Victory 2004  |  1325 E. Vegas Valley Dr., Suite C  |  Las Vegas   Field Organization

Director

Rebecca Lambe

Executive Director of the Nevada Democratic Party starting in the first part of 2003.  Managed U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan's (D-MO) 2002 campaign.  State director to Sen. Carnahan (D-MO), managing the five district offices.  Aide to Gov. Mel Carnahan (D-MO).  Bachelors degrees in Journalism and Political Science and a law degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. 
 
 

Field Director

Alison Schwartz

 

Base Vote Director

Ruben Kihuen

(started Aug. 2004)  Deputy Field Director for Nevada's 3rd Congressional District race in 2002.  Worked for the Democratic National Committee as a Campaign Organizer assigned to the 2001 Mark Warner for Governor race in Virginia.  Student Recruiter for the Community College of Southern Nevada (CCSN).  Bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2004.  Born in Guadalajara, Mexico.
 
 

Vote by Mail Director

Robby Kumar

 

Communications Director

Jon Summers

Communications Director for the Nevada State Democratic Party since Dec. 1, 2003.  Previously a reporter for KLAS-TV Channel 8 starting in 1999.  Attended the University of Central Florida in Orlando. 
 

Press

Katharine Lister

With the Kerry campaign, including as communications director for the Maryland primary.  Served briefly as communications director for Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll.  Joined the office of Congressman Adam Smith (WA-9) as Communications Director in January 2002.  Worked at the Democratic Leadership Council and Progressive Policy Institute.  Graduate of Yale University in 2000 with a degree in History of Art.  From Philadelphia.

Press

Melissa Habedank

Sent to Nevada after serving as Assistant Press Secretary at the DNC starting in mid-August 2004.  2004 Graduate of Gustavus Adolophus College in Saint Peter, MN.
 

Research Director

Sharon Kelly

now w/Harry Reid
 

Volunteer Coordinator

Ellen Scott

 

Out of State Volunteer Coordinator

Sharma Neerja

also Susan Gold in Northern Nevada
 
 

Phone Banking: In-State/Home Phones/Visibility

Anna Roemer

 

Phone Banking: Out of State Phones

Mollye Hooper

Graduated from U.C. Berkeley in May with a bachelor’s in Mass Communications in May 2004.  Volunteered for Sen. John Edwards in New Hampshire in the last week of the primary campaign.
 
 

Student/Small Business Outreach

Derk Bonthius

 

Student Outreach/APIA

Kris Cuaresma-Primm

Graduate of U.C. Berkeley with a B.A. in Mass Communications, 2004; served as Associated Students of University of California (ASUC) president.  Originally from Honolulu.
 
 

APIA Organizers

Eugene Benevides,  Joe Montano,  Sandee Furuta

 

African-American Organizer

Cordell Stokes

 

Surrogate Schedulers

Vijay Uppal Patrick Ramage

 

Field Relief/Floater

Allison Dane

 

GOTV Director

Mike Kineavy

Chief of policy and planning for Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino; started working for Menino in 1993 as Assistant Director of the Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS) and became Director of ONS in 1995.  Worked for Congressman Joe Moakley.  Master of Public Affairs from John McCormack Institute of Public Affairs at UMass Boston, 1990.  B.S. in English and Political Science from UMass Boston.  Started out in politics stuffing envelopes on Joe Moakley's campaign in 1962.  From South Boston. 
 
 

Voter File Director

Ian Glinka

 

Director of Operations

Emily Aronstamm

Prior to Nevada, Aronstamm worked as the Deputy Field Director on Bruce Lunsford's 2003 gubernatorial primary campaign in Kentucky.  She was an assistant analyst to Fred Yang at the Democratic polling firm Garin-Hart-Yang.  In 2000 she worked a ballot tracker on the Gore-Lieberman Recount Committee after serving as the Statewide Voter File Director for the 2000 New Jersey Democratic Coordinated Campaign.  Graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park in May 1999 with a degree in Government and Politics and a minor in Women's Studies.  
 
 

Receptionist

Sam Lieberman

 

Election Protection Director

Lisa Moore

now w/ Harry Reid?
 
 

Election Protection

Damian Thorman

 

Nevada State Democratic Party   |  1325 E. Vegas Valley Dr., Suite C  |  Las Vegas

Chair

Adriana Martinez

(Elected May 2003)  Candidate for Nevada State Senate (District 12, Las Vegas area) in 2002. 
 

Executive Director

Rebecca Lambe

see above
 

Political Director

Harriet Trudell

Described by Sen. Harry Reid as "one of Nevada's living legends" in a 1996 tribute; an article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal notes that she "caucused on her front lawn" for Hubert Humphrey in 1968.  Experience includes lobbyist for Feminist Majority in Washington, DC.  Worked on Harry Reid's 1982 congressional campaign.  Ran Gov. Mike O'Callaghan's Las Vegas office during his second term (through Jan. 1979). 
 
 

Office Manager

Naomi Millisor

 

Legislative Caucus Director

Lindsey Jydstrup

 

Allies
America Coming Together  | on Martin Luther King Blvd in Las Vegas    also a Field Office in Reno

State Director

Terence Tolbert

New York State Director of Sen. John Edwards' campaign, starting August 2003.  Previously worked as chief of staff to Assemblyman Keith Wright.  Has worked on a number of city and state campaigns in New York.  Directed the 2000 Coordinated Campaign in Louisiana.
 
 

Field Director

Anna Franker

Iowa field Director on Kucinich for President; started in that position in mid-August 2003.  In 2002 Franker worked as a field organizer in Minnesota's 3rd CD for the late Sen. Wellstone.  She worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 campaign in the fundraising department.  Franker is a graduate of Smith College, where she was active in global justice and anti-racist causes. Originally from Iowa City, Franker's first campaign was as a high school volunteer on Sen. Harkin's 1996 campaign. 
 
 

Communications Director

Kevin Griffis

(started in August 2004, replacing Mark Benoit who went to work for a PR firm in New York)  Worked on Cliff Oxford's U.S. Senate campaign in Georgia starting in April 2004 until the campaign ended in a primary runoff.  An award-winning reporter in Atlanta.  Graduate of Beloit College with a B.A. in Political Science.
 
 

Office Manager

Juana Silverio

 

Western States Director (AZ, NM, NV, OR)

Luis Navarro

Before joining ACT, Navarro served as Kerry for President's natonal political director starting in Jan. 2003.  His previous experience includes national political director of the SEIU; he directed regional desks at the DNC; Southeast Coordinator at the DCCC; Voter File Director for the North Carolina Democratic Party; Admin. Assistant to Rep. Vic Fazio (D-CA) and to Rep. Al Wynn (D-MD).  Navarro earned a B.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland. 
 

and in Reno

Deputy State Director

James Katz

Western New Hampshire Regional Field Coordinator (Keene) on Edwards for President.  Brown University; president of Brown College Democrats 2002-03; organized student campaign efforts for Jeanne Shaheen's 2002 U.S. Senate campaign and Bill Bradley's 2000 NH primary campaign. 
 

America Votes

Nevada Director/Deputy Director of America Coming Together

Carrie Sandstedt

Sandstedt previously worked as a conservation organizer for the Sierra Club in Las Vegas.  Conservation associate for the California Wilderness Coalition.  Worked on the Chesapeake Bay Program.  Peace Corps volunteer in Togo, 1996-98.  Graduate of UC Santa Barbara with a degree in environmental studies, 1996. 
 
 

Nevada AFL-CIO 
No. NV 602 E. John Street,  Carson City
So. NV 1701 Whitney Mesa Drive, Suite 102, Henderson
Executive Secretary-Treasurer:  Danny L. Thompson
President:  Walt Elliot