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Chairman
Sen. Roger Wicker (MS)
(elected Nov. 13, 2014) Appointed to the U.S.
Senate in 2007 (succeeding Trent Lott), and elected in 2008 in a
special election; re-elected in 2012. Elected to Congress in
1994; elected president of the freshman class, and re-elected six
times. Elected to the state Senate in 1987, and served to
1994. Lee County, Miss. public defender, 1984-87. Judge pro
tem in Tupelo. Staff for Rep. Trent Lott on the House Rules
Committee, 1980-82. U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps
(ROTC), 1976-80. B.A. (1973) and J.D. (1975) law degrees
from University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). Also serve as a page
for U.S. Rep. Jamie L. Whitten.
Vice Chairman for Finance
Vice Chairman for Grassroots Outreach
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Executive Director Ward Baker
(announced Nov. 20, 2014; Baker served as NRSC
political director in
the 2014 cycle, announced Jan. 29, 2013) Political and field
liaison between the Romney campaign and the RNC. Partner at
Majority Strategies, a direct mail firm in
Nashville, TN. National political director at the Republican
State Leadership Committee. Campaign director for the Virginia
House Republican Caucus in 2005. 72-Hour director for the
Bush-Cheney campaign in Florida. Political director and 72-Hour
director for Haley Barbour’s successful 2003 gubernatorial campaign in
Mississippi. Campaign manager for Blackburn for Congress (TN-07)
in 2002. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps. twitter
Deputy Executive Director Kevin McLaughlin
(announced Nov. 20, 2014; McLaughlin served as senior advisor at the NRSC in the 2014 cycle, announced Jan. 29, 2013) Owner of North Star LLC, a strategic communications firm, from April 2012. A vice president at DCI Group, June 2011-April 2012. Communications director to Sen. John Cornyn. Communications director at Texans for Senator John Cornyn, Oct. 2007-Jan. 2009. Presidential appointee U.S. Dept. of State, Sept.-Oct. 2007. Director of media affairs at John McCain 2008, Jan.-June 2007. Director of broadcasting at the RNC, 2005-07. On-air morning show at WXPT-FM, 2000-05. B.A. in journalism from University of Saint Thomas, 1996. twitter
POLITICAL
Political Director Sarah
Morgan
(reported by Roll
Call Jan. 4, 2015) Western regional political director in
the 2014 cycle. Campaign manager of Rep. Jeff Flake's (AZ) 2010
campaign
for U.S. Senate. Vice president of rural affairs at Associated
General Contractors-AZ chapter, Oct. 2007-April 2011. Office
administrator to U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, 2002-07. Deputy campaign
manager on Jon Kyl for U.S. Senate, June 2005,-Dec. 2006.
Attended Iowa State University.
COMMUNICATIONS
Communications Director Andrea Bozek
(reported by Roll
Call Jan. 4, 2015) Communications director at the NRCC in
the 2014 cycle; NRCC deputy communications
director in 2012, and previously regional press secretary for the
Midwest
and Southeast,
announced Jan. 31, 2011. Account
supervisor at Edelman. Communications director for Rep. Chris Lee
(NY), Jan. 2009-June 2010. Press
secretary
to
Rep.
Tom
Reynolds
(NY),
Aug.
2007-Jan.
2009.
Research
analyst
and
rgional
coordinator
for
John
McCain’s
presidential
campaign
in
the
first
part
of
2007.
Communications
assistant
at
the
NRCC
in
the
2006
cycle.
Buffalo
native.
twitter
Research
Research Director Mark McLaughlin
(reported by Roll
Call Jan. 4, 2015) Also NRSC research director in the
2014 cycle; started at the NRSC in the
research department in June 2009. War room deputy at Freedom's
Watch, Aug.-Dec. 2008. Communications intern on Romney for
President, Jan. 2007-Feb. 2008. B.A. in journalism, political
science from Northeastern University, 2009. twitter
DIGITAL
Chief Digital Strategist Tim Cameron
(reported by Roll
Call Jan. 4, 2015) Digital director at the NRSC from Nov.
2013. Director of digital media for
the House Republican Conference, Jan.-Nov. 2013. Director of
digital at CRAFT " Media/Digital, Aug. 2011-Jan. 2013. Director
of digital operations at American Solutions for Winning the Future,
June 2008-July 2011; digital consultant at American Solutions PAC,
Sept. 2010-Feb. 2011. eCampaign consultant, Dec. 2006-June
2008. Campaign manager at Phillip Lowe for SC House, Aug.-Nov.
2006. Deputy finance director at the South Carolina Republican
Party, April 2005-May 2006. twitter
Finance
Finance Director Claire Holloway Avella
(reported by Roll
Call Jan. 4, 2015)
Founder (2003) and president of Holloway
Consulting Inc.. In addition to many statewide campaigns,
Holloway served as deputy national finance director for the
McCain-Palin RNC Victory Committee. Attended University of
Georgia.
PAC
PAC Director Michelle McGann
(reported by Roll
Call Jan. 4, 2015)
Deputy finance director on Scott Brown's 2014 campaign for U.S. Senate
in New Hampshire. Young Guns coordinator at the NRCC from June
2012. Junior legislative assistant in the U.S. House, Jan.
2011-May 2012. B.S. in political science from Amherst College,
2010. twitter
...below is the organization as of Fall 2014; some of these folks will likely continue on at the NRSC in 2015-16.
Executive
Director
Rob
Collins
(announced Dec. 21, 2012) Taking a leave of absence from position as managing partner at Purple Strategies. Headed the American Action Network in the 2010 cycle. Deputy chief of staff to then House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, Jan. 2009-Feb. 2010; chief of staff to Cantor, 2004-09; communications director to Cantor, 2003-04. Sen. Chuck Hagel's press secretary in 2002. Has worked on over 14 campaigns. Graduate of Franklin & Marshall College. From Syracuse, NY. twitter
Assistant to the
Executive
Director Lisa Kramer
Deputy Executive Director Matt Lira
(reported by Roll
Call March
2013) Senior advisor in the Office of House Majority Leader Eric
Cantor from Jan. 2011, with a leave from Aug.-Nov. 2012 to servd as
digital director for VP nominee Paul Ryan at Romney for
President. Director of new media for House Minority Whip
Cantor, 2008-10; deputy communications director to Chief Deputy
Minority Whip Cantor 2006-08, with a leave to serve as webmaster for
the McCain campaign from April
2008. Associate director of e-campaigns at the RNC,
2005-06. B.A. in international studies from University of Denver,
2004. From Denver. twitter
COO Alysia Barzee
Director of operations at Ground Game Strategies on
assignment at the
NRSC. A brief stint as scheduler
on Jon Huntsman for President (left late June 2011). Project
leader at American Action Network for the Hispanic Leadership Forum,
and grassroots development with Americans for Limited
Government.. A trip
coordinator for President George W. Bush. Degree in political
science from Brigham Young University.
POLITICAL
Political Director Ward Baker
(announced Jan. 29, 2013) Political and field
liaison between the Romney campaign and the RNC. Partner at
Majority Strategies, a direct mail firm in
Nashville, TN. National political director at the Republican
State Leadership Committee. Campaign director for the Virginia
House Republican Caucus in 2005. 72-Hour director for the
Bush-Cheney campaign in Florida. Political director and 72-Hour
director for Haley Barbour’s successful 2003 gubernatorial campaign in
Mississippi. Campaign manager for Blackburn for Congress (TN-07)
in 2002. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps. twitter
Deputy Political Director Chelsea Hawker
(announced March 2013) In 2012, per The Hill, "deputy to RNC Political Director Rick Wiley and former RNC Chief of Staff Jeff Larson" working on the RNC's Victory program; also worked for Baker when he was RNC-Romney liaison. Operations manager at Murphy Turner Associates. Worked at Majority Strategies. Also served as communications chairman of the Florida Federation of Republican Women.
Regional Political Director Michael
Joffrion
(June 2013) North Carolina state manager
on Romney for
President, May 1-Nov. 2012; previously the
campaign's regional
political director for the South, started May 2011. Political
director for the Alabama
Republican Party, April 2008-April 2011. Worked on the Charlie
Ross for Congress primary campaign in Jackson, MS and on Rudy
Giuliani's Iowa caucus campaign. A Victory field director for the
RNC in Missouri, 2006. M.P.A. (2005) and B.A. in political
science (2003)
from Auburn University. Native of Birmingham, AL.
Western Regional Political Director Sarah
Morgan
(reported by Roll
Call March
2013) Campaign manager of Rep. Jeff Flake's (AZ) 2010 campaign
for U.S. Senate. Vice president of rural affairs at Associated
General Contractors-AZ chapter, Oct. 2007-April 2011. Office
administrator to U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, 2002-07. Deputy campaign
manager on Jon Kyl for U.S. Senate, June 2005,-Dec. 2006.
Attended Iowa State University.
Regional Political Director Brittany Belt
(Jan. 2014; started at the NRSC as political
coodinator in Jan. 2013) Deputy campaign manager on
Altschuler for Congress
(NY), Feb.-Nov. 2012. Scheduler for U.S. Rep. Robert Turner
(NY-9), Sept. 2011-Feb. 2012. Deputy campaign manager on Bob
Turner for Congress, July-Sept. 2011. B.A. in political science
from Wheaton College, 2010.
Polling and Analytics Director Nathan Klein
Senior Advisor Josh Holmes
(reported by Politico on Aug. 1, 2013 to work at NRSC as "conduit to the downtown fundraising community" and on Sen. McConnell's 2014 re-elect) Started working for McConnell in 2007; chief of staff of McConnell's Washington office from Dec. 2010 and previously staff director for the Senate Republican Communications Center; also worked on McConnell's 2008 re-elect. Director of rapid response at the RNC, 2005-07. Policy director on the Nethercutt for U.S. Senate campaign, April-Dec. 2004. Legislative correspondent to Sen. Coleman, 2003-04. A regional political director on Norm Coleman's 2002 campaign for U.S. Senate. Undergraduate degree from Arizona State University, 2002. Originally from Minnesota.
COMMUNICATIONS
Communications Director Brad Dayspring
(announced Jan. 29, 2013) Senior advisor for the
YG Action Fund (Super PAC), April 2012-Jan. 2013. Deputy chief of
staff to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Dec. 2010-April 2012; press
secretary to then-Republican Whip Cantor, Jan. 2009-Dec. 2010.
Communications director to U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling at the Republican
Study Committee, April 2006-Dec. 2008. Communications director to
U.S. Rep. Christopher Smith (NJ), 2005-06. Manager of media
relations at the National Restaurant Association, 2004-05. Deputy
director of press advance at the White House, 2001-04. Deputy
press secretary to U.S. Rep. John Kasich, June 1999-Dec. 2000.
B.A. in political science from Villanova University, 1999. twitter
Senior Advisor Kevin McLaughlin
(announced Jan. 29, 2013) Owner of North Star LLC, a strategic communications firm, from April 2012. A vice president at DCI Group, June 2011-April 2012. Communications director to Sen. John Cornyn. Communications director at Texans for Senator John Cornyn, Oct. 2007-Jan. 2009. Presidential appointee U.S. Dept. of State, Sept.-Oct. 2007. Director of media affairs at John McCain 2008, Jan.-June 2007. Director of broadcasting at the RNC, 2005-07. On-air morning show at WXPT-FM, 2000-05. B.A. in journalism from University of Saint Thomas, 1996. twitter
Press Secretary Brook Hougesen
(reported March 2013) Communications director to
Rep. Adam Kinzinger from 2011. Press secretary to U.S. Rep. Geoff
Davis, 2010-11. Campaign manager on Geoff Davis for Congress,
2010. B.S. in public relations, political science from Illinois
State University, 2009. twitter
Research
Research Director Mark McLaughlin
(announced Jan. 29, 2013; started at the NRSC in the
research department in June 2009) War room deputy at Freedom's
Watch, Aug.-Dec. 2008. Communications intern on Romney for
President, Jan. 2007-Feb. 2008. B.A. in journalism, political
science from Northeastern University, 2009. twitter
Deputy Research Director Zachary Gillan
(Nov. 2013) Rapid response/research on Ken Cuccinelli
for Governor,
Feb.-Nov. 2013. Briefly research analyst at Americans for a
Strong Defense. Research analyst at the NRSC, June 2011-Dec.
2012. Also interned at the NRSC June-Aug. 2010 and for Sen. John
Cornyn, Aug. -Dec. 2009. B.A. in government from Hamilton
College, 2011.
DIGITAL
Digital Director Tim Cameron
(Nov. 2013) Director of digital media for
the House Republican Conference, Jan.-Nov. 2013. Director of
digital at CRAFT " Media/Digital, Aug. 2011-Jan. 2013. Director
of digital operations at American Solutions for Winning the Future,
June 2008-July 2011; digital consultant at American Solutions PAC,
Sept. 2010-Feb. 2011. eCampaign consultant, Dec. 2006-June
2008. Campaign manager at Phillip Lowe for SC House, Aug.-Nov.
2006. Deputy finance director at the South Carolina Republican
Party, April 2005-May 2006. twitter
Creative Director Dain Valverde
(reported by Politico April 2013) Experience
includes video
editor at Citizens United Productions.
Analytics Program Director Lucas Todd
Thompson
(March 2014; fellow at the NRSC from June 2013-March
2014)
Lecturer in political science at Yale University from Sept. 2013.
Ph.D, M.Phil, M.A. in political science from Yale University, 2013;
B.A. from University of Kansas, 2007.
Digital Engagement Manager Arica VanBoxtel
(May 2013) Digital media consultant at Aver Informatics Inc. from May 2012. Undergraduate degreee from Marquette Univesity, 2013.
Digital Standards Liaison Kelsey Jarrett
(April 2014) Google+ Community Partnerships,
political team, May
2013-April 2014. Writer/editor at The Life and Style Guild, Sept.
2012-March 2013. B.S. in human organization and development from
Vanderbilt University, 2013.
Digital Associate Michael Lehmann
Production Assistant Bradley Leonard
Finance
Finance Director Heather Larrison
(reported by The
Hill on Sept. 4, 2013 succeeding
Shelly Carson who was shifted to direct donor outreach)
President of The Larrison Group since 2006. Undergraduate degree
from Vanderbilt University, 1996.
Deputy Finance Director, Management and
Operations Les Williamson
Consultant at The Larrison Group, LLC from 2009.
Special
assistant at the U.S. Department of Commerce, April 2005-Jan.
2009. B.A. in finance and economics from Southern Methodist
University, 2004.
Deputy Finance Director, Major Donors
Dougie Simmons
Director
of
scheduling for Sen. Ted Cruz from 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.
Deputy Finance Director
Brittney Godoy
(Feb. 2013) Chairman's program director at the
RSLC, Aug.
2011-Jan. 2013. Finance director on Byrne for Alabama, July
2009-July 2010. Legislative correspondent to U.S. Sen. Richard
Shelby, May 2007-July 2009. B.S. in advertising/PR from
University of Alabama, 2007.
Deputy Finance Director
Robyn Knecht
Senior staff on Mike Pence for Governor campaign,
2012. Deputy
finance director for House Speaker John Boehner. Finance director
on the Dan Coats for Senate campaign, 2010. Deputy director for
external affairs at the 2008 Republican National Convention.
Director of Governors Office relations and events at the RGA in the
2006 cycle.
Deputy Finance Director
Fifi Knott
(started at the NRSC in Feb. 2013 as regional finance
director ot the
tri-state region - NY, NJ, CT). Deputy finance director of the
tri-state region at Romney for President, March 2011-Nov. 2012.
Account coordinator at Behrman Communications, Jan. 2010-Feb.
2011. Intern for the tri-state finance office on John McCain
2008, May-Aug. 2008. B.A. in American studies, art history from
UNC Chapel Hill, 2009.
Deputy Finance Director Catherine (Campbell) Onnen
(Oct. 2013) Communitydevelopment manger for
First Book, Nov.
2012-Oct. 2013. Outreach and development officer at the Hospice
Foundation of America, Feb. 2011-Nov. 2012. Political assistant
at the Republican Governors Association, Feb. 2009-Feb. 2011.
B.B.A. in marketing from The University of Georgia, 2008.
Events Director and Senate Kalyn Stephens
PAC Director Rachel Kelley
(March 2013) Manager of political affairs at
ICSC, from Sept.
2008. PAC manager at the National Association of Home Builders,
2006-08. Manager of government relations at Public Policy
Partners/GAGE, 2005-06. Staff assistant, then constituent
relations for Sen. Jeff Sessions, 2003-05. Bachelor's degree in
political science and public relations from University of Alabama, 2003.
Deputy PAC Director Anne Lesser
(March 2014; started at the NRSC as PAC assistant in
April 2013)
Legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, Jan.-April 2013.
Legislative assistant (Oct.-Nov. 2012) and director of outreach (Nov.
2011-Oct. 2012) to U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams. Campaign manager on
Sandy Adams for Congress, Jan.-Aug. 2012. Legislative
correspondent to U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams, Jan.-Nov. 2011. Campaign
manager at Bill Posey for Congress, April-Dec. 2010. B.A. in
political science from University of Florida, 2007.
ADMINISTRATION
CFO Jay Banning
Previously CFO/CAO at the RNC through March 2009; was at the RNC for 33 years.
Controller Kris Ozanus
(Aug. 2009) Previously senior
accountant/asst. controller (from May 2008) and started at the NRSC in
March 2006 as accounts receivable/accounts payable. Pension
analyst at Pipefitters National Pension Fund, 2004-06. M.B.A.
from Regis University, 2004; B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College, 2002.
LEGAL
General Counsel Megan Sowards
(announced Jan. 29, 2013) Deputy general counsel
on the Romney for President campaign, June 2011-Nov. 2012.
Associate at Patton Boggs, LLP from
Oct. 2009. Speechwriter at the U.S. Department of State,
2003-05. Press secretary to Sen. Susan Collins, 2001-03.
Speechwriter to Sen. John Chafee and then Sen. Lincoln Chafee,
1999-2001. J.D. from University of Michigan Law School;
undergraduate degree from Middlebury College.
Deputy General Counsel Stephen Kenny
(Aug.-Nov. 2014) Judicial law clerk U.S. Court
of Appeals for the
Tenth Circuit (Denver), Aug. 2013-July 2014. Law clerk at Romney
for President, Sept. 2011-Nov. 2012. Teacher at KIPP Indianapolis
College Preparatory, Sept. 2008-June 2010. J.D. from Harvard Law
School, 2013; B.A. in history and government from Georgetown
University, 2008.
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES
Director of
Independent Expenditures Jeff Larson
(reported Nov. 2013) CEO of Roosevelt
Group. RNC
chief of staff
announced Feb. 3, 2011 through April 2013. In 1999
Larson
and three others formed Feather Hodges Larson & Synhorst, which
became FLS-DCI and then FLS Connect, a top campaign consulting firm; he
sold his stake in the firm following the 2010 elections. In the
2010 cycle Larson
chaired Minnesota Future, a 527 group that was active in the governor's
race. CEO of the Minneapolis-St. Paul 2008 Host Committee.
Founded a firm call Strategic Communications. Worked at the RNC
under Lee Atwater. Executive director of the Delaware Republican
Party in 1988 cycle. Worked on North Dakota Gov. Alan
Olson's unsuccessful 1984 re-election campaign. Deputy campaign
manager on Bud Westman's campaign for U.S. Senate in North
Dakota.
Degree in business administration and economics from University of
North Dakota, 1982. Grew up in Grand Forks, ND.
Deputy Director of Independent
Expenditures Daniel Huey
(Jan. 2014) Previously NRSC director of digital
and data from
April 2013. Deputy political director at the
Republican
Governors Association, July 2011-Jan. 2013. Account executive at
CRAFT | Media/Digital, Dec. 2009-July 2011.
Deputy Research Director, Independent
Expenditures Angela Zirkelbach