About the Authors
Lorena Chambers is the CEO and co-founder of Chambers Lopez & Gaitán, LLC, a Latina-owned communications firm specializing in ethnic marketing and messaging. A graduate of UCLA and the University of Michigan, Ms. Chambers was the Hispanic media consultant for the Kerry-Edwards presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in 2004. In 2003-2004, she served on the Hispanic messaging team for the New Democrat Network (NDN) and in 2002 for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).
Luis Elizondo-Thomson worked on the Kerry Campaign in Washington D.C. in multiple capacities from January 2003 through November 2004 as a Regional Political Desk and finishing as Director for Hispanic Affairs. He previously worked for John Kerry's leadership PAC the Citizen Soldier Fund. In 2000, he worked on the Gore/Lieberman Campaign in Nashville and the Florida Re-Count efforts.
Luis Navarro served as national political director for the Service Employees International Union and the John Kerry for President Campaign through the Iowa caucuses before directing the western regional operations for America Coming Together (ACT) in 2004. Prior to that, he was a veteran of the DNC and DCCC as well as serving as a senior campaign or congressional aide to Congressman Al Wynn and former House leaders Tom Foley and Vic Fazio. Luis began his career managing Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch's first general election campaign and working in Southern politics. He currently sits on the boards of 21st Century Democrats and the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center and was named a Rising Star of 2000 by Campaigns and Elections magazine.
Paul Rivera served as the Senior Political Advisor for the Kerry-Edwards campaign in 2004, after managing New York State for John Kerry in the Democratic Primaries. He worked for Carl McCall's 2002 gubernatorial campaign in New York and previously as a White House advance person from 1994 through 2000. He is a veteran of the past four presidential elections and the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Democratic National Conventions.
Jesse Treviño worked in the Clinton Administration as a speechwriter for the President's Special Envoy to the Americas and for Energy Secretaries Bill Richardson and Federico Peña. He managed the daily caucuses of the 450-plus Latino delegates at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles and worked in Florida, New Hampshire and Illinois for Gore-Lieberman 2000.