Bernie Sanders

Leadership & Staff

Misty Rebik Friends of Bernie Sanders exec director

• chief of staff

Jeremy Slevin Ilhan Omar’s communications director

• senior adviser

Warren Gunnels Staff Director for Ranking Member Bernie Sanders on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee

• Position

Josh Orton Demand Justice president, former VP Harris, Sanders 2020 campaign advisor

• Position

Ro Khanna US Representative (D) from California

• Ro Khanna was National Co-Chair of Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign ('20)*

Matt Duss Center for International Policy EVP, former Bernie Sanders aide

• foreign-policy advisor ('17→'22)

Chuck Rocha American political consultant, Democratic Party strategist, president of Solidarity Strategies

• Position

Mike Casca AOC chief of staff, former Bernie Sanders CoS

• chief of staff

Jeff Weaver Bernie 2016 Campaign Manager and former chief of staff

• Chief of Staff (past)*

Joel Barkin Communications Director , The Roffe Group

• Senior Advisor (past) [+1]

• Communications Director (past)

Positions

Congressional Progressive Caucus U.S. House and Senate progessive caucus

• Position

Donors

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Roma B Witcoff Retired - Phoenix

• 31 contributions · 1,622 USD (Apr 30 '15→Jun 15 '16)

Syed Javaid Anwar Founder, Midland Energy Inc

• 33 contributions · 1,176 USD (Dec 25 '15→Jun 30 '16)

Michael Anthony Peroutka 2004 Constitution Party Presidential Candidate

• 3 contributions · 537 USD (Jun 29 '15→Apr 17 '16)

Bernie Moreno Bernie Moreno Companies - Westlake Ohio

• 2 contributions · 500 USD (Oct 31 '15→Feb 2 '16)

Lisa Fisch Korbatov Amalgamated Real Estate Services (ARES), Fisch Properties, Beverly Hills California

• 5 contributions · 489 USD (Jan 18 '16→May 28 '16)

Jeffrey Colyer Surgeon, former Kansas governor, Lt. governor

• 3 contributions · 295 USD (Aug 30 '15→Mar 3 '16)

Patrick J. Furey [Dem] Former Mayor of Torrance and City Councilmember (2008–2022), with extensive service on regional, state, and national municipal and legislative advocacy bodies.

• Campaign contribution · 290 USD (May 28 '15→Feb 29 '16)

Barry Knispel Retired, Arrow Fastener Company - Saddle River New Jersey

• 2 contributions · 272 USD (Mar 6 '16→May 26 '16)

Jeff Wilke Chief executive of Worldwide Consumer at Amazon; has announced he will retire in 2021 at age 53

• 12 contributions · 207 USD (Feb 3 '16→May 24 '16)

Mortimer Sackler Board Member, Purdue Pharma

• 7 contributions · 196 USD (Mar 16 '16→Apr 1 '18)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

John J Kelly Former federal prosecutor, candidate for US House from New Mexico

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('00)

Edward J O'Brien

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('00)

Campaign Donors

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Belinda Barcock Greenwich, Connecticut

• 62 contributions · 42,200 USD (Jun 28 '15→Jul 5 '16)

Angel Avery Vancouver Washington

• 12 contributions · 24,300 USD (Jan 31 '16→Jul 31 '16)

Eric Uhrhane Former Google software engineer; Angel Investor, The Fillmore Trust

• 13 contributions · 23,400 USD (May 22 '15→Feb 25 '16)

Dorothy Fadiman Documentary filmmaker, director, and producer

• 32 contributions · 23,250 USD (Sep 4 '15→Jul 8 '16)

Gloria Jarecki Rye New York

• 16 contributions · 18,900 USD (Aug 22 '05→Jul 18 '17)

Sara Rae Darabont Actress

• 49 contributions · 17,400 USD (Jun 4 '15→Nov 30 '15)

Don McCanne Physician - San Juan Capistrano, California

• 10 contributions · 16,200 USD (Dec 31 '11→Jun 30 '15)

Alex Rigopulos Co-Founder, Harmonix Music Systems

• 10 contributions · 16,200 USD (Jun 30 '15→Jul 13 '15)

Nyle Leddy Berkeley California

• 11 contributions · 16,080 USD (Apr 4 '16→Jun 15 '16)

Keith Rudman Chicago based commodities trader

• 6 contributions · 15,400 USD (Jun 28 '15→Jun 30 '15)

Holdings

Bernie 2016 2016 Presidential Campaign Committee for Sen. Bernie Sanders

• Principal Campaign Committee

Memberships

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United Packinghouse Workers of America

• Member

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress

• Senator (Jan 4 '07→Jan 3 '31)

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus Congressional caucuses (House and Senate) to increase awareness of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies in the United States

• Member ('10→?)*

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jan 3 '91→Jan 3 '07)

Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee

• Member

Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee

• Member

Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection Subcommittee

• Member

U.S. Senate Budget Committee

• Member

Retirement and Aging Subcommittee

• Member

Children and Families Subcommittee

• Member

Family

Levi Sanders Social Security legal analyst, Cambridge & Somerville Legal Services

• son

Deborah Shiling Messing

• wife ('64→'66)*

Jane O’Meara Sanders Sanders Institute founder/fellow, former Burlington College president

• wife ('88→?)

Services & Transactions

Faiz Shakir More Perfect Union executive director. Former ACLU political director, Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign manager

• Speech Writer

D&D Media Tad Devine & Mike Donilon political consulting company

• Consultant

Schools

Brooklyn College Of the City University of New York

• Undergraduate, ('59→'60)

University of Chicago Founded in 1890 with a gift from John D. Rockefeller

• BS (?→'64)

Social

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Jennifer Welch I've Had It podcaster

• Social

Ralph Nader Longtime consumer advocate, lawyer, activist, progressive radio show host

• Social

Trita Parsi Co-founder of the Quincy Institute

• Social

Gavin Newsom Governor of California, former San Francisco mayor

• Social

Zohran Mamdani progressive New York City mayor, former state legislator

• Social

Bill McKibben Environmentalist, Author, Founder of 350.org

• Social

Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate

• 2016 presidential primary opponent ('15→'16)

Shawn Fain Electrician, UAW union president

• Professional

Jill Stein Green Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 and 2016 elections

• Professional

John Nichols Progressive journalist, author, speaker

• Professional

Miscellaneous Relationships

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Club For Growth Action

• presidential campaign detractors (past)

More Perfect University college campus campaign for the left

• Affiliation

Union Now pro-union nonprofit

• Affiliation

New York State Nurses Association Union representing 35,315 members in New York

• Affiliation

Graham Platner progressive candidate for 2026 Maine US Senate seat

• endorsee (Aug '25→?)

Run for Something encourages, helps under-40 progressives run for office

• Affiliation

Coachella Music Festival

• Affiliation

Marty Baron former Washington Post editor

• Affiliation

Green Party of the United States Progressive party

• Affiliation

Eugene V Debs Labor leader, ran for president five times

• hero