Grassroots Campaigns,
Inc.
National Leadership Staff
Wes Jones
 Vice
President
and National Canvass Director
Gainesville, FL
A native of the
Atlanta suburbs, Wes cut his political teeth as
a college intern with
the Georgia Democratic Party in the early
1990's. After graduating from
Tulane University, he spent 8 years managing
canvasses for issue-based
advocacy groups. He helped qualify a campaign
finance reform initiative
in California, managed the inaugural outreach
campaigns of two new
state-level environmental groups, and pioneered
a "street canvassing"
program for Greenpeace USA. Two years of life
under the Bush White
House were enough to bring him back to the
electoral world, where he
uses the strategies he developed to build
non-profits to help the
Democratic Party create a lasting majority and
change at the ballot
box. Over the last 5 years, Wes' part of
the operation has
raised $50 million dollars for GCI's partner
groups.
Jon Scarlett
 National
Field Director
Boston, MA
After launching
the DNC canvassing operations nationally, Jon
was a National Director
in GCI and MoveOn's 2004 "Leave No Voter Behind"
volunteer-based
precinct and GOTV operation. Following the 2004
election cycle, Jon
spearheaded the development of wholesale
volunteer networks to run and
win field campaigns. Prior to starting GCI in
late 2003, Jon spent two
decades with the State PIRGs, including over a
decade as the national
operations director for the Fund for Public
Interest Research, the
largest canvassing operation in the country. Jon
is a graduate of UC
Berkeley.
Sue Moran
 Vice
President
Boston, MA
Sue graduated
from Oberlin College in 1998 with a degree in
Political Science. Sue
has worked on outreach, advocacy, and
fundraising campaigns for
numerous progressive organizations including the
State Public Interest
Research Groups, the Human Rights Campaign and
the Sierra Club.
Prior to her work with Grassroots Campaigns Sue
was the Organizing
Director for CALPIRG.
Lindsay
Harkins
National
Recruitment Director
Chicago,
IL
Lindsay got
her start at Grassroots
Campaigns in 2005 after graduating from Skidmore
College with a degree
in
social work. She was involved in women's issues
on campus and w as
looking
for a
way to make a national impact. She has spent time in
the
Boston canvass office
and played a major role as a recruiter in 2006,
getting ready for the
midterm
elections by hiring the best field
team. Lindsay has
been running
the National Recruitment Department for the last
3 years and has
been able
to
work on a lot of different projects across the
country. She
has
worked on the last 3 election cycles, most
recently running a voter
contact
office in Denver during the 2010 midterm
elections. She is
currently
based in Chicago working with the Boston
National office and the Campus
Recruitment Team.
Bill
Sprong
 Finance Director
Boston, MA
Bill oversees
the Finance Team which performs a number of
accounting, administrative,
analytical and cashiering functions. He is a
lifelong Bostonian with
extensive financial experience in the high tech,
banking and equipment
leasing industries. He credits the Bush
administration with providing
him with the motivation to join Grassroots and
the world of political
activism in 2007.
Bill is responsible for the
day-to-day
operations of GCI’s financial operations. Bill
brings a corporate
business background to GCI having an extensive
background in financial
management with construction and pharmaceutical
companies.
Bill is a
Dartmouth
graduate who also holds an M.B.A. degree from
Boston University, as
well as Red Sox season tickets.
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