Forsyth County Democratic Party Leadership
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Forsyth County Democratic Party Officers
Chair - Jenny Marshall, Chair@fcdpnc.org 1st Vice Chair - Elijah Bowers, 1stVC@fcdpnc.org 2nd Vice Chair - Francis Pimentel, 2ndVC@fcdpnc.org 3rd Vice Chair - Mackenzie Cates-Allen, 3rdVC@fcdpnc.org Secretary - Pat Eisenach, Secretary@fcdpnc.org Treasurer - Sue Ann Langfitt, Treasurer@fcdpnc.org |
Jenny Marshall, Chair
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I have been an active member of the Democratic Party. I have served the party as the secretary/treasurer of my precinct, and as the 5th District representative on the Platforms and Resolutions Committee. I have been a member of the State Executive Committee since 2016, and in 2020 I was elected to represent NC on the Democratic National Committee. It is through that position that I also serve as a member of the State Executive Council and the State Legislative Policy Committee. In 2022 I was elected to serve on the NCDP Council of Review.
I have worked on campaigns at the local, state and federal level. I was a volunteer for Obama in 2008 and 2012, Kay Hagen in 2014, and Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in 2016. I ran for political office in the primary of 2018. I moved on to work on the Kimbrough for Sheriff campaign for the 2018 general election. I was selected to be a part of Biden’s North Carolina Progressives Outreach Council in 2020, and I was Sabrina Coone’s campaign manager in 2022. My passion is organizing. From organizing precincts in our county to working on campaigns for myself and others, my sole goal was to energize and engage people so that we could effect change through the Democrats we elected into office. As Chair of the FCDP I will bring this energy to help advance Democrats in both Forsyth County and North Carolina. |
Elijah Bowers, 1st Vice Chair
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Elijah is a lifelong resident of Forsyth County. He attended Mineral Springs Elementary School, Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy, and Atkins Academic and Technology High School. He first became interested in politics because he believed in the power of people coming together to bring about progressive change. He has been an organizer with the North Carolina Coordinated Campaign in 2020, the community outreach coordinator for the Young Democrats of Forsyth County, and a delegate to the Young Democrats of America convention in 2021. Additionally he is an alum of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Washington D.C.-based Emerging Leader’s Program. He is excited to help organize as many precincts as possible going into the 2024 elections.
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Francis Pimentel, 2nd Vice Chair
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Francis is dedicated to electing Democrats and advancing Forsyth County. He prioritizes training initiatives for all party and community sectors, particularly underrepresented groups. With a background in manufacturing and supply chain, Francis has successfully implemented productivity-enhancing initiatives through training programs. He actively promotes diversity and inclusion and understands the unique challenges faced by minorities in Forsyth County.
Originally from the Dominican Republic, Francis immigrated to the US and founded the "Hispanic Engagement" group to increase Hispanic community participation in elections and politics. He resides in Pfafftown with his family and is fluent in Spanish, facilitating effective communication with diverse communities. |
Mackenzie Cates-Allen, 3rd Vice Chair
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Mackenzie, a graduate of the oldest women’s college in the country, Salem College, has run the nonprofit Winston-Salem Ambassadors since 2016 and has over 18 years of experience in the worlds of corporate, nonprofit, real estate, airline industry, and more. She is a passionate believer in community and democracy.
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Pat Eisenach, Secretary
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Pat has been active in the FCDP for over 20 years, volunteering as a poll greeter, canvasser, office worker, and event coordinator and volunteer. She has been the vice chair of Precinct 803 for the past 6 years, working with the chair to increase participation in volunteering and voter turnout in the precinct and in the West Central Democrats (800’s precincts) cluster, and has been the party’s website administrator since 2019. Pat is a strong believer in precinct organizing - building community where we live to develop knowledgeable and committed voters.
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Sue Ann Langfitt, Treasurer
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In 2017 Sue Ann moved to NC and shortly thereafter was invited to become an active member of Precinct #133, a precinct that had great leadership, that wanted to grow and make a positive impact. She has participated in canvassing, voter registration, writing postcards and letters, placing door hangers, stuffing campaign literature bags, greeting voters at polling stations, and making masks to be distributed on election day. She became the treasurer for the precinct and eventually for a cluster of 5 precincts. She feels that it is an honor to serve in the capacity of treasurer for the Forsyth County Democratic Party.
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The County Executive Committee is the governing organization for the FCDP.
The County Executive Committee is composed of:
The County Executive Committee is composed of:
- The chair and vice chair of each precinct;
- The elected officers of the county executive committee;
- The representatives of duly organized and chartered chapters of state affiliated organizations.
- Any member of the state executive committee from that county, not a member of the county executive committee by virtue of holding some other office, shall be an ex- officio, voting member of the county executive committee.
- All Democratic state, county, and city elected officials (whether elected in a partisan or nonpartisan election) and Democratic members of the North Carolina General Assembly residing in the county shall be ex-officio, voting members of the county executive committee. Said ex-officio members shall not be counted in determining the number for a quorum or whether a quorum is present at a meeting. Any elected or appointed judge shall not be a member of the committee.
- When a club has formed within a county and is not affiliated with a state recognized Affiliated Organization, the county executive committee shall determine what constitutes a duly organized Democratic club of the county in which these are organized. The president or some other person designated by the club shall be an ex-officio member of the county executive committee. The county executive committee shall determine if the club has a vote.
- Any elected or appointed officer of a district executive committee or the state executive committee residing in the county.
- A county party attorney, appointed by the county chair and serving at the chair’s pleasure.