Annie's List
Annie's List is an organization aiming to elect prochoice legislators in Texas.
Contents
Personnel
As of April 19, 2012, the following worked for Annie's List:[1]
Board of Directors
- Robbie Ausley (Austin), Board Chair
- Amber Anderson Mostyn (Houston), Vice Chair
- Janis Pinnelli (Austin), Treasurer
- Patsy Woods Martin (Austin)
- Patricia Miller (Dallas)
- Becky Bruder (Dallas)
- Colleen Casey (San Antonio)
- Lupita Gutierrez (San Antonio)
- Lisa Kraus (Dallas)
- Nancy S. Diehl (San Antonio)
- Hon. Sylvia R. Garcia (Houston)
- Amy Fikes (Dallas)
Board Emeritus
- Cecilia Boone, Dallas
- Naomi Aberly, Dallas
- Dorothy Mackey Lurie, Houston
- Ellen Susman, Houston
- Kate Campbell, Spring Branch
- Dana Hurt, Austin
- Rosie Mendoza, Austin
- Sonia Falcon, McAllen
- Alice London, Austin
- Patricia Fagadau, Dallas
- Lynette Maddocks Gatlin, San Antonio
Staff
- Robert E. Jones, Executive Director
- Megan Rodman, Development Director
- Genevieve Van Cleve, Deputy Political Director
- Mitra Salasel, Communications Coordinator
- Lindsay Burris, Administration & Compliance
- Amy Garza, Finance Assistant
- Mel Abel[2]
Regional Committees
* indicates that this individual is a board member of Annie's List. ** indicates that this individual is a board emeritus.
Central Texas
Steering Committe Co-Chairs: Heidi Gerbracht & Mandy Dealey
2012 Central Texas Luncheon Co-Chairs: Janis Pinelli* & Sarah McElvaney
Steering Committee Members:[3]
- Robbie Ausley*
- Kelly Ausley-Flores
- Melanie Barnes
- Becky Beaver
- Valerie Benavidez
- Perla Cavazos
- Stephanie Chiarello
- Neesha Dave
- Amanda Dealey
- M. Diane Dwight
- Hon. Patty Eason
- Hon. Karen Ford
- Brie Franco
- JoLynn Free
- Heidi L. Gerbracht
- Laura Huffman
- Hon. Sherri Greenberg
- Hon. Ann Kitchen
- Alice London
- Susan Longley
- Annette LoVoi
- Patsy Woods Martin*
- Catherine Mauzy
- Nikelle Meade
- Rosie Mendoza, CPA
- Lynn Meredith
- Bonnie Mills
- Bettie Naylor
- Bettye Nowlin
- Yael Ouzillou
- Janis Pinnelli*
- Beverly Silas
- Niyanta Spelman
- Kim Taylor
- Lila Valencia
- Sharon Watkins
- Megan Woodburn
Dallas
Steering Committee Chairs: Claire Collins Schwarz & Michael Veale
2012 Dallas Luncheon Chairs: Becky Bruder & Sally Dunning
2012 Dallas Luncheon Honorary Chair: Debbie Branson
Steering Committee Members:[4]
- Naomi Aberly**
- Karla Barber
- Carol Barger
- Lisa Baron
- Cecilia Boone**
- Rebecca Bruder*
- Nancy Carlson
- Kim Clark
- Blanca Davis
- Amy Davis
- Sally Dunning
- Elwanda Edwards
- Laura Elcock
- Kimberley Elting
- Patricia Fagadau**
- Amy Fikes*
- Nikki Gibson
- Gail Griswold
- Jan Haney
- Mimi Johnson
- Audrey Kaplan
- Amy Klion
- Lisa Kraus*
- Candace Krause
- Katie Lavie
- Muffin Lemak
- Edie Lycke
- Leslie MacLean
- Joy Mankoff
- Janie McGarr
- Patricia Miller*
- Jeanne Milligan
- Barbara O'Neal
- Mary Beth Rogers
- Lysa Rohan
- Pat Rosenthal
- Claire Schwarz
- Jeff Tillotson
- Michael Veale
- De'Edra Williams
- Sharon Young
Endorsed Candidates
2008
Annie's List endorsed the following candidates in 2008:[5]
- Wendy Davis, Senate District 10 – Fort Worth
- Diana Maldonado, House District 52 – Round Rock
- Sandra Rodriguez, House District 36 – McAllen
- Kristi Thibaut, House District 133 – Houston
- Diane Trautman, Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector
- Rep. Valinda Bolton, House District 47 – Austin
- Rep. Ellen Cohen, House District 134 – Houston
- Rep. Jessica Farrar, House District 148 – Houston
- Rep. Veronica Gonzales, House District 41 – McAllen
- Rep. Donna Howard, House District 48 – Austin
- Rep. Paula Pierson, House District 93 – Arlington
2012
Annie's List endorsed the following candidates in 2012:[6]
- Vy Nguyen - HD 26, Houston
- Mary Gonzalez, HD 75, El Paso
- Hon. Paula Pierson - HD 93, Arlington
- Nicole Collier, HD 95, Fort Worth
- Dr. Rosemary Robbins, HD 105, Irving
- Hon. Carol Kent, HD 107, Dallas
- Toni Rose, HD 110, Dallas
- Tina Torres, HD 117, San Antonio
- Ann Johnson, HD 134, Houston
- Mary Ann Perez, HD 138, Houston
- Sen. Wendy Davis, SD 10, Fort Worth
- Rep. Dr. Alma Allen, HD 131, Houston
- Rep. Donna Howard, HD 48, Austin
- Ruth Jones-McClendon, HD 120, San Antonio
- Rep. Senfronia !ompson, HD 141, Houston
- Rep. Ana Hernandez Luna, HD 143, Houston
- Rep. Carol Alvarado, HD 145, Houston
- Rep. Jessica Farrar, HD 148, Houston
Campaign School
The Annie’s List Campaign School seeks to politically empowering young people while helping elect prochoice, Democratic women in Texas. Each year Annie's List trains individuals just out of college at an intense week-long Campaign School and then places them on the campaigns of Annie’s List endorsed women candidates for the last 3 months of the election.
While on the campaign trail, participants receive a monthly stipend, free housing and paid travel expenses to and from the campaign. During their placement period, these trained staffers function as a full-time member of the campaign team – filling whatever role the campaign needs upon their arrival in early August.
After Election Day, Annie’s List helps to find them their next job in prochoice/Democratic politics.
Annie's List writes of their strategy,[7]
- "These professionally trained staffers are an invaluable in-kind contribution to our women candidates who, at no cost to the campaign, help them reach their fundraising, communications, and/or voter contact goals. In other words, Annie’s List is changing the face of power in Texas by training the next generation of Democratic activists and electing more women to office at the same time."
2010
The following made up the 2010 Class of Annie's List Campaign School:[8]
- Sarah Melecki
- Mitra Salasel
- Eduardo Villapando
- Martin Fergus
- Alexandra Lannon
- Caroline Sellars
- Jenny Casey
- Dyana Limon-Mercado
- Kathryn Freeman
- Melessa Rodriguez
- Venessa Sepulveda
- Jess Faerman
Donors
2006
In 2006, the following made donations to Annie's List in honor of prochoice activists and leaders:[2]
- Naomi Aberly & Cecilia Boone, by Ruthie Shor
- Pam Beckert, by:
- Aimee Boone, by Nancy Kasten
- Cecilia Boone, by:
- Helen Chandler, by Lesly Bosch Annen
- Serena Connelly & Lisa Simmons, by Rebel Calhoun
- Amanda Dalton, by Jeff Dalton
- Kimberley Elting, by Carmen Gross
- Kimberley Elting & Sherri Cook, by Nichole Culak & Chris Culak
- Minnie Flores, by Hon. Veronica Gonzales
- Sarah Harkinson, by Donna Aldred
- Donna Howard, by Ann Edwards
- Lisa Kraus, by:
- Lisa Kraus & Naomi Aberly, by Debbie Andres
- Mitzi Levine, by Ina M. Ayliffe
- Julie Lowenberg, by Pat Sabin
- Ann Mahowald & Amy Ware, by Staci Mankoff
- Joy Mankoff, by Cynthia Young
- Dr. Gregory Marchand, by Bruce Kruger, PhD
- Harriet Miller, by Nancy Knipp
- Elaine Pearlman & Carol Levy, by Gilian Baron
- Avery Pickard, by Bonnie New
- Grier Raggio & Lorraine Raggio, by Elisa Reiter
- Sue Roman, by Nikki Gibson & Claire Gibson
- Pat Rosenthal, by:
- Emily Sentilles, by Nikki Gibson & Claire Gibson
- Kayla Silvers, by Iris Silvers
- Debby Spradley, by:
- Anne Wright Williams, by Oleta Salyards
In 2006, the following made donations to Annie's List in memory of deceased prochoice activists and leaders:[2]
- Mary Jane Brogan, by Sue Roman
- Linda Hankinson, by Cathy Doyle
- Robert Hoffman, by:
- Judge Sarah T. Hughes, by Joann Peters
- Dr. Mae Jackson, by Molly Beth Malcolm
- A. E. Meador, by Gloria Gray
- Governor Ann Richards, by:
- Nancy Berry
- Billye Brown
- Janet Elkin
- Amy Fikes
- Susan Gore
- Gloria Gray
- Lynn Grimes
- Janice Henderson
- Cecily Horton
- Grace K. Jameson, MD
- Anne Knight
- Elizabeth Lippincott
- Madeline McClure
- Bettye Nowlin
- Tegwin Pulley
- Jane Saginaw
- Jane Sandlin
- Cindy Schuartz
- Dale Sonnenberg
- Mary Ross Taylor & Ginny Galtney
- by Pam Wetzels
- Carol Wilson
- Paula Wilson
- Sue Sellers, by Karen Briscoe
- Harlene Shreve, by Michael Smith
- Ruth Webb, by Frances Franklin
- Jerry Wheeler, by Deborah Dobbs
- Ruthe Winegarten, by Jackie McElhaney
2008
In 2008, the following made donations to Annie's List in honor of prochoice activists and leaders:[5]
- Naomi Aberly, by:
- Suzanne Bartolucci, by Becky Beasley
- Cecilia Boone, by Roselyn Thompson
- Rhiannon & Riley Curry, by Michelle Curry
- Theresa Daniel, by B.J. Adrian
- Dru & Amber Davis, by Wendy Davis
- Wendy Davis, by Margaret DeMoss
- Susan Diamond, by Michelle Lockhart
- Kimberley Elting, by:
- Jeanne Fagadau, by:
- Patsy Fagadau, by:
- Esmé Jacobson, by Loren Jacobson
- Loren Jacobson, by Esmé Jacobson
- Rabbi Nancy Kasten, by Frances McElvaney
- Courtney Katzenstein, by Nikki Gibson
- Lisa Kraus, by JoAnne Teichman
- Alice London, by Donald Carnes
- Julie Lowenberg, by Elisabeth Lerner
- Dorothy Lurie, by Suzy La Forge
- Leslie MacLean, by:
- Joy Mankoff, by Cynthia E. Young
- Becky Mathis, by Marion Ward
- Betty McKool, by Gayle McKool
- Sherry Merfish, by Trish Houck & Lyssa Jenkens
- Media L. Miller, by Felicia Miller
- Tricia Miller, by:
- Miriam Sharp Minnick, by Lynn Gilbert
- Katie Naranjo, by Rick Cofer
- Annise Parker, by Doreen Stroller
- Teresa Phifer, by Madeleine Ross
- Louise B. Raggio, by Gay G. Cox
- Pat Rosenthal, by Jennifer Carr
- Ann H. Ross, by Becky Skyes
- Shanon Schwimmer, by Kathryn Allen
- Nancy Stevens, by Peggy Meade-Cohen
- Liz Sumter, by Janet Little
- Aliceanne Wallace, by Laura Bergin
- Cathy Bonner & Rev. Emilee Whitehurst, by Robbie Ausley
- "all of you", by Becky Bruder
- "her mother", by Mary Anne Redmond
In 2008, the following made donations to Annie's List in memory of deceased prochoice activists and leaders:[5]
- Rev. Martha Gilmore, by Jackie McElhaney
- Alan Grob, by Carla Calabrese
- Sarah T. Hughes, by Joann Peters
- Molly Ivins, by Randall Chapman
- Molly Ivins & Gov. Ann Richards , by Lydia Powell
- Alfred E. Meador, by Gloria Gray
- Janet Newberger, by Morris Newberger
- Gov. Ann Richards, by:
- Gov. Ann Richards & Barbara Jordan, by Kathryn Wilkinson
- Carlota S. Smith, by Mary Ross Taylor & Ginny Galtney
- Ruth Syler, by Susan Syler
- Ruthe Winegarten, by Nancy Baker Jones
2010
In 2010, the following made donations to Annie's List in honor of prochoice activists and leaders:[9]
- Naomi Aberly, by:
- Kelly Ausley-Flores, by" your paralegals & staff"
- Karla Barber, by:
- Carol Barger, by Roger D. Sanders
- Victoria Benedict, by Jackie McElhaney
- Cecilia Boone, by Linda Owen
- Anne Bradley, by Leslie MacLean
- Debbie Branson, by:
- Kate Campbell, by Shirley Watkins
- Dick Cheney, by Windy Warner
- Carolyn Clark, by Melissa McNeil
- Virginia Creech, by Liza Farrow-Gillespie
- Susan Cuellar, by Linda Harris
- Jean Davies, by Lou Michaels
- Anneliese Davis, by Susan Barzelay
- Jeanne Fagadau, by Joan Kramer
- Amy Fikes, by Katie Lavie
- Jessica Goldman, by Chynthia Schneidler, MD
- William S. James, by Sally Giddens Stephenson
- JoAnn Jenkins, by Clay Jenkins
- Robert E. Jones, by Leslie MacLean
- Chris Jonsson, by Charlene Howell
- Amy Klion, by Tricia Miller
- Lisa Kraus, by:
- Candace Krause, by:
- Katie Lavie, by Risa Gross
- Julie Lowenberg, by Barbara Materka
- Elena Marks, by:
- Mary McAtee, by Vivian Jones
- Alfred Meader, by Gloria M. Gray
- Tricia Miller, by:
- Virginia Richards, by Lucy Richards
- Jane Saginaw, by Robin Sachs
- Shanon Schwimmer, by Kathryn Allen
- Gladys Sokol, by Silvia Davis
- Judith Stewart, by Carole B. Jordan
- Sally Warren, by Laurie H. Cox
In 2010, the following made donations to Annie's List in memory of deceased prochoice activists and leaders:[9]
- Sammie Ausmus, by Janette Skrasek
- Tom Cullivan, by Delores Cullivan
- Betty Parsons Dooley, by Marilyn Halpin
- Sudy Samadari’s father, by:
Contractors
- The Annie's List website was built and is maintained by Paddington Media.[10]
References
- ↑ Annie's List: Who We Are (accessed on April 19, 2012)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Annie's List: Winter 2006 Newsletter, Issue 7
- ↑ Annie's List: Central Texas (accessed on April 21, 2012)
- ↑ Annie's List: Dallas (accessed on April 21, 2012)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Annie's List: Winter 2008 Newsletter, Issue 9
- ↑ Annie's List: Winter 2012 Newsletter, Issue 17
- ↑ Annie's List: Campaign School (accessed on April 21, 2012)
- ↑ Annie's List: Class of 2010 (accessed on April 21, 2012)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Annie's List: Winter 2010 Newsletter, Issue 3
- ↑ Annie's List website (accessed on April 21, 2012)