Kent County Democratic Party Leadership
Ordinary people coming together to do extraordinary things
Kim Gates
Chair
"We are ordinary people who care about our community. We are the Kent Dems."
Gary Stark
1st Vice Chair
"Nothing is more self-fulfilling than telling yourself you have no power to change things."
Kathi Harris
2nd Vice Chair
"I do what I do not for the recognition, but because it's the right thing to do"
Jeff Thomas
Treasurer
"Freedom of speech and expression, Freedom of worship, Freedom from want, Freedom from fear" - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chris Herweyer
Secretary
“Do your best, history will do the rest” - Harry Truman
Chris Pelton
Officer At-Large
"Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" - Optimus Prime
Linda VanWerden
Officer At-Large
“Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.” - Harry Emerson Fosdick