The Team
Dave Adams, LoveAmerica Founder
Dave Adams is a retired mechanic, native Oregonian, and baby boomer who was born in Klamath Falls, 1953. He spent most of his formative years in Eugene, Oregon. When he was 15, his family moved to Portland. He graduated from Beaverton high school in 1971.
In 1973 he enrolled in the Mt. Hood Community College foreign car mechanic program and worked as a line mechanic for a few years. His passion for sports cars soon led him to start Lake Oswego Restorations, his small business specializing in mid-century European sports cars.
After sports cars, Adams’ second passion has always been politics. Over the last three decades Adams worked on half a dozen successful Mayoral campaigns, numerous successful City Council races, and handful of County Chair and Commission campaigns. His top priorities have been land use, conservation, environment, public transportation and community organizing.
In 2006, Adams was chief petitioner for the formation of the Stafford hamlet and was instrumental in organizing his community to create a new County designation for the area.
In 2007, he executed the pre-cursor to the LoveAmerica? campaign called LoveOregon?. It was coordinated with the prop 49 campaign, a state-wide ballot measure to preserve Oregon’s unique land use system. Love Oregon? featured similar messages in black stencil font: Apples or Asphalt - Strip Malls or Strawberry Fields - Parking Lots or Pears- Congestion of Cornfields. The success of this campaign confirmed his best suspicions about how easy it is to reach voters with this type of stripped down, minimalistic sign strategy. He is excited to be transposing that lesson to LoveAmerica?, a campaign calling on his fellow citizens to openly and proudly reclaim their love of country as the 2024 elections approaches.
Adam Klugman - Creative Director
Adam is an award-winning Creative Director, Media Advisor and Brand Consultant. Some past corporate clients include Nike, Hewlitt-Packard, Disney, MGM, Viacom, CNN, 1-800-DENTIST and many other national brands. He has worked alongside advertising agencies the likes of Wieden & Kennedy, Leo-Burnett Chicago, DMB&B Los Angeles, Lambesis, Donat/Wald. Over a decade ago, Adam migrated his extensive knowledge of branding and advertising, as well as his lifetime of experience in film production, to help progressive organizations, film makers, and Cause Sector clients make their case for a better world more persuasively. In 2003, he and Dave Adams finished among the top ten in MoveOn.org's Bushin30seconds contest with a spot entitled Bankrupt - an ironic play on the Mastercard Priceless campaign of that time.
The next year, Adam went on to take top prize in the 2004 DNC Video Contest with a groundbreaking 60-second commercial entitled, America's Party which played live on the 2004 convention floor. His list of political and Cause Sector clients include the The Democratic National Committee, The NAACP, The National Crittenton Foundation, The Red Door Project, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, The Interfaith Alliance, Healthy Democracy, and many others. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon where he works as a Creative Coach for artists, writers, and other creative professionals.
Carol Yamada - Web Designer
Carol has been a graphic designer for numerous publications, including Assistant Art Director for publications by the Washington Times, The Newsworld, and various publications in Japan. Born in Seattle, but after having lived in a dozen states is happy to be back in the PNW. She is a melittologist currently studying Oregon bees.
Peter Toll - Finance Director
Peter Toll's varied background in journalism, corporate communication and political goings-on culminated in 25 years as a licensed financial advisor and chair of the Oregon-Southwest Washington chapter of the Financial Planning Association. Peter has also managed political campaigns and worked in the Oregon and California Legislatures. He has served on the Budget Committees of the City of West Linn and West Linn-Wilsonville School District, is past-president of the West Linn (OR) Chamber of Commerce, was a co-founder of the Bandon (OR) Historical Society and the Oregon Citizens Utility Board. He has also worked with his alma mater, Wabash College, and the Tualatin Riverkeepers.
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