Obama 2012
General Election Campaign Organization, Hawai'i
Obama for America/Organizing for America
HAWAII
| Obama
Main
Page
(page
updated Feb. 4, 2013)
...for
additions,
corrections
and
other
changes
contact
facebook
| twitter |
state
page
State Director Ria Baldevia
State director for Organizing for American-DNC in 2009. A field organizer on Obama's campaign in Fall 2008 and field director on his Guam caucus effort. Founder and principal of The Sensus Group, a Hawaii-based digital marketing & consulting firm. Author of the children’s adventure series, Meena and Friends. Undergraduate degree in economics from Trinity College in Washington DC, 2005. Born and raised in Guam.
Hawai'i Democratic Party
| 1050 Ala Moana Blvd, D-2150
| Honolulu, HI
96814
+
Chairman Dante Keala Carpenter
(elected May 30, 2010; interim chair from Jan. 2010) President of Carpenter & Carpenter Inc., a consulting firm. Has served in several elected offices: trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs from 2002-06; mayor of Hawai’i County from 1984-88; Hawai’i State senator from 1978-84; and Hawai’i County councilman from 1968-76. Additional experience includes factory and design engineer; public affairs director for a total of 25 years in the Hawaiian sugar industry. Graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY
Executive Director Debi Hartmann
Faculty at BYU-Hawaii from 1995-2005 and adjunct
professor through
2009. In the mid-1990s Hartmann co-chaired Hawaii’s Future Today,
which opposed gay marriage. Served on the Hawaii State Board of
Education, 1988-94, the last two years as chairman. Principal of
the Kahuku LDS Seminary. Master's degree from the University of
Hawaii-Manoa; bachelor's degree in political science from
BYU-Hawaii.