Kucinich for President New Hampshire
Leadership
Campaign Headquarters: 913 Elm Street, Suite 201, Manchester (Kucinich
officially opened Aug. 11, 2003)
16 staff as of Jan. 3, 2004
New Hampshire State Director |
Mary MacArthur |
(Started Oct. 6, 2003--based
in Portsmouth) Resident of Milton Mills. Most recently has
taught cross cultural studies and conflict resolution in Massachusetts
as an adjunct professor. In the 1970s and 80s MacArthur served as
assistant director of the literature program at the National Endowment
for the Arts in Washington, DC. Publisher. Peace Corps volunteer.
New England Student and
Youth Coordinator |
Benjamin Eichert |
On leave of absence from UC
Santa Cruz, where he is studying politics and language studies, Eichert
previously worked as a filmmaker at Big Noise Films.
New Hampshire State Labor
Coordinator |
Dick de Seve (also Sue) |
(Started Oct. 6, 2003)
de Seve has been involved in NH politics since 1986, when he moved to the
area from Maryland. He was the lobbyist for the NH Sierra Club for
10 years while in private law practice.
Intern/Canvass and Phonebank
Co-Coordinator |
Kate Levin |
(Started in Cleveland in September
and in NH on Oct. 8, 2003) Two years at University of Puget Sound
studying History. From Los Angeles
Intern/Canvass and Phonebank
Co-Coordinator |
Payam Sadri |
(Started Oct. 2003)
Intern/Scheduler |
Deb Reitnenour |
(Started Nov. 11, 2003 as Intern/Manchester
Office Director) Previously had been volunteering in the Portland,
OR office. From Massachusetts originally.
Intern/Manchester Office
Director |
Megan Riley |
New Hampshire Media Coordinator |
Richard Hendrick |
(Started first part of Oct.
2003) Has lived in Orford for the past 30 years. Writer, producer
and director of TV documentaries.
F I E L D O F
F I C E S
Portsmouth -127 Daniel Street
Portsmouth and Event/Schedule
Coordinator |
Jane Cowan |
(Started early Nov. 2003)
Originally from Ohio; has lived in New Hampshire for 18 years.
Seacoast Coordinator and
State Volunteer Coordinator |
Christina Kraich Rogers |
Keene - 12 West Street, #6A opened
on Sept. 24, 2003
Keene Coordinator |
Allison Hirsch |
Regional Coordinators (volunteer):
Monadnock - Jim Smart
of Keene
Lakes - Lorie Budington,
Sue De Seve, Beth McCarthy
Upper Valley - Jim
Romer of Claremont
Merrimack Valley
- Manchester office
Seacoast - Portsmouth
office
Endorsements
New
Hampshire Green Party ...announced
Oct. 27, 2003. However, the Green Party of the United States
sent out an advisory on Oct. 28 warning of a "misleading news story."
The advisory stated, "Green Party officials wish to clarify that the half-dozen
individuals responsible for the news release in question are not affiliated
with the Green Party of the United States. Furthermore, New Hampshire
is one of five states which still do not have a functioning state Green
Party.
former
Keene Coordinator: Alyssa
Shriber
also note
Will Reynolds of
the national field staff helped set up offices and do trainings Sept.-Oct.
2003.
former
New England Campaign Coordinator |
Amy Hochadel |
(Started in this position in
September 2003; from the beginning of the campaign through early September
Hochadel served as national field director, based in Ohio) Worked
on Kucinich's congressional staff as Special Projects Coordinator for the
past four years, taking leaves of absence to run the field operation for
his re-election campaigns. Previously a union organizer for the AFL-CIO
for four years; prior to that was a union organizer/community organizer
for UNITE for one year in New Orleans.
former (both resigned Sept. 2003)
New England Campaign Coordinator
(ME, VT, NH, MA) |
Trevor Elkins |
(started in this position beginning
of May 2003, moved to NH in the second week in May) Started with
the campaign in Cleveland in February 2003 as assistant to Field Director
Amy Hochadel. Previously worked in Cleveland as financial advisor
with a subsidiary of Citigroup. Elkins moved from New York to Cleveland
in 1995. In New York he was elected to the Palmyra-Macedon school
board at age 21. Served as campaign manager on a number of local
and county races in upstate New York in addition to volunteering on several
state, congressional and gubernatorial campaigns. First vote was
for Jerry Brown in 1992.
Merrimack Valley Regional
Coordinator (Manchester) |
Ted Wells |
(August 2003)
Several key volunteers moved out of state in Fall 2003
New Hampshire Volunteer
Coordinator |
Amy Snyder |
(from March 21, 2003) Has not
been active much in politics beyond voting; first heard of Kucinich about
a year ago and is attracted to his idea of a Department of Peace.
New Hampshire Media Coordinator |
Lynda Smith Cowan |
no longer active in the campaign
Monadnock Region -- Robert
Riversong
|