Introduction

[Ben]

I realized after Kenneth's reminder that I may not have done this.
Sorry for the delay.

Below is the short version about me:

I have been involved in Democratic politics, federal and local
government, and issue advocacy for seventeen years.

Currently I am the Communications Manager for the JWB Children's
Services Council. We are a special taxing authority in Pinellas
County, Florida which provides critical services to at-risk youth and
underprivileged families. Prior to JWB, I served in the non-profit
sector, working for the healthcare education organizations the
American Association of Kidney Patients, and the Parkinson’s Action
Network.

My campaign experience -- volunteer and otherwise -- includes:

Keith Fitzgerald for State House (69th District, Florida) campaign in
2006, re-election 2008.

Greg Galligan for State Senate (39th District, Virginia) in 2003.

Mark Sickles for Delegate (43rd District, Virginia) in 2003.

Jimmie Lou Fisher for Governor (Arkansas), 2002.

Jan Schneider for the U.S. House of Representatives in Florida’s 13th
Congressional District, 2002

Clinton/Gore Presidential Campaign of 1992, Little Rock, AR.

During the Clinton Administration, I served as the first Public
Affairs Officer of the United States Parole Commission within the U.S.
Department of Justice, where we developed the Commission’s first
website. In 1998, I developed a website for the First Lady’s White
House Millennium Council. I worked for more than five years serving
two Drug Czars as an Administrative Assistant and Scheduler in the
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. I also held a
variety of research and administrative positions at the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and the Office of Presidential Personnel.

I publish The Spencerian, a political blog at http://warnerkirby.blogs.com.
Born in western North Carolina and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, my
wife and I live in Gulfport, Florida. I have a degree from George
Mason University in Political Communication.

You can read more about me on my blog, The Spencerian, here:

http://warnerkirby.blogs.com/

I'm also on LinkedIn here:

http://www.linkedin.com/ppl/webprofile?action=vmi&id=1696394&pvs=pp&authToken=O1pe&authType=name&trk=ppro_viewmore&lnk=vw_pprofile