Early Advisors
An early 2007 article in the Chicago Sun-Times lists the following persons in Obama's White House team:
- Paul Tewes, adviser; business partner of Hildebrand's.
- Bill Burton, national press secretary. Spokesman, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this cycle.
- Paul Harstad, pollster. Handled Obama's 2004 campaign.
- Cornell Belcher, pollster. Democratic National Committee pollster.
- Devorah Adler, research director. DNC research director.
- Shauna Daly, deputy research director. DNC deputy research director.
- Alyssa Mastromonaco, scheduling and advance. Political director for Obama's Hope Fund political action committee.
- Saul Schorr, media consultant. Runs a Philadelphia firm.
- Julianna Smoot, finance director. Finance director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee this cycle.
- Cassandra Butts, policy advisor. Previoustly the Center for American Progress think tank. Obama law school classmate. Former senior policy adviser to then-House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt.
- Pete Giangreco, direct mail, Iowa adviser. Partner, the Strategy Group, Evanston. Veteran of several Iowa primaries.Patti
- Dan Pfeiffer, traveling press secretary. Former press chief for Senator Evan Bayh (D-Ind.).
- Matt Rodriguez, New Hampshire state director.
Other key staff positions filled internally and from rival campaigns after the primaries included:
- Patrick Gaspard, Political Director
- Jon Carson, National Field Director
- Jennifer O'Malley Dillon, Battleground States Director
- Jason Green, 50-State Voter Registration Director
- Josh Earnest, Deputy Communications Director
- Christina Reynolds, Director of Rapid Response
- Hari Sevugan, Senior Spokesperson
- Tommy Vietor, Deputy National Press Secretary
- Cody Keenan, Deputy Speechwriter
- Neera Tanden, Director of Domestic Policy
- Heather Higginbottom,Senior Policy Strategist
- Daniel Gray, Deputy Policy Director
- Jason Furman, Deputy Policy Director
- Dan Carol, Content and Issues Director
- Stephanie Cutter, Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff to Michelle Obama
- Jennifer Goodman, Director of Scheduling for Michelle Obama
- Patty Solis Doyle, Chief of Staff to Joe Biden
- Ricki Seidman, Communications Director for Joe Biden
Read more about this topic: List Of Barack Obama Presidential Campaign Staff Members, 2008
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