The staffing search for a Hillary Clinton campaign manager is heating up , and a Clinton spokesman acknowledged Thursday that the former secretary of state is `` casting a wide net '' when talking to different people about about a would-be presidential bid . Clinton met with Guy Cecil , the outgoing head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee , on Wednesday in Washington , according to Politico , and has talked with Robby Mook , a former Clinton aide , about 2016.â€‹ Both are seen as frontrunner for the top job in a Clinton campaign . Although Clinton 's spokesman said he would n't confirm or deny the meeting and conversations occurred , Nick Merrill acknowledged that Clinton is talking with a wide array of people about 2016 . `` As she decides , she 's casting a wide net and wants to hear from a variety of people on a range of specific topics , from policy ideas to what a successful campaign would look like , '' Merrill said in an email . Democrats have repeatedly said that Clinton has yet to make up her mind , but according to people close to Clinton , there have long been four names in the campaign manager race : Cecil , Mook , Stephanie Schriock and Ace Smith . Here is what you need to know about each . Cecil : . Although Cecil , as executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee , was at the helm when Democrats lost the Senate in 2014 , he is close with the Clintons -- particularly Bill Clinton -- and worked as Hillary Clinton 's national political and field director in 2008 . Cecil is an unpretentious figure and has won the trust of many on Capitol Hill . Earlier in his career he led the standard journeyman campaign life , working for campaigns in Arkansas , North Carolina and Colorado ( where he led Sen. Michael Bennet 's dark-horse win in 2010 ) . Cecil has been hesitant to talk about Clinton publicly as she considers a 2016 run and did not respond to an email for this story . Mook : . The then 33-year-old political operative was seen as a man on the rise when he steered Gov . Terry McAuliffe to victory in Virginia in 2013 and is regularly mentioned by people close to Clinton as a smart choice for campaign manager . Before working for McAuliffe , Mook was the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and in 2008 steered the Clinton presidential campaign to wins in Nevada , Ohio and Indiana . Mook , who has a loyal following in his own Democratic circle , started his political career working for then Gov . Howard Dean in Vermont . Like Cecil , Mook has been hesitant to comment publicly on Clinton 's 2016 bid . He did , however , make the most interesting splash of any of the possible campaign managers when emails he sent to a group of supporters were leaked to ABC . In the emails , which were sent to a group called the `` Mook Mafia , '' the operative urged his supporters to `` smite Republicans mafia-style . '' Schriock : . Schriock currently has what she calls `` one of the very best jobs in American politics right now '' and it would n't be a stretch to say Hillary Clinton probably agrees . As head of Emily 's List , Schriock 's goal is to help elect pro-choice , Democratic women across the country -- something Clinton regularly talks about on the stump . Schriock , the often-on-message campaign veteran , started her career as Dean 's 2004 finance director , where she tapped into a new revenue stream -- the internet -- to raise money . She then went on to lead high profile Senate campaigns , including Jon Tester 's in Montana and Al Franken 's in Minnesota , to wins . Schriock briefed the press at last month 's Ready for Hillary strategy session , where she flatly said she was `` not going to talk about '' a possible role in the Clinton campaign . `` I am not going to talk about any conversation I may or may not be having with any candidate who may or may not be running for office , '' she said . Smith : . Smith , a California based consultant with deep ties to the Clinton , would be the dark horse in this field of four . While Smith led Hillary Clinton 's campaign to 2008 wins in California , Texas and North Carolina , it is the list of other Democrats he has worked for that is impressive : Richard Daley , Paul Simon , Ann Richards , Dianne Feinstein , Dick Gephardt and Howard Dean , to name a few . People close to Clinton say that Smith would be a good , outside-the-beltway choice for campaign manager . Although he had deep ties to Washington -- through the people he has worked for -- Smith is based in California and has focused on the state in the last few years . And it seems like Smith is interested . `` Anything Hillary Clinton asks me to do , I will do , '' Smith told the San Francisco Chronicle in November . `` I 'm a huge charter member of the Hillary Clinton fan club . ''
Hillary Clinton is reportedly meeting with candidates to be her 2016 campaign manager . Sources see the short-list as 4 people : Robby Mook , Stephanie Schriock , Ace Smith and Guy Cecil .