Cynthia Sebian-Lander
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Cynthia Sebian-Lander was the Iowa state director for Julián Castro's (D) 2020 presidential campaign. Prior to joining the Castro campaign, Sebian-Lander worked on campaigns for Deidre DeJear (D-Iowa), Sara Dady (D-Ill.), Tilly Blanding (D-Va.), Hillary Clinton (D), Mark Levine (D-Va.), and Barack Obama (D).[1]
Career
Sebian-Lander began her political career in 2010 as a field organizer for the New Hampshire Democratic Party. From November 2010 until November 2011, she worked as an organizer for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). She was a wind energy field organizer for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network from February until April 2012, when she joined Obama's presidential re-election campaign as a field organizer.[1]
From November 2012 until March 2013, Sebian-Lander was a project organizer for Virginia Organizing. From April until November 2013, she worked as the Northern Virginia director for Every Child Matters. In November 2013, she joined Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act (ACA) deputy canvass manager.[1]
In February 2014, Sebian-Lander began working as a field director on Levine's U.S. House campaign. After Levine was defeated in the primary, Sebian-Lander was a voter education director for Alaska Victory '14. In January 2015, she became a project specialist at the League of Women Voters. She joined Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign as the Iowa get-out-the-vote director in August 2016.[1]
Sebian-Lander was the campaign manager for Blanding's 2017 Virginia House of Delegates campaign from February until June 2017. She managed Dady's 2018 U.S. House campaign from August 2017 until joining DeJear's 2018 Iowa secretary of state campaign in January 2018. She was announced as the Iowa state director for Castro's 2020 presidential campaign on February 23, 2019.[1]
Sebian-Lander graduated from Washington College with a B.A. in environmental studies in 2007. She received an M.S. in environmental advocacy and organizing from Antioch University New England in 2010.[1]
Julián Castro 2020 presidential campaign
Primary election activity
A June 2019 article in The Daily Iowan reported that Sebian-Lander "said her campaign sends organizers to meet with communities by participating in local Democratic committee meetings and placing information tables at community events, among other things." She said, "We know who we need to go talk to, and we are excited for the opportunity to talk with folks who are too often left out of the process and don’t always feel like the caucus is a stage for them to participate."[2]
National staff members
The table below shows a sampling of the candidate's 2020 national campaign staff members, including the campaign manager and some senior advisors, political directors, communication directors, and field directors. It also includes each staff member's position in the campaign, previous work experience, and Twitter handle, where available.[3] For a larger list of national campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.
| Julián Castro presidential campaign national staff, 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Maya Rupert | Campaign manager | Executive director, Opportunity First PAC | @MayaRupert |
| Natalie Montelongo | Political director | National campaign strategist for immigrant rights, American Civil Liberties Union | @natimontelongo |
| Matthew Jones | Senior political advisor | Aide to Castro | N/A |
| Lillie Catlin | Organizing director | Deputy organizing director, American Civil Liberties Union | @lilliecatlin |
| Sawyer Hackett | National press secretary | Communications director, office of Rep. David Price | @SawyerHackett |
| Jennifer Fiore | Senior advisor for communications and digital | Senior advisor for communications and digital, Opportunity First PAC | @jennifer_fiore |
| Joseph Czajkowski | National finance director | Finance director, Arizona Democratic Party | @joeycz |
State staff members
| Julián Castro presidential campaign staff, 2020 (Iowa) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | State | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Cynthia Sebian-Lander | Iowa | State director | Campaign manager, Deidre DeJear for Iowa Secretary of State, 2018 | @crslsynth |
| Manny Espitia | New Hampshire | State director | New Hampshire state representative | @mannyfornh |
| Christina Cue | South Carolina | State director | CEO, OnCue Management Group | @oncue0921 |
| Kristian Carranza | Nevada | State director | Digital consultant, Do Big Things | @kirstian_wit@ |
See also
- Sample Ballot Lookup
- Julián Castro
- Julián Castro presidential campaign, 2020
- Julián Castro presidential campaign staff, 2020
- Presidential candidates, 2020
- Presidential campaign managers, 2020
- Deidre DeJear
- Sara Dady
- Tilly Blanding
- Hillary Clinton
- Mark Levine
- Barack Obama
External links
Footnotes
