Executive Committee

The Chair of the Executive Committee serves as the Chief Executive Officer and runs the central and executive committee meetings.  The Chair also has the power to appoint ad-hoc committees.

The First Vice Chair assists the Chair in the performance of their duties and responsibilities, and chairs the Get Out the Vote Committee.  If the Chair is absent, the First Vice Chair assumes the Chair’s responsibilities.

The Second Vice Chair, like the First Vice Chair, assists the Chair.  The Second Vice Chair is also the Chair of the Community Events Committee.

The Secretary is responsible for keeping and recording the minutes of the meetings, as well as maintaining files and records of the Party.

The Treasurer maintains the records for the Party’s assets, liabilities, income and expenditures, and makes reports to the Central Committee.   The Treasurer also works with the Budget Committee and is responsible for all filings required by the State of Iowa.

The Parliamentarian’s role is to advise the presiding officer and members on matters of parliamentary procedure, acting as an impartial expert on rules, precedents, and proper meeting conduct to ensure the smooth, fair, and orderly conduct of business.

The Public Relations Chair is responsible for creation of the Newsletter, county party postings on social media, maintenance of the county party’s website and communications with the Press.

The Candidate Development Chair is responsible for creating support material and providing training and mentoring of party candidates.

The person responsible for Data Management compiles and reports upon data integral to the workings of the county party.

The Fundraising Chair is responsible for coordinating all fundraising activities for the county party in collaboration with other county leadership and organizations, for example, the Events Chair.

The Membership Chair is responsible for recruitment of members to the Central Committee
and with providing support for and recognition of Central Committee members.

The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Chair is responsible for identifying and disseminating opportunities that promote DEI values and practices within and without the county party.

The Platform Chair is responsible for compiling platform planks into a county-wide platform presented to delegates at the county convention. Once amendments to the platform are discussed and approved or disapproved, the Platform Chair compiles the final County Platform for approval by the majority of the county convention participants.

The Chair of the Voter Protection Program (VPP) is responsible for coordinating the activities of the VPP Committee. The Committee is composed of three teams, the Legal Team, the Poll Watcher Program Team and the Ballot Cure Team. The Chair is also responsible for compiling a final report to be presented at the Executive and Central Committee meetings.

The University of Iowa’s University Democrats is a student organization committed to bringing about positive social change on behalf of the Democratic party. The U-Dems Liaison represents the organization at Central Committee meetings and facilitates and coordinates activities with the Johnson County Democrats.

Our Intern who is part of the campus organizing efforts helps other campus organizers with all aspects of campus organizing including voter registration on GOTV.