Obama General Election Campaign Organization, Delaware
revised April 14, 2009  disclaimer

Obama for America 
|  1000 Justison Street  |  Wilmington, DE  19801
State Director
Marla Blunt-Carter
Came to the campaign from position as director of constituent services in Sen. Joe Biden's office; started working for Biden in his  in 2005 as a staff assistant.  Life skills and social work coordinator at Elijah's Promise in New Brunswick.    Flight attendant for US Airways.  M.S.W. from Rutgers University, 2003. Undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Delaware after transferring from Winston-Salem State.

Field Organizer
Aadil Ginwala
Two years in the Peace Corps as a rural community health volunteer in Benin.  Worked as an investment banker in San Francisco.  J.D. from Harvard Law, 2006.  Undergraduate degree from Harvard College, 2000.



Delaware Democratic Party  |  19 E. Commons Blvd., 2nd Floor  |  New Castle, DE 19720     >
Chair
John D. Daniello

(elected May 2005)  Delaware Grapevine: "a political player who has been around since the 1960s as a New Castle County councilman, congressional candidate [lost to Pete duPont in 1970], Cabinet secretary and New Castle County Democratic chair."

Executive Director
Molly Jurusik
(started Jan. 31, 2005)  Campaign coordinator on Lt. Gov. John Carney's 2004 re-election campaign.  Field coordinator in Sussex County, 2002.  Graduate of the University of Delaware with degrees in political science and women's studies, 2002.

Communications Director
Joe Sheeran
(started Aug. 2007)  Reporter at WHYY, 2006-07.  Reporter at Media General, KWCH-TV, 2003-06.  Reporter at KDLT-TV, 2001-02.  B.A. in journalism, public relations and advertising from Temple University.

Technology Director
Kristin Dwyer
Field organizer for the Delaware Democratic Party, 2006.  Graduate of Albright College; worked for the Reading City Council and city clerk while at Albright, and worked on Lois Murphy’s 2004 congressional campaign.

Field Coordinator
Cerron Cade
(started Aug. 2007)  Graduate of Delaware State University, 20007; served as president of College Democrats there.

Field Coordinator
Renee Bensley
(started in 2006)  Paginator for Independent Newspapers, 2004-06.  Graduate of Wellesley College, 2004.

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