ALLEN CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP TEAM

ALLEN CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP TEAM

PORTLAND - The campaign of Tom Allen for U.S. Senate today announced its team of senior leadership and consultants. Allen's team is led by people with vast experience and records of success in political campaigns, deep roots and extensive work in Maine.

Senior Campaign Team

Valerie Martin, Manager

Martin brings a strong fundraising background to complement her leadership skills at the helm of the Allen campaign. As finance director for Allyson Schwartz's 2004 congressional campaign, Martin raised $4.6 million for this open seat in Philadelphia. She served as director of finance for Cathy Cox's gubernatorial campaign in Georgia and last cycle worked on Claire McCaskill's successful bid for the U.S. Senate in Missouri.

Stephanie Clifford, Political Director

An experienced political organizer with deep roots in Maine, Clifford served as Deputy Campaign Manager for the Land Bond initiative in 2005, and for Citizens United when they opposed the Prop 13 and TABOR (Taxpayers Bill of Rights) initiatives. She served as Gov. John Baldacci's southern field director in 2002 and was a legislative assistant in Washington, D.C. to former Maine Congressman and Gov. Joe Brennan. Clifford holds a law degree from the University of Maine Law School.

Paige Holmes, Finance Director Maine/Massachusetts

Born and raised in Central Maine, Holmes managed State Sen. Lynn Bromley's race in 2002 and served as a volunteer for Gov. John Baldacci's first gubernatorial campaign. A former paralegal at the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, Holmes was also a grassroots organizer for the Family Planning Association of Maine. Prior to joining Allen's 2006 congressional campaign as finance director, Holmes was an associate for Pineau Policy Associates.

Carol Andrews, Communications Director

A former journalist, Andrews has led strategic communications efforts for a variety of political, corporate and non-profit interests across the nation for the past 20 years. She directed earned communications strategies for the 2006 U.S. Senate campaign of former Congressman Harold Ford Jr. in Tennessee. A former press secretary to Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, Andrews has also worked for labor concerns and has been a leader in national efforts to battle privatization of prisons.

Mike Nutter, Internet Director

This native of Waldoboro, Maine was an intern in Congressman Allen's district office before being hired as Technology and Outreach Coordinator there. His work on Allen's congressional web site earned the 2007 Gold Mouse Award from the Congressional Management Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan management consulting and research organization in Washington, D.C. CMF rated the site one of the top two in the House of Representatives. Nutter is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine. He joined the Allen for Senate campaign in 2007.

Dan Coyne, Deputy Campaign Manager

Coyne was most recently the Director of Economic Development and Special Projects for Congressman Allen and is a past legislative assistant. The native of South Portland is a graduate of Bowdoin College and the University of Maine School of Law. A former law clerk to the Honorable Jon D. Levy, Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Coyne served as an intern for former Senator William S. Cohen of Maine and for the House International Relations Committee.

Consultants

Media -- Tad Devine of Devine Mulvey

An advisor and media consultant to Allen since 1994, Devine writes, directs and produces television and radio advertising for leading Democratic candidates in the U.S. In 2006, Devine worked on the winning Senate campaigns of Rhode Island's Sheldon Whitehouse, Bill Nelson of Florida and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, as well as for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee independent expenditure for the winning Senate races in Missouri with Claire McCaskill and in New Jersey with Robert Menendez and has produced media in 17 winning U.S. Senate races.

Polling -- David Petts of Bennett, Petts & Normington

A founding partner of Bennett, Petts & Normington, Petts has more than 20 years of experience in public opinion research and strategic consulting. His clients include an array of political, non-profit and corporate clients from across the nation. Petts has worked extensively in Maine, including the campaigns of Congressman Mike Michaud since 2002 and all of Allen's campaigns since 1994. A former executive vice president of Hickman-Maslin Research, Petts also worked for Cambridge Survey Research.

Direct Mail -- Ed Peavy, Adnaan Muslim and Amy Pritchard of Mission Control

Founded in 2001, Mission Control has quickly become one of the premier political advertising agencies in the nation. The firm specializes in producing creative direct mail that is both compelling and strategically sound. Last cycle, the firm worked in 13 of 30 Democratic pick ups and was a big part of the Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives. Their work also helped elect Ted Strickland as Governor of Ohio and Ben Cardin to the Senate from Maryland. Mission Control has significant experience in Maine, as all three principals - Peavy, Muslim and Pritchard -- have worked on a variety of campaigns in the state.