RICHMOND, VA – Longtime conservative leader, 2014 U.S. Senate candidate and 2017 candidate for Governor Ed Gillespie announced a number of statewide campaign staff hires Monday. The campaign will have more than a dozen staffers in place when Gillespie formally kicks off his campaign in January, including a full-time policy team and three regional field directors.
“We are building a statewide campaign from the very beginning, assembling a strong team of young and talented professionals who are committed to the principles and policies that I will campaign on in 2017,” said Gillespie. “While we will continue to scale up as the campaign moves forward, I am excited to announce the team we’ve built so far. Over the next several weeks, together we will continue to lay the groundwork for a substantive campaign that offers a positive vision for our Commonwealth’s future, a real plan to get us growing again and engages a broad and diverse coalition of Virginians.”
- Chris Leavitt, Campaign Manager
- Generra Peck, Policy Director
- Matt Moran, Communications Director
- Eric Wilson, Digital Director
- Paige Hahn, Finance Director
- Hooff Cooksey, Political Director
- C.J. Sailor, Coalitions Director
- Michael Cogar, Deputy Political Director
- Corey Scott, Southwest Field Director
- Charlie Greener, Northern Virginia Field Director
- Dustin Rinehart, Hampton Roads Field Director
- Cooper Godfrey, Deputy Policy Director
- Susan Beals, Coalitions and Policy Advisor
- Mary Johnson, Scheduler
- Jimmy Peacock, Personal Aide
“Everyone on this team is here because we believe Ed Gillespie should be the next Governor of Virginia,” said Campaign Manager Chris Leavitt. “We are all passionate about the principles and policies he wants to advance and are excited to go to work for Ed.”