Alaska Clients, Partial List
Campaign Manager, Alaska Clients:
• Pat Higgins for Anchorage School Board
• Dan Mayfield for Alaska State Senate
• Van Lawrence for State House
• Starr Marsett for Anchorage School Board
• Tamera Roselius for State Senate
• Larry Murakami for State House
• Moore for Alaska, US Congress, Primary
• Ron Devon for State Senate
Operations Director—Yes on Ballot Measure #1, “Alaska’s Fair Share” General
Alaska State Director—Mike Bloomberg 2020, Presidential Primary
Political Director—Al Gross for US Senate
General Consultant—Scott Kawasaki for State Senate, Unseated entrenched State Senate President.
Stand Up Alaska - Statewide Organizing and Outreach Lead. Projects included: Constituent outreach to Sen. Lisa Murkowski on D.C Statehood and HR1/For the People Act, and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act.
Field Coordinator—Ethan Berkowitz for Anchorage Mayor
State Affiliate Political Organizer —Alaska Public Employees, AFT
Alaska Democratic Party
• First development director for Alaska Democratic Party, 2012-2014.
• Designed, planned long term strategic plan for Alaska Democratic Party, identifying individual high and low donors, plan and execute fundraising events, designed and implemented house party packet plans while working closely with active finance committee.
Organizational & Candidate Clients Outside of Alaska, Partial list
The Archimedes Movement/We Can Do Better - Government Affairs Liaison
• Spearheaded field and community outreach effort in conjunction with legislative lobbying to move major health care reform initiative with then former Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber’s bill, “The Oregon Better Health Act.”
Oregon Health Action Campaign - Special Project Director
• Designed and implemented extensive earned media and field plan to enroll Oregon Health Plan (Oregon Medicaid) eligible children. Duties included media communications, networking with existing community-based organization allies and developing new ties with Oregon’s business community and school administrators.
Oregon Action, (USAction) - Legislative Director
• Successfully passed slate of pro-consumer, health care bills including prescription bulk purchasing.
• Campaign finance reform
• Utility restructuring
• Identified, recruited and trained staff and volunteer leaders for elections. Managed voter registration, identification and persuasion campaigns.
CLEC Canvass Network, Precursor to AFL-CIO Working America — Senior Field Manager
• CLEC management of professional canvass operations was the precursor to Working America’s field canvass model.
• Extensive candidate, legislative and ballot measure experience in 11 states.
• Cold called door-to-door on wide variety of consumer and social justice issues while maintaining a fundraising standard each night.
• Worked in every imaginable demographic.
Texas CD23, -Field Canvass Director, Coordinated Campaign
• Duties included, but not limited to, working directly with Field Director and Campaign Director in recruitment of staff and volunteers, targeting precincts based on DCCC data, management of VAN lists, training Field Organizers, strategic planning and tactical implementation of field operations.
Loretta Smith for Multnomah County Commissioner - Campaign Manager
• Worked collaboratively with other team members in a field of eight primary candidates elevating client during short election time frame to move her on to earn a place on the November general election ballot.
Pat Riggs-Henson, OR Lane County Commissioner - Campaign Manager
• Quickly elevated client from the “dark horse” candidate to earning a place on the November ballot from a field of seven opponents.
Brad Witt for Congress, Special Primary Election- Oregon CD 1 Campaign Manager
• Directed, hired staff and consultants for three-month special primary to replace vacated congressional seat. Developed budget and specific strategies under extremely short timeline.
Oregon Legislative Session, Government Affairs,
• Coalition For A Healthy Oregon, (COHO)
• Save the Oregon Health Plan (SOHP)
Earl Fisher for Columbia County Commissioner-Campaign Manager
• Quickly elevated candidate to “candidate status” within the community to spearhead effort to successfully defeat two-term incumbent by 27 points.
Retain Judge Jenefer Grant, Columbia County Circuit Court Judge
• Advised, planned and executed campaign plan to hold back serious challenger.
The Archimedes Movement-Government Affairs Liaison
• Spearheaded field and community outreach effort in conjunction with legislative lobbying to move major health care reform initiative with former Governor John Kitzhaber’s bill, “The Oregon Better Health Act.”
Hillsboro Local School Construction Bond M34-128 -Campaign Manager
• Recommended by Oregon Education Association to direct local option campaign for $169 million school construction bond measure in a very narrow time frame. Implemented strong outreach to non-traditional allies, raised over $62,000 in six weeks, directed aggressive field, direct mail, earned and paid media and GOTV effort to come from behind and win.
Ben Westlund for Governor-Deputy Director
• Created successful statewide field plan to gather signatures to qualify Independent Candidate on Oregon’s ballot; Supervised advance teams, regional field directors in Portland, Bend, Medford and Eugene; Supervise advance team/ field organizers in Portland, Bend, Medford and Eugene; Provided fundraising support.
Gene Hallman for Oregon State Supreme Court-Campaign Manager, Oregon Primary
• Worked collaboratively with general consulting firm, procured endorsements, scheduling and logistics for Supreme Court candidate in a three-way primary.
Oregon Health Action Campaign—Special Project Director
• Funded by the Oregon Community Foundation, scope of work included designing and implementing extensive earned media and field plan to enroll Oregon Health Plan (Oregon Medicaid) eligible children.
Oregon 1st Congressional District Race — Field Consultant
• Brought in to establish and develop the paid field program. Wrote training manual for paid field canvass staff. Refined field plan including precinct targeting, messaging, training and implemented field strategy. Defeated serious Republican challenge to three-term sitting Democratic Congressman.
Kelley Wirth for Oregon State House — Campaign Manager
• Hired by the state's largest labor union local, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association and the Oregon Education Association to re-elect an incumbent representative losing ground in a very contentious race. Defeated serious challenger.
Oregon Ballot Measure “No on 30” Special Election— Regional Director for Multnomah, Clackamas & Washington Counties
• Developed and executed field plan for Oregon’s largest populated counties to defend surcharge passed by legislature.
Kentucky Democratic Coordinated Campaign, Fayette & Jefferson County Coordinator
Forward Oregon/Democratic Coordinated Campaign – Southern Oregon Regional Field Director
Bev Stein for Governor - Outreach Director, Scheduler, Coastal and Central Field Director
LINK Community Development Corporation — Assistant to the Director
• Worked with Executive Director and Oregon State Building Trades overseeing construction and selling 100% Union built residential units.
• Partnered with the City of Portland for Old Town/China Town area first residential condominiums, “Old Town Lofts.” This $15 million project spearheaded the “talked about” revitalization of Portland’s China Town area.
No on Ballot Measures 92 & 98 — Field & Coalition Outreach Director
Different versions of Paycheck Deception aka Paycheck Protection. Directed effort to build Oregon’s then largest ballot measure coalition to defeat anti-union ballot measures.
AFT-Oregon, OFNHP Local 5017 –Organizer
Oregon health care unit for the then largest labor organizing drive on the Pacific Coast.
Statewide Internal AFL-CIO Campaign — Staff
• Successful internal Oregon AFL-CIO contested election for Oregon AFL-CIO President & Secretary Treasurer
Yes on Measures 62 & 63; No on Measure 59 — Field Director
• Successful statewide ballot measures. Passed: campaign finance disclosure and supermajority requirements.
• Defeated: “Paycheck Protection”
Basic Rights Oregon — Fundraising and Field Coordinator
• Raised $90,000+ in five months to keep Christian Coalition agenda off the ballot. Framed issue to high performance voters and donors in preparation to defeat anticipated anti-gay ballot initiative.
• Duties included rejuvenation and development of years old donor list, educating donors on issue particularly in rural Oregon.
• Planned and executed educational and fundraising house parties.
• Testified to Oregon’s Health Services Commission on health issues pertaining to Oregon’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.