John
Edwards-Organization, New Hampshire
updated december 12, 2007
JOHN EDWARDS FOR PRESIDENT,
INC.
Headquarters: 66 Hanover Street, Suite 201C, Manchester ...Elizabeth
Edwards opened on April 30, 2007 |
johnedwards.com/nh
(May
10, 2007 grab) |
| State Director |
Beth Leonard |
(announced Feb. 13, 2007)
During the 2006 election cycle, Leonard served as the GOTV Director for
the DSCC. Campaign manager for Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s re-election
campaign. In 2004, Leonard was a consultant to the recount for Christine
Gregoire’s gubernatorial campaign in Washington. She worked on Sen.
John Kerry’s presidential campaign as the field director in Ohio during
the general campaign, as the California field and political director during
the primaries, and as the Central Iowa field director for Kerry's Iowa
caucus campaign starting in March 2003. During the 2002 elections,
Leonard worked on Sen. Mary Landrieu’s run-off election and as a regional
field director for the Iowa Democratic Coordinated Campaign. Grassroots
coordinator for 25 states for the American Cancer Society's government
relations department. Worked in the press office for Tipper Gore
at the White House. M.A. in political management from the George
Washington University. B.S. in developmental psychology from Cal
Poly, San Luis Obispo.
|
Special Assistant to the State Director |
Sara Conneighton |
| Deputy State Director |
Wally Adeyemo |
Student at Yale Law School;
has finished two years. Graduate of U.C. Berkeley, 2003; president
of the Associated Students of the University of California, 2001-02.
POLITICAL
| Political Director |
David Kieve |
(succeeded James Katz)
Kieve came to the NH campaign from Chapel Hill, where he served as a regional
political director in Chapel Hill since the campaign launched in January
2007. He worked on the 2004 campaign in Iowa.
| Political Assistant |
Colin Judd |
FIELD
Seacoast regional field coordinator
(Portsmouth) on Sen. Edwards' 2003-4 New Hampshire primary campaign.
Volunteer coordinator for Martha Fuller Clark's 2002 congressional campaign.
Previously worked on Democratic campaigns in Wisconsin.
| Deputy Field Director |
Karla Thieman |
(initially Concord regional
field director) Field organizer for Missouri Democrats' 2006 Coordinated
Campaign (Project Victory '06) in St. Joseph. Field organizer
for Colorado Victory 2004 in the Pueblo office.
| Deputy Field Director |
Pete Kavanaugh |
Regional Offices and Directors >>
Manchester
Dan Buttrey - Field organizer
for Missouri Democrats' 2006 Coordinated Campaign (Project Victory '06)
in Hannibal/Kirksville. In Fall 2004 Buttrey was the canvass director
for America Coming Together in New Hampshire. Worked on Sen. Edwards'
2004 NH primary campaign in the Portsmouth office. Graduated from
Michigan State in 2004.
Lakes/North Country 2 - Berlin:
256 Main Street, Berlin, NH 03570 (603) 752-4049
Mark Henson -
Concord: 12 North Main St.,
Concord, NH 03301 (603) 410-4172
...Elizabeth Edwards opened
June 4, 2007
Kelly Harlow - (succeeded
Karla Thieman) Came to the NH campaign after working as a regional
field director on the campaign in Nevada.
Conway: 2686 White Mountain
Hwy, North Conway, NH 03860
...David Bonior opened weekend
of Nov. 3-4, 2007
Southern Tier: 6 West Broadway,
Derry, NH 03038 (603) 785-2235
Emily Allen-Wiles - Bachelor's
degree in politics from Earlham College, 2004.
Strafford: 40 Chestnut Street,
Dover, NH 03824 (603) 785-2142
Mike Alfoni - Field organizer
for Missouri Democrats' 2006 Coordinated Campaign (Project Victory '06)
in Columbia. In 2004 was a regional director of New Voters Project
in Colorado. Graduate of Clark University with a degree in government
and sociology, 2004.
Keene: 441 Main Street, Keene,
NH 03431 (603) 354-7826
Emily Nowlin -
Lakes/North Country 1 - Laconia:
624 Main Street, Laconia, NH 03246 (603) 752-4049
Mark Henson -
Upper Valley and Claremont:
Rivermill Commercial Center, Building #5, 85 Mechanic Street, Lebanon,
NH 03766 603-289-7680
David Zucker -
Nashua: 85 West Pearl Street,
Nashua, NH 03060 (603) 738-5197
Matt Lydon - Field organizer
on Sen. Edwards' 2003-04 Iowa caucus campaign in the Dubuque office.
Seacoast: 195 Hanover Street,
Suite 34, Portsmouth, NH (603) 738-5103
Emily Arsenault -
Rochester - One Wakefield
Street, Suite 310, Rochester, NH 03867 (603) 785 5109
...David Bonior opened weekend
of Nov. 3-4, 2007
| Data Director (Voter File
Manager & Technical Support) |
Matt Klaber |
COMMUNICATIONS
| Press Secretary |
Kate Bedingfield |
(started in NH in May 2007/previously
deputy national press secretary on the campaign through April/May 2007).
DCCC Western regional press secretary in the 2006 cycle. Spokeswomen
on Paul Hackett congressional campaign in Ohio's 2nd CD (Aug. 2005 special
election). Worked on the Kerry-Edwards general election campaign.
Worked at the AFL-CIO. Graduate of the University of Virginia.
| Deputy Press Secretary |
Eddie Vale |
(earlier worked advance on the
campaign) In the 2006 cycle Vale served as assistant communications
director on Ned Lamont for Senate in Connecticut, and earlier as deputy
campaign manager on John Hall's primary campaign in New York's 19th CD,
and as deputy communications director on Spitzer for Governor in New York.
Field director on Ginny Schrader's 2004 congressional cmapaign in Pennsylvania's
8th CD. Degree in environmental law from the Law School at PACE University.
Seven years organizing for NYPIRG on environmental and consumer issues.
Undergraduate degree from UMASS Amherst. Grew up in Long Island,
NY.
| Press Assistant |
Alex Reese |
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| Trip and Advance Director |
Jorna Taylor |
Development director at Women's
Action for New Directions, 2005-06. National site advance on Kerry/Edwards
04. Deputy campaign manager on Shirley Krug for Congress (WI 4).
Oklahoma political director on John Edwards for President, started Aug.
2003. Finance director to Barbara Lawton’s successful 2002 primary
race for Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor and then worked for Wisconsin Governor
Jim Doyle's successful 2002 general election campaign. Worked for
the Wisconsin Democratic Party, Project organizer for the Wisconsin
Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, AFT. Graduate of the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; served as president of the University
of Wisconsin United Council of Students, representing more than 140,000
students on 24 campuses.
| Deputy Advance Director |
Susie Whitlock |
| Advance Staff |
Andrew Smith |
| Director of Online Outreach |
Amy Rubin |
Rubin came to the NH campaign
from Chapel Hill where she was deputy director of online outreach.
Prior to joining the Edwards campaign, she worked at the Boston-based social
media start-up, Gather.com, where she headed up the development of the
company’s political channel. Bachelor’s degree from Vassar College,
2005.
| Operations Director |
Alice Peterson |
>On Nov. 9, 2007 in Manchester,
Cate Edwards and Kate Michelman announced
the formation of New Hampshire Women for Edwards and the campaign released
a list 433 New Hampshire women supporting Edwards.
>The New Hampshire State
Employees' Association (SEIU local 1984) announced
its endorsement of Sen. Edwards on Oct. 31, 2007.
On April 23, 2007 the
campaign announced endorsements of more than 40 New Hampshire leaders,
including 3 state Senators and 12 state Representatives:
Sen. Peter Burling, NH Senate
Deputy Majority Leader
Sen. Joe Foster, NH Senate
Majority Leader
Sen. David Gottesman, NH
Senate Deputy Democratic Whip
Rep. Linda Foster, NH House
Deputy Speaker
Rep. Sharon Nordgren, NH
House Finance Committee Chair (Div III)
Rep. Don Brueggeman, NH
State Representative
Rep. Jackie Cali-Pitts,
NH State Representative
Rep. Claudia Chase, NH State
Representative
Rep. Steve Destefano, NH
State Representative
Rep. David Essex, NH State
Representative
Rep. Patrick Garrity, NH
State Representative, Firefighter
Rep. Joe Miller, M.D., NH
State Representative, Doctor
Rep. Gary Richardson, NH
State Representative
Rep. Rob Theberge, NH State
Representative
Rep. Chuck Weed, NH State
Representative, Professor at Keene State College
Caroline McCarley, Former
NH State Senator
Laurie McCray, Prominent
Seacoast Progressive Activist
Paul Robitaille, Coos
County Democratic Chair
Chris Sullivan, Concord
Activist & Former US DOJ official
Bill Barry, Prominent Nashua
activist & attorney
Elaine Belanger, Prominent
North Country Activist
Will Boc, Former Dover Mayor
and City Councilor
Jon Bresler, Concord Democratic
Activist
Tenley & Peter Callaghan,
Concord Democratic Activists & Attorneys
Chris Coates, Keene School
Board, Former NH State Representative
Tim Decker, Immediate Past
President, SEA NH, Juvenile Probation Officer in Manchester
Joe Donahue, Derry Town
Chair & NE Carpenters Organizer
Lucy Hodder, Prominent activist,
attorney, and advocate
Helen Honorow, Prominent
activist and member of the State Board of Education
Harry Judd, Prominent Concord
activist & attorney
Leo Lessard, Former State
Senator
Chris Miller, Prominent
Concord activist, psychologist
Jon and Sandy Mucci, Prominent
Lakes Region Activists
Deb Nelson, Educator &
Upper Valley Democratic Activist
Scott Pauls, Educator, Lebanon
Planning Board
Maureen Raiche Manning,
Prominent Manchester Activist, Former Vice Chair of the NH Democratic Party
Karen Ryan, Grantham Town
Chair
Chris Seufert, Prominent
Activist & Attorney
Elissa Stone, Prominent
Environmental Activist, Small Business Owner
Kristin Sullivan, Prominent
Activist
Tom Watson, Prominent Activist
& Attorney
Rob Werner, Merrimack County
Democratic Chair
former
| Deputy Political Director |
Matt Spence |
(with the campaign from the
start; resignation reported by James Pindell on Sept. 19, 2007) In NH,
Spence managed State Sen. Peter Burling's 2006 re-election and did early
fundraising and consulting for State Sen. Maggie Hassan. He was volunteer
coordinator for the last two months of Manchester Mayor Bob Baines' 2005
campaign. Graduate of North Carolina State University with a degree
in political science. In 2004 he was president of the NC State University
College Dems, and in that capacity, helped with the Democratic campaign
in the fall.
| Political Director |
James Katz |
(from the start...left the campaign
at the beginning of May 2007) Took leave from Harvard Law School
and the Kennedy School of Government. Field director at 1199/SEIU
in New York, where he managed a successful statewide field campaign to
save Medicaid. Deputy state director in Nevada for America Coming
Together during the 2004 general election. Western regional field
coordinator (Keene) on Sen. Edwards' 2003-4 New Hampshire primary campaign.
B.A. in political science from Brown University, 2003; president of Brown
College Democrats and organized student campaign efforts in RI and NH.
| Deputy Field Director |
Janie Camino |
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