Nader for President 2008 Campaign Organization

Key People-Ralph Nader
updated April 6, 2009

NADER FOR PRESIDENT 2008 partial listing
National Headquarters: 3050 K Street, N.W. Suite 215 | Washington, DC. ...in the states

Campaign Manager

Sally Soriano

Former member of the Seattle School Board (elected Nov. 2003, defeated Nov. 2007). Washington State coordinator for Nader in 2004.

National Coordinator

Jason Kafoury

J.D. from Tulane University, May 2008. National field coordinator on Nader's 2004 campaign and earlier served as national coordinator for Democracy Rising.

Press Secretary

Toby Heaps

President, editor and co-founder of Corporate Knights, an independent Canadian-based media company focused on prompting and reinforcing sustainable development in Canada and abroad; founded in 2002. Previously managing editor of the Mutual Fund Review magazine and Planning for Profits. B.A. in economics from McGill University, 2000. Belgrade Field Program, 1997-98.

Deputy Press Secretary

Ryan Mehta

Deputy Press Secretary

Marc Abizeid

Santa Cruz.

Event Coordinator

John Wade

Youth Spokesperson

Ashley Sanders

Graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in philosophy and English, 2007; she was a key organizer of the "Alternative Commencement."

National Ballot Access and GOTV Coordinator

Christina M. Tobin

In addition to the campaign, Tobin is president and founder of Free & Equal Elections, which sponsered a third-party presidential and vice presidential debate. Owner of BaliJewel, Inc. since March 2008. Worked on ballot access on several statewide campaigns in Illinois, 2002-06. B.A. in graphic design and business marketing from St. Mary's University of Minnesota, 2004.

National GOTV Field Coordinators - Nickie Brooks, Mike Richardson, Mike Welch, David Peyton, Ben Drendel, Emily Przekwas, and Sarah Colgrove

Assistant Treasurer

Neil Crossan

Treasurer

Carl Mayer

Close associate of Nader; worked for him at the Center for Responsive Law. Runs the Mayer Law Group LLC. Has run for Congress a number of times in New Jersey, elected to the Princeton Township Committee in 1994, ran for State Assembly in 1993. Taught law at Hofstra University. Author of several books including “Shakedown” and “Public Domain, Private Dominion.” Undergraduate degree from Princeton University, J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, and L.L.M. from Harvard Law School.

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Senior Advisor to Matt Gonzalez

Hansu Kim

State Coordinators

Alabama
Alaska	Sam Dunham	Anchorage
Arizona	Fara Illich	Flagstaff
	Jakobe Illich	Flagstaff
	Sharnell Green	Litchfield
Arkansas	Jovan Haynes	North Little Rock
California
Colorado	Jenny Przekwas	Denver
Connecticut	Ken Krayeske	Hartford
	Mike Telesca	Waterbury
DC	Nicole Brooks	Washington
Delaware	Jason Nelson	Garnet
Florida	Mark Kamleiter	Tampa Bay
Georgia	Matt Deen	Columbus
	Samiron Dutta	Martinez
	Xavier Kim	Athens
Hawaii	Angel Papini	Maui
Idaho	Ciarran Burch	Boise
	Collin Burch	Boise
Illinois	Robert Tracy	Elmhurst
Indiana	Aaron Hamlin	Bloomington
	Melissa Hill	Richmond
Iowa	Scott Knight	Des Moines
Kansas	Stephan Laird	Lawrence
Kentucky	Jim Wiese	Lexington
Louisiana	Ramy Mousa	Baton Rouge
Maine
Maryland	Brian Jones	Frederick
Massachusetts	Mike Richardson	Belmont
Michigan	Karen Shelley	Southfield
Mississippi	Susan Stonecypher	Jackson
Missouri
Montana	Kesa Bechard	Missoula
Nebraska	Aaron Lotz	Lincoln
Nevada	Tony Booker	Las Vegas
New Hampshire	Gary Hoffman	Hudson
New Jersey	Gary Novosielski	Rutherford
	Liz Arone	Brick
New Mexico	Marc Black	Santa Fe
New York
North Carolina	Thomas Mueller	Raleigh
	Richard Church	Raleigh
North Dakota	Blake Johnson	Grand Forks
Ohio	Justin Jeffre	Cincinnati
Oklahoma	Matt Bruenig	Norman
Oregon	Greg Kafoury	Portland
Pennsylvania	Cindy McGroaty	Paoli
Rhode Island	John Cullen	Lincoln
South Dakota	Tom Diggins	Rapid City
Tennessee	Rodger Clark	Unionville
Texas	Debbie Russell	Austin
Utah	Linda Parsons	Salt Lake City
Vermont	Jimmy Leas	South Burlington
	Kim Hermann	Bristol
	Thomas Hermann	Bristol
Virginia	Dena Cottle	Virginia Beach
Washington	Mike Gillis	Kent
	Toby Nelson	Seattle
West Virginia	Steve Frank	Weirton
Wisconsin	Dustin Underwood	Milwaukee
	Justin Richardson	Madison
	Mark Philip	Oshkosh

Wyoming

Offices

California	Berkeley	1952 University Avenue	Mark Candaras
	Fresno	1470 North Van Ness Avenue	Roger Linkey
	Los Angeles	2617 Hauser Boulevard	Dave Jensen
	Sacramento	1501 21st Street	Debra Reiger
Colorado	Denver	1155 Sherman Street	Ann Poppie
	Denver		Aaron Ney
Connecticut	Waterbury	195 Grand Street	James Eaton
	Waterbury		Gail Weed
Florida	Gainesville	901 NW 8th Avenue, Suite C5D	Jerrad Hardin
	Gainesville/Tampa		Colin Speer
Illinois	Chicago	230 E. Ohio Street Suite 212	Brandon Vezmar
	Chicago		Peter Lewis
	Chicago		David Peyton
Maine	Portland	15 Monument Square, 2nd floor	Ben Meiklejohn
	Portland		Jared Vanhosen
Massachusetts	Haverhill	no office: 516 River St.	Oliver Renau
Michigan	Lansing	910 W Ottawa	Chris Silva
	Lansing		Tommy Krase
Minnesota	Minneapolis	715 Hennepin Avenue	Richard Buendorf
Kentucky	Lexington	754 Limestone Street	Abraham Najauzdeh
	Lexington		Johnny Masters
Missouri	Kansas City	no office: 15 E 113th Terrace	Jimmy Glavin
New Mexico	Santa Fe	2864 Cerrillos Road #116	Javier Gardea
	Santa Fe		Ajay Tallam
New York	Syracuse	2617 South Salina St.	Adem Lysogorski
	Brooklyn	(HOME ADDRESS)	Josh Starcher
	Syracuse	2617 South Salina St.	Chris Thrasher
Ohio	Cincinnati	1420 Main Street	Justin Jeffre
	Cincinnati		Marty Krase
Oregon	Portland	320 SW Stark Street Suite 202	Margo Logan
Pennsylvania	Allentown	1244 Hamilton Street Suite 104	Jason Shemanski
	Allentown		Jonathan Fluck
Utah	Salt Lake City	455 East 400 South Suite 203	Tristan Call
Virginia	Richmond	406 West Broad Street	Arlen DelCastillo
West Virginia	Morgantown	185 Walnut St	Chesney Nyktas
	Morgantown		Thomas Hanson
Wisconsin	Madison	1202 Williamson Street	Ehrin Stuff
	Madison		Caleb Kulfan
Washington	Seattle	(Sally's HOME ADDRESS)	Elizabeth Olmstead
DC	Washington	3050 K Street	Nicole Brooks
Nevada	Las Vegas	2385 North Decator Blvd	Tony Booker
LA			Mik Milman
Sacramento			Louise Michaels