(page
updated April 12, 2015)
The Campaign in Waiting
This page shows what was known about Hillary Clinton's
campaign in waiting at the time of her announcement on April 12, 2015,
based
on
myraid
news
accounts. Work at
assembling a campaign team had been going on for months under the
leadership of Robby Mook. [see Staffing
Chart
V4 one of the documents released by WikiLeaks in Fall
2016 PDF]
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Headquarters: 1 Pierrepont
Plaza in Brooklyn Heights, NY, will occupy two floors of the building.
...HQ first reported April
3,
2015
by
Politico
Title? John Podesta
(specific reports on Jan. 13, 2015; several
reports in 2014 tabbed Podesta as likely campaign chair)
• Counselor to the President, announced Dec. 10, 2013, leaving
the
position in early Feb. 2015. Founder (2003) and president and CEO
of the Center for American Progress to 2011. Visiting Professor
of Law on the faculty of the Georgetown University Law
Center. Co-chair of the Obama-Biden Transition Project
following the 2008 campaign.
• Chief of Staff to President
Clinton at the White House from Oct.
1998-Jan. 2001; Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff,
1997-98. Assistant to the President, Staff Secretary and a senior
policy adviser on government information, privacy, telecommunications
security and regulatory policy, Jan. 1993-95.
• In 1988
Podesta and his brother Tony founded Podesta
Associates, Inc.. Experience on Capitol Hill as Counsel to
Democratic Leader Sen. Tom Daschle, 1995-96; Chief Counsel for the
Senate Agriculture Committee, 1987-88; Chief Minority Counsel for the
Senate Judiciary Subcommittees on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks;
Security and Terrorism; and Regulatory Reform, 1981-87; and Counsel on
the Majority Staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 1979-81.
• Served as a special assistant to the Director of ACTION, the
federal
volunteer agency, 1978-79. Worked as a trial attorney in the
Department of Justice's Honors Program in the Land and Natural
Resources Division, 1976-77. Graduate of Georgetown University
Law Center, 1976. Graduate of Knox College in Galesburg, IL,
1971. Chicago native.
• Author of The Power of
Progress: How America's
Progressives Can
(Once Again) Save Our Economy, Our Climate, and Our
Country (Crown, Aug. 2008).
Campaign Manager (Running Campaign Day
to Day) Robby Mook
Advised Clinton on 2014 midterms. Managed Terry McAuliffe's 2013 campaign for governor of Virginia. Executive director at the DCCC in the 2012 cycle; DCCC political director from 2009-May 2010, then DCCC IE director to Nov. 2010. Campaign manager on Jeanne Shaheen's successful 2008 campaign for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. State director in Nevada, in Ohio, and in Indiana for then-Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential 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. B.A. in classics from Columbia University, 2002. Worked for the Vermont Democratic House caucus in 2000 and the Vermont Democratic Party as a canvasser in 1998. Vermont native.
Chief Strategist Joel Benenson
(see The Washington
Post,
Jan. 13, 2015) Has done polling for Obama since joining
the Obama
campaign in Jan.
2007. Founding partner (2000) and president of the Benenson
Strategy Group (BSG); has served as a pollster and strategist for
U.S. senators, governors and mayors, CEOs and corporate clients.
Benenson started his polling career in 1995. Briefly worked as a
vice president of the Foote, Cone & Belding advertising
agency. Communications director for Gov. Mario Cuomo's 1994
re-election campaign. Political reporter for the New York Daily
News; earlier worked at newspapers in Westchester County.
Graduate of Queens College of the City University of New York.
Media Advisor Jim Margolis
(see
The Washington Post, Jan. 13,
2015) Senior partner at GMMB.
Senior advisor on Obama's 2012 re-election campaign and on
Obama's
2007-08
campaign. Senior strategist/media consultant on John
Kerry's 2003-04 presidential campaign through the primaries.
Worked on the ad team for Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. Joined
Greer & Associates in 1985, and has been with the firm since then,
except for leave to serve as chief of staff to Sen. Kent Conrad, Jan.
1987-Jan. 1988.. Worked on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential
campaign as state director for the Illinois primary, the North Carolina
primary, and as deputy communications director in the Fall
campaign. Chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Howard Wolpe; managed
Wolpe's upset win for Congress in Michigan in 1978. B.A. degrees
in government and communiciation studies from Oberlin College,
1978. Grew up in Kalamazoo, MI.
Pollsters John Anzalone and David Binder
(see
The Washington Post, Jan. 13,
2015) Both worked on Obama's 2012 and 2008
campaigns. Anzalone is founder of Anzalone Liszt
Grove Research (ALG); Binder is founder of David
Binder Research.
Director of State Campaigns and Political
Engagement Marlon Marshall
(see the Washington
Post
March 18, 2015) Returned to 270 Strategies from Jan. 5,
2015. A special assistant to President Obama and the principal
deputy director of the Office of Public Engagement at the White House
to the end of 2014. Founding partner of 270 Strategies.
Senior advisor to the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee.
Deputy field director on Obama's re-election campaign, from April
2011.
Field director at
the DCCC in the 2010 cycle. Deputy White House liaison to the
State Department. In
Fall 2008 Marshall served as general election director in Missouri on
Obama’s Campaign for Change. On Hillary Clinton's presidential
campaign
he was field director for the May 6 Indiana primary, the March 4 Ohio
primary and the Jan. 19 Nevada caucuses. In 2006 Marshall served
as field director on the Maryland Coordinated Campaign and earlier as
Prince George's County regional field director. Regional field
director for the Kansas Democratic Party in the 3rd CD for the last six
months of 2005. In summer and fall 2004 Marshall served as Kansas
City, MO field organizer/regional base vote director on the Missouri
Coordinated Campaign; he finished the campaign doing GOTV in
Ohio. Graduate of the University of Kansas with a degree in
communication studies. Native of St. Louis.
Regional
Organizing
Hans Goff
(reported
by The New York Times'
Maggie
Haberman
on April 1, 2015) Southern regional organizing
director at Ready for
Hillary super
PAC. Senior associate at M Public Affairs; founder (2010) and CEO
of Voting Works, LLC. Rocky Mount/Northeast regional field
director for OFA-NC, Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. Other
experience includes work for Gov. Mark Warner, the New Jersey General
Assembly Majority Office, the non-profit YouthBuild Newark, U.S. Rep.
John Olver, Gov. Jon Corzine and Sen. Robert Menendez. Master of
public affairs and politics from Rutgers Edward J. Bloustein School of
Planning and Public Policy, 2008; double major in government and
African-American studies from William and Mary, 2005. Started out
in politics in high school, working as an intern for Trenton Mayor
Douglas Palmer. Native of Trenton. Godson of Pattie
LaBelle.
twitter
Jessica
Mejila
(reported
by The New York Times'
Maggie
Haberman
on April 1, 2015) Southern
regional organizing director at Ready for Hillary super PAC. Campaign
manager
on
Anthony
Rendon
for
California
State
Assembly.
Campaign
manager
on
Congresswoman
Loretta
Sanchez's
2010
re-election
campaign.
Field
director
on
Judy
Chu
for
Congress.
Field
director
for
Ricardo
Lara
for
Assembly
(CA).
Statewide
Get-Out-The-Vote
director
for
the
California
Democratic
Party
“Yes
We
Can!
California ’08” campaign. Deputy director of political
affairs for the 2008 Democratic National Convention Committee.
State field director for Hillary Clinton for President in
Colorado. Volunteer coordinator for Barbara Boxer for U.S.
Senate, 2004. Midwest deputy regional field director for the DNC,
2004. Attended California Lutheran University. Los Angeles
native. Experience also includes working as an organizer for SEIU
1928. twitter
Director of Grassroots Engagement
Adam
Parkhomenko
Co-founder (Jan. 2013)/co-chair/executive director of Ready for Hillary super PAC. Candidate for Virginia House of Delegates in 47th District in the June 2009 primary. From 2008-08, Parkhomenko served as executive aide for Friends of Hillary, HILLPAC, Hillary for Senate 2006, and the Hillary Clinton for President campaign. In 2003, as a student at Northern Virginia Community College, Parkhomenko founded votehillary.org. In 2009 he graduated from the DC Metropolitan Police Academy, and he serves as a reserve law enforcement offficer. He is a senior at George Mason University. twitter
Communications Director Jennifer
Palmieri
(reported by The
Wall
Street
Journal,
Feb. 5, 2015 leaving White House "March at earliest") Assistant
to the President and Director of Communications at the White House,
reported Dec. 5, 2011. President of the Center for American
Progress Action Fund and a senior vice president for communications at
CAP.
Ohio communications director on Kerry-Edwards '04. National press
secretary for the John Edwards campaign starting in Jan. 2003.
Press
secretary
at the DNC through the 2002 cycle. Served eight years in Clinton
Administration, as a White House Deputy Press Secretary from 1998 to
2001, as a
Special Assistant to White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, and
Deputy
Director of Scheduling and Advance. She started her career in the
congressional office of then Rep. Leon Panetta (D-CA). Graduate
of
the American University in Washington, DC. twitter
Deputy to the Communications Director
Kristina
Schake
(reported March 23, 2015 by Bloomberg's Jennifer
Epstein) Chief
communications officer at L'Oreal USA from July 8, 2013. Special
Assistant to President Obama and communications director to the First
Lady Michelle
Obama, Dec. 2010-mid 2013. A key figure in the
lawsuit challenging California's Proposition 8; in Spring 2006 she and
Chad Griffin co-founded of the American Foundation for Equal
Rights. Chief communications strategist for California First Lady
Maria Shriver. Co-founder (with Chad Griffin) and principal of
Griffin|Schake, a Los Angeles-based public affairs and strategic
communications firm. Consultant on Prop. 10 on California's Nov.
1998 ballot (the Rob Reiner Initiative), which imposed an additional 50
cents tax on cigarettes. Executive director of I Am Your Child
Foundation. Graduate of Johns Hopkins University, 1992.
Strategic Communications Advisor and Senior Spokesperson Karen Finney
(reported by CNN's Brianna Keilar on April 6, 2015) Senior fellow and consultant to Media Matters for America. Contributor at MSNBC for 5 years and hosted a weekend show "Disrupt with Karen Finney" from 2013-14. Director of communications at the DNC, March 2005-2009. Briefly deputy chief of staff for communications to Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). Communications director for Elizabeth Edwards on the Kerry-Edwards campaign (announced Aug. 31, 2004). Communications director for New York City Board of Education. Press secretary for Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign. Director of business development at Scholastic Books in New York City. Deputy director of presidential scheduling in the Clinton White House into 1998. Served as one of two deputy press secretaries to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton for the first four years of the Clinton Administration. Member of the national advance team on Clinton's 1992 campaign. California scheduler/field representative to Sen. Alan Cranston. Worked as a teaching assistant at the Crittendon Center for Young Women and Infants in Los Angeles. B.A. in anthropology from UCLA. twitter
Day to Day Spokesman Jesse
Ferguson
(reported by The New
York Times' Maggie Haberman on March 12, 2015) DCCC
director of
independent expenditures from Feb. 7, 2014; previously DCCC deputy
executive director and communications
director from Nov. 16, 2012; DCCC press
secretary in the 2012 cycle and started at the DCCC in Oct. 2009 as
southern regional
press secretary. Communications director on Brian Moran’s
Democratic
primary campaign for governor in Virginia, 2009.
Chief of staff to Moran, the Democratic Caucus Chairman in the Virginia
House of Representatives, starting in 2006. Executive director of
Virginia 21, a higher education advocacy organization based in
Richmond. Bachelor's degree in government and economics from the
College of William and Mary. twitter
Spokesman Nick Merrill
Clinton's spokesperson since 2013. Office of
Strategic
Communications at the U.S.
Department of State from
Aug. 2009-end of Jan. 2013. Associate at The Markham Group.
Worked for 15 months as a full time national advance staffer for the
Hillary Clinton campaign, serving as the lead site person for many of
her major rallies and speeches. Worked for one year for loveLife,
an HIV prevention program in South Africa. Field on Jon Corzine's
campaign for governor. B.A. in government from Skidmore College,
2005.
Lead Press Secretary Brian Fallon
(reported by the Washington
Post
on March 17, 2015) Director of the Office of Public Affairs at
the U.S. Department of Justice (spokesman for Attorney General Eric
Holder), July 2013-end of March 2015. Communications director at
the Senate Democratic Policy & Communications Center, Jan.
2011-June 2013; communications director to Sen. Charles Schumer, July
2007-Dec. 2010. B.A. in political science and government from
Harvard University, 2003. twitter
Josh Schwerin
National press secretary at the DCCC from Jan. 2014. Press
secretary on Terry McAuliffe's
sucessful
campaign for governor of Virginia, Dec. 2012-Nov. 2013. Northeast
regional press
secretary at the DCCC, Jan. 2011-Dec. 2012. Communications
director
to U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy (NY), March 2009-Jan. 2011.
Communications
director and earlier deputy press secretary on Scott Murphy for
Congress, 2009-10. Field organizer on Gillibrand for Congress,
June-Nov. 2008. B.A. in economics from Trinity College-Hartford,
2008. twitter
Jesse
Lehrich
Deputy communications director at American Bridge 21st Century after
starting as press secretary in May 2014.
Assistant press
secretary at Organizing for Action, April 2013-April 2014.
Competitive manager (April 2012-April 2013), media assistant (Dec.
2011-April 2012) and media buying intern (Sept.-Dec. 2011) at
GMMB. Interned on the Obama campaign, Aug.-Nov. 2008. B.A.
in political science from Colorado College, 2011. twitter
Rebecca Chalif
Deputy national press secretary at the DNC from Dec. 2012;
started as a
communications intern June 2010-Nov. 2011, then assistant press
secretary, Nov. 2011-Nov. 2012. M.A. in media and politics from
Georgetown
University, 2011; B.A. in American history from Duke University,
2008.
twitter
Ian Sams
Previously a regional press secretary at the DNC from Sept.
2013. Press secretary to Sen. Tom Carper, June
2011-Sept. 2013;
also digital director on Carper for Delaware, June-Sept. 2013 and press
secretary on Carper for Delaware, Sept.-Nov. 2012. B.A. in
political science from University of Alabama. twitter
Tyrone Gayle
Western regional press secretary at the DCCC from Jan.
2014. Associate director for communications at the U.S. Senate
Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, Feb. 2013-Jan. 2014.
Special assistant to Tim Kaine on his U.S. Senate campaign, Aug.
2011-Nov. 2012. Communications associate at Media Matters for
America, Sept. 2010-Aug. 2011. Press and communications at the
Center for American Progress, June-Sept. 2010. B.A. in
communications studies from Clemson University, 2010.
Senior Advisor
for Communications Mandy Grunwald
(reported by The
New York Times'
Jonathan Martin, Feb. 5, 2015) Longtime advisor to the Clintons;
served as media
advisor and director of advertising on Clinton/Gore
'92. President of Grunwald Communications in
Washington; media consultant to myriad campaigns. Partner at
Greer Margolis Mitchell, Grunwald & Associates in Washington, DC
from 1991. Worked for 12 years at the Sawyer/Miller Group in New
York, starting in 1979. Graduate of Harvard University.
Chief Technology Officer Stephanie Hannon
(reported by The
Washington Post's Philip Rucker on April 8, 2015) Director
of product management, civic innovation and social impact at Google
from March 2013. Product manager at Facebook, June 2012-March
2013. Vice president of international at Eventbrite, Nov.
2011-March 2012. Co-founder of Sensey, a startup focused on smart
thermostats, mid-2011. Group product manager at Google in Sydney,
Australia (Google Wave, 2008-10), Zurich, Switzerland (Google Maps,
2006-08) and Mountain View, CA (Gmail and Google Apps, 2004-06).
Software engineer at Cisco Systems, 1996-2002. M.B.A. from
Harvard Business School, 2004; Master's degree in electrical
engineering (1997) and bachelor's degreee in computer systems
engineering (1996) from Stanford University. twitter
Digital
Director Katie Dowd
(reported by The
Washington Post's Philip Rucker
on March 24, 2015) Director of digital strategy in the Office of
Hillary Clinton at the Clinton Foundation from Jan. 2014.
Innovation advisor at the U.S. Department of State, Sept. 2010-Jan.
2014; also senior advisor to the U.S. CTO at the White House,
March-Nov. 2013. New media director at the U.S. Department of
State, May 2009-Sept. 2010. New media director at HillPAC/Friends
of Hilary, July 2008-May 2009. Deputy Internet director/deputy
director of online fundraising on Clinton's 2007-08 campaign.
Deputy director of marketing at the DCCC in the 2006 cycle.
Deputy director of marketing at the DSCC in the 2004 cycle.
Programs director at the American Association of Political Consultants,
2002-03. Account assistant at MSHC, 2002. Graduate of
Wittenberg University, 2001. twitter
Deputy Digital Director Jenna
Lowenstein
(reported by The
Washington Post's Philip Rucker
on March 24, 2015) Vice president of digital at EMILY's
List. Deputy digital director at the DNC, Dec. 2013-June
2014. Coordinated
campaign
digital
director in Virginia, April-Nov. 2013. Campaign
innovation (Feb. 2012-April 2013) and snior campaigner at Change.org
(Jan. 2011-Feb. 2012). New media director on Lee Fisher for Ohio,
July-Nov. 2010. Director of communications and online organizing
at National Stonewall Democrats, June 2009-July 2010. Online
strategy associate at Joe Trippi and Associates, Feb.-June 2009.
B.A. in government, English from Georgetown University. twitter
Senior Advisor for Digital Strategy
Teddy Goff
(reported by The Washington Post's Philip Rucker on March 24, 2015) Partner at Precision Strategies. Digital director on Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, May 2011-Nov. 2012. Associate vice president for strategy at Blue State Digital, Jan. 2009-April 2011. Oversaw creation and launch of WhiteHouse.gov for the Obama-Biden presidential transition, Dec. 2008-Jan. 2009. Part of the new media team on Obama's 2008 campaign-in the fall director of new media for battleground states (Great Lakes and Ohio Valley); during the primaries Goff served on the campaign's mass email team. B.A. in English and political science from Yale University, 2007. twitter
PAID MEDIA
Director of Paid Media Oren Shur
(reported by CNN's Brianna Keilar on April 6,
2015) Director of
IE for the Democratic Governors Association, July 2013-Dec. 2014.
Campaign manager on Jay Nixon for Missouri, March 2011-Nov. 2012.
Campaign manager on Diane Denish for Governor (NM), Aug. 2009-Nov.
2010. Communications director on Nixon for Governor, June
2007-Nov. 2008, and for the transition. Communications director
in the Office of Sen. Ben Cardin, Nov. 2006-June 2007. Press
secretary/spokesman at Ben Cardin for U.S. Senate, April 2005-Nov.
2006. B.A. in political communication from The George Washington
University 2003.
Finance Director Dennis Cheng
(reported by the New
York
Times
on Feb. 9, 2015) Chief development office at the Bill, Hillary
& Chelsea Clinton Foundation for three and a half years to Feb.
2015. Deputy chief of protocol at the State Department. New
York finance director on Clinton's Senate and presidential campaigns,
2005-08. Worked on the campaigns of Sen. John Kerry, Gen. Wesley
Clark, U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui and New York Attorney General Andrew
Cuomo. M.S. in international relations from the London School of
Economics and Political Science; B.A. in political science and
economics from Swarthmore College.
Finance Associate for Outreach Alex Smith
(reported by The New York Times' Maggie Haberman on April 1, 2015) Deputy finance director at the Ready for Hillary super PAC from Sept. 2013. Grassroots associate at the Dewey Square Group, July 2010-Aug. 2013. B.S. in architecture from University of Virginia, 2010.
Finance Associate Neisha
Blandin
(reported by The New York Times' Maggie Haberman on April 1, 2015) Grassroots fundraising director at the Ready for Hillary super PAC from Jan. 2014. Fundraising development at The Cooper Union, 2013. Associate at Hudson TG, political consulting firm, Aug. 2010-Aug. 2012. Junior fundraiser at The Esler Group, July 2009-Aug. 2010; and campaign finance compliance officer at Gioia for New York, July 2009-Jan. 2010. B.A. in political science from Montclair State University, 2008. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago.
Branding, Imaging, Messaging Roy Spence
Based in Austin, TX. Longtime friend of the
Clintons; advised on
Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign, particularly after the Iowa
caucuses. Co-founder (1971) and chairman of GSD&M;
co-founder
(2008)
and
CEO
of
the
Purpose
Institute, a consulting firm that helps people and organizations
discover and live their purpose. Author with Haley Rushing of
It's Not What You Sell, It's What You
Stand For (2008). B.A. in
government from The University of Texas at Austin.
"Principal Gatekeeper" Philippe
Reines
Currently a founder and managing director at Beacon
Global
Strategies,
LLC. Has worked for Clinton since 2002.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Strategic Communications and
Senior Communications Advisor to Secretary of State, 2009-13.
Sen. Clinton’s senior advisor and press secretary, 2002-09.
Communications advisor for national security and foreign policy on
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and Chelsea Clinton's
spokesman, 2007-08. Communications director to U.S. Rep. Jane
Harman (CA). Teaching and research assistant for Gore's “Covering
National Affairs” course at the Columbia School of Journalism in Spring
2001. Served on the rapid response team of the Gore/Lieberman
campaign in 2000, and on the communications team of the Gore/Lieberman
Recount Committee. Worked in banking and finance. New York
City native. Degree in political science from Columbia
University.
Personal Chief of Staff Huma Abedin
Directed Clinton's transition office when Clinton left
the State
Department. Special government employee/consultant and earlier
deputy chief of staff to Clinton at the State Department.
Traveling chief of staff for Clinton during her 2007-08 campaign.
Senior advisor and earlier staff assistant to Sen. Clinton.
Started working for First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in 1996 as an
intern at the White House. B.A. degree from The George Washington
University. Grew up in Saudi Arabia; born in Kalamazoo,
Michigan. Wife of former Congressman Anthony Weiner.
Key Advisor, but No Formal Role Cheryl Mills
(on March 24, 2015, the NYT's
Maggie Haberman reported that
Mills, while continuing to be a trusted advisor, will not take a formal
role in the campaign) Founder and chief executive officer
of the
BlackIvy Group, a company that grows and builds businesses in
Sub-Saharan Africa. Counselor and chief of staff to Clinton at
the State Department. Senior vice president for administration
and operations as well as general counsel at New York University.
Senior vice president for corporate policy and public programming at
Oxygen Media. Associate general counsel at the White House from
1993. Deputy general counsel of the Clinton/Gore Transition
Planning Foundation. Associate at Hogan & Hartson. J.D.
from Stanford Law School, 1990; B.A. from University of Virginia, 1987.
State Director Matt
Paul
(reported March 4, 2015 by The
Washington Post's
Philip Rucker and Dan
Balz; left USDA on March 16) Director of communications
at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture since June 2011. Joined Link Strategies in 2007; in
2010 developed a new
branch of the firm, LPCA Public Strategies, and served as vice
president
there until May 2011. Campaign manager on Sen. Tom Harkin's 2008
re-election campaign. Campaign manager on Mike Blouin's 2006
gubernatorial campaign. Press secretary, communications director
and senior advisor to Gov. Tom Vilsack, 1998-2007. Deputy state
director on Howard Dean's Iowa caucus campaign, 2003-04.
Spokesman for Cedar Rapids Mayor Larry Serbousek from 1994 and for
Mayor Lee R. Clancey from 1996. News reporter in Cedar Rapids,
1992-94. Graduate of Mount Mercy College, 1993. twitter
Deputy State Director Molly Scherrman
(reported March 31, 2015 by The New York Times' Jonathan Martin) Director at New Partners from Jan. 2015. Senior advisor on U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley's 2014 U.S. Senate campaign. Worked on Christie Vilsack's 2012 campaign and also served as senior advisor on Braley's 2012 campaign. Campaign manager on Braley's 2010 campaign. Member of John Kerry's Iowa leadership team for the 2003-04 caucus campaign. Degree in psychology and political science from Iowa State University, 2004; served as president of Iowa State University College Democrats. twitter
Caucus Director Michael Halle
(reported March 31, 2015 by The New
York Times' Jonathan Martin)
Executive director of Common Good VA (McAullife PAC) since Dec. 2013;
director of the Democratic Party of Virginia Coordinated Campaign from
Jan. 2013. Obama for America North Carolina general election
director, Jan.-Nov. 2012. Campaign manager on Anthony Foxx for
Charlotte, April-Nov. 2011. Campaign manager on Citizens for Jake
Zimmerman, St. Louis City Council Campaign, Jan.-April 2011.
Field director on the Missouri Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign,
May-Nov. 2010. Special assistant at the HHS Office of Health
Reform, April 2009-April 2010. Started as a field organizer on
Obama's 2007-08 Iowa caucus campaign, then continued on to Kansas,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana; and in the fall served as a deputy
field director in North Carolina. Prior to the campaign he
interned at the Center for American Progress. Graduate of
Illinois State University, 2006. twitter
Political Director Troy Price
(reported by the Des Moines Register's Jennifer Jacobs
on April 8,
2015) Political director on Obama's
campaign in Iowa from Feb. 2012. Executive director at One Iowa
after starting there in June 2010 as political director. Senior
communication specialist and interim communications director to Gov.
Chet Culver. Communication assistant in the Vilsack/Pederson
administration. Worked at the Iowa Department of Public Health
and Economic Development. Staff of Gov. Tom Vilsack and Lt. Gov.
Sally Pederson and worked on therir 2002 re-election campaign.
Degree
in political science from University of Iowa. From Durant
(Cedar County in Eastern Iowa). twitter
Constituency Outreach Brenda Kole
(reported March 4, 2015 by The
Washington Post's
Philip Rucker and Dan
Balz) Senior advisor on the Hatch/Vernon campaign for governor,
July-Nov. 2014. Campaign manager on Monica Vernon for Congress,
Aug. 2013-June 2014. Director of advocacy and organizing at
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, July 2008-Aug. 2013.
Scheduling on Hillary Clinton for President, March 2007-June
2008. Operations director on Tom Vilsack for President, Nov.
2006-Feb. 2007. Take Back Iowa organizer for AFSCME, Aug.-Nov.
2006. M.P.A. from Drake University, 2008; B.S. from St. Cloud
State University, 1997.
Communications Director Lily Adams
(reported March 4, 2015 by The
Washington Post's
Philip Rucker and Dan
Balz) Deputy communications director at the DNC from Sept.
2013. Press secretary to Sen. Tim Kaine
(VA) from Jan. 2013, after serving
as press secretary on his 2012 campaign. Press secretary and
earlier Connecticut press secretary to Sen.
Richard Blumenthal (CT). Deputy press secretary on Gov. Ted
Strickland's 2010 re-election campaign. Part of the press team on
Creigh Deeds' 2009 campaign for governor of Virginia. B.A. in
politics from Brandeis Universlty, 2009. Daughter of
Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and
granddaughter of Ann Richards. twitter
and
Lenora Hanks
(reported
March 31, 2015 by The New York Times'
Jonathan
Martin)
Operations
director
at
270
Strategies
since
Dec.
2013.
Operations
director
for
the
Virginia
Democratic
Coordinated
Campaign,
Feb.-Dec.
2013.
Operations
director
at
Organizing
for
America
Michigan,
Dec.
2011
to
the
end
of
the
campaign.
Associate
at
the
Dewey
Square
Group,
May-Nov.
2011.
Operations
coordinator
(June
2010-March
2011)
and
executive
assistant
to
the
CEO
(Feb.
2009-June
2010)
at
Benenson
Strategy
Group.
Field
assistant on Obama's Campaign for Change, June-Nov.
2008. Degree in political science, French from University of
Michigan, 2008.
Intern Coordinator Rachel
Schneider
(reported by The
New York Times'
Maggie
Haberman
on
April
1, 2015) Youth director and Jewish
Americans director at Ready for Hillary super PAC from Aug. 2013.
Consultant to the Youth Engagement Fund. Associate director for
youth outreach at the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Youth
vote director on Organizing for America-Nevada, Aug.-Nov. 2012; youth
vote coordinator at Obama for America in Chicago, Sept. 2011-Nov.
2012. B.S. in journalism from Medill School of Journalism at
Northwestern University, 2011. twitter
The Guardian (March 9, 2015) reports there are plans "to hire as many as 40 staffers in the battleground state around the beginning of April."
State Director Mike
Vlacich
(reported March 13, 2015 by AP) Senior
advisor
to Sen. Jeanne
Shaheen; managed Shaheen for Senate, Jan.-Dec. 2014; state director in
the Office of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Jan. 2009-Jan. 2014. Director
of the Division of Economic Development in the NH Department of
Resources and Economic Development, Dec. 2006-Dec. 2008. Deputy
chief of staff to Gov. John Lynch, Dec. 2004-Dec. 2006; manager of New
Hampshire for John Lynch in 2006. Executive director of the NH
Democratic Party, June 2003-Dec. 2004. Business recruitment and
retention specialist in the NH Department of Resources and Economic
Development, Dec. 2002-June 2003. Special assistant for economic
development to Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, March 1997-Dec. 2002. B.A. in
political science from University of New Hampshire, 1995. twitter
Political Kari Thurman
(reported March 13, 2015 by AP)
Political
director on Shaheen for
Senate in 2014. Staffer in Shaheen's Senate office in the first
part of 2012. Did some work with the Progressive Change Campaign
Committee. Finance director on Kuster for Congress, May 2009-Dec.
2010. Finance director on Carol Shea-Porter for Congress, May
2008-Oct. 2009. Field staff for the New Hampshire Democratic
Party, May 2007-May 2008. Studied at Illinois State University
and earlier at University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Communications Harrell Kirstein
(reported March 13, 2015 by AP)
Communications
director at
Shaheen for Senate, March-Dec. 2014. Communications director for
the New Hampshire Democratic Party, March 2013-14. New Hampshire
press secretary at Obama for America, March-Nov. 2012. Press
secretary (May 2010-Feb. 2012) and deputy press secretary (Feb.-June
2010) for the New Hampshire Democratic Party. Communications
director at Dorothy Brown for Cook County President, Aug.-Nov.
2009. GOTV organizer on Virginians for Brian Moran, May-June
2009. New Hampshire press aide on Richardson for President, July
2007-Jan. 2008. B.A. in political science and goverment from
University of Rochester, 2009. twitter
"Political Outreach to Grassroots Leaders"
Mike Ollen
(reported by WMUR's John DiStaso on April 10,
2015) Associate at
Hilltop Public Solutions from Jan. 2015. Deputy political
director on Shaheen for Senate, April-Dec. 2014. Constituent
services coordinator/veterans and military families liaison for U.S.
Rep. Annie Kuster, Jan. 2013-April 2014. Regional field director
in Strafford County for Obama for America, July-Nov. 2012; field
organizer for Organizing for America-NH in Nashua, Feb.-July
2012. Inventory manager for Boston City Properties, March
2011-Feb. 2012. Speech writing assistant in the Office of Gov.
Deval Patrick, Sept. 2011-Jan. 2012. B.A. in communications,
public advocacy and rhetoric from Northeastern University, 2011.
twitter
Gene Martin
(reported by WMUR's John DiStaso on April 10,
2015) Director of
the NH Senate Democratic Caucus from Aug. 2014; minority caucus
director in the New Hampshire Senate, Dec. 2012-July 2014.
Director of the Committee to Elect House Democrats, Jan.-Dec.
2012. Political and field director at the New Hampshire
Democratic Party, Jan. 2011-Jan. 2012. Legislative aide in the NH
Senate, March-Dec. 2010. Compliance director/office manager on
Paul Hodes for Senate, June 2009-March 2010. B.A. in political
science from Plymouth State University, 2009. twitter
Liz Wester
(reported by WMUR's John DiStaso on April 10,
2015)
Director of the Committee to Elect House Democrats from April
2014.
Outreach coordinator to U.S. Rep. John Tierney (MA), April 2013-April
2014. Data coordinator for the Human Rights Campaign in the
Chicago area, Jan.-March 2013. Field director on Niki Tsongas for
Congress campaign in Lowell, April-Nov. 2012. Field director on
Stand Up
For New Hampshire Families, Oct. 2011-April 2012. Field organizer
for the Human Rights Campaign, Jan.-July 2011. Field organizer
for the NH Democratic Party, Aug.-Nov. 2010. B.A. and B.S.
degrees from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2010.
State Director Emmy Ruiz
(reported March 18, 2015 by the Washington Post) Political
director for Annie's List, a group that works to elect pro-choice women
in Texas, Sept. 2013-Aug. 2014. Campaign manager for
comprehensive immigration reform at Organizing for Action, March-Sept.
2013. Nevada general election director for the Obama campaign
from Feb.-Nov. 2012. Nevada field director for Organizing for
America, June
2011-Jan. 2012. Texas field director for the DNC, June 2009-May
2011.
National field manager of Young Democrats of America, Aug. 2008-Dec.
2010.
Canvass director, late help and regional field director on the Hillary
Clinton for President campaign, Oct. 2007-May 2008.
Development coordinator/grant writer at the American Red Cross,
2006-07. Bachelor's degree in English language and literature
from the University of Texas at San Antonio,
2006. twitter
Organizing Director Jorge Neri
(reported April 9, 2015 by BuzzFeed's Adrian Carrasquillo) Associate Director of Public Engagement in the Office of Public Engagement at the White House. Deputy campaign manager for field at the Alliance for Citizenship, Feb. 2013-Jan. 2014. Nevada field director on Obama's re-election campaign from July 2012 after serving as the national campaign's Southern regional field director from Aug. 2011-July 2012. Midwest and Southeast organizer at the Center for Community Change, Nov. 2008-Aug. 11. Organizer at UFCW Local 1546 in Chicago, Dec. 2007-Nov. 2008. Robert Morris College. twitter
State Director Clay
Middleton
(reported March 18, 2015 by the Washington Post) Special advisor in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Congressional, Intergovernmental and External Affairs from Aug. 2014. Congressional affairs liaison at the National Nuclear Security Administration Office of External Affairs, June 2013-Aug. 2014. Special advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, Aug. 2012-June 2013. Associate director for faith-based and neighborhood partnerships at the Corporation for National and Community Service, May 2011-Aug. 2012. Lowcountry director for U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn, May 2003-May 2011. South Carolina political director on Obama for America, Aug.-Dec. 2008. Regional field organizer for the South Carolina Democratic Party, July 2005-Dec. 2006. Master's (2011) and B.A. in political science (2003) from The Citadel. Major in the SC Army National Guard, Jan. 2000-present. twitter
See:
Maggie Haberman. "'Ready for Hillary' Workers Are Ready to Join
Campaign." The New York Times. April
1, 2015.
The independent Ready
for
Hillary super PAC worked
from to 2013 to April 2015 to build a base of support for Clinton.
Haberman lists a half dozen RfH staff transitioning over
to the
campaign in waiting:
Ready for Hillary |
Campaign in Waiting |
||
Adam Parkhomenko |
co-founder/co-chair/ex.
director |
director of grassroots
engagement |
|
Neisha Blandin |
grassroots fundraising
director |
national finance associate |
|
Alex Smith |
deputy finance director |
national finance
associate for outreach |
|
Hans Goff |
southern regional
organizing |
southern regional
organizing |
|
Jessica Meija |
western regional
organizing |
western regional
organizing |
|
Rachel Schneider |
director for young
Americans and Jewish Americans |
Iowa intern coordnator |
Phillip Rucker. "Hillary Clinton adds
top
digital talent to
campaign-in-waiting." The
Washington
Post, March 24,
2015.
Phillip Rucker. "In states with the first 2016 primaries,
Democrats ask: Where's Hillary?" The
Washington
Post.
March 17, 2015.
Ben Jacobs. "Hillary Clinton eyes campaign launch in early April
with plans to staff up in Iowa." The
Guardian. Mar. 9,
2015.
Philip Rucker and Dan Balz. "Top Vilsack adviser to run Hillary
Clinton's Iowa campaign." The
Washington
Post. Mar.
4, 2015.
Philip Rucker and Anne Gearan. "The making of Hillary 5.0: Marketing
wizards help re-imagine Clinton brand." The
Washington
Post. Feb. 21, 2015.
Anne Gearan and Dan Balz. "Official or
not,
Hillary Clinton buids
a massive 2016 team-in-waiting." The
Washington
Post. Feb.
6, 2015.
Mike Allen. "Inside Hillary Clinton's 2016 plan." Politico.
Jan.
26,
2015.
Jonathan Allen. "The Man Poised to Guide Hillary Clinton's
Presidential Campaign." Bloomberg
Politics. Dec. 22, 2014.
David Freedlander. "The Race to Be Hillary's Karl Rove." The
Daily
Beast. Nov. 26,
2014.
Amy Chozick. "Planet Hillary." New
York
Times
Magazine.
Jan. 24, 2014.
Maggie Haberman. "Hillary Clinton's 50 influentials." Politico.
Jan.
5,
2014.
and
Maggie
Haberman.
"Hillary
Clinton's
shadow
camapign."
Politico,
Jan.
5,
2014.
A recurring theme in coverage of Clinton's developing 2016 campaign team is the need learn from mistakes made on the 2008 campaign, which was marked by infighting and "the lack of any clear lines of authority." See: Gail Sheehy. "Hillaryland at War." Vanity Fair. Aug. 2008.