2014

Clinton Awards Dinner

Featuring
Te Honorable Toni G. Atkins
69th Speaker
California Assembly
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Program
Opening Remarks
Dolores Huerta Labor Award
Harvey Milk Award
Mentor of the Year Award
2014 Clinton Award
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Keynote Address
Closing Remarks
Katherine Steed
Chair, Orange County Young Democrats
Doug Mangione
Business Representative, IBEW 441
Eric Bauman
Vice Chair, California Democratic Party
Nick Anas
Executive Director, Democratic Party of Orange
County
The Honorable Jose Solorio
Trustee, Rancho Santiago Community College
District
The Honorable Sharon Quirk-Silva
California Assembly District 65
The Honorable Toni G. Atkins
Speaker of the California State Assembly
California Assembly District 78
Katherine Steed
Chair, Orange County Young Democrats
Keynote
Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins has served in the
California State Assembly since 2010, and was elevated
to the top leadership post in 2014, when her colleagues
unanimously elected her 69th Speaker of the California
Assembly.
Speaker Atkins proudly represents the people of coastal
San Diego, from Imperial Beach, along the Mexican border,
north to Solana Beach, and most of central San Diego. She
previously served eight years on the San Diego City Council, and became a stabilizing force
during a tumultuous period in 2005, stepping in as Acting Mayor after the resignation of
the mayor.
Speaker Atkins is a coalition-builder who believes government policies can improve
peoples lives. She is a leading voice for afordable housing, a powerful advocate for
women, and champion for veterans and homeless people.
Prior to her election as Speaker, she held the position of Majority Leader. She chaired the
Assembly Select Committee on Homelessness, and served on committees on Agriculture,
Housing and Community Development, Health, Judiciary, Veterans Afairs, Select
Committee on Ports, Select Committee on Biotechnology as well as the Joint Legislative
Audit Committee.
Speaker Atkins was born in Virginia, earned her bachelors degree in political science
from Emory & Henry College, and completed the senior executive program at the John F.
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
The Honorable Toni G. Atkins
Speaker of the California State Assembly
California Assembly District 78
Dolores Huerta Award
Doug Mangione is the Business Representative and
Political Coordinator for the International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 441. Mr. Mangione
served in the United States Marine Corp. and also served
in Vietnam.
He attended Orange Coast College and received his
Associate of Arts in Construction Technology with a
minor in Business.
Mr. Mangione also graduated from the IBEW
Apprenticeship Program and served on the Executive Board. Previously, he served on
the Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development (OCCORD), a
community-based coalition formed in Anaheim to promote development that addresses
the needs of wage, benefts, afordable housing, environmental issues, and quality of life
issues.
Doug Mangione
Business Representative, IBEW 441
Harvey Milk Award
Eric C. Bauman has served as Vice Chair of the California
Democratic Party since 2009 and is in his seventh term
as Chair of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, the
largest local Democratic Party organization in the nation.
Under Erics stewardship, the LA County Democratic Party
has been awarded Campaigns and Elections Magazines
Reed Award for the Best Automated Call of 2012 for Hi,
My name is Julien, a call on behalf of Proposition 30. He
also received two Pollie Awards in 2010 from the American
Association of Political Consultants: Gold, for best Vote-by-
Mail registration piece in the nation, and Silver for second-best Video in a Governors race
for Voting Its important. LACDP is the only local political party in the nation to receive
such honors.
Professionally, Eric is the Senior Advisor to California Assembly Speaker John A. Prez
and the Director of the Speakers Ofce of Member Services Los Angeles (SOMS-LA).
Prior to joining the Speakers ofce, Eric held various senior-level positions in California
Government, including serving as Senior Advisor to Senate Majority Leader Dean
Florez, Senior Advisor to Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi, and Deputy Insurance
Commissioner overseeing the Community Relations Branch of the California Department
of Insurance.
Prior to joining the Department of Insurance, Eric was Special Assistant to Governor
Gray Davis and Director of the Governors Los Angeles Regional Ofce. He served as the
Governors liaison to the LGBT and HIV/AIDS communities. He had a major role in the
broad range of issues afecting southern California and health care policy
Eric Bauman
Vice Chair, California Democratic Party
Mentor of the Year Award
Nick began his current role as Executive Director of the
Democratic Party of Orange County in 2012. An Orange
County native raised in La Habra, he became politically
active during the 2008 Democratic primaries while
attending UC Santa Barbara, where in June 2008 he
received a bachelors degree in political science with an
emphasis on international relations.

After returning to Orange County in September 2008, he volunteered and became a
canvass director for the California Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign in Santa Ana.
After the election he interned for the Democratic Party of Orange County. He was the
assistant campaign manager for the Beth Krom for Congress campaign during the 2010
elections.

Nick was elected the political director of the Orange County Young Democrats (OCYD) in
April 2009. He has served as chairman of OCYD from April 2010 to February 2012. Nick also
served as the regional director of the California Young Democrats for Orange County and
the Inland Empire from 2012 - 2014.

From January 2011 to January 2012 he worked for Daily Consulting, a fundraising and
political consulting frm based in Los Angeles. He was a fundraiser for Congresswoman
Janice Hahns 2011 special election.
In 2012, Nick was instrumental in organizing and mobilizing over half a million registered
democrats to register and get out the vote. He continues in his capacity as the Executive
Director of the Democratic Party of Orange County, and has been working tirelessly to
ensure that local progressives have a political voice.
Nick Anas
Executive Director, Democratic Party of Orange County
Clinton Award
Solorio has a proven track record. As our former State
Assemblyman, he refused to support changes to weaken
Proposition 13 protections for homeowners, and also
led legislative eforts to cap excessive public employee
pensions, end state defcit spending and pay of debt.
Hell also demonstrate the value of having a local educator
in the State Senate. Solorio, President of the Rancho Santiago Community College
District Board, has worked to ensure greater access to higher education, to make college
more afordable, and to decrease the cost of college textbooks. As a visiting professor
at UC Irvine, Solorio has helped educate young adults on how government and public
policy works. Hes also the owner of his own marketing and public afairs frm, helping
small businesses overcome the challenges they routinely face.
Solorio is running for State Senate to keep government honest. Hes endorsed by the
California Small Business Association, the Association of California Highway Patrolmen
and the California Nurses Association, among others.
Jose Solorio attended Harvard University where he earned a Masters degree in public
policy. He was student body president at UC Irvine, which bestowed upon him a Bachelor
of Arts degree. Solorio lives with his wife, Linn, and sons Michael and Diego.
The Honorable Jose Solorio
Trustee, Rancho Santiago Community College
District
Champion
Orange County Employees Association
Hon. Tom Daly
Hon. Loretta Sanchez
Hon. Jose Solorio
Advocate
Democratic Party of Orange County
Hon. Sharon Quirk-Silva
Service Employees International Union, Local 721
Ally
Brian Beger
Melissa Fox
Hon. Al Jabbar
Hon. Miguel Pulido
Progressive Solutions Consulting
Eric & Connor Traut
Mona and Bubba Razani
Sponsors
Orange County Young Democrats
Executive Board
Chair: Katherine Steed
Vice Chair: Jonathan Barba
Communications Director: Kate Pena
Finance Director: Shaina Li
Outreach Director: Britney Bencomo
Political Director: Jesse Ben-Ron
Publicity Chair: Danielle Serbin
Secretary: Anita Narayana
Special Thanks
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Congratulations
Nick Anas
Mentor of the Year

Hon. Jose Solorio
Clinton Award Recipient
Doug Mangione
Dolores Huerta Labor Award Recipient
Eric Bauman
Harvey Milk Award Recipient
On behalf of the 18,000
employees represented by OCEA,
congratulations to tonights honorees.
For decades, the Orange County Employees Association
has proudly represented employees of the County of
Orange, the Orange County Superior Court, and numerous
cities and districts within the County of Orange.
OCEA
ORANGE COUNTY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION
830 N. Ross St., Santa Ana, CA 92701 (714) 835-3355 www.oceamember.org
The Democratc Party of Orange County congratulates
the Orange County Young Democrats and award
recipients for all their success!
Mentor of the Year Award
Nick Anas - Executve Director of the Orange County
Democratc Party
William Jeferson Clinton Award
The Honorable Jose Solorio, Trustee, Rancho Santago
Community College District
Dolores Huerta Labor Award
Doug Mangione, Business Manager, IBEW 441
Harvey Milk Award
Eric Bauman, Vice Chair, California Democratc Party
Chair, Los Angeles County Democratc Party
Congratulatons to all the honorees &
OCYD!
AL JABBAR for AUHSD Trustee Area 1
Congratulatons to Nick Anas, Mentor of the Year!
You have been an invaluable mentor to me in helping me fnd
my path and passions and I know that your interns at DPOC and
all those in OCYD value your earnest commitment to the young
dems and to turning OC blue!
Love,
Mona and Bubba Razani
Congratulations
Orange County
Young Democrats
2014 Clinton Awards
Honorees
Assemblywoman
Sharon Quirk-Silva
www.SharonQuirkSilva.com
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