Obama General Election
Campaign Organization, Rhode Island revised
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| 321 South Main Street, Suite 101 | Providence,
RI 02903 ...grand opening Sept.
19, 2008
State Director
State
Rep. Ray Sullivan
(announced Aug. 7, 2008) Elected state representative
from Coventry in Nov. 2004. Taking leave from position as
communications director for the Rhode Island Democratic Party; started
in that role in May 2007. Project coordinator for the Providence
Community Health Centers, director of legislative and government
affairs for Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty, communications director for the
York for Governor Campaign, and press secretary for the Rhode Island
Secretary of State.
Field Organizers: Devin Driscoll - Graduated
from Providence College in May 2008, and served for the previous 18
months as chairman of the College Democrats of Rhode Island
(CDRI). Deputy state director of RI Students for Barack Obama
since May 2007.
Jeff Partridge - Before starting
on the campaign in Aug. 2008, Partridge worked for four months as a
canvass director for the Fund for Public Interest Research.
Canvass director/head organizer for ACORN, 2006-07. Field manager
for Clean Water Action, 2002-05. Degree in history, environmental
sciences from University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2003.
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Island page (half size)
Rhode Island Democratic
Party | 249 Roosevelt Avenue, Suite
202 | Pawtucket, RI 02860 401.721.9900 >
Chair
William
J. Lynch, Esq.
(since 1998) Partner at McIntyre
Tate & Lynch LLP in Providence since 1992. Attorney/partner
at Blais, Cunningham & Crowe, Chester, 1984-92. Director of
Consumer Protection in the Rhode Island Department of Attorney General,
1983-84. J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, 1982.
B.A. in political science from Brandeis University, 1979.
Executive
Director
Timothy
Grilo
(since Nov. 2006) Started at the
party in Sept. 2005 as political director. A legislative
assistant for House Speaker William J. Murphy. Bachelor's degree
in political science from the University of Rhode Island.
