United
Latin American Citizens (LULAC) State Director
Emma Schmit, Iowa Democratic
Party Central Committee Member
Kelly Scott, Fairfield
School Board Member
announced July 2, 2019
UFCW Local 230 of Ottumwa
announced July 12, 2019
State Rep. Jeff Kurtz (District
83, Lee Co. and parts of Des Moines Co.)
announced Aug. 10, 2019
Latinx community leaders and activists
announced Aug. 27, 2019
10 progressive activists from around
the state
Sept. 20, 2019 - Sanders
Campaign
Surpasses
1
Million
Voter
Contacts
in
Iowa
announced Sept. 25, 2019
community leaders and activists in all
99 counties
announced Oct. 28, 2019
Stacey Walker, Supervisor, Linn
County, IA
announced Nov. 7, 2019
Nick Salazar, LULAC Iowa State
Director
announced Nov. 15, 2019
Kenia Calderón Cerón, Des
Moines -- DACA recipient and activist
Karina Chávez, Des Moines --
Co-founder, Al Éxito
Ruben Chávez, Iowa City --
Immigration activist and youth athletics
coach
Maria Filippone, Des Moines --
Physician and small business owner
Araceli Lopez, Ames --
President, Iowa State University Students for
Bernie
Amner Martinez, Des Moines --
Co-founder, Latino Arts Initiative
Topiz Martinez, Storm Lake --
Owner, Better Day Cafe
Javier Miranda, Ames --
Chapter President, Ames Democratic
Socialists of America
Dominic Rodríguez, Storm Lake
-- Youth activist for workers rights
Laura Rodríguez, Des Moines --
Creative Arts Chair, Latino Arts
Initiative
RosaIsela Salazar, Muscatine --
Immigration activist
announced Dec. 2, 2019 / formal announcement Dec. 5
Iowa Citizens for Community
Improvement (CCI)
announced Dec. 3, 2019
Iowa Student Action
announced Dec. 4, 2019
Mitch Henry, co-founder and
board member of the Asian and Latino Coalition
announced Dec. 5, 2019
over 30 farmers and rural activists
announced Dec. 6, 2019
youth climate activists
announced Dec. 30, 2019
Barb Kalbach, former Iowa
Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) president, farmer and retired
nurse
announced Jan. 3, 2020
Black Hawk County Supervisor Chris
Schwartz, first openly gay elected in Black Hawk County history.
announced Jan. 10, 2020
former Iowa Democratic Party Chairman
Derek Eadon
announced Jan. 18, 2020
American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local
44 in central
Iowa
announced Jan. 20, 2020
Donna Langford, Des Moines
School Board Member
announced Feb. 1, 2020
State Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad (District
35, Des Moines)
berniesanders.com/new-hampshire
press releases
- 45 staff as of July 11, 2019 ... 90 staff as of Nov. 12, 2019 ... about 200 staff by primary week -
Field Offices:
Berlin - 171 Main St., Berlin, NH 03570
Claremont - 24 Opera House Square, Ste. 210W, Claremont, NH 03743
Concord - 4 South State St., Concord, NH 03301
Conway - 90 Odell Hill Rd., Conway, NH 03818
Dover - 16 6th St., Dover, NH 03820
Exeter - 104 Epping St., Exeter, NH 03833
Keene - 294 West St., Unit 4B, Keene, NH 03431
Laconia - 130 Lake St., Unit 21, Laconia, NH 03246
West Lebanon - 3 Atwood Ave., West Lebanon, NH 03784
Littleton - 52 Union St., Apt. 3, Littleton, NH 03561
Manchester - 853 Hanover St., Manchester, NH 03104
Greater Manchester - 140 Bicentennial Dr./71 Hamel Dr., Unit B8, Hooksett, NH 03106
Greater Nashua - 77 Derry Rd., Hudson, NH 03051
Peterborough - 50 Jaffrey Rd., Peterborough, NH 03458
Plymouth - 42 Main St., Plymouth, NH 03264
Portsmouth - 767 Islington St., Portsmouth, NH 03801
office openings: Hudson (June 29 with Bernie Sanders), Concord (Aug. 17), Plymouth (Nov. 12 with Ben and Jerry), Peterborough (Dec. 7 with Ben and Jerry)
Co-Chairs
State Rep. Renny Cushing
former State Rep. Mindi Messmer
(announced Oct. 8, 2019)
State Director Shannon Jackson
(from Sept. 15, 2019, replacing initial state director Joe Caiazzo) Campaign manager on Sanders' 2018 re-election campaign, Mar. 2018-Feb. 2019. Executive director at Our Revolution, July 2016-Feb. 2018. Senior advisor to Bernie 2016, May 2015-July 2016. Budget analyst for the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Dec. 2014-May 2015. Correspondence manager and staff assistant at the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Feb. 2013-Dec. 2014. Staff assistant to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, July 2012-Feb. 2013. ESL teacher in Kalasin, Thailand, 2011-12. B.S. in environmental science and policy from University of Maryland College Park. twitter
Deputy State Director and Communications
Director Carli Stevenson
(announced Mar. 12, 2019...to state director in Indiana from Dec. 2019) Campaigner at Demand Progress and Demand Progress Education Fund, focusing on the issue areas of money in politics and net neutrality. New Hampshire deputy communications director on Bernie 2016, then worked on the campaign in Minnesota, Ohio and Indiana. Strategic communications for AFSCME in Indiana from May 2014. Communications specialist at UNITE HERE in Chicago area, June 2012-May 2014. Field organizer at Every Child Matters, Sept. 2011-May 2012. Communications assistant/researcher for the New Hampshire Democratic Party, Dec. 2010-April 2011. Campaign manager on Jackie Cilley for State Senate, NH District 6, Aug.-Nov. 2010. Campaign coordinator on Denise Garlick for State Representative, May-Aug. 2010. Organizer in training with AFSCME, Dec. 2008-July 2009. B.A. in history and women's studies, sociology from UNH, 2008. Native of Hampton, NH. twitter
Political Director Will Bateson
(announced May 30,
2019) Constituent services coordinator for U.S. Sen. Maggie
Hassan from July 2017; also director of communications for the Nashua
Democratic City Committee from May 2017. Assistant to the Mayor
of Nashua, Nov. 2016-July 2017. Campaign manager on Dan Weeks for
Executive Council, May-Nov. 2016. Campaign manager on Jim Ireton
for Congress (MD), Jan.-Apr. 2016. Political director on Hugh
Hill for Senate (MD), Apr.-June 2014; campaign manager on Murray for
Delegate (MD), Jan.-June 2014. Deputy director of communications
on Andy Schmookler for Congress, July-Nov. 2012. A.A. from
Piedmont Virginia Community College, 2017. Sergeant in the U.S.
Marine Reserves from Feb. 2010. twitter
Deputy Political Director Mo Baxley
(announced May 30, 2019; initially political outreach coordinator) Recently a Second Vice Chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party. Assistant director of Pittsfield Listens! Executive director of New Hampshire Freedom to Marry for almost six years to Nov. 2011. Served in the NH House of Representatives. twitter
Constituencies Director Suraj Budathoki
(announced May 30,
2019; initially political outreach coordinator) Executive
director of Building Community in NH, Mar.-Aug.
2018. Executive director of the International Campaign for Human
Rights in Bhutan, Aug. 2012-Mar. 2018. M.A. in international
relations from Norwich University (Northfield, VT), 2018; B.A. in
political science from Southern New Hampshire University, 2015.
Refugee from Bhutan, lived in a refugee camp in Nepal for 19 year,
before coming to the U.S. in 2009. twitter
New England Labor Director Sheila Healy
Deputy City Clerk (and
lobbyist for progressive city charter changes)
for the City of Montpelier, VT, 2018-19. Field director on
Friends of Bernie Sanders (Senate re-elect), 2018. Senior
strategist for the Vermont Democratic Party, 2017. Regional vice
president for the Vermont State Labor Council AFL-CIO, 2017.
Studied history at Trinity College-Hartford.
Field Director
Sean Ward
(announced May 30, 2019) Senior campaigns associate for Pennsylvania for Working America, Apr. 2017-Nov. 2018. Deputy organizing director for the Nevada State Democratic Party, June-Nov. 2016. Deputy field director in the greater Philadelphia area, and regional field director for North Country/Littleton, NH, Oct. 2015-Apr. 2016. Lead organizer and communications director for the Albuquerque Teachers Federation, Dec. 2013-Aug. 2015. Campaign manager on John Wallace for New Mexico, Jan.-Nov. 2014. Marketing and customer service for car2go N.A., LLC, Sept. 2012-Aug. 2013. Master's degree in political management from The George Washington University, 2013; bachelor's degree in political science from University of New Mexico, 2010. >
Deputy Field Director Caty Wagner
(announced May 30,
2019) A regional organizing director for NextGen America the
Central Valley of California. Former social worker, she
previously worked in Haiti, Uganda and Colombia on issues of poverty,
trafficking and human rights. Native New Englander. twitter
Deputy Field Director Michael Ortiz
(announced May 30,
2019) Most recently consulted on state Sen. Cristina Castro
(IL). Campaign manager on Joan Padilla for state rep., July-Nov.
2018. Campaign manager on Jake Castanza for state House (IL,
District 68), Apr.-July 2018. Field director on Sara Dady for
Congress, Jan.-Apr. 2018. Northern Illinois political-field
director on Kennedy for Illinois, June 2017-Jan. 2018. Executive
director for Winnebago County Democrats, Feb.-May 2017. Campaign
manager for Illinois Senate Democrats, July-Nov. 2016. A regional
field director in Illinois and a field organizer in Iowa on Bernie
2016, Oct. 2015-June 2016. Union rep. fro SEIU Healthcare WI,
July-Sept. 2015. Field organizer on Fight for 15, Aug. 2014-June
2015. Organizer for SEIU HCII, Feb. 2013-Aug. 2014. Field
organizer on John Sullivan for State Senate (IL), June-Nov. 2012.
Field director on Mike Boland for State Senate (IL), Aug. 2011-Mar.
2012. General studies at Sauk Valley Community College.
Deputy Field Director Connor Gallivan
...twitter
Regional Field Directors
1. (Manchester) Lindsey Lussler
(started as a field
organizer in July 2019) Intern with the
Manchester Family Justice Center, June 2018-May 2019. M.S.W.
(2019) and bachelor's degree in social work (2017) from UNH.
2. (Greater
Nashua) Robert Burns
3. (Keene) Josh Rodriguez
4. (Concord) Arjun Shreekumar
(Dec. 2019...started out as a field organizer in Hanover, July-Dec. 2019) Shop steward for UFCW Local 400 (Hanover) from Oct. 2019. Field organizer on Randy Bryce for Congress, June-Nov. 2018. On gap year from studies in economics-political science at Columbia University in the City of New York. From Brookfield, WI. twitter
5. (W. Lebanon)
Robert Nunn
6. (Laconia to North Country) Michaela Caplan
Jewish organizer and writer
based in Boston and New Hampshire.
Studied anthropology at Dartmouth College. Grew up in
Acton. twitter
7. (Dover) Arianne Rodriguez
(Nov. 2019) Labor rep.
(Feb.-Nov. 2019) and secretary II (Oct.
2013-Nov. 2019) for the California Nurses Association. Consultant
TSTA/NEA, Aug. 2009-Sept. 2013. Studied English and American
literature at University of Texas El Paso.
8.
(Exeter/Portsmouth) Zach Merrill
Campus Director Arva Hassonjee
DFO Team Director (Canvass) Kayci Moodie
(Aug. 2019) Field director for Working America, Mar. 2015-Aug. 2019.
Deputy DFO Dan Cmejla
(Dec. 2019, also
advance/political for Team NH from July 2019)
Advisor (Mar.-Oct. 2019) and acting general manager (Oct. 2018-Feb.
2019) at Modern Sales. Operations manager at AtriumHQ, Jan.
2017-Feb. 2019. Independent consultant, July 2016-Jan.
2017. National advance press lead on Hillary for America,
Sept.-Nov. 2016. National advance press lead (Feb.-June 2016) and
NH deputy canvass director (Oct. 2015-Feb. 2016) on Bernie 2016.
Canvass director, consultant, solar canvasser for SunCommon, Oct.
2014-Jan. 2016. Studied at University of Vermont.
Deputy DFO Josh Gacita
(Nov. 2019)
Started as a field organizer in Nashua in June 2019. Aspiring
screenwriter. Social media specialist for Occupy Democrats, Nov.
2017-June 2019. Field manager in Philadelphia for Working
America, June-Nov. 2017. M.F.A. in writing for television and
film from Emerson College, 2019; bachelor's degree in film/cinema/video
studies and English from University of Rochester, 2017. twitter
COMMUNICATIONS
Communications
Director Carli Stevenson ...Mar. 2019 to
Indiana in Dec. 2019
Press Secretary
Freeland Ellis
GOTV
GOTV Director Jessica (Jess) Weldon
Training director (from Jan. 2019) and deputy field director (frmo June 2018 for Battleground Texas. Advanced placement department lead at Hogan Preparatory Academy (Kansas City, MO), Aug. 2015-July 2018. Field director for the Dallas County Democratic Party, June 2014-Jan. 2015. B.A. in psychology, sociology from University of Texas at Austin, 2014. twitter
OPERATIONS
Operations Director Susan Roman
Also served as NH operations
director on Bernie 2016. Attorney in Durham, NH. J.D. from
Stetson University College of Law, 1981; B.A. from University of New
Hampshire.
Deputy Operations Director/Office Manager Michael Howland-Dewar
...
Operations
Coordinator
Matt Craig
...
Out of State Organizer Samantha
Valente
Field Organizers include:
Darien Mitchell
Matthew Shurtleff Concord
Jose Villalobos twitter
Endorsements (press releases)
announced May 15, 2019
Alderman at-Large Brandon Laws,
City
of Nashua
Rep. Josh Adjutant, (Ashland)
Grafton - District 17
Rep. Mark King, (Nashua)
Hillsborough - District 33
Rep. Skip Cleaver, (Nashua)
Hillsborough - District 35
Rep. Tim Smith, (Manchester)
Hillsborough - District 17
Rep. Catherine Sofikitis,
(Nashua) Hillsborough - District 34
Rep. Ellen Read, (Newmarket)
Rockingham - District 17
Rep. Art Ellison, (Concord)
Merrimack - District 27
Rep. Cam Kenney, (Durham)
Strafford - District 6
announced July 3, 2019
New Hampshire AFL-CIO President
Emeritus the Hon. Mark MacKenzie, served as president from
1989-2015.
Rep. and Alderman Jan Schmidt, (Nashua) Hillsborough - District
28
Rep. Ryan Buchannan, (Concord)
Merrimack - District 15
Rep. Frances Nutter-Upham,
(Nashua) Hillsborough - District 33
Rep. Dan Toomey, (Nashua)
Hillsborough - District 32
announced Sept. 5, 2019
Rep. Chris Balch, Wilton
Rep.
Wendy Chase,
Rollinsford*
Rep. Sherry Frost, Dover
Rep. Wayne Moynihan, Dummer
Rep. Sallie Fellows, Plymouth
Register of Probate Elizabeth Ropp, Hillsborough County
Register of Deeds Kelly Monahan, Grafton County
Selectwoman Karen Hatcher, Peterborough
School Board Member Roslyn Chavda, Nottingham
School Board Member Denise Valerino, Berlin
School Board Member Nicholas Burtt, Rumney
School Board Member Stan Freeda, Farmington
Community Leaders:
Labor and Community leader Janice Kelble, Hooksett
LGBT and Democratic activist Carlos Cardona, Laconia
Labor, Civil Rights & Democratic activist David Holt, Somersworth
Democratic activist & former Eric Swalwell State Director Mackenzie
Murphy, Merrimack
Community leader Jawed Ali Shaikh, Manchester
Community leader Samuel Bahuma, Concord
Community leader Thierry Lakutu, Manchester
Community leader Deepa Mangalat, Nashua
Democratic activist Michael Strand, Peterborough
Chairman of the Nepalese Society of NH Som Gurung*, Manchester
Community leader Gunner Baldwin Sr., Plymouth
Community leader Denise Castonguay, Holderness
Community leader Trudy Cote, Campton
Community leader & environmental activist Fawn Gaudet, Campton
Democratic & environmental activist Susan Mathison, Holderness
Community leader Wayne Merritt, Dover
Community leader Kimberly Rawson, Waterville Valley
Community leader Paul Shea, Nashua
Community leader Ernest Montenegro, Claremont
Community leader Donna Montenegro, Claremont
Local business owner & Democratic activist Ted Bosen, Berlin
Community activist Dave Brown, Concord
Democratic activist Erik Corbett, Bartlett
Veteran & community activist Bob Ehlers, Hooksett
Former State Rep. and community activist Eileen Ehlers, Hooksett
LGBT activist Kyle Leach, Farmington
Democratic activist Lorraine Hansen, Rollinsford
Veteran, labor and community leader Lew Henry, Gilmanton
Community activist Susan Ladmer, Peterborough
Democratic activist Chris Liquori, Portsmouth
Environmental & Democratic activist Mike Dowe, Gilford
Community activist Diane Hanley, Gilford
Environmental activist Victoria Parmele, Northwood
Democratic activist Salme Perry, Rollinsford
Community activist Tom St. Martin, Candia
Community activist Dan Westervelt, Litchfield
Community activist Keith Yergeau, Bedford
Community activist & Former State Rep. Sylvia Gale, Nashua
Community activist Amy Hanmer, Manchester
Community activist Pat Kinne, Charlestown
Democratic activist Lucius Sorrentino, Lyndeborough
"Chase said following the convention that
publicizing her endorsement was premature and that she is still
considering whether to vote for Sanders, Warren, Yang, or for South
Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg."
announced Oct, 26/28, 2019
Shoshanna Kelly, Nashua
Alderwoman-at-Large
announced Nov. 17, 2019
Rights and Democracy
announced Nov. 21, 2019
NH Veterans for Bernie Co-Chairs
State Rep. Ryan Buchanan
(Concord) Merrimack - District 15, and State
Rep.
Skip
Cleaver (Nashua) Hillsborough - District 35
announced Dec. 6, 2019
APWU Local 230
announced Dec. 27, 2019
Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky
Jan. 3, 2020 letter to the editor
State
Rep. Sparky Von Plinsky
(Cheshire-7)
announced Jan. 9, 2020
environmental activists
State Rep. Nancy Murphy (Merrimack)
Hillsborough
-
District
21
Stephanie Scherr of
Fitzwilliam
Keene State University Professor Dr. Nora Traviss
Professor of Meteorology at Plymouth State University Dr. Sam Miller
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Conservation at the University of
New Hampshire Dr. John Carroll
youth and environmental activists
Sam Tardiff of Dover and Maggie Phillips of Keene
announced Jan. 12, 2020
SEA/SEIU Local 1984
announced Jan. 21, 2020
49 small business owners
announced Jan. 21, 2020
New Hampshire Youth Movement
announced Jan. 24, 2020
State Rep. Cecilia Rich
(Strafford-18)
State Rep. Amanda Bouldin
(Hillsborough-12)
State Rep. Andrew Bouldin
(Hillsborough-12)
announced Feb. 2, 2020
Bill Beardslee, Faith Leader - Keene
Jean Bernard, Democratic Activist -
Stratham
Doug Bogen, Environmental Activist -
Barrington
William Bryk, Democratic Activist and
Attorney - Antrim
Carmen Buford-Paige, Community Leader -
Dover
Roger Burkhart, Faith Leader - Rochester
Krista Conn, Democratic Activist -
Rumney
Sally Craft, Democratic Activist -
Lancaster
Andy Davis, Community Leader - Conway
Julia Davis, Democratic Activist -
Plymouth
Jeff Dickler, Democratic Activist -
Rindge
Corinne Dodge, Democratic Activist -
Derry
Nelle Douville, Civil Rights and
Women’s Rights Activist
- Gilford
Jennifer Dube, Democratic and
Environmental Activist -
Raymond
Marie Duggan, Economics Professor -
Keene
Judy Elliott, Peace Activist -
Canterbury
Sebastian Fuentes, Immigrant Rights and
Democratic
Activist - Thornton
Jim Giddings, Democratic and Peace
Activist - Greenville
Chhatra Gurung, Democratic Activist -
Hooksett
Madalasa Gurung, Nepali Community
Leader and Activist -
Hooksett
John Hartley, Attorney and Democratic
Activist - North
Hampton
Will Hopkins, Peace Activist - Belmont
Chistine Hurley, Democratic Activist -
Freedom
Manny Krasner, Democratic Activist and
Attorney -
Farmington
Chloe La Casse, Educator and
Progressive Activist -
Concord
Leslie LaMois, Democratic Activist -
Harrisville
Cathy Lanigan, Democratic Activist -
Peterborough
Sean Lewis, Democratic Activist - Salem
Basra Mohamed, Immigration Attorney -
Manchester
Joanna Murphy, Democratic Activist -
Sutton
Tilak Niroula, Community and Political
Activist -
Manchester
Marcus Ponce De Leon, Democratic
Activist - Manchester
Alissandra Rodriguez-Murray, Community
Activist -
Manchester
Philip Spagnuolo, Former NH State
Representative -
Laconia
Kathy Staub, Democratic Activist, Fmr.
School Board
Member - Manchester
Catherine Stearns, Democratic Activist
- Wilmot
Virginia Towler, Civil Rights Activist
and Author - Dover
John Tuthill, Fmr. NH Rep. and
Environmental Activist -
Acworth
announced Feb. 5, 2020
The Conway Daily
Sun
announced Feb. 9, 2020
State Rep. Jane Beaulieu
(Hillsborough-45)
Jen Bishop, Board of Education Member - Nashua
Chester Bowen, Selectman - Goffstown
David Bownes, City Councilor - Laconia
Dan Boynton, Selectman - Campton
Sherry Burdick, Selectwoman - Weare
Tony Caplan, Democratic Activist and Educator - Henniker
Diana Carroll, Town Councilor - Durham
Terry Clark, City Councilor - Keene and County Treasurer - Cheshire
Ellen Clement, Democratic Activist - Westmoreland
Mary Georges, Community Leader and Activist - Manchester
Stacie-Marie Laughton, Selectman - Nashua Ward 4
Peter Miller, Labor Advocate - Durham
Marie Nardino, Democratic Activist - Andover
Pamela Pedersen, Democratic Activist - Berlin
Jan Schaffer, Labor Community Leader - Warner
Hannah Spaulding, Democratic Activist - Litchfield
Helen Steele, Board of Education Member - Tamworth
Heather Stockwell, Progressive Leader and Democratic Activist - Dublin
berniesanders.com/nevada
press release
North Las Vegas - 3925 N. Martin Luther King Blvd., Ste. 105, North Las Vegas, NV 89032
East Las Vegas - 5001 Bonanza Rd, Ste. 118, Las Vegas, NV 89110
Northwest Las Vegas - 101 S. Rainbow Blvd, Ste. 17, Las Vegas, NV 89145
Southwest Las Vegas - 6230 S. Decatur Blvd, Ste. 120, Las Vegas, NV 89118
UNLV - 4632 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV ...offically opened early Jan. 2020
Henderson - 10845 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. 120, Henderson, NV 89502
Reno - 1465 Terminal Way Ste. 2 Reno, NV 89502
Carson City - 504 E. Musser St., Ste. 302, Carson City, NV 89701
Elko - 875 Railroad St., Elko, NV 89801
State Director Sarah Michelsen
(reported
by The Nevada Independent on Mar. 27, 2019) Executive
director
of
Arizona
Wins
(America
Votes)
since
Sept.
2013.
Political
and
organizing
consultant
in
Phoenix,
Aug.
2012-Sept.
2013.
Arizona
state
fellow
for
the
Center
for
Progressive
Leadership,
Jan.-Sept.
2012.
M.P.P.
from
Arizona
State
University,
2016;
B.A.
in
women's
and
gender
studies
from
American
University,
2009.
twitter
Senior Advisor Peter Koltak
(reported by The Nevada Independent on Mar. 27, 2019)
Campaign
manager
on
Coalition
to
Defeat
Question
3,
the
energy
choice
initiative
on
the
Nevada
ballot
in
Nov.
2018.
Chief
of
staff
to
U.S.
Rep.
Ruben
Kihuen
from
Aug.
2017.
Executive
director
of
the
Nevada
Senate
Democratic
caucus
to
July
2017.
Communications
director
on
David
Pepper's
2014
campaign
for
Ohio
Attorney
General.
twitter
Caucus Director Chris Klarich
(announced July 30, 2019) Pennsylvania state director for Community Outreach Group LLC in the 2018 midterms (directed a voter outreach program on behalf of Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Votes). Worked on Bernie 2016 in the caucus states of Iowa, Colorado, Washington and Wyoming and then served as Montana state director for the campaign. Studied at the University of Dayton, Ohio. From Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. twitter
Deputy Caucus Director Spencer Carnes
(June 2019) Co-founder and organizing director
of Organizing for Bernie, Dec. 2018-Feb. 2019. Distributed
organizer on the National Nurses United Campaign to win Medicare for
All, Sept.-Nov. 2018. Distribute organizer and field director for
Real Justice PAC (Suffolk County MA District Attorney race), Apr.-Sept.
2018. Campaign manager on Jena Griswold for Colorad, Aug.-Dec.
2017. Organizing and engagement strategies at Middle Seat,
Feb.-May 2017. Campus organizing director and spokesman for the
Colorado Democratic Party, May-Nov. 2016. Field and delegate
organizer in Boulder, CO on Bernie 2016, Jan.-Apr. 2016, co-founded
"Buffs for Bernie" in 2015. B.A. in English language and
literature from University of Colorado Boulder, 2016. twitter
Political Director Leisa Moseley
(announced July 30, 2019) President and CEO of The Action Company since Aug. 2006; Moseley is a Las Vegas based radio personality, consultant and coach. Organizer on Obama for America, June-Nov. 2008. Senior sales director for Mary Kay, Inc. Oct. 2004-Feb. 2007. Officer in the probation department of San Bernardino County, Apr. 1991-Feb. 2003. Studied criminal justice at Cal State San Bernardino; A.A. in administration of justice. twitter
Field Director Susana Cervantes
(announced July 30, 2019) Worked for Nevada
Democrats in 2018. Deputy political director and earlier regional
field director in Sioux City on Bernie 2016 Iowa caucus campaign.
Western regional field director on the Run Warren Run
campaign. Worked for the Nevada Democratic Party. Worked
for Organizing for Action in Chicago. A field organizer for
President Obama's re-election campaign in Las Vegas in 2012.
Started as an organizer for the United Farm Workers in California.
Deputy Field Director Liliana Rebolledo
(announced July 30, 2019) Deputy field director
(Mar.-Nov. 2018) and regional field director (Feb.-Mar. 2018) for For
Our Future (PA). Philadelphia canvass manager (Dec. 2017-Jan.
2018) and deputy canvass manager in Northern Virginia (Aug.-Nov. 2017)
for Community Outreach Group, LLC. Deputy canvass manager in Las
Vegas area for Community Outreach Group, LLC, July-Nov. 2016.
Quality control lead in Las Vegas for FieldWorks, Mar.-June 2016.
Deputy Field Director Jeremy Parkin
(May 2019) Field director on Lisa Brown's
congressional campaign
in WA CD-5, Apr.-Nov. 2018. Field director and volunteer
coordinator on Delaine Eastin's 2018
primary campaign for Governor of California, July 2017-Apr. 2018.
Campaign organizer
in Waterloo, iA for MoveOn.org. Regional field director and
canvass coordinator on Tim
Canova for Congress (FL), June-Aug. 2016. Field organizer in NH,
MA, ME, UT and CA on Bernie 2016, Jan.-June 2016. Fundraiser in
the L.A. area with Public Outreach Fundraising, Apr. 2014-Jan.
2016. B.A. in theater from
Dalhousie University, 2012. twitter
Regional Field Directors include:
NW Las Vegas
Dakota (Cody) Hoskins
(June 2019) Legislative aide in the Nevada State Legislature
Jan.-June 2019. Campaign manager for the Nevada Assembly
Democratic Caucus, July-Nov. 2018. Social media manager at Cart
Solutions, Apr.-July 2018. Consultant with Strategies 360, Nov.
2017-Mar. 2018. Legislative aide in the Nevada State Legislature
Jan.-June 2017.
Campaign manager for the Nevada Assembly Democratic Caucus, Aug.-Nov.
2016. B.A. in political science from UNLV, 2016. twitter
Reno Matthew Fonken
(from Dec. 2019...started as a field organizer in
Sept. 2019)
Personal attache to Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod, Jan.-June
2019. Regional field organizing director in Reno for Organizing
for Action, Jan. 2017-Dec. 2018. Staging location director
(Oct.-Nov. 2016) and field organizer (July-Oct. 2016) in Reno for the
Nevada State Democratic Party. Worked a number of management jobs
in food and service in Arkansas, 2009-16. Studied civil
engineering/hospitality hotel and restaurant management at University
of Arkansas.
Campus Coordinator Jacquelyn Spicer
(Sept. 2019) Volunteer coordinator for Get
Outdoors Nevada, Dec.
2018-May 2019. Public relations coordinator for Gina Yager
Creative, June-Dec. 2018. B.B.A. in marketing from UNLV, 2018.
Communications Director Bianca Recto
(reported by The Nevada Independent on Mar. 27,
2019) Press secretary to U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.
Press assistant for the Democratic Policy and Communications Center in
the U.S. Senate, July 2014-Nov. 2015. B.A. in communications
studies from UNLV, 2014. twitter
Communications Coordinator Madison Mundy
(Oct. 2019) Contractor/independent political
researcher, Apr.
2017-Oct. 2019. Bachelor's degree in philosophy from University
of Virginia, 2016.
twitter
Data Director Zach Asman
(July 2019) Senior business intelligence
associate for Burrow, Jan.-June 2019. Senior data analyst for
LiveIntent, Inc., Jan.-Dec. 2018. Product analyst at Manta, Sept.
2015-June 2017. Business analyst (Apr. 2014-May 2015) and
associate (June 2012-Mar. 2014) for The Advisory Board Company.
B.A. in journalism from The Ohio State University, 2012.
Operations Director Patrina McKinney
(announced July 30, 2019) Has worked on numerous campaigns in Nevada and brings a wealth of experience organizing voter education campaigns in Nevada, Michigan, Georgia, and Florida. In Nevada, McKinney managed field programs for Color of Change PAC.
Field Organizers include:
Jesse Archer Las Vegas twitter
Laura Becerra Latinx constituency
Andy Feldman Reno twitter
Kendall Lareau Reno area (rural)
Hudson Villanueve Las Vegas twitter
Las Vegas
Review-Journal reported on July 12, 2019 "more than 35 full
time staff members—the first of which arrived in early April." >
Endorsements
(press releases)
announced Aug. 26, 2019
Autumn Zemke, Carson City
Democratic Party 2nd Vice Chair
Adam Barrington, AFSCME Washoe
County Chapter President
Dr. Zaffar Iqbal, Las Vegas
Physician and South Asian Community Leader
Jemal Asfer Muzyen, Darul Iman
Ethiopian Community President
John Witherow, Nevada Cure
President
Sarah Bartel, Nevada Cure
Director
Minister Vance “Stretch” Sanders,
All
Shades
United
Founder
and
President
Rulon Pete, Las Vegas Indian
Center Executive Director
Mercedes Krause, Oglala Lakota
Nation Member and United Natives Executive Director
Brian “BB” Melendez,
Northern-Southern Paiute/Western Shoshone Community Leader
Teresa Melendez, Pokagon Band
of Potawatami Member and College Success Coordinator at American Indian
College Fund
Tisia Stemp, People’s Project
LLC President
Brooke Noble, Reno Housing
Insecurity Activist
announced Aug. 29, 2019
George Allen, a Las Vegas home
care worker and Fight for 15 activist
announced Sept. 3, 2019
Tick Segerblom, Clark County
Commissioner
announced Jan. 10, 2020
college professors, educators and
education leaders
announced Jan. 14, 2020
Clark County Education Association,
independent
union
representing
19,000 teachers and other
licensed professionals
announced Jan. 16, 2020
Clark County Black Caucus
more endorsements undated (>)
Clark County Left Caucus
Stonewall Democratic Club of Southern
Nevada
Marcia Armstrong, Treasurer, Clark County Left Caucus
Rachelle Bassen, 2nd Vice Chair, Lyon County Democratic Party
Lola Brooks, President of CCSD Board of Trustees
Paul Catha, President Emeritus, Nevada Young Democrats
Asbury Edens, Recording Secretary, Clark County Democratic Party
Tatiana Lewis, President, Stonewall Democratic Club
Jessie Padua, Communications Director, Clark County Left Caucus
Robert Reynolds, Secretary, Stonewall Democratic Club
Via Reynolds, Treasurer, Stonewall Democratic Club
Leslie Sexton, 1st Vice Chair, Lyon County Democrats
John Solomon, 1st Vice Chair, Churchill County Democratic Party
Sharifa Wahab, Vice Chair, Asian American and Pacific Islander
Democratic Club
Michael Weiss, President, Red Rock Democratic Club
Judith Whitmer, 2nd Vice Chair, Clark County Democratic Party; Chair,
Clark County Left Caucus
SOUTH CAROLINA
berniesanders.com/south-carolina
- 35 staff as of June 25, 2019 ... 52 staff as of Nov. 12, 2019 -
Aiken - 665 Silver Bluff Rd., Aiken, SC
Beaufort - 918 Port Republic St., Beaufort, SC
Charleston - 8252 Rivers Ave., North Charleston, SC 29406
Florence - 1210 W. Evans St., Florence, SC
Greenville - 141 Traction St., Greenville, SC 29611
Myrtle Beach - 1515 N. Kings Hwy., Myrtle Beach, SC
Orangeburg - 1998 Carolina Ave., Orangeburg, SC
Rock Hill - 138 S. Cherry Rd., Rock Hill, SC
State Director Jessica Bright
(reported Nov. 14, 2019, succeeding Kwadjo Campbell;
Bright had been serving as deputy state director) Political
director on Joe Cunningham for Congress from
Sept. 2018. Medical scribe for Scribe Solutions, Inc. Oct.
2014-Oct. 2015. Patient access representative at Colleton Medical
Center, Oct. 2013-Oct. 2015. Counselor for the SC Department of
Mental Health, Nov. 2013-May 2015. Data analyst at Benefitfocus,
Oct. 2014-Feb. 2015. M.S. in health informatics from the Medical
University of South Carolina, 2017; B.S. in health science from Clemson
University, 2009. twitter
Political Director Raymond Corley
Principal at Raymond Corley & Associates in Columbia since 1998. South Carolina field director on John Edwards 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns. Campaign manager of Joe Riley for Governor in 1994 (the Charleston mayor lost the Democratic primary after a run-off). Deputy campaign manager and field director on Dick Riley for Governor.
Deputy Political Director Isaac Williams Jr.
Son of civil rights activist Isaac "Ike"
Williams. Seen in the documentary While I Breathe, I Hope (2018) on
Bakari
Sellers.
Field Director Ernest Boston, Jr.
A regional field and GOTV director for the Democratic
Party of Georgia in the 2018 midterm elections. Deputy state
field director and earlier Florence/Pee Dee regional field director on
Bernie 2016. Worked on the South Carolina Democratic Coordinated
Campaign in 2014. B.S. in political science and history from
Francis Marion University in Florence. twitter
Communications Director Michael Wukela
Executive director of Progress South from 2015.
Owner/CEO of Wukela Communications from Jan. 2008. Strategic
policy advisor to the City of Columbia,, Oct. 2010-Nov. 2015.
Communications director on Benjamin for Mayor, Nov. 2009-Apr.
2010. Assignment editor at WACH FOX, Mar. 2007-Oct. 2009.
B.A. in English language and literature/letters from Francis Marion
University. twitter
DATA
Data Director Sina Sinai
(July 2019) Vice president, senior data
scientist @Studio for
Citi Ventures, May-July 2019. Data scientist at Ennvoy Inc., July
2017-May 2019. Associate for risk and quantitative analysis with
BlackRock, Aug. 2014-June 2017. B.S. in applied mathematics from
UCLA, 2014.
OPERATIONS
Operations Director LJM
Field Organizers include:
Sulaiman Ahmad
Greenville
Michele Horne Rock Hill
Abigail Levey Columbia
twitter
Ashley Preaux Myrtle Beach
Endorsements
(press releases)
announced April 18, 2019
Reverend and State Rep. Terry Alexander
(District
59 - Florence)
State Rep. Justin Bamberg (District
90 - Bamberg), Minority Whip
State Rep. Wendell Gilliard (District
111 - Charleston)
State Rep. Cezar McKnight (District
101 - Lake City), Chief
Minority Whp
State Rep. Krystle Simmons (District
117 - Ladson)
Reverend and State Rep. Ivory Thigpen (District
79 - Columbia)
State
Rep. Sheldron Williams (District
122 - Hampton)
...switched to Steyer, reported Nov.
7, 2019
announced June 6, 2019
State Rep. Leon Howard (District
76 - Columbia)
announced June 10, 2019
State Rep. Michael Rivers (District
121 - St. Helena Island)
Councilwoman
Dorothy
Williams
- North Charleston City Council
Councilman Sam Hart - North
Charleston City Council
Councilwoman Wilhelmina Peguese -
Bennettsville
City
Council
Councilwoman Elaine Reed -
Darlington City Council
Councilwoman Sheila Baccus -
Darlington City Council
Councilman Willie Gladden -
Marlboro County Council
Mr. Randolph Walker - Member,
Georgetown County School Board
Ms. Cynthia Leggette - Chair,
Marion County School Board
Stevenson Pierre - Immediate
Past President, Cheraw NAACP
Donna DeWitt - South Carolina AFL-CIO President Emeritus
Pastor Eddie Massey
Mal Hyman - former Democratic
Congressional Nominee, SC-7
announced/reported July 10, 2019
Florence Mayor Stephen J. Wukela
announced Oct. 30, 2019
Councilman Tupelo Humes -
Georgetown City Council
William Smith - Member
(District 3), Beaufort County
Board of Education
Marcurius Byrd - Executive
Committee Member, SC
Democratic Party
James E. Sanderson, Jr. -
President and Unit Chair, USW Local
7898
Nancy Button - President,
Rosemont Neighborhood
Council
See also: Emma Dumain and Maayan Schechter.
"Bernie Sanders' SC campaign looks different this time. Is it different
enough to win?" The
State, June 10, 2019.
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3, 2020 - 14 States plus American Samoa and Democrats Abroad (Mar. 3-10)
AL, AR, CA, CO, ME, MA, MN, NC, OK, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA
press release
Southern California
Bakersfield - 1420 19th St., Ste. B, Bakersfield, CA
Coachella - 722 Vine Ave., Coachella, CA 92236
Escondido - 142 W. Grand Ave., Escondido, CA 92025
Fontana - 16854 Ivy Ave., Unit 2, Fontana, CA
Hemet - 530 1/2 E. Florida Ave., Hemet, CA
Los Angeles (East) - 285 S. Atlantic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90022
Los Angeles (South Central) - 180 E. 35th St., Ste. #303, Los Angeles, CA 90011
Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley) - 7630 Vineland Ave., Unit 205, Sun Valley, CA 91352
Oxnard - 545 S. Oxnard Blvd., Oxnard, CA 93030
Pomona - 250 S. Garey Ave., Pomona, CA
Riverside - 4035 Market St., Riverside, CA 92501
San Diego - 1786 National Ave., San Diego, CA 92113
Santa Ana - 1616 E. 4th St., Santa Ana, CA 92701
Victorville - 13728 Hesperia Rd. Ste. #1, Victorville, CA
Northern California
Chico -167 E. 3rd St, Chico, CA
Fresno - 1250 Fulton St., Fresno, CA 93721
Oakland - 1500 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
Sacramento - 8345 Folsom Blvd., Ste. 114, Sacramento, CA 95826
San Francisco - 2235 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94110
San Jose - 74 S. 1st St., San Jose, CA 95113
Stockton - 515 E. Main St., Stockton, CA
Visalia - 1120 W. Main St., Visalia, CA
opening events: San Francisco Nov. 14, Fresno Dec. 7, Oakland Jan. 12
Co-Chairs
announced Feb. 14, 2020
Morning Star Gali - Project
Director, Restoring Justice for Indigenous
Peoples, Co-Chair
Allen Hernandez - Inland
Empire Environmental Justice Leader, Co-Chair
Nikayla Jefferson - Lead
Organizer, Sunrise Movement San Diego, Co-Chair
Kimi Lee - Executive Director,
Bay Rising Action, Co-Chair
Lupe Martinez - Environmental
Justice Community Advocate, Co-Chair
Daisy Vega - Co-Founder &
Board Treasurer, Ground Game LA, Co-Chair
State Director Rafael Návar
National political director for the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO from Mar. 2012. Deputy director of the political capacity team (Jan. 2011-Mar. 2012) and political capacity coordinator for the property service division (Aug. 2009-May 2011) of SEIU. Political director of SEIU Local 99, Sept. 2006-Nov. 2008. Organizer for the Labor Community Strategy Center, 2003. National coordinator for the National Commission for Democracy in Mexico, 1998-2001. B.A. in history from UC San Diego, 2003.
Deputy State Director Shelli Jackson
Member consultant for the Speakers Office of Member Services from Mar. 2015. Sideline reporter for Verizon Fios 1 Sports, Mar. 2010-Nov. 2014. Freeland sports reporter for ABC News, and producer/talent for CNN iReport, 2008. On-air talent for YES Network, 2007. Production assistant for ABC News, 2001-06. B.A. in communications from Cal State University of Bakersfield. twitter
Political Director Susie Shannon
Homeless and anti-poverty activist; executive director at Poverty Matters in Los Angeles. Has worked as a senior advisor, campaign director and labor consultant for over 14 years on statewide and local campaigns in California. An elected member of the DNC from California since 2016, has led efforts to establish a DNC Poverty Council (+). Member of the executive board of the California Democratic Party since 2007. twitter
Grassroots Director Melissa Byrne
A leader in strategic direct actions to hold President Trump accountable; has worked extensively with Ultraviolet, MoveOn, and CredoAction. NH digital director on Bernie 2016, Oct. 2015-Feb. 2016. Founder (2015) of Project Springboard, which seeks to organize defaulted student loan borrowers and parents of future college students to fight for loan forgiveness and free college. Has worked as a consultant since 2012. Digital director for OurDC, May-Dec. 2011. Digital director, acting field director on the Campaign to Strengthen Social Security/Social Security Works, May 2010-May 2011; national climate rally field director for Earth Day Network, Feb. 2010-May 2011. Senior field on Citizens for Alan Khazei, Sept.-Dec. 2009. Political desk at SEIU, Aug.-Nov. 2008. Organizer on Obama for America, Feb.-Aug. 2008. Coalition manager for Win Without War, April 2007-Feb. 2008. Political coordinator at the AFL-CIO, May-Nov. 2006. Field mobilization organizer for the SEIU, 2005-06. Field organizer for America Coming Together, 2005. Canvasser on Dean for America. Riverside County native. twitter
Policy Advisor Sand Brim
Experience includes director of strategic campaigns,
senior advisor, and speech writer for both the California Nurses
Association and National Nurses United. Prior to that Brim was an
attorney specializing in child abuse cases. twitter
Field Director Jorrel Verella
(Aug. 2019) District director for Assemblyman
James Ramos (Rancho
Cucamonga), Dec. 2018-July 2019. District director to Assemblyman
Jose Medina (Riverside), Dec. 2016-Dec. 2018. Voter outreach
director on James Ramos for Assembly, Sept.-Nov. 2018. Statewide
director on California Vote Project, Mar.-Sept. 2018. Field
director on Dawn Ortize-Legg for Assembly, Oct.-Nov. 2016.
Consultant to Speakers Office of Member Services, Dec. 2012-Nov.
2016. Deputy statewide director on California Vote Project, Feb.
-Oct. 2016. Field director on Rudy Salas for Assembly,
2014. Deputy statewide director on California Vote Project,
Jan.-Sept. 2014. Deputy statewide director on California Vote
Project, Jan.-Sept. 2012. Field consultant to the Coalition for
School Reform, Jan.-May 2011. Campaign manager on CYD Young Voter
Revolution, Sept.-Nov. 2010. Studied at University of Colorado
Boulder. twitter
Area Directors
Los Angeles Daniel Andalon
Principal at Andalon & Associates from July
2013. District representative and labor liaison in the state
Senate from Dec. 2018. Campaign manager on Bob Archuleta for
state Senate (Montibello) from Feb. 2018. Deputy campaign manager
on Jimmy Gomez for Congress (Los Angeles special election), Jan.-June
2017. Campaign consultant on Tim Sandoval for Mayor of Pomona,
Aug.-Nov. 2016. Campaign manager on Nestor Valencia for Bell City
Council, Jan-Mar. 2015. Campaign manager on Lucille Roybal-Allard
for Congress, Sept.-Nov. 2014. Campaign manager on Hilda Solis
for L.A. County Supervisor, Mar.-June 2014. Field deputy for L.A.
City Councilman E. P Reyes (May 2012-July 2013) and LA. City Councilman
Jose Huizar, 2010-12. East area representative for L.A. Mayor
Antonio Villaraigosa, 2008-10. Community liaison for L.A. Care
Health Plan, 2000-06. Studied at Cal State University
Northridge. twitter
San Diego Robert Dempsey
Campaign manager on Doug Applegate’s campaign against U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa in CA-49 in 2016. Bernie 2016 state director in Minnesota Wisconsin and New Jersey. Executive director of the North Carolina Democratic Party, May 2013-Feb. 2014. Campaign manager on Scott Peters for Congress (CA), Nov. 2011-Dec. 2012. Staffer in the U.S. Senate, May-Oct. 2011. Executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party, May 2009-March 2011. Midwest candidate service director at the DCCC, June 2007-Dec. 2008. Director of Ohio Senate Democrats, June 2005-May 2007. Regional representative for U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Dec. 2002-June 2005; campaign manager on Kaptur's 2004 re-election. Field director on Jacobs for Congress, July-Nov. 2002. Regional director for the Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee, Dec. 2001-June 2002. Campaign manager on Kalamazoo Against Discrimination, July-Nov. 2001. Legislative assistant in the PA House of Representatives. Campaign manager for the Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee, April-Nov. 2000. Campaign coordinator on Coleman for Mayor in Columbus, OH, Fall 1999. B.A. in English from University at Buffalo, SUNY, 1999.
Bay Area Jane Kim
Candidate for Mayor of San Francisco in 2018,
finishing third with 24.03% of the vote. Served two terms on the
San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 6 from
2011-19, elected in 2010. Member and President of San Francisco
Board of Election; elected in 2006. President of the San
Francisco People's Organization (SFPO), 2005. Oganizer for the
Chinatown Community Development Center. J.D. from UC Berkley
School of Law; bachelor's degree in political science and Asian
American studies from Stanford University. Daughter of South
Korean immigrants. twitter
Inland Empire and Orange County Samuel Sukaton
Associate director at Inland Empire United, Apr.
2018-Mar. 2019. Regional political organizer at SEIU UHW, May
2017-Apr. 2018. Inland regional organizer for the Golden State
Opportunity Foundation, Jan.-May 2017. GOTV director on Eloise
Gomez Reyes for Assembly, Oct. -Nov. 2016; Sierra Club San Gorgonio
chapter political coordinator, Sept.-Nov. 2016. Associate
organizing representative for the Sierra Club, May 2014-Aug.
2016. Administrator and projects coordinator/executive director
at Labor United for University Healthcare, Jan.-Sept. 2013. PCCC
organizing fellow, June-Sept. 2012. Community organizer with
SEACA-LA, Dec. 2011-June 2012; communications consultant on SEIU ULTCW,
Nov. 2011-Jan. 2012. B.A. in history from UCLA, 2011. twitter
Regional Directors
include
Scarlett Peralta
COMMUNICATIONS
Spokesperson Anna Bahr
(Aug. 2019) Deputy press secretary (Jan.
2017-July 2019),
speechwriter (Jan. 2015-June 2019) and communications manager (Mar.
2015-Dec. 2017) to L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti. Reporter for The
Upshot at The New York Times, Jan.-Dec. 2014. B.A. in political
science and women's studies from Barnard College at Columbia
University, 2014. twitter
DATA
Data Director Asna Ansari
(June 2019) Founder of Pleiades Data Consulting
in SF Bay area, June 2018. Head of data science at Tia, June 2017-June
2018. Data scientist for Uber, Feb. 2016-June 2017. Work
towards Ph.D. in planetary science at Columbia University in the City
of New York; B.A. in mathematics from Northwestern University.
Endorsements
(press releases)
U.S. Rep. Rho Khanna (CA-17) ...announced as a national
co-chair on Feb. 21, 2019
nearly 50 California endorsements
...Oct. 28, 2019
United Teachers of
Los Angeles
...Nov. 14 2019
36 California elected officials ...Nov. 15, 2019
California Young
Democrats ...Nov. 16,
2019
40 elected officials, more than 80 community leaders and more than 200 academics ...Dec. 21, 2019
University
Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE)-CWA 9119 ...Jan. 21, 2020
41 elected officials, more than 500 teachers, 28 farmers, 58 veterans, and 112 community leaders ...Feb. 4, 2020
a week after the primary...
U.S. Rep. Mark Takano (CA-41,
Riverside) ...Mar. 10,
2020
Co-Chairs
announced Feb. 14, 2020
Virginia
Applebaum
-
Vice
Chair,
SDEC Native American Caucus
Gregory
J.
Bentley
-
Pastor,
Huntsville Fellowship Presbyterian Church
Jerome Dees - Criminal Defense
& Civil Rights Attorney
Richard A. Rice - Public
Interest Attorney & Co-Founder, Grassroots
Coalition Birmingham
Co-Chairs
announced Feb. 14, 2020
Sarah
Marsh - Fayetteville City Council Member (Ward 1, Position 2)
&
Community Builder
Doris
Wright - Little Rock City Director (Ward 6)
Co-Chairs
announced Feb. 14, 2020
Radhika Nath - Disability
Rights Advocate &
Policy Expert
Joe Salazar - Former State
Representative & WFP Executive Committee
Vice Chairs
Juan Marcano -
Aurora City
Councilmember (Ward 4)
Mike Merrifield - Former State
Senator (District 11)
State Director Pilar Chapa
(May 2019) Executive director of the Colorado
Democratic Party from Nov. 2017. Communications and outreach
specialist on ProgressNow Colorado Campaign for a Strong Colorado, May
2015-Nov. 2017. Campaign manager on Charles "Chaz" Tedesco for
Adams County Commissioner, May-Nov. 2016. Outreach director on
Alex Romanoff for CO-6, June 2013-Nov. 2014. Field organizer in
Denver area on Organizing for America, Mar.-Nov. 2012.
Independent consultant on Chapa Communications, LLC, Jan. 2008-Feb.
2012. Director of communications for Easter Seals Colorado, Feb.
2006-June 2008. Associate director for El Centro Su Teatro in
Denver, July 2003-Dec. 2005. Director of Guadalupe Cultural Arts
Center, Nov. 1997-May 2003. B.A. in art history, criticism and
conservation from Metropolitan State University of Denver; B.A. in
communication and media studies from University of Houston.
Field Director Tim Dickson
(reported Dec. 5, 2019) Founder of Blue West
Strategies, Apr.
2019. Politics guy at Good Guy Strategies, LLC from Jan.
2017. Campaign manager on Dave Young for Colorado, June-Dec.
2018. Staff associate in the office of the CEO at FoodMaven, Dec.
2017-May 2018. Campaign manager on Aurora's A-Team Sept.-Nov.
2017. Bodyman and political advisor on Lynne for Colorado,
Aug.-Sept. 2017. Legislative aide in the Colorado House of
Representatives, Dec. 2016-July 2017. Campaign manger on Gray for
Colorado (HD 33), May-Nov. 2016. Legislative aide in the Colorado
House, Dec. 2015-May 2016. Campaign manager on Brad Rupert for
Jeffco Kids, Sept.-Nov. 2015. B.A. in political
science/communication from University of Colorado at Boulder, 2015.
Endorsements
announced Oct, 28, 2019
Emily Sirota, State
Representative (District 9), Denver CO
Dana Manning, CO Working
Families Party CD1, Denver CO
Mike McCorkle, CO Working
Families Party CD7, Boulder CO
Laurie Roberts, CO Working
Families Party CD3, Boulder CO
Cleo Dioletis, CO Working
Families Party, Denver CO
Kristofer Dubbels, Co-founder
and former Chair, Denver Democratic
Socialists ofAmerica, Denver, CO
Sarah Morgan, CO Working
Families Party State Committee, Denver, CO
Joe Salazar, CO Working
Families Party Executive Committee; Fmr. State
Rep. Denver, CO
Kayla Smith, CO Working
Families Party, Denver, CO
Ashlyn Velasquez, CO Working
Families Party State Committee, Denver, CO
Jeri Shepherd, DNC Member, WFP
State Committee Member, Greeley, CO
Terry Tucker, DNC Member, WFP
State Committee Member, Jefferson County,
CO
Rafael Espinoza, Former Denver
City Councilman, Denver, CO
Mike Merrifield, Former State
Senator, Colorado Springs, CO
Co-Chairs
announced Feb. 14, 2020
Jonathan Fishman - Musician,
Phish
Troy Jackson - State Senate
President (District 1)
Safiya Khalid - Lewiston City
Councilor
Briar Lyons - Business Owner,
Lincolnville General Store &
Elderflower Farm
Rachel Talbot Ross - State
Representative (District 40)
State Director Ben Collings
(reported Sept. 2019) Member of the Maine House of Representatives representing District 42 (Portland), elected in Nov. 2016. Consultant in the Portland area. Bachelor's degree in social science from University of Maine at Farmington.
Endorsements
press releases
State Senator Justin Chenette (Saco,
ME)
State Senator Ben Chipman (Portland, ME
State Senator David Miramant
(Camden, ME)
State Representative Scott Cuddy
(Winterport, ME)
State Representative Chris Kessler
(South Portland, ME)
State Representative Genevieve
McDonald (Stonington, ME)
State Representative Joseph Perry
(Bangor, ME)
State Representative Deane Rykerson
(Kittery, ME
State Representative Mike Sylvester
(Portland, ME)
Councilor Pious Ali (Portland, ME)
Councilor April Caricchio (South Portland, ME)
Councilor Deqa Dhalac (South Portland, ME)
School Board Chair Roberto Rodriguez (Portland, ME)
School Board Member Teresa Gillis (Brunswick, ME)
School Committee Member Marwa Hassanien (Bangor, ME)
Former State Senator Mark Dion (Portland, ME)
Former State Senator John Patrick (Rumford, ME)
Former State Representative Bernard “Barney” McGowan (Pittsfield,
ME)
Former State Representative Patrick McGowan (Fayette, ME)
Shay Stewart-Bouley of Community Change Inc. (Peaks Island, ME)
Western Mass.: 59 Cherry St., Holyoke, MA 01040 ....opening Feb. 24, 2020
Co-Chairs
announced Feb. 14, 2020
Mike Connolly - State
Representative (26th Middlesex)
Jamie Eldridge - State Senator
(Middlesex & Worcester District)
Nika Elugardo - State
Representative (15th Suffolk)
Paul R. Feeney - State Senator
(Bristol & Norfolk District)
Paul Mark - State
Representative (2nd Berkshire)
Varshini Prakash - Co-Founder
& Executive Director, Sunrise Movement
Lindsay Sabadosa - State
Representative (1st Hampshire)
Field Director Daniel Moraff
Consultant (Dark Forest LLC) in Pittsburgh from
July 2018. Campaign manager on Summer Lee for State
Representative (PA), Dec. 2017-July 2018. Campaign manager on Mik
Pappas for District Justice (Pittsburg), June-Nov. 2017. Campaign
manager on Debbie Medina for State Senate (Brooklyn), Jan.-Sept.
2016. Tenant organizer with the Metropolitan Council on Housing,
July 2015-Feb. 2016. Fellow with New York City Transit, June 2014-Mar.
2015. B.A. in urban studies, engineering from Brown University,
2014. twitter
Political Director Trip Yang
Campaign manager on Jumaane Williams for Public Advocate (NYC), 2019. Senior advisor on Letitia (Tish) James campaign for Attorney General of New York, 2018. Worked on Eric Gonzalez' 2017 campaign for Brooklyn District Attorney. Statewide organizing directornnn for Hillary 2016. Campaign manager on City Councilwoman Margaret Chin's 2013 re-election. A field organizer in Iowa on Obama for America.. Graduate of McGill University, 2011. twitter
Former State Director Joe Caiazzo ...Bloomberg reported on Dec. 3, 2019 Caiazzo was leaving to pursue other opportunities
Endorsements
press releases
Boston Independent
Drivers Guild (BIDG) ...announced
Nov.
22,
2019
Massachusetts Peace Action
...announced Dec. 5, 2019
announced Feb.
24, 2020
State Representative Michael Moran (18th
Suffolk)
Somerville City Council President Matt McLaughlin (Ward 1)
Springfield City Councilor At-Large Jesse Lederman
Somerville City Councilor At-Large Will Mbah
Somerville City Councilor At-Large Bill White
Chelsea City Councilor At-Large Damali Vidot
Cambridge City Councilor Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Cambridge City Councilor Quinton Zondervan
Newton City Councilor Maria Scibelli Greenberg (Ward 1)
Newton City Councilor Bill Humphrey (Ward 5)
Somerville City Councilor Jesse Clingan (Ward 4)
Somerville City Councilor Ben Ewen-Campen (Ward 3)
Medford City Councilor Zac Bears
Attleboro City Councilor Ty Waterman
Somerville School Committee Member Sarah Phillips
Former State Senator Kathleen O'Connor Ives (1st Essex District)
Former Cambridge Mayor and President of the Cambridge Branch of NAACP
Kenneth E. Reeves
Former Cambridge City Councillor Nadeem Mazen
announced Mar. 2, 2020
State Representative Peter Capano
-- Lynn (11th Essex District)
Council Vice President Jason M. LaForest -- North Adams
Councilor Victor G. Dávila -- Springfield (Ward 6)
Councilor J.T. Scott -- Somerville (Ward 2)
Councilor Tony Palomba -- Watertown(At-Large)
Selectman & Democratic State Committee Member-Elect Dylan S. Clark
-- Barre
Former Councilor Tito Jackson -- Boston (District 7)
Former Selectman James Whalen -- Wales
Former School Committee Member Maria Carrasco -- Lynn
Chair of the Mendon Democratic Town Committee Tom Merolli --
Mendon
Environmental Leader Craig S. Altemose -- Somerville
Community Activist & Former Wall Street Regulator Ihssane Leckey --
Brookline
Community Activist Mohammed Missouri -- Salem
President of North American Indian Center of Boston Jean-Luc Pierite --
Jamaica Plain
Mankato - 219 Maxfield St., Mankato, MN 56001
Minneapolis - 2327 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55406
Co-Chairs
announced Feb. 14, 2020
Keith Ellison - MN Attorney
General
Ilhan Omar - U.S.
Representative (CD-5) ...endorsement
announced
Oct. 15, 2019
Vice Chairs
Alondra Cano -
Minneapolis City Council Member (Ward 9)
Winona LaDuke - Co-Founder,
Honor the Earth
John Marty - State Senator
(District 66)
Joel Sipress - Duluth City
Council Member (District 2)
State Director Reed Millar
Principal at Bespoke Consulting in the greater
Minneapolis St. Paul area since Feb. 2013. Field director on
Bernie 2016 Nevada Caucus campaign, then worked on the campaign in HI,
DE and CA. Senior project manager at Grassroots Solutions, May
2006-Jan. 2013. Political director on Bob O'Connor for Mayor,
Jan.-May 2005. Consulting in Pittsburgh, 2003-05. Work for
the DCCC in late 2004. Organizer on John Kerry for President,
June 2003-Jan. 2004. Regional field representative on Mark Warner for
Governor, July-Nov. 2001. Organizer for the Iowa Democratic Party
Coordinated Campaign, 2002. Field director for PAHDCC, May-Nov.
2000. B.A. in psychology from Pennsylvania State University
College of Medicine, 1999.
Field Director Joelle Stangler
(started Dec. 10, 2019) Political director at TakeAction Minnesota, Jan.-Dec. 2019. Campaign manager on Ilhan for Congress primary, June-Sept. 2018. Organizing director for the Minnesota DFL, Mar.-June 2018. Co-founder of Consent Education MN, Jan.-Apr. 2018. Campaign manager on Raymond Dehn for Mayor (Minneapolis), Feb.-Dec. 2017. District director on Neighbors for Ilhan Omar, Nov. 2016-Feb. 2017. Youth vote director for the Minnesota DFL, Aug.-Dec. 2016. Deputy campaign manager on Neighbors for Ilhan Omar, May-Aug. 2016. Bachelor's degree in political science, mass communication from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2016; student body president, Apr. 2014-July 2016. twitter
More Endorsements
press releases
Take Action Minnesota
announced Jan. 15, 2020
announced Feb. 27, 2020
Hodan Hassan, State Representative (District 62A) &
Assistant Majority Leader, Minneapolis, MN
Carlos Mariani, State
Representative (Dislricl 65B), St. Paul, MN
Dai Thao, Councilmember (Ward
1), St. Paul, MN
Nadia Mohamed, Councilwoman (Al
Large B), SI. Louis Park, MN
Rochelle (Shelly) Dahlquisl,
Council Member (Ward 1 ), Moorhead, MN
Kim Ellison, Chair, Minneapolis
Board of Education, Minneapolis, MN
Marny Xiong, Chair, St. Paul
Public School Board, St. Paul, MN
Angie Hanson, Board Member and
Clerk, Albert Lea Area Schools, Albert Lea, MN
AK Hassan, Commissioner,
Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board, Minneapolis, MN
Chelsea Skog, Supervisor
(District 3) & Secretary, Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation
Board District, Eagan, MN
unofficial/grassroots: fb.com/mn4bernie
Charlotte - 2101 Shenandoah Ave., Charlotte, NC 28205
Durham - 1410 W. Chapel Hill St., Durham, NC 27701
Greenville - 663 S. Memorial Dr., Greenville, NC 27834
Winston-Salem - 611 Anson St., SW, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
...office openings Feb. 19, 2020
Co-Chairs
announced Feb. 14, 2020
Jillian Johnson - Durham Mayor
Pro Tempore, Co-Chair
LaTarndra Strong - Founder,
Hate Free Schools Coalition, Activist &
Community Organizer, Co-Chair
State Coordinator Brooke Adams
Deputy field director on Bernie 2020 Iowa caucus
campaign from Apr.
2019. Student action organizing director
for the People's Action Institute in Seattle, May 2017-Apr. 2019.
Field organizer in Illinois and NH on Bernie 2016, Jan.-Apr.
2016. Degree in mathematics and history, philosophy and social
sciences of science and medicine (HIPS) from The University of Chicago,
2017. twitter
Special Advisor Samir Sonti
Research analyst for UNITE HERE Local 11 from Sept.
2016. Fellow
at the Center for the Study of Work, Labor & Democracy at UCSB from
Jan. 2017. Organizer with the Committee of Interns and
Residents/SEIU Healthcare, June 2009-June 2011. Ph.D. in history
from UC Santa Barbara, 2016; bachelor's degree in economics from The
Wharton School, 2009.
State Field Director Danny Timpona
Freelance writer and photographer from Sept.
2013. Deputy field
director in North Carolina for NextGen America, Sept.-Nov. 2016.
Field organizer on Bernie 2016 in Iowa, North Carolina and
Pennsylvania, Jan.-June 2016. Studied at Wake Forest University.
Regional Field Directors
Vicente Cortez
Previously regional field director in Iowa City and
started as a field
organizer in Clinton in June
2019. Regional field director (June-Nov. 2018) and field
organizer (Dec. 2017-June 2018) on Walt Maddox for Governor
(AL). Experience also includes correspondence intern on
Hillyar for America, Aug.-Nov. 2016. Bachelor's degree in
communication and information sciences, advertising from University of
Alabama, 2017; associate degree from Enterprise State Community
College, 2014. twitter
Dom Brown
...
Hayley Goldstein
Previously regional field director in Cedar Rapids.
Seven full-time field organizers
OKLAHOMA
Co-Chairs
Jesse Jackson, Jr.
- Pastor, Oklahoma City East Sixth Street Christian
Church
LaRenda Morgan - Governmental
Affairs Officer, Cheyenne and Arapaho
Tribes
Alison A. Petrone - Norman City
Councilor
Jacob Rosecrants - State
Representative (District 46)
State Director Josh Visnaw
(Apr. 2019) Deputy field director for the Michigan Democratic Party One Campaign, July-Nov. 2018. Lead researcher and project manager in Dili, Timor-Leste for FAO, Dec. 2017-Apr. 2018. Fulbright public policy fellow in Dili, Timor-Lest, Aug. 2016-July 2017. Field staff in Iowa, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Indiana on Bernie 2016, Sept. 2015-June 2016. Frankin Project ambassador for The Aspen Institute, Apr. 2015-June 2016. Field manager for Peacework International Dangriga, Belize, May 2014-July 2015. Program consultant for Little Rock Promise Neighborhood, Oct. 2013-May 2014. Program and governance staff at the Belize Ministry of Education, May-Aug. 2013. Program assistant afor the Arkansas Minority Health commission, Dec. 2012-Mar. 2013. AmeriCorps fellow, May 2009-Jan. 2012. M.P.S.. from University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, 2014; B.S. in journalism from Central Michigan University.
Field Director Lindsay Bodman
(reported Dec. 4, 2019) Managing partner at
Bodman Strategies,
LLC in Oklahoma City from June 2018. Field director in OK-5
congressional campaign, July 2017-May 2018. Executive secretary
for the World Experiences Foundation, Nov. 2016-Feb. 2018. Field
director in Senate District 44, Apr.-July 2017. Worked on a
couple of OKCPS school board races in the first part of 2017.
Deputy field director on the campaign in HD 87, July-Nov. 2016.
B.A. in classical and ancient studies from University of Oklahoma, 2018.
Co-Chairs
Emily Benedict
- Nashville Metro City Councilwoman (District 7)
Delishia Porterfield -
Nashville Metro City Councilwoman (District 29)
Zulfat Suara - Nashville Metro
City Councilwoman (At-Large 5)
Austin - 4926 E. Cesar Chavez St., Austin, TX 78702
Dallas - 1111 W. Mockingbird Lane, Ste. 170 and 170B, Dallas, TX 75247
Houston - 608 S. Sgt. Macario Garcia Dr., Houston, TX 77011
McAllen - 601 S. 10th St. McAllen, TX 78501
San Antonio - 110 W. Carolina St., San Antonio, TX 78210
...offices opened Feb. 13-17, 2020
Co-Chairs
announced Feb. 14, 2020
Greg Casar - Austin City Council Member (District 4)
Jim Hightower - Editor,
Hightower Lowdown & Former TX Agriculture
Commissioner
S. Lee Merritt - Civil Rights
Attorney
Farrukh Shamsi - Former Vice
Chair, State Democratic Party
State Coordinator Chris Chu de León
Texas
political
advisor
on
Beto
for
America
to
Nov.
2019.
A
senior
field
manager
on
O'Rourke's
2018
Senate
campaign.
Fulbright grant
to
teach
English,
American
culture
and
politics
at
a
federal
university
in
Brazil,
2015-16.
Bachelor's
degree
in
kinesiology
and
sports
medicine
from
Rice
University,
2015.
From
Texas;
son
of
immigrants.
twitter
Regional Field Directors
Austin Trumaine Smith
Dallas-Fort Worth PJ Martinez
(Jan. 2020) Assistant debate coach at Coppell
ISD from Jan.
2014. Regional field coordinator for the Texas Freedom Network,
May 2019-Jan. 2020. Field manager on Beto for Texas from May
2018. Studied at University of North Texas. twitter
Houston Sierra White
(Jan. 2020) Field staff for the Kentucky
Democratic Party,
Oct.-Nov. 2019. Senior associate-development (2017-Jan 2019) and
assistant for resource development (Apr. 2015-2017) for Independent
Sector. Field organizer for Brass Tactics, Nov. 2014-Feb.
2015. Field organizer for the Kentucky Democratic Party,
Aug.-Nov. 2014. B.A. in economics and international affairs from
Murray State University, 2014.
Rio Grande Valley Jose Jimenez
San Antonio and El Paso Katy Bravenec
Experience includes union organizer for the Alliance
of San Antonio
Teachers and Support Personnel.
(staff reported by Texas Tribune on Jan. 28, 2020)
Co-Chairs
announced Feb. 14, 2020
Rosalba Dominguez - Murray City
Councilwomyn (District 3)
Dustin Gettel - Midvale City
Councilmember (District 5)
Elizabeth Payne - Murray City
School Board Member (District 4) & UT
Progressive Caucus Chair
Angela Romero - State
Representative (District 26) & Democratic
Caucus Assistant Whip
Lex Scott - Founder, Black
Lives Matter Utah & United Front Civil
Rights Organization
State Coordinator Jodi Clemens
(announced Feb. 18, 2020) Regional field director (for Johnson Co. outside of Iowa City and initally for all of Johnson Co.) on Bernie 2020 Iowa caucus campaign. 2018 Democratic nominee for Iowa House of Representatives in District 73. Experience includes co-owner, with her sisters of Marg's Little Red House Antiques & Uniques. twitter
Regional Field Director Rose Asaf
Studied at New York University.
two full-time field
organizers
Co-Chairs
U.S. Sen. Patrick
Leahy ...reported Feb.
19
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch
...reported Feb. 19
More Endorsements
Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman
...reported Feb. 19
...announced
July 23, 2019
Attorney General T.J. Donovan
State Treasurer Beth Pearce
State Auditor Doug Hoffer
Senate President Tim Ashe
DNC Member Mary Sullivan
Northern Virginia Office: 1314 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314 ...office opening Feb. 19 w/ E. Guzman and J.Sokolow
Co-Chairs
announced Feb. 14, 2020
Lee Carter - House Delegate
(District 50), Co-Chair
Elizabeth Guzman - House
Delegate (District 31), Co-Chair
Abrar Omeish - Fairfax County
School Board Member (At-Large), Co-Chair
Koran Saines - Loudoun County
Supervisor (Sterling District),
Co-Chair
Jonathan Sokolow - Attorney,
Writer & Activist, Co-Chair
State Coordinator Bill Neidhardt
(announced Feb. 17, 2020) Previously deputy
state director in
Iowa and started on the campaign as Midwest regional press
secretary. Spokesman on U.S. Sen. Tammy
Baldwin (WI)'s 2018 re-election and previously press secretary in her
Senate office. twitter
State Field Director Jessica Weldon
(announced Feb. 17, 2020) Previously GOTV
director for Bernie 2020 New
Hampshire primary campaign. Training director (from Jan. 2019)
and deputy field director (frmo June 2018 for Battleground Texas.
Advanced placement department lead at Hogan Preparatory Academy (Kansas
City, MO), Aug. 2015-July 2018. Field director for the Dallas
County Democratic Party, June 2014-Jan. 2015. B.A. in psychology,
sociology from University of Texas at Austin, 2014. twitter
Co-Chairs
announced Mar. 8, 2020
Mark Dodson, Democrats Abroad,
Australia
Eric Lee, Democrats Abroad,
United Kingdom
Claire Lops, Democrats Abroad,
Germany
Travis Mooney-Evans, Democrats
Abroad, United Kingdom
Elizabeth 'Liz' Olin, Democrats
Abroad, Canada
Larry Sanders, Democrats
Abroad, United Kingdom
Penny Schantz, Democrats
Abroad, France
March
10,
2020
ID,
MI,
MS,
MO,
ND,
WA
press release
Co-Chairs
announced Mar. 8, 2020
Amelia Barton, Hub Coordinator,
Sunrise Boise
Nicole LeFavour, Former State
Senator (District 19)
Irene Ruiz, Immigrant Rights
& Environmental Justice
Activist
Field Director Chris Klarich
(Feb. 2020) Nevada Caucus director on Bernie 2020, July 2019-Feb. 2020. Pennsylvania state director for Community Outreach Group LLC in the 2018 midterms (directed a voter outreach program on behalf of Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Votes). Worked on Bernie 2016 in the caucus states of Iowa, Colorado, Washington and Wyoming and then served as Montana state director for the campaign. Studied at the University of Dayton, Ohio. From Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. twitter
unofficial/grassroots: fb.com/Idahoans4Sanders
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor - 2310 E. Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Dearborn - 5070 Schaefer Rd., Dearborn, MI 48126
Detroit - 15920 Grand River Ave., Detroit, MI 48227
Flint - 2483 S. Linden Rd., Flint, MI 48507
Grand Rapids - 1144 Wealthy St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506
...grand openings Feb. 19-21, 2020
Co-Chairs
announced Mar. 7, 2020
Chair U.S. Rep. Rashida
Tlaib (MI-13) ...endorsement announced
Oct. 27, 2019 in
rally at Cass Technical High School in Detroit
Vice Chairs
Ryan Bennett, Business Manager,
West Michigan Plumbers and Pipefitters Union
Holly T. Bird, Native American
Activist & Attorney, HT Bird, PLLC
Michelle Deatrick, Chair and
Founder, Democratic National Committee Environment and Climate Crisis
Council & Former Vice Chair, Washtenaw County Commission
Abdullah Hammoud, State
Representative (District 15)
Bob King, Former UAW
International President
Yousef Rabhi, State
Representative (District 53)
Isaac Robinson, State
Representative (District 4)
Mary Sheffield, Detroit
City Council President Pro Tempore
Branden Snyder, Executive
Director of Detroit Action
State Coordinator Michael Fasullo
(announced Feb. 18, 2020) Field
director on Bernie 2020 Iowa caucus campaign from Mar. 2019.
Organizer on Cathy Glasson for Governor (IA) campaign.
Organizer at SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana.
Graduate of Loyola University Chicago; served as president of student
government from Spring 2015-Jan. 2016, when he resigned. twitter
Field Director Alia Phillips
(Jan. 2020; reported by mlive.com on Feb. 14,
2020) Comes
to the campaign
from position as government affairs manager for Michigan LCV.
Deputy campaign manager on Dana Nessel for Michican Attorney General,
Aug.-Nov. 2018. Political director on Abdul (El-Sayed) for
Michigan, Feb. 2017-Aug. 2018. Regional organizing director in
the Chicago area on Illinois Victory 2016. Regional field
director (Feb.-May 2016) and field organizer in the Des Moines area
(Nov. 2015-Feb. 2016) on Bernie 2016. B.A. in anthropology and
political science from McGill University, 2015. twitter
Regional Field Directors
Bria Lott
Started on the campaign in July 2019. Studio
operator at KXAN-TV from Feb. 2015. Senior field manager on Beto
for Texas, June-Nov. 2018. B.A. in mass communication, electronic
media from Texas State University, 2014. From Mesquite, TX.
Ben Mora
...fired for disparaging other candidates on his
private Twitter account. See. Scott Bixby. "Bernie
Staffer Mocked Warren's Looks, Pete's Sexuality on Private Twitter
Account." The
Daily
Beast, Feb. 24, 2020.
Brad Chester
Regional field director in Mason City on the Bernie
2020 Iowa caucus
campaign from Nov. 2019. Content creator for Basecamp Strategy,
June-Nov. 2019. Field director on Andres Jimenez for virginia,
Mar.-June 2019. Field director on Mark Elrich for County
Executive (Silver Spring, MD), Sept.-Nov. 2019. Canvass director
in TX-7 for the Texas Democratic Party, July-Sept. 2018. Campaign
manager on Vaughn Stewart for Delegate (MD), Jan.-June 2018.
Organizer on Danica Roem for Delegate (VA), June-Nov. 2017. B.A.
in history, law and public policy, rhetoric from Hampden-Sydney
College, 2017. twitter
Spencer Reed
Regional field director in Ames on Bernie 2020 Iowa
caucus campaign
(promoted Nov. 2019); started as a field
organizer (July-Nov. 2019). Bachelor's degree in political
science
from The University of Chicago, 2019. Lead teacher for Debate It
Forward in Chicago, Sept. 2018-June 2019; and co-founder and director
of LegUp at the Institute of Politics, June 2018-June 2019. twitter
Four field
organizers
Earlier Endorsements
(press
releases)
Chair U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) ...announced Oct. 27, 2019 in rally at Cass Technical High School in Detroit
announced Oct, 28, 2019
Eric-John Szczepaniak, Trustee,
Kenowa Hills School Board, Grand
Rapids, MI
Ryan Bennett, Business Manager,
West Michigan Plumbers and Pipefitters
Union, MI
...announced
Nov. 21, 2019
Abdul El-Sayed,
physician
and
2018
candidate
for
Governor
State Rep. Abdullah
Hammoud (Dearborn)
Benton Harbor Mayor Marcus Muhammad
...announced Feb. 27, 2020
State Rep. Isaac Robinson (District
4,
Detroit)
State Rep. Yousef Rabhi (District
53,
Ann
Arbor)
Ann Arbor Council Member Ali Ramiawi
(Ward 5)
Dearborn Heights Councilman Dave
Abdallah
unofficial/grassroots: fb.com/MIforBernie2020
See also:
David
Eggert.
"Sanders
expands
Michigan
operations
3
weeks
before
primary."
AP,
Feb.18, 2020.
____________________________________
Co-Chairs
announced Mar. 8, 2020
Jackson Mayor Chokwe
Antar Lumumba ...endorsement announced Feb. 28, 2020
Brother Hollis Watkins,
Activist, Author, Field Secretary,
Mississippi SNCC & Founder, Southern Echo
Offices:
St. Louis - 1820
Washington Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103
Kansas City - 3630
Main St., Kansas City, MO 64111
Springfield - 324 Park
Central W, Springfield, MO 65806
Columbia -
1107 University Ave., Columbia, MO 65201
office openings end of Feb. 2020
Co-Chairs
announced Mar. 8, 2020
Rasheen Aldridge, State
Representative (District 78)
Cori Bush, Activist, Community
Organizer, Nurse & Pastor
Brandon Ellington, Kansas City
Councilman (District 3 At-Large)
Megan Green, St. Louis
Alderwoman (Ward 15) & DNC
Committeewoman
Jason Starr, Labor Leader &
President of UAW Local 249
State Director Tony Anthony
(Feb. 2020) Iowa deputy caucus director on
Bernie 2020, Mar.
2019-Feb. 2020. Campaign manager on Racine for Attorney General
(DC),
July-Nov. 2018. Campaign manager on Paul Pelletier for Congress
(VA), Jan.-June 2018. State director (Oct.-Nov. 2016) and deputy
director (July-Oct. 2016) in Florida for GRSG Company. DC state
director (Apr.-June 2016), New York statewide field director (Mar.-Apr.
2016), Missouri state director (Feb.-Mar. 2016) and deputy Iowa caucus
director (Dec. 2015-Feb. 2016) on Bernie 2016. Consultant
(organizing director-Caribbean) for 270 Strategies, Oct. 2014-Sept.
2015. Project manager for Grassroots Solutions, June 2013-Mar.
2014. Regional director for Voting for America (Project Vote),
Dec. 2011-Nov. 2012. Director of political and media affairs at A
Solutions, Jan. 2010-Dec. 2011. Project manager for Independent
Strategies, Mar. 2008-Nov. 2010. Political director on For
Maryland for Our Future, Mar.-Nov. 2008. Project manager at The
Saint Group, Mar. 2006-Nov. 2007. Media and political strategist
at Concepts & Strategies, April 2004-Sept. 2007. Campaign
manager for Voting is Power, Mar. 2004-July 2005. Deputy
political director at the DNC, 2003-04. Media and political
strategist at The Rendon Group, Dec. 2001-Mar. 2003. Deputy
executive director for the Georgia Democratic Party, June 2000-Nov.
2001. Director of intergovernmental relations in the Office of
the County Executive, Hudson County, NJ, Jan. 1998-Dec. 2000.
Worked on multiple campaigns, 1995-2000. Administrative
assistant/assistant field director on U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman's
re-election campaign, June-Nov. 1994. B.A. in political science
from the University of New Mexico, 1994.
Field organizers
include
Valerie Thomason -
Springfield
Danny Keane - Columbia
Endorsements
Curtis Wylde, DNC Member, St Louis,
MO ...announced Oct. 28, 2019
State Rep. Rasheen Aldridge ...announced
Jan.
10,
2020
Vice President of St. Louis Board of
Education
Natalie Vowell ...announced Mar. 8, 2020
announced Mar. 10, 2020
City Treasurer of St. Louis Tishaura
O. Jones
Alderman Bret Narayan of St.
Louis Ward 24
Alderwoman Annie Rice of St.
Louis Ward 8
DNC Committeewoman Persephone Dakopolos
of Columbia
Local Organizer Jameson Wells
of Kansas City
____________________________________
Co-Chairs
announced Mar. 8,
2020
Dr. Twyla Baker, President,
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
Ruth Buffalo, State
Representative (District 27)
Michael Lopez, Chair, Hispanic
Caucus, North Dakota Dem-NPL
Angel Young, Member, Standing
Rock Nation & Secretary, ND
Democratic NPL Executive Committee
unofficial/grassroots: fb group
| Bismarck
for Bernie | Fargo for Bernie
Seattle - 1404 E.
Yesler Way, Seattle, WA 98122 ...opening Jan. 30, 2020
Co-Chairs
announced Mar. 6,
2020
Chair U.S. Rep. Pramila
Jayapal (WA-7) ...endorsement announced Jan. 19, 2020
Vice Chairs
Faye Guenther, President, UFCW
21
Bob Hasegawa, State Senator
(District
11)
Kate Burke, Spokane City
Councilwoman
(District 1)
Jeff Johnson, Former President,
Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Teresa Mosqueda, Seattle City
Councilmember (Position 8)
Deborah Parker, Indigenous
Activist,
State Vice-Chair
State Director Carin Chase
(Dec. 2019) Principal at Innovation Services LLC
since
2006. Edmonds School Board member, elected in 2015 and re-elected
in 2019. Chair of the Snohomish County Human Rights Commission
from Aug. 2015. Chair of 32nd LD Democrats, 2006-Jan. 2018.
Senior care manager at SEIU 775 NW in Edmonds. Outreach for Yes
on 522, 2013. Superintendent at Mayfield Chase General
Contracting, 1984-2006. M.P.A. from Evans School of Public Policy
at University of Washington, 2017; B.S. in zoology, women's studies
from University of Washington, 1992. twitter
Field Director Shaun Scott
Seattle-based writer, historian and filmmaker.
Candidate for
Seattle City Council in Nov. 2019. Field staffer for U.S. Rep.
Pramila Jayapal and organizer with Campaign Workers Guild in
2018. King Street Station Outreach facilitator, 2016-17.
Documentaries include Seat of
Empire: Seattle Since 1909 (2009). Author of Millennials and the Moments That Made Us:
A Cultural History of the U.S. from 1982-Present (Zero Books,
2018). B.A. in history from University of Washington. twitter
More Endorsements announced
Mar.
6,
2020
Joe
Nguyen,
State Senator (District
34), White Center
M. Lorena González, President,
Seattle
City Council, Seattle
Krystal S. Marx, Deputy
Mayor,
Burien
Takele Gobena, Councilmember
(Position
5), SeaTac
Shaun Olsen, School Board
Director,
Mukilteo School District, Everett
David Turnoy, Teacher, Member,
National Education Association & Chair, San Juan County Democrats,
Eastsound
Rosalie Fish, Missing and
Murdered
Indigenous Women (MMIW) Advocate, Muckleshoot Reservation
unofficial/grassroots: fb.com/WAforBernie
March 14, 2020
CNMI
March 17, 2020
AZ, FL, IL, OH (OH extended to June 2)
ARIZONA
State Director Sarah Michelsen
(Feb. 2020) Nevada state director on Bernie
2020, Mar. 2019-Feb. 2020. Executive
director
of
Arizona
Wins
(America
Votes)
from
Sept.
2013.
Political
and
organizing
consultant
in
Phoenix,
Aug.
2012-Sept.
2013.
Arizona
state
fellow
for
the
Center
for
Progressive
Leadership,
Jan.-Sept.
2012.
M.P.P.
from
Arizona
State
University,
2016;
B.A.
in
women's
and
gender
studies
from
American
University,
2009.
twitter
unofficial/grassroots: fb.com/ArizonaforBernieSanders
FLORIDA
State Director Sanjay Patel
(reported by the Orlando Sentinel on Feb. 6,
2020) Political
organizer and state committeeman for Brevard Democrats from Sept. 2015.
Democratic nominee for Congress in FL-8, Jan.-Nov. 2018.
Independent consultant, May 2014-Dec. 2016. Co-founder and COO of
Epic Change Inc., Sept. 2007-Dec. 2013. Founder and general
partner of Funken Consulting, Oct. 2004-July 2009. Project
manager and IT strategy analyst at Genentech, Jan. 2003-Sept.
2004. Change management and IT strategy analyst for the County of
Santa Clara Social Services Agency, Nov. 2000-Jan. 2003. B.A. in
economics from UCLA, 1999. twitter
Regional Field Directors include
Josh
Gacita
unofficial/grassroots: fb.com/Florida4Bernie
berniesanders.com/illinois/
Headquarters - 606 W.
Roosevelt Rd., Ste. 608, Chicago, IL 60607
Northside- 2406 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.,
Chicago, IL 60659
Pilsen - 1508 W. 18th
St., Chicago, IL 60608
Canaryville - 4217 S.
Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60609
Carbondale - 715 S.
University Unit 1, Carbondale, IL 62901
Joliet - 1113
Plainfield Rd., Joliet, IL 60435
Quad Cities - 3826
27th St., Moline, IL 61265
Schaumburg - 115 W. Central Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60195
Urbana - 201 Lincoln
Square, Urbana, IL 61801
Openings: Joliet, Carbondale, Quad
Cities (Feb. 28); Schaumburg (Feb. 29 w/ Pramila Jayapal), Chicago
(Mar. 1 w/ Pramila
Jayapal)
Chair U.S. Rep. Jesús G.
“Chuy” García
(IL-4) ...endorsement
announced Feb. 20, 2020
State Director Pete D'Alessandro
Iowa senior advisor on Bernie 2020 caucus campaign, Mar. 2019-Feb. 2020. Candidate for Congress in Iowa's 3rd CD, finishing third with 15.6% in the June 5, 2018 primary. Iowa campaign coordinator on Bernie 2016 (he led in putting the team together) then served as Oklahoma state director, senior adviser in Nebraska, Indiana state director, director of Northern California and the national convention delegate director. Founder (2001) and CEO of PAD Consulting in Des Moines. Political director for Gov. Chet Culver, 2007-11. Political director of Bill Bradley's 1999-2000 Iowa caucus campaign. Field director on Tom Vilsack's 1998 campaign for governor. Worked on Leonard Boswell's 1996 campaign for Congress. Worked in social service positions with underrepresented communities. Graduate of Illinois State University, 1986. Berwyn native (suburb of Chicago). twitter
Field Director Gabriel Gold Hodgkin
Regional field director for North Central Iowa on
Bernie 2020 caucus
campaign, May 2019-Feb. 2020. Field organizer on Randy Bryce for
Congress (WI),
June-Nov. 2018. Bachelor's degree in social studies from Harvard
University, 2018; served as campaigns director for Harvard College
Democrats, Jan. 2015-Dec. 2016, also interned for Sen. Elizabeth
Warren, May-July 2015 and on her Senate campaign, Sept.-Nov. 2012.
...total staff of more than two dozen at the time of the primary.
Endorsements
(press releases)
State Sen. Robert
Peters (District 13) ...announced Aug. 26, 2019
...announced
Oct. 28, 2019
Carol Ammons, State
Representative, Champaign-Urbana
Alma E. Anaya, Commissioner,
Cook County
Jenn Jazmin Carrillo, Council
Member (Ward 6), Bloomington
Claudio Gómez-Gonzáles,
Co-President, Graduate Students United at the University of Chicago,
IFT-AFT-AAUP, Chicago
Aaron Ortiz, State
Representative, Chicago
Dylan Parker, Alderman, 5th
Ward, Rock Island
Jackson Potter, Executive Board
Member and Trustee, Chicago Teachers Union; High School Social Studies
Teacher, Chicago
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, Alderman,
35th Ward, Chicago
Rossana Rodriguez, Alderwoman,
33rd Ward, Chicago
Susan Sadlowski Garza,
Alderwoman, 10th Ward, Chicago
Byron Sigcho Lopez, Alderman,
25th Ward, Chicago
Jeanette B. Taylor, Alderwoman,
20th Ward, Chicago
Andre Vasquez, Alderman, 40th
Ward, Chicago
Litesa Wallace, Former State
Representative (67th District), Rockford
...announced Mar. 4, 2020
Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Jesse
Sharkey and Vice President
Stacy Davis Gates
...announced Mar. 5, 2020
Jane Addams Seniors in Action (JASIA)
...announced Mar. 9, 2020; previously backed Warren
llinois Nurses Association Political
Action Committee
unofficial/grassroots: fb.com/Illinois4Bernie
supporters opened an office in Rockford.
OHIO
Co-Chairs
(announced Mar. 14, 2020)
State Rep. Mike Skindell, District 13
Cleveland City Councilwoman Jasmin
Santana, Ward 14
Akron City Councilwoman Tara Samples, Ward 5
Oxford City Councilor Chantel Raghu
Senior Advisor Marvin Hayes
(Oct. 2019) Vice president of business
development/consultingat Data
Genomix, Aug. 2018-Apr. 2019. Director of external relations for
the Northeast ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, Oct. 2014-Aug.
2018. Director/advisor of urban development and infrastructure i
the Office of the Governor, 2007-2010. Executive assistant for
public policy to Cuyahoga County Commissioner Tim Hagen, 2004-07.
Director of business development-Midwest and Mid-Atlantic for Parsons
International Co. LLC., 2001-04. Executive assistant for
intergovernmental relations for the Office of the Mayor of Cleveland,
1997-2001. B.A. in political science/public policy from
University of Cincinnati, 2001
State Director Jessica Bright
State director (from Nov. 2019) and earlier deputy state director on Bernie 2020 South Carolina primary campaign. Political director on Joe Cunningham for Congress from Sept. 2018. Medical scribe for Scribe Solutions, Inc. Oct. 2014-Oct. 2015. Patient access representative at Colleton Medical Center, Oct. 2013-Oct. 2015. Counselor for the SC Department of Mental Health, Nov. 2013-May 2015. Data analyst at Benefitfocus, Oct. 2014-Feb. 2015. M.S. in health informatics from the Medical University of South Carolina, 2017; B.S. in health science from Clemson University, 2009. twitter
Field Director Jess Weldon
Previously field director on the Virginia primary
campaign and
GOTV
director New
Hampshire primary campaign for Bernie 2020. Training director
(from Jan. 2019) and
deputy field director (frmo June 2018 for Battleground Texas.
Advanced
placement department lead at Hogan Preparatory Academy (Kansas City,
MO), Aug. 2015-July 2018. Field director for the Dallas County
Democratic Party, June 2014-Jan. 2015. B.A. in psychology,
sociology
from University of Texas at Austin, 2014. twitter
Regional Field Director Patrice Matthews
Regional Field Director Ashlyn Preaux
Previously field organizer in Myrtle Beach on Bernie 2020 South Carolina primary campaign, June 2019-Feb. 2020. Campaign coordinator and volunteer coordinator on Mal Hyman for Congress (Myrtle Beach), Feb.-June 2018. Co-founder (Nov. 2016) of Grand Strand Action Together.
Endorsements
(press
releases)
Michael Charney, Former Vice
President of the Cleveland Teachers Union,
Cleveland
Trevor Elkins, Mayor, Newburgh
Heights
CJ Prentiss, Former State
Senator, District 21, Cleveland
Tristain Radar, Councilman,
Lakewood
Tara Samples, City Councilor,
Akron
Nina Turner, Former State
Senator, Cleveland
...announced Mar. 12, 2020
Mike Skindell, State
Representative (District 13, Lakewood)
Michael Kilbane, Council
President, Fairview Park
Jasmin Santana, Councilwoman
(Ward 14), Cleveland
Jamie Dixon, Councilor (Ward
5), Lima
Chantel Raghu, Councilor, Oxford
Gigi Traore, Councilwoman,
Newburgh Heights
Dr. NJ Akbar, Vice President,
Board of Education, Akron
Shannon Wokojance, Former
Councilwoman (Ward 1), Barberton
Atticus Garden, Area
Commissioner, Columbus
Rachel Wenning, Area
Commissioner, Columbus
Pastor Kyle Earley, Cleveland
Megan Anderson, Activist,
Cincinnati
unofficial/grassroots: fb.com/ohio4bernie/
Headquarters - 2797 Campbellton Rd., Atlanta, GA
30311 ...opening Mar. 12, 2020
State Coordinator Ernest Boston, Jr.
Field
director on the Bernie 2020 South Carolina
campaign. A regional
field and GOTV director for the Democratic
Party of Georgia in the 2018 midterm elections. Deputy state
field director and earlier Florence/Pee Dee regional field director on
Bernie 2016. Worked on the South Carolina Democratic Coordinated
Campaign in 2014. B.S. in political science and history from
Francis Marion University in Florence. twitter
Endorsements
former
Georgia State Senator Vincent Fort
South Fulton City Councilman Khalid Kamau
unofficial/grassroots: fb.com/AtlantaforBernie
Sanders
April 4, 2020
April 7, 2020
State Chair U.S.
Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-2) ...endorsed
Jan.
16,
2020
Vice Chairs ...announced Mar.
30, 2020
David Bowen, State
Representative (District 10)
Randy Bryce, Founder, IronPAC
& Labor Activist
Angelina Cruz, President,
Racine Education Association (REA)
Sarah Lloyd, Dairy Farmer
Amy Mizialko, President,
Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association
(MTEA)
Marcelia Nicholson,
Vice-Chairwoman, Milwaukee County Board of
Supervisors (District 5)
Peter Rickman, President,
Milwaukee Area Service & Hospitality
Workers Organization (MASH)
(press releases)
State Coordinator
Sean Ward
Field coordinator on Bernie 2020 NH primary campaign. Senior campaigns associate for Pennsylvania for Working America, Apr. 2017-Nov. 2018. Deputy organizing director for the Nevada State Democratic Party, June-Nov. 2016. Deputy field director in the greater Philadelphia area, and regional field director for North Country/Littleton, NH, Oct. 2015-Apr. 2016. Lead organizer and communications director for the Albuquerque Teachers Federation, Dec. 2013-Aug. 2015. Campaign manager on John Wallace for New Mexico, Jan.-Nov. 2014. Marketing and customer service for car2go N.A., LLC, Sept. 2012-Aug. 2013. Master's degree in political management from The George Washington University, 2013; bachelor's degree in political science from University of New Mexico, 2010. >
Early Endorsements
announced Oct. 28, 2019
Randy Bryce, Labor Activist,
Caledonia
Marcelia Nicholson, Vice
Chairwoman, Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, Milwaukee
Steven Shea, Supervisor
(District 8), Milwaukee County
Heidi Wegleitner, Supervisor
(District 2), Madison (Dane County)
John Weishan, Jr., Supervisor
(District 16), Milwaukee
April 28, 2020
CT, DE, MD, NY, PA, RI (all moved to June)
Endorsements
(press releases)
...announced
Oct. 19, 2019
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14)
State Sen. Michael Gianaris, Deputy Majority Leader (District
12, Queens)
State
Sen.
Jessica
Ramos (District 13, Jackson Heights)
State Sen. Luis Sepúlveda
(District 32, the Bronx)
...announced Jan. 2, 2020
Jumaane Williams, New York City
Public Advocate
...announced Feb. 14, 2020
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
May 5, 2020moved to June 2, 2020
State Director
Carli Stevenson
(Dec. 2019) Started on the
campaign as
NH deputy state director and communications director in Mar.
2019. Campaigner at Demand
Progress and Demand Progress Education Fund, focusing on the issue
areas of money in politics and net neutrality. New Hampshire
deputy communications director on Bernie 2016, then worked on the
campaign in Minnesota, Ohio and Indiana. Strategic communications
for AFSCME in Indiana from May 2014. Communications specialist at
UNITE HERE in Chicago area, June 2012-May 2014. Field organizer
at Every Child Matters, Sept. 2011-May 2012. Communications
assistant/researcher for the New Hampshire Democratic Party, Dec.
2010-April 2011. Campaign manager on Jackie Cilley for State
Senate, NH District 6, Aug.-Nov. 2010. Campaign coordinator on
Denise Garlick for State Representative, May-Aug. 2010. Organizer
in training with AFSCME, Dec. 2008-July 2009. B.A. in history and
women's studies, sociology from UNH, 2008. Native of Hampton,
NH. twitter
Political Director Jess Mazour ...departure reported
by CNN on Sept. 18, 2019
(announced Mar. 12, 2019) Community organizer (farm and environment team) with Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, April 2012-Mar. 2019. Customer service coordinator at ITAGroup, Oct. 2010-Feb. 2012. Wealth high value servicer for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, May 2009-Oct. 2010. B.S. in psychology from Iowa State University, 2009. twitter
Deputy Field Director Kevin Lata
(Apr. 2019) Field director for the Iowa House Democratic Caucus, May-Nov. 2018. Legislative aide in the Florida House of Representatives, Feb.-Apr. 2018. Campaign manager on Margaret Good for State House special election, Nov. 2017-Feb. 2018. Campaign manager/field director on Brian Cunningham for City Council (NY), July-Nov. 2017. Regional field director on Tom Perriello for Governor, Mar.-June 2017. Regional organizing director in Strafford County for the NHDP Coordinated Campaign, Aug.-Nov. 2016. National advance staff (Apr.-June 2016), regional field director in Pittsburgh (Mar.-Apr. 2016), deputy field director in Ohio (Feb.-Mar. 2016) and field organizer in Littleton, NH (Dec. 2015-Feb. 2016) on Bernie 2016. B.A. in political science from Virginia Commonwealth University. twitter
Polk County Regional Field Director Alex Liao
(Apr. 2019) Lead Manhattan organizer on Jumaane
Williams for NYC Public Advocate special election in Feb. 2019.
Lead Savannah organizer on Stacey Abrams for Governor (GA), Oct.-Nov.
2018. Lead Manhattan organizer on Cynthia Nixon for Governor
(NY), July-Sept. 2018. Field organizer on David Richardson for
Congress (FL), Mar.-May 2018. B.A. in public policy from New York
University, 2018.
Northwest Regional Field Director Adrian Koster
Field director on J.D. Scholten 4 Congress, Sept.-Nov.
2018. Field director in the 26th CD for the Florida Democratic
Party, May-Aug. 2018. Campaign manager (Sept.-Nov. 2017) and
field director (July-Nov. 2017) on Carlos Menchaca for City Council
(NY). Field organizer on Tom Perriello for Virginia, May-June
2017. Field organizer on NH Democratic Coordinated Campaign,
June-Nov. 2016. Bachelor's degree in international affairs from
The George Washington University, 2016.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
State Director Joe Caiazzo ...to Sept. 2019,
reassigned to Massachusetts State Director
(Sept. 15, 2019; started as NH state director, announced Mar. 12 to Sept. 15, 2019) Campaign manager on Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)'s 2018 re-election. Principal at Knox Cannon Strategies, LLC from Jan. 2012. Rhode Island state director on Hillary for America from June 2016. Rhode Island communications and political director (March-April 2016) and Massachusetts communications and political director (Dec. 2015-March 2016) on Bernie 2016. Has worked on many campaigns in Mass. including political advisor to Seth Moulton for Congress, Sept.-Nov. 2014; campaign manager on Mike Lake for lieutenant governor, June-Sept. 2014; and political director on Don Berwick for governor, April 2013-May 2014. B.A. in history and theology from Barry University, 2009. twitter
Senior Advisor Kurt Ehrenberg ...to Sept. 2019
(announced Mar. 12, 2019) New Hampshire political
director on Bernie 2016 from May 20, 2015; as campaign coordinator was
top NH staffer until Julia Barnes started in Aug. 2015. NH field
director on Run Warren Run, Feb.-May 2015. Political and
legislative director of the New Hampshire AFL-CIO. Served over
seven years as the Sierra Club’s representative in New Hampshire and
throughout New England. Portsmouth resident.
SOUTH CAROLINA
State Director Kwadjo Campbell ...AP reported on
Nov. 14 that Campbell was off the campaign but no details were available
(reported
Apr. 18, 2019) President of JC & Associates (earlier
Jeffers-Campbell Associates), a consulting firm in Greenville, from
Jan. 2004. Educator at Legacy Charter School Greenville from Jan.
2013. Member of the Charleston City Council, 1998-2005.
Master's in education from Clemson University, 2012; undergraduate
studies at College of Charleston; served in the Marine Corps
Reserves. (see also New Media South interview)
twitter
MASSACHUSETTS
State Director Joe Caiazzo ...Bloomberg reported
on Dec. 3, 2019 Caiazzo was leaving to pursue other opportunities
(Sept. 15, 2019; started as NH state director, announced Mar. 12 to Sept. 15, 2019) Campaign manager on Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)'s 2018 re-election. Principal at Knox Cannon Strategies, LLC from Jan. 2012. Rhode Island state director on Hillary for America from June 2016. Rhode Island communications and political director (March-April 2016) and Massachusetts communications and political director (Dec. 2015-March 2016) on Bernie 2016. Has worked on many campaigns in Mass. including political advisor to Seth Moulton for Congress, Sept.-Nov. 2014; campaign manager on Mike Lake for lieutenant governor, June-Sept. 2014; and political director on Don Berwick for governor, April 2013-May 2014. B.A. in history and theology from Barry University, 2009. twitter
NATIONAL
Trip Director Will Pierce ...to Sept. 2019
(reported by NBC News MTP; an account executive with iConstituent
(Feb. 2019) Strategic development (Nov. 2018-June 2019) and political accounts coordinator (Apr.-Nov. 2018) at Hustle. Deputy campaign manager on Ameya Pawar for Governor (IL), May-Oct. 2017. Civil affairs officer in the U.S. Army Reserves, Apr. 2007-Apr. 2017. National advance associate on Bernie 2016, Oct. 2015-June 2016. Founder and executive director of Draft Biden 2016, Mar.-Oct. 2015. Field director on Manan Trivedi for Congress (PA), Mar.-Nov. 2014. Regional field director on Anthony Brown for Governor, Apr.-Oct. 2013. Advance associate for the White House, Jan. 2009-May 2013. National advance staff on Obama for America, July-Nov. 2008. M.P.A. (2013) and bachelor's degree in political science from American University, 2011.
Assistant to the Campaign Manager Carolina Dominguez ...to June 2019
(Mar. 2019) Special assistant to the national
political advocacy department (May 2018-Mar. 2019) and assistant to the
national political director (Mar. 2017-May 2018) at the ACLU.
Public affairs associate at Teach for All, June 2014-Nov. 2016.
Community economic development advisor for the Peace Corps in Guinea,
Nov. 2011-Jan. 2014. Account associate at Wellons Communications
in Orlando, Aug. 2009-Aug. 2010. B.S. in public relations from
University of Florida, 2011.
On Feb. 26, 2019 several outliets reported that Tad Devine, Julian Mulvey, and Mark Longabaugh were splitting
from the campaign over creative differences. The three, who
are partners at Devine
Mulvey Longabaugh, served as senior advisors on Sanders' 2016
presidential campaign and helped with the 2020 launch.
________________________
Notes:
Bernie 2020 has shaped up to be a significantly different campaign than
Bernie 2016. There were allegations of sexual harassment and
gender discrimination on Sanders' 2016 campaign (+), and in a Feb. 22
interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes, Sanders directly stated that the
'16 campaign had been "too white, too male-oriented" (>).
Bernie
2020
has
gone
all
in
to
ensure
a
diversity
and
a
positive
work
environment,
ranging
from
the
selection
of
campaign
manager
to
the
national
co-chairs
to
the
Mar.
15
announcement
that
the
campaign
has
unionized.
Writing
at
Refinery29,
Natalie
Gontcharova
states,
"The
campaign
says
that
now,
every
single
one
of
its
teams
—
management,
political,
policy,
organizing,
communications,
advance,
digital,
and
fundraising
—
has
women,
and
predominantly
women
of
color,
in
leadership
positions.
Overall,
the
national
leadership
team
is
around
70%
women."
See:
Nina Golgowski. "Bernie Sanders Vows More Diverse Campaign,
Protocols To Thwart Sexual Harassment." HuffPost,
Mar.
4,
2019.
Natalie Gontcharova. "Exclusive: Bernie Sanders Campaign
Announces 10 New Women Hires." Refinery29,
Mar.
19,
2019.
Also on Organization:
Holly Otterbein. "Sanders launches mega volunteer program."
Politico, Apr. 3, 2019.
Gabriel Debenedetti. "Bernie Sanders Is Quietly Building a
Digital Media Empire." New
York, Apr. 22, 2018.
And Note:
In a Mar. 11, 2019 conference call with reporters campaign manager Faiz
Shakir stated that the campaign had "70 people on national payroll."
By Sept. 2019 shake ups in the early states of Iowa and NH were
generating news:
Trent Spiner and Holly
Otterbein. "Bernie Sanders shakes up campaign leadership in New
Hampshire." Politico, Sept. 15, 2019.
Hunter Woodall and Will Weissert. "Low-tier candidates could
threaten Sanders in New Hampshire." AP,
Sept. 16, 2019.
Gregory Krieg and Ann Grayer. "Bernie Sanders' campaign confirms
another early-voting state staff shake-up." CNN,
Sept.
18,
2019.
Gregory Krieg and Ryan Nobles. "Bernie Sanders plans to escalate
campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire as top aides question
strategy." CNN,
Sept.
25,
2019.
After success in the first three states, things fell apart rather
quickly:
Alexander Burns and Jonathan
Martin. "How It All Came Apart for Bernie Sanders." The
New
York
Times, Mar. 21, 2020.
__________
Senate
Office
Chief of Staff Caryn Compton
(Sept. 2018) Previously legislative director to
Sen. Sanders from June 2013. Legislative director to U.S. Rep.
Eddie Bernice Johnson. Legislative counsel to Sen. Robert C. Byrd
and Senate committees. Also worked in the Legislative Resource
Division at the Office of Management and Budget. J.D. from The
Catholic University, 2004; M.A. in classical philology from University
of Arizona, 2001; B.A. in ancient Greek and philosophy from Marshall
University, 1998. twitter