ALEXANDRIA – Virginians for Brian Moran committee director Mame Reiley announced additional staff members today. In early January, Brian Moran formed this new committee to explore a campaign for Governor in 2009 and hired veteran strategist Steve Jarding as a General Consultant.

“We are proud of the strong team we have assembled to work for our committee,” said Director Mame Reiley. “Many of these people are veterans of the Warner and Kaine campaigns. These are people who understand how to help Virginia Democrats be successful.”

Del. Lionell Spruill, Sr. Spruill is Chesapeake’s Delegate to the Virginia General Assembly and joins the committee as Outreach Consultant. Spruill is a veteran of numerous successful campaigns, including Warner for Governor in 2001. He is also a member of the Democratic National Committee and Vice-Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.

Jean Jensen. Jensen joins the campaign as Senior Advisor and will be responsible for strategic direction and political affairs. She was previously Secretary of the State Board of Elections under Governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. A graduate of the Sorensen Institute’s Political Leadership program in 1996, Jensen was recognized with the Institute’s “Expression of Ideals Award” presented to the alumna who best represents the ideals at the heart of the Institutes mission. She previously served as Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Virginia and as the Northern Virginia Director of Warner for Governor.

Jesse F. Ferguson. Ferguson continues working for Moran as Director of Communications and Policy. He had served as Chief of Staff to Moran since April of 2006 and directed his political efforts in the 2007 elections. Prior to working for Moran, Ferguson served as Executive Director of the non-profit higher-education advocacy group Virginia21. He is a 2004 graduate of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.

Dave Mills. Mills will serve as State Director of Finance. He will serve as a senior member of the fund-raising team. He recently completed work as Finance Director of the Democratic Party of Virginia where he had served since January of 2006. Prior to that, Mills was Western Regional Finance Director of Kaine for Governor, and he has managed campaigns for the VA House of Delegates, VA State Senate and the US Congress.

Dominic Gabello. Gabello joins the committee as Political Director, having recently left the Kaine administration’s Liaison Office. He previously served as Deputy Political Director for Mark Warner’s Forward Together Political Action Committee (PAC) and Field Director of Warner’s One Virginia PAC. Gabello was President of the Virginia Young Democrats between 2005 and 2007.

Noble Ackerson. Ackerson will serve the committee as Technology Consultant. He is the principal of Anobleworld S3, Inc. and previously served as Director of Technology for Mark Warner's Forward Together PAC. He will be joined by Darrell Raymond, Chief Technology Officer at Anobleworld S3 and former Network Administrator for the Governor’s Office of Virginia.

Jerome Armstrong. Armstrong joins as Netroots Consultant. He is a principle in the Webstrong Group and will coordinate internet and technology strategy. Armstrong coordinates Netroots outreach for former Governor Mark Warner along with Senators John Kerry and Tom Harkin. He will be joined by Nate Wilcox, also formerly of Forward Together PAC. Armstrong is also the principle of the blog Mydd.com and is co-author of the book "Crashing the Gates" with Markos Moulitsas.