Trent Lange, PhD., President and Executive Director

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Trent Lange has served on the board of the California Clean Money Campaign since 2003.  He has been a spokesperson, lobbyist, and policy expert for CCMC, analyzing campaign spending and proposing solutions to campaign finance issues both for California and elsewhere.  He has been on the executive committees of four ballot campaigns in California, including serving as co-chair of Measure H, the Clean Money-enabling measure in Los Angeles that passed by a 3-1 margin with 75% of the vote on March 8th, 2011.  He also helped run the successful legislative campaign to get the legislature to pass and Governor Schwarzenegger to sign AB 583 in 2008.

Dr. Lange has a Ph.D. from UCLA, with a multidisciplinary academic background in computer science, cognitive science, and cognitive psychology, and is the author of over 20 academic publications.  He is President and CEO of Lange Fund Management, LLC., which runs a small but successful market-neutral hedge fund.

Craig Preston, MBA, Field Organizer and Accounting Administrator

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Craig started as volunteer organizer, speaker, phone bank trainer and activist for Proposition 15, helping coordinate activities out of the statewide campaign office.  He then continued as a leader in CCMC's Orange County working group and as council coordinator for MoveOn.org's North Orange County Council before joining CCMC as a field organizer.

Craig has an MBA from CSU Fullerton and a BS in Industrial Engineering from Cal Poly SLO.  He served as the VP Controller for a major company in the Printing industry for 5 years and as an Accounting Administrator with another company before that.  He has experience working with CEOs and investors on financial strategies and interfacing with company functions like Sales & Marketing and Production.  Now he's decided he wants to focus on making a difference and looks forward to using his financial and organizing experience to contribute to the growth of CCMC and its membership and activist base.

Robin Gilbert, Southern California Outreach Coordinator

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Robin Gilbert has been Southern California Outreach Coordinator for the California Clean Money Campaign since October of 2009.  She is a board member of CCMC, and has been the Coordinator for volunteers in the San Fernando Valley, training volunteers, scheduling activities, and educating the public on the need for Clean Money and Fair Elections since 2004.  In her current role as Southern California Outreach Coordinator she helps form and direct volunteer groups all across Southern California. 

Professionally, Robin has been a registered dietitian since 1980, specializing in the field of maternal and child health. She earned both her B.S. and M.S. from C.S.U. Northridge and currently works in a high risk perinatal clinic located in Sun Valley.

Nancy Neff, Northern California Outreach Coordinator

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Nancy Neff has been Northern California Outreach Coordinator for the California Clean Money Campaign since July 2009.  She is a board member of CCMC, and has been the Coordinator for volunteers in the Palo Alto area working group since 2006.  Nancy is also the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry's Team Leader for their work on Fair Elections.  She was a Visiting Nurse before becoming a full time soccer mom and volunteer. 

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