Hillary Clinton presidential campaign key staff and advisors experience, 2016

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This article details the experience of Hillary Clinton's top-level staff for the 2016 presidential election
For a more comprehensive overview of Clinton's advisors, communications staffers, and policy team, see:
Hillary Clinton presidential campaign key staff and advisors, 2016


For Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, Ballotpedia identified five high-level, decision-making staff members. The chart below details these staffers' histories up to the time they worked for Clinton. Included is the staffer's role and his or her previous experience advising in electoral campaigns. Linked campaigns indicate those to which other key staffers across the 2016 presidential campaigns have contributed. Hovering over a link for a specific campaign will show you which staffers from other campaigns also worked on that same campaign.

Name Previous Experience
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Robby Mook
Campaign manager

•2006: Martin O'Malley gubernatorial

Ben Cardin U.S. Senate

•2008: Hillary Clinton presidential

Jeanne Shaheen U.S. Senate

•2013: Terry McAuliffe gubernatorial
•2016: Hillary Clinton presidential

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Joel Benenson
Chief strategist and pollster

•1996: Bill Clinton presidential •2002: James McGreevey gubernatorial
•2005: Anthony Weiner mayoral
•2008: Barack Obama presidential
•2012: Barack Obama presidential
•2016: Hillary Clinton presidential

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Amanda Renteria
Political director

•2014: Amanda Renteria U.S. House
•2016: Hillary Clinton presidential

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Marlon Marshall
Director of state campaigns and political engagement

•2004: John Kerry presidential
•2008: Hillary Clinton presidential
•2008: Barack Obama presidential
•2012: Barack Obama presidential •2016: Hillary Clinton presidential

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Jake Sullivan
Senior policy advisor

•2008: Barack Obama presidential
•2008: Hillary Clinton presidential
•2016: Hillary Clinton presidential



The following chart is organized by year, detailing when these high-level staffers worked in the same election cycle, either with one another or on separate campaigns.

Clinton's key decision makers mostly worked together during the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. Joel Benenson and Marlon Marshall are veterans of both presidential campaigns for Barack Obama while Robby Mook and Jake Sullivan both worked on Clinton's 2008 presidential run.

Year Campaign Staffer
1976–1995
1996 Bill Clinton presidential Joel Benenson
1997–2001
2002 James McGreevey gubernatorial Joel Benenson
2003
2004 John Kerry presidential Marlon Marshall
2005 Anthony Weiner mayoral Joel Benenson
2006 Martin O'Malley gubernatorial Robby Mook
Ben Cardin U.S. Senate
2007
2008 Hillary Clinton presidential Jake Sullivan
Robby Mook
Marlon Marshall
Barack Obama presidential Jake Sullivan
Marlon Marshall
Joel Benenson
Jeanne Shaheen U.S. Senate Robby Mook
2009–2011
2012 Barack Obama presidential Marlon Marshall
Joel Benenson
2013 Terry McAuliffe gubernatorial Robby Mook
2014 Amanda Renteria U.S. House Amanda Renteria