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Michael Ceraso
 Former New Hampshire state director 2020 Buttigieg presidential campaign 2020 presidential campaign staff | ||
Affiliation: Democratic | ||
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Michael Ceraso was the New Hampshire state director for Pete Buttigieg's (D) 2020 presidential campaign.
Ceraso co-founded Community Groundwork in 2020, which provides training for community college students interested in civic careers.[1]
Ceraso also worrked on Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign as California state director and on Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns as a field organizer and deputy field director, respectively.[2]
Career
Prior to serving as New Hampshire state director on Buttigieg's campaign, Ceraso worked as the California state director on Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign. In 2012, he worked as a deputy field director on Barack Obama's re-election campaign; before that, Ceraso was a field organizer on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.[2]
Ceraso has worked for a variety of campaigns down the ballot as well, including Mark Winston Griffith's race for New York City Council in 2009, Brian Weaver's 2010 campaign for Washington, D.C., city council, John Messer's 2010 run for New York State Senate, Sam Engle's campaign for Glendale, California, city council, Seth Stodder's 2013 campaign for California State Senate, Alan Grayson's 2016 run for U.S. Senate in Florida, Jimmy Gomez's congressional campaign in 2017, and Krishanti Vignarajah's 2018 gubernatorial campaign.[2]
Outside of his work on campaigns, Ceraso co-founded Community Groundwork and Winning Margins.[1][3] He also worked as a city coordinator for Greenpeace in Los Angeles and Philadelphia from 2006 to 2011 and was a policy researcher on Capitol Hill from 2016 to 2017.[2]
Ceraso received an associate degree in history from Citrus College in 2006 and a bachelor's degree in political science and government from Pitzer College in 2014.[2]
Pete Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign
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.[4] For a larger list of national campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.
| Pete Buttigieg presidential campaign national staff, 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Mike Schmuhl | Campaign manager | Consultant, Mel Hall for Congress, 2018 | N/A |
| Stephen Brokaw | National political director | Marketing manager, Google | N/A |
| Greta Carnes | National organizing director | Texting director, Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign, 2017 | @gretacarnes |
| Lis Smith | Communications director | Deputy campaign manager, Martin O'Malley for President of the United States, 2016 | @Lis_Smith |
| Chris Meagher | National press secretary | Communications director, Montanans for Jon Tester, 2018 | @chrismeagher |
| Nina Smith | Traveling press secretary | Managing partner/co-owner/director of media relations, Megaphone Strategies | @ninasophia81 |
| Sonal Shah | Policy director | Executive director, Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation | @SonalRShah |
| Jess O'Connell | Senior advisor | CEO, Democratic National Committee | @JessOConnell |
State staff members
| Pete Buttigieg presidential campaign state staff, 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | State | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Brendan McPhillips | Iowa | State director | Campaign manager, Andrew Gillum for Governor of Florida, 2018 | @BrendanMcP |
| Ben Halle | Iowa | Communications director | Press secretary, Planned Parenthood | @bhalle87 |
| Victoria Williams | New Hampshire | State director | Counsel to Sen. Maggie Hassan | @vlwilliams22 |
| Kevin Donohoe | New Hampshire | Communications director | Senior communications advisor, Democratic Party of Florida | @kevinsidonohoe |
| Paul Selberg | Nevada | State director | Executive director of the Nevada Assembly Democratic Caucus | @PaulSelbergNV |
| Jarvis Houston | South Carolina | State director | Chief of staff to state Sen. Jesse Hamilton (D-N.Y.) | @jarvisthebold |
| Cecilia Cabello | California | State director | Vice president, Los Angeles Board of Public Works | @ceciliacabello |
Media
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See also
- Sample Ballot Lookup
- Pete Buttigieg
- Pete Buttigieg presidential campaign, 2020
- Pete Buttigieg presidential campaign staff, 2020
- Presidential candidates, 2020
- Presidential campaign managers, 2020
- Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, 2016
External links
Footnotes
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