A July 14, 2008
memo by Obama state director Amy Chapman, obtained by Marc Ambinder,
outlines plans, well underway, to "build and manage the largest general
election campaign in Michigan history." Chapman reported that,
"To date we have hired close to 90 staffers (mostly field organizers)
and will have another 80 (mostly field organizers) hired by early
August. In total we will have a minimum of 150 field organizers
throughout the state working through the Michigan Democratic
Party/Campaign for Change." Further, Chapman
wrote, the "150 field organizers will be supported by over 50
additional paid staffers, bringing our total in state presence to over
200 paid staff. As a comparison, the Kerry-Edwards general
election effort in 2004 employed 112 staffers, including 87 field
staff." On Oct. 2 the McCain-Palin campaign confirmed reports it was cutting back operations in Michigan; some staff were shifted to other states, while a fair part of the field organization was left in place. |
State
Director |
Amy Chapman |
Deputy State Director/Political Director | Michael Blake |
Communications Director | Brent
Colburn |
New
Media |
Chris
Northcross |
General
Election Director |
Pat
Maloney |
Field
Director |
Elizabeth
Wilkins |
Deputy
Field
Director |
Betsy
Hoover |
Deputy
Field
Director |
Noland
Chambliss |
Constituency
Vote Director |
Amanda
Stitt |
Deputy
Constituency
Vote Director/Veterans Vote Director |
Steve
Dunwoody |
Rural
Vote Director (including Sportsmen) |
Chad
Binge |
Faith
Vote Director |
Allison
Pulliam |
Arab-American
Vote Director |
Rashida
Tlaib |
Youth
Vote Director |
James
Hannaway |
Deputy
Political Director/African-American Vote Director |
Denise
Pate |
Women's/Jewish Vote Director | Jenny Nathan |
Policy
Director |
Jenna
Pilat |
Director
of Travel and Scheduling |
Barb McCallahan |
GOTV
Director |
Kerry
Ebersole |
Voter
Protection Coordinator |
Renée Paradis |
Chair (and
serves as Executive Director) |
Mark
Brewer |
Executive
Assistant to the Chair |
Sylvia
Perkins |
Political
Organizing Director |
Pam
Faris |
Voter File
Manager |
Nancy
Bosak |
Base Vote
Coordinator |
Don
DeFoe |
Youth Organizer |
Derek
Dobies |
Senior Field
Organizer |
Paul Gieleghem |
Senior Field Organizer - Upper Peninsula and the northern Lower Peninsula | G.T.
Long |
Communications
Director |
Liz
Kerr |
Finance and
Compliance Director |
Jody Weissler |
Deputy Finance
Director |
Mila Al-Ayoubi |
Manager of
Bingo Halls |
Jim Kadjan |
Receptionist |
Joanne
Warman |
Copyright © 2008, 2009 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action |
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