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To: Neeka who wrote (472839)	2/19/2012 8:04:08 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793912

OMG.....(see below to see who is in that group) Those folks and what they are doing is downright scary. We can do a few things....Notify all like minded folks on this side of the fence about them. Notify the RNC, and all State Repub Organizations about them. Send to all Repub Congressmen/women and Repub Senators.....Send to Rush and Hannity....and any like minded media....Breitbart and James O'keefe come to mind.... ALL Tea Party Organizations....I'm sending this to our local folks in just a bit.... Board of Managers Patricia Bauman, Co-Chair President of the Bauman Foundation Michael Podhorzer, Co-Chair Political Director, AFL-CIO Robert Hauptman Special Assistant to the Secretary-Treasurer for Operations, SEIU Andrew Hohns Principal of Cohen and Company Harold Ickes President, Catalist Tom Novick Executive Vice President, M+R Laura Quinn CEO, Catalist Gerald Rosenfeld Deputy Chairman of Rothschild North America Michael Warren Chief Operating Officer & Managing Director, Stonebridge International Patricia Bauman Patricia Bauman is President of the Bauman Foundation. In recent years, the Foundation has supported civic participation through general support of organizations engaged in voter registration and outreach and election protection. She has also led policy efforts to foster public access to government information. She is also a real estate investor, and is active as a donor to Democratic candidates. She is a Vice-Chair of the Natural Resources Defense Council and serves of the boards of Montefiore Medical Center in New York, the Beldon Fund, and the Trust for America 's Health. Robert Hauptman Robert Hauptman is currently serving as the Special Assistant to the Secretary-Treasurer for Operations for the Service Employees International Union. He is responsible for compliance and reporting for SEIU COPE and other political funds of SEIU. He is also the co-director of a project to reorganize tools and delivery of membership list and accounting functions for Local Unions throughout the Union. He also coordinates information technology needs and system development for International’s staff and line departments. For over 35 years, Mr. Hauptman has worked to provide accounting, compliance, MIS and other support to various businesses, Democratic organizations and labor unions. Andrew Hohns Andrew Hohns serves as a Principal at Cohen and Company, based in Philadelphia, PA. At present, Cohen manages approximately $10.6 BB in assets in various structured credit transactions. Over the last several years, Mr. Hohns has participated is numerous panels and presentations such as the Green Investing Symposium 2009 in New York City sponsored by the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst and the Center for Business and Environment at Yale University and the European Research Conference on Microfinance 2009, at the Solvay Business School, Université Libre du Bruxelles. Mr. Hohns was featured in Institutional Investors Magazine, as one of the “20 Rising Stars of Fixed Income” in 2008. He received the Teach For America, “Young Leaders” award in 2006, and was awarded “Forty Under 40” by the Philadelphia Business Journal in 2002. Mr. Hohns is the immediate past Treasurer of The Ed Bacon Foundation and serves on the board of Society Hill Civic Association. Mr Hohns received his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000 and his Masters of Liberal Arts from the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania in 2006. Additionally, Mr Hohns is a Candidate for a PhD in Applied Economics and Managerial Sciences at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Harold Ickes Harold Ickes' nearly fifty years of commitment and accomplishments fighting for progressive causes have earned him trust, respect and friendship of unusual breadth and depth in the progressive political community. He is a founding partner of The Ickes & Enright Group, a Washington DC consulting firm. Prior to this, Mr. Ickes served as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Political Affairs and Policy to President Clinton, managing a number of the President's key policy initiatives. He was also an architect of the President's 1996 re-election campaign (the first successful re-election campaign of a Democratic president since FDR), the 1996 Democratic National Convention, and the 1997 Presidential Inaugural. Prior to serving in the White House, Mr. Ickes was a partner in the New York law firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., specializing in election and union-side labor law. He rejoined the law firm as partner in 1998 and serves as co-chair of its thirty-member Labor Law and Government Affairs Departments. Tom Novick Tom Novick, an Executive Vice President at M+R, is a strategist, trainer and consultant who brings 28 years of experience on issue and electoral campaigns to the Catalist board. Mr. Novick is a former Oregon legislator and, prior to M+R, worked as a Program Director for the Western States Center, a regional progressive organization focused on state issues in the West, and as Executive Director of the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group. He currently works with a number of organizations, foundations and individual philanthropists providing evaluation services, strategic and political assessments. He also serves as Executive Director of Conservation Strategies, a Northwest regional organization working to increase the electoral clout of the conservation movement. Michael Podhorzer Michael Podhorzer is the Political Director of the AFL-CIO. Since 1997, he has developed and directed the Federation's strategic, targeting, opinion research, communication testing and long term planning programs. He was responsible for designing the strategic and targeting framework that supported the dramatic transformation of the Federation's political program in the 1990s. Mr. Podhorzer most recently designed and managed the AFL-CIO's pioneering 2004 "swing voter program" which combined voter file database analytics and clinical trial-style message testing for direct mail, telemarketing, email and neighborhood canvassing. Mr. Podhorzer has worked in politics for the last twenty five years. As Associate Director of Citizen Action, he managed the organization's extensive electoral activities, including successful congressional, state and local campaigns. He also helped found Advocate Development, a company that was formed to create database fundraising management software for Citizen Action's four million members. Laura Quinn Laura Quinn is a founder of Catalist, and has led the day-to-day management since its inception in 2006; assembling the team, and guiding the company from concept, through capitalization, to full production. Ms. Quinn has an extensive background in communications, technology and data innovation. She is a founding partner of QRS Newmedia, Inc. started in 1996, which specializes in communication technology design and integration services. QRS clients have included the DNC and every Democratic Presidential campaign from1996 through 2008; a wide of range of progressive organizations and non-profits; and other corporate and academic institutions. Ms. Quinn was also a founder of Copernicus Analytics which provided innovative micro-targeting and modeling services to progressive organizations and campaigns. Prior to these endeavors, Ms. Quinn served in the White House as Deputy Chief of Staff for Vice President Gore. Previously, Ms. Quinn spent several years on Capitol Hill as the Director of the Democratic Technology and Communications Committee for Democratic Majority Leader Senator Tom Daschle in the U.S. Senate; as Communications Director for Senators Jay Rockefeller and Carl Levin; and in a variety of senior staff and advisory roles for various not-for-profit organizations and political campaigns. Gerald Rosenfeld Gerald Rosenfeld is currently Deputy Chairman of Rothschild North America. He previously held the position of Chief Executive Officer to the organization. Prior to joining Rothschild he was President of G Rosenfeld & Co LLC, an investment banking firm. Prior to founding GR Co in 1998 he was Head of Investment Banking and a member of the Management Committee of Lazard Freres & Co LLC. Mr. Rosenfeld joined Lazard in 1992 after holding significant management positions at Bankers Trust Company, Salomon Inc. and its Salomon Brothers subsidiary and McKinsey & Company. Mr. Rosenfeld has worked extensively on investment banking advisory issues in the industrial and technology sectors, including representation of General Motors, Chrysler, United Technologies, ITT Corporation, Tenneco, TRW, Lucas Varity PLC and Case Corporation. He has also worked on many airline transactions including for United Airlines, TWA, US Airways and Northwest Airlines. He has also advised on several of the largest technology mergers done including IBM's acquisition of Lotus Corp. Prior to joining McKinsey, Mr. Rosenfeld was a member of the faculty of the City College of New York, New York University and the University of Maryland. Mr. Rosenfeld is a member of the Board of Directors of Resources Connection, ContiGroup Companies, and also serves on the Board of Overseers of New York University's Stern School of Business. He holds a Ph.D. in applied Mathematics from New York University and is an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the New York University Stern School of Business. Michael Warren Michael Warren is the Chief Operating Officer of Stonebridge International LLC. He is a member of Stonebridge's Management Committee. Mr. Warren also serves as Chairman of Limbic Systems, an information technology services firm. Prior to joining Stonebridge, led corporate development at Horne Engineering Services and served as President of two technology companies, Limbic Systems and Appfluent Technologies. Mr. Warren serves on the Board of Directors of the District of Columbia Retirement Board, Civitas, a homeland security advisory and private equity firm and Riptopia, a digital music technology company. Mr. Warren previously worked at McKinsey & Company, both as a strategic consultant in the technology and financial institutions industries and as a fellow of the McKinsey Global Institute, advising corporate leaders in the U.S. and Asian semiconductor industries. Before McKinsey, Mr. Warren served in the White House as Executive Director of the President's National Economic Council. In this role, he oversaw the preparation and dissemination of policy and political information both within and outside of the Council. A Rhodes Scholar, Mr. Warren earned degrees from Yale University and Oxford University. http://www.catalist.us/managers

To: Neeka who wrote (472839)	2/19/2012 8:05:51 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793912

And worse yet....Look at this list.... Especially Harold Ickes.... Management Team Harold Ickes President Laura Quinn Chief Executive Officer Jeff Crigler Chief Technology Officer Gary Gruver Chief Financial Officer Will Loman General Counsel Amy C. Young Chief Client Officer Robert Blaemire Director of Business Development Yair Ghitza Senior Scientist Harold Ickes, President Harold Ickes' nearly fifty years of commitment and accomplishments fighting for progressive causes have earned him trust, respect and friendship of unusual breadth and depth in the progressive political community. He is a founding partner of The Ickes & Enright Group, a Washington, DC consulting firm. Prior to this, Mr. Ickes served as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Political Affairs and Policy to President Clinton, managing a number of the President's key policy initiatives. He was also an architect of the President's 1996 re-election campaign (the first successful re-election campaign of a Democratic president since FDR), the 1996 Democratic National Convention, and the 1997 Presidential Inaugural. Prior to serving in the White House, Mr. Ickes was a partner in the New York law firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., specializing in election and union-side labor law. He rejoined the law firm as partner in 1998 and serves as co-chair of its thirty-member Labor Law and Government Affairs Departments. Laura Quinn, Chief Executive Officer Laura Quinn is a founder of Catalist, and has led the day-to-day management since its inception in 2006; assembling the team, and guiding the company from concept, through capitalization, to full production. Ms. Quinn has an extensive background in communications, technology and data innovation. She is a founding partner of QRS Newmedia, Inc. started in 1996, which specializes in communication technology design and integration services. QRS clients have included the DNC and every Democratic Presidential campaign from1996 through 2008; a wide of range of progressive organizations and non-profits; and other corporate and academic institutions. Ms. Quinn was also a founder of Copernicus Analytics which provided innovative micro-targeting and modeling services to progressive organizations and campaigns. Prior to these endeavors, Ms. Quinn served in the White House as Deputy Chief of Staff for Vice President Gore. Previously, Ms. Quinn spent several years on Capitol Hill as the Director of the Democratic Technology and Communications Committee for Democratic Majority Leader Senator Tom Daschle in the U.S. Senate; as Communications Director for Senators Jay Rockefeller and Carl Levin; and in a variety of senior staff and advisory roles for various not-for-profit organizations and political campaigns. Jeff Crigler, Chief Technology Officer Jeff Crigler comes to Catalist with more than 25 years of experience as a senior technology executive. He was a key contributor to IBM’s turnaround and repositioning as an Internet powerhouse, and has started four successful media and technology companies. He is a pioneer in developing digital media, on-line, and web based systems specializing in distribution and syndication. Network Computing Magazine has recognized him as one of the ’top 25 technology visionaries.’ Most recently, Mr. Crigler founded, grew and successfully sold the video content distribution and syndication system, Voxant. Gary Gruver, Chief Financial Officer Gary Gruver comes to Catalist with nine years experience in the finance and budget field and ten years experience in Human Resources. Gary began his work in the political field in 1997 on the Clinton-Gore presidential campaign FEC audit. From there he went on to become the Comptroller and Assistant Treasurer of the Gore 2000 Presidential Campaign and the CFO of the Lieberman 2004 Presidential Campaign. Gary served as the CFO of America Coming Together during 2004 and 2005 and most recently at America Votes. Will Loman, General Counsel Will Loman has served for over nine years advising private and public sector companies on a broad range of corporate matters with extensive experience in matters regarding business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance and securities. Prior to joining Catalist, Mr. Loman served as Associate General Counsel for the industry-leading, information technology and management consulting company, BearingPoint, Inc., where he played a key role in the execution of multi-million dollar, transactional agreements with the company's largest commercial clients, as well as the development and implementation of risk mitigation strategies and dispute avoidance. Prior to BearingPoint, Mr. Loman held key positions in the General Counsel office at Acterna Corporation and DoubleClick, and was a Corporate Associate at the law firm Bryan Cave in New York. Mr. Loman served with distinction in the United States Marine Corps Division of the Judge Advocate General Corps and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law and a B.A. degree in Sociology/Political Science from Howard University, with high honors. Mr. Loman is an admitted member of the New York bar. Amy C. Young, Chief Client Officer Amy Young returns to Catalist after serving as the Executive Director for Women’s Voices Women Vote and running her own consulting firm. At WVWV, she managed programs, partner outreach, finance, development, communications, research and administration for the organization. Ms. Young brings 20 years of political and strategic program experience to Catalist. She has directed and mentored staff from four-50 members and has managed budgets from $2 million to over $13 million. From July 2008 to January 2009, Ms. Young held the position of Senior Account Executive for Catalist and she managed customer relationships with 20 plus clients, helping them anticipate, identify, process and achieve their data needs. Ms. Young was President of Progressive Solutions Group, LLC from 2005 to 2009. Ms. Young has also worked for ACLU, Voices For Working Families, the Democratic National Committee, and SEIU, among other national organizations. A native of Ohio, Ms Young worked at nearly every level of politics in Ohio, from the state house to the state party. Robert Blaemire, Director of Business Development Bob has been an active participant in politics his entire adult life. Born and raised in Indiana, his career began at the age of 18 upon entering George Washington University. His employment with Senator Birch Bayh (D-IN) began in 1967 during Bob's freshman year and concluded with Bayh's unsuccessful re-election campaign in 1980. Those 13 years saw Bob rise from volunteer worker to Office Manager to Executive Assistant in the Senate Office, and, finally, Political Director of the 1980 campaign. After the 1980 defeat, he founded a political action committee, The Committee for American Principles, an organization seeking to combat the growing role and influence of the New Right in political campaigns. He began his career providing political computer services in 1982, eventually joining with and starting the Washington Office of Below, Tobe & Associates. In 1991, Bob created Blaemire Communications, a political computer services firm serving Democratic campaigns, progressive organizations and political consultants. During that time, Blaemire Communications managed more Democratic state party voter file projects than any other vendor. In late 2007, Blaemire Communications was acquired by Catalist. Yair Ghitza, Senior Scientist Yair Ghitza comes to Catalist with over six years of experience in political microtargeting and statistical analysis. He began his career researching artificial intelligence at the MIT Media Lab but soon switched his focus to politics. As an analyst at Copernicus Analytics from 2005 to 2007, he played a key role in the proliferation of microtargeting models throughout the Progressive community, producing dozens of models and analyses for Gubernatorial, Senatorial, and Congressional campaigns. Most recently, he has conducted extensive public opinion research as a doctoral student at Columbia University, specializing in the development of statistical and data visualization tools for understanding American politics. http://www.catalist.us/management

To: Neeka who wrote (472839)	2/20/2012 3:02:14 AM
From: KLP	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793912

Here's another one with Ickes at the head Media Fund....with Soros one of the largest donors..... The Repubs had better get their act together soon.....stop killing each other and go after the REAL problem.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Fund Media Fund From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Media Fund is a 527 group, active in U.S. politics, which supported Democrat John Kerry's campaign for President. It was formed in 2002, and is led by Harold M. Ickes, a former aide to President Bill Clinton. Its chief fundraiser is Ellen Malcolm, a former fundraiser for EMILY's List. Billionaire George Soros was among the largest donors to the Fund. According to the New York Times, the Media Fund raised $45 million to run issue ads in key swing states. The Media Fund is one of several 527 groups which supported Kerry; others include America Coming Together and MoveOn.org. After the election, the group experienced a dramatic drop in fundraising success; media reports speculated that major donors had given up on the organization, and were turning their attention to other, more long-term Democratic projects. [ edit] Legal Issues Following the campaign of John Kerry, the Federal Election Commission unanimously voted to levy a $580,000 fine against the Fund. The penalty was the seventh largest in FEC history. The FEC determined that more than 90 percent of the $60 million raised by the Media Fund came from labor unions, corporations or from donors who gave more $5,000 — all contributions barred by federal election rules. Lyn Utrecht represented the Media Fund in the settlement. Erik Smith, president of the Media Fund, would later issue a statement pointing out that the FEC settlement did not find his group in violation of the law.The FEC had already fined a number of the other major 527s for illegal spending during the 2004 elections, including the Democratic-leaning groups MoveOn.org and the George Soros-backed America Coming Together, as well as the Republican-supporting groups Progress for America Voter Fund and Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.