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Jane Mitakides of Dayton, Ohio is a life-long activist in the Democratic Party, who was the Democratic candidate for congress from Ohio's Third District (Clinton, Highland, and parts of Warren and Montgomery Counties) in 2004 and 2008.
Jane has worked with a wide variety of Democratic efforts, including the campaigns of President Clinton in 1992 and 1996, the late Texas Gov. Ann Richards (1994), and Al Gore's presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2000, among others. She was a founding member of the DSCC's Women's Council in 1992, and also a founder of the DNC's Small Business Council.
Professionally, Jane is a specialist in strategic communications. She began an advertising career in New York with the Madison Avenue firm of Calderhead-Jackson Advertising and was later the founder of the Helsley Advertising. During her communications career, Ms. Mitakides has won professional recognition including ANDY, ADDY, Hermes and CLIO awards. Jane is also an investor in DRNA, Inc., a leading environmental company serving the dental market.
Jane's husband of nearly 30 years is John Mitakides, a dentist in the Dayton area and a specialist in TMJ disorder and cranio-facial pain. Jane is the mother of a daughter, Katie, and son, Andrew. Jane was born in Dayton, Ohio.
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