OBAMA FOR AMERICA
Headquarters: 1025 Calhoun Street, Columbia
State Director | Stacey Brayboy |
Political Director | Anton Gunn |
Deputy Political Director | Michael McCauley |
Deputy Political Director | Alaina Beverly |
Political Outreach Coordinator | Jonathan Metcalf |
Political / Special Projects Coordinator | Tori Scarborough |
Director of Political Operations | Laurin Manning |
Field Director | Jeremy Bird |
Deputy Field Director | Monique Perry |
Deputy Field Director | Nicole Price |
Regional Field Offices
[PHOTOS]
Midlands - Columbia
headquarters
...Kendall Corley
Fairfield, Kershaw,
Lexington,
Richland, Sumter
Nicole
Aro, Max Blachman, Michael Brown, Christina Cue, Michelle Duff, Stephen
Ekema-Agbaw, Elizabeth Hoover, Christopher Jamell, Jennifer Scarbrough,
Nicole Young
Greenwood-Aiken - 407-B Main
Street,
Greenwood, SC 29646-2755 ...Travis Johnson ? Donnel Baird
Abbeville, Aiken,
Edgefield,
Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda
Kweisi
Chappin, Yvonne Miller
Orangeburg - 1168 Magnolia
Street,
Orangeburg SC ...Kenneth Glover
Allendale, Bamberg,
Barnwell,
Calhoun, Hampton, Jasper, Orangeburg
Derrick
Nayo, Edgard Oakley, Jr., Trakia Thomas
Upstate - 33 Villa Rd., Suite
W101
(Piedmont Center West), Greenville, SC 29615 ...Peachy
Myers
...grand opening Aug. 4,
2007 featuring Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum and
national
field director Temo Figueroa
Anderson, Cherokee,
Greenville,
Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, Union
Quentin
James, Rachel Levine. Volunteer Coordinator: Mary Katherine
Muller,
John Schueler
Low Country - 109 President St.,
Charleston, SC ...Kevin Puleo
...grand opening July 19,
2007 featuring Craig Robinson, Sen. Obama’s brother-in-law and the head
coach of Brown University’s men’s basketball team
Beaufort, Berkeley,
Charleston,
Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown
Jacqueline
Barry, Lauren Champaign, Abraham Jenkins, Heidi Johnson-Young.
Volunteer
Coordinator: Gillian Bergeron
Rock Hill - 1835 Ebenezer Road,
Rock Hill, SC 29732 ...Douglas Wilson
Chester, Lancaster, York
Jeffrey
Ingram, Jori Netz
Pee Dee - 466 West Cheves St.,
Florence,
SC 29502 ...Stephen Hightower
...grand opening Aug. 18
featuring political director Anton Gunn
Chesterfield,
Clarendon,
Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Horry, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg
Ashley
Baia, Ryan Cooper, Demond Drummer, Daniel Herman, Matthew Tranchin,
Bryant
Williams. Volunteer Coordinator: Pat Gibson-Hye, Shannon Talbert
Border State Director | Alex Lofton |
Youth Vote Director | Elizabeth Wilkins |
GOTV | Craig Schirmer |
Communications Director | Kevin Griffis |
Press Secretary | Amaya J. Smith |
Press and Research Assistant: Sam Wilson
New Media Director | Neil Sroka |
Voter File Manager | Kyle Cox |
Data Analyst | Chris Wyant |
IT Director | Christopher Workman |
Director of Scheduling and Special Events | Gwendolyn Williamson-Sellers |
Director of Operations | Anita Nelam |
Receptionist | Patricia Healy |
Senior Advisor | Rick Wade |
2007 Endorsements
former South Carolina Democratic Party
chair Joe Erwin (announced Dec. 12, 2007)
Served two terms as party
chairman from 2003-07. “In Senator Obama, we see a candidate who
does what to me is the most important thing we can do in this election:
And that’s to change the course of American politics. People want
a change, and they want a candidate who is not so much about
partisanship,
but about making government work better for people. For those key
reasons
I’ve decided to make this endorsement.”
State Sen. Glenn Reese of
Spartanburg (announced Dec. 7, 2007)
a small business owner and
a former teacher, who represents the 11th District in the state Senate.
on Dec. 4, 2007 the
campaign
announced
its South Carolina African American Religious Leadership Committee,
including
"nearly 130 senior pastors from some of the largest and most important
churches across the state."
on Nov. 12, 2007 the
campaign
announced several South Carolinians as members of its National Veterans
Advisory Committee:
Col. Richard A. Hayes, U.S. Air Force
(Ret.), North Charleston, SC
Lt. Col. Arthure W. McMaster, U.S. Army
(Ret.), Greenville, SC
Capt. T.R. Rhodes, U.S. Air Force (Ret.),
Greenville, SC
Specialist Pete Skidmore, U.S. Army, Fort
Mill, SC
Former South Carolina State Supreme
Court
Chief Justice Ernest Finney (announced Nov. 2, 2007)
Elected Chief Justice of
the South Carolina State Supreme Court in 1994, becoming the first
African
American to serve in that position; retired from the court in
2000.
Elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives and was one of
the
founders of the Legislative Black Caucus. Finney also served as
chairman
of the South Carolina Commission on Civil Rights. He is an
alumnus
of Claflin University and South Carolina State University’s Law
School.
Resident of Sumter.
Former state Sen. Herbert Fielding
The campaign
announced
the following endorsements on April 30, 2007:
David Agnew - Former Executive Assistant
to Charleston Mayor, Charleston
Labrena Aiken-Furtick -Community Activist, Orangeburg
E.W. Cromartie - Columbia city Councilman, Columbia
Thomas Earl Drayton - Georgetown County Councilman, Georgetown
Emile DeFelice - 2006 Candidate for State Commissioner of Agriculture, Columbia
Bud Ferillo - Community Activist, Columbia
Kenneth Glover - Businessman, Orangeburg
Dick Harpootlian - Former Chairman of South Carolina Democratic Party, Columbia
Tameika Isaac-Devine - Columbia City Councilman, Columbia
Joe Jefferson - South Carolina House of Representatives, Pineville
I.S. Leevy Johnson - Former State Representative, Columbia
Kenneth Mosely - Professor at South Carolina State University, Denmark
Phil Noble - Businessman, Charleston
Aaron Polkey - First Vice Chair Charleston County Democratic Party, Charleston
Terrance Roberts - Mayor City of Anderson, Anderson
Todd Rutherford - South Carolina House of Representatives, Columbia
Bakari Sellers - South Carolina House of Representatives, Denmark
Inez Tenenbaum - Former State Superintendent of Education, Lexington
Barry Walker - Irmo Town Councilman, Irmo
Billy D. Williams - City of Florence
Councilman,
Florence
Note:
Harpootlian
was one of the first in South Carolina to endorse Obama, announcing his
support on Feb. 19, 2007.
Columbia attorney.
Chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party from Feb. 1998-May
2003.
Ran unsuccessfully for attorney general in 1994. 5th Circuit
Solicitor,
1990-94. Richland County councilman, 1986-90. J.D. from the
University of South Carolina; B.A. from Clemson University.
post
primary
South Carolina Superdelegate Endorses Barack Obama
South Carolina Democratic Party Vice Chair Endorses Obama
Chicago, IL - Today, Wilber Lee Jeffcoat, the Democratic Party Vice Chair in South Carolina and superdelegate endorsed Barack Obama.
Jeffcoat is the 269th superdelegate to endorse Barack Obama. Obama is 162 delegates away from securing the Democratic nomination.
His statement is below:
"Barack Obama inspired thousands of new voters in my state of South Carolina to get involved in our democratic process and I am proud to announce my endorsement today. With Barack Obama as our nominee, we can bring more and more new voters out to become involved and have their voices heard. Obama has worked his whole life to unite people from all backgrounds and walks of life for change, he has done that in this campaign and he will continue to do that as President. I am excited to join his campaign today."
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