Nicco A. Mele
College of William and Mary, 1999
Born in West Africa to Foreign Service parents, Nicco Mele graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1999. He went on to be the first webmaster at Common Cause, and then the producer of the Shadow Conventions website and live streaming webcasts during the 2000 presidential election cycle. Prior to joining the Dean campaign, Nicco worked as the webmaster of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) in New York City. Nicco joined the Dean campaign during the last week of April 2003, and worked as the webmaster managing the technical and design details of the Dean website through March 2004. In December of 2003 he was named one of the "best and brightest" by Esquire magazine