Wesley Clark-Campaign Organization
See also: Volunteer Coordinators
Clark for President, Inc. 
Headquarters:  1400 Markham St., 4th Fl., Little Rock, Arkansas 
 In the States
N E W   H A M P S H I R E  (January 27 primary)
New Hampshire State Director  Steve Bouchard
(Announced Oct. 10, 2003)  Bouchard served as New Hampshire State Director of Sen. Bob Graham's campaign from March 17, 2003 until Graham withdrew on October 6, 2003.  In 2002 Bouchard was deputy campaign manager of Tony Sanchez's gubernatorial campaign in Texas.  He was field director for Mark Warner's campaign for governor of Virginia in 2000-2001.  Bouchard worked for Sen. Bob Kerrey's BACK PAC on the national level in 1999 and as NH director in 1998 as Kerrey considered a presidential campaign.  Previously, he served in various capacities in NH Democratic politics, including commnications director for the House Democrats, House Caucus director, chairman of the Hillsborough County Democrats, chairman of the 1st CD for the NHDP, and activity in numerous local and state campaigns.
 
 

S O U T H   C A R O L I N A  (February 3 primary)

South Carolina State Director  Scott Anderson
(Announced Oct. 21, 2003) Anderson served as South Carolina State Director of Sen. Bob Graham's campaign from June 2003 until Graham withdrew on October 6, 2003.  He came to the campaign from Geddings & Phillips Communications.  A former executive director of the South Carolina Democratic Party; he designed and oversaw the party's Coordinated Campaign in 2000. Director of the South Carolina State Democratic Caucus.  Worked six years as a policy and political coordinator in the Florida House of Representatives under Speaker Peter Wallace, Majority Leader Jim Davis, and Minority Leader Buzz Ritchie. Managed dozens of campaigns in Florida and South Carolina over the past ten years.  Graduate of Florida Southern College. 
 
 

A R I Z O N A  (February 3 primary)

Arizona State Director Mark Riddle
Riddle came to the campaign from his position as executive director of the Kentucky Democratic Party, where he started in June 2003.  Earlier in 2003 he served as campaign manager for Ben Chandler, the 2003 Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Kentucky.  In 2002 Riddle managed Jack Conway's campaign against Rep. Anne Northup (R-KY) in the Kentucky 3rd CD.
 
 

O K L A H O M A  (February 3 primary)

Oklahoma State Director Jessica Vanden Berg
Served as Iowa State Director of the Bob Graham for President campaign from May 2003 until Graham quit the race in October.  Vanden Berg came to the Graham campaign from her position as caucus director for the Iowa Democratic Party.  In 2002 she worked as the deputy director of the IDP's 2002 Coordinated Campaign.  She served as Rep. Leonard Boswell's communications director after managing his successful re-election campaign in 2000.  From Pella, Iowa.
 
 

D E L A W A R E  (February 3 primary)

Delaware State Director John Oldfield
(Joined the campaign in September, 2003; arrived in Delaware on November 9, 2003)  Most recently, Oldfield co-founded the non-profit WaterLife Foundation in New York City, raising money for it throughout summer 2003.  Previously he worked five years at a business research firm in Manhattan.  Oldfield also has five years of experience with USAID contractors on democratization/nation-building projects in Africa and Eastern Europe.  He has been active in City Council races in New York City and Washington DC.
 
 

N E W   M E X I C O  (February 3 caucuses)

New Mexico State Director Brian Burke
Prior to being appointed to state director, Burke was a Principal at The Burke Group, Inc., a government relations and public policy consulting firm.  Burke has served in various capacities in federal government, including Counselor to Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army; and Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment in the Department of Agriculture. He also worked as a senior policy analyst at the White House under the Clinton Administration and was a trial attorney in the Environmental Enforcement Section of the U.S. Department of Justice.  Burke, 44, holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and an A.B. from Brown University. 
 
 

N O R T H   D A K O T A  (February 3 caucuses)

North Dakota State Director John Marshall
(on the ground in Fargo Nov. 30, 2003)  Marshall has over 30 years of political experience with national and statewide races.  Most recently he served as campaign manager for the Max Baer for Supreme Court race in Pennsylvania in 2003; in 2002 he served as the Western Pennsylvania Coordinator for Ed Rendell for Governor.  Marshall served in the Clinton/Gore White House from 1993-2001 advancing President Clinton and Secretary of Defense William Cohen throughout the world.  He was part of the Clinton/Gore 92 and 96 national staff.  Marshall is originally from Columbus, Ohio.
 
 

M I C H I G A N  (February 7 caucuses)

Michigan State Director Dana Houle
A Michigan native who resides in Ann Arbor, Houle has extensive Michigan campaign experience.  Most recently, she managed the statewide races of Gary Peters for Attorney General and Judge Edward Thomas for Supreme Court.  Houle's experience also includes extensive field work for both state and federal campaigns in Michigan, as well as work for the AFL-CIO.
 
 

V I R G I N I A  (February 10 primary)

Virginia State Director Doug Dodson
Dodson served most recently as Chief of Staff for Congressman Tim Bishop (NY-1).  He has been involved in political campaigns for the past 16 years and has run seven congressional races and numerous state legislative, mayoral and city council races.  He served as state field director for the 1994 Mike Andrews for U.S. Senate campaign and has worked as an associate and senior program manager for The Tyson Organization, a Democratic voter turnout and grassroots strategies firm based in Fort Worth.  He also served as an in-country Communications Strategist for the Department of Defense in the war on drugs and terrorism in Latin America.  Dodson is a native of Amarillo, Texas and attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
 
 

T E N N E S S E E  (February 10 primary)

Tennessee State Director Will Drake
(started in Tennessee in late Nov. 2003)  Drake has campaign experience in five Southern states.  In 2003 he worked on Kathleen Blanco's gubernatorial campaign in Louisiana.  In 2002 he served as field director for the South Carolina Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign and later was the SCDP's political director.  Drake is from Hoover, Alabama and attended Indiana University.
 
 

W I S C O N S I N  (February 17 primary)

Wisconsin State Director Peter Shakow
(started in Wisconsin Dec. 27, 2003 following Julie Stauch; previously, starting Sept. 21, 2003, Shakow was Deputy Political Director in Little Rock)  Before joining the campaign Shakow worked as a lawyer in Los Angeles for four years.  He worked in Political Affairs at the White House, 1993-94, and worked on Clinton/Gore '92 in Texas.  Shakow earned his undergraduate degree in History from Brown in 1992, and his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
 
 

N E W   Y O R K  (March 2 primary)

New York State Director Mark Benoit
(Nov. 2, 2003)  Benoit, who has extensive experience in New York campaigns, joined the Clark campaign from Nevada where he was doing lobbying on federal legislation and political consulting.  His New York experience includes: campaign manager for Betsy Gotbaum's successful campaign for Public Advocate, 2001; deputy campaign manager on Peter Vallone's gubernatorial campaign, 1998; campaign manager for Mark Green's re-election campaign, 1997; downstate field director for Victory 96, the Coordinated Campaign; and Catherine Abate's 1994 election to the State Senate from the District 27. 
 
 

G E O R G I A (March 2 primary)
On Dec. 30, 2003 the campaign announced the endorsements of Mayor Floyd Griffin of Milledgeville, President of the Georgia Conference of Black Mayors, and Mayor Jack Ellis of Macon.
On Dec. 21, 2003 Ambassador Andrew Young.
 

O H I O (March 2 primary)

Ohio State Chair/Senior Advisor Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman
(announced Dec. 22, 2003) 
other supporters: Cuyahoga County Treasurer James Rokakis and Montgomery County Treasurer Hugh Quill
 
 
 

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