Mark and me

I met Mark in Asheville working on Patsy Keever’s 2004 campaign for Congress. Best organizer I ever worked with and a wonderful human being. Photo is us tracking returns on primary night. I’ve kept the photo ever since. Hearing he was gone was awful. I...

Great friend and roomie

Mark was always a great friend in high school and college. I lived with Mark in a 2 bedroom apartment during our second year at UVA. He introduced me to some nice vegetarian dishes. We had a lot of laughs that year playing golf, cramming for finals, playing scoring...

Wonderful Washington

I have fun memories of Uncle Mark and Aunt Leslie from when I was small and they would visit us in California. But, over the years, because of moves by my family and moves for Huff and Leslie, we lost touch. But by some crazy coincidence, as an adult, I ended up...

Higher calling

I think that there are times when the political life is a higher calling. The drive, urgency, and belief that we could make life better for those around us moved us. 2006 was my first campaign and Mark was a driving force here in Western NC. I met Mark and Leslie and...

My First Job After College

It was 2006 and I had just graduated from ECU and was thrown into an area of the state I’ve never been. I’m in my first job, as a campaign manager, and was so lost! Enter Mark and Leslie! Mark was the Western Regional Director for the Democratic Party for...