Joe Alexander
 

Barack Obama

2008.

I’m in my office and decide to ask my boss, Mike Hughes, for some time off. Why? To volunteer for the senator’s campaign. The following Monday, I reported for duty at the Richmond HQ. My boss: a 20-year-old kid named Sean Quirk. From making ads to canvassing to fundraising to leading, it was the most rewarding time of my career. My posters even ended up in a book by Spike Lee.