HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT  (name change Sept. 1, 2007)
HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE  (announced Jan. 20, 2007 through August 31, 2007)
Headquarters: 4420 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
...moved from initial offices at 1717 K Street, N.W. (spread out over 4 floors) in DC in late April 2007

See: Peter Baker and Anne E. Kornblut. "Even in Victory, Clinton Team Is Battling Itself."  Washington Post.  March 6, 2008.
        Michelle Cottle. "What Went Wrong?" The New Republic [website].  May 16, 2008.
        Joshua Green. "The Front-Runner's Fall."   The Atlantic.  September 2008.

Director of Operations

Jessica O'Connell

(Nov. 2006; resigned mid-March 2008)  Finance director/deputy campaign manager on Phil Hare's successful 2006 campaign for Congress in Illinois' 17th CD.  Deputy campaign manager on Peggy Lamm's unsuccessful 2006 primary campaign for Congress in Colorado's 7th CD.  Chief operating officer at EchoDitto.  Development director at the Children's Defense Fund.  Deputy director of major gifts and events at EMILY's List.  Director of AIDS Walk Colorado.  B.A. from University of Colorado at Boulder.  M.B.A. from University of Denver - Daniels College of Business.

POLITICAL AND FIELD

National Political and Field Director

Guy Cecil

Joined the Dewey Square Group in March 2003 and was a principal in the firm's grassroots campaign practice.  Directed the Arkansas Democratic Coordinated Campaign in the 2002 cycle.  National field director for the Children's Defense Fund and its Campaign to Leave No Child Behind, 2001.  Field director for the 2000 Missouri Democratic Coordinated Campaign.  Worked on Vice President Gore's campaign staff in New Hampshire and was the state director for the primary campaign in Vermont.  Program coordinator for Boston Partners in Education.  Former high school teacher and speech and debate coach.  Graduate of the University of Florida with a B.A. in Political Science.  Originally from Miami.
 

Deputy National Political Director

Geri Prado

State director on Sen. John Kerry's Feb. 2004 New Mexico caucus camapign  Political director for Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 in Colorado.  Worked field in the last month of Tom Strickland's 2002 U.S. Senate campaign under the Democratic coordinated effort and as field director for Congresswoman Diana DeGette's 2002 campaign; also worked as a senior congressional aide in DeGette's district office.  Ran a state house race in Denver and was the Fair Housing Director for NEWSED, a non-profit that serves low-income families and communities.  Worked in the Manhattan District Attorney's office.  Graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder.
 

Deputy Political Director for Northeast States

Edgar Santana

Deputy political director for the New York State Democratic Committee.  Executive director of New York State Young Democrats.  Attended Fordham University.  Native New Yorker from the Bronx.
 

Deputy Political Director for Midwest States

Sean Johnson

(Started with the exploratory committee in Dec. 2006)  Previously worked at Crouse Malchow.  Research director at the DLCC.  Graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, 1998.
 

Deputy Political Director for Western States

Sasha Bruce

 

Deputy Political Director for Southern States

James Gee

Experience includes deputy chief of staff to New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey. Political director for the New Jersey State Democratic Committee's 2001 Coordinated Campaign.  Chief of staff to New Jersey Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson-Coleman.  Attended Morehouse College in Atlanta and worked as a staff person in the Georgia Senate; also has attended Thomas Edison State College.  Started out as a summer intern for New Jersey assemblyman John Watson.  From Trenton.
 

Deputy Political Director , Iowa

Dawn Smalls

Program officer at the Open Society Institute.  Associate at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, a litigation firm based in New York.  Stanford Law School.  Assistant to Chief of Staff John Podesta and Special Assistant to the Federal D.C. Interagency Task Force from 1997-2000.  Graduate of Boston University.
 

Deputy Political Director , PA, OH, NY, NJ

Jason Houser

Experience includes a regional field director on the Michigan Democratic Coordinated Campaign in Fall 2004.
 
 

Deputy National Field Director

Clay Haynes

(initially Director of Internet-Field)  Field director on Congressman Harold Ford's 2006 campaign for U.S. Senate in Tennessee.  Campaign manager on Jeff Smith for Congress in Missouri's 3rd CD, 2004.  Graduate of Washington University at St. Louis.  From Tennessee.
 
 

Political Director for Labor

Mike Monroe

Prior to joining the campaign, Monroe worked as government affairs director at IUPAT for three years, and as legislative representative at IUPAT for three years.
 
 

Senior Advisor

Burns Strider

(Faith community, Veterans and Military Retirees, Rural America)  Policy director of the House Democratic Caucus in 2006 under Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC).  Aide to House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi   Southern regional communications director at the DCCC.  Chief of staff to Congressman Ronnie Shows (MS-4).  Worked for Secretary of State Marshall Bennett in Jackson.  Interned with Al Gore.  Attended Mississippi State University, and received his degree in history at Delta State University.  From Grenada, MS, where his father was sheriff.
  Deputy Director for Veterans Outreach : D. Patrick Lewis through Spring, then Saif Khan


 

Director of Women's Outreach

Dana Singiser

Staff director for the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee.  Attorney at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.  J.D. from Georgetown Law, 1998.
 
 

Director of Hispanic Outreach/Deputy Director of Women's Outreach

Laura Peña

In Fall 2004 worked on women's outreach on the New Mexico Coordinated Campaign out of the Las Cruces office.  Pursuing a law degree at The University of Texas School of Law.  B.A. in religious studies from Wellesley College, 2004.
 
 

Director of Youth Outreach

Emily Hawkins

Campus outreach coordinator for Campus Progress, a project of the Center for American Progress.  In 2004 Hawkins "served as a researcher and production assistant for Dog Eat Dog Films where she provided political research and assisted with production and post-production of Michael Moore's Slacker Uprising Tour" (a campaign in battleground states to get students to vote for John Kerry).  Graduate of Wesleyan University, 2001.
 
 

LGBT Outreach

Mark Walsh

foreign policy supporters (Dec. 26, 2007)

Rural Americans for Hillary (Dec. 10, 2007)

former diplomats and ambassadors (Dec. 7, 2007)

National Council of Civic Leaders (Nov. 8, 2007)

tribal leader endorsements (Nov. 6, 2007)

Mayor's Council (July 19, 2007)

National Hispanic Leadership Council  (June 30, 2007)
plus endorsement of former President and CEO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) George Muñoz (Oct. 2, 2007)

LGBT Americans for Hillary  (June 27, 2007)
additional members (Nov. 14, 2007)

Veterans and Military Retirees For Hillary  (May 25, 2007)
and 35 new national co-chairs (Nov. 11, 2007)

women elected officials  (May 19, 2007)

AAPIs for Hillary  (May 16, 2007)

COMMUNICATIONS

Communications Director

Howard Wolfson

Partner in The Glover Park Group's New York office.  Executive director at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) for two years.  Communications director for then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign.  Communications director for then Rep. Charles Schumer's 1998 U.S. Senate campaign.  Chief of Staff and Press Secretary to Representative Nita Lowey.  Masters in U.S. History from Duke University; undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago.
 
 

Senior Spokesman

Mo Elleithee

(reported by Hotline On Call Jan. 30, 2007; started Feb. 1, 2007)  A founding partner at Hilltop Public Solutions.  Communications director Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine's successful 2005 campaign for governor of Virginia.  Senior vice president and communications director of the Thunder Road Group in 2004, overseeing the state communications operations of America Coming Together (ACT).  New Hampshire communications director for Gen. Wesley Clark's 2004 NH primary campaign.  Campaign manager on Janet Reno's 2002 primary campaign for governor of Florida, then served as deputy campaign manager on Bill McBride's general election campaign.  Press secretary on Mark Warner's 2001 successful campaign for governor of Virginia.  Communications director on Bill Bradley for President 2000 NH primary campaign, then Midwest regional communications director and Washington State communications director for the campaign.  Deputy campaign manager on the Tom Udall for Congress campaign in New Mexico in 1998, helping Udall to defeat a Republican incumbent.  B.S. from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and M.A. from the Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University.
 
 

Deputy Communications Director

Phil Singer

Communications director at the DSCC in the 2006 cycle.  Spokesperson for the Kerry campaign (announced April 16, 2004).  Singer worked for the previous four years as communications director for Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY).  Before that he worked for Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ) and for Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-NJ).
 
 

Traveling Press Secretary

Jay Carson

(reported by The Fix Aug. 2007; Jennifer Hanley had served as traveling press secretary from the start)  Spokesman for former President Bill Clinton and for the William J. Clinton Foundation starting in Aug. 2005.  Spokesman for NYC 2012, the city's Olympic-bid committee.  Communications director for the DNC's rapid response effort during the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City.  National spokesman on the Dean campaign (started second week of October 2003).  Sen. Tom Daschle's press secretary for three years.  Advance/press advance on Bill Bradley's presidential campaign.  Worked on Chuck Schumer's U.S. Senate race.  Graduate of Columbia University.
 
 

Spokesman

Blake Zeff

(reported by Patrick Healey/NYT on Jan. 22, 2007)  Communications director for the New York State Democratic Committee, announced Oct. 2005.  Communications director for Sen. Chuck Schumer; started working for Schumer in 2002 as deputy press secretary for New York City and Long Island, then promoted to press secretary for upstate New York.  Worked on Mark Green's 2001 campaign for Mayor of New York City.
 
 

Press Secretary for Specialty Media

Jin Chon

Came to the campaign in April 2007 after working for about two years at Edelman, the public relations firm, in Washington, DC.  In 2004 worked in the Kerry campaign press shop.  B.A. in government and economics from Georgetown University.
 
 

Director of African American Media

Traci Otey Blunt

(Announced June 27, 2007)  Most recently a vice president and deputy director for the multicultural practice, overseeing the African American portfolio, at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide in DC.  Senior vice president at Perennial Strategy Group.
 
 

Director of Hispanic Communications

Fabiola Rodríguez-Ciampoli

Came to the campaign after working as Vice President of Hispanic Outreach for Edelman Multicultural, a division of the PR firm, in Washington, DC.  Director of Hispanic Media for the Senate Democratic Communications Center under Minority Leader Harry Reid.  Director of Hispanic Media for the Kerry-Edwards campaign, started in May 2004.  Director of Specialty Media at the DNC.  Legislative assistant for Rep. Xavier Becerra (CA-31).  Director of Media Outreach for House Democratic Leader Richard A. Gephardt from May 2000 to Dec. 2002.  Hispanic Media Specialist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  Moved to Washington, D.C. to pursue a Masters Degree in Public Communication from American University.  In 1988 Rodríguez-Ciampoli worked for the presidential campaign of Carlos Salinas de Gortari in her native Mexico as foreign press analyst, and served as Deputy Director of Media Analysis (Subdirectora de Análisis) in the Press Office for the Salinas Administration from 1991-95.  Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from Universidad Iberoamericana in 1988.  Born and raised in Mexico City.
 
 

Deputy Press Secretary

Isaac Baker

Went on to serve as Clinton's communications director for the Ohio primary campaign.  Press secretary on Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland's 2006 gubernatorial campaign.

RESEARCH

Research Director

Judd Legum

Previously research director at the Center for American Progress and editor of ThinkProgress.org.  Bachelor's degree in public policy analysis from Pomona College; J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center (while in law school, he was a research assistant for White House chief of staff John Podesta).
 
 

INTERNET

Internet Director

Peter Daou

(signed on with Clinton in mid-2006; first reported on "The Fix" June 28, 2006)  Previously ran the "Daou Report" on Salon.com, launched in Dec. 2004 [purpose "1) to offer a diverse, unfiltered sample of online political discourse, 2) to probe the ideas, passions, and perspectives that give rise to our current political divide, 3) to examine the relationship between blogs, the political establishment and the traditional media."]  Online Comunication Advisor to the Kerry campaign (volunteered starting Aug. 2003; full-time staff March 2004) responsible for outreach to the blog community; launched and managed D-Bunker, the rapid response/fact check section of johnkerry.com; also produced a daily blog survey for the campaign staff.  Daou has an interesting background outside of politics; he is described as "a top notch remix keyboardist," and has had success recording dance music with wife Vanessa--a 1992 single "Surrender Yourself" reached number one on the Billboard club chart.

Kevin Thurman
Deputy Internet director on Tom Vilsack's presidential campaign.  Senior strategist at Blue State Digital.  Online consultant for non-profit clients such as the Human Rights Campaign and the American Civil Liberties Union, as well as political leaders like Sen. Russ Feingold and Sen. Gary Hart.  B.A. in communications from Fordham University.
 
 

POLICY

Policy Director

Neera Tanden

Senior vice president for academic affairs at the Center for American Progress.  Prior to joing the Center, she was legislative director for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Previously senior vice president for domestic policy for the Center for American Progress.  Issues director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).  Senior policy advisor to the Chancellor of the New York City Schools, Harold Levy.  Deputy campaign manager and policy director for Clinton's U.S. Senate campaign in 2000.  Senior policy advisor to the First Lady and associate director in the Domestic Policy Council during the Clinton Administration.  Law degree from Yale Law School; undergraduate degree from UCLA.
 
 

Deputy Policy Director

Jake Sullivan

Previously an attorney at the Minneapolis law firm of Faegre & Benson.  After finishing law school, he clerked for Judge Guido Calabresi of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and then Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court.  Sullivan received his undergraduate and law degrees from Yale University and a master's degree in International Relations from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
 
 

Senior Policy Advisor

Leecia Eve

Founded Show Up New York, an effort to encourage voter turnout, in 2006.  Candidate for New York State Lieutenant Governor in 2005; ended campaign in Jan. 2006 after Eliot Spitzer, the gubernatorial favorite, selected David Patterson.  Counsel to Sen. Clinton, where she led Clinton's homeland security team and drafted the Count Every Vote Act of 2005; joined Clinton's office in 2001.  General partner at Hodgson Russ, Western New York's largest law firm; joined the firm in 1996 and made partner in 1999.  Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee under Sen. Joe Biden.  M.P.A. from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.  J.D. from Harvard Law School.  Undergraduate degree from Smith College.  Native of Buffalo, NY; her father, Assemblyman Arthur Eve, served in the state legislature for more than 30 years.
 
 

Director for Foreign Policy and National Security

Lee Feinstein

(Aug. 2007)  Senior fellow and deputy director of studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.  Principal director of policy planning under Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.  Worked on peacekeeping policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense from 1994-95.  Assistant director of the Arms Control Association, a private group in Washington, DC.  J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and an M.A. in political science from the City University of New York.
 
 

Domestic Policy Advisor

Catherine E. Brown

Served as a legislative assistant in Sen. Clinton’s Washington office for five years before joining the campaign.
 
 

Senior Economic Policy Advisor

Brian Deese

Formerly Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for American Progress.
 

SCHEDULING

Director of Scheduling and Long Term Planning

Kim Molstre

(reported by Chris Cillizza "The Fix" on Jan. 22, 2007)  Deputy communications director (planning) Kerry-Edwards 2004, Inc.; joined the Kerry campaign as a spokeswoman for his Missouri primary effort after Gephardt withdrew.  Deputy communications director and spokesperson on Gephardt for President; initially announced as the Gephardt campaign's deputy press secretary on April 1, 2003.  Prior to joining the Gephardt campaign, Molstre worked in House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi's communications office, and earlier in Gephardt's leadership office.  She also worked as an aide to Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT).  Graduate of Lehigh University, 1998.
 

ADVANCE

Director of Advance

Jon Davidson

Traveling chief of staff on Congressman Harold Ford's 2006 U.S. Senate campaign in Tennessee.  In 2004 did advance work on the Kerry campaign and earlier on Wesley Clark's campaign.  Graduate of the University of Florida.
 
 

FINANCE

Finance Director

Jonathan Mantz

Finance chair for Gov. Jon Corzine, 2006.  Principal at PodestaMattoon, 2003-05.  Deputy executive director and finance director for the DSCC, started in early 2004.  Finance director for the DCCC in the 2002 and 2000 election cycles.  Finance director for the National Jewish Democratic Council.  B.A. in history from Ithaca College, 1991.  Philadelphia native.

Mid-Atlantic - Natalie Jones
Graduate of Emory University, 2002.

Midwest - Adam Goers
Finance director on Harris Miller's 2006 campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.  Deputy finance director on Tim Kaine's 2005 campaign for governor (responsible for Central Virginia).  Finance director on Deborah Senn's campaign for Washington State Attorney General, 2004.
          ...Midwest/No.VA Deputy Finance Director - Samantha Wolf

New England - Jon Patsavos
Ten years as a political fundraiser including New England finance director for John Kerry's presidential campaign.  Native of Cape Cod.
          ...New England Deputy Finance Director - Kathy Gasperine

New York - Dennis Cheng
          ...New York Deputy Finance Director - Carolyn Cavaness

Northwest - Stefanie Roumeliotes

Pennsylvania - Scott Freda

Southwest - Yaël Ouzillou
Principal at Total Fundraising Strategies in Austin.  Graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, 1992.

West - Diane Hamwi
(started Jan. 2007; based in Los Angeles) Hamwi was lead finance person for California and the West on Wesley Clark's 2004 primary campaign.

Finance Chief of Staff

Tali Stein

Regional director at Sen. Mark Warner's Forward Together PAC, 2005-06.

 

Senior Advisor (Finance)

Nancy Jacobson

(reported by Hotline On-Call on Dec. 20, 2006)  Senior advisor and previously filled the finance director role for Sen. Evan Bayh's All America PAC.  Has worked with Bayh for over a decade.  In 2004 helped co-found Third Way, "a strategy center for progressives."  Founded and served as executive director of Next Generation, a political action committee devoted to supporting moderate Senate candidates.  The third person hired on Bill Clinton’s 1992 Presidential campaign, served as his Inaugural Finance Director, Finance Director of the DNC when President Clinton assumed office in 1993.  B.A. in Political Science from Syracuse University and a Masters in Public Relations from American University.  Married to Mark Penn, who served as pollster and strategic advisor to President Clinton and Sen. Clinton.
 

MORE

Traveling Chief of Staff

Huma Abedin

See: Spencer Morgan.  "Hillary’s Mystery Woman: Who is Huma?"  New York Observer, April 2, 2007.
 
 

 
 

Chairman

Terry McAuliffe

Chairman of the DNC from February 2001 to February 2005.  Chairman of the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles.  Chairman of the 53rd Presidential Inaugural Committee.  National finance chairman and then national co-chairman of the Clinton-Gore re-election committee in 1996.  Finance chairman?director of the DNC.  National finance chairman on Rep. Dick Gephardt's 1987-88 presidential campaign; in early 1987 he lined up money for a possible Mario Cuomo presidential campaign.  Finance chairman?consultant to the DCCC.  J.D. from Georgetown Law Center, 1984.  Went to work on the Carter-Mondale re-election campaign and was deputy treasurer for the DNC in 1980.  Undergraduate degree from Catholic University.  McAuliffe grew up in Syracuse, New York, where he learned fundraising from his father, who was treasurer of the Onondaga County Democratic Committee.  He has practiced law and been involved in many businesses including banking and real estate.   Author of "What A Party! My Life Among Democrats: Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators, and Other Wild Animals" (Jan. 2007).
 

(Assistant to the Chairman)

Yael Belkind

Previously worked at the DNC.
 
 

TREASURER

Treasurer

Shelly Moskwa

Treasurer for Sen. Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign starting in 1999; previously compliance director for Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI).
 
 

MAJOR CONSULTANTS

Media

Give 'em Hill Productions

Mandy Grunwald - Veteran Democratic media consultant; key adviser on Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign.
 
 

Pollster

Geoff Garin

(reported by NBC's First Read on March 18, 2008)  President of Peter D. Hart Research Associates since 1984 and with the firm since 1978.
 
 

Pollster

Mark Penn

(Chief Strategist through April 6, 2008; "will continue to provide polling and advice to the campaign")  President of Penn,Schoen & Berland Associates since he co-founded the firm in 1975.
 

ADVISORS

Advisor to the Campaign Manager

Harold Ickes

Ickes is a founding partner of The Ickes & Enright Group, a Washington , DC consulting firm affiliated with Griffin Johnson Dover & Stewart and is president of Catalist which offers "progressive organizations affordable access to a comprehensive, well-maintained national database of voting-age individuals."  In the 2004 cycle Ickes established and headed up The Media Fund, which ran $50 million in media, and then served as chief of staff for ACT.  Senior advisor to Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign.  Deputy chief of staff to President Bill Clinton (announced Dec. 22, 1993) through Jan. 1997.  Joined the law firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein in 1980 or '81, made partner, and continued there through 1993.  Worked on various campaigns including Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign.  Law degree from Columbia.  Graduated from Stanford University with a degree in economics after one year at the University of Arizona.  Worked on cattle ranches and construction jobs for three or four years in California and Oregon.
 
 

Senior Advisor (women's outreach)

Ann Lewis

Director of Communications for Friends of Hillary/HILLPAC.  National chair of the DNC Women’s Vote Center, the Democratic Party’s major initiative to reach, engage, and mobilize women voters, 2002-04.  Senior advisor to Hillary Rodham Clinton's U.S. Senate campaign in 2000.  Served in the Clinton Administration as deputy director of communications (starting Jan. 1997), director of communications (May 1997-99), and then Counselor to President Bill Clinton.  Director of communications and deputy campaign manager for the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign, 1995-96.  Vice president for public policy at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 1994-95.  Headed two consulting companies, Politics, Inc. and Ann F. Lewis, Inc.. Senior adviser to Jesse Jackson's 1988 campaign.  National director of Americans for Democratic Action.  Political director for the Democratic National Committee.  Chief of staff to then-Congresswoman Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, 1978-81.  She is also the older sister of Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA).
 
 

Senior Advisor (field)

Karen Hicks

Advised British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Labour Party as they won a third term in May 2005.  Field director at the DNC in the 2004 general election campaign (announced by Kerry for President as deputy national field director in April 2004).  State director of Dean for America New Hampshire, started Feb. 10, 2003.  Political director for Gov. Jeanne Shaheen's 2002 bid for the U.S. Senate.  Political director for Shaheen's 2000 race for Governor.  Prior to that, Hicks served as Shaheen's Health Policy Advisor.  Executive director of New Hampshire Citizen Action, 1993-97.
 
 

Senior Advisor

Minyon Moore

Moore heads up the Dewey Square Group's state and local affairs and multicultural marketing practices.  In the 2004 cycle she was a senior advisor to the Kerry campaign as well as one of the founders of Americans Coming Together (ACT).  Chief operating officer at the DNC, responsible for the day-to-day running of the party, after directing DNC chair Terry McAuliffe's transition in the first part of 2001.  Appointed as White House deputy director of political affairs in Feb. 1997 she became director of public liaison in May 1998 and finished as director of political affairs.  Joined the DNC in 1993 and served as director of public liaison, director of constituency and outreach, deputy chief of staff and finally as national political director in the 1996 cycle.  Worked at the Rainbow Coalition, 1988-93.  In 1988 she was national deputy field director for Rev. Jesse Jackson's campaign, Jackson's convention coordinator, and in the fall national deputy field director for the Dukakis campaign.  Worked on Jackson's 1984 campaign.  After starting as a volunteer at Operation/PUSH, she joined an assistant to Rev. Willie Barrow in 1985.  B.S. from the University of Illinois at Chicago, 1982.  Native of Chicago.
 
 

Senior Advisor (urban policy)

Alvin Brown

(announced June 12, 2007)  Senior Advisor for Urban Policy and Vice Chair of the White House Community Empowerment Board starting in July 2000.  Executive director of the Community Empowerment Board, Office of the Vice President starting in Feb. 1999.  Senior advisor to HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo.  M.B.A. and B.S. from Jacksonville University in Florida; has completed postgraduate work at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
 
 

Senior Political Advisor

Miguel D. Lausell

(announced Sept. 19, 2007-issues including international trade, telecommunications, and Latino affairs)  Principal at Velasquez Magana & Lausell at 3050 K Street, NW in Washington, DC.  From Puerto Rico.  Experience includes president and CEO of the Puerto Rico Telephone Company; executive director of the Puerto Rico Telephone Authority; a member of the Governor of Puerto Rico's Economic Strategic Council; president of the Export Policy Commission of Puerto Rico; Undersecretary of the Department of the Treasury of Puerto Rico; and Chairman of PonceBank.  B.A. from Villanova University and law degrees from the University of Puerto Rico Law School  and Harvard Law School.

National Co-Chairs
 
 

Chronological Feb. 5   |  Feb. 9-10   | Feb. 12  |  Feb. 19  |  March 4  |  later contests

Iowa

State Director

Teresa Vilmain

(announced June 5, 2007, taking over from JoDee Winterhof, who moved over to Senior Advisor)  Advisor on Tom Vilsack's presidential campaign, announced Nov. 9, 2006.  Director of political strategy at the DNC in the 2004 cycle (announced as "General Election Strategist" in February 2003).  Gore-Lieberman State Director in the 2000 General Election campaign.  General consultant to Tom Vilsack's gubernatorial campaign in Iowa in 1998.  Wisconsin state director for Clinton/Gore 96.  Consultant for the Human Rights Campaign's OutVote 96 project.  Political director of Emily's List.  Campaign manager for Geraldine Ferraro's 1992 U.S. Senate race.  Worked on the Iowa caucuses for Gary Hart in 1987 and Michael Dukakis in 1988.  First presidential campaign worked on was Sen. Ted Kennedy in 1980.  Native of Cedar Falls, Iowa.
See Iowa page >>
 

New Hampshire

State Director

Nick Clemons

(first reported by Hotline's Marc Ambinder on Feb. 8, 2007)  Comes to the campaign from his position as executive director of the New Hampshire Democratic Party.  New Hampshire state director for Kerry-Edwards '04.  Field director on Kerry's New Hampshire primary campaign starting on Jan. 27, 2003 through to the primary; he then served as Kerry's state director for the March 2 Maryland primary.  Field director for Gov. Jeanne Shaheen's 2002 U.S. Senate campaign and her 2000 re-election campaign.  Campaign manager on Manchester Mayor Bob Baines' 2001 re-election campaign.  Worked for Gov. Jeanne Shaheen in the Office of Citizen Affairs and as scheduler.  Graduate of UNH with a degree in history.
See New Hampshire page >>
 

Michigan (Jan. 15 unsanctioned)
On June 18, 2007 the exploratory committee announced the endorsements of Democratic State Senate Leader Mark Schauer (Battle Creek), State Senator Liz Brater (Ann Arbor), State Senator Gilda Jacobs (Oakland County), and State Representative Robert Jones (Kalamazoo).
On June 15, 2007 the exploratory committee announced the endorsement of Michigan-based International Union of Operating Engineers Local 324.
On June 8, 2007 the exploratory committee announced endorsements of more than a dozen leading Michigan officials and community leaders.
 

Nevada

State Director

Robby Mook

(announced March 1, 2007)  Directed the 2006 Maryland Democratic Coordinated Campaign.  In 2004 Mook served as DNC deputy field director for programs and finished out the campaign as GOTV director in Wisconsin.  Earlier he served as deputy field director on Howard Dean's 2003-04 New Hampshire primary campaign (started April 20, 2003).  Worked for NYC councilwoman Eva Markowitz.  Field director for the Vermont Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign in 2002.  Graduate of Columbia University with a B.A. in Classics, 2002.  Worked for the Vermont Democratic House caucus in 2000 and the Vermont Democratic Party as a canvasser in 1998.
See Nevada page >>
 

South Carolina (Jan. 26)

State Director

Kelly S. Adams

(announced April 23, 2007)  Most recently served as director of the South Carolina House Democratic Caucus.  Prior to that, Adams was a field organizer for the National Association of Social Workers and South Carolina deputy director of Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential campaign.
See South Carolina page >>
 

Florida (Jan. 29 unsanctioned)
On Feb. 20, 2007 the exploratory committee announced endorsements of 20 Florida officials, led by U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Alcee Hastings.
See Florida page >>
 
 

Arizona
On Sept. 12, 2007 the campaign announced the endorsements of 13 Arizona legislators and community leaders led by State Senate Minority Leader Marsha Arzberger.
See Arizona page >>
 

Arkansas

State Director

Robert McLarty

McLarty Neaville Strategy Group.  In the 2004 presidential primary he served as director of advance on the Clark for President campaign and earlier on the Graham for President campaign.  Tennessee political director for Al Gore's political action committee, Leadership '02.  Directed Gore's advance efforts during the 2000 Iowa caucus campaign.
See Arkansas page >>
 

California

State Director

Averell "Ace" Smith

(announced May 1, 2007)  President of the political consulting firm SCN Public Relations.  Among his many campaigns, Smith managed the successful efforts of Jerry Brown for California Attorney General in 2006 and Antonio Villaraigosa for Mayor of Los Angeles in 2005.  He has also worked for California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and former Governor Gray Davis among many others.  Smith made his reputation as an opposition researcher; in the mid-1990's he headed up The Research Group.  Son of former San Francisco District Attorney Arlo Smith.  Resident of Kentfield.
See California page >>
 

Colorado

State Director

Tyler Chafee

(announced Nov. 9, 2007)  On leave from position as senior associate at the Denver-based RBI Strategies.  Previously he served as political advisor to Rutt Bridges and the Bighorn Center for Public Policy.  Before that he spent several years working the labor movement as political director for the Colorado AFL-CIO and earlier as national political analyst for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).  He worked in the political department on Bill Bradley’s campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1999-2000, on Dottie Lamm's 1998 race for U.S. Senate, and on Diana DeGette's 1996 race for Congress.  Graduate of the University of Denver and is pursuing a J.D. part time at the University of Denver.
See Colorado page >>
 

Delaware
On Jan. 9, 2008 the campaign announced the endorsement of Gov. Ruth Ann Minner.  Steering Committee announced Jan. 23, 2008.
See Delaware page >>
 

Georgia

State Director

Verna Cleveland

"a veteran of the Roy Barnes, Shirley Franklin, and Darryl Hicks campaigns."
See Georgia page >>
 

Idaho
 

Illinois
Steering Committee announced Nov. 30, 2007.
See Illinois page >>
 

Kansas
Steering Committee announced Jan. 9, 2008.
See Kansas page >>
 

Massachusetts

State Director

Roger Lau

Prior to joining the campaign, Lau managed Niki Tsongas' victorious Oct. 2007 special election bid to the U.S. House of Representatives.  Served as Sen. Kerry’s Massachusetts press secretary.  During the 2004 presidential campaign he worked on Kerry's national advance team and Democratic National Convention staff.  New England resident.
See Massachusetts page >>
 

Minnesota

State Director

Hubert "Buck" H. Humphrey

Joined New School Communications, a St. Paul public relations firm, as a senior counselor in March 2004.  DFL nominee for Secretary of State in 2002.  State Director of the Minnesota Gore/Lieberman 2000 campaign.  Previously worked as Manager of Government Affairs at AgriBank, FCB.  Graduate of American University (1993); Masters in Public Administration from the Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.
See Minnesota page >>
 

Missouri

State Director

State Rep. Rachel Storch

(announced Dec. 11, 2007)  Represents the 64th House district and is deputy whip of the Democratic Caucus; elected to the House in 2004.  Deputy chief of staff for Sen. Jean Carnahan.  Legal counsel and director of policy for Missouri Democratic Senate Leader Ken Jacob.  Worked as a public interest attorney at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri.  Law degree from Washington University School of Law.  A.B. in American History and Literature from Harvard University.  Native St. Louisian.
See Missouri page >>
 

New Jersey

State Director

Karen Kominsky

(announced August 14, 2007; to start after Labor Day)  Governmental affairs consultant for Verizon.  Deputy chief of staff to Governors Richard Codey and James McGreevey.  Deputy Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.  Graduate of Douglass College; Masters of City and Regional Planning from the Bloustein School at Rutgers University.  (Her career also includes appointments as acting chair of the New Jersey Building Authority, board member of the Garden State Preservation Trust, member of the New Jersey Pollution Prevention Advisory Committee and member of the New Jersey State Planning Commission. Kominsky is currently a member of the New Jersey Real Estate Commission).
See New Jersey page >>
 

New Mexico

State Director

Mara Lee

Served as Clinton's Nevada Caucus director.  Masters of Science in political science from the School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2006.  Yavapai County field organizer on the 2004 Arizona Democratic Coordinated Coordinated campaign.  B.A. in political science and history from UC San Diego, 2004.
See New Mexico page >>
 

New York

State Director

Karen Persichilli Keogh

See New York page >>
 

North Dakota
Steering Committee announced on Jan. 9, 2008.
See North Dakota page >>
 

Oklahoma
Steering Committee announced on Jan. 9, 2008.
See Oklahoma page >>
 

Tennessee
Steering Committee announced on Dec. 21, 2007.  Co-Chairs are former Gov. Ned McWherter, former Chair of the Public Service Commission Jane Eskind, and State Senator Thelma Harper (District 19; Davidson County).
See Tennessee page >>
 

Utah
On Nov. 8, 2007 the campaign announced endorsements of 10 Utah community leaders.
See Utah page >>
 
 

Nebraska
Endorsed by former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey (announced Dec. 16, 2007) .
See Nebraska page >>
 

Washington
Steering Committee announced on Dec. 11, 2007.  Co-chairs are Congressman Jay Inslee, former Gov. Gary Locke, and King County Executive Ron Sims.  Other major endorsements include U.S. Sens. Cantwell (Dec. 31, 2007) and Murray (Jan. 30, 2008) and Congressman Norm Dicks (Feb. 8, 2008).
See Washington page >>
 

Maine (Feb. 10)
On Dec. 15, 2007 the campaign announced the endorsement of Gov. John Baldacci.
On Oct. 3, 2007 the campaign announced the endorsement of former Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis (served two terms as Governor from 1967-74).
See Maine page >>
 
 

Maryland

Chairman

Gov. Martin O'Malley

(announced May 9, 2007)   Elected governor in 2006.  Elected Mayor of Baltimore in 1999 and re-elected.  Elected to City Council seat in Baltimore’s 3rd District in 1991 and served two terms.  Narrowly lost 1990 race for the Maryland State Senate.  Worked as a prosecutor from 1988-90.  Graduate of Catholic University and the University of Maryland Law School.  While still a student O'Malley worked on Gary Hart's 1984 presidential campaign including the Iowa caucus campaign.  Raised in Bethesda and Rockville.
 

State Political Director

Kate Geyer

Served as a legislative fellow in the office of Sen. Clinton.  Two years as legislative director for Delegate Anne R. Kaiser (D-Burtonsville) in the Maryland General Assembly and managed Kaiser's 2006 re-election campaign.  B.A. in public communications and women's studies from American University; M.A. in public policy and women's studies from The George Washington University.  Geyer served four years in the Special Operations Forces of the U.S. Army Reserve.
See Maryland page >>
 

Virginia

State Director

Matt Felan

The campaign's Midwest and Virginia finance director.  Served as deputy campaign manager and finance director on Kaine for Governor in Virginia in 2005, and then director of Kaine's Inaugural Committee.  Worked finance on Joe Lieberman's presidential campaign.
See Virginia page >>
 
 

Wisconsin

State Director

Heather Colburn

(initial title was Organizing Director)  Madison-based consultant for progressive non-profits, political organizations, campaigns and candidates for public office.  In the 2006 cycle she served as deputy campaign manager on Fair Wisconsin,a statewide initiative to defeat a constitutional amendment banning civil unions and gay marriage.  Major gifts and events director at EMILY's List, 1999-2004.  Finance director on Tammy Baldwin's successful campaign for Congress in 1998.  B.A. in political science from the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
See Wisconsin page >>
 
 

Rhode Island

State Director

Roger Lau

State director on Clinton's upset victory in the Massachusetts primary on Feb.5, and assisted in the campaign's efforts in Maine and New Hampshire.  Prior to joining the campaign, Lau managed Niki Tsongas' victorious Oct. 2007 special election bid to the U.S. House of Representatives.  Served as Sen. Kerry’s Massachusetts press secretary.  During the 2004 presidential campaign he worked on Kerry's national advance team and Democratic National Convention staff.  New England resident.
See Rhode Island page >>
 

Texas

State Director

Averell "Ace" Smith

Previously state director of Clinton's successful California primary campaign.  President of the political consulting firm SCN Public Relations.  Among his many campaigns, Smith managed the successful efforts of Jerry Brown for California Attorney General in 2006 and Antonio Villaraigosa for Mayor of Los Angeles in 2005.  He has also worked for California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and former Governor Gray Davis among many others.  Smith made his reputation as an opposition researcher; in the mid-1990's he headed up The Research Group.  Son of former San Francisco District Attorney Arlo Smith.  Resident of Kentfield.
See Texas page >>
 

Vermont

State Director

Nancy Richardson

(announced Feb. 22, 2008)  Served as Director of Planning for the Vermont State College system starting in Feb. 1999.  Executive director at Trinity College of Vermont's Institute for Program Development.  She has served as Education Advisor to Gov. Michael Dukakis, Policy Analyst for the Joint Committee on Education of the Massachusetts Legislature, and Policy Liaison to the U.S. Secretary of Education.  Senior advisor to the Mahoning County, Ohio campaign in the 2004 presidential election and recently participated in the Hillary Clinton campaign as a field organizer in the North Country of New Hampshire.
See Vermont page >>
 
 

Mississippi (March 11)
Co-chairs (announced March 6, 2008) - State Representative George Flaggs (Vicksburg) and former State Senator Gloria Williamson.
See Mississippi page >>
 
 

Indiana (May 6)

State Director

Robby Mook

(announced March 17, 2008)  Previously Clinton's state director on the March 4 Ohio primary campaign and earlier on the Jan. 19 Nevada caucuses campaign.  Directed the 2006 Maryland Democratic Coordinated Campaign.  In 2004 Mook served as DNC deputy field director for programs and finished out the campaign as GOTV director in Wisconsin.  Earlier he served as deputy field director on Howard Dean's 2003-04 New Hampshire primary campaign (started April 20, 2003).  Worked for NYC councilwoman Eva Markowitz.  Field director for the Vermont Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign in 2002.  Graduate of Columbia University with a B.A. in Classics, 2002.  Worked for the Vermont Democratic House caucus in 2000 and the Vermont Democratic Party as a canvasser in 1998.
See Indiana page >>
 

North Carolina (May 6)

State Director

Averell "Ace" Smith

(announced March 17, 2008) Previously state director of Clinton's March 4 Texas campaign and Feb. 5 California primary campaign.  President of the political consulting firm SCN Public Relations.  Among his many campaigns, Smith managed the successful efforts of Jerry Brown for California Attorney General in 2006 and Antonio Villaraigosa for Mayor of Los Angeles in 2005.  He has also worked for California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and former Governor Gray Davis among many others.  Smith made his reputation as an opposition researcher; in the mid-1990's he headed up The Research Group.  Son of former San Francisco District Attorney Arlo Smith.  Resident of Kentfield.
See North Carolina page >>
 

West Virginia (May 13)

State Director

Talley Sergent

(announced April 3, 2008)  Previously communications director for the West Virginia State Democratic Party starting in late 2006.  In Fall 2006 Sergent worked as a DNC organizer for North Central West Virginia, as part of Howard Dean's 50-state strategy.  National advance staffer on the Kerry-Edwards ’04 campaign.  Member of Sen. Jay Rockefeller's press team in Washington, DC.  Graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Huntington native.  Sergent was the 2007 West Virginia Young Democrat of the Year.
See West Virginia page >>
 

Kentucky (May 20)

State Director

Jonathan Hurst

(announced April 21, 2008)  Executive director of the Democratic House Caucus prior to joining the
campaign; also served as a consultant to the Kentucky Democratic Party.  Louisville native.
See Kentucky page >>
 

Oregon (May 20)

State Director

Clay Haynes

(announced March 20, 2008)  Haynes is the campaign's deputy national field director (initially director of internet-field)  Field director on Congressman Harold Ford's 2006 campaign for U.S. Senate in Tennessee.  Campaign manager on Jeff Smith for Congress in Missouri's 3rd CD, 2004.  Graduate of Washington University at St. Louis.  From Tennessee.
See Oregon page >>
 

Montana

State Director

Matt McKenna

(started early April 2008)  Traveling press spokesman for Bill Clinton starting mid-Dec. 2007.  Communications director for Sen. Jon Tester.  Spokesman on Tester's 2006 campaign.  Press secretary on Senate campaigns in Alaska, Louisiania and Georgia.  Worked for Tester in the state legislature.  Spokesman for Brian Schweitzer on his 2000 U.S. Senate campaign.  Graduate of Montana State University.  From Bozeman.
See Montana page >>
 

South Dakota

State Director

Geoff Wetrosky

(announced April 24, 2008)  Started on the campaign as deputy field director (CD-2) in New Hampshire.  State field director for 2006 Massachusetts Democratic Coordinated Campaign.  Campaign manager for Manchester Mayor Bob Baines' unsuccessful 2005 re-election campaign (position paid for by Sen. John Kerry's leadership PAC).  Regional field director for Southwest Florida/the Gulf Coast for Kerry-Edwards in 2004.  Field director on Stephanie Herseth's winning campaign in the June 2004 special election for Congress in South Dakota's At Large district.  Field organizer on Sen. Tim Johnson's 2002 Senate race.  Graduate of Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD.
See South Dakota page >
 
 
 
 

Former

Chief Operating Officer

Evelyn S. Lieberman

(reported by Chris Cillizza "The Fix" on Jan. 22, 2007)  Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the Smithsonian Institution.  Prior to joining the Smithsonian, she was the first Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, nominated for that position by President Clinton.  Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State.  Director of the Voice of America, 1997-99.  Served in the Clinton White House as Assistant to the President and Deputy White House Chief of Staff; as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy White House Press Secretary; and as Assistant to the Chief of Staff in the Office of the First Lady.  Press Secretary to Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE), 1988-93.  Has also served as Director of Public Affairs for the Children’s Defense Fund and Communications Director for the National Urban Coalition.
 
 
 

From 2006:

HILLPAC Political Director or Deputy Political Director - John Gans.  seeking clarification
2000 graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.

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Advisor

Howard Wolfson

Partner in The Glover Park Group's New York office.  Executive director at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) for two years.  Communications director for then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign.  Communications director for then Rep. Charles Schumer's 1998 U.S. Senate campaign.  Chief of Staff and Press Secretary to Representative Nita Lowey.  Masters in U.S. History from Duke University; undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago.
 
 

Mark Penn

President of Penn,Schoen & Berland Associates since he co-founded the firm in 1975.
 

Mandy Grunwald

Veteran Democratic media consultant; key adviser on Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign.
 

Harold Ickes

Ickes is a founding partner of The Ickes & Enright Group, a Washington , DC consulting firm affiliated with Griffin Johnson Dover & Stewart and is president of Catalist which offers "progressive organizations affordable access to a comprehensive, well-maintained national database of voting-age individuals."  In the 2004 cycle Ickes established and headed up The Media Fund, which ran $50 million in media, and then served as chief of staff for ACT.  Senior advisor to Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign.  Deputy chief of staff to President Bill Clinton (announced Dec. 22, 1993) through Jan. 1997.  Joined the law firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein in 1980 or '81, made partner, and continued there through 1993.  Worked on various campaigns including Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign.  Law degree from Columbia.  Graduated from Stanford University with a degree in economics after one year at the University of Arizona.  Worked on cattle ranches and construction jobs for three or four years in California and Oregon.
 

Neera Tanden

Senior vice president for academic affairs at the Center for American Progress.  Prior to joing the Center, she was legislative director for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Previously senior vice president for domestic policy for the Center for American Progress.  Issues director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).  Senior policy advisor to the Chancellor of the New York City Schools, Harold Levy.  Deputy campaign manager and policy director for Clinton's U.S. Senate campaign in 2000.  Senior policy advisor to the First Lady and associate director in the Domestic Policy Council during the Clinton Administration.  Law degree from Yale Law School; undergraduate degree from UCLA.
 

SENATE OFFICE

Chief of Staff

Tamera Luzzatto

(Chief of staff to Clinton since she started as Senator).  Previously worked for Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV) for about 15 years; his chief of staff for two years through June 2000; earlier served Rockefeller as legislative director and as legislative assistant.  Harvard graduate.
 
 

Legislative Director

Laurie Rubiner

Previously director of the  New America Foundation’s Universal Health Insurance Program.  Practiced law in New York City.  Vice President for Public Policy at the National Partnership for Women & Families in Washington, DC.  Senior Legislative Assistant in the office of U.S. Sen. John H. Chafee (R-RI) for nine years; also worked for former Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) in a number of capacities.  Graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and Barnard College at Columbia University,
 
 

Communications Director

Lorraine Voles

(from Jan. 2006)  Previously at Porter Novelli, the public relations firm.  Communications director to Vice President Al Gore through 1997 when she left to join Porter Novelli.  Deputy press secretary at the White House, 1993-94.  Press secretary to Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA).  B.A. from The George Washington University, 1981.
 
 

State Director

Karen Persichilli Keogh

Previous experience includes director of operations for the New York City Council and a special adviser to Council Speaker Peter F. Vallone.  Master's degree in social work from Columbia; undergraduate degree from State University at Stony Brook, NY.
 
 
 

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