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Greens Elect New National Co-Chairs.

Thursday, July 1, 2004

Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-487-0693, mclarty@greens.org
Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator, 207-326-4576, nallen@acadia.net

MILWAUKEE, WI -- The Green Party of the United States announced the results of elections for national co-chairs of the party today.

The Coordinating Committee of the party, in which sit delegates from 42 states and the District of Columbia, elected the co-chairs on Sunday, June 27 at the Green National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  The list of co-chairs is printed below; reporters are encouraged to contact them.

Greens attending the convention also nominated David Cobb and Pat LaMarche to run for president in the 2004 national election.  The convention, titled Forward 2004!, concluded on Monday, June 28.

Blair Bobier, the Cobb/LaMarche Campaign's media director, can be reached at 414-364-1596 or <b2@bobierlaw.com>.  The campaign web site is located at <http://www.votecobb.org>; high resolution pictures of Mr. Cobb can be downloaded here.  (Ms. LaMarche's photos will be uploaded shortly.)

GREEN PARTY CO-CHAIRS

Elected to two-year terms:
Gwen Wages (Mississippi), 662-840-3706 (home), 662-213-6683 (cell), gwenwages@earthlink.net
Jody Grage Haug (Washington), 206-789-3620, jodyhaug@hotmail.com
Marc Sanson (Illinois), 217-415-7641 (cell), marc@msanson.com

Elected to one-year terms:
Gray Newman (North Carolina) 704-531-8631, 704-609-3160 (cell), Dibloc@aol.com
Peggy Lewis (California) 916-501-7001 (cell), pegola@softcom.net
Maya O'Connor (District of Columbia), 202-636-0003, oconnorm1975@starpower.net

Treasurer (two-year term):
Jake Schneider (Wisconsin) 920-205-5253, jakeschneider@myexcel.com

Continuing from last year and serving one year more:
Secretary Greg Gerritt (Rhode Island), 401-331-0529, gerritt@mindspring.com
Jo Chamberlain (California), 650-726-1949, 650-678-6696 (cell), 650-726-5097 (fax), joc@pobox.com 


MORE INFORMATION

The Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
1711 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193

FORWARD 2004! Green National Convention
http://www.gp.org/convention/process.html

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