Skip to content
Get InvolvedDonate

Role Clarity


Confirmed campaign personnel and approved Campaign Ambassadors are presented together as the people moving this campaign forward. Additional profiles appear only after confirmation and approval.

Campaign staff and advisory roles relate solely to the André Soriano campaign. They do not constitute appointments to the Town of Quantico, promises of future municipal office, or authority to act on behalf of the Town.

Campaign Hierarchy

Candidate & Campaign Leadership

The roster follows campaign responsibility and reporting structure. Portrait availability does not affect placement or prominence.

01

Candidate & Campaign Management

The candidate and the campaign-management function that sits alongside him.

Portrait of André Soriano

André Soriano

Write-In Candidate for Mayor of Quantico

André Soriano is a Virginia-based entrepreneur and philanthropist whose life and career reflect immigration, hard work, business-building, charitable service and civic involvement.

Entrepreneurship, public service, charitable initiatives and civic involvement brought to a campaign centered on Quantico.

  • Candidate
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Public Service
  • Community Engagement

02

Executive Campaign Leadership

Confirmed senior personnel directing campaign operations day to day.

Portrait of Anita Stewart

Anita Stewart

Campaign Chief of Staff & Communications Director

Anita Stewart is a veteran, journalist, media professional, political organizer and formerly elected to public office.

Veteran • Former U.S. Air Force Intelligence Operations Specialist

Responsibilities: Media and press relations • official campaign media contact • statements and messaging • interview and press-inquiry coordination • candidate access • senior relationships • team dynamics • sensitive issues • stakeholder management • escalation to André

  • Veteran
  • Strategic Communications
  • Media & Press Relations
  • Coalition Building
Portrait of Sophia T. Erik

Sophia T. Erik

Chief Operating Officer & Senior Advisor

Sophia Erik oversees the campaign's operational infrastructure and day-to-day execution across teams, systems, technology, resources, and strategic priorities.

Campaign Operations • Strategy • Organizational Infrastructure • Team Coordination

Responsibilities: Campaign operating plan • execution • priorities • project management • team coordination • staffing and role alignment • resource allocation • technology and systems • brand and website infrastructure • compliance coordination • campaign finance systems setup • cross-team accountability • strategic implementation

  • Strategic Communications
  • Campaign Operations
  • Organizational Systems
Portrait of Brett Holbrook

Brett Holbrook

Senior Advisor & Director of Field Operations

Brett Holbrook is a military veteran and senior campaign field leader who, since 2019, has worked with more than ten candidates seeking local, state, and federal office.

Military Veteran • Campaign Management • Grassroots & Field Operations

Responsibilities: Field strategy • canvassing • volunteer coordination • voter contact • events • phone banking • Election Day operations • grassroots mobilization • campaign strategy

  • Military Veteran
  • Field Operations
  • Grassroots Mobilization
  • Campaign Management
Portrait of Anthony "Tony" Shaffer

Anthony "Tony" Shaffer

Senior Advisor — Veterans, Government & Public Service

Tony Shaffer brings decades of experience spanning military service, intelligence, public policy, and local government.

Retired U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel • Former Defense Intelligence Officer • County Commissioner

Responsibilities: Veterans' perspectives • government affairs • public service • leadership • engagement with military-connected communities

  • Military Veteran
  • Intelligence
  • Government Affairs
  • Public Service

Recognized Campaign Team

Campaign Ambassadors

Approved Ambassadors stand alongside the campaign team as trusted supporters whose community relationships, visibility and meaningful action help move André's campaign forward.

Become an Ambassador
Alexandra Bougher speaking at a public advocacy event

Campaign Ambassador

Ambassador Circle

Alexandra Bougher

Campaign Ambassador

New Jersey

Families · Parental Rights · Civic Engagement

Alexandra Bougher is a mother of three and a longtime advocate for families, parental rights, children, transparency, and accountability. She has spent several years working with Moms for Liberty in New Jersey and currently serves as a New Jersey Ambassador for the organization.

Individual campaign support; no organizational endorsement is implied.

Voices of Quantico

Add yours

Michael R.

U.S. Military Veteran & Leadership Advisor

I've known a lot of people who can talk about leadership. André is different because he naturally thinks in terms of mission, people and outcome. He wants to understand what isn't working,…

Christine M.

Entrepreneur & Business Strategist

What has always struck me about André is that he sees possibility where other people see limitations. There's a real difference between having ideas and knowing how to bring an idea to life…

David H.

Executive Advisor & Former Federal Contractor

André can walk into a complicated situation and very quickly understand the bigger picture. I've watched him bring very different personalities together around a common mission, and that ab…

Rebecca S.

Community Advocate & Nonprofit Leader

What I appreciate about André is his heart. He isn't somebody who just looks at what exists and accepts it. He starts asking, 'What could this become?' That optimism, combined with his will…

Thomas J.

Veteran & Public-Sector Consultant

Progress usually comes down to relationships, persistence and whether somebody can keep the mission in focus. André has a way of making people feel like they're part of what's being built r…

Alexandra P.

Creative Executive & Economic Development Advisor

André has spent his life creating things from nothing. He looks at a place and immediately starts thinking about its identity, its strengths and what could make people care about it again.

SQ

Your voice here

Add your own endorsement to Voices of Quantico.

Add yours →
Ambassadors