Obama 2012 General Election Campaign Organization, Kansas
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State Director  Aude Negrete

Community organizer for CASA de Maryland.  Field and outreach director at the Kansas Democratic Party, 2009-10.  B.A. degree in political science from University of Kansas.










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Chairman  Joan Wagnon

(February 2011)  Executive vice president of The Federal Tax Authority®, a private company that is committed to making it easy for online merchants to collect sales tax—at no cost to merchants.  Kansas Secretary of Revenue from 2003-11.  President of Central National Bank in Topeka from 2001-03 and then on their board of directors until 2009.  Mayor of the city of Topeka from 1997-2001.  Executive director of Kansas Familys for Kids, 1995-97.  Candidate for Governor, 1993-94.  Democrat member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 1983-94.  Executive director of the Topeka YWCA from 1977-93.  M.Ed. in counseling from University of Missouri-Columbia, 1968; B.A. in biology from Hendrix College, 1962.

Executive Director  Jason Perkey

(started Jan. 3, 2012)  Most recently regional field director with the Kentucky Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign in Louisville, KY.  Managed Congressman Danny Davis' brief campaign for Mayor of Chicago in late 2010.  In 2010 Perkey managed the campaign of David Yates (D) who defeated incumbent Doug Hawkins (R) for the District 25 seat on the Louisville Metro Council.  He ran Marty Meyer’s unsuccessful bid against state Sen. Dan Seum (R-Louisville).  Senior strategist on Tyler Allen's Democratic primary campaign for mayor of Louisville.  A field organizer on the Obama campaign in Virginia in 2008.  Attorney.  Law degree from Vermont Law School, 2003.  B.A. in political science from Coker College in Hartsville, SC, 1997.  Perkey is also a professional golfer.