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Buffy Wicks
Buffy Jo Christina Wicks (born August 10, 1977) is an American politician serving in the California State Assembly. A member of the Democratic party, she represents the 14th Assembly District, which includes the cities of Berkeley, Piedmont, Richmond, San Pablo, and El Cerrito in the East Bay.
Before her election to the state assembly, she was an American political strategist who is credited as one of the architects of President Barack Obama's grassroots organizing model. She also served on the senior staff of Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, and as deputy director at the White House Office of Public Engagement.
Wicks was first elected to the state assembly in 2018 after beating Richmond City Council member Jovanka Beckles, a fellow Democrat. During her tenure, Wicks has led legislative efforts aimed at increasing housing supply in California, and has been described as one of the legislature's leading pro-housing lawmakers.
Born in Foresthill, California in 1977, Wicks graduated from Placer High School in 1995. She graduated from the University of Washington in 1999 with a B.A. degree in political science and history.
In 2000, she began a two-year program for an International Master in Peace, Conflict, and Development Studies (PEACE Master) of the Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Castellón, Spain, under the UNESCO Chair of Philosophy for Peace, but left in 2001 and did not complete the degree.
Wicks has worked in the labor movement, on women's issues, and as a children's rights advocate.
Wicks's started her political career in the early 2000s in the San Francisco Bay Area by organizing rallies against the Iraq War. She then worked on the unsuccessful 2004 presidential campaign of Howard Dean.
As one of the early hires on the 2008 presidential campaign for Barack Obama, Wicks was active in grassroots mobilization and outcome-based organizing. She ran various state operations during the primaries and general election, including in California, Texas and Missouri.
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Buffy Wicks
Buffy Jo Christina Wicks (born August 10, 1977) is an American politician serving in the California State Assembly. A member of the Democratic party, she represents the 14th Assembly District, which includes the cities of Berkeley, Piedmont, Richmond, San Pablo, and El Cerrito in the East Bay.
Before her election to the state assembly, she was an American political strategist who is credited as one of the architects of President Barack Obama's grassroots organizing model. She also served on the senior staff of Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, and as deputy director at the White House Office of Public Engagement.
Wicks was first elected to the state assembly in 2018 after beating Richmond City Council member Jovanka Beckles, a fellow Democrat. During her tenure, Wicks has led legislative efforts aimed at increasing housing supply in California, and has been described as one of the legislature's leading pro-housing lawmakers.
Born in Foresthill, California in 1977, Wicks graduated from Placer High School in 1995. She graduated from the University of Washington in 1999 with a B.A. degree in political science and history.
In 2000, she began a two-year program for an International Master in Peace, Conflict, and Development Studies (PEACE Master) of the Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Castellón, Spain, under the UNESCO Chair of Philosophy for Peace, but left in 2001 and did not complete the degree.
Wicks has worked in the labor movement, on women's issues, and as a children's rights advocate.
Wicks's started her political career in the early 2000s in the San Francisco Bay Area by organizing rallies against the Iraq War. She then worked on the unsuccessful 2004 presidential campaign of Howard Dean.
As one of the early hires on the 2008 presidential campaign for Barack Obama, Wicks was active in grassroots mobilization and outcome-based organizing. She ran various state operations during the primaries and general election, including in California, Texas and Missouri.