Gov.
Bobby
Jindal—Pre-Campaign
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Bobby Jindal Exploratory Committee
...announced
May
18,
2015
Political Consultant Curt Anderson
Partner at OnMessage
Inc.. Advisor on Rick Perry's presidential campaign. With
Nelson Warfield, Anderson produced ads for Rick Scott's 2010 campaign
for
governor of Florida. Co-author of Gov. Bobby Jindal's book,
"Leadership and
Crisis" (2010). In Fall 2008 he led the RNC's independent
expenditure campaign against President Obama; earlier in the cycle, in
2007-08, he was a member of the ad team for Mitt Romney's
campaign. Led the RNC's independent expenditure ad campaign to
re-elect President Bush in 2004. Directed coalition outreach
efforts for the Bush/Cheney campaign in 2000, after serving as senior
strategist for Steve Forbes in 1999. Political director and
earlier Midwest regional director at the
RNC under Chairman Haley Barbour. Coalition
director
and
Southern regional director at the NRSC. Associate
Director of Public
Liaison at the White House under President Reagan. twitter
Chief Political Advisor/Likely Campaign Manager Timmy Teepell
(Reported by Politico's Katie Glueck on March 24, 2015 identifies Teepell as "a likely candidate to be campaign manager" but not certain) Partner at OnMessage Inc. since Nov. 2011. Chief of staff to Jindal through Oct. 2011. Started advising Jindal in late 2003; managed his 2004 and 2006 campaigns for Congress and 2007 campaign for governor. Deputy political director at the RNC. Directed Michael Farris' Madison Project, a political action committee. Worked for Michael Farris at Home School Legal Defense Association. twitter
Likely Deputy Campaign Manager Tim Saler
(reported by Politico's
Katie
Glueck
on
May
22,
2015)
Vice
president at Grassroots
Targeting,
LLC, from May 2015. Deputy campaign manager at Rick Scott for
Florida, Jan.-Nov. 2014. Deputy executive director for political
strategy at the Republican Party of Florida, June 2013-Jan. 2014.
Director of strategy for the Republican Party of Wisconsin, April-June
2013. National turnout director at the RNC, Feb. 2012-March
2013. Executive director for the Mississippi Republican Party,
Feb.-Dec. 2011. RNC North Carolina Victory Director, Feb.-Nov.
2010. Regional field director on RNC New Jersey Victory,
July-Nov. 2009. Executive direoct of the Camden County Republican
Committee, Jan.-July 2009. Campaign manager on Dale Glading for
Congress (NJ), April-Nov. 2008. B.A. in political science from
Temple University. twitter
Advisor Gail Gitcho
Co-founder (Dec. 2014) and partner at McKay-Gitcho
Strategies.
Communications director at the Republican Governors Association in the
2014 cycle, announced May 6, 2013. Senior advisor on
Gabriel Gomez's campaign for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts June 25,
2013 special election. Communications director on Mitt Romney's 2011-12
presidential campaign from April 2011. Communications
director to Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) starting Feb. 2011. National
press secretary for the RNC from May 2009 to Jan. 2010.
Mid-Atlantic communications director for John McCain’s 2008
presidential bid. Gitcho started the 2008 presidential cycle as a
regional press secretary for Romney for President. Communications
director for U.S. Rep. Clay Shaw (R-FL), 2004-07. Communications
director for Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM), 2003-04. Master's degree
in political communications from Colorado State, 2003. Bachelor's
degree in political communications from Ripon College in Wisconsin,
2001. Originally from San Antonio, TX. twitter
Senior Advisor for Early States Jill
Neunaber
(first reported March 31, 2015) Executive
director of Jindal's
America
Next (501(c)(4) from Oct. 2013 and of his Believe Again PAC from March
2014. Iowa state director on
Romney for
President, started April 30, 2012; one of two deputy state
directors on
Romney's NH primary campaign, May 2011-Jan. 2012. Northeast
regional Victory director
at the RNC, Sept.-Nov. 2010. Political director on the Ovide
Lamontagne for U.S. Senate campaign, Jan.-Sept. 2010. Special
projects at the RNC, Sept.-Nov. 2009. Staff assistant to Sen.
Johnny
Isakson (R-GA), 2008-Sept. 2009. A regional field director on the
Romney for President Iowa caucus campaign, 2007-08. Undergraduate
degree in political science from University of Georgia. twitter
Digital Director Bradley Engle
(reported by P2016 on April 16, 2015) Senior
director for digital
strategy at Purple Strategies, LLC from 2010 to Feb. 2015; and also did
research planning and placement for National Media from Sept. 2009-Feb.
2015. Degree in marketing from University of Wisconsin-Madison's
School of Business. twitter
Senior Advisor (Technology and Innovation)
Blaise Hazelwood
(reported by P2016 on April 16, 2015) Founder
(2005) and president at Grassroots
Targeting,
LLC. Political and media director for the NRSC,
2005-06. Political director at the RNC in the 2004 cycle; earlier
deputy chief of staff at the RNC, overseeing the creation and expansion
of the Team Leader program and managing the 72-hour program.
Director of Coalitions for RNC Victory 2000. Partner at The
Anderson Group, a Republican political consulting firm,
1999-2000. Campaign manager for Brian Palmer, the Republican
candidate challenging Rep. David Bonier in MI 10th CD,
1998. Coalitions director on Jim Gilmore's successful
gubernatorial campaign in Virginia, 1997. Chief of staff to RNC
Co-Chairman Pat Harrison; she managed Harrison's 1997 campaign for the
position. Political director assistant on the Dole/Kemp
campaign. Regional field coordinator in the RNC Political
Division, 1994-96. Bachelor's degree from Vassar College. twitter
Finance Director in Waiting Alexandra
Bautsch Grunewald
(reported by Politico's
Katie
Glueck
on
March
24,
2015)
Longtime
fundraiser
to Jindal; served as office manager
to then -.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal. Bachelor's degree in political
science and international relations from American University.
Native New Orleanian.
Direct Mail Janice Knopp
(reported by Politico's Katie Glueck on March 24, 2015) Marketing consultant at JK Consulting since Jan. 2009. Finance director at the NRCC, Jan. 2007-Dec. 2008. Director of marketing/deputy finance director at the RNC from 1997; started at the RNC as director of marketing in 1993. VP of client services at Odell, Roper & Simms, a direct marketing consulting firm, 1983-93. Staffer for U.S. Rep. Cleve Benedict (R-WV) in 1982. A marketing representative for two daily newspapers in Charleston, WV. B.S. in journalism from West Virginia University, 1997. West Virginia native.
National Fundraising Liz Murray
(Nov. 2013) Owner of the EH Murray Group, LLC in
Washington, DC since Jan. 2000. Fundraiser at the Orrin Hatch
Election Committee since Jan. 2008. Finance director for the
RSLC, April-Nov. 2013. Fundraiser on Olympia Snowe for U.S.
Senate, Feb. 2010-Feb. 2012. Fundraiser at John McCain 2008, Jan.
2008-Nov. 2010. Fundraiser at Saxby Chambliss for U.S. Senate,
Jan. 2002-Dec. 2008. B.A. in political science and government
from University of Arizona.
Likely Legal Counsel Heather Sidwell Morris
(reported by Politico's
Katie
Glueck
on
May
22,
2015)
Principal
at the Law
Offices of Heather Sidwell Morris,
P.A. in Tampa/St. Petersburg from Jan. 2013. Counsel for the
Committee on Arrangements for the 2012 Republican National Convention,
July 2011-Dec. 2012. Deputy counsel at the RNC, April 2007-June
2011. Associate at McDermott Will & Emery, Sept. 2005-March
2007. J.D. from American University's Washington College of Law,
2005; B.A. in speech communication from Denison University, 1996.
Director Matt Horihan
(reported by the DMR's
Jennifer
Jacobs
on
April
20,
2015)
Strategist
on
David
Young's
successful
2014
campaign
for Congress in Iowa's 3rd CD.
Legislative
assistant at Alston & Bird LLP, Jan.-Oct. 2013. Legislative
correspondent for Sen. Grassley, Sept. 2009-March 2012. Managed
Tami
Wiencek's campaign for state House in 2006, defeating long-term
incumbent Don Shoultz. Bachelor's degree in political science
from
University of Northern Iowa, 2009. twitter
National Coalitions Director Taylor Teepell
(reported by the Associated Press on March 31, 2015) Deputy chief of staff in the Governor's office from Oct. 2012, resignation announced March 31, 2015; previously deputy legislative affairs director. Director of the Victory Fund for the Republican Party of Louisiana. A policy advisor to Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour. Account supervisor at RARE Design in Hattiesburg from Nov. 2009. Director of marketing and communications at Circle Graphics, Inc. Feb.-Nov. 2009. Campaign manager for former Tennessee Valley Authority chairman Glenn McCullough's 2008 bid for Congress in Mississippi's 1st CD. Coalitions director on Friends of Bobby Jindal, June 2005-Jan. 2008. Degree in marketing from LSU Baton Rouge.
National Field Director Matt Parker
(reported by the Associated
Press on March 31, 2015) Legislative
affairs director in the Governor's office from Oct. 2012, resignation
announced March 31; previously intergovernmental affairs director
Campaign manager for Gov. Jindal's re-election campaign in 2011.
Field director for Rick Scott's campaign for Governor of Florida in
2010. Executive director of the Republican Party of Louisiana,
Dec. 2007-April 2010. Worked on Jindal's 2007 campaign for
Governor and his 2004 congressional campaign. twitter
Communications Advisor Henry Goodwin
(reported by WMUR-TV's Josh McElveen on April 8, 2015) Communications director on Walt Havenstein's 2014 campaign for governor. twitter
American Future Project ...section 527 organization formed March 2015; first reported March 31, 2015
Political Consultant Curt Anderson
Partner at OnMessage
Inc.. Advisor on Rick Perry's presidential campaign. With
Nelson Warfield, Anderson produced ads for Rick Scott's 2010 campaign
for
governor of Florida. Co-author of Gov. Bobby Jindal's book,
"Leadership and
Crisis" (2010). In Fall 2008 he led the RNC's independent
expenditure campaign against President Obama; earlier in the cycle, in
2007-08, he was a member of the ad team for Mitt Romney's
campaign. Led the RNC's independent expenditure ad campaign to
re-elect President Bush in 2004. Directed coalition outreach
efforts for the Bush/Cheney campaign in 2000, after serving as senior
strategist for Steve Forbes in 1999. Political director and
earlier Midwest regional director at the
RNC under Chairman Haley Barbour. Coalition
director
and
Southern regional director at the NRSC. Associate
Director of Public
Liaison at the White House under President Reagan. twitter
Chief Political Advisor/Likely Campaign Manager Timmy Teepell
(Politico's Katie Glueck on March 24, 2015 identifies
Teepell as "a likely candidate to be campaign manager" but not
certain) Partner at OnMessage
Inc.
since
Nov.
2011. Chief of staff to
Jindal through Oct. 2011. Started advising Jindal in late 2003;
managed
his 2004 and 2006 campaigns for Congress and 2007 campaign for
governor. Deputy political director at the RNC. Directed
Michael Farris' Madison Project, a political action committee.
Worked for Michael Farris at Home School Legal Defense
Association. twitter
Advisor Gail Gitcho
Co-founder (Dec. 2014) and partner at McKay-Gitcho
Strategies.
Communications director at the Republican Governors Association in the
2014 cycle, announced May 6, 2013. Senior advisor on
Gabriel Gomez's campaign for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts June 25,
2013 special election. Communications director on Mitt Romney's 2011-12
presidential campaign from April 2011. Communications
director to Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) starting Feb. 2011. National
press secretary for the RNC from May 2009 to Jan. 2010.
Mid-Atlantic communications director for John McCain’s 2008
presidential bid. Gitcho started the 2008 presidential cycle as a
regional press secretary for Romney for President. Communications
director for U.S. Rep. Clay Shaw (R-FL), 2004-07. Communications
director for Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM), 2003-04. Master's degree
in political communications from Colorado State, 2003. Bachelor's
degree in political communications from Ripon College in Wisconsin,
2001. Originally from San Antonio, TX. twitter
Digital Director Bradley Engle
(reported by P2016 on April 16, 2015) Senior
director for digital
strategy at Purple Strategies, LLC from 2010 to Feb. 2015; and also did
research planning and placement for National Media from Sept. 2009-Feb.
2015. Degree in marketing from University of Wisconsin-Madison's
School of Business. twitter
Senior Advisor (Technology and Innovation)
Blaise Hazelwood
(reported by P2016 on April 16, 2015) Founder
(2005) and president at Grassroots
Targeting,
LLC. Political and media director for the NRSC,
2005-06. Political director at the RNC in the 2004 cycle; earlier
deputy chief of staff at the RNC, overseeing the creation and expansion
of the Team Leader program and managing the 72-hour program.
Director of Coalitions for RNC Victory 2000. Partner at The
Anderson Group, a Republican political consulting firm,
1999-2000. Campaign manager for Brian Palmer, the Republican
candidate challenging Rep. David Bonier in MI 10th CD,
1998. Coalitions director on Jim Gilmore's successful
gubernatorial campaign in Virginia, 1997. Chief of staff to RNC
Co-Chairman Pat Harrison; she managed Harrison's 1997 campaign for the
position. Political director assistant on the Dole/Kemp
campaign. Regional field coordinator in the RNC Political
Division, 1994-96. Bachelor's degree from Vassar College. twitter
Finance Director in Waiting Alexandra
Bautsch Grunewald
(reported by Politico's Katie Glueck on March
24, 2015) Longtime fundraiser to Jindal; served as office manager
to then -.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal. Bachelor's degree in political
science and international relations from American University.
Native New Orleanian.
Direct Mail Janice Knopp
(reported by Politico's Katie Glueck on March 24, 2015) Marketing consultant at JK Consulting since Jan. 2009. Finance director at the NRCC, Jan. 2007-Dec. 2008. Director of marketing/deputy finance director at the RNC from 1997; started at the RNC as director of marketing in 1993. VP of client services at Odell, Roper & Simms, a direct marketing consulting firm, 1983-93. Staffer for U.S. Rep. Cleve Benedict (R-WV) in 1982. A marketing representative for two daily newspapers in Charleston, WV. B.S. in journalism from West Virginia University, 1997. West Virginia native.
National Fundraising Liz Murray
(Nov. 2013) Owner of the EH Murray Group, LLC in Washington, DC since Jan. 2000. Fundraiser at the Orrin Hatch Election Committee since Jan. 2008. Finance director for the RSLC, April-Nov. 2013. Fundraiser on Olympia Snowe for U.S. Senate, Feb. 2010-Feb. 2012. Fundraiser at John McCain 2008, Jan. 2008-Nov. 2010. Fundraiser at Saxby Chambliss for U.S. Senate, Jan. 2002-Dec. 2008. B.A. in political science and government from University of Arizona.
Senior Advisor for Early States Jill
Neunaber
(first reported March 31, 2015) Executive
director of Jindal's
America
Next (501(c)(4) from Oct. 2013 and of his Believe Again PAC from March
2014. Iowa state director on
Romney for
President, started April 30, 2012; one of two deputy state
directors on
Romney's NH primary campaign, May 2011-Jan. 2012. Northeast
regional Victory director
at the RNC, Sept.-Nov. 2010. Political director on the Ovide
Lamontagne for U.S. Senate campaign, Jan.-Sept. 2010. Special
projects at the RNC, Sept.-Nov. 2009. Staff assistant to Sen.
Johnny
Isakson (R-GA), 2008-Sept. 2009. A regional field director on the
Romney for President Iowa caucus campaign, 2007-08. Undergraduate
degree in political science from University of Georgia. twitter
Resignations of Teepell and Parker
announced March 31, 2015 to pursue other opportunities; according to
the Des Moines
Register's Jennifer
Jacobs reporting on March 31 Teepell and Parker are
relocating to Iowa...
Director Matt Horihan
(reported by the DMR's
Jennifer
Jacobs
on
April
20,
2015)
Strategist
on
David
Young's
successful
2014
campaign
for Congress in Iowa's 3rd CD.
Legislative
assistant at Alston & Bird LLP, Jan.-Oct. 2013. Legislative
correspondent for Sen. Grassley, Sept. 2009-March 2012. Managed
Tami
Wiencek's campaign for state House in 2006, defeating long-term
incumbent Don Shoultz. Bachelor's degree in political science
from
University of Northern Iowa, 2009. twitter
National Coalitions Director Taylor Teepell
(reported by the Associated Press on March 31, 2015) Deputy chief of staff in the Governor's office from Oct. 2012, resignation announced March 31, 2015; previously deputy legislative affairs director. Director of the Victory Fund for the Republican Party of Louisiana. A policy advisor to Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour. Account supervisor at RARE Design in Hattiesburg from Nov. 2009. Director of marketing and communications at Circle Graphics, Inc. Feb.-Nov. 2009. Campaign manager for former Tennessee Valley Authority chairman Glenn McCullough's 2008 bid for Congress in Mississippi's 1st CD. Coalitions director on Friends of Bobby Jindal, June 2005-Jan. 2008. Degree in marketing from LSU Baton Rouge.
National Field Director Matt Parker
(reported by the Associated
Press on March 31, 2015) Legislative
affairs director in the Governor's office from Oct. 2012, resignation
announced March 31; previously intergovernmental affairs director
Campaign manager for Gov. Jindal's re-election campaign in 2011.
Field director for Rick Scott's campaign for Governor of Florida in
2010. Executive director of the Republican Party of Louisiana,
Dec. 2007-April 2010. Worked on Jindal's 2007 campaign for
Governor and his 2004 congressional campaign. twitter
Communications Advisor Henry Goodwin
(reported by WMUR-TV's Josh McElveen on April 8,
2015) Communications director on Walt Havenstein's 2014 campaign
for governor. twitter
America
Next ...501(c)(4) est. Oct. 2013 +.
[website]
Believe Again PAC ...est. March
2014. [website]
note: Early Feb. 2015 (Politico reported
on
Jan.
30,
2015)
Jindal
renamed
the
PAC
from
Stand Up to Washington PAC to Believe
Again
PAC, matching the
super PAC created by supporters.
Political Consultant Curt Anderson
Partner at OnMessage
Inc.. Advisor on Rick Perry's presidential campaign. With
Nelson Warfield, Anderson produced ads for Rick Scott's 2010 campaign
for
governor of Florida. Co-author of Gov. Bobby Jindal's book,
"Leadership and
Crisis" (2010). In Fall 2008 he led the RNC's independent
expenditure campaign against President Obama; earlier in the cycle, in
2007-08, he was a member of the ad team for Mitt Romney's
campaign. Led the RNC's independent expenditure ad campaign to
re-elect President Bush in 2004. Directed coalition outreach
efforts for the Bush/Cheney campaign in 2000, after serving as senior
strategist for Steve Forbes in 1999. Political director and
earlier Midwest regional director at the
RNC under Chairman Haley Barbour. Coalition
director
and
Southern regional director at the NRSC. Associate
Director of Public
Liaison at the White House under President Reagan. twitter
Chief Political Advisor/Likely Campaign Manager Timmy Teepell
(Politico's Katie Glueck on March 24, 2015 identifies Teepell as "a likely candidate to be campaign manager" but not certain) Partner at OnMessage Inc. since Nov. 2011. Chief of staff to Jindal through Oct. 2011. Started advising Jindal in late 2003; managed his 2004 and 2006 campaigns for Congress and 2007 campaign for governor. Deputy political director at the RNC. Directed Michael Farris' Madison Project, a political action committee. Worked for Michael Farris at Home School Legal Defense Association. twitter
Executive Director of America Next and Believe Again PAC Jill
Neunaber
(Oct. 2013/March 2014) Iowa state director on
Romney for
President, started April 30, 2012; one of two deputy state
directors on
Romney's NH primary campaign, May 2011-Jan. 2012. Northeast
regional Victory director
at the RNC, Sept.-Nov. 2010. Political director on the Ovide
Lamontagne for U.S. Senate campaign, Jan.-Sept. 2010. Special
projects at the RNC, Sept.-Nov. 2009. Staff assistant to Sen.
Johnny
Isakson (R-GA), 2008-Sept. 2009. A regional field director on the
Romney for President Iowa caucus campaign, 2007-08. Undergraduate
degree in political science from University of Georgia. twitter
Finance Director in Waiting Alexandra
Bautsch Grunewald
(reported by Politico's Katie Glueck on March
24, 2015) Longtime fundraiser to Jindal; served as office manager
to then -.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal. Bachelor's degree in political
science and international relations from American University.
Native New Orleanian.
Direct Mail Janice Knopp
(reported by Politico's Katie Glueck on March 24, 2015) Marketing consultant at JK Consulting since Jan. 2009. Finance director at the NRCC, Jan. 2007-Dec. 2008. Director of marketing/deputy finance director at the RNC from 1997; started at the RNC as director of marketing in 1993. VP of client services at Odell, Roper & Simms, a direct marketing consulting firm, 1983-93. Staffer for U.S. Rep. Cleve Benedict (R-WV) in 1982. A marketing representative for two daily newspapers in Charleston, WV. B.S. in journalism from West Virginia University, 1997. West Virginia native.
National Fundraising Liz Murray
(Nov. 2013) Owner of the EH Murray Group, LLC in
Washington, DC since Jan. 2000. Fundraiser at the Orrin Hatch
Election Committee since Jan. 2008. Finance director for the
RSLC, April-Nov. 2013. Fundraiser on Olympia Snowe for U.S.
Senate, Feb. 2010-Feb. 2012. Fundraiser at John McCain 2008, Jan.
2008-Nov. 2010. Fundraiser at Saxby Chambliss for U.S. Senate,
Jan. 2002-Dec. 2008. B.A. in political science and government
from University of Arizona.
America Next Policy Director Chris Jacobs
(Jan. 2014) Previously at the Heritage
Foundation.
America Next Policy and Legal Advisor Jim
Bopp,
Jr.
(announced Feb. 19,
2015) Founder of The Bopp Law Firm in Terre
Haute, IN; very active in campaign finance cases. General counsel
for the James Madison Center for Free Speech, 1997-present; general
counsel for the National Right to Life Committee, 1978-present.
Member of the RNC 2006-2012. Special advisor on life issues to
Mitt Romney's 2007-08 campaign. J.D. from University of Florida,
1973; B.A. from Indiana University, 1970.
Believe Again PAC Treasurer Rolfe McCollister, Jr.
Founder and CEO of Louisiana Business, Inc. which
publishes the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, begun in
1982. Graduate of Louisiana State University. Born and
raised in Baton Rouge. >
Believe Again ...pro-Jindal super PAC filed with the FEC on Jan. 22, 2015. [website]
Chairman Former U.S. Rep. Bob Livingston
Founded The Livingston Group in 1999. Chosen as
Speaker-elect
following the 1998 midterm elections, but resigned March 1, 1999 due to
affair. Candidate for Governor of Louisiana in 1987, finishing
third in the primary. First elected to Congress in a special
election in 1977; Republican nominee for Congress in Louisiana's 1st CD
in 1976. Chief prosecutor, organized crime unit, Louisiana
attorney general’s office, 1975-76. Chief special prosecutor and
chief, armed robbery division, Orleans Parish district attorney’s
office, 1974-75. Assistant U.S. attorney, deputy chief, criminal
division, 1970-73. Practiced law. J.D. (1968) and B.A.
(1967) degrees from Tulane University. Served in the U.S. Navy,
1961-63.
Consultant Brad Todd
Partner at OnMessage Inc. twitter
Gail Gitcho
Co-founder (Dec. 2014) and partner at McKay-Gitcho Strategies. Communications director at the Republican Governors Association in the 2014 cycle, announced May 6, 2013. Senior advisor on Gabriel Gomez's campaign for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts June 25, 2013 special election. Communications director on Mitt Romney's 2011-12 presidential campaign from April 2011. Communications director to Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) starting Feb. 2011. National press secretary for the RNC from May 2009 to Jan. 2010. Mid-Atlantic communications director for John McCain’s 2008 presidential bid. Gitcho started the 2008 presidential cycle as a regional press secretary for Romney for President. Communications director for U.S. Rep. Clay Shaw (R-FL), 2004-07. Communications director for Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM), 2003-04. Master's degree in political communications from Colorado State, 2003. Bachelor's degree in political communications from Ripon College in Wisconsin, 2001. Originally from San Antonio, TX. twitter
Treasurer Rolfe McCollister, Jr.
Founder and CEO of Louisiana Business, Inc. which publishes the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, begun in 1982. Graduate of Louisiana State University. Born and raised in Baton Rouge. >
Governor's
Office
Chief of Staff Kyle Plotkin
(announced Feb. 18, 2014) Previously served as
Jindal’s assistant
chief of staff and communications director, and earlier as press
secretary for Jindal since Nov. 2008. Deputy communications
director on the John Kennedy for U.S. Senate campaign. Senior
policy and research analyst for Mitt Romney's 2008 presidential
campaign, policy analyst for Romney's Commonwealth Political Action
Committee (PAC). Research assistant at Public Opinion Strategies.
B.A. in political science and American studies from the University of
Miami (FL). Originally from New Jersey but has lived in the Baton
Rouge area since 2008. (Plotkin succeeded Paul Rainwater, who
left March 3 "to pursue opportunities in the private sector").
Deputy Chief of Staff Stafford Palmieri
(March 2015) Previously assistant chief of staff
(Aug. 2014-Mar.
2015), policy director (Dec. 2011-Aug. 2014) and education and
workforce policy advisor (Oct. 2010-Dec. 2011) in the Governor's
Office. Associate editor and policy analyst (June 2009-Oct. 2010)
and research assistant (July 2008-May 2009) at the Thomas B. Fordham
Institute. B.A. in political science from Yale University, 2008.