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On May 30, 2002, Dean mailed the FEC papers establishing Dean for America,
a presidential campaign committee. Dean for America is headquartered
in Burlington, Vermont. Joe Trippi is national campaign manager.
Dean for America Oklahoma Leadership
Campaign Headquarters: 4100 North Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma
City (opened around September 2003)
Tulsa Office: 3232 15th Street (officially opens
Jan. 10, 2004)
paid staff in Oklahoma since July 2003
| Oklahoma State Director |
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.
| Field Director |
Barton Vaughn |
(since Aug. 2003) Vaughn
has a degree in degree in History and Political Science from Davidson College
in North Carolina. He worked with John Edwards' Senate race in 1998
and with the Gore/Lieberman presidential bid in 2000.
| Field Staff |
Courtney Ruark |
Ruark grew up in Kingfisher,
Oklahoma, and graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in
Political Science in December 2003. She founded a chapter of Students
for Howard Dean at OU, and has worked as the statewide Generation Dean
Co-Chair.
| Volunteer Coordinator and
Constituency Director |
Keith Smith |
(Dec. 2003) Smith has
worked as a lobbying the Oklahoma legislature on issues such as reproductive
freedom, GLBT rights, disability rights, environmental protection and religious
liberty; his company is called the Smith Group. He is a graduate
of Oklahoma State University.
| Community Outreach Organizer |
Eva Jo Sparks |
Sparks is a longtime grassroots
organizer and community activist who has been active in helping the Oklahoma
Democratic Party expand its membership.
| African-American Outreach
Director |
Lillie Buckner |
Buckner is PR Director for Greater
Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Second Vice-President of the Chi Zeta Chapter
of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, President of the Proactive Political PAC and
a long time community activist.
| Technology and Data Director |
Phillipe Beaudette |
Beaudette grew up in Shawnee,
Oklahoma and attended Oklahoma City University and has been active with
the Stonewall Democrats in Oklahoma.
| Communications Director |
Troy Colbert |
Colbert is returning to Oklahoma
after working throughout the country for several years on various campaigns
for Democratic candidates, most recently in both Pennsylvania and Mississippi
for the 2002 election cycle. He managed Ben Odom's congressional
campaign in 1998 and worked in the Media Office of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives in 1999.
| Oklahoma State Coordinator |
Former Governor David Walters |
Elected Governor in 1998 at age
38 and served one term. Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2002,
but lost to incumbent Sen. Jim Inhofe. A "born and bred" Oklahoman, Walters
has degrees from the University of Oklahoma and Harvard Business School.
Co-Chairs
Ben Odom - Norman
attorney served as Sen. Bob Graham's State Director; announced his endorsement
of Dean following Graham's withdrawal from the race.
Gary Allison - Tulsa.
Endorsements
On Sept. 5, 2003 State Rep.
Mike
Mass (D-Hartshorne ...District 17) announced his endorsement of Dean.
Oologah
Lake Leader (Aug. 28, 2003 editorial by publisher John M. Wylie
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