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42-16839494| RM| © Ralph Clevenger/CorbisCoastalHighway 1,seen herenear Big Sur,is famous forrunningalong someof the mostbeautifulcoastline inthe world,leading to itsdesignationas anAll-AmericanRoad.Los Angeles County Democratic Partywww.lacdp.orgWelcome to CaliforniaOn behalf of LACDPand the nearly two million Democratsin Los Angeles Countyit is my pleasure to welcome theDNC Western Regional Caucus.Special thanks to Aleita Huguenin,DNC Western Regional Caucus Chair.You are an inspiration and a true leader.Eric C. Bauman, ChairM. Hertzberg and Antonio Villaraigosa. Linden hasworked on numerous local, state and national campaigns,including 44 statewide initiatives.Christine PelosiDNCAttorney, author and activist ChristinePelosi chairs the California DemocraticParty Platform Committee and serves onthe DNC, where she co-founded the DNC Veterans andMilitary Families Council. She has served as deputy cityattorney and assistant district attorney for the city of SanFrancisco; as HUD special counsel in the Clinton-Goreadministration; and as chief of staff to Congressman John F.Tierney (D-MA). Pelosi is currently writing Campaign BootCamp, a book that arose out of the 2006 campaign, duringwhich she directed the AFSCME PEOPLE/New HousePAC 2006 Congressional Candidates Boot Camp, a seriesof management and leadership trainings for over 40challengers, 12 of whom are now members of Congress.Carl PopeSIERRA CLUBCarl Pope was appointed executive directorof the Sierra Club in 1992. A veteran leaderin the environmental movement, Pope hasbeen with the Sierra Club for nearly 30 years. Pope is coauthor– along with Paul Rauber – of Strategic Ignorance:Why the Bush Administration Is Recklessly Destroying a Centuryof Environmental Progress, which The New York Review ofBooks called “a splendidly fierce book.” He currentlymaintains a weblog called “Taking the Initiative,” whichregularly discusses environmental and political issues. Visithim online at www.sierraclub.org/carlpope.Rick RidderRBI STRATEGIES AND RESEARCHRick Ridder, president and co-founderof RBI Strategies and Research, possessesextensive experience from both thecampaign trail and the consultant’s chair. As the nationalcampaign manager for Dean for America in early 2003,he oversaw the campaign as it rose from an asterisk in thepolls to a legitimate contender. He has served as a seniorconsultant for three presidential campaigns (includingboth Clinton-Gore campaigns) and as the national fielddirector for two other presidential bids. Ridder hasconsulted for numerous congressional, gubernatorial,and state and local initiative campaigns. Internationally,he has worked in 17 countries.Sam RodriguezNATIONAL CABLE COMMUNICATIONSSam Rodriguez serves as a seniorpolitical advisor to National CableCommunications (NCC). Rodriguez wasmost recently political director for the CaliforniaDemocratic Party and manager for the 2006 DemocraticCoordinated Campaign. Previously he was Washingtonstate director for Senator John Kerry’s 2004 presidentialcampaign. There, he managed campaign operations, waschief political strategist for communications, and servedas a media spokesman. He has over 14 years of combinedcampaign management and public policy experience atboth the federal and state levels.Larry ScanlonAFSCMELarry Scanlon started his union career in1974 as a field representative for the250,000-member New York Civil ServiceEmployees Association, American Federation of State,County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local1000. He held a series of positions with the union,culminating in his appointment as executive director in1992. In 1995 Scanlon became director of AFSCME’spolitical department.Darrel ThompsonOFFICE OF SENATOR HARRY REIDDarrel Thompson is a senior advisor toUnited States Senate Majority LeaderHarry Reid (D-NV). A key memberof Reid’s leadership team, Thompson’s responsibilitiesinclude oversight for national constituency operations,Nevada issues, organized labor, and the African Americanand faith communities. Before joining Reid’s staffin 2005, he was chief of staff for Barack Obama’sSenate campaign.Steve YbarraDNC HISPANIC CAUCUSSteve Ybarra is the former chair ofthe Chicano Latino Caucus of theDemocratic Party, and as a member ofthe DNC he is the Pacific Regional vice chair for theDNC Hispanic Caucus. He also serves as a member ofthe Executive Board of the California Democratic Party.Under his leadership, the caucus actively involved itself in59 absentee ballot campaigns, helping to re-energize localcounty central committees in California and other states.FoundedDecember 4,1786,MissionSanta Barbarais a SpanishFranciscanmission inSanta Barbara.OW004322| RM| © Bob Rowan; Progressive Image/CORBIS245