Jesse is Co-Founder and Executive Director of FaithfulDemocrats.com. He directed the development of the website and now oversees day-to-day operations.

Before FaithfulDemocrats.com, Jesse served as Special Assistant to former Democratic National Committee Chair David Wilhelm. Jesse previously worked as an Account Executive for Wilhelm & Conlon Public Strategies, a public affairs firm that helps nonprofits and businesses with government relations. Jesse was also a campaign staffer on U.S. Senator Tim Johnson’s re-election effort in South Dakota in 2002 and Jody Richards’s bid for Kentucky Governor in 2003.

Jesse grew up in Evanston, Illinois, and graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in Government. He now lives in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago.

Jesse serves as a board member of Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century (DL21C), grassroots leader for Jubilee USA, and volunteer activist for numerous other political and nonprofit groups. Jesse still shows what his nursery school teacher called his “strong sense of justice,” though he would like to think his horizons have broadened since he left the horsy.

Jesse welcomes comments at jesse [at] faithfuldemocrats.com