Iowa Democratic Field
Organization
By June 1 the Coordinated
Campaign had hired five regional field directors, 11 field organizers,
20 team leaders and 100 canvassers. The team leaders and canvassers
did door to door contacts starting at the beginning of June; each team
leader oversaw five canvassers. In its final configuration the campaign
had 16 regional field directors, 11 GOTV directors and 20 team leaders.
[Field Directors as
of October 2004; Field Staff as of Sept. 21, 2004; Canvass Team Leaders
and GOTV Directors (missing info Regions 9, 10 and 11) as of October 2004]
Region 1 - Cedar, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine,
Washington
Regional Field Director - Steve Chasse
Chasse
worked as a field organizer on Kerry's Iowa caucus campaign (according
to a NYT article he is a former high-tech consultant who moved his
family from Boston to work on the campaign; see Lynette Clemetson and Carl
Hulse, "The Long Days Dwindle for Staff Members." New York Times.
Jan. 18, 2004). After Iowa he ran Kerry's Green Bay office during
the Feb. 17 Wisconsin primary campaign.
Iowa City
Old Capitol Mall
Jeff Dutton
Megan Heneke
Iowa City Canvass
Team Leaders
Jen Stokes
Chris Bonfig
Johnson County GOTV Director
Travis Brock
Muscatine
208 Pine St.
Shanan Alper
. . .
Region 2 - Clinton, Scott
Regional Field Director - Eric Stern
Director
of GLBT outreach at the DNC starting July 14, 2003. Prior to joining
the DNC, Stern was Dorot Law Fellow at the Alliance for Justice (AFJ) in
Washington, D.C.; he worked on AFJ's Judicial Selection Project.
Stern earned his law degree from Northeastern School of Law, 2002.
While in law school he worked for the U.S. Department of Justice-Civil
Rights Division; the Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, D.C.; the Children's
Law Center, Inc.; and Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Stern earned his
B.A. from Marietta College (Ohio) where he led the College Democrats, and
volunteered on the 1994 and 1996 campaigns of Rep. Ted Strickland (D-OH)
as well as the 1996 Clinton/Gore campaign. He also interned for Project
Vote.
Davenport
1416 W. 16th St. Suite
103
Allison Kurth
Tanara Bowie
Davenport Canvass Team
Leaders
Nick Antonopoulos
Clint Birkenholtz
Scott County GOTV Director
Matt Hynes
224 22nd Pl
Nick Saponara
. . .
Region 3 - Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson,
Jones
Regional Field Director - Haley Zachary
Zachary
worked on the field staff of Kerry's Iowa caucus campaign out of the Dubuque
office, then worked on the campaign in Arizona (Feb. 3 primary) and served
as Utah state director (Feb. 24 primary).
Dubuque
1198 White St.
Ronnie Cho
Joe Pieper
. . .
Region 4 - Benton, Grundy, Iowa, Keokuk,
Mahaska, Poweshiek, Tama
Regional Field Director - Ian Graves
Worked
on the Missouri coordinated campaign from June until October before being
transferred to Iowa. Worked in the Kerry's Manchester office during
the New Hampshire Primary and served as College Coordinator in the California
primary. Prior to joining the Kerry campaign, Graves worked in Washington
DC for the National Venture Capital Association and the Democratic Leadership
Council. He graduated from Santa Clara University in 1999 with degrees
in Economics and Political Science.
Grinnell
926 Main St.
Region 5 - Linn
Regional Field Director - Jesse Harris
Warren
County field organizer on John Edwards for President during the Iowa caucus
campaign. May 2003 graduate of Simpson College with a double major
in History and Political Science.
Cedar Rapids
120 3rd Ave SW
Coleman Chamberlain
Dan Simmons
Cedar Rapids Canvass
Team Leaders
Adriann Gerardi
Jesse Weishaar
Jeff Yanecek
Linn County GOTV Director
Bill Daley
. . .
Region 6 - Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan,
Clayton, Fayette
Regional Field Director - Brad Frevert
Worked
as a legislative secretary in the Iowa House through mid-Jan. 2004.
Graduate of the University of Northern Iowa.
Waterloo
501 Sycamore
Ezekiel Furlong
Waterloo Canvass Team
Leaders
Anna Casteel
Ben Humphrey
Andrew Wenthe
Black Hawk County GOTV
Director
Kevin Walker
Independence
118 1st St. East
Elesha Gayman
. . .
Region 7 -Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard,
Mitchell, Winneshiek, Worth
Regional Field Director
- Jack Ryan
Ryan headed
Kerry's Mason City field office during the caucus campaign and went on
to serve as Kerry's political director for the Minnesota caucuses (March
2).
Mason City
Building 9, 2nd St.
NW
Roger Crimmins
Margo Johnston
(no GOTV Director)
. . .
Region 8 - Butler, Calhoun, Emmet, Franklin,
Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Webster, Winnebago,
Wright
Regional Field Director - Brian Hayden
Joined
the Kerry campaign in July 2003 as a compliance deputy at the national
headquarters. Worked as an attorney in Washington, DC. Law
degree from University of Maryland Law School, 1999; undergraduate degree
from Dickinson College, 1993.
Fort Dodge
1026 Central Ave.
Brian Hayden
(no GOTV Director)
. . .
Region 9 - Boone, Carroll, Greene, Story
Regional Field Director - Abby Longstreet
Ames
319 Clark Ave
Erin Sapp
Hannah Schoenthal-Muse
Ames Canvass Team Leaders
Ben Brady
Nick Leitheiser
GOTV Director
Margaret [ ]
Very Helpful in Boone
County
Larry Mitchell
(CEO
of the American Corn Growers Association)
. . .
Region 10 - Hardin, Jasper, Marion,
Marshall
Regional Field Director - Christine Hammer
(started
Oct. 1, 2004) Started on the Kerry campaign in Aug. 2003 as a volunteer
in the DC office, helped out in various departments; regional field coordinator
in Derry, NH starting in Oct. 2003; to South Carolina and Tennessee for
their primaries; back to DC in March 2004, and served as assistant to National
Policy Director Sarah Bianchi through the end of September. Interned
in Sen. Tom Daschle's leadership office in the summer 2003. Graduated
from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 2003, with a double major
in English and political science.
Marshalltown
12 W. Main Street
Erik Baldsburgh
Newton
108 W 3rd St. S.
Doug Vilsack
. . .
Region 11 - Audubon, Buena Vista, Cherokee,
Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth,
Sac, Sioux, Woodbury
Regional Field Director - Jen Tomasello
Field
staffer in Kerry's Nashua office during the New Hampshire primary.
MPA, University of Connecticut, 2002; undergraduate degree from Wesleyan
University in Middleton, CT, 2000. Served as coordinator of Connecticut
Students for Bradley; has managed municipal races in Connecticut.
Sioux City
617 Douglas St.
David Groves
Ann Murray
GOTV Director
[name? from SF]
. . .
Region 12 - Adair, Adams, Cass, Clarke,
Decatur, Fremont, Guthrie, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie,
Ringgold, Shelby, Taylor, Union
Regional Field Director - Jerodiah Conley
Before
joining the campaign Conley was a legislative aide to State Rep. Paul Shomshor
in the Iowa House of Representatives. He was an original member of
the field staff Sen. Bob Graham's Iowa caucus campaign, serving as central
Iowa regional director before leaving for school. In 2002 he was
field organizer and early vote coordinator on the Democratic campaign in
Woodbury County. Conley has attended Iowa Central Community College
and Iowa State University.
Council Bluffs
500 W. Broadway
Janelle Domeyer
Ramsey Green
Council Bluffs Canvass
Team Leaders
Clint Albertsen
Seth Brooks
GOTV Director
Kevin Pipes
. . .
Region 13 - Dallas, Madison, Warren
Regional Field Director - Paul Davis
Des Moines
Jeff Jacobs (Dallas County)
David Frost (Warren County)
. . .
Region 14 - Polk
Regional Field Director
- Justin Buell
During
the Iowa caucuses Buell ran the Kerry campaign's Creston field office.
Graduate of Santa Clara University with a degree in political science,
2003.
Des Moines HQ (Polk)
1408 Locust
Melissa Zamora
James Thompson
Laura Pomerance
Des Moines-Field
5661 Fleur Drive
Jeff Jacobs
Des Moines Canvass Team
Leaders
Amy Levy
Shawn Rolland
Robert Hamill
Courtney Rickert
Polk County GOTV Director
John Cacciatore
. . .
Region 15 - Des Moines, Henry, Lee
Regional Field Director - Sarah Donahue
Served
as Kerry's Hampton Regional Coordinator in the New Hampshire primary campaign.
2003 graduate of Stonehill College in North Eaton, Mass. Native of
North Hampton, NH.
Burlington
100 N 4th St
Nicolas Ferre
Burlington Canvass
Team Leaders
Rachel Hardesty
Chris Bowen
Fort Madison
738 Avenue G
Seth Tillman
. . .
Region 16 - Appanoose, Davis, Jefferson,
Lucas, Monroe, Van Buren, Wapello, Wayne
Regional Field Director - Sarah Dale
During
the Iowa caucus campaign Dale headed up Kerry's Clinton field office; she
then ran Kerry's La Crosse office for the Feb. 17 Wisconsin primary campaign.
Ottumwa
205 East Main St.
Ben Schelling
GOTV Director
Remle Beard
For GOTV state organized
into 3 sections - Deputy GOTV Directors -
Jayson Sime: Regions 1,
2, 3, 5 and 6; Sue Monahan: Regions 4, 13, 14, 15, 16; Matt De Ferranti:
Regions 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
Iowa Democratic Coordinated Campaign
Offices
Sept. 21, 2004
|
| Ames
319
Clark Ave
Erin
Sapp
Hannah Schoenthal-Muse
|
Burlington
100
N 4th St
Nicolas Ferre
|
Cedar
Rapids
120
3rd Ave SW
Coleman
Chamberlain
Dan Simmons
|
Clinton
224 22nd Pl
Nick Saponara |
|
|
|
|
Council
Bluffs
500 W. Broadway
Janelle
Domeyer
Ramsey Green
|
Davenport
1416
W. 16th St. Suite 103
Allison
Kurth
Tanara Bowie
|
Des
Moines HQ (Polk)
1408 Locust
Melissa
Zamora
James Thompson
Laura Pomerance
|
Des
Moines-Field
5661
Fleur Drive
Jeff
Jacobs
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dubuque
1198 White St.
Ronnie
Cho
Joe Pieper
|
Fort
Dodge
1026 Central Ave.
Brian Hayden |
Fort
Madison
738
Avenue G
Seth
Tillman
|
Grinnell
926 Main St.
Joe
Scully
|
|
|
|
|
|
Iowa
City
Old
Capitol Mall
Jeff
Dutton
Megan Heneke
|
Independence
118
1st St. East
Elesha
Gayman
|
Ottumwa
205 East Main St.
Ben Schelling |
Mason
City
Building 9, 2nd St. NW
Roger
Crimmins
Margo Johnston
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marshalltown
12 W. Main Street
Erik Baldsburgh |
Muscatine
208 Pine St.
Shanan
Alper
|
Newton
108
W 3rd St. S.
Doug
Vilsack
|
Sioux
City
617
Douglas St.
David
Groves
Ann Murray
|
|
|
|
|
|
Waterloo
501
Sycamore
Ezekiel Furlong
|
|
|
|
Copyright © 2005
Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.