| Campaign Manager |
Joe Trippi |
[Day-to-day running of the campaign
in Burlington].
(Trippi assumed the role
of campaign director on March 3, 2003 and held that title through April
7, 2003, when he replaced Rick Ridder) Trippi and Steve McMahon have
been Dean's media consultants for all five of his gubernatorial campaigns.
Trippi has worked on the presidential campaigns of Edward Kennedy, Walter
Mondale, Gary Hart and Richard Gephardt. First campaign: volunteer
on Iola Williams' campaign for San Jose, Calif. city council in 1976.
| Deputy Campaign Manager |
Robert Rogan |
(Announced April 7, 2003)
Most recently vice president of public affairs for Central Vermont Public
Service Corp. Deputy chief of staff to Dean from 1994-98. Served
in various positions for Lawton Chiles when he was U.S. Senator and then
governor of Florida. Rogan also worked as a legislative assistant
to Sen. Bob Graham.
| Deputy Campaign Manager |
Tom McMahon |
(Announced May 22, 2003)
Worked in the Clinton Administration from 1993-99, serving as deputy director
of advance in the White House and as a public affairs specialist at the
Department of Defense. McMahon was involved in the Gore campaign
in 2000, the Clinton campaign in 1996, and was a regional field director
in Missouri for Clinton/Gore in 1992.
| Deputy Campaign Manager |
Andrea "Andi" Pringle |
(Announced August 7, 2003)
Pringle joined the political consulting firm Whistle Stop Communications
as a partner after serving as campaign manager of
Carol Moseley Braun's presidential campaign from February to June 2003.
She worked for the Open Society Institute on its criminal justice initiative,
2001-'02; and served as campaign manager for a juvenile justice reform
advocacy effort in Florida, 2002. Communications director for the
NAACP National Voter Fund in 2000-'01. Deputy campaign manager for
John White, Jr. for Mayor in Philadelphia, 1998-99. Worked on Jesse
Jackson's 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns and at the National Rainbow
Coalition, 1984-88. Pringle also has extensive experience in entertainment
industry management.
| (Kate doesn't like titles) |
Kate O'Connor |
Longtime aide; ran Dean's campaign
for lieutenant governor in 1989, his campaigns for governor, and the Fund
for a Healthy America leadership PAC he established in November 2001.
Served as special assistant to Dean from 1991-97 and as his secretary of
civil and military affairs since 1997.
O P E R A T I O N S
| Director of Operations |
Mark Michaud |
(Initially did some work in
compliance). Executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party for
4 years through the 2002 cycle.
| Office Coordinator |
Abbey Trebilcock |
| Political Director |
Paul Blank |
In 2002 served as campaign manager
for Chris Kouri's congressional campaign against Robin Hayes in North Carolina.
| Special Operations |
Tamara Pogue |
Campaign manager for John Baldacci’s
successful 2002 gubernatorial campaign in Maine. Graduate of Bates
College ('99).
| Volunteer and Intern Coordinator |
Susan Elliot |
(started February 2003)
Worked at KaBOOM!, an organization which seeks to provide healthy play
opportunities for children, and previously as meeting and special events
coordinator at Ben & Jerry's.
C O M M U N I C A T I O N
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| Communications Director |
Tricia Enright |
(started May 15, 2003)
Most recently press secretary to Sen. Tom Harkin. Deputy communications
director for Gore/Lieberman in 2000. Senior advisor/assistant secretary
for public affairs/deputy asst. secretary for public affairs at HUD, over
the course of seven and a half years on and off. Pennsylvania press
secretary for Clinton/Gore 1996. Worked in the White House Office
of Media Affairs, 1993. Worked in the national press office of Clinton
for President, 1992.
| Deputy Press Secretary/Deputy
to Comm. Dir. |
Courtney O'Donnell |
(started out with the campaign
in January 2003 as an assistant to campaign manager Rick Ridder)
Has done communications work for campaigns including Janet Reno for Governor
(Fla.) and Bob Clement for Senate (Tenn.), as well as various issue campaigns
for children and environmental causes.
| Deputy Press Secretary |
Kathy Lash |
(started mid-May 2003)
Has worked on several congressional election campaigns, and most recently
assisted with media for Virginia Gov. Mark Warner’s inaugural.
Staff Photographer:
John
Pettitt-- (started
July 1, 2003) Pettitt
was pursuing sailing and professional photography in Sausalito, CA (CloudView
Photography) after retiring from Silicon Valley.
| Advisory Role |
Susan Allen |
(The campaign's press secretary
from January 2003 to April 9, 2003) Previously served as Dean's press
secretary in the Governor's office starting in Sept. 1998.
I N T E R N E T
Nicco Mele
(started May 3, 2003)
Experience includes producing live streaming webcasts of the Shadow Conventions
2000. Born in Ghana to foreign service parents; graduated from high
school in Malaysia.
Zephyr Teachout -- In
2001, Teachout and three others co-founded the Fair Trial Initiative, a
group that seeks to assure quality representation in death penalty cases.
She earned her J.D. from Duke University Law School, and also has a Master's
degree in Political Science from Duke University. She served as Operations
Director on Dean's 1994 re-election campaign. Teachout earned her Bachelor's
degree from Yale College.
Matthew Gross -- Edited
The
Glen Canyon Reader (University of Arizona Press, 2003) and lived in
Moab, Utah.
Coordinating Meetups -- Michael Silberman
R E S E A R C H
| Research Director |
Brent Colburn |
(started July 2003) Previously
at the DCCC.
P O L I C Y
| Policy Director |
Jeremy Ben-Ami |
(to start May 19, 2003) Came
to the campaign from position as director of communications for the New
York-based New Israel Fund. In 2001 he served as deputy campaign
manager on Mark Green's campaign for mayor of New York City. Ben-Ami
served a variety of roles in the Clinton Administration. Starting
June 1995 he was Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;
he was chief of staff of the White House Domestic Policy Council from 1993-96;
earlier he was a special assistant to the assistant secretary for children
and families in the Department of Health and Human Services. He served
as assistant deputy commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration.
Ben-Ami has a law degree from New York University and is an '84 graduate
of Princeton University.
| Deputy Policy Director |
Julie Norton |
(with the campaign from January
2003, started as special projects)
opposition research
Mr. Rome
M O R E
Previously Dean's scheduler
in the Governor's office.
F I N A N C E
| National Finance Director
(from January 2003) |
Stephanie Schriock |
Worked at the Democratic Senatorial
Campaign Committee as as director of campaign assistance (political) in
the 2002 cycle and as southern regional finance director during the 2000
cycle. B.S. in Administration from Mankato State University in Minnesota
('95) and M.A. from the Graduate School of Political Management ('97).
...15-person finance staff
as of April 2003
Larry Biddle - Deputy National
Finance Director for Direct Mail, Telemarketing and Internet
Linnea Dyer - Deputy National Finance
Director
Regional Directors:
Emily Wurgaft, Andrew Wright, Carolyn Dwyer, Alex Pearson, Ashley Newton,
Jenny Lehner, Jenna Grigsby. Helping with GLBT program: Patrick
Anderson.
Deputy Director for Grassroots
Fundraising (Washington, DC): David P. Salie
National Finance Committee
- Co-chairs: Terry Lierman of MD and Pamela Eakes of Mercer Island, WA
About 40 people (as of April
2003) around the country committed to raising money and gathering support
for Gov. Dean's campaign. A couple of announced names are Terry Bean
and Cheryl Perrin, both of Oregon.
| a lot of work
helping to raise money |
Steve Grossman |
(Announced Nov. 11, 2002)
Sought the Democratic nomination for Governor of Massachusetts in 2002,
but withdrew from the five man race in July 2002. Runs MassEnvelopePlus,
a Somerville printing company founded by his grandfather in 1910.
National chairman of the Democratic National Committee from Jan. 1997-Jan.
1999. Elected president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
(AIPAC) in 1992, then served as chair. Chair of the Massachusetts
Democratic Party 1990-1992.
M E D I A
|
(Joe Trippi and) Steve McMahon |
Trippi and McMahon have been
Dean's media consultants for all five of his gubernatorial campaigns. In
1980 as a student at the University of Nebraska, McMahon volunteer on the
Kennedy campaign. He worked on Kennedy's Senate staff, went to law
school and worked for Doak & Shrum.
A N D
| Strategic and Tactical
Consulting |
Rick Ridder - Ridder/Braden, Inc. |
[Ridder served as campaign manager
from Jan.-April 15, 2003] President and co-founder of Ridder/Braden,
Inc., a Denver, Colorado-based consulting firm that he and Joannie
Braden founded in 1985. Experience on presidential campaigns of Gary
Hart (1984 and 1988), Al Gore (1988), Bill Clinton (1992) and Bill Bradley
(2000). Named by the American Association of Political Consultants
as "international consultant of the year" in 1998. Immediate past-president
of the International Association of Political Consultants. fuller
profile...
| Direct Mail |
Direct Line Politics (Alexandria,
VA) |
Working with Policy Director Jeremy Ben-Ami to set
up a policy council to advise Gov. Dean:
| Senior Policy Advisor |
Ronald Weich |
(Announced May 22, 2003)
Partner at Zuckerman Spaeder LLP in Washington, DC since March 1997.
Worked in various positions in the U.S. Senate from 1989-97, including
General Counsel to the Labor and Human Resources Committee and Chief
Counsel to Sen. Edward Kennedy on the Judiciary Committee. Served
as an Assistant District Attorney in New York County. Law degree
from Yale University, 1983; undergraduate degree from Columbia University,
1980.
| Senior Advisor |
Maria Echaveste |
(Announced May 22, 2003)
Attorney and consultant in Washington, DC. Was the highest ranking
Latino ever to serve in the White House as Assistant to the President and
Deputy Chief of Staff in the Clinton's second term. Previously Administrator
of the Wage and House Division of the Department of Labor.
| Senior Advisor |
Chris Edley Jr. |
(Announced May 22, 2003)
Professor at Harvard Law School and founding co-Director of the Civil Rights
Project at Harvard. Served as Senior Counsel to President Clinton
and Senior Advisor for the Race Initiative. Associate Director of
the OMB. National issues director on the Dukakis presidential campaign.
Assistant Director of the Domestic Policy Council under President Clinton
Key Early States:
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O W A
| Iowa State Director |
Jeani Murray |
(Announced Dec. 18, 2002)
From Jan.-Nov. 2002 she managed John Norris' unsuccessful campaign for
the Iowa 4th CD seat held by Rep. Tom Latham. Executive director
of the Iowa Democratic Party from May 2000 to January 2002. Worked
for Rep. Leonard Boswell for over four years, finishing as his chief of
staff. Graduate of St. Ambrose University in Davenport, and attended
graduate school in journalism at the University of Iowa.
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E W H A M P S H I R E
| New Hampshire State Director |
Karen Hicks |
(Announced Feb. 14, 2003)
Political director for Gov. Jeanne Shaheen’s 2002 bid for the U.S. Senate.
Political director for Shaheen’s 2000 race for Governor. Prior to
that, Hicks served as Shaheen’s Health Policy Advisor. From 1993-97,
she served as executive director of New Hampshire Citizen Action.
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O U T H C A R O L I N A
| South Carolina Chairman |
Rep. David Mack III |
(Announced Jan. 21, 2003)
Rep. Mack, of Charleston, is chair-elect of the General Assembly's Black
Caucus and is a health care consultant.
More States:
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R I Z O N A (February 3 primary)
| Arizona State Director |
Frank Costanzo |
(Started volunteering in March
2003; started July 15, 2003; officially announced mid-Aug. 2003)
Costanzo is providing overall campaign advisory services through his consulting
company, FTC & Associates, Inc. Since the mid-1980s he has done
consulting work on start-ups and turn-arounds. He is educational
coordinator for the Arizona Democratic Party, and has also served as the
party's finance chair. Before moving to Arizona, Costanzo lived in
New York, where he served two terms as a legislator from Chautauqua County
and helped lead urban renewal efforts in City of Jamestown. Costanzo
also has military experience as a U.S. Army officer, including a stint
as a Nike Hercules Missile Commander. He earned a B.A.from St. Bonaventure
University and an M.A. from Keane College of New Jersey.
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K L A H O M A (February 3 primary)
| Oklahoma State Coordinator |
Chilton Ladd Marshall |
(Officially announced Aug. 12,
2003) Experience includes work as field director for the Women’s
Voter Information Project in Arkansas and director of operations on the
“No on 695” campaign in 2001. Marshall, a native Oklahoman and Native
American, attended Norman High School and the University of Oklahoma in
Norman.
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E W M E X I C O (February 3 caucuses)
| New Mexico State Director |
Francisco Castillo |
(Started September 1, 2003)
As the Southern New Mexico Coordinator for Bill Richardson's campaign in
the fall of 2002, Castillo ran the Las Cruces office and oversaw the campaign's
efforts in 7-9 southern counties. He is from Central Texas and was
living in Austin at the time he was selected for the Dean campaign.
Castillo did Hispanic outreach for the Texas Democratic Coordinated Campaign
in 2000; was Hispanic director for Garry Mauro's 1998 gubernatorial campaign;
was Hispanic outreach director for Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox in
the 1990 Democratic gubernatorial primary (won by Ann Richards); and worked
on Mattox' successful re-election campaign for Attorney General in 1986.
Castillo got his start in campaigns in Galveston, where he was hired as
a Criminal District Attorney Investigator with the Galveston County District
Attorney's Office, but got involved in the District Attorney's re-election
bid.
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I C H I G A N (February 7 caucuses)
| Michigan State Coordinator |
Daren Berringer |
(Officially announced Aug. 16,
2003) One of two deputy campaign managers on Congressman Tim Holden's
successful 2002 congressional race against Congressman George W. Gekas
in Pennsylvania's 17th CD. In 2000 Berringer was campaign manager
for Jim Eisenhower, the Democratic nominee for Attorney General in Pennsylvania.
Berringer: "On July 3 at
11:00 pm, the eve of our Nation's birthday, I received the call from the
campaign that said, 'Hey Daren, you're going to Michigan.'"
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A S H I N G T O N (February 7 caucuses)
| Washington State Director |
Betty Means |
(Started July 15, 2003)
Campaign management, fundraising, and event coordination through Betty
J. Means & Associates, 2001-2003. Associate State Director for
Advocacy, AARP Washington, 1999-2001. AARP/VOTE Legislative Representative
for WA, AK, MT, NV, OR, and ID, 1993-1999. Senior Field Communications
Coordinator for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 1989-1992.
Deputy Political Director, Democratic National Committee, 1987-1988. District
Manager/Outreach Coordinator, Congressman Mike Lowry, 1979-1987.
M A I N E (February 8 caucuses)
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I R G I N I A (February 10 primary)
| Virginia State Co-Director |
Jennifer Boysko |
(Started on staff July 2003)
Boysko was the first official MeetUp host for Northern Virginia.
Over the past several years she has been politically active on the grassroots
level, particularly following the 2000 election and the instigation of
the war in Iraq. She started volunteering for the Dean campaign in
January 2003 after seeing him speak at a luncheon fundraiser on Capitol
Hill. Most recently a stay-at-home mom, Boysko graduated from Hollins
Women's College in Roanoke, VA.
| Virginia State Co-Director |
Carl Eggleston |
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I S C O N S I N (February 17 primary)
| Wisconsin State Coordinator |
Mike Tate |
(announced August 21, 2003)
Prior to joining the campaign, Tate worked as political director for Dane
County Executive Kathleen Falk. In 2002 he worked as state field
director on Falk's bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, and
then worked as a regional political director for AFSCME Council 40.
He has worked for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, is a former national
vice president of the College Democrats of America, and started out in
Wisconsin politics working on Sen. Russ Feingold's 1998 re-election campaign.
C A L I F O R N I A (March
2 primary)
One of the early staffers on
Dean's presidential campaign. Worked on Steve Grossman's 2002 campaign
for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Massachusetts.
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E W Y O R K (March 2 primary)
| New York State Director |
Ethan Geto |
Heads Geto & deMilly, lobbying
and public relations firm founded in 1980. Was a top political aide
to former Attorney General Bob Abrams.
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