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Jake Braun
![]() Iowa state director 2020 Joe Biden presidential campaign 2020 presidential campaign staff | ||
Affiliation: Democratic Party | ||
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Jake Braun is the Iowa state director for former Vice President Joe Biden's (D) 2020 presidential campaign. A veteran of the 2008 Obama presidential campaign, Braun was hired by Biden on May 17, 2019.[1] In addition to working on the Biden campaign, Braun is the Executive Director for the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy’s Cyber Policy Initiative.[2]
Career
Braun served as the White House Liaison to the Department of Homeland Security under President Barack Obama (D) from 2009 to 2011. Prior to joining the Obama administration, Braun served on Obama's presidential transition team in 2008 and was the National Deputy Field Director to the 2008 Obama for America Campaign.[2] Before working on the Obama campaign, Braun served as the Michigan Field Director for John Kerry's (D) 2004 campaign.[3]
In addition to his work at the Harris School of Public Policy, Braun also serves as the CEO of Cambridge Global Advisors, a consulting firm focusing on security, diplomacy, and defense. He also co-founded the Voting Machine Hacking Village at DEF CON, the world's largest hacker conference. As part of his work with DEF CON, Braun has co-authored two reports on cyber vulnerabilities in election infrastructure.[4]
Prior to entering the consulting field, Braun worked as a journalist for newspapers in Illinois and Taiwan.[2]
Braun graduated from Loyola University of Chicago with a B.A. in philosphy, from National-Louis University in Chicago with an M.A. in education, and from Troy State University with an M.A. in international relations.[2]
Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign
- See also: Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2020
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.[5] For a larger list of national campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.
Joe Biden presidential national campaign staff, 2020 | |||
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Staff | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
Jennifer O'Malley Dillon | Campaign manager | Campaign manager, Beto O'Rourke for President of the United States, 2020 | @jomalleydillon |
Kate Bedingfield | Deputy campaign manager and communications director | Vice president of communications, Monumental Sports & Entertainment | @KBeds |
Pete Kavanaugh | Deputy campaign manager | President of Revolution Field Strategies | @petekavanaugh |
Rufus Gifford | Deputy campaign manager | Finance director, Barack Obama for President of the United States, 2012 | @rufusgifford |
Natalie Quillian | Deputy campaign manager | Partner and principal, Boston Consulting Group | N/A |
Zeppa Kreager | Chief of staff | Director, Creative Allliance at Civic Nation | @ZeppaKreager |
Anita Dunn | Senior advisor | Managing director, SKDKnickerbocker | N/A |
Greg Schultz | General election strategist and senior advisor | Executive director, American Possibilities PAC | @schultzohio |
Symone Sanders | Senior advisor | Strategist and CNN political commentator | @SymoneDSanders |
Cristóbal Alex | Senior advisor | President, Latino Victory Project | @CristobalJAlex |
Brandon English | Senior advisor | Senior advisor, GPS IMPACT | @brandonenglish |
Julie Chavez Rodriguez | Senior advisor | Co-national political director, Kamala Harris for the People | N/A |
Karine Jean-Pierre | Senior advisor | Political analyst, MSNBC; chief public affairs officer, MoveOn | @K_JeanPierre |
Erin Wilson | Political director | State director, Sen. Bob Casey | N/A |
Kurt Bagley | National organizing director | National field director, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee | @kurt_bagley |
Jamal Brown | National press secretary | Consultant, Civic Advisors | @JTOBrown |
TJ Ducklo | National press secretary | Senior communications director, NBC News | @TDucklo |
Remi Yamamoto | Traveling national press secretary | Communications director, Fred Hubbell for Governor of Iowa, 2018 | @RemiMYamamoto |
Saloni Multani | Chief financial officer | Venture partner, Congruent Ventures | N/A |
Deanna Nesburg | Senior advisor for financial operations | Treasurer, Kamala Harris for the People | N/A |
Katie Petrelius | National finance director | Director of development, Biden Foundation | N/A |
Rob Flaherty | Digital director | Digital director, Beto O'Rourke for President of the United States, 2020 | @Rob_Flaherty |
State staff members
Joe Biden presidential campaign state staff, 2020 | ||||
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Staff | State | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
Jake Braun | Iowa | State director | CEO at Cambridge Global | @jakehbraun |
Julia Krieger | Iowa | Communications director | Communications director, Heidi Heitkamp for U.S. Senate, 2018 | @jnkrieger |
Ian Moskowitz | New Hampshire | State director | Campaign manager, Steven Dettelbach for Attorney General of Ohio, 2018 | @IAMoskowitz |
Meira Bernstein | New Hampshire | Communications director | Communications director, Claire McCaskill for United States Senate, 2018 | @Meirabb |
Hilary Barrett | Nevada | State director | Campaign manager, Joseph Kopser for Congress, 2018 | N/A |
Vedant Patel | Nevada | Communications director | Communications director, office of Rep. Pramila Jayapal | @vedantpatel90 |
Kendall Corley | South Carolina | State director | Political director, James Smith for Governor of South Carolina, 2018 | N/A |
Paige Hill | South Carolina | Communications director | Communications, Bloomberg Philanthropies | @PaigeinTN |
Media
This section contains media coverage, interviews, and profiles of Braun.
Interviews and profiles
See also
- Sample Ballot Lookup
- Joe Biden
- Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2020
- Joe Biden presidential campaign staff, 2020
- Presidential candidates, 2020
- Barack Obama
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "Joe Biden makes leadership hires for 2020 Iowa caucus campaign," May 17, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The University of Chicago Harris Public Policy, "About Jake Braun," August 26, 2019
- ↑ p2004, " Kerry and Allies-Organization, Michigan," accessed August 26, 2019
- ↑ Cambridge Global, "Jake Braun, CEO," accessed August 26, 2019
- ↑ Democracy in Action, "Organization," accessed November 4, 2019