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My fundraising portfolio.

The campaigns whose finance operations I've built and run — congressional and downballot, on the west coast and at home in the midwest.

Cooke for Congress — district map01Current role
Call timeFinance planRed to Blue
Finance Director · WI-03 · 2026

Cooke for Congress

Currently serving as Finance Director for DCCC Red to Blue race in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District.

Ammar for Congress — district map02
Call timePaid commsWarchest
Finance Director · CA-48 · 2026

Ammar for Congress

Directed finance for a competitive open-seat congressional race — building and operationalizing the finance plan and call-time program, owning budget and cashflow through spend-down, and helping shape contrast strategy across mail and digital.

$350K+
Raised as Finance Director
+33%+33%
Lift over the prior period
CA-48
Open-seat U.S. House race
Morse for Congress — district map03
Call timeBudgetPACs & labor
Finance Director · CA-03 · 2023–24

Morse for Congress

Ran the finance operation for a top-tier U.S. House race — building the finance plan and call-time program, prospecting and managing hundreds of hours of candidate call time, and outraising a sitting Republican incumbent in back-to-back quarters.

$2.2M+
Total raised
2Q
Outraising the incumbent
PAC
& labor support secured
New Chicago Consulting — district map04
EventsReportingAutomation
Finance Associate · Chicago · 2022–23

New Chicago Consulting

On the finance teams behind Lightfoot for Chicago, Project 50 PAC, and Eileen O'Neill Burke for Cook County State's Attorney — prospecting call time, tracking financial performance, building automations, and staffing the events that carried a seven-figure share.

$3M+
Raised in Chicago
$1M+
Raised through events staffed
3
Marquee Chicago clients
Parker for Assembly — district map05
Call timeEventsStrategy
Finance Director · AD-05 · 2024

Parker for Assembly

Overhauled fundraising for a California Assembly race in the closing months — standing up a call-time program and staffing candidate events to reach high-capacity donors, and advising the campaign manager on election-day strategy.

$33K+
Raised in the closing stretch
+50%+50%
Over the prior period
AD-05
California Assembly race

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