Jon Carson - Obama Campaign Manager and Director at Microsoft
Interesting vista into the workings of political activism.
-----------------------
Jon Carson is the Executive Director of Organizing for Action. Carson was previously the Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement (OPE) until January 2013. Before leading OPE, he served as the Chief of Staff at the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). Prior to joining the Administration, Carson was the National Field Director for President Barack Obama's campaign in 2008 and worked on the Obama transition team.
-----------------------
Jon Carson is the Executive Director of Organizing for Action. Carson was previously the Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement (OPE) until January 2013. Before leading OPE, he served as the Chief of Staff at the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). Prior to joining the Administration, Carson was the National Field Director for President Barack Obama's campaign in 2008 and worked on the Obama transition team.
Carson also managed Tammy Duckworth’s
2006 general election campaign in Illinois’ 6th Congressional District and has
worked on many political campaigns over the last decade, including Al Gore’s
2000 presidential campaign.
Carson served in the Peace Corps in
southern Honduras for two years, building water systems for rural villages. He
graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville with a B.S. in Civil and
Environmental Engineering and received a Master’s Degree in Geography from the
University of California-Los Angeles.
Comments
Post a Comment