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 Virginia Leadership
Campaign Headquarters: 200 Park Avenue, Suite 102, Falls Church
(Grand Opening Nov. 22, 2003)
As of December 15, 2003 the campaign has twenty individuals
working full-time on the Virginia Dean campaign (eight staff and the rest
volunteers):
Acting Virginia Campaign
Manager/National Treasurer |
Don
Beyer |
(signed on as National Treasurer
on April 4, 2003. volunteer) Democratic nominee for Governor
of Virginia, 1997; Lieutenant Governor of Virginia,1990-98; Virginia Chair
of Clinton for President, 1992; Virginia Chair of Paul Simon for President,
1987-88. Beyer has held finance positions for many other Democratic
party committees and candidates: Finance Chair, Milliken for Congress,
1986; State Party Vice Chair for Finance, 1985-88; Northern Virginia Chairman,
Baliles for Governor, 1984-85; founder of Fairfax Democratic Business Forum,
1986; Finance Chair, Fairfax County Democratic Committee, 1983-85; Finance
Chair, Jim Scott for Supervisor, 1983; campaign manager, Lechner for Congress,
1982. With his brother Beyer co-manages the family business, Don
Beyer Volvo in Northern Virginia.
[Executive
Assistant: Sandy Proteau]
State Coordinator (one
of three) |
Jennifer Boysko |
(staff) Jennifer 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, and
started her position on staff in July 2003. Most recently a stay-at-home
mom, Boysko graduated from Hollins Women's College in Roanoke, VA.
Quotable: "I
think he's honest...he says what he really means instead of following some
poll."
State Coordinator (one
of three) |
Cynthia Downs |
(staff)
State Coordinator (one
of three) |
Carl Eggleston |
(staff) from Farmville.
Outreach Director |
Marvin McGraw |
(staff) Springfield District
(Fairfax County) Democratic Chair. Field organizer for the Warner
for Governor campaign in 2001; former staff director to the Vice Chair
of the DNC; national political organizer during the Carter/Mondale re-election
campaign in 1980. McGraw was one of a group that drove up to Burlington
to see Dean deliver his announcement speech in June, and met with Dean
before the speech.
Quotable: "I'm
convinced that Governor Dean is the right person at the right time for
the Democratic Party."
Grassroots Organizers
Sandra Brandt (staff)
is a grassroots organizer for South Hampton Roads.
Melanese Hutchinson
(staff) is a grassroots organizer for South Hampton Roads.
June Stanislaw (staff)
is a grassroots organizer for Petersburg and Richmond.
GenDean Coordinator |
Ariane Holm |
(staff)
Part-time Dean staffers include: Jay Baker,
Laura DeLucia and Colin Hennigan.
Volunteers are an integral part of the
Dean campaign's Virginia team:
Leslie Byrne (volunteer) is the
Vice Chair of the Virginia campaign.
Julie Ide (volunteer) is the Volunteer
Coordinator.
Allen Kent (volunteer) is the Headquarters
Volunteer Coordinator and daytime phone bank supervisor.
Walter Kim (volunteer) is the assistant
to the Outreach Director.
Patrice McKenney (volunteer) is
the Virginia Finance Director, campaign Counsel, and Logistics Director.
Pam Mueller (volunteer) is the Virginia
press secretary.
Sandy Proteau (volunteer) is the
Headquarters Manager.
Joe Ross (volunteer) is the Virginia
communications director and Policy Liaison.
Sherry Stanley (volunteer) is the
Ballot Petitions chairman for Virginia Dean for America.
Marina Troy (volunteer) is the full-time
Assistant Outreach Director. She has specific responsibility for
Nurses, the Disability community, and Seniors.
Leonard Woody (volunteer) has full-time
responsibility for managing the elected officials list, working with Bill
Euille, Meredith Richards, and Don Beyer.
Endorsements
Congressman
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-3)
12/07/03
Congressman Jim
Moran (VA-8) 11/17/03
Sen. Leslie L. Byrne (D-Fairfax),
Alexandria Mayor William
D. Euille
Charlottesville Vice Mayor
Meredith Richards
Isis Castro - Fairfax County
School Board member (not seeking re-election in 2003), Executive Director
of Progresso Hispano
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Note
Sherry Stanley helped
on the petition drive to get Dean on the ballot. On July 8, 2003
she held a training which drew over 30 people. The petition drive
began on July 12; the goal is to get at least 2,000 signatures in each
of Virginia's 11 Congressional Districts and a total of 50,000 for the
whole state (the minimum requirement is 800 per CD, and a statewide total
of 10,000). |