Democratic National
Convention--Organization
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Kerry's Convention
Liaison
Jack Corrigan
(announced
March 3, 2004)
According to the Boston Globe: Corrigan is an attorney, a
former
county prosecutor and a longtime Massachusetts political
operative.
He managed Al Gore's legal effort in the 2000 post-election battle for
Florida. Advisor to Senate president Thomas Birmingham. Ran
the field organization for Michael Dukakis' 1988 presidential campaign
and oversaw the convention for Dukakis. Worked in the
administration
of Gov. Dukakis. Worked in six states on Sen. Edward Kennedy's
1980
presidential campaign. |
Democratic
National Convention Committee, Inc.
53 State Street, Boston
[DNC
Chairman Terry McAuliffe announced the core Convention leadership team
at a rally at Old South Meeting House in Boston on July 28, 2003.
A year later several hundred people were working on the Convention
effort].
| Chair of
the DNCC, Inc. |
Alice A. Huffman |
Co-Chaired
the 2004 Democratic National Convention Site Advisory Committee.
Founder and President/CEO of A.C. Public Affairs, Inc.. Current
President
of the California State Conference of the NAACP, and was recently
elected
to the NAACP National Board of Directors. Huffman served in
California
Governor Jerry Brown's Cabinet and was the Associate Executive Director
of the California Teachers Association. She is a
California-elected
DNC member.
| Chief
Executive Officer |
Rod O'Connor |
O'Connor
was also the Chief Operating Officer of the 2000 Convention in Los
Angeles;
this is the fourth Democratic Convention he has worked on. Prior
to the 2000 Convention, O'Connor served as Chief of Staff of the DNC
and
was a close advisor to Vice President Al Gore, managing the Vice
President's
political activities for the Democratic Party. He managed the VIP
Department at the 1997 Presidential Inaugural Committee and day-to-day
operations for the Vice President during the 1996 campaign. O'Connor is
a former White House aide and has worked for the United States
Senate.
In between campaigns, O'Connor has held posts as an executive in both
the
public relations and telecommunications industries. He recently
received
a MPA from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
| Director of
Operations |
Cameron Moody |
Moody
served as the Deputy Director of Logistics for the 2000 National
Convention
and as Deputy Director of Transportation for the 1996 National
Convention.
He has worked on the G-8 Economic Summit, the Presidential Inaugural
festivities
and the past three Olympic Games. He also has experience as a
marketing
executive at Saucony in Peabody, MA.
| Senior
Advisor for Operations |
Zoe Garmendia |
Worked
for the 1996 Convention, the 2000 Convention and the 2004 site
selection
and housing process. During her tenure at the DNCC, Ms. Garmendia
has been Deputy Director for Convention Planning, Associate Director
for
Credentials, and Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief Executive
Officer.
Ms. Garmendia was Event Coordinator for the 53rd Presidential
Inauguration,
the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Deputy Director of Political Affairs Kevin Conroy
C O N S T R U C T
I O N
M A N A G E M E N T T E A M (announced
Jan. 28, 2004)
Responsible for the
alteration
of the FleetCenter to accommodate the 2004 Democratic National
Convention
and subsequent restoration to its original condition. Provide the
overall
coordination, design, management, supervision and scheduling of
subcontractors
to complete the job. The DNCC issued the RFQ on Dec.16, 2003. The
Shawmut/Primary Group/SAR team submitted the lowest bid and guaranteed
at least 50 percent MBE/WBE participation among its
subcontractors.
Total budget allocated for the project is $3.5 million.
| Construction
Manager |
Shawmut Design and
Construction |
Located in Boston's
South End.
Ranked by ICIC-Inc. Magazine as one of the 100 fastest growing inner
city
companies in America. Principal Manager: James J. Stukel, Jr.
Stukel oversaw construction at the 1996 Democratic National Convention
in Chicago.
,
| Architectural
Services |
Primary Group |
A certified
Boston-based Minority
Business Enterprise. Founder Kirk Sykes, respected Boston
architect
will direct the effort.
| Engineering
Services |
SAR Engineering, Inc. |
A certified
Boston-based Minority
Business Enterprise.
work with:
FleetCenter (New
Boston
Garden Corporation) - General Manager John Wentzell
P R O D U C T I O
N
T E A M (announced Feb. 5, 2004)
| Executive
Producer |
Don Mischer |
An internationally
recognized
producer and director of television and live events, Mischer has been
honored
with thirteen prime time Emmy Awards, a record nine Director's Guild of
America Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, two NAACP Image
Awards, a Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting, and Europe's
Golden
Rose of Montreux. Producer/director credits include: The Opening
and Closing Ceremonies of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games; The
100th Anniversary of Carnegie Hall; Barbra Streisand's Millennium
concert
in Las Vegas; The Kennedy Center Honors; PBS Dance in America; Motown
25;
the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Centennial Olympic Games in
Atlanta;
and the events in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor on the occasion of that
city's
reunification with China in 1997.
--creative
plan,
look and execution of the convention program--
Runs RK Productions
and is one
of the entertainment industry's leading production executives. Kirshner
was the Producer of the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los
Angeles.
He will also be the Executive Producer of the 58th Annual Tony Awards
later
this year. He has over 20 years of production experience at ABC,
Radio City Music Hall, and producing network shows. Credits
include
Executive Producer of "ABC's 4th of July Musical Celebration" and
Senior
Producer of "ABC 2000" (ABC News' Millennium coverage), which proved to
be one of the most watched television events of all time. He received
an
Emmy Award, as well as a Peabody & Edwin R. Murrow Award, for that
program.
--coordinate
the
physical layout of the stage, platform and
surrounding area,
as
well as the sound and lighting--
| Convention
Hall Director |
Alan Rose |
Rose's event,
political and
campaign experience includes lead advance person for Vice President Al
Gore's campaigns in 1996 and 2000, and legal and political work on the
Gore/Lieberman Florida Recount in 2000. He will take a six-month
leave of absence from the law firm Rose & Associates where he is a
partner practicing business litigation; employment law; college and
university
law; and white collar criminal defense. He has a J.D. and Masters in
Environmental
Law from Vermont Law School and a B.A. in Political Science from the
University
of Massachusetts at Amherst. Rose grew up in Wellesley, MA and has
lived
in Boston since 1996.
--supervise
all activities
inside the FleetCenter for the DNCC and work in coordination with
the Construction
Manager,
Production Manager and Security team--
C O M M U N I C A
T I O N
S
| Communications
Director |
Peggy C. Wilhide |
(effective
Feb. 1, 2004) More than 15 years of experience in public affairs,
communications and media relations. Most recently Vice President
for Communications for the Association of American Railroads.
Press
secretary and chief spokesman for Vice President Al Gore from
1995-96.
Headed the public affairs office for NASA, supervising more than 280
employees
at nine NASA centers. Served four years as press secretary to
Sen.
Chuck Robb of Virginia. Wilhide started her career as a newspaper
reporter in Alabama. She is a graduate of Auburn University with
a B.A. in journalism.
| Press
Secretary |
Lina Garcia |
Recently
served as Deputy Communications Director for the U.S. Conference of
Mayors.
Prior to that, she worked for an international public relations firm in
San Francisco. Garcia is a former Deputy Press Secretary of the
DNC.
Democratic
News
Service to operate inside Fleet Center
H O U S I N G
| Director of
Housing |
Dennis O'Brien |
O'Brien
has worked at the DNC for the past year as Deputy Director of
Convention
Planning for the 2004 Democratic National Convention and previously
served
as a Special Assistant to Chairman Terry McAuliffe. Prior to
that,
he worked on Vice President Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign and
played
a key role in the 2000 presidential debates.
S E C U R I T Y
| Director of
Security |
Ed McNelley |
(effective
Jan. 6, 2004) Served in the Boston Police Department for 33 years,
retiring
as Captain Detective in June 2003. Commendations include the
Department
Medal of Honor, the Boston Police Relief Association Memorial Award and
Detective of the Year Award. McNelley has managed his own law
practice
since. He is a Vietnam veteran.
liaison
with:
-Boston
Police Department Convention Security Team - Superintendent Robert
Dunford
-U.S.
Secret Service
Security
Consultants
(effective
Jan. 6, 2004) The Annapolis Group, Annapolis, MD.
T R A N S P O R T
A T I O
N
| Director of
Airport and
Motorpool Operations |
Kirkwood Buckman |
(annnounced
Jan. 6, 2004) Buckman's third Democratic National Convention; he has
worked
other large public events such as the 2003 MLB Al-Star Game, the Winter
Olympics, Chicago Marathon, World Cup USA.
-manage
a 300-vehicle motor pool to provide transportation for convention
attendees,
staff and equipment during convention week.
Site
Transportation Consultant
Vasta
and Associates, Inc.
-manage
the bus shuttle system used by delegates and other credentialed
Convention
participants requiring transportation to and from the FleetCenter and
60-plus
hotels.
C O M M U N I T
Y
O U T R E A C H
| Director of
Community Outreach |
Gail Jackson |
Jackson
has been involved with communications programs, strategic planning,
fund-raising,
events planning and management to organizations including the Ad Club
of
Greater Boston, Roxbury Community College, Action for Boston Community
Development, Wang Laboratories, and the Massachusetts Department of
Public
Health. She has been nominated by Ebony magazine as "One
of
the Most Promising Black Women in Corporate America."
| Director of
Administration |
Eileen Toback |
Most
recently
the Executive Director of the New York Professional Nurses Union,
enforcing
collective bargaining agreements and lobbying for patient safety.
Toback's
experience also includes organizing service and maintenance workers
with
the United Auto Workers, Local 2300 and lobbying for single payer
health
care with the New York Jobs with Justice/Health Care Campaign.
| Director of
Budget |
Rekha Chalasani |
After
helping found a Boston based biotech company in the early 1990s, she
went
to work for the Clinton/Gore 1996 re-election campaign and spent four
years
in the Clinton Administration including in the press office of U.S.
AID.
In 2000 she worked as Director of Public Affairs at SpeakOut.com.
Recently, Ms. Chalasani has consulted for Boston area non-profits
including
City Year, Youth Tech Entrepreneurs, and Mass Insight.
| Chief
Counsel |
Cindy M. Lott |
Served
as Deputy Counsel at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los
Angeles.
She was also Chief Counsel in a state Attorney General's Office in
addition
to practicing in the private sector. Lott is a 1993 Yale Law
School
graduate; in 1993, she served as a judicial clerk for the United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and later practiced with the
Boston
law firm of Foley, Hoag, and Elliot.
| Director of
Convention
Planning, DC Office |
Lee Satterfield |
(Liaison
between the DNC and others in Washington, DC and the staff in
Boston)
Satterfield organized the site selection process and served as Director
of Convention Planning at the DNC since Boston was selected.
Previously
she served as Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the DNC. During
the
Clinton Administration, Satterfield served as Chief of Staff to U.S.
Secretary
of Labor Alexis Herman and worked in the White House.
.
former
| Director of
Communications |
Stephanie Cutter |
(announced
July 28, 2003; on Nov. 11, 2003 the Kerry campaign announced Cutter
would
be joining its commuications team) Cutter came to the Convention
team from her position as Communications Director for Senator Edward M.
Kennedy. She previously 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.
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