John Kerry for President Inc.
On December 4, 2002, Sen. Kerry filed papers with the FEC establishing
John Kerry for President Inc., an exploratory committee. James M.
Jordan served as the national campaign manager through November 9, 2003;
he was replaced by Mary Beth Cahill, who previously served as chief of
staff to Sen. Edward Kennedy.
John Kerry for President Inc. New Hampshire
Leadership
Campaign Headquarters: 195 MacGregor Street Center, Manchester
The campaign signed the lease for its Manchester headquarters
in mid-April 2003
and was moved in by the beginning of May; it has about
6,000 square feet.
Founded and practices law at
Shaheen & Gordon, a law firm with offices in Dover and Concord, and
York, ME. Shaheen served U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire, 1977-81 and as
judge of the Durham District Court 1981-96. He oversaw wife Jeanne
Shaheen's three campaigns for governor in 1996, 1998 and 2000. Shaheen
served as co-chairman of Jimmy Carter's 1976 NH primary campaign and as
chairman of Al Gore's 2000 NH primary campaign.
| State Director |
Ken Robinson |
(started end of January 2003)
Robinson served as executive director of the New Hampshire Democratic Party
from January 1999 through January 2003. In 2000 and 2002, he also
served as the Coordinated Campaign director for the New Hampshire Democratic
Party. He has worked on numerous campaigns including Gov. Jeanne
Shaheen's 1998 reelection campaign. In 1996 he served as field director
of Joe Keefe's campaign for Congress (1st CD). Robinson is a 1991
graduate of Brown University.
| Deputy State Director |
Rob McCarthy |
Served as deputy director of
the New Hampshire Democratic Party in 2002 and through March 2003.
Graduated from Harvard College in 2002 with a B.A. in government.
Originally from Worthington, OH.
F I E L D
| Field Director |
Nick Clemons |
(started Jan. 27, 2003)
Field director for Gov. Jeanne Shaheen's 2002 U.S. Senate campaign and
her 2000 re-election campaign. Campaign manager on Manchester Mayor
Bob Baines' 2001 re-election campaign. Worked for Gov. Jeanne Shaheen
in the Office of Citizen Affairs and as scheduler. Graduate of UNH
with a degree in history.
| Deputy Field Director |
Heidi Kraus |
(April 1, 2003) Deputy
field director for NH Democrats 2002 Coordinated Campaign.
| Deputy Field Director |
Leticia Reyes |
(April 1, 2003) Worked
on Sen. Kerry's 2002 re-election campaign.
F I E L D
O F F I C E S
Manchester
Kate Murphy: Manchester
field organizer for NH Democrats 2002 Coordinated Campaign.
Pat Morris:
veteran Democratic campaign worker in New
Hampshire.
Andrew Stone:
Manchester Field Coordinator - 2003 graduate of the George Washington University;
native of Massachusetts.
Seth Williams: 2003
graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania with a B.A. in
Political Science. Volunteer on Ed Rendell's 2002 gubernatorial campaign
in Pennsylvania.
Matt Fish
Kasara Williams
Shannon Hughs
Derry
Stephen Barrows:
Regional Field Coordinator
...a 2002 graduate of Yale
University. He worked in the fundraising and press departments of
the Robert Reich for Governor campaign in 2002.
Catherine Welker
...in 2002 interned in the
Office of the Assistant to the Democratic Leader, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro,
worked in the personal office of Congressman Tim Ryan, and was the press
assistant on the Joe Courtney for Congress campaign. B.A. in government
and politics from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Christine Hammer
...(from Oct. 2003) started
on the Kerry campaign in Aug. 2003 as a volunteer in the DC office, helped
out in various departments, and offered the position in Derry, NH.
Interned in Sen. Tom Daschle's leadership office in the summer 2003.
Graduated from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 2003, with a double
major in English and political science.
Berlin - 136 Pleasant Street, Unit 4
(open July 1, 2003)
Patrick Foster:
North Country Regional Coordinator
...2003 graduate of Boston
College. Has been involved in several Boston area campaigns.
Rick Sigler
Concord - 154 N. Main Street
(open July 1, 2003)
Spencer Hutchins: Greater
Concord Area Field Organizer
...(from June 2003) 2003
graduate of Colby College; studied Government and Economics.
Amy Morse: Volunteer
Coordinator
...(from Oct. 2003) 2003
graduate of UMass. Grew up in Concord, NH.
Bryan Driscoll: 2003
graduate of Trinity College. From Melrose, MA.
former-now in Manchester
office: Johanna Voss: Regional Coordinator...worked for OSPIRG (Oregon
Student Public Interest Research Group) at the Univ. of Oregon as a campus
organizer.
Dover - 274 Central Avenue
(open July 1, 2003)
Tim Penna: Seacoast/Strafford
Regional Field Dir.
...field staff of Shaheen
for Senate in 2002.
David White:
Rochester Field Coordinator
...interned on Kerry's 2002
re-election campaign.
Ben Pignatelli
Johanna Milburn
Keene - 39 Central Square, Room 205
(open July 1, 2003)
Nate Snyder: Monadnock
Regional Coordinator
...worked for SEIU in upstate
NY as a political and labor organizer. Field organizer in the James
River Valley and the Yankton Sioux Resrvation for the 2002 South Dakota
Democratic Coordinated Campaign. 2001 graduate of Syracuse University.
Monica Weber:
Field Organizer
...organized the Rebecca
Otto for Minnesota State House Feb. 2003 special election. Member
of Participation 2000's class of 2002, then worked as a communications
assistant and field organizer for the Maine Coordinated Campaign.
2001 graduate of the College of St. Benedict in Minnesota.
Nashua - 70 East Pearl Street, Suite
1 (open July 1, 2003)
Chris Mullin: Regional
Coordinator
...worked on Kerry's 2002
re-election campaign in Boston.
Jenilee Keefe:
Nashua Field Coordinator
...2003 graduate of the
George Washington University, degree in Political Communication.
She worked as a student assistant for the Eleanor Roosevelt and Human Rights
Project at GW. Keefe also interned on Kerry's 2002 Senate re-election
campaign.
Laurie DePalo
...(Sept. 2, 2003)
May 2003 graduate of Hofstra University with a Bachelor's degree in Political
Science.
Nathaniel Bruhn
...(Nov. 1, 2003)
2003 graduate of Vassar College, majored in International Studies.
Previously worked in the campaign's New York City office.
Jennifer Tomasello
...(Nov. 7, 2003)
2002 Master's of Public Administration from UConn. 2000 graduate
of Wesleyan University. Served as college coordinator (volunteer)
of Connecticut Students for Bradley; has managed municipal races in Connecticut.
former: Kristen Browning:
Field Organizer...2003 graduate of Boston University. Previously
interned for the Kerry campaign in Boston and Manchester.
Portsmouth - 133 Islington Street
(open July 11, 2003)
Kelly Farrell:
Portsmouth Regional Coordinator
...Seacoast field organizer
for the NH Democrats 2002 Coordinated Campaign.
Sarah Donahue:
Hampton Regional Coordinator
...2003 graduate of Stonehill
College in North Eaton, Mass. Native of North Hampton, NH.
Sam Gager: Field
Organizer
...most recently worked
as the GOTV coordinator for the Norwich Connecticut Democratic Headquarters.
Previously was a member of the Bozrah Connecticut Democratic Town Committee.
Gager has volunteered on half a dozen campaigns. B.S. in Corporate
Finance and Management from Fordham University and Masters in Survey Research
from the University of Connecticut.
Eric Marshall
...After EMILY's List campaign
training, Marshall worked on the successful Mark Sickles for Delegate campaign
in No. VA in 2003. Originally from Waltham, MA.
Laconia - 24 Canal Street
(opening July 21, 2003)
Emily Torpey: Lakes
Region Regional Coordinator
...2001 graduate of the
University of New Hampshire, studied Communications and Political Science.
Torpey has worked on campaigns around the country.
Pete Applegate:
Field Organizer
...2003 graduate of Williams
College, Theater major.
Dan O'Connor:
Field Organizer
...2002 graduate of Colby
College, majored in Government. Worked on the 2002 Maine Democratic
Coordinated Campaign. Originally from Brunswick, ME.
West Lebanon - 254 Plainfield Road
(opening July 21, 2003)
Adam Hinds: Upper
Valley Regional Coordinator
...worked as campaign coordinator
and field director for congressional campaigns in the 2000 and 1998 cycles.
Emily Mintz
Former: Jessica Yuen:
Claremont Field Coordinator
...2003 graduate of Wellesley
University. Interned on Andrew Cuomo's campaign for governor in New
York.
Salem - 11 Red Roof Lane
(Kerry at grand opening Sept. 6, 2003)
Ian Rogan: Salem
...worked on Mass. Democrats
Coordinated Campaign in 2002.
Damian Murphy: Field
Organizer
...worked for the National
Democratic Institute on political party development programs in eastern
Europe. In 2000 he was involved in the Chuck Robb for Senate and
Bill Bradley for President campaigns. Graduate of Catholic University
with a degree in World Politics.
Erica Mattieson
Nancy Stolberg
Claremont - 162 Washington Street
(announced Nov. 20, 2003)
Peter McCollum
and...
On December 19, 2003 the
campaign announced over 100 winterns from 40 colleges around the country
would be spending anywhere from one week to over a month volunteering for
the Kerry campaign.
On January 5, 2004 the campaign
announced it is hiring 50 new staffers to work in field offices throughout
the state and support get out the vote efforts.
Get Out the Vote Operations |
Lynda Tocci |
(announced Jan. 15, 2004) Before
coming to New Hampshire, Tocci was State Director for Kerry in Massachusetts.
In 2002 she was a consultant on Shannon O'Brien's Massachusetts gubernatorial
race. In 2000 she was the GOTV coordinator for the Democratic Coordinated
Campaign in New Hampshire. In 1993 she was Field Director for Edward
Kennedy's re-election.She has been working on Democratic campaigns since
1989. Tocci graduated from Wheaton College with a bachelor's degree
in 1989 and from Simmons Graduate School of Management with a MBA in 1998.
P O L I T I C A L
| Political Director |
Theo Yedinsky |
(started June 1, 2003)
Caucus director for State Senate Democrats during the 2002 cycle.
Worked for the Democratic Leadership Council from 1999-2002 and for the
New Democrat Network from 1997-99. Previously a middle school teacher
for three years.
| Deputy Political Director |
Meredith Chaiken |
Currently studying at the Kennedy
School of Government. She volunteered on Shannon O'Brien's gubernatorial
campaign in 2002 and previously interned in Kerry's Boston and Manchester
offices. 1998 graduate of Cornell University.
C O M M U N I C A T I O N
S
| Communications Director |
Mark Kornblau |
(October 20, 2003) Prior
to joining the campaign, Kornblau served as communications director for
Sen. Evan Bayh; he joined Bayh's staff in 1999. Graduate of University
of Wisconsin.
| Deputy Press Secretary |
Robin Liss |
Member of the Tufts University
Class of 2006, Liss is taking a semester off to work on the campaign.
She interned for the Kerry campaign in Boston during her freshman year.
Originally from Kalamazoo, MI, where she volunteered on Al Gore's 2000
campaign.
I T
| Director of IT for New
Hampshire |
Brian Dumez |
Previously worked for Cabletron.
1997 graduate of UNH with a degree in Computer Science. Originally
from Fayetteville, Arkansas, Dumez grew up in New Hampshire.
A D V A N C E
| New Hampshire Lead Advance |
Travis Dredd |
Originally from Los Angeles,
Dredd graduated from UCLA in 2000 with a degree in Political Science. He
worked on Gore's 2000 campaign and as a Legislative Aide for Sen. Feinstein
on Capitol Hill. From January to May 2000 he worked on the White
House national advance team. Dredd also has experience on a number
of California campaigns.
| New Hampshire Motorcade
Advance |
Melanie Roe |
Originally from Mexico City,
Mexico. Graduated from Wellesley College in 2000 with a degree in
Political Science and French. Volunteered on Shannon O'Brien's 2002
gubernatorial campaign in Massachusetts.
| New Hampshire Site Advance |
Mark Hannah |
Originally from Cape Cod, MA.
Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002 with a double major
in Philosophy and Communications. Previously worked as a Press intern
for Sen. Kerry on Capitol Hill and as a research assistant to Kathleen
Hall Jamieson.
| Advance Site Lead |
Mike Cuzzi |
Graduated from Colby College
in 1998 with a B.A. in Philosophy. He volunteered for Gore in 2000
and for Rahm Emmanuel for Congress and Rod Blagojevich for Governor in
2002 in Illinois.
S C H E D U L I N G
Deputy State Director Rob
McCarthy helped out with scheduling.
Also:
| Surrogate Scheduling |
Bill Abely |
Worked advance for the Gore
campaign starting in Oct. 1999 and continuing through the general election.
Graduated from Harvard in 1999 with a B.A. in Government.
| Director of Operations |
Jessie Lyons-Grant |
(started Feb. 15, 2003; third
person hired; managed the 12 state offices and helped coordinate Sen. Kerry's
NH schedule with headquarters in Washington, DC) 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.
| Deputy National Director
for Northern New England |
Judy Reardon |
(announced Feb. 4, 2003; started
March 1) Of Manchester, NH. Served as legal counsel to Gov.
Jeanne Shaheen during the six years of her administration. Took a
leave to work as communications director on Shaheen's 2000 re-election
campaign and served as communications director on Shaheen's 1996 campaign.
Reardon served as a state representative from 1985 through 1988 and was
Democratic whip in 1987-1988.
(announced Oct. 15, 2003)
New Hampshire native; grew up in Somersworth. Organizer in New Hampshire
for Ted Kennedy in 1980; with Jeanne Shaheen, Casey led Gary Hart's 1984
New Hampshire primary win; a senior staffer on Hart's 1988 campaign and
managed his short-lived re-entry; top advisor on Bob Kerrey's 1992 campaign.
Casey returns to New Hampshire from Denver, Colorado, where she moved in
1986 to work on Hart's campaign. She served on the Denver City Council
from 1995-2001, and ran for mayor in 2003. Casey is the author of
Hart
and Soul: Gary Hart's New Hampshire Odyssey...and Beyond (1986).
Key Supporters
State Legislators
Senators
Sen. Sylvia Larsen - Concord
(Dist. 15)
Sen. Burt Cohen - New Castle
(Dist. 24)
Sen. Clifton Below - Lebanon
(Dist. 5) 2/26/03
Sen. Iris Estabrook - Durham
(Dist. 21) 10/7/03
Reps.
COOS
Rep. Dick Poulin - Berlin
9/11/03
GRAFTON
Rep. Susan Almy - Lebanon
Rep. Ruth Bleyler - Lyme
10/23/03
formerly backed Dean (6/6/03)
Rep. Bernie Benn - Hanover
11/17/03
Rep.
Nancy Scovner - Enfield 1/22/04
had backed Gephardt until he withdrew
MERRIMACK
Rep. Barbara French - Henniker
9/11/03
Rep.
Randy Perkins - Franklin
Rep.
John DeJoie - Concord 1/22/04
had backed Gephardt until he withdrew
Rep.
Deanna Rush - Pembroke
1/25/04 had backed Gephardt until he withdrew
HILLSBOROUGH
Rep. Bill Clayton - Manchester
1/13/04
Rep. Jane Clemons - Nashua
Rep. David Cote - Nashua
Rep. Debra Kudalis - Nashua
1/21/04
had backed Gephardt until he withdrew
Rep. Roland Lefebrve - Nashua
1/22/04
had backed Gephardt until he withdrew
Rep. Ben Baroody - Manchester
1/25/04
had backed Gephardt until he withdrew
Rep. Eric Palangas - Manchester
1/22/04
had backed Gephardt until he withdrew
ROCKINGHAM
Rep. Kim Casey - East Kingston
12/2/03
Rep.
Maryann Blanchard - Portsmouth 1/25/04
had backed Gephardt until he withdrew
Rep.
Paul McEachern - Portsmouth 1/21/04
had backed Gephardt until he withdrew
STRAFFORD
Rep. Roger Berube - Somersworth
9/11/03
Rep. Irene Creteau - Rochester
9/11/03
Rep. Naida Kaen - Lee
Rep. Bill Knowles - Dover
9/11/03
Rep.
Emma Rous - Durham 12/22/03
SULLIVAN
Rep.
Thomas E. Donovan - Claremont
Rep.
Peter Franklin - Claremont 1/25/04
?Rep. Roland Hofemann - Dover
former
Rep. Judith Spang - Durham
backing
Dean
|
Some of the campaign's
other announcements:
On Jan. 25, 2004 more
Gephardt and undecided activists.
On Jan. 22, 2004 UFCW
Local 1445 (represents 17,000 people in northeastern New England, including
700 in New Hampshire; President Richard Charette) and prominent
former Gephardt supporters.
On Jan. 20, 2004 former
Gephardt supporters.
On Jan. 13, 2004 the campaign
announced new supporters and released the names of the members of his
local
steering committees across New Hampshire. The newly announced
supporters are Manchester Alderman George Smith; Manchester School Board
Member Carol Scott; former Franklin Mayor Tom Matzke; Concord City Councilor
Marjory Swope; State Representative and Manchester Firefighter Bill Clayton;
former Manchester State Representative Amy Robb; Claremont activist Jane
Harland; Concord business leader John Swope; and Echo Group CEO George
Epstein from Conway.
On Dec. 29, 2003 former
Keene Mayor Bob Mallat, Jr.
On Dec. 29, 2003 Bob Hemeon,
a prominent activist in the Lakes Region.
On Dec. 18, 2003 Nashua
Alderman Steve Bolton. Democratic nominee for mayor of Nashua in
the 2003 municipal elections; member of the Nashua Board of Aldermen for
six years.
On Dec. 15, 2003 Keene City
Councilman Randy Filiault and Hinsdale Selectman Robert Johnson.
On Dec. 5, 2003 Manchester
Mayor Bob Baines. (Elected 1999 and re-elected to a third term in
Nov. 2003; served as principal of Manchester's West High School for almost
20 years).
Earlier in the week of Dec.
5, 2003 200-plus "Educators
for Kerry." Chairs are: Jack Brouse, Salem; Claudia Damon, Concord;
Ellen Healy, Litchfield; Jim Heffernan, Hanover; and Grace Reisdorf, Derry.
On Nov. 25, 2003 former
State Senate President Bev Hollingworth. (Served five terms, 1990-2002,
representing Hampton).
On Nov. 20, 2003 former
Claremont Mayor Chris Shaban. Named as Sullivan County Chair for
Kerry for President.
On Nov. 11, 2003 over 400
New Hampshire veterans. New Hampshire Chair of Veterans for Kerry
is Robert Hannan.
On Nov. 4, 2003 former Laconia
Mayor Matt Lahey; native of Laconia, served as mayor from 1996-2001.
On Nov. 3, 2003 Salem Democratic
Town Committee Member and retired educator Dick O'Shaughnessy.
On Oct. 29, 2003 Allen Damren,
George W. Bush's 2000 Sullivan County Co-Chair; currently a school administrator
in Claremont.
On Oct. 29, 2003 five Derry
and Londonderry activists: Gordon Graham of Derry, an Attorney at Soule
Leslie Kidder Sayward; Margie Ives of Derry, Treasurer of the Derry Democrats;
Grace Reisdorf of Derry, Manager of Community Relations for the Mary Baker
Eddy Library in Boston; Ed Boutin of Londonderry, Attorney at Boutin and
Associates; and Katie Wolff of Londonderry, American History Teacher at
Hampstead Middle School.
On Oct. 23, 2003 Rep. Ruth
Bleyler (D-Lyme), who formerly backed Dean. (Subject: "Dated Dean, Married
Kerry!")
On Oct. 7, 2003 Sen Iris
Estabrook (D-Durham).
On Sept. 23, 2003 Kerry
received the endorsement of former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen.
On Sept. 11, 2003 the campaign
announced Kerry has gained the support of 55
NH activists.
On Aug. 6, 2003 the campaign
announced endorsements of Upper
Valley Democratic leaders.
On July 24, 2003 Barney
Brannen, the 2000 Democratic congressional nominee for the second district.
On July 10, 2003 Paul Robitaille,
Coos County Democratic Chair.
On June 20, 2003 Carole
Appel, Strafford County Democratic Chair and Secretary of the Democratic
State Committee.
On June 17, 2003 Susan Calegari,
Deputy Director of Bill Bradley’s 2000 New Hampshire campaign, and other
Bradley
supporters.
On March 27, 2003 Joe Keefe,
former Democratic Party Chair.
On March 18, 2003 the campaign
announced endorsements of 73
NH activists.
On March 11, 2003 Ellen
Healy, president of the Manchester Education Association.
On Feb. 26, 2003 Sen. Clifton
Below (D-Lebanon).
Team Kerry in Action
State
Director Ken Robinson, Field
Director Nick Clemons , Deputy
Press Secretary Robin Liss , Pat
Morris (10/03)
Manchester
Field Staffers, Derry,
Dover
(10/03)
A
Visit to Kerry Headquarters (05/22-05/23/03)
Former
| Communications Director |
Kym Spell |
(started August 18, 2003; left
the campaign September 18, 2003 to join Wesley Clark's campaign)
Spell has run her own public relations firm, Spell Communications, LLC,
in New York for the past three years. She served as deputy national
communications director for the Gore-Lieberman campaign in 2000; communications
director for John Edwards 1998 Senate campaign; communications director
for Congressman David Price (D-NC) from 1997-98; and assistant press secretary
for Gov. James Hunt (D-NC) from 1994-96. |