Chris Bowers is the Senior Campaign Director at Daily Kos, managing the email and activism programs. He has worked full time for independent progressive blogs for over ten years, starting with MyDD in 2004, moving to Open Left in 2007, and Daily Kos in 2010. He has been closely involved in dozens of major progressive campaigns. After long stays in Philadelphia and DC, earlier this year he moved to Rochester, NY, with his wife Natasha Chart and their son, Linus Chart.