
<p><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 12pt;">Honda also announced a highly-touted team of fundraising professionals to guide the effort including Madalene Xuan-Trang Mielke, the Founder and Principal of Arum Group, LLC. to direct the campaign’s national fundraising efforts and Shari Rubin-Rick and Brittany Kneebone Feitelberg of Integrated Fundraising Strategies to guide the California fundraising operation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 12pt;">“In the last 90 days, we’ve added finance talent to build upon our on-going fundraising operation and we are moving ahead aggressively with face-to-face and online fundraising,” said campaign spokesperson Dan Cohen. “In the second quarter, the Congressman will travel for fundraising events to Chicago, New Jersey, New York, and Los Angeles, and Mayor Ed Lee will c</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">o-host an event in San Francisco.</span><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">”</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 12pt;">Honda’s first quarter fundraising came from a mix of local donors, national Asian-American leaders, and labor organizations. Notable individual donors include actor George Takei, Indian-American community leader Shelly Kapoor Collins (a technology entrepreneur and founder of Enscient Corporation), and famed entrepreneur George Zimmer of Men’s Wearhouse.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 12pt;">In addition, the campaign received support from leading Silicon Valley employers and organizations. These include McAfee, Philips Electronics, Qualcomm, and SEMI, the global industry association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the micro- and nano-electronics industries.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 12pt;">“This is a Congressman who works both for the people and the drivers of innovation in Silicon Valley,” said Madalene Xuan-Trang Mielke. “He is known as a trusted voice to grow jobs, help families, and improve education. People at every level want to be a part of keeping Rep. Honda in Congress.”<br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 12pt;">Shari Rubin-Rick of Integrated Fundraising Strategies added, “The President was an early and vocal endorser of Mike Honda. So too were leaders across the Democratic Party and in the California Delegation. We are building on this momentum to build upon the campaign’s strong financial backing.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 12pt;"><b>About the Team:</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Madalene Xuan-Trang Mielke</b> is the Founder and Principal of Arum Group, LLC. and will serve as the Honda for Congress Finance Director. She has over 15 years of experience working in political campaigns and specializes in political/non-profit fundraising and political training. She served stints at the Democratic National Committee and on the Clinton/Gore Coordinated ’96 campaign. She has since worked in Democratic politics and assisting on the campaigns of numerous Members of Congress.  Madalene has collaborated with the NAACP National Voter Fund, John Kerry for President, Mike Honda for Congress, Friends of Hillary, CHC BOLD PAC, Akaka for US Senate, Xavier Becerra for Congress, Young Democrats of America while working to advance the progressive agenda by raising millions of dollars to empower communities of color. She is also an avid surfer.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Shari Rubin-Rick </b>is a co-Founder of Integrated Fundraising Strategies. She has been working in political fundraising in California for the past several years. She has helped numerous clients, including Senator Barbara Boxer and Democratic Nominee for Governor of California Phil Angelides, to meet their fundraising goals and to expand their donor bases. She also worked with San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on his race for SF Mayor. &nbsp;Her experience includes working with and cultivating major donors, planning fundraising galas and events, coordinating direct mail programs, and managing house party programs throughout the state of California.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Brittany Kneebone Feitelberg </b>has been working in the political arena for several years. She has worked with San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on his race for SF Mayor. She spent over seven years working for California State Treasurer Phil Angelides on his re-election campaign as Treasurer in 2002 and on his 2006 gubernatorial campaign. After the 2006 election, she teamed up with Shari Rubin-Rick and they co-founded Integrated Fundraising Strategies. Together, they have helped non-profit organizations, political organizations and political campaigns with fundraising and event planning. Brittany has extensive experience in donor base research, expansion and management, organizing fundraising events, working with and maintaining strong relationships with donors, and managing campaign cash flow and legal compliance.</span></p>
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<p><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">* Please note: Total fundraising 2002-2012 taken from Open Secrets. <a href="http://bit.ly/171nm9c">http://bit.ly/171nm9c</a></span></em></p>