Mr. Hampson is an associate attorney with Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton. He holds a B.A. in International Studies and History with honors and a J.D. with honors from Campbell University School of Law. He served as Treasurer of the Judge Bob Hunter Cmte and serves on the North Carolina Bar Association Law School Liaison Cmte. He also is active in the North Carolina Bar Association, American Bar Association, and Wake County Bar Association.
Louise Romanow (Vice President)
Ms. Romanow is an active member of the state League of Women Voters and serves on the state board. She has been a long advocate for campaign finance reform and other progressive issues.
Bob Hall (Treasurer)
Mr. Hall is the executive director of Democracy NC. He has been working with grassroots groups across North Carolina since 1970, collaborating with them on research projects on economic and social issues. He has served as executive director and research director with the Institute for Southern Studies and was recognized for that work with a MacArthur Fellowship in 1992.
Bob Phillips (Secretary)
Mr. Phillips is the executive director of Common Cause North Carolina. His interest in campaign finance reform comes in part from his other work experiences which include television news reporter and press secretary for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. He is a native North Carolinian and graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill.
James Andrews
Mr. Andrews is the President of the North Carolina AFL-CIO. He served as the organization's Secretary-Treasurer for 13 years before being elected President. Originally from Warren County, NC, he helped organize a union at his plant in Henderson before becoming Director of NC Frontlash in 1974. He has several decades of organizing and advocacy experience in North Carolina
Peg Chapin
Damon Circosta
Mr. Circosta has worked in Washington D.C., California and Raleigh as an attorney and political consultant. A graduate of the University of Arizona School of Law, Damon has worked in the U.S. Senate on campaign reform efforts including the landmark Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. He has managed a successful statewide judicial campaign under North Carolina's Judicial Campaign Reform Act, and worked on various other reforms to our election system. He currently is Policy Director at the NC Center for Voter Education where he works on campaign finance reform and other election issues.
Tom Coulson
Mr. Coulson is the former and founding president of NCVCE. A retired hospital executive, he devotes himself to good government issues. He serves on the Governing Board of Democracy North Carolina, of Common Cause/North Carolina and heads the Jane Bingham Chapter of Common Cause/NC, covering North Carolina\'s eleventh Congressional District.
Dick Logan
Shortly after retiring in 1991, Mr. Logan moved from New York City to North Carolina where he has been an active member of North Carolina Fair Share for over ten years. His entire career was spent as a trade union activist working to make unions more democratic and more effective in collective bargaining.
Beth Messersmith
Ms. Messersmith has been involved with the campaign reform movement for over five years. She was previously co-executive director of Democracy North Carolina. She previously worked as marketing specialist for Big Brothers Big Sisters. She has also served as a conflict resolution intern with the Carter Center in Atlanta, and was awarded the Harry S. Truman Fellowship for pursuit of graduate work in public service. She received her Masters of Public Affairs Degree from Indiana University.
Carol Shaw
Adam Sotak
Mr. Sotak is the Organizing Director for Democracy North Carolina and has been on the NCVCE board since 2005. He has been working with Democracy North Carolina (formerly Democracy South) since January 2000. Prior to his work at Democracy NC, Adam received his MSW from UNC-Chapel Hill and trained and worked as a labor organizer. He also spent two years working with at-risk youth. In 2001, he received the Humanitarian Award from the Charlotte-Black Political Caucus and in 2005 he received the 'Unsung Hero Award' from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP for his work for voting rights. He continues to work in the Charlotte area and throughout the state\'s Piedmont and western counties, encouraging citizens to take ownership of their democracy.
Louisa Warren
Ms. Warren is a Senior Policy Advocate focusing on work and income supports at the N.C. Justice Center . Prior to joining the Justice Center , Louisa was the Director of the N.C. Coalition for Lobbying & Government Reform and also previously was the Coordinator of Special Events & Communications at El Pueblo. A Raleigh native, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Grinnell College .
