Democratic Men's Committee

The featured speakers at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Sondra Cosgrove, PhD, professor of history at the College of Southern Nevada, former president of the League of Women Voters of Nevada, and founder and executive director of both Fair Maps Nevada and Vote Nevada.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Elizabeth Mercedes Krause, Democratic candidate for Nevada District 2 of the US House of Representatives. In the June 14 Democratic primary, Mercedes came in first with 47% of the vote out of a field of seven candidate. In the November 8 four-way general election, she will face off against Republican incumbent Mark Amodei as well as Independent American Russell Best and Libertarian Darryl Baber. Early voting begins on Saturday, October 22nd.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be former Carson City Fire Chief Stacey Giomi, currently a member of the Board of Supervisors representing Ward 1. He assumed office on January 7, 2019 and is running for reelection.

Giomi serves as the Board of Supervisor's representative on the Carson City Cultural and Tourism Authority, the Carson Water Sub-Conservancy District, and the Western Nevada Legislative Coalition. He is also Carson City’s representative to the Nevada Association of Counties.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Lupe Ramirez, District 1 candidate for reelection to the Carson City School District Board of Trustees. Lupe currently serves as board Secretary and the board's designated representative to the Student Attendance Review Board and Partnership Carson City. She also serves as the board's liaison with Seeliger Elementary School and Carson High School.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Shannon McDaniel, a licensed professional engineer and water rights surveyor who is currently the Democratic candidate for Nevada State Assembly, District 40. In the November 8th general election she will be facing off against incumbent GOP Assemblyman P.K. O'Neill.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon be Stacie Wilke-McCulloch, candidate for Carson City Clerk-Recorder. She represented District 3 on the Carson City School District Board of Trustees twice, from 1999 to 2003 and again from 2009 to present.

Speaking at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Aaron Sims, the Democratic candidate for Nevada State Senate District 16, and Shannon McDaniel, the Democratic candidate for Nevada State Assembly, District 40. In the November 8th general election, they will face off against Republican Senate candidate Lisa Krasner and incumbent GOP Assemblyman P.K. O'Neill.

Jim Peckham, Executive Director of Friends In Services Helping (FISH), will be the featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon. Rural Northern Nevada’s largest and most complete social services program, FISH provides food, clothing, shelter and medical aid to the homeless, hungry and underemployed within our community, with the objective of helping families and individuals become self sufficient.

Monday, June 20th marks the second annual celebration of Juneteenth National Independence Day, which was signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 17, 2021. It commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement by Union Army General Gordon Granger of General Order No. 3, which proclaimed freedom for all the enslaved people of Texas, the last Confederate state to have institutional slavery.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Shannon McDaniel, a licensed professional engineer and water rights surveyor who is currently a candidate for Nevada State Assembly, District 40. Having no primary opposition on the Democatic side, she will advance to the November 8th general election, where she will face off against the winner of the Republican primary between incumbent P.K. O'Neill and challenger Gary Schmidt.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Aaron Sims, candidate for Nevada State Senate District 16, which emcompasses all of Carson City and parts of South Washoe County. Not having any Democratic primary opposition, he will advance to the November 8th general election. There he will face off against the winner of the June 14th Republican primary. The GOP contenders are Timothy Duvall, Lisa Krasner, Monica Stabbert and incumbent Don Tatro.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Elliott Parker, PhD, Professor of Economics at the University of Nevada-Reno. His PowerPoint presentation will bring the current economic headlines — from ongoing labor shortages to supply chain disruptions to stubbornly high inflation rates and Fed monetary policy responses — into the context of longer-term macroeconomic trends.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Tim Hanifan, primary candidate for Nevada District 2 of the United States House of Representatives. He is one of seven candidates on the Democratic side. His rivals include Joseph Afzalk, Michael Doucette, Gerold Lee Gorman, Brian Hansen, Rahu Joshi and Elizabeth Mercedes Krause. Hanifan is the only candidate in that field who hails from the Carson City area.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Lupe Ramirez, District 1 candidate for reelection to the Carson City School District Board of Trustees. Lupe currently serves as board Secretary and the board's designated representative to the Student Attendance Review Board and Partnership Carson City. She also serves as the board's liaison with Seeliger Elementary School and Carson High School.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon be Stacie Wilke-McCulloch, candidate for Carson City Clerk-Recorder. She represented District 3 on the Carson City School District Board of Trustees twice, from 1999 to 2003 and again from 2009 to present. Prior to the main event, Henderson mayor and Lt Governor candidate Debra March, who will be present as part of a campaign swing through the northern counties, will be afforded an opportunity to introduce herself and say a few words.

Margaret Mello, Ward 3 candidate for the Carson City Board of Supervisors, will be the featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon. Area residents for over 50 years, Margaret and husband Bob are well known for the many years they served the community as concrete contractors.

Lisa Schuette, who represents Ward 4 on the Carson City Board of Supervisors, will be the featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon. A Carson City native, Lisa is a retired health teacher and probation officer who is best known as founding chair of the Carson Animal Services Initiative (CASI), which raised the funds needed to build and equip the city's state-of-the-art animal shelter.

Dee Dee Foremaster, Executive Director of the Rural Center for Independent Living (RCIL) will be the featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon. Her presentation will concern the pros and cons of rent control and the need for diversified housing.

This is how the RCIL is described on the organization's Facebook page:

A nonprofit organization that helps with services to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities and our Veterans.

Services include:

1. Assistance with filling out paper work to apply for services.

2. Assistance with finding stable housing

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Paul McGrath, who served eight years as Sheriff of Carson City (1987-1995). The principal topic of his remarks will be the reasons for his implacable opposition to the legal marijuana trade.

McGrath moved to Nevada in 1955 and married his wife Darlene in 1961. They had four children, two boys and two girls, three of whom pursued careers in public safety. With their children and grandchildren, Paul and Darlene celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 2021.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong. He'll be prepared to field questions on any topic on the minds of attendees. Kenny is the 26th sheriff to serve Carson City and Ormsby County since 1861, not counting Carson City Sheriff Chon Wang, played by Jackie Chan in Shanghai Knights.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Nevada Indian Commission Executive Director Stacey Montooth. She has served in that position since her appointment by Governor Steve Sisolak on September 1, 2019. As a member of the governor's cabinet, Montooth serves as the administration's liaison with the 27 Nevada tribes, bands, colonies, and 62,000 urban Indians who have chosen Nevada as their second home.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Carson City District Attorney Jason Woodbury. First elected in 2014, Woodbury is now seeking reelection to a third term, during which he looks forward to completing a comprehensive revision to the Municipal Code. He cites the establishment of standard procedures for coroner’s inquests and his office’s crucial role in the arrest and prosecution of serial killer Wilber Martinez-Guzman as among his proudest achievements in office to date.

Kimi Cole, former chair of Douglas County Democratic Party and current Chair of the Rural Nevada Democratic Caucus, will speakat Monday's Democratic luncheon. She became chair of Douglas Democrats in March 2013 and served four terms in that position. She was the first Democratic candidate to formally announce a bid for the lieutenant governorship, and if successful will be the first transgender candidate elected to statewide office in the whole of the United States.

Featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be former Carson City Fire Chief Stacey Giomi, currently a member of the Board of Supervisors representing Ward 1. He assumed office on January 7, 2019 and has announced his intention to run for reelection later this year.

Giomi serves as the Board of Supervisor's representative on the Carson City Cultural and Tourism Authority, the Carson Water Sub-Conservancy District, and the Western Nevada Legislative Coalition. He is also Carson City’s representative to the Nevada Association of Counties.

Ellen Spiegel, primary candidate for Nevada Secretary of State, will be the featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon. Ellen served five terms in the Nevada Assembly, representing Districts 20 and 21, where she became known as a staunch advocate for working families, women’s health care, the environment and LGBTQ rights. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Consumer Economics from Cornell University. Her professional experience includes working as a business owner and consultant, becoming an e-commerce pioneer.

Kimi Cole, former chair of Douglas County Democratic Party and current Chair of the Rural Nevada Democratic Caucus, will speak via Zoom at Monday's Democratic luncheon. She became chair of Douglas Democrats in March 2013 and served four terms in that position. Cole is the first Democratic candidate to formally announce a bid for the lieutenant governorship, and if successful she will be the first transgender candidate elected to statewide office in the whole of the United States.

Mike Wiencek, Brewery Arts Center Director of Operations, will speak via Zoom at Monday's Democratic luncheon. "Mikey," as he is universally known, has worked at the Brewery Arts Center since 2015, initially as a volunteer, and has played a key role in helping the BAC grow into the community arts hub that it is today.

A proud Marine Corps veteran, he has been involved in broadcast media and the arts for more than 25 years.

Joe Cacioppo, District 7 representative and president of the Carson City School District Board of Trustees, will speak via Zoom at Monday's Democratic luncheon. He will provide an update on the issues faced by the board since he last spoke at a meeting of the Central Committee as a candidate for re-election this time last year. He is now in the first year of his third four year term.

Truckee Meadows Community College political science professor Fred Lokken will be the featured speaker at Monday's Democratic tele-luncheon. Prof. Lokken's presentation will include insights into the prospects for passage of physical and social infrastructure bills currently stalled in the US Senate, as well as the status of on-going attempts to entrench minority rule in state legislatures and the House of Representatives through district map gerrymandering and voter suppression laws.

Dee Dee Foremaster, Executive Director of the Rural Center for Independent Living (RCIL) and Do Drop In day refuge for the homeless and mentally ill will be the featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon. Her presentation will be an update on the status of her efforts to obtain stable sources of grant funding for the organization's ongoing activities, and ways that members of the public might be able to help with those efforts.

Here is how the RCIL & Do Drop In are described on their Facebook page: