Obama General Election Campaign Organization, Nevada

Obama General Election Campaign Organization, Nevada
revised April 14, 2009 disclaimer

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State Director

Terence Tolbert

(announced July 3, 2008; died of a heart attack on Nov. 2, 2008) On leave from position as executive director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs for the New York City Department of Education. Worked on Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 2005 re-election campaign. Nevada state director of America Coming Together, Fall 2004. New York state director of Sen. John Edwards' 2004 primary campaign, starting August 2003. Chief of staff to Assemblyman Keith Wright of Harlem. Field director on Comptroller Carl McCall's 2002 gubernatorial campaign. Directed the 2000 Coordinated Campaign in Louisiana. Graduate of Hunter College. From Harlem.

Political Director

Alison Schwartz

Political director on Obama's Nevada caucus campaign. Executive director of the Nevada Democratic Party starting in early 2005. Nevada Democratic Party statewide field director in the 2004 cycle. Director of the Coalition to Protect Education & Health Care in 2003. Deputy statewide field director for the Missouri Democratic Coordinated Campaign in Fall 2002. Director of American Family Voices, 2002. A regional field director on Virginia’s Democratic Coordinated Campaign in 2001.

Deputy Political Director

Jennifer López

Deputy Nevada press secretary to Sen. Harry Reid through June 2008; starting working for Reid in Jan. 2005 as a press intern.

Communications Director

Kirsten Searer

Searer moved over to the campaign from her position as deputy executive director and communications director for the Nevada Democratic Party. Formerly a reporter for the Las Vegas Sun. Graduate of Northwestern University.

Deputy Communications Director

Jeff Giertz

Previously communications director for the campaign in Alaska. On leave from position as communications director for U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley (IA); served as spokesman on Braley's successful 2006 campaign. Graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005.

New Media Director

Perry Rosenstein

Started on the campaign as an intern in Chicago during the primaries. Product marketing analyst at Facebook for five months. B.A. plus B.S. in symbolic systems and economics from Stanford University, 2007.

Campaign for Change | 3376 S Eastern Ave., Suite 115 | Las Vegas, NV 89169 (702) 731-4617

General Election Director

Heather Hargreaves

In Fall 2004 Hargreaves was early vote and volunteer czar on Iowa Democrats' coordinated campaign; earlier in 2003-04 she was a regional director on Wesley Clark's NH primary campaign, based in Hanover, after serving same role on Sen. Bob Graham's NH primary campaign (Upper Valley field organizer). Graduate of Stanford University, 2003; served as president of Stanford Democrats.

Field Director

Rachel Sigman

A regional field director on Obama's Nevada caucus campaign, a regional field director on the Texas primary campaign (El Paso), and field director for the West Virginia primary campaign. Experience includes deputy executive director of the Tahoe-Baikal Institute. Studied ecoregional environmental management in Madagascar as a Fulbright scholar. B.A. from Wesleyan University, 2001.

Press Secretary

Paul Kincaid

(Aug. 2008; also spokesperson for the state party) Lead advance and logistics on Polis for Congress. Did advance and logistics on the Bill Richardson for President campaign, 2007-08. Kincaid has a wide variety of experience including radio producer and director at WUFT-FM, the NPR affiliate in Gainesville, 1999-2007; campaign manager on Bruderly for Congress, 2005-06, radio news and sports director for Lake Cities Broadcasting, 2002-03. He attended the University of Florida.

Hispanic Spokesperson/Media

Emilia Pablo

(started Aug. 12, 2008; also press secretary for the state party) Most recently was a producer and reporter for the 6 p.m. newscast of Univision in Las Vegas. Has more than six years of experience in journalism including work at Dateline, Frontline and the Ventura County Star. Bachelor's degree in mass communications and Master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley.

Border State Coordinator

Angelina Burnett

Worked on Obama's California primary campaign.

Policy Director

Paul Smith

Moved over from his position as deputy communications director for the Nevada State Democratic Party. B.A. in political science from the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Voter File Manager

Tab Bainum

IT Director

John MacAllan

Operations Director

Phil de Souza

Worked on the Hillary Clinton for President campaign, first as asset administrator and then budget liaison, March 2007-July 2008. Field staffer on the O'Malley/Brown campaign in Maryland, Fall 2006. High school English teacher with the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme, 2004-06.. B.A. degrees in political science and Spanish language and literature from University of Maryland, College Park, 2004.

GOTV Director

Lauren Kidwell

Regional field director for South Central Iowa on Obama's Iowa caucus campaign. Regional field director for the 4th CD with the Minnesota Coordinated Campaign in 2006. Worked in Obama's DC Senate office from Jan. 2005-June 2006 as a staff assistant and legislative correspondent. Regional director for NW Illinois on Obama's 2004 general election campaign for U.S. Senate; field staffer in Central Illinois on Obama's primary campaign for U.S. Senate. Graduate of the University of Illinois with a degree in political science and speech communications, 2004.

Voter Protection Coordinator

Janet Hostetler

Worked on Obama's Georgia primary campaign and on the voter protection team in the Texas primary campaign.

Field Offices
Carson City - 709 E. Robinson St., Carson City, NV 89701
Douglas County - 1662 Hwy 395, Suite 105, Minden, NV 89423
Elko - 445 5th St., Elko, NV 89801
Fernley - 15 E Main St., Suite 5, Fernley, NV 89408
Henderson - 39 E Basic Rd., Suite C, Henderson, NV 89015
Las Vegas-Central - 1210 S. Valley View Rd., Suite 114, Las Vegas, NV 89102
Las Vegas-Southeast - 3711 E. Sunset Rd., Suite C-5, Las Vegas, NV 89120
Las Vegas-Northwest - 7450 West Cheyenne, Unit 104, Las Vegas, NV 89129
Las Vegas-West - 4440 S. Durango Drive, Suite D, Las Vegas, NV 89147
North Las Vegas-Civic Center - 2115 Civic Center Drive, North Las Vegas, NV 89030
North Las Vegas-MLK - 4060 N. Martin L King Blvd., Suite 101B, North Las Vegas, NV 89032
Pahrump - N Highway 160 & W Mesquite Ave, Suite 200, Pahrump, NV 89060
Reno - 141 E. Pueblo St., Suite B, Reno, NV 89502
Reno Satellite - 8600 Technology Way, Suite 106, Reno, NV 89521

Regional Field Directors
Lance Whitney (much of rural Nevada) - chair of the Elko County Democratic Party

Nevada State Democratic Party | 1210 S. Valley View Road, Suite 114 | Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-737-8683 >

Chair

Sam Lieberman

Formerly 1st Vice Chairperson; became chair when Jill Derby left to run for Congress.

Executive Director

Travis Brock

(announced March 29, 2007) National field director Tom Vilsack for President. Political director for the Iowa Democratic Party. In Fall 2004 Brock served as state director of the Kerry-Edwards '04 Kentucky campaign (he started Aug. 1, 2004 and the campaign stayed there for about 6 weeks); he then returned to Iowa, where he served as Johnson County GOTV director for the coordinated campaign. Brock's earlier experience includes Midwest political director at the DNC, deputy communications director for Vilsack/Pederson 2002, an organizer for the AFSCME Florida Political Organizing Project, field director for the 2000 Wisconsin Democratic Coordinated Campaign, field staff for Gore 2000, and field staff for the1998 Iowa Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign. B.A. in communications from University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1993.

Field Director

Justin Gilbert

Experience includes President of the Young Democrats of Nevada.

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).

Operations and Finance Director

Zach Zaragoza

(June 2008) Previously finance director on Robert Daskas' primary campaign in NV-3 (withdrew late April 2008). Worked for Sen. Harry Reid, first as a staff assistant starting in Feb. 2006, then as a regional representative starting in March 2007. Degree in political science/communications from UNLV, 2006.

Press Secretary

Paul Kincaid

Press Secretary

Emilia Pablo

(started Aug. 12, 2008) Most recently was a producer and reporter for the 6 p.m. newscast of Univision in Las Vegas. Has more than six years of experience in journalism including work at Dateline, Frontline and the Ventura County Star. Bachelor's degree in mass communications and Master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley.

Office Manager

Naomi Millisor

National Convention Coordinator

Natalie Okeson

CD3
Field Director - Brian DiMarzio
Deputy Field Director - Jennifer Hemphill
Field Organizers - Robert Giuffre, Sally Welch, Adam Horn, Cameron Asgarian

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