From a successful career in hospitality management and a 2nd volunteer career in non-profit leadership, Terry came out of retirement after the 2017 Women’s March in Washington DC, determined to make a difference. She lives in Buckeye with her spouse, Barbara. They raised five children together and now enjoy spending time with their ten grandchildren. When not working to build Democratic leaders in their home community, travel and geocaching are favorite pastimes. The mission of LD13 Promote civic engagement and education, register voters, increase voter participation and work to elect candidates who embrace Democratic values. Join us.

Laurie Bingenheimer is a lifelong Democrat who spent 38 years in Arizona public education. She started as an aide in a special education classroom and eventually spent the last 21 years of her career as a school psychologist. Her experiences in Arizona public schools, have shaped her into a staunch public education advocate. 

She first began volunteering with the East Valley Democratic Party in the ’90s. Laurie first became a Precinct Committee Member in 2010 and she’s renewed her PC status ever since. In her recent service, she’s served on the LD12 Executive Board for the past 4 years. As Chair, she hopes to build on the momentum her LD created in 2016 when they saw a 30% increase in Democratic voter turnout. Laurie is currently a member of the Arizona Education Association – Retired and she currently lives with her two dogs Dakotha and Bismarck.

The newly elected chair of Legislative District 16 is Sharon Stinard.  She is a long-time resident of the East Valley and was a candidate for the Arizona House of Representatives in 2016 and 2018.  She is a retired educator of 42 years with 22 years in the secondary school classroom and 20 years working at the community college level.  Her leadership skills have been developed through serving as an elected officer on various non-profit and service organization boards of directors.  The women’s domestic violence shelter program in the far east valley she founded recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.  She looks forward to building a team of Democratic activists in LD16 that will enjoy working together to elect Democrats and grow our party in Arizona for years to come.

Nancy has been a lifelong Democrat. She has a Master’s in Social Work and spent her first years working with children and families at the Department of Economic Security.  This included 5 years as the Director for the Food Stamp and Welfare Programs in Maricopa County. In the mid-1980s, the USDA decided it was time to move on from food stamp coupons and released several grants to test Electronic Benefits (EBT). At that point, Nancy moved to the private sector to use her experience in bidding, installing and supporting the fledging state programs. She is now retired from JPMorgan Chase and spends her time with good friends, her family and of course, the Democrats.

Devin began work as a Community Organizer in 2012. In that year alone, he helped register over 34,000 new minority voters that were engaged throughout the 2012 election cycle. That success continued in 2013 as Devin served as a community organizer throughout South Phoenix & West Phoenix working to increase civic engagement in communities of color. In 2014, Devin ran for a seat on Tolleson Union High School District Governing Board. In which Devin won his election and was voted Vice President by his fellow board members.  In addition to serving as a school board member; Devin was also elected in 2015 to serve as the Regional Pacific Director for the National Black Council of school board members. As a Pacific Regional Director, overseeing 5 states; Devin works to increase academic achievement from ethnic and racial minority groups. 

Janet Wilson; Chair of LD20. Born and raised in the Bronx, NY, I attended NYC public schools and the State University of NY at Albany for my BS and MA degrees. My Mom was a Public School teacher in the Bronx and my Dad was a union electrician with Local 3. I have always worked in the Information Technology field either as a programmer, consultant, manager, sole proprietor, or director. I am very lucky to have a loving family including my husband, two children in college, two dogs, and two cats. Like others, I got more involved in politics after the 2016 election. I started out as a PC, then became the PC Recruitment Chairperson along with being the Campaign Manager for Doug Ervin for State Senate during the 2017-18 election cycle. 

Cathy (Cat) Fifer is the Chair of the LD 21 Democrats. She has lived in the district for almost 27 years and in the west valley for 46 years. She worked at Maricopa County for 13 years & the City of Phoenix for 16 years. After retiring, she became involved in political activism, especially in Greater Peoria Indivisible and on Twitter.

Cathy has been a Precinct Committeeperson since 2017 & also serves as a State Committee Member for the Arizona Democratic Party. She’s volunteered as a Deputy Registrar and poll observer and worked the 2018 elections processing early ballots. Cathy was elected Chair of LD 21 Dems in November 2018.

As the owner-operator of her own corporate and private event planning company, Patti O’Neil has facilitated a variety of events ranging from intimate community gatherings to corporate events with over 8,000 attendees. Her work in event planning required establishing objectives within a given budget and coordinating with a variety of vendors and customers. In the last two years, her passion has shifted to positively affecting our democracy through volunteering on campaigns and with the Legislative District 23 Democrats. In her six months as Vice-Chair, she recruited 31 PCs. Recently, she was recently promoted to chair of LD23 where she’ll continue to focus on flipping a reliably red district by engaging PCs, community members, and supporting local candidates.

Jade has spent her entire life taking care of and giving back to people. The oldest of her siblings, a leader in her community, and a role model for her peers; when asked, what gives her passion, she answers “advocacy for those who cannot advocate for themselves.” Much to the chagrin of her wife, she spends all her available time helping those in need, whether they be asylum seekers mistreated by ICE, refugees from the Middle East, at-risk youth, individuals with disabilities, or any underrepresented member of society. Evident by her chosen profession of Medical Device Engineering, she is technical, thorough, and efficient in all aspects of her life. Specifically, because she has such an intense fire for helping those around her, she often forgets and trivializes speaking up for herself. Which is why her wife, Roda, had to write this biography instead. Hi everyone!

Scott Moore is a life-long Democrat, relocated to Mesa from Iowa. He’s been to lots of Iowa Caucuses, so he can tell you about the first-in-the-country process. He became a Vice-Chair in LD 25 in 2017, served as the office manager for the LD 25 2018 election office, and was elected Chair at the November 2018 LD Reorganization meeting. He attended Iowa State University and cheers for his beloved Cyclones. He lives in Mesa, with his wife Bette, and has a lot of fun being involved in Arizona, Maricopa County, and LD 25 activities. He follows the adage of “Life is full of little victories. Celebrate every one of them.”

Patrick Brown is the Chair of Legislative District 27. As a lifelong progressive, the events of 2016 encouraged Patrick to leave the academic side of politics and get more involved in the process. This began by getting involved in Legislative District 27 as a Precinct Committeeperson, Social Media Chair, Board Secretary, and now as Chair.

When Patrick isn’t working to get Democrats elected to office, he spends his time volunteering, spending time with family, and playing video games.

Nancy joined Dr. Eric Meyer’s campaign in 2010 where she learned the value of volunteer recruitment, phone banking and knocking on doors for local candidates. In 2012, she became an elected Precinct Committeeperson in Solcito precinct and continued to educate herself on local races.  In 2014, she joined the LD28 Executive Board as secretary and in 2016 became the Chair. Nancy’s background in strategic planning became useful as she worked to strengthen the processes necessary to manage the army of volunteers that emerged after 2016. The election of two state representatives in LD28 was an incredible feat and the result of the mobilization of volunteers who knocked over 120,000 doors and phoned and texted thousands of voters. We are poised to work even harder in order to win all three legislative seats in 2020. LD28 is united, strong and focused on talking to voters, raising money and helping candidates up and down-ballot.