John Kerry-Campaign Organization
General Election Edition: A sketch of the Kerry organization in Fall 2004   in the states >
Kerry-Edwards 2004, Inc.  last updated 04/03/06.
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Campaign Manager Mary Beth Cahill
(announced Nov. 10, 2003, replacing Jim Jordan)  Came to the campaign from position as chief of staff to Sen. Edward Kennedy, where she started in 2000.  Director of the Office of Public Liaison at the White House, appointed Feb. 1999.  Executive director of EMILY's List for over five years, and previously the organization's political director.  Managed Les AuCoin's U.S. Senate campaign in Oregon in 1992; and Sen. Claiborne Pell (D-RI)'s 1990 re-election campaign.  Served as director of personnel and earlier as director of federal-state relations for Gov. Michael Dukakis (D-MA), 1987-90.  Managed Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)'s 1986 re-election campaign; and Rep. Ed Markey's (D-MA) 1984 re-election campaign.  A field director on Barney Frank's 1980 campaign, in which he was first elected to Congress, and then served as a legislative aide to Frank.  Staff associate and receptionist for Rep. Robert F. Drinan (D-MA).  B.A. degree from Emmanuel College, 1976.  Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Assistant: Simone LiTrenta
Prior to joining the campaign LiTrenta worked for seven years at MassMutual in Springfield, Mass. starting as a customer service representative and rising to become a training consultant.  Master’s in communications and information management from Bay Path College.  Bachelor’s in History from Bridgewater State College. 
 
 
Deputy Campaign Manager for Political Steve Elmendorf
(Jan. 2004-after Gephardt withdrew)  Served as chief of staff and senior advisor on Rep. Dick Gephardt's campaign.  Chief of staff to Gephardt in the House Democratic Leader's office from January 1997; deputy chief of staff to Gephardt from July 1992.  He earlier served as chief of staff to Rep. Dennis Eckart (D-OH) and deputy chief of staff to Sen. Brock Adams (D-WA).  Elmendorf worked on the national field staff of Mondale for President.  Graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, CT with a degree in history, 1982.
 
 
Deputy Campaign Manager for Policy and Speechwriting Miles Lackey
(announced April 16, 2004)  Chief of staff in Sen. John Edwards' Senate office starting in mid-2002; joined Edwards' as legislative director in 2001.  Two years as special assistant to the president for national security affairs in the Clinton White House.  Worked for several congressmen on Capitol Hill.  Master’s degrees in international relations and in divinity from Yale.  Bachelor’s degree in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Native of Shelby, NC (Cleveland County).
 
 
Deputy Campaign Manager Bill Lynch
(mid-July 2004)  President of Bill Lynch Associates, LLC, political consulting firm.  Vice chair of the DNC since January 7, 1997.  Managed David Dinkins two campaigns for mayor, and served as the Deputy Mayor for Intergovernmental Affairs.  Coordinated Nelson Mandela's visit to NYC in June 1991 and helped bring the 1992 Democratic National Convention to NYC.  Chief of Staff to Dinkins when he was Manhattan Borough President. Served as Director of Legislation and Political Action for District Council 1701 of AFSCME.  Campaign Manager for Congressman Major Owens and Assemblyman Frank Boyland and worked as a senior staff member on several political campaigns and voter registration drives, including Reverend Jesse Jackson's 1984 and 1988 presidential campaign, and Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign (Deputy Campaign Mayor for New York State). 
 
 
Deputy Campaign Manager for V.P. Operations Marcus Jadotte
Prior to moving over to work with Senator Edwards in July, Jadotte served as Kerry's deputy campaign manager for over a year (announced May 28, 2003).  Previously he served as chief of staff in the office of Rep. Peter Deutsch (D-FL).  In 2000 Jadotte was the Gore-Lieberman campaign's Florida state director.  During the Clinton administration he worked in the Department of Labor in the Office of the Deputy Secretary and in Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.  In 1998 he served as political director on the MacKay-Dantzler campaign for governor of Florida.  In 1996 he was a regional director on the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign in Florida.  Jadotte was special assistant to the late Gov. Lawton Chiles, and communications director for the Florida AFL-CIO.  He has worked in the Florida House of Representatives and in the Agency for Health Care Administration.   B.S. degree in Economics from Florida State University.  From Opa-locka, Florida. 
 
 
Deputy Campaign Manager for Operations Matthew Butler
(hired by Kerry in April 2002)  Butler served as Chief Financial Officer for The Kerry Committee (Sen. Kerry's 2002 Senate campaign), the Citizen Soldier Fund (Sen. Kerry's Leadership PAC), and then for John Kerry for President through the contested primary season.  Formerly, he worked as an attorney with the Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, LLP in Los Angeles.  He worked for the Democratic National Committee's national Coordinated Campaign effort in 2000 and on the 1996 Clinton re-election campaign.   He holds a B.A. in International Studies from American University, 1994, and a J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law, 2000.  Butler is a native of Columbus, Ohio.
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer Karen Hancox
(announced April 22, 2004)  Previously deputy campaign manager on the Gephardt campaign starting April 2003.  Chief of staff for Gore 2000.  In early 1998 Hancox worked on Lewinsky damage control at the DNC.  From March 1995-Jan. 1997 she served as deputy political director at the White House under Doug Sosnik; she started in the Clinton administration in January 1993 in the Office of Legislative Affairs.  Hancox handled Congresssional Relations on Clinton/Gore 1992. 
"created and policed the budget"
 
 

P O L I T I C A L
FIELD

National Field Director John Norris
(announced April 16, 2004)  Previously served as Iowa State Director for the Kerry campaign.   In 2002 Norris ran for Congress in the 4th District against Rep. Tom Latham (R).  Prior to his campaign,  Norris served as chief of staff to Gov. Tom Vilsack, starting in 1999.  In 1998 he served as chairman and executive director of the Iowa Democratic Party.  Previously he served as chief of staff to Rep. Leonard Boswell and as district representative for then-Rep. Tom Harkin.  He owned and managed the Old Hotel Restaurant in Greenfield from 1989 to 1992 and served as vice president of the Greenfield Chamber of Commerce.  During the mid-1980's Norris served as state director for the Iowa Farm Unity Coalition.  A native of Red Oak, Norris graduated from Simpson College in Indianola with a B.A. in political science in 1981 and received his J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1995. 

Leonard Joseph - OH, MI, PA, WV

With the campaign since January 2003.  Previously director of financial services at the DCCC; Northwest/Midwest Finance Director at the DCCC in the 2000 cycle.  Native of Jamaica, Queens, New York.

Jonathan Epstein - IA, MO, MN, WI

Started on the campaign working in the political department at Kerry national headquarters as the campaign desk for Iowa, New Hampshire and California; in Sept. 2003 he took on the role of Caucus/Field Director in Iowa.  National political director for the Citizen Soldier Fund, Kerry's leadership PAC.  Campaign director at the DSCC in the beginning of the 2002 cycle.  Deputy political director at the DSCC in 2000.  Outreach director for AIPAC from 1997-99.  Deputy finance director for Max Cleland's 1996 Senate campaign.  Graduated with a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College in Hartford, CT in 1997. 

Lisa Garcia - NM, AZ, NV, OR, WA

Garcia started on the campaign in Aug. 2003 as the desk for NM, OK, WI, VA, MD and TX and continued in that role through those primaries.  Previously she worked as Government Relations Director at EDS for about three years and for the Texas Legislature for about six years.  She worked on the campaigns of Paul Hobby for Controller in 1998 and Mario Gallegos for State Senate in 1994, and was involved in many campaigns as she was growing up in Houston, including those of Mickey Leland and Barbara Jordan.  Graduate of the University of Texas with a B.A. in Communications.

Nadia Garnett - FL, AR, LA, VA

Served as Southern Political Director on the Lieberman campaign.  B.S. from Florida State University.  From Palatka, Florida.

Fran Lalas - NY, NJ, TX, CA, IL

New York Deputy State Director for the Kerry campaign, April 2003-March 2, 2004.  Previously worked on Carl McCall’s 2002 campaign for Governor of New York State and Mark Green’s 2001 campaign for Mayor of New York City.  Graduate of the University of Washington with a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in Women's Studies.

Richard Gardner - CO, NH, other states incl. HI, AK, KS, NE, UT, MT

During the primaries, starting in Sept. 2003, Gardner served as a field organizer for Kerry in Iowa (Iowa City) and in Michigan (1st CD-Southfield), then as Connecticut State Director.  Prior to joining the campaign he practiced law for two years at O'Melveny and Myers in Washington, DC and at Akin Gump for one year.  J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School.  B.A. from Harvard College with a concentration in Government, 1995.

Corey Ealons- NC, ME, other states

In 2002 managed managed former Assistant U.S. Attorney Artur Davis' successful congressional campaign, defeating incumbent Earl Hilliard.  Started in politics during the 2000 election cycle as a member of Sen. Bill Bradley's advance team.  Worked as an associate with Ketchum Communications, an international public relations firm with its Southeast headquarters in Atlanta.  Graduate of the University of Alabama, with a bachelor's degree in Public Relations.  Prior to university Ealons served in the U.S. Army with the 3rd United States Infantry, the Presidential Honor Guard in Washington, DC; he served as a photojournalist and public affairs specialist from 1992-96.
 
 

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Director of Community Outreach Mona Pasquil
(announced April 22, 2004)  Previously served as Political Director for Gov. Gray Davis.  In 2000 was California Political Director for Gore/Lieberman after serving as Deputy CEO for the 2000 Democratic National Convention.  Western Political Director in the Clinton White House.  Western Political Desk and Director of Asian Pacific Affairs at the DNC.
 
 
Deputy Political Director/Labor David Billy
On leave from position as political director of the IAFF.
 
Deputy Political Director/Entertainment Outreach Lara Bergthold
(announced April 16, 2004)  Political director on the Clark campaign.  Previously working as a political and public relations consultant--Act III Communications.  Co-chair of the Board of People for the American Way; also described as political advisor/aide to Norman Lear.  Served as executive director of the Hollywood Women's Political Committee.  Graduate of U.C. Berkeley. 
 
Outreach to African American Faith-Based Community Henry Stewart
(announced April 2004)  Most recently worked as a senior associate at the Washington Linkage Group.  Native of Hyattsville, MD.
 
Director of Veterans Outreach Tom Keefe
(announced April 16, 2004)  Director of Veterans Outreach for Gore/Lieberman 2000.  Has worked for many years with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Labor.
 
Deputy Director of Veterans Outreach Angela Kouters
(announced April 16, 2004)  Worked on the Kerry campaign in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Georgia, then briefly in the office of Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-SC).
 
African-American Outreach Jena Roscoe
(announced April 19, 2004)  Senior Vice President and Chief of Government Affairs for Operation HOPE, Inc.  Served as the Associate Director for African American and Youth Outreach at the White House Office of Public Liaison and before that as Assistant to the President of the A. Philip Randolph Institute (the African-American constituency group of the AFL-CIO).
 
Hispanic Outreach Luis Elizondo-Thomson
(announced April 19, 2004)  Started with the campaign in January 2003; during the primaries manned one of the political desks.  Deputy Political Director at the Citizen Soldier Fund, Kerry's PAC.  Worked on Gore/Lieberman 2000 in Nashville and the Florida re-count efforts.
 
Jewish Outreach/Senior Advisor on Middle East and Jewish Affairs Jay Footlik
(announced April 19, 2004)  Director of Community Outreach for Joe Lieberman's campaign.  Served as Special Assistant to President Clinton in the White House Office of Public Liaison.
 
Ethnic Communities Outreach George Kivork
(announced April 19, 2004)  Armenian American Liaison and Michigan field director for Wesley Clark's campaign.  Field manager for the AFL-CIO during the 2002 Michigan Democratic primary. 
 
Asian Pacific Islander Outreach Victoria Lai
(announced April 19, 2004)  DNC Deputy Director of Party Affairs and Delegate Selection.
 
LGBT Outreach Mark Seifert
(announced April 19, 2004)  Handled LGBT outreach for the Clark campaign.  Previouslly Seifort oversaw the E-rate program at the Federal Communications Commission.
 
Women's Outreach Tory Vallely
(announced April 19, 2004)  Longtime Massachusetts Democratic activist, has been involved with Kerry's campaigns since he ran for Congress in 1972.
 
Religious Outreach Mara Vanderslice
(announced April 19, 2004)  Handled religious outreach for Howard Dean's Iowa caucus campaign; she left her position at Jubilee 2000 to join the campaign.  Worked on the Jubilee 2000 movement for debt relief for impoverished countries. Interned at Sojourners, 1997-98.  Graduate of Earlham College with a degree in Peace and Global Studies, 1997.  From Boulder, Colorado.  (Note: Vanderslice came under severe attack from the conservative Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights; in a June 14, 2004 press release, Catholic League President William Donohue stated, "Her resume is that of a person looking for a job working for Fidel Castro, not John Kerry.")
 
Affinity Group Outreach Chad Lennox
(announced April 19, 2004)  [Environmental, Rural...] Previously served as the campaign's Intern and Volunteer Coordinator.  Native of rural North Carolina.  Served as Executive Director of the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation in Columbia, SC starting in 1999.  Master's degree from the University of South Carolina; bachelor's degree from Furman University.
 -On August 4, 2004 the campaign announced Business Leaders for Kerry-Edwards >
 -An August 8, 2004 press release reported launch of the campaign's Native Americans for Kerry-Edwards program >
 
Native American Outreach Anna Sorrell
Also served as ad hoc Native American Outreach coordinator at the DNC as they did not have a staffer.  On four and a half month leave of absence from position as director of support services for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes (Northern Montana); ran the tribal substance and alcohol abuse program for about eight years.  Taught at the Two Eagle River School for three years.
 
Senior Advisor on Disability Issues Becky Ogle
(announced June 4, 2004)  Director, Seniors Outreach Office at the DNC.  Director of the DNC's Disability Outreach Initiative, announced in June 2002.  Executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, announced on June 26, 1998.  Director of Disability Outreach in the Office of Public Liaison for the 1996 Clinton/Gore General Election Committee. Co-founder and moderator of Justice For All.  Director of Governmental Affairs and Advocacy for the Spina Bifida Association of America, 1990. Native of Tennessee.
 
 

CONGRESSIONAL

Director of Congressional Affairs David Castagnetti
(announced April 16, 2004)  Bergner, Bockorny, Castagnetti & Hawkins, Inc.  Served as Chief of Staff for Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT); Chief of Staff for then-Congressman Norman Mineta (D-CA); and Executive Assistant for Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA).
 
Senior Advisor for Congressional Affairs Broderick Johnson
(announced April 22, 2004)  Served in the Clinton White House as Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs and House Liaison.  Previously worked as Chief Counsel for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and as Staff Director and Chief Counsel for the former House Committee on the District of Columbia. 
 
 
Chief of Staff, Political Department Nancy Libin
(before the convention Libin served as Deputy Director of Ballot Access and Delegate Operations)  Prior to joining the campaign, Libin was an Associate General Counsel at NASD, which regulates the securities industry and the NASDAQ Stock Market.  Before working at NASD she practiced law at Howrey & Simon in Washington, DC. B.A. from Harvard University; J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
>Responsible for organizing the voter protection effort.  Thousands of lawyers volunteered, were trained, and worked at targeted precincts in battleground states on Election Day.  Libin reported to John Kerry's brother, Cam Kerry, who is a lawyer in Boston and took this on as his principal project during the general election. 
 
 
Senior Political Advisor Paul Rivera
(announced April 22, 2004 - responsibility for Community Outreach and regional and state political programs)  Previously served as the campaign's New York State Director.  He worked for Carl McCall's 2002 gubernatorial campaign in New York and previously as a White House advance person from 1994-2000.  He is a veteran of the past four presidential elections and the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Democratic National Conventions.  From the Bronx.  (Rivera was the highest ranking Latino on the campaign).
 
 
 
 C O M M U N I C A T I O N S
In early Sept. 2004 the campaign added staff and advisors to sharpen its communications and message:
(Unpaid) Senior Advisor-traveling Mike McCurry
(start Sept. 15, 2004) Principal of Public Strategies, a Washington, D.C.-based public affairs and strategic communications consulting firm; CEO of Grassroots.com and a member of its board of directors.  Press secretary to President Bill Clinton from 1995 to 1998. Spokesman for the Department of State from 1993 to1995.  Director of communications for the Democratic National Committee from 1988 to 1990.  National press secretary for the 1988 vice presidential campaign of Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen.  Spokesman and political strategist in the Democratic presidential campaigns of Sen. John Glenn, Gov. Bruce Babbitt and Sen. Bob Kerrey in 1984, 1988, and 1992 respectively.  Press secretary to the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources from 1976 to 1981 and to the Committee's chairman, Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr.  Press secretary to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan from 1981 to 1983.  Received Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1976 and  Master of Arts degree from Georgetown University in 1985.
 
 
Senior Advisor Joe Lockhart
(announced Aug. 31, 2004, started Sept. 1)  Partner with The Glover Park Group, specializing in media relations and political strategy.  Chief Spokesman for President Clinton and the Clinton administration, 1998-2000.  National Press Secretary for the Clinton/Gore '96 re-election campaign.  Deputy Press Secretary for the Dukakis/Bentsen campaign, 1988; traveled with the nominee.  Assistant Press Secretary for the Mondale/Ferraro campaign, 1984.  A Regional Press Coordinator on the Carter/Mondale campaign in 1980.
 
 
Senior Advisor for Rapid Response Joel Johnson
(announced Aug. 31, 2004)  Co-Founder and Managing Director of The Harbour Group, LLC.  Previously Senior Advisor for Policy and Communications to President Clinton.  Staff Director for the Senate Democratic Leadership, serving as Majority Leader Tom Daschle's chief legislative and communications advisor for five years starting in 1994.

also providing input: James Carville, Paul Begala (not so much) and pollster Stan Greenberg

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Communications Director Stephanie Cutter
(announced Nov. 11, 2003)  Cutter was named as Communications Director for the 2004 Democratic National Convention in July 2003.  Previously she served as Communications Director for Senator Edward M. Kennedy.  Cutter worked for President Clinton as the Deputy Communications Director at the White House and as the Associate Administrator for Communications at the U.S. EPA.  Cutter has participated in the press operation of the last three conventions -- Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.  Originally from Raynham, Massachusetts, Cutter is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and Smith College in Northampton, MA. 
 
 
Deputy Communications Director (organization) Katie McCormick-Lelyveld
Prior to joining the campaign McCormick-Lelyveld worked as an Associate at The Harbour Group, LLC.  Previously she spent two years as a White House intern in the Office of former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.  Graduated from Georgetown University in 2001 with a B.A. in psychology and English. 
 
Deputy Communications Director (production) Greg Hale
(started Aug. 2003 as Advance Director)  Prior to joining the campaign Hale was working at consulting in Little Rock.  He handled event and media logistics for former President Bill Clinton, 2001-02.  Hale was a lead advance staffer for Vice President Al Gore during the 2000 campaign including overseeing the advance operation in Iowa leading up to the caucuses.  He worked on planning trips for President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1997-99.  Worked on Clinton/Gore '96 and the 1992 Clinton for President campaign.  Graduate of the University of Arkansas.   -picture of the day
 
Deputy Communications Director (planning) Kim Molstre
(joined the Kerry campaign as a spokeswoman for his Missouri primary effort after Gephardt withdrew)  Deputy Communications Director and Spokesperson on Gephardt for President; initially announced as the Gephardt campaign's Deputy Press Secretary on April 1, 2003.  Prior to joining the Gephardt campaign, Molstre worked in House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi's communications office, and earlier in Gephardt's leadership office.  She also worked as a aide to Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT).  Graduate of Lehigh University, 1998. 
 
Deputy Director of Advance and Strategic Communications Parita Shah
(Deputy Director of Advance through July 2004)  Earned a Master's in Public Administration from Columbia University in New York.  Worked for a year and a half as part of the international advance team for the Clinton White House.  Bachelor's degree in Political Science  from the University of Southern California.   -implementing and integrating the campaign's message in the day's events, for example finding "real people" to exemplify the message or appear in campaign ads
 
 
 
National Press Secretary (traveling) David Wade
Communications Director in Kerry's Senate office.  Served as national president of College Democrats of America (and addressed the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago).  Graduate of Brown University, 1997.
 
Deputy Press Secretary (booker) Dag Vega
Deputy national spokesman for the Gore-Lieberman campaign.  Office Manager, Office of the Press Secretary at the White House, 1998.
 
Deputy Press Secretary (writer) Jeremy Van Ess
(announced April 16, 2004)  Formerly the Deputy Press Secretary for the Edwards campaign.  In 2002 served as Deputy Press Secretary on Ed Rendell's gubernatorial campaign in Pennsylvania.  Previously worked as a Communications Associate at the Dewey Square Group.
 
 
National Spokesperson Phil Singer
(announced April 16, 2004)  Singer worked for the past four years as Communications Director for Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY).  Previously he worked for Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ) and for Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-NJ).
 
 
Director of Specialty Media Devona Dolliole
(announced April 26, 2004)  Communications Director for Congressman William Jefferson and for the Congressional Black Caucus.  In 2000, she was director of African American media (deputy national spokeswoman) for the Gore campaign.  Native of New Orleans.
 
Director of Hispanic Media Fabiola Rodríguez-Ciampoli
(started on the campaign in late May 2004; responsible for planning and implementing the Hispanic earned media strategy and amplifying the campaign’s message at the national level.  In this capacity she also served as the Spanish-language spokesperson for Kerry-Edwards 2004).  Formerly Director of Specialty Media at the DNC.  Legislative assistant for Rep. Xavier Becerra (CA-31).  Director of Media Outreach for House Democratic Leader Richard A. Gephardt from May 2000 to Dec. 2002.   Hispanic Media Specialist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  Moved to Washington, D.C. to pursue a Masters Degree in Public Communication from American University.  In 1988 Rodríguez-Ciampoli worked for the presidential campaign of Carlos Salinas de Gortari in her native Mexico as foreign press analyst, and served as Deputy Director of Media Analysis (Subdirectora de Análisis) in the Press Office for the Salinas Administration from 1991-95.  Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from Universidad Iberoamericana in 1988.  Born and raised in Mexico City. 
 
 
Deputy  Press Secretary Luis Miranda
(Started with the campaign in June 2003 as Director of Internet Operations; in March/April 2004 transitioned over to serve as a spokesman, focusing on specialty media including Hispanic and Spanish language media as well as technology media)  Consultant for SEIU in Florida in 2002, running their political program to drive turnout.  In 2000 he worked on the Coordinated Campaign in Florida as Regional Field Director for Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties and then worked on the recount.  Researcher for the DCCC, 1999-2000.  Degree in Political Science from Florida Atlantic University.
 
 
 
Communications Director for National Security Brooke Anderson
During the Clinton Administration Anderson served as special assistant to the President and senior director for communications at the National Security Council, announced April 2000, and as director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Public Affairs starting in 1997.  Deputy chief of staff deputy chief of staff and press secretary to Congressman David Skaggs (CO).  Press secretary and legislative assistant to Congressman Frank Guarini (NJ).  Worked at the law firm of Silverstein and Mullens.  Mombusho English Fellow in Japan, 1986-88.  B.A from Sarah Lawrence College.  Grew up in California and Colorado; native of California.
 
Spokesperson for National Security Mark Kitchens
Prior to joining the campaign Kitchens served as principal spokesman and strategic communications advisor for General Tommy R. Franks at U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in Doha, Qatar; he was called up to active duty from the Navy reserves.  A Deputy Managing Director at Public Strategies, an international strategic communications firm.  Worked with the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles in 2000.  Assistant Press Secretary to President Clinton and first-ever appointed Director of Internet Press and Internet Press Secretary.  Producer/reporter for a local TV station in Dallas/Fort Worth, 1996.  Key aide to Congressman Pete Geren (D-TX), 1991-95.  M.A. in Political Management from the Graduate School of Political Management at the George Washington University.  B.S. in Political Science from Texas Christian University.  Native of Fort Worth, Texas.
 
 
Director, Office of Media Affairs Tom Eisenhauer
Longtime aide to Rep. Martin Frost (D-TX).

Regional Communications Directors

Bill Burton - Iowa Press Secretary on the Gephardt campaign.  Press Secretary to Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), 2001-03.  Earlier worked as Press Secretary to U.S. Rep. Bill Luther (D-MN).  University of Minnesota graduate.  Originally from Buffalo, NY.

Laura Capps - Iowa Communications Director for the Kerry campaign.  Director of Government Affairs at UC Berkeley from summer 2000 to 2003.  White House staffer from 1995-98; started as executive assistant to senior advisor George Stephanopoulos and later worked as a speechwriter. 

Kathy Roeder - New Hampshire Press Secretary on the Gephardt campaign.  Legislative and political media affairs specialist for the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC; previously served as communications director/press secretary to Congressman Robert T. Matsui (CA-05). 

Anthony Coley - (announced April 16, 2004) Most recently worked as Communications Director for Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA); before that worked for Representative Harold Ford (D-TN).  North Carolina native.

Executive Assistant - Press Office: Adam Abrams


Director of Rapid Response David Ginsberg
Deputy Campaign Manager for Communications on John Edwards for President; with that campaign starting in Jan. 2003, and earlier did some work for Edwards' Optimists.  In 2001 started his own consulting firm Ginsberg Lahey LLC in Washington, DC.  Ginsberg worked on the Gore campaign starting in January 1999 and served as research director through to end of the campaign.  Director of research and policy for Edwards' 1998 campaign.  Research analyst at the DNC.  Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania. 
 
 
Senior Advisor to Communications Chad Clanton
(Feb. 2004) Campaign manager of Alex Sanders' 2002 run for U.S. Senate in South Carolina.  Worked on the Gore campaign, the Michigan Democratic Coordinated Campaign in the Fall, and on the Recount Committee in Florida.  Assistant press secretary to Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), 1998-99.  He has worked on campaigns with political consultant James Carville (and is sometimes described as a protege of Carville's) and at Public Strategies, Inc.  M.P.A. from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at University of Texas at Austin, 1997; undergraduate degree also from UT Austin.  From Waco, TX.
 
 
Senior Advisor Michael Meehan
(Nov. 2003)  "On leave" from position as vice president for politics, campaigns and strategy for NARAL Pro-Choice America, where he started in May 2003.  In the 2002 cycle Meehan was senior counselor/director of message development and polling for the Democratic National Committee.  Previously political director to Sen. Tom Daschle.  In 1996 he was press secretary for Sen. Kerry's re-election campaign.
 
 
Senior Advisor -ran Communications when Stephanie Cutter was on the road Debra DeShong
(June 2004)  Previously served as Communications Director at the DNC.  Previously DeShong served as Communications Director for Senator Mark Dayton of Minnesota, as Communications Director for Senator Robert Torricelli, and as Press Secretary for Congressman Steny Hoyer.  Before moving to DC, she served as Press Secretary for Blanche Lincoln’s successful run for the U.S. Senate in Little Rock, Arkansas and as Communications Director for the New Jersey Democratic State Committee.  Earlier DeShong worked as the News Supervisor and General Assignment Reporter for WBTW-TV, a CBS affiliate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  DeShong received her Bachelor's degree from Fairfield University, CT and her Masters of Science from Northwestern University, IL.  She is originally from Middletown, New Jersey.
 

And: Gail Hoffman and Matt Slutsky did surrogate communications; they were on the DNC payroll for most of the general election but worked directly for the communications team at Kerry-Edwards headquarters (responsible to Stephanie Cutter). 
 
 
Campaign Photographer Sharon Farmer
(announced April 22, 2004)  Most recently served as Associated Press Assignment Editor.  During the Clinton administration Farmer worked as Director of the White House Photography Office and as a White House photographer.
 
 

SPEECHWRITING

Director of Speechwriting Terry Edmonds
(announced June 23, 2004)  Joined the campaign from AARP, where he served as Director of Editorial Management.  Previously, Edmonds served as Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting during President Clinton's final term, responsible for the production of all of the President’s domestic policy speeches.  Earlier he served as Deputy Director of Speechwriting for the President, starting in 1995.  He came to the White House after two years as Deputy Director of Speechwriting for HHS Secretary Donna Shalala.
 
Deputy Director of Speechwriting and Senior Policy Advisor Josh Gottheimer
(started Spring 2004; in the fall traveled with Kerry) Served as Deputy Communications Director and Chief Speechwriter on Gen. Clark's presidential campaign, starting Sept. 2003.  Harvard Law student (class of 2004).  Edited Ripples of Hope: Great American Civil Rights Speeches.  Worked as a speechwriter to President Bill Clinton and a senior advisor to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.  University of Pennsylvania graduate.
 
Chief Speechwriter for VP Nominee Sen. Edwards Wendy Button
(announced April 16, 2004)  Speechwriter on Sen. Edwards' presidential campaign.  Previously worked for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston.  Succeeded Andrei Cherney, who left end of April 2004.
 
Deputy Director of Speechwriting Sarah Hurwitz
(started right after the Convention)  Deputy Chief Speechwriter on Gen. Clark's presidential campaign starting late Sept. 2003.  Harvard Law student (class of 2004).  Worked as a speechwriter for Sen. Tom Harkin.  A.B. from Harvard College, 1999.
 
Deputy Director of Speechwriting Jon Favreau
Started on the campaign as National Press Assistant.  Graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester,  Mass., 2003 with a degree in political science; class valedictorian.  Worked as a press intern for Kerry in Spring 2001.  From North Reading, Mass.
 
Speechwriter Adam Frankel
(also led the speechwriting research team)  Graduated from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School in 2003.
 
 

I N T E R N E T
(about 34 people-some were only on the campaign for the final 4-6 weeks; others were part of the team from the start)

Director of Internet Strategy and Operations Josh Ross
(Started consulting in Oct. 2003; on staff late Nov. 2003)  Previously worked as a technology executive in Silicon Valley; accoring to USA Weekend magazine he "sold his Internet consulting business to work for Kerry."  Experience includes COO of V2 Group, Vice President of USWeb Corp. and CEO of NetWORKERS.
 
 
Deputy Director, Internet Operations Melissa Boasberg
(Started February 2004--budget, planning and coordination)  Experience working as an executive on various tech startups.  Vice President for In2Books, a children's literacy non-profit in Washington, DC; CEO of Amazing Media, a Fairfax online advertising software company (started as COO in May 2002); Vice President of Business Development for Opion, Inc., a Herndon, VA start-up (from Jan. 2001); Senior Vice President, Online for Women's Consumer Network, in Washington, DC; started career at the Walt Disney Company, where she headed Disney's international online efforts and managed their domestic web properties.  MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 1995; bachelor's degree from Yale University.
 
 
Director of Online Communications and Organization Zack Exley
(Started April 2004. "I spent the last three months of the race in 15 swing states observing and troubleshooting how technology was helping (or failing) Democratic campaigns.")  Came to the campaign from position as special projects director for MoveOn.org political action committee.  Worked for the Dean campaign buiding web-based organization.  Hired by MoveOn.org in 2002.  Author of Trust the People.  In 1999 he gained national attention with the gwbush.com parody site; he followed that with a parody of CNNfn.com, and with CounterCoup.com, a site which questioned "the legitimacy of the Bush presidency."  Worked as a computer programmer for two years in the corporate world.  Union organizer for five years with SEIU and the UAW in the Midwest and the South.  Graduate of the University of Massachusetts.
 
 
Deputy Director of Online Communications and Organization Ari Rabin-Havt
(Came on the same time as Exley)  Experience includes executive director of Click Back America, a project of MoveOn.org Voter Fund; market research and polling at Penn Schoen and Berland Associated; and work in Rep. Ted Strickland's (OH-6) office. Graduate of Brandeis University, May 2001.
 
 
Director of Internet Development Aaron Myers
(Started May 2004--Managed the Internet development and design staff; oversaw daily Web site production for JohnKerry.com)  Served as Director of Internet Operations for Edwards for President, Dec. 2002-March 2004.  Webmaster for the Office of U.S. Senator Tom Harkin in Washington, D.C. and for Citizens for Harkin in Des Moines, Iowa, June 2001-Dec. 2002.  Freelance web designer and consultant, Dec. 2000-Jan. 2003.  Senior web producer for Gore 2000, Inc. and Gore/Lieberman, Inc. in Nashville, Tenn., June-Nov. 2000.  Experience as a web developer, designer and webmaster going back to 1995-96 when he was a web developer for WYBE-TV Channel 35 in  Philadelphia.  Graduate of The George Washington University with a B.A. in Political Communication, May 2000.
 
 
Web Developers J.R. Boynton
Brian Sisolak

 
Web Designer Jordan Higgins

 
Lead Programmer Josh Hendler
Previously worked on Wesley Clark's campaign as PHP and Perl coder, on leave from position as Manager of Content Management for MLB.com in New York.
 
Internet Programmers Erik Pennebaker
Paul Holcomb
Ryan Kuykendall

 
Director of Online Organizing Tom Matzzie
(Started July 2004--content of those e-mail messages)  Online mobilization director at the AFL-CIO, 2000-04.  Organized the coalition opposing Social Security privatization at the Campaign for America's Future, 1998-2000.  Degree in Economics and International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame.
>By Election Day the campaign had developed a 2.8 million person e-mail list.  It did a lot of testing.  Mattzie sketched out the process at the 2005 Politics Online Conference: early in the morning, at 7:00 a.m. or so, they'd send out 20,000 or so e-mails to three or four East Coast segments using different variations (for example, subject line, sender); at 10:00 a.m. they'd compare how the variations did; and by 11:00 they'd send out the highest performing version.
Online Organizers
Each assigned  to a group of states; worked closely with staff on the ground.  In some cases they were joint employees of the Kerry campaign and the DNC.
Brendan Bush, Reese Cluck, Judith Freeman, Greg Kaufmann, Jeff Oestreicher, Richard Rho, Preeti Wali 
Online Organizer, Constituency Outreach-Ali Chalupa
Online Organizer, Media Corps-Amanda Michel 
(Media Corps provided guidance to letter writers and helped supporters draft letters to the editor; the project also included a database of supporter stories). 
Internet Communities Organizer-Erin Hofteig
 
 
Blogmaster Dick Bell
(Started Aug. 2003)  In his first posting, on Aug. 16, Bell wrote, "I'm Kerry supporter from way back. I was on John Kerry's first Senate campaign in 1984, and have been involved with his efforts off and on for the past twenty years." Bell worked at the Democratic National Committee from 1993-96, where he oversaw the development of the first national party website and a significant bulletin board.
>For the last four months of the campaign 15 volunteers around the country helped Bell moderate the blog nearly 24/7.
 
Online Communications Advisor Peter Daou
(volunteered starting Aug. 2003; full-time staff March 2004--outreach to the blog community; launched and managed D-Bunker, the rapid response/fact check section of johnkerry.com; also produced a daily blog survey for the campaign staff)  Daou has an interesting background outside of politics; he is described as "a top notch remix keyboardist," and has had success recording dance music with wife Vanessa--a 1992 single "Surrender Yourself" reached number one on the Billboard club chart. 
 
 
Internet Customer Service Director David Patten
(started volunteering for Kerry's leadership PAC, Citizen Soldier Fund, in August 2002; on campaign staff in Jan. 2003--running programs handling and tracking millions of messages, leading the large crew of customer service representatives who answered incoming e-mail, building the supporter database, and supporting online programs for volunteers and fundraising)  Prior to the campaign Patten had a long career as a sales, marketing and communications executive for US and multinational companies including Citicorp, Loral CyberStar, Iridium, LLC, WinStar Communications, Inc. and 14 years with MCI Telecommunications.  M.B.A. from Boston University.  B.S. degree from Ithaca College.
 
 
Lead Database Administrator Eric Wilfong
Recent graduate of the University of Michigan.
 
Database Administrator Shannon Raybold

 
 

P O L I C Y

National Policy Director Sarah Bianchi
(joined the campaign in early 2003)  Previosly senior counsel on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee.  Policy director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.  Deputy Issues Director on Vice President Gore's 2000 campaign.  Worked for about five years in the Clinton White House first as Associate Director for Health Policy at the Domestic Policy Council, and as Senior Health Care Policy Advisor to the Vice President, and a Senior Policy Advisor at the National Economic Council.  Graduate of Harvard University.  Born and raised in Atlanta, GA. 

Assistant: Christine Hammer
(March 2004 to end of Sept., then to Iowa)  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; then to South Carolina and Tennessee for their primaries.  Graduated from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 2003, with a double major in English and political science.
 
 
Deputy National Policy Director Heather Higginbottom
(joined the campaign in April 2003)  Deputy Legislative Director in Senator Kerry's office from Jan.-April 2003, after serving as a Legislative Assistant responsible for a variety of domestic policy issues starting in July 1999.  Earned a Masters of Public Policy from the George Washington University.  Worked at Communities In School, an education non-profit in Washington.  Graduate of the University of Rochester with a B.A. in Political Science. 
 
Domestic Policy Robert Gordon
(announced April 16, 2004 - served as the campaign's designee on the Democratic platform drafting committee).  Policy Director for Edwards for President.  Worked as Edwards' Legislative Director in the Senate, and earlier as his Judiciary Committee counsel.  Clerked at the Supreme Court for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  A Skadden Fellow at the Juvenile Rights Division of the Legal Aid Society in New York City.  During the Clinton Admininstration was a staffer for the National Economic Council and the Office of National Service.  Graduate of Yale Law School and Harvard College.
 
Economic Policy Jason Furman
(announced April 16, 2004)  Policy Director on the Clark campaign.  Visiting Lecturer in economics at Yale University and Columbia University.  An economic advisor to the Gore campaign.  Served as a staff economist at the Council of Economic Advisers and Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy in the Clinton Administration.    Also, Senior Economic Adviser to the Chief Economist of the World Bank.  Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. 
 
Labor Policy Marco Trbovich
(announced April 16, 2004)  Assistant to the President for the United Steelworkers of America.  Navy veteran.
 
Justice Policy Sarah von der Lippe
(announced April 16, 2004)  A civil rights lawyer in private practice for the past eight years, specializing in defending Affirmative Action rights. Previously, she worked for Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) as Legislative Assistant for the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. 
 
Energy and Environment Policy Heather Zichal
(announced April 16, 2004)  Moved over from Kerry's Senate office.  Legislative director to Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ).  Graduate of Rutgers University.
 
Health Care Policy Madhu Chugh
(announced April 16, 2004)  Policy Director on Governor Jeanne Shaheen’s 2002 Senate campaign.  Health Policy Fellow for Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA);Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.  Deputy Communications Director on Tom Vilsack’s successful 1998 gubernatorial campaign in Iowa, then worked in Governor Vilsack's press office.  Graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a double major in double major in journalism and government, 1998.  Born in Canada and grew up in Longview, TX.
 
Technology and Economic Opportunity Policy  Elisa Montoya
(including telecommunications and technology policy; immigration, Latino and civil rights policy, veterans, small business and transportation issues)  Previously worked as Legislative Counsel to Senator Harry Reid of Nevada and as Special Projects Coordinator for U.S. Representative Xavier Becerra of California.  Worked in the Law Office of Masry and Vititoe focusing on environmental litigation.  Law degree and Master’s degree in communication management from the University of Southern California, where she worked in USC’s Children’s Legal Clinic.  Also during law school, she served as a legal clerk in the business affairs and contract administration division of the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc..  Bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Stanford University. 
 
 
Policy Analyst Jon Steinberg
(announced April 16, 2004) Deputy Research Director on the Clark campaign.
 
Policy Analyst Brian Levine
 (joined the campaign in August 2003)  B.A. in Government from Harvard College.

Amias Gerety

NATIONAL SECURITY

Rand Beers
(May 2003)  Resigned from Bush Administration position as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Combating Terrorism in March 2003.  Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, 1998-2002.  Served on the NSC Staff at the White House during four administrations, 1988-98, as Director for Counter-terrorism and Counter-narcotics; Director for Peacekeeping; and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs. Served in the State Department's Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, including as Office Director and Deputy Assistant Secretary for regional affairs focusing on the Middle East and Persian Gulf.  Entered the Foreign Service in 1971; transferred to the Civil Service in 1983.  Marine rifle company commander in Vietnam.  Graduate of Dartmouth College.
 
 
Senior Advisor for National Security Affairs Susan Rice
(started July 2004; on leave from the Brookings Institution where she is a Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies)  Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, 1997-2001; Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs, the National Security Council, the White House, 1995-97; Director for International Organizations and Peacekeeping, National Security Council,1993-95.  Management Consultant, McKinsey and Company, 1991-93.  D.Phil. (1990) and M.Phil. (1988) from Oxford University.  B.A., Stanford University, 1986.
 
 
Senior Advisor for National Security Affairs James P. Rubin
(traveled with Kerry for a while; lesser role late in the campaign)  Chief foreign policy adviser to Gen. Wesley Clark's campaign.  Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Chief Spokesman at the State Department starting in Aug. 1997.  Director of Foreign Policy and Spokesman for the Clinton/Gore '96 campaign, Aug.-Nov. 1996.  Senior Adviser and Spokesman for U.S. Representative to the United Nations Madeleine K. Albright, May 1993-mid 1996. Staff Member on the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE).  Research Director for the non-profit Arms Control Association in Washington, DC, 1985-89.  B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University in 1982 and a Master in International Affairs degree in 1984. 

Directors of National Security Policy
Frank Lowenstein
(started in summer 2003; full time in Sept. 2003)  Previously an attorney at Hill & Barlow in Boston.  J.D. from Boston College Law School.  Legislative Assistant for Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE), 1990-94.  B.A. in History from Yale College, 1990.
 
Jon Levy
Previously a Berlin-based journalist, contributing to several publications and researching a book on the city of Berlin and the politics of urban development.  Consultant with Coopers & Lybrand.  Master of International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.  A.B. in political science from Brown University.
 
Jonathan Hale
(on staff Aug. 2003; started on the campaign in Jan. 2003 as a full time volunteer helping in political and finance) Previously an attorney at Baker Botts L.L.P. for more than five years, working in the international group.  Press Assistant to Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell.  J.D./M.A. in International Affairs from American
University, 1998.  B.A. in Political Science from Bates College, 1993.
 
John Morton
(started Sept. 2003)  Previously an investment officer with Global Environment Fund working in emerging markets.  Consultant with Mercer Management Consulting.  Program Assistant with the World Bank working in former Soviet republics.  M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the Universtity of Pennsylvania.  Master of International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.  A.B. in Russian History and Literature from Harvard University.
 
Laurie Straus Skantze
(joined the campaign Jan. 5, 2004)  M.A. in International Affairs with a concentration in International Security Policy from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.  B.A. from Wellesley College. 
 
 
Homeland Security Policy Bridger McGaw
Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government, 2004.  Worked for the Mayor of Chicago developing homeland security strategies in 2002.  Press Secretary to U.S. Rep. Marty Meehan (D-MA) on the House Armed Services Committee.  Assistant Press Secretary to Vice President Al Gore.  Department of Defense Fellow in 1998.  B.A. in Government from Harvard University in 1997.

(also Brooke Anderson and Mark Kitchens in Communications)
 
 
 
Policy Outreach Brian Burke
Burke served as New Mexico state director on the Clark campaign.  Previously he was a Principal at The Burke Group, Inc., a government relations and public policy consulting firm based in Washington, DC.  He 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 holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and an A.B. from Brown University. 

Assistant: Jenny Urizar 

>Burke oversaw a network of domestic and foreign policy councils/groups/task forces. The Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman reported ("Kerry's Inner Circle Expands," July 14, 2004) the campaign had "37 domestic policy councils and 27 foreign policy groups, each with scores of members."  For example on June 3, 2004 the campaign announced a Senior Military Advisory Group consisting of 11 prominent retired admirals and general officers advising the campaign on defense and national security issues.  (see toward the bottom of the page)

 

R E S E A R C H

Research Director Mike Gehrke
Worked at the DSCC, 2001-2003.  Research Director in the Clinton White House, 1999 to Jan. 2001.  Worked with AFL-CIO Political Department/Labor '98 program, 1997-99. Research Director for Citizen Action, 1995-97.  J.D. from University of Utah, 1993; B.S. from University of Utah, 1989.
 
Deputy Research Director Anne Davis
Previously at the Democratic National Committee.
 
Research Analyst Simon Sargent
Experience includes legislative assistant to Sen. Max Cleland (D-GA).
 
Research Analyst David Schnitzer

(Above is the primary team; "many many more... multitudes" in the general election).
 
 

T E R E S A   H E I N Z   K E R R Y

Chief of Staff Jeffrey R. Lewis
President and Chief Operating Officer of Heinz Family Philanthropies and Chief of Staff to Teresa Heinz Kerry since 1991.  Republican Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, 1989-91.  Member, Oregon Employment Appeals Board, 1986-88.  Assistant to Gov. Victor Atiyeh (R-OR), 1984-86.  Consultant on Pension Policy to the U.S. Department of Labor, 1983-84.  Senior Legislative Assistant to U.S. Sen. Bob Packwood (R-OR), 1979-83.  Deputy Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, 1978-79.  J.D. from Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College, 1989.  M.S. from Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at University of Southern California, 1983.  Bachelor of General Studies from University of Michigan, 1975.
 
 
Deputy Chief of Staff/Director of Scheduling Rosemarie Pauli
Director of the Office of Corporate Scheduling and Events at Fannie Mae Corporation, 2001-03.  Chief of Staff to the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 1999-2001.  Special Events/Program Coordinator, then Director of Special Events and Travel at the U.S. Department of Treasury, 1998-99.  Administrative/Chief Consular Officer in the U.S. Consulate in Hamburg.  Director, Balkan Operations Support.  Executive Assistant to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke when he served as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs, including management of Dayton Peace talks; special assistant to Holbrooke when he was Ambassador to Germany.  From 1985-94 Pauli served Foreign Service tours in Berlin, Germany; Thessaloniki, Greece; and Munich, Germany.  Joined U.S. Department of State-Foreign Service in 1985.  Deputy Director of the Democratic National Committee's Business Council, 1980-82.  Graduate of North Eastern University in Boston.
 
 
Trip Director Laura Schwartz

 
Communications Director Sarah Gegenheimer
(previously serving as Deputy Communications Director for the campaign, announced April 16, 2004)  Did a stint on the Dean campaign.  Worked as a director at the Glover Park Group.  Served in the Clinton White House as Deputy Press Secretary and earlier running the media relations office, overseeing the regional specialty press, and as an Assistant Press Secretary.  Worked at the Department of Health and Human Services for Donna Shalala. 

Gegenheimer succeeded Marla Romash (announced June 23, 2004, stepped down late August/early Sept. for family reasons); Christine Anderson (served as press secretary in the first part of 2004); and Chris Black (never on the campaign but did some preliminary work).
 
 
Briefing Books Lori Atwood

 
 
Scheduler Jessica Love
Prior to starting as scheduler in the Washington, DC headquarters, Love was a field organizer on the Iowa Caucus effort, then worked the Arizona, Nevada and California contests.  Communications specialist for American Farmland Trust.  Bachelor's degree in Communication from The George Washington University.
 
 
Scheduler Kristin Adair
Adair interned in Sen. Kerry's office June-Nov. 2003.  She started on the campaign in April 2004 as a volunteer with Brian Burke (Policy Outreach Coordinator), assisting with the organization of 25 domestic policy teams, and was hired in August to replace Addisu Demissie when he went to the DNC.  Graduate of Georgetown University with a B.S. in Foreign Service. 
 
 
 
Special Assistant Alison Byers

 
Special Assistant Diane Martz

 
Admin. Assistant Stefanie Thornton

 
Advance Andrew Block
see below-Scheduling and Advance
 
 
Lead Advance Andrea Mokros
(started with the campaign in Feb. 2004)  Communications Director for Minnesota State Senate DFL Caucus, 2002-04.  Field and Media Director for Minnesota Senate Majority Caucus Campaign, 2002.  Researcher for Minnesota State Senate DFL Caucus 2001-02.  Communications Director for Benanav for Mayor of St. Paul, 2001.  Scheduler and Assistant to Mack McLarty at Kissinger McLarty Associates, Washington, DC, 1999-2001.  Editorial Assistant at Minnesota Law & Politics.  Scheduler and earlier fundraiser on the Humphrey for Governor campaign in Minnesota, 1997-98.  Graduate of the University of Minnesota with a B.A. in Political Science, 1999.
 
Lead Advance Lisa Beyer
Principal of The Beyer Group, a full-service event management and political communications firm in Alexandria, VA, she founded in 2001.  Account Supervisor at Schwartz Communications, Inc.,1998-2001.   Finance Director for Shannon O’Brien for Massachusetts State Treasurer, 1997-98.  Deputy Finance Director on Joe Kennedy congressional and gubernatorial campaigns, 1996-97.  Legislative Aide to Assemblyman William L. Parment (NY), 1994-95.  M.A. in Political Communications from Emerson College; B.A. in Communications from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Interns: Arriana Wolf, Jeff Davis
 
 

J O H N   E D W A R D S

Campaign Manager Peter Scher
Attorney at Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw since 2000.  Special Ambassador for Agriculture, USTR appointed in 1997, served through 2000.  Chief of staff at the Department of Commerce under Secretary Mickey Kantor, 1996-97.  Chief of staff, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 1995-1996.  Staff director for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 1993-95.  Chief of staff for Sen. Max Baucus, 1991-93.  Keck, Mahin & Cate, Washington, DC, 1989-91.  J.D. from American University's Washington College of Law, 1987.  B.A. from The American University, 1983.
 
 
Chief of Staff (headquarters) Mary Beth Donahue
Vice president for government affairs at the American Association of Health Plans starting in late 2001.  Served in the Department of Health and Human Services during the Clinton Administration (chief of staff starting in April 1998, deputy chief of staff from June 1995, joined HHS in April 1993 working for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation).  Served on the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign and transition as director of scheduling for Tipper Gore.  Has worked for the Massachusetts Hospital Association and the Boston Private Industry Council. Began her career working as an executive assistant to Gov. Michael Dukakis from 1987-89.  Graduate of the Senior Managers in Government Program of Harvard University, 1997; M.P.P. from Georgetown University, 1992 and B.A. from Boston College, 1987. 
 
 
Deputy Campaign Manager for V.P. Operations (traveling) Marcus Jadotte
Jadotte served as Kerry's deputy campaign manager for over a year (announced May 28, 2003).  Previously he served as chief of staff in the office of Rep. Peter Deutsch (D-FL).  In 2000 Jadotte was the Gore-Lieberman campaign's Florida state director.  During the Clinton administration he worked in the Department of Labor in the Office of the Deputy Secretary and in Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.  In 1998 he served as political director on the MacKay-Dantzler campaign for governor of Florida.  In 1996 he was a regional director on the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign in Florida.  Jadotte was special assistant to the late Gov. Lawton Chiles, and communications director for the Florida AFL-CIO.  He has worked in the Florida House of Representatives and in the Agency for Health Care Administration.   B.S. degree in Economics from Florida State University.  From Opa-locka, Florida. 
 
 
Deputy Chief of Staff (traveling) Alexis Bar
Director of Scheduling on Sen. Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign.  Joined Edwards' legislative staff as Director of Scheduling in 2002.  Director of Scheduling on Mark Warner's successful 2001 gubernatorial race.  Aided in the establishment of the CollisWarner Foundation, and served as its Director, creating the SeniorNavigator.com and Virginia High-Tech Partnership programs.  Assistant Finance Director on Mark Warner's 1996 U.S. Senate campaign.  Bar started her campaign career in 1995 as a Fellow at Participation 2000, a political training program founded by Sen. Bill Bradley; through the program she worked as a Field Director for Sen. Linda "Toddy" Puller (D-VA).  B.A. from Cornell University. 
 
 
Political Director Linda Moore Forbes
Deputy Chief of Staff to Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) since 2001.  Deputy Political Director in the Clinton White House during the second term.  Deputy Political Director on Clinton/Gore '96.  Special Assistant to the President for Political Affairs during Clinton's first term.  Field Director for the Democratic Leadership Council, 1988-92.  Executive Assistant to the Campaign Manager on Rep. Dick Gephardt's 1988 president race, March 1987-April 1988.  Scheduler on the Dave Garrett for Senate campaign in Georgia from Aug. 1985-Aug. 1986.  Government relations work for a Dallas law firm.  Worked on then State Sen. Lloyd Doggett's 1984 campaign for U.S. Senate in Texas, starting as a volunteer and then on staff.  Graduate of the University of Texas with a B.A. in English.
 
 
Domestic Policy Advisor Robert Gordon
(April 16, 2004 announcement joining the campaign - served as the campaign's designee on the Democratic platform drafting committee).  Policy Director for Edwards for President.  Worked as Edwards' Legislative Director in the Senate, and earlier as his Judiciary Committee counsel.  Clerked at the Supreme Court for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  A Skadden Fellow at the Juvenile Rights Division of the Legal Aid Society in New York City.  During the Clinton Admininstration was a staffer for the National Economic Council and the Office of National Service.  Graduate of Yale Law School and Harvard College.
 
 
Foreign Policy Advisor Derek Chollet
Previously served as foreign policy advisor to Sen. Edwards on his legislative staff.  During during the Clinton administration, he served in the U.S. State Department in several capacities, including chief speechwriter for Richard Holbrooke, then-U.S. ambassador to the United Nations; special adviser to Strobe Talbott, then-deputy secretary of state; and adviser in the Bureau of Public Affairs.  Previously he assisted former secretaries of state James A. Baker III and Warren Christopher with the research and writing of their memoirs, Holbrooke with his book on the Dayton peace process in Bosnia, and Talbott with his book on U.S.-Russian relations during the 1990s.
 
 
Policy Coordinator Demetrios Marantis
Chief Legal Advisor to the U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council; joined the USVTC as Resident Legal Advisor in Hanoi in Sept. 2002.  Assistant General Counsel in the Office of the United States Trade Representative, 1998-2002.  Worked in the Washington, DC and Brussels, Belgium offices of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld.  Graduate of Princeton University, 1990 and Harvard Law School.
 
 
Communications Director Kim Rubey
Rubey served as press secretary for Edwards for President in the Iowa caucus campaign starting in March 2003.  Previously press secretary for the DCCC.  In 2000 she served as Midwest communications director for the Gore campaign.  A native of Oklahoma, Rubey graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in American Government. 
 
Deputy Communications Director Kathleen Connery
Worked in communications for Edwards for President in Raleigh during the primaries.  Worked for a congressional campaign in Iowa during the 2002 cycle.  Worked for the Glover Park Group, 2001-02.  Worked for Gore 2000 in Nashville and worked as an assistant in Vice President Gore's office in 2000.  Graduate of Catholic University.
 
 
Press Secretary Mark Kornblau
Earlier Kornblau served as a Regional Communications Director for the Kerry campaign.  During the primaries he was Kerry's New Hampshire Communications Director and then worked as a spokesman in Michigan for the caucus campaign.  Prior to the campaign Kornblau was Communications Director for Sen. Evan Bayh; he joined Bayh's staff in 1999.  In 2000 he worked on Debbie Stabenow's campaign for U.S. Senate.
 
 
Director of Scheduling Molly Buford
Earlier worked as a top aide to Jim Johnson on the VP search.  Deputy Director of Scheduling and Advance on Wesley Clark's presidential campaign.  In 2000 served as an assistant to Gore-Lieberman chairman William Daley.  Worked in the Clinton White House.
 
 
Director of Advance Keith Griffin
(joined the Kerry campaign in April 2004)  Previously worked in the Scheduling and Advance operations for Gen. Wesley Clark's 2004 presidential primary campaign.  Served as Manager of Talent Relations for Leading Authorities, one of the world's largest Speakers Bureaus.  Worked at the Department of Education late in the Clinton Administration.  A five-year veteran of Capitol Hill, he served as Legislative Director for Congressman Albert R. Wynn (D-MD) and earlier as a Legislative Assistant for Congressman Donald M. Payne (D-NJ).  Graduate of Albright College in Reading, PA with a degree in Political Science and French, 1995.
 
 
Trip Director Sam Myers, Sr.
Director of Advance for Sen. Edwards' primary campaign.  Director of Press Advance for the Gore campaign (he started doing some advance work part time in Jan. 2000, went full time from late June 2000, and was on the plane shepherding the press pool from after the convention on).  Senior vice president of client relations for Shandwick International.  Worked for three months as regional ombudsman for the U.S. Small Business Administration.  Six years as associate director of presidential advance at the White House starting in March 1993; senior advanceman for Clinton/Gore '92 starting in June 1992.  From 1980-June 1992 worked as a manufacturer's rep.  Started doing advance work as a part time consultant for the Carter White House in Missouri in 1978. 
 
 
 
E L I Z A B E T H   E D W A R D S
Chief of Staff Lori Denham
(announced Aug. 31, 2004)  On leave from position as Senior Vice President for Policy and Planning at the Retail Industry Leaders Association.  Previously she worked for 13 years for Congressman Cal Dooley, most recently as his Chief of Staff.  Master's in public administration from the George Washington University; undergraduate degree from UC Davis.
 
 
Communications Director Karen Finney
(announced Aug. 31, 2004)  Press secretary for Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign. Communications Director at the New York City Board of Education.  Director of business development at Scholastic, Inc. in New York City.  Deputy director of presidential scheduling in the Clinton White House into 1998.  Served as one of two deputy press secretaries to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton for the first four years of the Clinton Administration.  Member of the national advance team on Clinton's 1992 campaign.  California Scheduler/Field Representative to Sen. Alan Cranston.  Worked as a teaching assistant at the Crittendon Center for Young Women and Infants in Los Angeles.  B.A. in anthropology from UCLA.

 
Deputy Communications Director Courtney O'Donnell
Managed  surrogate communications at the Democratic National Convention.  Deputy communications director and spokesperson on Howard Dean's campaign; 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 in 2002 and Bob Clement for U.S. Senate in Tenn., also in 2002 as well as various issue campaigns for children and environmental causes. 
 
 
Policy Director Michele Jolin
Served for four years at the White House as the Chief of Staff for President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers. Prior to that, she worked for Sen. Boxer on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.  Associate at the Washington, D.C. law firm Patton Boggs, where she practiced international trade law.  B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and a J.D. from the University of Virginia.
 
Deputy Policy Director Lisa Ellman
(started right after the Democratic National Convention; was an elected Illinois Delegate to the Convention)  Took leave of absence from law and graduate studies (toward a JD/MPP degree) at the University of Chicago Law School / Harris School of Public Policy to join the campaign.  Staff Assistant in Sen. Carl Levin's DC office.  B.A. in history from University of Michigan, 2000.  Born and raised in Michigan.
 
 
Director of Scheduling and Advance Kathleen McGlynn
Director of the CEO's Office at the Democratic National Convention, Boston 2003-04.  Cuomo for Governor campaign in New York, 2002.  Scheduler for Tipper Gore on Gore 2000 in Washington DC.
 
 
Scheduler Rebecca Werbel
On leave from position of Director of Policy for Emergency Preparedness & Response at the New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services.  Served in the Clinton Administration as Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff at the Department of Health & Human Services from 1997-2000.   Masters degree from Harvard School of Public Health.  Undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University.
 
 
Trip Director Ryan Montoya
Technology strategist by vocation and rancher by avocation.  Served as Director of Scheduling for vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman and as Director of Advance (NH) for Vice President Gore during the 2000 campaign.  Presidential appointee in Clinton Administration.  Master's and bachelor's degrees in International Relations/Security. 
 
 
Personal Assistant to Elizabeth Edwards Hargrave McElroy
Teacher and Humanities Department Chair at Broughton High School, Raleigh, NC.  Formerly attorney with U. S. Bankruptcy Court, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, and legislative staff of Senator J. Strom Thurmond (R-SC).  Graduate of University of South Carolina School of Law and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Puja Puthak
 
 

S C H E D U L I N G   A N D   A D V A N C E
SCHEDULING

Scheduling Director Alyssa Mastromonaco
(became Director in April 2004 succeeding Kaaren Hinck)  Deputy Director of Scheduling from January 2003 to April 2004 (responsibilities included New Hampshire).  Prior to the campaign worked as Congressman Boucher's (D-VA) press secretary in his congressional office in Washington.  Worked in Kerry's Senate office in Boston.  Worked in New York City for a number of years.  Graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998.  Grew up in Rhinebeck, NY.
 
 
Deputy Director of Scheduling Terry Krinvic
(promoted to Deputy Director in May 2004)  Started with the campaign in 2003 as Scheduling Desk in the national office (responsibilities included Iowa).  Director of Scheduling for Gov. Don Siegelman (D-AL) from 2001-03, in the Governor's Office and on his 2002 re-election campaign.  Staffer to Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD) and to Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL), 1998-2001.  Graduated from Auburn University with a B.A. in Public Relations, 1995.  From Huntington Valley, PA.

Scheduling Desks: 
Scheduling "was more or less done by trips."  For example, Kerry might be doing a swing in Ohio for a day, the night and the next  morning; that would be one of the desks.  As soon as he was wheels up to, for example, Florida, another desk would take over that portion of the trip, and so forth.
Elisabeth Hire
(started as a scheduler in May 2004).  Did advance for Kerry starting in August 2003.  Produced events at the Kennedy Center for three seasons.  Advance staffer for Gore/Lieberman.  A.B. from Kenyon College.  Born and raised in Columbus, OH.
 
Rachel Forde
(took time off from her third year of law school at Indiana University to join the Kerry campaign in June 2004)  Forde worked as Scheduler/Press Assistant for Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA) and National Advance Staff for Gore/Lieberman 2000.  Interned for the White House in the Press Office of former President Bill Clinton.  B.A. from DePauw University. 
 
Jessie Lyons
(started on the scheduling desk in April 2004)  Previously helped run the campaign's Surrogate Scheduling operation in DC and before that was Director of Operations in New Hampshire during the primary.  Office Manager/Volunteer Coordinator on the Shaheen for Senate campaign in 2002.  Interned for Governor Shaheen.  Masters in Public Administration from the University of New Hampshire.  B.A. from University of New Hampshire in Political Science.  Born and raised in Peterborough, NH.

Scheduling Assistant: Jessica Goldstein
Volunteered with the Kerry campaign starting in the primaries and joined the staff shortly after he secured the nomination.
 
 

ADVANCE

Director of Advance Caleb Shreve
(directed the people making the principal/staff/crowd arrangements; managed the desks; budgets, money, staffing)  Shreve was the Gephardt campaign's Director of Scheduling and Advance starting in late April 2003.  Prior to joining the Gephardt campaign he was working at NYU's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.  Shreve worked as Associate Director of Advance in the White House for Clinton's second term, after working advance in Clinton’s 1996 reelection campaign.  He is a 1995 graduate of The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. 
 
 
Deputy Advance Director Lisa Kohnke
(managed the desks; slating the teams, individual issues, department as a whole)  (Joined the Kerry campaign in May 2004 as a Scheduler for Sen. Kerry; moved over to the Advance to be a Deputy Director of Advance in July 2004).  Scheduled for Congressman Kendrick Meek, late 2002 to May 2004.  Scheduled for Gore after he left office, first at his transition office then at his PAC, Leadership 02, until Nov. 2002.  Joined the Gore campaign in Nov 1999; worked as a field organizer for 5 months, did advance for 3 months, then moved to Nashville in June to be the Advance Desk for Vice President Gore teams until Nov. 2000.  National Field Director of College Democrats of America, from Spring 1998 to Fall 1999.  Graduated from Indiana University in 1998 with B.A. degrees in Political Science and Jewish Studies.

Associate Advance Staff: Pete Selfridge, Teresa Wells, Mike Brush, Mike Cuzzi, Dan Farmer, Sarah Topy, Jean-Michel Picher, Mark Hannah, John Liipfert.
 

Advance Desks-managed travel logistics, payroll for Sen. Kerry teams:
Stephen Krebs
(joined the campaign in Feb. 2004)  Graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in political science, 2003.

Jasmine Hall
 
 
Deputy Advance Director (Sen. Edwards) Keith Griffin
(joined the Kerry campaign in April 2004)  Previously worked in the Scheduling and Advance operations for Gen. Wesley Clark's 2004 presidential primary campaign.  Served as Manager of Talent Relations for Leading Authorities, one of the world's largest Speakers Bureaus.  Worked at the Department of Education late in the Clinton Administration.  A five-year veteran of Capitol Hill, he served as Legislative Director for Congressman Albert R. Wynn (D-MD) and earlier as a Legislative Assistant for Congressman Donald M. Payne (D-NJ).  Graduate of Albright College in Reading, PA with a degree in Political Science and French, 1995.

Advance Desks-managed travel logistics, payroll for only Sen. Edwards teams:
James (JP) Eby
Previously worked for the Clark campaign starting in Oct. 2003, first as an advance staffer, then as a field staffer in NH and Arizona.  Graduate of UC Berkeley in 1999 and Georgetown University Law Center in 2002.  Native of San Francisco.

Jasmine Rowan
 
 
Deputy Advance Director (Teresa Heinz Kerry and E. Edwards) Andrew Block
Joined the Kerry campaign in August 2003 as a member of the Iowa advance team; moved over to be a Deputy Director of Advance for Teresa Heinz Kerry in January 2004; additionally took on the role of Deputy Director of Advance for Elizabeth Edwards when Senator Edwards joined the ticket.  Did advance for four months on the Gore/Lieberman campaign; worked as a White House Intern for two semesters (Fall '99 and Spring '00) in the office of Scheduling and Advance, working directly for President Clinton's Trip Director.  Graduated from American University in 2003 with a bachelors degree in Political Science and U.S. Foreign Policy.  Hails from Beachwood, OH

Advance Desk-managed travel logistics, payroll for Theresa Heinz Kerry teams and Elizabeth Edwards teams:
Jodi Williams
Joined the Kerry campaign in Feb. 2004 as an advance staffer; worked press advance for Kerry and Edwards events until moving to the headquarters as advance desk for the last three/four months of the campaign.  Following Cambridge, Williams started The Ohana Project, a non-profit focused on social entrepreneurship, in Washington, DC.  M.Phil. with a concentration in Social Anthropology from Cambridge University (Lucy Cavendish College), 2002.  Graduate of UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Biological Anthropology, 2000.  Advisor/press secretary on Erin Gruwell's congressional campaign in CA 38th CD in the March 2000 primary.  Interned in Loretta Sanchez's district office.  Originally from Orange County, CA.
 
 
 
Director of Press Advance Karen Burchard
(directed the people making the press arrangements--movements, risers, power, filing centers, food)  (started on the campaign in mid-March 2004)  Prior to the campaign Burchard went to grad school in England, earning an M.A. in Archaeology, and consulted at SAIC.  Deputy Director of Advance at the White House from early 1999 to Jan. 2001.  In August of 1998 she returned to the Department of Education and from there was detailed to the White House.  Worked at the President's Initiative on Race.  Did advance full-time until 1998.  Press lead on Clinton's '96 re-election campaign.  Worked for Secretary Riley and Deputy Secretary Kunin at the Department of Education in the scheduling and advance office from 1993-96.  Graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in Linguistics and Spanish, 1987.  From Arlington, VA.

Press Advance Desks:
Erin Suhr (in the final weeks of the campaign she went on Edwards' plane)
Prior to starting in press advance she worked for Theresa Heinz Kerry as a scheduler. 		 Jodi Denton Lee Hudson Kate Campbell

 

Travel Office:
in charge of finding and booking hotels and chartering planes and buses for the principals and the press. 

Associate Directors of Advance / Travel Coordinators
Mike McHaney
(started Jan. 26, 2004; only employee in the travel office until late May 2004)  Deputy Director of Scheduling on Dick Gephardt for President, May 2003-Jan. 2004.  Tour guide at the United States Capitol.  Deputy Field Director on the Rodney Alexander for Congress Dec. 2002 runoff in LA 5th CD.  Field Coordinator on Mike Ross for Congress camapign in AR 4th CD, June-Nov. 2002.  Presidential Advance, 1999-2001 (started as an intern).  B.A. in Political Science from Kenyon College in Gambier, OH.

Jake Griffith

Simon Behrmann
(from May 2004) Started on the campaign in Jan. 2004 as Controller and continued in that position through April.  B.A in International Relations from James Madison College of Public Affairs at Michigan State University, 2003.  Summer experience as a field coordinator on the Blanchard for Governor campaign (2002) and a campaign associate on state Sen. Burton Leland 2000 and 2002 campaigns.
 
 
 
Senior Advisor Paige Reffe
(started early August 2004, right after the Convention)  Overseeing the campaign's scheduling and advance operation.  Established his own law office in 1998 and established the Reffe Group, which specializes in international events, in 2000.  Rejoined the law firm of Cutler & Stanfield as a partner in 1997.  Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Advance at the White House, 1995-96.  Joined the law firm of Cutler & Stanfield at its inception in 1988.  Chief of staff for Tim Wirth as a Congressman and then Senator, 1985-87.  A trial attorney with the Tax Division of  the U.S. Department of Justice, 1979-83.  Served as a political appointee in the Carter Administration for three years, working at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the General Services Administration (GSA).  Graduate of both the college and the law school of Emory University.  (Reffe succeeded Peter Kadzik who started as Senior Advisor in April -- announced on April 16, 2004; he left about the time of the Convention for family reasons).
 
 

O P E R A T I O N S (Matthew Butler)
CFO
CFO worked closely with Karen Hancox and covered many budget and accounting functions; for example, making sure the campaign kept to the budget; payments to vendors (including primary bills still coming in); GELAC; preparing the FEC reports due on the 20th of the month. The CFO area had 27 staff. 

Chief Financial Officer Peter Nichols
(Served as presidential public financing consultant in 2003.  Assumed role of CFO in early 2004.)  Nichols worked as a federal and state campaign finance compliance consultant in New Jersey, including the 2003 New Jersey coordinated campaign and the 2002 U.S. Senate race.  CFO for Bill Bradley's 2000 presidential campaign.  Served as executive director for the New Jersey Democratic State Committee.  Worked for the New Jersey State Senate.  Directed the New Jersey ELEC's gubernatorial public financing program in 1985.  Worked at the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in 1984.  Began professional career at the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC).  Master's in Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania, 1990.  B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Denison
University, 1978. 
 
 
Deputy CFO -principally responsible for budget development/management Janica Kyriacopoulos
(from April 2004)  Previously CFO on Gephardt for President, Inc..  Experience also includes Treasurer at Steny Hoyer's AmeriPAC; Treasurer at the DCCC. 
 
 
Deputy CFO -principally responsible for accounting/banking activities Brian Foucart
(from June 2004)  Previously CFO and Assistant Treasurer on Joe Lieberman for President, Inc.  Foucart also served as CFO for Gore 2000, Inc. when it was headquartered in Washington, DC during much of 1999.  He was deputy chief operating officer for Clinton/Gore '96 under Ted Carter.  Foucart worked at the DNC for over 10 years through November 1992. 
 
 
Budgeting (4)
(Manage the budget to keep it within spending limits; each responsible for a number of cost centers.  They receive spending requests; review; run by Kyriacopoulos; enter into the disbursements database.)		 Accounts Payable (5 or 6)
.
Receipts/GELAC (3 or 4) Contracts (2 or 3)
.
Human Resources (3)
including employment practices
.
...and a number of regular "compliance" volunteers.

Operations

National Director of Operations Charles Richardson
Previously Director of Operations for John Kerry's Iowa Caucus Campaign.  Clinton White House Operations special assistant.  Native of Arkansas.
 
Deputy National Director of Operations Andrew Butler
Native of Columbus, Ohio.
 
Front Desk Manager Ted Chiodo
Graduate of Notre Dame University in South Bend, IN.
 
National Volunteer Coordinator Denny Lam
(started summer 2004)
also Kate Murphy, Adam Hinds
 
National Volunteer Coordinator Sharon Corbitt
Started with the campaign as a volunteer in January 2003.  Hired as Director of Boston Operations for John Kerry for President in summer 2003 and continued in that position through summer 2004.  National Volunteer Coordinator through to the end of the campaign.
 
Mail Room Bob Neill

 
 

F I N A N C E
Note that after the primaries and convention most of the finance activity took place at the DNC; some key people moved there including Finance Director Peter Maroney and Director of Grassroots Fundraising Kerry Greeley (in March) and Nancy Eiring (around the Convention).  Nonetheless there was still a bit of fundraising for a joint fundraising committee for the DNC and for the GELAC.

Finance Chair Louis B. Susman
(announced March 5, 2003) Chicago-based vice chairman of Salomon Smith Barney Investment Banking; he joined the firm in June 1989.  Previously Susman was a senior partner at the St. Louis-based law firm of Thompson & Mitchell.  Susman served as finance chairman for Bill Bradley's 2000 presidential campaign and served in a senior capacity on Gephardt's 1988 campaign.  He has been a member of the DNC from Missouri for 12 years.
 
 
day to day Christopher Koob
Experience includes director of operations for Sen. Lieberman's ROCPAC.
 
 
Treasurer Robert Farmer
Farmer gained fame as finance director for Michael Dukakis' 1988 presidential campaign.  Earlier he raised money for John Anderson's independent campaign in 1980 and John Glenn's 1984 campaign.  In 1992 raised money for Bill Clinton's campaign and he then gained the position of U.S. consul general to Bermuda.
 
 

L E G A L

General Counsel Marc E. Elias
Partner at Perkins Coie.  Also Counsel to the DSCC.  Duke University School of Law, J.D., with honors, and Duke University, M.A. in Political Science, both 1993; Hamilton College, B.A. in Government and History, 1990.
 
Caroline P. Goodson
(full time; office in campaign headquarters)  Counsel to Federal Election Commission Vice Chairman 2002-2004.  Counsel to Federal Election Commission Vice Chairman Karl J. Sandstrom, 2000-02.  Associate  at Schiff Hardin LLP in Chicago, 1996-2000.  J.D. from The Law School at the University of Chicago, 1996.  B.A. in history from Yale College, 1992.
 
 

T R A V E L I N G

Senior Advisor-added in early Sept. 2004 John Sasso
(traveling with Kerry starting in mid-Sept. 2004.  Sasso was announced April 2, 2004-"to represent John Kerry at the DNC and work with Mary Beth Cahill, Chairman Terry McAuliffe, and his team to manager general election activities and coordinate the DNC's efforts with the Kerry campaign."  However in September he was replaced at the DNC by Michael Whouley).  President of Advanced Strategies, a business consulting firm specializing in government affairs and communications he founded in 1990.  Senior Vice President at Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, a Boston advertising firm Dec. 1987 through early 1990.  Instrumental in initiating Gov. Dukakis' 1988 presidential campaign; resigned position as campaign manager Sept. 30, 1987 over Biden tape incident but brought back as vice chairman on Sept. 2, 1988 (see cover of Time Oct. 3, 1988).  Managed the vice presidential campaign of New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferarro in 1984.  Chief of staff to Massachusetts Gov. Dukakis, 1983-87.  Helped Michael Dukakis regain the Massachusetts governorship in successful 1982 campaign.  Worked on Sen. Edward Kennedy's 1980 presidential campaign as field coordinator in Iowa and in Maine and New Jersey.  District Manager for Massachusetts Congressman Gerry Studds.  B.A. from Boston University, 1970. 
 
 
(Unpaid) Senior Advisor-added in Sept. 2004 Mike McCurry
(start Sept. 15, 2004) Principal of Public Strategies, a Washington, D.C.-based public affairs and strategic communications consulting firm; CEO of Grassroots.com and a member of its board of directors.  Press secretary to President Bill Clinton from 1995 to 1998. Spokesman for the Department of State from 1993 to1995.  Director of communications for the Democratic National Committee from 1988 to 1990.  National press secretary for the 1988 vice presidential campaign of Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen.  Spokesman and political strategist in the Democratic presidential campaigns of Sen. John Glenn, Gov. Bruce Babbitt and Sen. Bob Kerrey in 1984, 1988, and 1992 respectively.  Press secretary to the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources from 1976 to 1981 and to the Committee's chairman, Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr.  Press secretary to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan from 1981 to 1983.  Received Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1976 and  Master of Arts degree from Georgetown University in 1985.
 
 
 
Senior Advisor ("The Trail Boss") David J. Morehouse
Senior advisor to the campaign from July 2003, announced as communications director on Oct. 27, 2003, then back to senior advisor role.  Has worked at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government since June 2001.  Served in the White House as Senior Counselor and Trip Director to Vice President Al Gore.  During the first term of the Clinton Administration, Morehouse served in a number of senior positions including Director of Strategic Planning in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).  Morehouse is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and started his career as a welder and high-steel connector, member of Boilermakers Local 154.
 
 
National Press Secretary David Wade
Communications Director in Kerry's Senate office.  Served as national president of College Democrats of America (and addressed the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago).  Graduate of Brown University, 1997.
 
 
Spokesperson Allison Dobson
(joined the campaign in May 2004)  Previously served as communications director for Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and the late Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-MN).  Also worked briefly for Greer, Margolis, Mitchell, Burns public relations firm.  Graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
 
 
Trip Director Setti Warren
(travels with Kerry and tries to keep him on schedule)  During the Clinton Administration worked in Cabinet Affairs and in 2000 appointed as regional director for the Federal Emergency Management Agency for New England.  Graduate of Boston College.  Boston native.
 
 
Traveling Assistant (Body Man or "Chief of Stuff") Marvin Nicholson
Served as Kerry's driver; interned in Kerry's Senate office in 2000.  Moved to Massachusetts from Canada in 1998 (holds dual citizenship).  Graduate of the University of Western Ontario. 
 
 
Traveling Political Director Amy Dacey
(briefed the Senator for all his events; main point of contact for all elected and constituency leaders on the road)  During the primaries, Dacey was a Regional Political Coordinator for the Kerry campaign.  Deputy Political Director for the DSCC in the 2002 cycle.  State Legislative Program Director for EMILY’s List in 2001.  Deputy Political Director at the DCCC in the 2000 cycle.  Worked for Congresswoman Louis Slaughter (D-N.Y.) as her Deputy Chief of Staff and ran her successful re-election campaign in 1998. Deputy Campaign Manager for Congressman Maurice Hinchey’s (D-N.Y.) 1996 re-election campaign.  Dacey’s first position in Washington, DC was as a Policy Analyst and Director of Development for the National Foundation of Women Legislators. 
 
 
Traveling Press/Pool Shepherd/Wrangler Jim Loftus
Associate director for President Clinton's White House advance team, 1994-97.  This was Loftus' sixth presidential campaign.  In 2000 he served as director of national advance and free media adviser for Al Gore's campaign.   He was national advance and press lead for Clinton's campaigns in 1992 and 1996.   In 1988 he worked on Gary Hart's and then Michael Dukakis' campaign.  From Cape Cod, Mass.
 
 
Rest-of-the-Press Shepherd/Wrangler Carrie James
Ran the press advance operation until mid-March 2004, then press advance desk; when Edwards became the VP nominee she traveled on his plane; and finally she took over this position from Lars Erickson (who left the plane to work on press arrangements for Election Night in Boston).
 

also on the plane and helping with the press, starting just after the Convention, was Shanan Guinn. (She had been the press lead for the Convention).
 
 

M E D I A

Riverfront Media, a collaboration between Jim Margolis and Bob Shrum, produced the campaign's primary advertising.  However late in March/beginning of April 2004 Margolis ceded strategic and advertising responsibilities to Shrum (Shrum, Devine, Donilon) and just did media placement.
Bob Shrum
Shrum has produced political advertising since 1985 and is chairman of Shrum, Devine & Donilon.  Has worked on numerous U.S. Senate, gubernatorial and mayoral campaigns as well as a number of campaign overseas.  Before signing on with Kerry, he advised Sen. John Edwards' New American Optimists in 2002.  Senior advisor to Vice President Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign. Press Secretary to Sen. Edward Kennedy, 1980-84, and served as Sen. Kennedy's principal speechwriter during and after the 1980 presidential campaign.  Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs.  Principal speechwriter to Sen. George McGovern in the 1972 Democratic campaign for President.  Graduate of Harvard Law School and Georgetown University.  Grew up in Los Angeles, California.
See: 
Ken Auletta.  "Kerry's Brain: Can Bob Shrum beat Karl Rove?"  New Yorker, Sept. 20, 2004.
Mark Leibovich.  "Loss Leader; At 0-7, Adviser Bob Shrum Is Well Acquainted With the Concession Speech."  Washington Post, Sept. 10, 2004. 
Ryan Lizza. "Kerry's Consigliere." Atlantic Monthly, May 2004.
 

Tad Devine
President of Shrum, Devine & Donilon, Inc.  At the media consulting firm Doak Shrum and Associates, Inc. from 1993 until it split in early 1995; managed Sen. Bob Kerrey's 1992 presidential campaign; director of delegate selection for Mike Dukakis' campaign in 1988; worked at the law firm of Winston & Strawn; Walter Mondale's 1984 campaign (Florida primary); started in politics in 1980 helping track delegates for Jimmy Carter; Suffolk University Law School in Boston.     -Expert in party rules.
 
 
Media Placement Jim Margolis (GMMB)
Margolis is a senior partner at GMMB.  The firm began in 1983; it now has a staff of over 100 and is a Fleishman-Hillard Company.
 
 
Hispanic Media Lorena Chambers Lopez (Chambers Lopez + Gaitán)
Chambers Lopez + Gaitán is a new firm formed by Lorena Chambers Lopez and Patricia Gaitán, formerly of ZGS.  Chambers is a graduate of UCLA and the University of Michigan; she served on the Hispanic messaging team for the New Democrat Network (NDN) in 2003-04 and for the DCCC in 2002.
 
 
African American Media Chuck Morrison (UniWorld Group, Inc.)
Morrison has close to 30 years marketing experience; in the first part of 2004 he was promoted to executive vice president and general manager of UniWorld Group Detroit.
 
 

P O L L I N G

Lead Pollster Mark S. Mellman (The Mellman Group)
"Has worked for Democratic candidates and causes since 1982."  Graduate degrees (M.A. 1981) from Yale University.  Undergraduate degree from Princeton, 1978.
 
 

S T R A T E G I S T S  /  A D V I S O R S

Senior Advisor   -added in early Sept. 2004 Doug Sosnik
Political director at the White House during Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign; promoted to senior advisor for policy and strategy following the 1998 mid-term elections; left the administration in 2000 and took a position as Senior Vice President, Strategic & Corporate Communications for the NBA.  Before joining the administration, Sosnik served as chief of staff to Sen. Chris Dodd, as chief of staff and campaign manager to a Michigan congressman, and at the DCCC.  Graduate of Duke University, 1979.
 
 
Senior Strategist Jill Alper
Alper joined the Dewey Square Group as a principal in January 2001, establishing the firm's campaign division.  Worked on media planning and coordinated campaign strategies at Squier/Knapp/Dunn during the 2000 cycle.  Political Director at the DNC for the 1998 cycle.  Coordinated Campaign Director at the DNC, 1994-96.  Other campaign experience includes: Michigan State Director for Clinton/Gore in 1992; Deputy Political Director at the DSCC; Deputy Manager to Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) in 1990; Coordinated Campaign Manager to Wilder/Beyer/Terry in Virginia in 1989; Field Director in special congressional elections for John Vinich and Jill Long in 1989; and several positions for Dukakis for President in 1987-1988.  Alper earned a B.A. in Political Science/Philosophy from Boston College.
 
 
Senior Advisor/Surrogate Cameron Kerry
John Kerry's younger brother.  Attorney at Mintz Levin in Boston since 1983.  Previously associated with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, D.C.  Law clerk to U.S. Senior Circuit Judge Elbert Parr Tuttle.  Worked on John Kerry's 1972 congressional campaign.  J.D. from Boston College Law School, 1978.  B.A. from Harvard College, 1972.
>Principal project during the general election was the voter protection effort.  Earlier in the campaign Cam Kerry had organized a network of "Lawyers for Kerry" which became "Lawyers for Kerry-Edwards" after the convention.  Many of the thousands of lawyers who volunteered came from the Lawyers for Kerry-Edwards pool.
 
 
 
(worked for Bill Lynch) Art Collins
Member of the Board of Directors for all CBC organizations.  Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Florida A&M University, the largest public HBCU in America.
 
 

S P E C I A L   R O L E S

Vice Presidential Search Jim Johnson
(announced March 3, 2003)  Currently Vice Chairman of Perseus, L.L.C., a merchant banking and private equity firm based in Washington, DC and New York City.  Previously he served as Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae. Prior to joining Fannie Mae, Johnson was a managing director in corporate finance at Lehman Brothers.  Before joining Lehman, he was the president of Public Strategies, a Washington-based consulting firm he founded to advise corporations on strategic issues.  From 1977 to 1981, he served as executive assistant to Vice President Walter F. Mondale, where he advised the Vice President on domestic and foreign policy and political matters.  Earlier, he was employed by the Target Corporation, worked as a staff member in the U.S. Senate, and was on the faculty at Princeton University.
 
 
Convention Liaison Jack Corrigan
(announced March 3, 2004)  Longtime Massachusetts political operative.  Managed Al Gore's legal effort in the 2000 post-election battle for Florida.  Advisor to Senate president Thomas Birmingham.  Waged an unsuccessful campaign to become Norfolk County district attorney in Sept. 1998.  Attorney at Hoopes & Cronin.  Served seven-plus years as Norfolk County assistant district attorney.  Longtime aide to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, leaving as chief of operations in Sept. 1989.  Ran the field organization for Dukakis' 1988 presidential campaign and oversaw the convention for Dukakis.  Started with Dukakis as field director on his 1982 campaign to regain the governorship.  Worked in six states on Sen. Edward Kennedy's 1980 presidential campaign.  Graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard College. 
 
 
Lead Debate Negotiator Vernon Jordan
(announced June 21, 2004)  Currently Senior Managing Director of Lazard LLC and of counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.  Before joining Lazard, Mr. Jordan held the following positions: Senior Executive Partner with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Urban League, Inc.; Executive Director of the United Negro College Fund, Inc.; Director of the Voter Education Project of the Southern Regional Council; Attorney-Consultant, U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity; Assistant to the Executive Director of the Southern Regional Council; Georgia Field Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and an attorney in private practice in Arkansas and Georgia.  Jordan has held a number of presidential appointments and chaired Clinton's presidential transition team in 1992. 
Debate Negotiation Team
(members announced August 7, 2004) Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano; Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm; Washington businessman and civic leader Jim Johnson; and Washington lawyer Robert Barnett.  (announced Sept. 9, 2004) Mike McCurry.
 
Chief of Staff to the Debate Team Jonathan Adashak
(Director of Ballot Access and Delegate Operations through the Convention)  Manager of Communications and Events for the California-based Pulsent Corporation.  During the Clinton Administration he worked in the U.S. Treasury Department, first as a Senior Advisor on issues ranging from Social Security and Medicare to electronic commerce, and then as Advisor to the Secretary and Director of Strategic Planning, Scheduling and Advance; he also helped organize a number of international events, including the Stability Pact Conference of the Sarajevo Summit (July 1999), the NATO 50th Anniversary Summit (April 1999) and the Denver Summit of the Eight; and served in the White House Special Projects Office.  He was an associate director for the 1996 Presidential Inaugural.
 
 

N A T I O N A L   S T E E R I N G   C O M M I T T E E

Chair Jeanne Shaheen
Narrowly lost campaign for U.S. Senate in 2002.  Elected Governor of New Hampshire in 1996 and re-elected in 1998 and 2000.  Elected to the New Hampshire State Senate in 1990 and served three two year terms.  With Sue Casey Shaheen helped engineer Sen. Gary Hart's win in the 1984 New Hampshire primary.  Owned and managed a small business.  Taught high school in Mississippi and New Hampshire.  Master's degree in political science from the University of Mississippi, 1973.  Bachelor's degree in English from Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, 1969.
Veterans
National Veterans Coordinator
John Hurley
Veterans for Kerry-Edwards National Steering Committee
(announced Sept. 15, 2004)

Women for Kerry
National Co-Chairs
Susan Liss
Robin Leeds

Latino Steering Committee:
National Co-Chairs announced Jan. 10, 2004
 Former HUD Secretary and Former Mayor of San Antonio Henry Cisneros - Texas 
   Former Small Business Administrator Aida Alvarez - California
   House Speaker Ben Lujan - New Mexico
   Los Angeles Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa - California

National African American Steering Committee:
Co-Chairs announced Jan. 10, 2004
U.S. Representative Harold Ford, Jr. - Tennessee
U.S. Representative Juanita Millender-McDonald - California
U.S. Representative Gregory Meeks - New York
Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields - New York
Joel Ferguson, Regent of Michigan State University - Michigan

Senior Military Advisory Group
Prominent ret. admirals and general officers who are advising the campaign on defense and national security issues--announced June 3, 2004.
Admiral William Crowe (USN, Ret.) - Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
General John Shalikashvili (USA, Ret.) - Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Tony McPeak (USAF, Ret.) - Former US Air Force Chief of Staff
Admiral Stansfield Turner, (USN, Ret.) - Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
General Joseph Hoar (USMC, Ret) - Former Commander-in-Chief, US Central Command
General Wesley Clark (USA, Ret.) - Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe
General Johnnie Wilson, (USA, Ret.) - Former Commander, US Army Material Command
LTG Daniel Christman (USA, Ret.) - Former Superintendent US Military Academy
LTG General Claudia Kennedy (USA, Ret.) - Former Deputy Army Chief of Staff for Intelligence
Vice Admiral Lee Gunn (USN, Ret.) - Former Inspector General, US Navy
Major General Harry Jenkins (USMC, Ret.) - Former Chief Legislative Liaison US Marine Corps




Democratic National Committee >>
a number of Kerry staff moved over to the DNC following the primaries, and Kerry added others to put his stamp on the party. 
General Election Manager Michael J. Whouley
(Whouley took over from John Sasso at the DNC in September 2004.  Started with the Kerry campaign in Nov. 2003 reviving Kerry's Iowa caucus effort).  Partner in the Dewey Square Group, which he founded in 1993.  Chief political strategist at the DNC during the 2000 general election.  During the 2000 primaries oversaw strategy and field operations in Iowa and NH for Gore 2000.  National campaign manager for Vice President Gore in the 1996 re-election campaign.  Director of the Office of Priority Placement in the White House Office of Personnel during the Transition to the Clinton Administration.  National field director for Clinton/Gore '92; organized Bill Clinton's win in the Florida straw poll in Dec. 1991.  Kentucky state director for the Dukakis campaign in Fall 1988.  Worked on Joe DeNucci's campaign for Massachusetts Auditor in 1986.  Worked on Kerry's 1984 U.S. Senate campaign.  Directed field operations on John Kerry's successful 1982 campaign for Lt. Governor of Massachusetts.  Ward 15 coordinator for Joseph Timilty's campaign for mayor of Boston in 1979.  Graduate of Boston College.  Native of Dorchester.
(Sasso had been announced April 2, 2004-"to represent John Kerry at the DNC and work with Mary Beth Cahill, Chairman Terry McAuliffe, and his team to manager general election activities and coordinate the DNC's efforts with the Kerry campaign.").

Howard Wolfson
 
 
National Finance Co-Chair Peter Maroney
(announced March 13, 2004)  Moved to DNC from position as Finance Director of Kerry for President, Inc.  Maroney served as Finance Director from the start of the campaign and has been Kerry's Finance Director since September 1997.  Previously, Maroney served as Finance Director for Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-MA) from 1992-97.  Maroney started out under the current Democratic Party Chairman, Terry McAuliffe, working for former House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt as Deputy Finance Director in 1991.  He is  a 1990 graduate of Rollins College with a B.A. in History and is originally from Philadelphia.
Kerry Greeley
Moved to DNC at the same time as Maroney, from position as Director of Grassroots Fundraising of Kerry for President, Inc.
 
 
Director, Internet Communications Morra Aarons
(moved to the DNC effective Aug. 1, 2004)  Deputy Fundraising Director for John Kerry for President, overseeing Internet fundraising and online marketing.  Before joining the campaign Aarons was Head of Marketing and Public Relations for ebookers.com, Europe's number one travel Web site and Senior Marketing Manager at iVillage UK.  During the 2000 cycle she served as New York based iVillage's Public Relations and Public Affairs manager and worked on its "Election 2000" program.  Aarons holds a B.A in Political Science from Brown University. (source: IPDI Politics Online Conference 2004)
 
 
Co-Chair, Kerry Victory 2004
A joint fundraising entity btwn DNC and John Kerry for President.		 Fred Baron
(announced May 24, 2004)  Most recently served as Finance Chair for John Edwards for President.  Baron has actively fundraised for both Bill Clinton's and Al Gore's presidential bids as well as the DNC, and national, state, and local candidates. Baron is currently a partner at Baron & Budd PC in Dallas, TX.  Baron also served as President of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America in 2000.
 
 
Field Director Karen Hicks
(announced by the Kerry for President on April 16, 2004 as Deputy National Field Director) Previously served as New Hampshire State Director for the Dean campaign. 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. 
 
 
Senior Advisor Janice Griffin
(announced April 16, 2004)  Serves on the Board of the CBC Political Action Committee.  Headed Vice President Gore's leadership PAC, Leadership '02, after serving as Secretary of Gore/Lieberman 2000 and as Director of African American Outreach.  At the DNC she served as chair of the Women's Leadership Forum and helped to found the Women's Vote Center.
 
Senior Advisor Maura Keefe
(announced April 16, 2004)  Former advisor to the Dean campaign.  Former Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro.  Charged with designing and managing the DNC's surrogate operation.
 
Co-Chairs Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)
(announced April 15, 2004-"will serve as liaisons for both the campaign and the DNC to the Senate and the House and aid the party in raising the necessary resources to compete against Bush.") 
 

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Senate Office
Chief of Staff David McKean
Started in the position in 1999; minority staff director for the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; chief of staff to Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II; senior fellow at The Annenberg Washington Program.  McKean earned his bachelor's degree from Harvard; J.D. from Duke Law School; and master of law from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.  He is author of "Tommy the Cork: Washington's Ultimate Insider from Roosevelt to Reagan" (Oct. 2003) and co-author of "Friends in High Places: The Rise and Fall of Clark Clifford." 

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