January 12, 2016

Ahead of Iowa Event, Jeb Announces Sportsmen's Coalition Advisory Committee

Ahead of his events in Iowa today, including an event at Brownell's Firearms Manufacturing, and after President Obama's overreaching executive orders on gun control last week, today, Jeb is announcing the advisory committee for his Sportsmen's Coalition. This group will build the coalition and help spread Jeb’s message about the importance of hunting and fishing traditions and protecting the Second Amendment for law-abiding citizens.

“Jeb Bush and I served together as governors of neighboring states with proud hunting and fishing traditions. I've hunted and fished all my life, and I know Jeb Bush has stood up to the relentless, repeated attacks on our Second Amendment rights.  I have no doubt he will continue to lead that fight in the Oval Office.   And that is why we must have a Second Amendment champion like Jeb Bush as President,” said Former Alabama Governor Bob Riley.

Jeb Bush’s Sportsmen Coalition Advisory Committee:
  • Former Governor Bob Riley, Alabama
  • Commissioner Adam Putnam, Florida Department of Agriculture
  • Congressman Jeff Miller
  • Carlos Alfonso, Florida Wildlife Foundation Board of Directors
  • Weldon F. Baird, Managing Partner, The Baird Group, LLC & Chairman, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
  • Former Senator Carey Baker, Owner, AW Peterson Gun Shop, Mount Dora, Florida — the oldest gun shop in America, est. 1886
  • Kathy Barco, former Chair, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
  • Rodney Barreto, Chairman, Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida (FWFF) & fmr, Chairman, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
  • Scott Blackwell, former President, Remington Outdoor Company
  • Bill Bunting, Second Amendment Chair, Republican Party of Florida
  • Mitch Butler, former Deputy Asst. Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior
  • Don Causey, Editor, The Angling Report and former NRA board member
  • Dick Corbett, former Chair, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
  • Martin Gonzalez, Executive Editor, Firearms Channel
  • Tio Kleberg, King Ranch Board of Directors (Kingsville, Texas)
  • Scott Leysath, Sporting Chef Productions, Cooking editor, Ducks Unlimited Magazine
  • Dave Morillo, Host, KIOA 93.3 "Cop talk w/Sergeant Dave Murillo" (Iowa)
  • Ambassador John Nau, National Parks Foundation Board of Directors
  • Connie S. Parker, Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida Board of Directors
  • Jimmy Patronis, Florida Public Service Commissioner
  • John Pope, Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida (FWFF) Board of Directors
  • Ambassador John D. Rood, Former Chairman, Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, former U.S. Ambassador to Bahamas
  • Nick Seifert, Senior Editor, Outdoor Life Magazine & President/Partner, Fischer Productions, 14-time Emmy Award winning television production company (ESPN,Outdoor Channel, Sportsman Channel)
  • Melissa Simpson, Former Deputy Undersecretary, US Department of Agriculture
  • Paul Vahldiek, Jr., Chairman, The High Lonesome Ranch (HLR), President of Deep Water Cay (DWC) chairman and a founding member of the Western Landowners Alliance
  • Will Weatherford, former Speaker, Florida House of Representatives
  • Brian Yablonski , Chairman, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission & Florida Wildlife Conservationist of the Year (2009)