John
Kasich
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John
Kasich for America
...presidential campaign committee taking shape
Likely Campaign Manager Beth Hansen
(reported by the Plain
Dealer on July 13,
2015) Kasich's
chief of staff in the governor's office, announced Nov. 3, 2010 to July
13, 2015. Took leave in 2011 to work on Building a Better
Ohio.
Campaign manager on
Kasich-Taylor for
Ohio, the 2010 campaign. State director to U.S. Sen. George
Voinovich
for 11
years, and worked in the U.S. House of Representatives. Moved to
Ohio from Lansing, MI in 1998. Graduate of University of Michigan.
Fundraising Pam Kinsey
(reported by the Plain Dealer on July 13, 2015) President of PKL Consulting since 1988. Over 30 years of fundraising experience for Republican candidates across the Midwest, including serving a role in every presidential cycle since she began her career during the Reagan administration. Midwest region fundraising consultant on Pawlenty for President.
Fundraising Paige Marriott
(reported by the Plain Dealer on July 13, 2015) Over 20 years of grass-roots communication, government affairs, fundraising and strategic business development experience. In 2011 she served as senior financial consultant for national fundraising on Pawlenty for President, in 2010 she was the national finance director for Carly for California and in 2008 she served as the Western States finance director for the McCain-Palin 2008 campaign.
New
Day for America
527 organization announced/filed with the IRS on
April 20, 2015
NewDayforAmerica.com
Board of Directors
Philip H. Geier, Jr.
Founder (2001) and chairman of the Geier Group, LLC.
Served
for
20
years
as
chairman
and
CEO
of
the
Interpublic
Group
of
Companies
through
Dec.
2000; started in adversiting at McCann-Erickson
in 1958.
Former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu
Adjunct senior policy advisor to Akin Gump from July
2010.
Defeated in 2008 Senate re-election bid by Jeanne Shaheen.
Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002, defeating U.S. Sen. Bob Smith (R)
in the primary and Gov. Jeanne Shaheen in the general election.
Elected to the U.S. House in 1996 (seat vacated by Bill Zeliff) and
served three terms, Jan. 1997-Jan. 2003. Worked in high
tech. M.B.A from Harvard University, 1991; B.S. and M.S. degrees
in mechanical engineering from MIT, 1987.
Jo And Davidson
Co-chair of the Republican National Committee from
2005-09. Ohio Valley regional campaign chair of Bush-Cheney
’04. Member of the Ohio House of Representatives for 20 years,
first elected in 1980, and served as Speaker of the House from
1995-2000. Chairman of the Ohio House Republican Campaign
Committee from 1986-2000. Chairman of the Franklin County
Republican Party Central Committee for 25 years. Chairman of the
Taft for Governor campaigns in 1998 and 2002. Served a decade on the
Reynoldsburg City Council, first elected in 1967 after an unsucessful
run in 1965. Resident of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
Bruce Soll
Senior vice president at L Brands, a Columbus-based
retailer.
Executive Director Matt Carle
Campaign manager on Kasich's 2014 re-election
campaign. Director
of legislative affairs in the Governor's
Office from Jan. 2011. Campaign manager on DeWine for Senate,
March 2005-Dec. 2006. Campaign manager on Voinovich for Senate,
Jan. 2003-Jan. 2005. Campaign chairman and political consultant,
Jan. 2002-Dec. 2003. Field staff director in the Ohio Attorney
General's Office, Dec. 1998-Jan. 2002. J.D. from Capital
University Law School, 2003; B.A. in political science and sociology
from The Ohio State University, 1994.
Senior Strategist John Weaver
(reported by the Washington
Post's
Dan Balz on June 9, 2015) Senior advisor on Jon Huntsman's
presidential campaign in 2011-12. Chief strategist on Rick
Snyder's 2010 campaign for governor of Michigan. Chief strategist
on John McCain 2008 until resigning in July 2007. In 2002 Weaver
moved to
Manhattan and switched to the Democratic Party. He worked for
years, on numerous races, as a Republican political consultant based in
San Antonio, Texas. Political director on Sen. McCain's 2000
presidential campaign. National field director on Sen. Phil
Gramm's 1996 presidential campaign; after Gramm withdrew he joined
Lamar Alexander's campaign. Executive director of the Texas
Republican Party. Worked on Bill Clements' successful
gubernatorial campaign in 1986. Deputy campaign manager of Phil
Gramm's successful 1984 Senate race. Graduate of Texas A&M
University. Native of Kermit, Texas (near Odessa). Now
based in Austin, TX.
Communications Chris
Schrimpf
Communications director of the Ohio
Republican Party from June 2013. Communications director at the
Georgia Department of Community Health, July 2012-June 2013.
Communications director to Gov. Scott Walker, Jan. 2011-July
2012. Political communications director at the Republican
Governors Association, Aug.-Dec. 2010. Press secretary to Gov.
Sonny Perdue, Jan. 2009-Aug. 2010. Communications director for
the Republican Governors Association, Aug. 2007-Dec. 2008. Deputy
press secretary to Gov. Sonny Perdue, Dec. 2006-Aug. 2007. Deputy
communications director on Perdue for a New Georgia gubernatorial
campaign, 2006. B.A. in government from Cornell University,
2005. twitter
Political Jeff Polesovsky
Deputy communications director on Kasich's 2014
re-election
campaign. Director of Boards and Commissions for the State of
Ohio from Jan.
2011. Owner at Powe Productions, Oct. 2007-Dec. 2010.
Political director on Kasich for Ohio, June 2009-Nov. 2010.
Director of Recharge Ohio PAC, July 2008-April 2009 (Kasich, honorary
chairman). Account executive at Pierce Communications, Inc. Dec.
2007-July 2008. Client relations and public affiars coordinator
at The 316 Group,, LLC, Jun 2006-Nov. 2007. Communications
specialist in the Ohio Treasurer's Office, Jan. 2005-June 2006.
Graduate of The Ohio State University, 2004. twitter
Consultant Dave Luketic
(May 2015) Executive director of Balanced Budget Forever, Jan.-April 2015. Political director on Kasich Taylor for Ohio, Aug. 2013-Jan. 2015. Political director for the Ohio Republican Party, April 2012-Aug. 2013. Political director on Building a Better Ohio, July 2011-Jan. 2012. Coalition director in the Office of Gov. John Kasich, Jan.-July 2011. Northeast Ohio field director on Kasich/Taylor for Ohio, July-Dec. 2010. Administrative assistant for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, April 2009-July 2010. Political director of the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County, Dec. 2007-March 2009. B.S. in political science from University of Dayton. twitter
Advisor Former U.S. Rep. Bob Walker
(reported by the
Washington Post's Roberty Costa on
April 22,
2015) Executive chairman of Wexler | Walker, an independent
subidiary of Hill & Knowlton. National campaign chairman of
Newt 2000. Served 20 years in Congress representing
southeastern Pennsylvania (16th CD), first elected 1976 and did not
seek re-election in 1996. In the 104th Congress he chaired the
Committee on Science. Prior to his election to Congress Walker
was an assistant to Rep. Edwin D. Eshleman and earlier taught in
Millersville public schools. M.A. in political science from the
University of Delaware; B.S. in education from Millersville University.
Pollster Linda DiVall
(reported by the Washington
Post's
Dan
Balz and Robert Costa on May 27, 2015; announced
May 28) Founder, president and CEO
of American
Viewpoint;
has
provided
research and strategic direction for political and
corporate clients for close to 30 years, and "has been part of the
polling team for every GOP Presidential candidates since 1988."
Graduate of Arizona State University. Originally from Mt.
Prospect, IL.
Washington, DC- based Steering Committee
(announced July 7, 2015; first
reported by USA
Today's Deirdre
Shesgreen on
July 6, 2015) >
Chair U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (OH-12...district
extends
north
and
east
of
Columbus)
Co-Chair Bob Rusbuldt,
president and CEO of
the Independent Insurance Agents and
Brokers of America
The Honorable Steve
Stivers
The Honorable Michael Turner
The Honorable Mike Oxley
The Honorable Bob Walker
(Pennsylvania)
The Honorable Pete Hoekstra (Michigan)
The Honorable Jim Walsh (New
York)
The Honorable Spencer Bachus
(Alabama)
The Honorable Deborah Pryce
The Honorable Tom Davis
(Virginia)
Sue Andres, Union Pacific
Steve Clark, CGCN Group
Paul Miller, Miller/Wenhold
Capitol Strategies
Stewart Young, Corley
Consulting
John Downs, National
Confectioners Association
Barney Skladany, Akin Gump
Adam Francis, Washington
Council Ernst & Young
Ginger Vuich, former staff for
Congressmen Ashbrook, Parris and Kasich, and consultant
Treasurer J. Matthew Yuskewich, CPA
Founder (1988) of Winterset
CPA
Group.
State Director Paul Collins
(reported by WMUR-TV's John DiStaso on May 26,
2015) Campaign
manager on Dan Innis' 2014 Republican primary campaign in the 1st
CD. Campaign manager on Ovide Lamontagne's 2012 campaign for
governor. Consultant on
Jon Huntsman's 2011-12 NH primary campaign. In
the 2010 cycle he served as senior political strategist on businessman
Bill Binnie's U.S. Senate campaign for about four months, then managed
Sean Mahoney's unsuccessful bid for the 1st CD seat in the Sept. 2010
primary. Executive director of the NH Republican Party,
1999. Managed John E. Sununu's congressional and Senate
campaigns, 1996 through Jan. 2009. Managed Pete Wilson's brief NH
primary effort (summer 1995), then when he withdrew served as state
director on Steve Forbes NH campaign (from Oct. 1995). District
director to Rep. Charlie Bass to July 1995. During the
Administration of President George H. W. Bush, when John H. Sununu was
chief of
staff, he served as Deputy Director of the Office of National Service
(1,000 points of light) and then Special Assistant to the President for
Political Affairs. Worked for John H. Sununu starting in 1982,
serving key roles on his three campaigns for governor and as a
gubernatorial aide. NH political director on Pete du Pont's NH
primary campaign (announced July 17, 1987; started Aug. 1).
New
Day Independent Media Committee Inc.
...527
organization reported on July 6, 2015. (appears to be
alternative to super PAC, seeking clarification, ed.)
Media Strategist Fred Davis
(reported by Bloomberg Politics' Mark Halperin on June 9, 2015) Principal at Strategic Perception, Inc. in Hollywood, CA. Presidential work includes Jon Huntsman in the 2011 pre-campaign period and then for the pro-Huntsman super PAC. Chief creative consultant to the McCain-Palin campaign from summer 2008; also brought on by the RNC to serve as creative director for the 2008 Republican National Convention. Part of the creative team on Bush Cheney '04, Inc.. His first presidential campaign was Morry Taylor's longshot bid in 1996; Davis did his first political work for his uncle Jim Inhofe. He had a twenty-year career in corporate advertising, starting in 1972 with his father's PR firm and buiding it into Davis & Matos, Inc..
Treasurer Susan Jones
Winterset CPA Group.
Balanced
Budget
Forever
501(c)(4) formed Nov. 13, 2014
balancedbudgetforever.com
|
fb/BalancedBudgetForever
|
@balancedbudget
Executive Director Dave Luketic
(Jan.-April 2015) Political director on Kasich Taylor for Ohio, Aug. 2013-Jan. 2015. Political director for the Ohio Republican Party, April 2012-Aug. 2013. Political director on Building a Better Ohio, July 2011-Jan. 2012. Coalition director in the Office of Gov. John Kasich, Jan.-July 2011. Northeast Ohio field director on Kasich/Taylor for Ohio, July-Dec. 2010. Administrative assistant for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, April 2009-July 2010. Political director of the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County, Dec. 2007-March 2009. B.S. in political science from University of Dayton. twitter
Sarah Nelson
(various news reports Dec. 2015) Western regional political on Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign (reported by The New York Times on April 19, 2012) Served as Romney's Nevada state director for the caucuses, announced Aug. 4, 2011, and later managed field operations in Arizona, Idaho, Hawaii, Oregon and California. Deputy political director managing paid voter contact programs on the Meg Whitman for Governor campaign in California, 2009-10. Consultant at the Nevada based Ryan Erwin & Associates, 2005-09, including work on Brian Krolicki for Nevada Lt. Gov. in 2006 and Romney's Nevada team in 2008. Associate at November Inc., 2004-05. Degree in journalism and political science from Brigham Young University, 2001.
Governor's
Office
Chief of Staff Wayne Struble
(reported by Cleveland Plain Dealer on July 13,
2015) Previously
Kasich's director of policy.
Senior Advisor Jai Chabria
(since Jan. 2011) Asoociate at Schottenstein
Property Group, Nov.
2008-Jan. 2011. Owner of Jane's Montessori Academy, July
2006-Dec. 2010. Worked in investment banking at Barclay's Capital
(Sept.-Nov. 2008) and Lehman Brothers (Jan. 2001-Sept. 2008). Did
special projects for Kasich's New Century Project, July 1999-Dec.
2000. Political assistant for Kasich 2000, Feb.-July 1999.
Political assistant at Citizens for Kasich, the congressional
re-election campaign, Oct. 1996-Feb. 1999. twitter
Spokesman Rob Nichols
former
Chief of Staff Beth Hansen ...to campaign
(announced Nov. 3, 2010 to July 13, 2015) Campaign manager on Kasich-Taylor for Ohio (2010). State director to U.S. Sen. George Voinovich for 11 years, and worked in the U.S. House of Representatives. Moved to Ohio from Lansing, MI in 1998. Graduate of University of Michigan.
Kasich
Taylor for Ohio (2014 re-election)
Campaign Manager Matt Carle
Director of legislative affairs in the Governor's
Office from Jan. 2011. Campaign manager on DeWine for Senate,
March 2005-Dec. 2006. Campaign manager on Voinovich for Senate,
Jan. 2003-Jan. 2005. Campaign chairman and political consultant,
Jan. 2002-Dec. 2003. Field staff director in the Ohio Attorney
General's Office, Dec. 1998-Jan. 2002. J.D. from Capital
University Law School, 2003; B.A. in political science and sociology
from The Ohio State University, 1994.
Deputy Campaign Manager Jeff Polesovsky
Director of Boards and Commissions for the State of
Ohio from Jan.
2011. Owner at Powe Productions, Oct. 2007-Dec. 2010.
Political director on Kasich for Ohio, June 2009-Nov. 2010.
Director of Recharge Ohio PAC, July 2008-April 2009 (Kasich, honorary
chairman). Account executive at Pierce Communications, Inc. Dec.
2007-July 2008. Client relations and public affiars coordinator
at The 316 Group,, LLC, Jun 2006-Nov. 2007. Communications
specialist in the Ohio Treasurer's Office, Jan. 2005-June 2006.
Graduate of The Ohio State University, 2004.
Field Director Scott Blake
(Jan. 2014) Legislative liaison in the
Governor's Office from Nov. 2011-Jan. 2014. Field director on
Building a Better Ohio, Aug.-Nov. 2011. Associate at The Credo
Company, Nov. 2010-Aug. 2011. Campaign manager on Carle for State
Representative, Feb.-Nov. 2010. M.B.A. from Capital University,
2014; B.A. in political science from The Ohio State University, 2009.
Communications Director Connie
Wehrkamp
(Jan. 2014) Deputy press secretary in the
Governor's Office from 2011. Assistant grassroots coordinator and
legislative assistant at NFIB. B.A. degrees in political science
and communication studies from The Ohio State University, 2008.
also
Political Advisor Doug Preisse
Principal at Van Meter, Ashbrook & Associates,
Inc.. Chairman
of
the Franklin County Republican Party, first elected in 2004.
Executive
director of the 1992 and 1996 Republican presidential campaigns in
Ohio. Campaign manager on Gov. George Voinovich's 1994
re-election;
political director for George Voinovich's 1990 campaign for Governor of
Ohio.