Barack
Obama-Organization, Delaware
revised June 20, 2008
OBAMA FOR AMERICA
Headquarters: 1201 N. Orange Street, Suite 900,
Wilmington
...officially opened Jan. 19, 2008
| State Director |
Brandon Hurlbut |
Oversaw veterans, seniors
and
labor outreach in the political department on Obama's NH primary
campaign.
Came to the campaign from Washington, DC where he was associate at
Baker
& Daniels LLP. Campaign experience includes Dorothy Brown for
Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court, 2000; Bill Bradley for
President,
1999–2000; and Glenn Poshard for Governor of Illinois, 1998. J.D.
from Georgetown University Law Center, 2004. B.A. from University
of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1997.
| Deputy State
Director |
Nicole Derse
|
Oversaw faith, progressives, people
of color and GLBT outreach in the political department on Obama's NH primary camapign. San Francisco activist.
For much of 2006 Derse worked
as field director for PowerPAC; coordinating with grassroots
organizations
in Southern California to help them increase voter turnout.
Worked
for the Alliance for a Better California, a labor-backed organization
formed
to oppose Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Nov. 2005 ballot
initiatives.
Managed Ross Mirkarimi's successful 2004 campaign for San Francisco
Supervisor.
Youth empowerment coordinator for the San Francisco Youth Commission
for
three years. Degree in urban studies at Macalester College,
2001.
From Slinger, WI.
| Communications
Director |
Chris Lu |
Took leave
from his position as legislative director in Obama's Senate
office. Deputy chief counsel for the Democratic
staff of the House Government Reform Committee (Rep. Henry Waxman),
1997-2005. Served as special advisor for communications to
Kerry-Edwards '04. Worked as a litigator at a D.C. law firm and a
law clerk to a federal court of appeals judge. Graduate of
Princeton University and Harvard Law School, where he was a classmate
of Obama.
| Field Director |
Mike French
|
Former FEC attorney. Graduate of Harvard Law School, 2002.
| GOTV Director |
Shomik Dutta |
Mid-Atlantic finance director. Graduate of
Williams College, 2005.
Co-Chairs
Lieutenant Governor
John Carney
Treasurer Jack Markell (Jan.
7, 2008; first statewide official to endorse)
Insurance
Commissioner
Matthew Denn (Jan. 7, 2008)
Wilmington Mayor
James Baker
Wilmington City
Council President Ted Blunt (Jan. 7, 2008)
More
Endorsements
Wilmington City
Council Members Samuel Prado and Stephanie Bolden
Delaware Women for Obama steering
committee
chaired by:
state Rep. Valerie Longhurst
former Delaware Secretary of Labor Lisa
Blunt Rochester
state Rep. Theresa Schooley of Newark
philanthropist Linda Gilliam.
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