Rory Reid is the Chairman of the Clark County Commission and the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Nevada. As Chairman of the Clark County Commission Rory has managed a budget bigger than the state’s general fund for seven years, balanced it every year, and never raised taxes. He grew up in Nevada attending public schools, as do his three great kids. He attended Brigham Young University, graduating with a dual degree in international relations and Spanish, and continued his studies there through law school. He and his wife, Cindy, have been married for 22 years.

Nathan Daschle is the Executive Director of the Democratic Governors Association (DGA), where he manages all of the organization’s policy, finance, and political efforts. Since Nathan became Executive Director in 2007, DGA has broken its all-time fundraising record, won all of its targeted races, and expanded the ranks of Democratic Governors to a 15-year high. Under Nathan’s leadership, DGA has also played a prominent role in the national debate and has earned a reputation as a leading Democratic organization.

He previously served as the DGA’s Counsel and Director of Policy, a position in which he coordinated DGA’s legal efforts and advised governors and candidates on a wide range of policy matters. Nathan came to the DGA in July 2005 from the law firm of Covington and Burling, where he was an associate in the litigation practice group. Nathan has also served in the legislative affairs office of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Prior to this, he worked on the 1996 U.S. Senate campaign of Tom Strickland (CO).

In July 2006, Nathan was named as one of Washington’s “40 Top Lawyers Under 40” by Washingtonian magazine. Nathan received his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2002 and his B.A., with distinction, from Northwestern University in 1995. He resides in Washington, DC with his wife, Jill Daschle, Managing Director of Investor Relations at Entrust Capital, and their two sons, Henry (6) and Truman (3).

Harold Ickes worked for civil rights in Mississippi during 1964 and Louisiana during 1965. He has been active as a union side lawyer, political strategist, manager of a number of political campaigns, including President Clinton’s key 1992 New York primary and Presidential advisor. Prior to forming The Ickes & Enright Group in January 1997, Mr. Ickes served as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to President William J. Clinton from January 1994 through January 1997. He also oversaw the President’s successful 1996 re-election campaign.

By appointment of President Clinton, Mr. Ickes served as Director of Summit Affairs for the 1997 Denver Summit of the Eight, the meeting of the heads of state of eight of the world’s leading economic nations, formerly known as the “G7 Economic Summit.”

In 2005, Mr. Ickes organized Catalist, LLC, and a national voter database with every registered voter in the country, which provides high quality data and modeling capacity to Democrats and progressive organizations.

Mr. Ickes is a partner in the New York law firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., specializing in election and labor law.

Chris Kofinis is a Political Advisor to Democratic candidates, issue groups, and Democratic Party committees.

During his political career, Kofinis has advised governors, Senate candidates, was a Senior Advisor to 2004 Presidential Candidate Wesley Clark, and was the 2008 National Communications Director to the John Edwards Presidential Campaign. Kofinis was also the communications advisor and strategist to two of the most successful grassroots political campaigns in recent history - the 2003 Draft Wesley Clark Campaign and the 2005-2007 UFCW "Wake-Up Wal-Mart" Campaign. Internationally, Kofinis has advised political parties and candidates - most recently, he was the chief strategist and communications consultant to PASOK and George Papandreou during the party's landslide victory in the 2009 Greek Elections.

Kofinis is also a regular commentator on politics, appearing on MSNBC, CNN, FOX NEWS, and has been quoted extensively in the Associated Press, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post and other media, Before becoming active in politics, Kofinis was a professor at California State University where he taught political science. Kofinis holds a PhD in Political Science.

Michael Lux is President of Progressive Strategies, L.L.C., a
political consulting firm focused on strategic political consulting for progressive organizations and donors. He also co-founded the blog OpenLeft.com.

Previously he was Special Assistant to the President for Public Liaison in the Clinton Administration and Senior VP for Political action at People For the American Way. He also served on the Obama-Biden Transition Team as liaison to the progressive community.