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Kevin Killer

Jane Kim

Board Supervisor
San Francisco, California
Jane Kim was elected in January of 2011 to the San Francisco Board of
Supervisors representing District 6, consisting of Alcatraz Island, Civic
Center, Mission Bay, South of Market, the Tenderloin, Treasure Island, and
Yerba Buena Island. She serves on the land use, city and school district,
Transbay joint powers, and transportation authority committees. Prior to her
election to the board of supervisors, she served as member and president of the San Francisco
Board of Education. Jane’s main policy priorities include immigrant rights, economic justice, and
government accountability. @supejanekim

Chris Larson
State Senator
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
State Senator Chris Larson was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in
November of 2010. He was later elected to serve as the Senate Minority
Leader for the 2013-2014 legislative session. Larson was one of the 14
senators who went to Illinois for more than three weeks to thwart a vote on a
plan to curtail bargaining rights for public employees. Previously, Larson was a
Milwaukee County Board Supervisor, focusing on fully funding area parks and transit systems.
As a state senator, Larson focuses on the environment, drunk driving, mass transit, campaign
finance reform, and recruiting people to engage in the political process. In his downtime, Larson
trains for marathons and is working towards running one in each of the 50 states. @ChrisJLarson

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State Representative
Pine Ridge, South Dakota
State Representative Kevin Killer is currently serving his third term in the
South Dakota State Legislature where he serves on the judiciary and state
affairs committee. Killer is the treasurer for the Native American Caucus
of State Legislators and is a member of the State Agricultural and Rural
Leaders Association. He is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Killer
has worked for the South Dakota Democratic Party, South Dakotans Against Discrimination, and
the election campaigns for President Barack Obama, Senators Tom Daschle and Tim Johnson,
and Representative Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin. Representative Killer is currently a trainer for the
Native American Leadership Program for Wellstone Action. Killer is a proud alumnus of the Young
People For fellowship program in addition to the YEO Network’s Front Line Leaders Academy.
@Kevinck04