Cheryl Schultz, Chair

A native and long-time resident of Evansville, Cheryl graduated from Central High School and pursued a major in music at the University of Evansville. Most recently, Cheryl has turned her interest to politics, serving as the Treasurer and Secretary of the VDCP, as well as the Events Chair, and assuming responsibility for securing all of the Democratic poll workers for the last three elections.  She is the proud mother of two children and devoted grandmother of five.

Nick Iaccarino, Vice Chair

Nick Iaccarino is a life-long Democrat, born and raised in Evansville. He graduated from USI with a degree in Elementary Education and Special Education and taught at West Terrace Elementary School, then spent 2 years in television and digital marketing with 14 News-WFIE. Nick was a volunteer for Barack Obama’s first Presidential campaign and has worked for the campaigns of local candidates, while continuing to stay involved through work with the Latino-Chamber Alliance Board and the Vanderburgh County Public Defenders Board. He is currently Director of Sales and Business Development with Commercial Coatings.

Melissa (Morehead) Moore was born and raised in Evansville, a proud graduate of Bosse High School and the University of Evansville. She proudly served 9.5 years of dutiful service in the United States Navy. Returning to her hometown, Melissa became a public servant for the community and, in 2018, she ran for public office; although she lost, her passion for serving and engaging increased. She is also the host of Community Chat, a talk show airing on 98.5FM WEOA.

Ann Wallis is an Evansville native, a graduate of U.S.I. with a BS in Electrical Engineering Technology, and a retired electrical designer. She has been a Docent at the Evansville Museum of Art, History, and Science for ten years, presenting live astronomy shows to student groups, with four years as the Museum Docent Association’s Secretary/Treasurer. She has also served as Treasurer for several local Democrats’ political campaigns. Currently Ann is also editor of the VCDP newsletter.

A Letter of Thanks

We would like to express our thanks and appreciation to Edie Hardcastle, who has served as Chair of the Vanderburgh County Democratic Party since July 2019. Prior to that position, she served as VCDP Vice Chair, and before her involvement with our Central Committee, Edie was President of Indivisible Evansville.

Our accomplishments under Edie’s leadership are numerous and notable.

• We successfully elected Democrats to fill eight of the eleven openings in the 2019 City election.
• We opened a new headquarters in January 2019 after going for several years with no official office.
• We increased fundraising through our dinner, golf scramble, and the addition of an annual raffle, which has left the party in a great position financially.
• We have increased our voter turnout through the Neighborhood Leader Program, which Edie introduced to the party in 2018, implementing it for use in the 2019 and 2020 elections.
• We increased the number of precinct committeepersons by appointing over 50 individuals who were willing to serve as precinct committee chairs and vice chairs
• We held precinct committeeperson training sessions, working with local groups Indivisible, Nasty Women, and Young Democrats to broaden our volunteer base.

Owing to Edie’s leadership and tireless work, we have built the foundation to Build Back Better a we head into the 2022 Midterm and 2024 General Elections.

Thank you, Edie!

Locally, The VCDP Plans To
BUILD BACK BETTER

This year, 2021, is an off year for us election-wise, both locally and nationally, and, rather than taking a break during this time, the Vanderburgh County Democratic Party plans to work on achieving several goals in order to build and strengthen our party.

1.) With our Voter Registration Initiative, we plan to register as many new or returning voters as possible.

2.) We will work to recruit great candidates to run for local elective office.

3.) Precinct Committee Chairs will be elected in 2022. We will work to recruit people to run for Precinct Chair so that we can fill every one of these positions.