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"
Sarah Woolsey
MDP Project 83 Organizer
"In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice...the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jeff Thomas
Treasurer
"Let us not be afraid to help each other—let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country." - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1938
Chris Herweyer
Secretary
“Do your best, history will do the rest” - Harry Truman
Lola Jameson
Officer At-Large
“Life has no limitations, except for the ones you make for yourself” - Les Brown
Linda VanWerden
Officer At-Large
“Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.” - Harry Emerson Fosdick