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Meet buffy wicks
Buffy Jo Christina Wicks (born August 10, 1977) is an American political strategist, and is credited - along with Marshall Ganz and Jeremy Bird - as the architect of Barack Obama's grassroots organizing model. She previously served on the senior staff of Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns and as Deputy Director at the White House Office of Public Engagement. She has also worked in the labor movement, on women's issues, and as a children's rights advocate.
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- Meet buffy wicks
- Buffy wicks keynote address to building a progressive future 1 of 2
- Background
- Career history
- References
Buffy wicks keynote address to building a progressive future 1 of 2
Background
Born in Foresthill, California in 1977, Wicks graduated from Placer High School in 1995. She graduated from the University of Washington in 1999 with a B.A. degree in political science and history.
In 2000, she began a two-year program for an International Master in Peace, Conflict, and Development Studies (PEACE Master) of the Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Castellón, Spain, under the UNESCO Chair of Philosophy for Peace, but left in 2001 and did not complete the degree.
Career history
As one of the early hires on the 2008 presidential campaign for Barack Obama, Wicks was active in grassroots mobilization and outcome-based organizing. She ran various state operations during the primaries and general election, including in California, Texas and Missouri.
Wicks was then tapped by President Obama to serve in the Executive Office of the President as the Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.
In 2012, she joined President Obama’s re-election effort and served as the National Director of Operation Vote. She was responsible for mobilizing voters in demographic groups including African American, Latino, women, and the youth.
From 2014-2015, Wicks transitioned the super PAC Priorities USA Action from into a pro-Hillary Clinton vehicle and served as its Executive Director. In 2016, Wicks was named the California State Director by Clinton's presidential campaign in advance of the June 7 primary.
Wicks previously worked in the labor movement. She was a Fellow at Institute of Politics and Public Policy at Georgetown University and a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress focusing on public policies affecting women and families.
Wicks has published opinion editorials for TIME, Politico, and the Daily Beast on current political events. She also gives regular speeches in the United States and abroad on organizing, leadership, women's issues, and the state of American politics.