Ted Cruz Organization
(page
updated Jan. 3, 2015)
please go to new
address of this page: www.p2016.org/cruz/cruzorg.html
Jobs,
Growth
and
Freedom
Fund
FEC
leadership PAC filed on Nov. 14,
2012.
Ted
Cruz Victory Committee FEC joint fundraising committee
filed on March 1, 2013.
Ted
Cruz for Senate FEC campaign committee.
Chief Strategist/General Consultant Jason
Johnson
(from Jan. 2011) Owner of J2 Strategies in
Austin from Sept. 2004
to present. Chief of staff to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott,
2002-04. Campaign manager on Abbott for Attorney General,
2002. Communications director to state Sen. Todd Staples,
2000-01. Camapign manager on Todd Staples for State Senate,
1999-2000. Attended Texas A&M University. twitter
Political Organization [consultant] Jeff
Roe
(reported on Aug. 28, 2014 by Washington Examiner's Dave Drucker
"organizational guidance and help run Cruz' more nationally focused
operation") Founder (2005) of Axiom Strategies, based in
Kansas City, MO. Has run dozens of campaigns, helping to elect 31
congressmen and 4 U.S. Senators. A consultant to Gov. Rick
Perry's 2011-12 presidential campaign. Worked on voter ID on Mike
Huckabee's 2008 campaign. Started out working for then-state Rep.
Sam Graves in 1994; held elect him to the state Senate and to Congress
in 2000; served as Graves' chief of staff. Graduated from
Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville. Served in the
Army National Guard. Native of Brookfield, MO. twitter
Political Nick Muzin
(reported on Aug. 28, 2014 by Politico's
Burgess
Everett and John Bresnahan) Announced in July 2014 as deputy
chief of staff for strategy in the Senate office. Director of
coalitions for
the House Republican Conference starting Jan. 2013. Chief of
staff and political director to then Congressman Tim Scott, Jan.
2011-Jan. 2013. Corporate counsel at The InterTech Group, Jan.
2008-Dec. 2010. Senior medical advisor on John McCain 2008.
Attorney at Williams & Connolly LLP, Sept. 2005-Jan. 2008.
Legal counsel at the Republican National Committee, Aug.-Nov.
2004. J.D. from Yale Law School, 2005; M.D. from Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, 2001; B.A. in biology from Yeshiva University,
1997. twitter
Political Joel Mowbray
(reported on Aug. 28, 2014 by Politico's Burgess Everett and John Bresnahan) Consultant at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Syndicated columnist for the Tribune Company. Author of Dangerous Diplomacy: How the State Department Threatens America's Security (Regnery). Reporter at National Review, 2002-03. Founder and vice president of business development at Price Compare Technologies, 2000-02. Legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, 1999. Policy analyst at Pioneer Strategies, 1997-98. Graduate of the University of Illinois and Georgetown Law School. Grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago.
Communications and Digital [consultant] Jason Miller
(reported on Aug. 28, 2014 by Washington Examiner's Dave
Drucker) Partner and executive vice president at Jamestown
Associates from Jan. 2010. Executive at a communications
firm. Deputy director of communications
in charge of rapid response and surrogate speakers on the Rudy Giuliani
campaign from April 2007 to 2008. Deputy chief of staff to South
Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. Campaign manager for Sanford's 2006
re-election campaign; he came to the Sanford campaign after serving as
campaign
manager for Sen. George Allen's 2006 re-election campaign through late
2005. In 2003-04 Miller was campaign manager for Jack Ryan's U.S.
Senate
campaign in Illinois, and after that effort ended he worked on Tom
Coburn's U.S.
Senate campaign in Oklahoma. Campaign manager on Ric Keller's
successful 2000 campaign for Congress in Florida's 8th CD, then served
as chief of
staff to the Florida Congressman. Worked for Sen. Slade Gorton
(R-WA). Graduate of The George Washington University.
Native of Seattle,
Washington. twitter
National Fundraising [consultant] Lauren
Lofstrom
(reported on Aug. 28, 2014 by Washington Examiner's Dave Drucker) Worked at the Republican Governors Association as recruitment director in the 2012 cycle and Governors Roundtable and Club membership director in the 2010 cycle. Finance director for the Dino Rossi for Governor 2008 campaign. Scheduling assistant to U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith from late 2006-Oct. 2007. B.A. in communications from Washington State University.
Finance Director Rachel Dawson
Finance
director
on Cruz's 2012 campaign for U.S. Senate. Deputy director
of events at the Republican Governors Association, July-Sept.
2011. Finance assistant (April-Dec.
2010)
and
finance
intern
(Sept.
2009-March
2010)
on
Gov.
Rick
Perry’s 2010
re-election campaign, . B.S. in event management from University
of Florida, 2009. Originally from Orlando, FL.
Polling WPA Opinion
Research
Notes:
>In a Nov. 6, 2014 article U.S.
News' David Catanese reported, "Sen. Ted Cruz has deployed advisers
to begin scoping out office space for a potential 2016 presidential
campaign, a source with knowledge of the move tells U.S. News."
>Endorsement:
Saul
Anuzis,
former
chairman of the Michigan Republican Party (Dec. 30,
2014
Senior Political Advisor Chip Roy
...reported
Nov. 18, 2014 to serve as First Assistant Attorney General to Texas
Attorney General-elect Ken Paxton
(announced as senior political advisior Sept. 10, 2014; previously chief of staff to Sen. Cruz from the outset of his tenure (first reported by DMN Todd Gillman on Nov. 28, 2012) to Sept. 2014). Senior advisor to Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Senior advisor on Perry's presidential campaign. Director of state-federal relations in the Office of the Governor of Texas. Per Todd Gillman, ghost writer for Perry's book Fed Up! Special assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Texas. Roy worked for Sen. John Cornyn from 2002-09, including as staff director at the Republican Conference; senior counsel on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee; and staffer on Sen. Cornyn's 2002 campaign for Senate. Bachelor's degree in commerce and master's degree in management information systems from the University of Virginia; law degree from the University of Texas. twitter
Other key
people in Cruz-land
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Chief of Staff Paul Teller
(announced Sept. 10,
2014) Previously deputy
chief of staff (announced Jan. 13, 2014). Worked at the
Republican Study
Committee (RSC) from Feb. 2001 to Dec. 2013, as legislative director,
deputy director and director until he was fired by RSC chair U.S. Rep.
Steve Scalise on Dec. 12, 2013. A staff member for the Committee
on House Administration under Rep. Bill Thomas, 2000-01. Senior
account executive at The Washington Times, national weekly edition,
1996-99. Research associate at the National Center for Public
Policy Research, summer 1996. Advertising director at the College
Republican National Committee, 1994-95. Ph.D. in political
science from American University, 1999; bachelor’s degree in political
science from Duke University, 1993.
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations James
Christoferson
(announced Sept. 10, 2014) "Over ten years of
senior legislative
experience on Capitol Hill,
including as deputy chief of staff and legislative director for former
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX). Most recently, he
served as
clerk of the Senate Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice
and Science (CJS). Christoferson also has extensive experience
working
in Texas state and local governments, including coordinating the
economic development efforts for the Denton County Judge and serving as
Texas’ Director of the Office of Defense Affairs, where he managed
programs to assist communities adversely impacted by the federal Base
Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. Christoferson holds a
bachelor’s degree from Hardin-Simmons University."
Senior Advisor Brooke Bacak
(announced
July 7, 2014; previously legislative director from Jan.
2013) Assistant dean
at the University of Alabama School of Law. Formerly
served as U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) Senate Judiciary Committee
chief counsel as well as on the staffs of Sens. Kyl and Sessions.
Law
degree
from
the
University
of
Alabama
School
of
Law;
bachelor’s
degree from Auburn University.
Senior Policy Advisor Sean Rushton
(senior policy advisor from April 2014; communications
director from
Jan. 2013) Worked on the Cruz campaign as
senior advisor for communications. Director of corporate
communications
at Mission Essential Personnel, LLC, March 2009-Aug. 2012.
Communications director at the U.S. Small Business Administration, Dec.
2006-Jan. 2009. Executive director of C. Boyden Gray’s Committee
for Justice, 2003-06. Media director at Citizens Against
Government Waste, 2000-03. Press secretary for U.S. Rep. Bill
Archer (R-TX), 1998-2000. Deputy press secretary for U.S. Rep. Ed
Royce (R-CA), 1996-98. B.S. in foreign service, international
relations, law and organization (1995); and M.A. in liberal studies
(2001) from Georgetown University. twitter
Legislative Director Jeff Murray
(announced July 7, 2014) "Most recently served
as Sen. Cruz's
deputy legislative director, managing issues before the Senate Commerce
Committee. He previously served as legislative counsel to Sen. Jim
DeMint, R-SC, where he managed issues before the Senate Banking
Committee. Prior to joining the Senate, he was director of legislative
affairs for the Nickles Group and legislative counsel to Congressman
Tom Feeney. Jeff received a bachelor's degree from Auburn University
and a law degree from Samford University Cumberland School of Law."
Communications Director Amanda Carpenter
(announced as communications director on Nov. 12,
2014; previously speechwriter and senior communications advisor from
Jan. 2013) Speechwriter and senior
communications advisor to U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, Feb. 2010-Jan.
2013. Columnist, reporter and blogger at The Washington Times,
April 2009-Feb. 2010. National political reporter at Townhall.com
and Townhall magazine, Feb. 2008-April 2009. Election blogger for
Glamour magazine, 2008. Congressional correspondent for
Human
Events, Aug. 2005-Feb. 2008. B.A. in communications from Ball
State University, 2005. Native of Montrose, MI. twitter
Press Secretary Catherine Frazier
(Jan. 2013) Press secretary in the Office of
Gov. Rick Perry, Feb. 2012-Jan. 2013. Deputy communications
director (March-Dec. 2010) and deputy press secretary (from Sept. 2009)
at Texans for Rick Perry. Senior writer, press assistant, and
scheduler in the Office of Gov. Rick Perry from Jan. 2007. B.S.
in public relations and B.A. in government from University of Texas at
Austin, 2006. twitter
Deputy Press Secretary Phil Novack
(announced Nov. 12, 2014) "Most recently worked
at Salesforce in
San Francisco, where he led communications for the company’s public
sector business and several of its fastest-growing apps. He previously
led global communications for Mindjet and began his Silicon Valley
career at Sparkpr. Novack served on the communications staff of 2006
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos and began his political
career working for former Michigan Gov. John Engler. He holds a
bachelor’s degree in history from Princeton University and is a native
of Warren, MI." twitter
Digital Director Josh Perry
(announced Nov. 12, 2014) Most recently served
as digital
director for the Ted Cruz for Senate campaign. Prior to joining the
campaign he worked at Harris Media and the Republican Party of Texas.
Perry is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and native of
Port Arthur, Texas.
Deputy Digital Director Jack Minor
(announced Nov. 12, 2014) Most recently served as a digital associate at Heritage Action for America. He has also served as a digital and creative consultant to multiple congressional campaigns. Minor received bachelor's degrees in political science and broadcast journalism from Elon University and is a native of Conover, North Carolina.
Senior Economist and Director of Outreach Max Pappas
(Jan. 2013) Vice president of public policy and
government affairs at FreedomWorks, May 2008-Dec. 2012. Director
of research at BGR Group (formerly Barbour Griffith & Rogers),
2006-08. Policy analyst/director of policy at FreedomWorks,
2003-06. Research assistant to P.J. O'Rourke; also did freelance
writing, 2001-03. Candidate for state representative in
Massachusetts, April-Nov. 2002. Research assistant at the Cato
Institute, 1999-2000. M.Sc. from London School of Economics and
Political Science, 1999; B.A. in economics from the College of the Holy
Cross, 1997.
Director of Scheduling Dougie Simmons
(Jan. 2013) Director of events at the RNC, Oct.
2011-Dec. 2012. Scheduler to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Aug.
2009-Dec. 2011. Associate at The Larrison Group, July 207-Oct.
2008. Executive assistant to the Director of the National
Economic Council at the White House, Feb. 2005-Aug. 2007.
Scheduler in the Office of Presidential Scheduling at the White House,
May 2004-Feb. 2005. Scheduler in the Office of the Secretary at
the U.S. Department of the Treasury, April 2003-May 2004. Staff
assistant to Sen. Jeff Sessions, Jan.-Aprii 2003. Graduate of the
University of Alabama, 2002.
Administrative Director Kimberly Levernier
(started in Nov. 2012) Administrative director
to Sen. Ron Johnson, Jan. 2011-Nov. 2012. Administrative director
(2006-Jan. 2011) and scheduler (2005-06) for Sen. Jim Bunning.
North American events manager at Alltech, 2002-05. Graduate of
Centre College, 2002.
Chief Counsel Scott Keller
(Jan. 2013) Associate at Yetter Coleman LLP,
Nov. 2010-Jan. 2013. Judicial clerk for U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Anthony Kennedy, July 2009-July 2010. Fellow in the
Office of the Soliciter General at the U.S. Department of Justice,
2008-09. Judicial clerk for Chief Judge Alex Kozinski at the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2007-08. J.D. from the
University of Texas School of Law, 2007; B.A. in political science and
philosophy from Purdue University, 2004.
State Director John Drogin
(Jan. 2013) Campaign manager at Ted Cruz for
Senate from Jan. 2011 to present. Associate at Caddo Associates,
April 2010 to present. Campaign manager at Texans for Ted Cruz,
July 2009-April 2010. Press secretary (Aug. 2003-July 2008) and
deputy press secretary (Dec. 2002-Aug. 2003) to Sen. John Cornyn;
deputy press secretary on the Cornyn for Senate campaign, March-Dec.
2002. Chief correspondent for Inside the Vatican magazine and
senior reporter at Vatican Radio. Undergraduate degree from Berea
College. twitter
Former
Senior Political Advisor Chip Roy
...reported
Nov. 18, 2014 to serve as First Assistant Attorney General to Texas
Attorney General-elect Ken Paxton
(announced as senior political advisior Sept. 10, 2014; previously chief of staff to Sen. Cruz from the outset of his tenure (first reported by DMN Todd Gillman on Nov. 28, 2012) to Sept. 2014). Senior advisor to Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Senior advisor on Perry's presidential campaign. Director of state-federal relations in the Office of the Governor of Texas. Per Todd Gillman, ghost writer for Perry's book Fed Up! Special assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Texas. Roy worked for Sen. John Cornyn from 2002-09, including as staff director at the Republican Conference; senior counsel on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee; and staffer on Sen. Cornyn's 2002 campaign for Senate. Bachelor's degree in commerce and master's degree in management information systems from the University of Virginia; law degree from the University of Texas. twitter