Obama General Election Campaign Organization, Kentucky

Obama General Election Campaign Organization, Kentucky
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State Director

Kenya McGruder

Executive director of the Majority Caucus in the Louisville Metro Council. Staff assistant to Rep. Steny Hoyer (MD-5), 2001-04. Bachelor's degree in political science from Alabama A&M University.

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Chair

Jennifer A. Moore

(announced by Gov.-elect Steve Beshear in mid-Nov. 2007; named vice chair in June 2007) Partner at Grossman & Moore PLLC; previously associate at Fernandez, Friedman, Grossman & Kohn, PLLC. Finance director on Lois Combs Weinberg's 2002 U.S. Senate campaign. Associate at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in San Francisco, 1999-2002. J.D. from University of Kentucky College of Law, 1998. B.A. in political science from Transylvania University, 1995. Paducah native.

Executive Director

Jeremy Horton

Director and co-founder of Change for Kentucky. Chaired the 2004 Dean campaign in Kentucky; started out attending a Meetup in March 2003. Worked for the Lexington Public Library. Writer/director of "100 Proof" shown at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival.

Communications Director

Thom Karmik

Worked on Steve Beshear's 2007 campaign for governor. Director of communications and marketing at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Spokesman on state Rep. Jim Durkin (R)'s 2002 campaign for U.S. Senate in Illinois. Television producer. Chicago native.

Finance Director

Sherman Brown

B.A. in communications from Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH. Louisville native.

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