Barack
Obama-Organization, West Virginia
revised June 16, 2008
OBAMA FOR AMERICA
Headquarters: 1021 Quarrier St, Charleston, WV 25301
304-346-2616 ...grand
opening April 12, 2008
| State Director |
Ashley Walker |
Served as deputy to
political
director Matt Nugen in Chicago; joined the campaign in Aug. 2007, and
was
in line to work in Florida. Walker managed Jeremy Ring
(D-Margate)'s
successful 2006 campaign for State Senate in Florida.
| Deputy State
Director |
Rudy Shenk
|
Shenk started as the
campaign's national outreach director in Chicago and later served as
state director in New York. Oversaw Kerry-Edwards
outreach to CEOs and small business owners during '04 cycle. Aide
to New York State Comptroller, H. Carl McCall during his 2002
gubernatorial
bid. Government affairs associate for Napster.
Undergraduate
degree from NYU; J.D. from Fordham Law School. Grew up in
Portland,
Oregon.
| Political Director |
Clete Johnson |
On leave from position as
aide to Sen. Jay
Rockefeller.
Operations director for West Virginia Victory 2004, the coordinated
campaign.
A field organizer for Max Cleland for Senate in 2002. Worked
full-time
on the congressional campaigns of his father, former U.S. Rep. Don
Johnson
(D-GA), in the early 1990s. Fulbright fellowship for graduate
studies
in international relations at the London School of Economics.
Served
in the U.S. Army as a platoon leader in Korea and a general’s aide in
Germany
and Kosovo.
| Field Director |
Rachel Sigman |
A regional field director
for
the Nevada caucus campaign and the Texas primary campaign (El
Paso). Experience includes deputy executive
director
of the Tahoe-Baikal Institute. Studied ecoregional environmental
management in Madagascar as a Fulbright scholar. B.A. from
Wesleyan
University, 2001.
Regional
Field Directors
Wheeling (Northern Panhandle) --
Victoria McCullough
Morgantown (North-Central) -- Nick
Buis
Martinsburg (Eastern Panhandle) --
John LaRue
Charleston (Metro Valley) -- David
Zhao
Huntington (Southwest) -- Luis
Hernandez
Beckley (Southeast) -- Grant Lahmann
Campaign manager on the Bill Foster for Congress special election in
Illinois 14th CD (Feb. 5, 2008 primary, March 8 general).
Campaign manager on Chicago Alderman Vi Daley
2007 re-election campaign. Field assistant on Duckworth for Congress in 2006. B.A. in political science from
Illinois Wesleyan University, 2001.
GOTV Director
|
Matt Kasdan
|
Deputy field director on
Obama's Nevada campaign. Field director/deputy director on the
2006 Maryland Coordinated Campaign. Deputy field director on
Corzine for Governor in New Jersey in 2005. Graduate of Bucknell
University.
Beckley
- 128 Harper Court, Beckley, WV
Clarksburg
- 321 W. Main Street, Suite 210, Clarksburg, WV 26301
Elkins - 100 Second
Street, Elkins, WV 26241
Fairmont
- 307 Cleveland Ave, Fairmont, WV 26554
Grafton
- 33 W. Main Street, Grafton, WV 26354
Huntington
- 801 4th
Avenue, Huntington, WV 25701
Martinsburg - 124½ S. Queen Street, Martinsburg, WV 25401
Morgantown
- 433 Beechurst Avenue Morgantown, WV
Parkersburg - 219 4th
Street, Parkersburg, WV 26101
Romney
- 92 E. Main St., Suite 99, Romney, WV 26757
Wheeling - 96 14th Street,
Wheeling, WV
Endorsements
U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller
(announced
Feb. 29, 2008)
U.S. Rep. Nick Joe Rahall II (WV-3) (March
6, 2008)
State Auditor Glen Gainer III (May
1, 2008)
local
leaders (announced May 9,
2008)
Sen. Dan Foster (Kanawha County)
Sen. Jon Blair Hunter (Mon County)
Sen. Jeff Kessler (Marshall)
Del. John Doyle (Jefferson County)
Del. Ron Fragale (Harrison County)
Del. Charlene Marshall (Mon County)
Del. Clif Moore (McDowell County)
Del. Alex Shook (Mon County)
Sheriff John Gruzinskas (Marshall)
Jerry Brookover (Chair, Wirt County
Exec. Committee)
Previously announced endorsements
Ken Hechler, former Congressman and West Virginia Secretary of
State
Del. Tal Hutchins (Ohio County)
Sen. Larry Edgell (Wetzel County)
Mayor Emmett Pugh (Beckley)
Sheriff Tom Burgoyne (Ohio County)
Commissioner David Sims (Ohio County)
John Saunders (former USW local president, Ohio County Dem co-chair)
Frank Slider (Tyler County Chair)
Northern Panhandle leaders (annnounced April 29, 2008)
and
Charleston Gazette (04/08/08)
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