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`JIM GREEN
`Co-Founder & President
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`RUSTY RUEFF
`Co-Founder & Director
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`Jim is the Co-Founder & President of T4A.org, and currently serves as
`Salesforce.com’s SVP of Government A䟪airs. Jim founded and led
`Tech4Obama over the past election cycle, working very closely with Tech
`community, organizing and leveraging the broad support of the
`community around the President’s reelection. Prior to the campaign, Jim
`worked as a 壕蔃nance consultant, fundraising throughout California and the
`Northwest for candidates, non-pro壕蔃ts, and trade associations. Jim lives in
`San Francisco with his wife Cammy, and two-year-old son, James, Jr.
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`Rusty is a co-founder of T4A.org. He is a proli壕蔃c startup advisor and
`investor, and serves on a number of corporate and philanthropic boards
`(including ours!). He was CEO of SNOCAP through the sale of the company
`to imeem, Inc. in 2008. He also served as EVP, HR at Electronic Arts (EA);
`during his tenure, EA was named one of the “100 Top Places to Work For”
`by Fortune magazine. Rusty and his wife Patti are dedicated patrons of the
`arts; Rusty is President of the GRAMMY Foundation, and the Patti and
`Rusty Rue䟪 School of Visual and Performing Arts at Purdue University is
`named for them.
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`SAM KASPICK
`Chief Swiss Army Knife
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`Autumn is the Executive Director
`of T4A.org. Prior to T4A.org, she
`specialized in fundraising –
`building, strengthening and
`leveraging major donor
`relationships in Northern
`California and the Northwest.
`Autumn started her career in
`Washington State working on
`behalf of a slate of female
`political candidates during the
`2004 and 2006 elections. During
`college, Autumn swam for Purdue
`University, where she served as
`team captain. She resides in San
`Francisco with her 壕蔃ancé Chase
`Kurtz.
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`Sam serves as the T4A.org Chief
`Swiss Army Knife, and is
`responsible for keeping its gears
`oiled, its people happy, and its
`members informed. Previously,
`he worked in the political
`fundraising world. Sam attended
`Stanford University, where he
`studied Biology and Computer
`Science. He is a huge Stanford
`Cardinal fan, and is proud to have
`attended six consecutive bowl
`games (including four BCS bowls
`in a row) to cheer loudly for his
`team (National Championship
`this year?). Sam lives in the
`Mission District of San Francisco.
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`Read our interview with Autumn
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`SARA MCKNIGHT
`Director of Research and
`Communications
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`Sara is the newest member of the
`T4A.org team and has joined as
`Director of Research and
`Communications. Prior to
`T4A.org, she worked in recruiting
`and people operations for the bay
`area based genomics start-up,
`Counsyl. Sara is a graduate of
`Occidental College where she
`studied Economics and Politics.
`Within the political realm, Sara is
`particularly passionate about
`education rights.
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