House Democratic Caucus Leader Brian J. Moran continues to fill out a campaign team for a 2009 run for governor.
"We are proud of the strong team we have assembled to work for our committee," said Virginians for Brian Moran Committee Director Mame Reiley. "Many of these people are veterans of the Warner and Kaine campaigns. These are people who understand how to help Virginia Democrats be successful."
Reiley also said Delegate Lionell Spruill, Sr., Chesapeake Democrat, was named an outreach consultant.
He worked on Mark Warner's successful gubernatorial campaign in 2001 and in is also a member of the Democratic National Committee and vice chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.
Jean Jensen, former Secretary of the State Board of Elections, was named senior adviser.
She previously served as executive director of the Democratic Party of Virginia and as the Northern Virginia director and for Mr. Warner.
Jesse Furgeson will continue to work as Mr. Moran's director of communications. He is a 2004 graduate of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.
Other additions named in the release include:
Dave Mills. Mills will serve as state director of finance. He will serve as a senior member of the fundraising team. He recently completed work as finance director of the Democratic Party of Virginia where he had served since January of 2006.
Prior to that, Mills was Western Regional finance director of [Tim] Kaine for Governor, and he has managed campaigns for the Virginia House and Senate and Congress.
Dominic Gabello. Gabello joins the committee as political director, having recently left the Kaine administration’s Liaison Office.
He previously served as deputy political director for Mark Warner’s Forward Together Political Action Committee (PAC) and field director of Warner’s One Virginia PAC. Gabello was president of the Virginia Young Democrats from 2005 to 2007.
Noble Ackerson. Ackerson will serve the committee as technology consultant. He is the principal of Anobleworld S3 Inc. and previously served as director of technology for Warner's Forward Together PAC.
He will be joined by Darrell Raymond, chief technology officer at Anobleworld S3 and former network administrator for the Governor’s Office of Virginia.
Jerome Armstrong. Armstrong joins as Netroots Consultant. He is a principle in the Webstrong Group and will coordinate internet and technology strategy. Armstrong coordinates Netroots outreach for Warner along with Sens. John Kerry and Tom Harkin.
He will be joined by Nate Wilcox, also formerly of Forward Together PAC. Armstrong is also the principle of the blog mydd.com and is co-author of the book "Crashing the Gates" with Markos Moulitsas.
