Michael is a life-long Democrat and a semi-retired coastal engineer working mostly in Florida since 1978. As a child through high school, Michael lived on Air Force Bases; he has lived in Vero Beach since 1982. Michael is married to Jeanne Walther; together they have two children and three grandchildren.

Jeanne Walther is a wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. Past careers include RN at non-profit hospitals and substitute teacher at public schools. Jeanne and her husband, Michael, have lived and worked in Vero Beach, Florida for almost forty years and they relish the opportunity to further the influence of the Democratic Party in Florida.

Bob Bruner is our Vice-Chair of Outreach.  Bob moved here in 2015 and has brought his political activism as a Democrat to our county.  In addition to his role as Vice Chair, Bob’s a member of the Democratic Club, a Precinct Captain, and a member of the Precinct Action Committee.    Bob was previously involved in several campaigns including former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, former Congressman Zack Space and Sherrod Brown U.S. Senator.  Before moving to Sebastian, Bob was the Guernsey County Democratic Chair.  His political highlights include attending the first inauguration of Barack Obama and meeting President ...

Bill retired to Vero Beach in late 2018 with his wife, Gayle, after a long career in Information Technology starting with General Dynamics where he established and ran one of their four corporate data centers in Pomona CA. Upon the GD divestiture of the IT Division to Computer Sciences Corporation, Bill got into their IT Outsourcing Business  and then with IBM, running their global Outsourcing Transition-Transformation Business. He finished his career with Ericsson in New Jersey. Bill, an avid golfer, and Gayle have two children, Alexandria and Andrew.

Dionne is a retired CPA.  She had a long professional career in accounting and finance that includes: overseeing the assurance practice of Price Waterhouse, serving as the chief financial officer of an insurance company, and teaching as an adjunct professor of accounting at George Washington University. Dionne lives in Vero Beach and is treasurer of her homeowners’ association. She is a lifelong Democrat, who wants to help turn Florida and Indian River County blue. She has been a campaign volunteer in both Virginia and Florida.  Dionne is married and the mother of four adult children.

Claudia Martino has lived in Florida for 32 years. After college, she worked as a journalist in the Chicago area and the Mississippi Delta. She also taught university level journalism until she became a national field operations manager in the corporate sector for 24 years. In 2017, she retired to Sebastian. Martino has been a leader in Democratic politics since the 2012 Obama campaign in Broward County where she served as a neighborhood leader and also volunteered for Clinton in 2016 and for the midterms in 2018.

Stacey Klim is a teacher and the mother of two children, including a son who was born with a rare brain malformation.  This led her to be an advocate for the families of children with disabilities.  Governor Inslee of Washington recognized her leadership by appointing her to the board of directors for the State Developmental Disabilities Council.  She also was awarded a Public Policy Fellowship focusing on education and disability legislation.  In 2018, Stacey ran for the Indian River County School Board, District 4, and currently serves at the Operations Coordinator for the Democrats of Indian River.