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Organization
The RNC is a confederation of state parties. Power
flows from the local level up to the national level.
National Convention
Every four years.
168 Members of the RNC
Meet twice yearly. 1 Committeeman, 1 Committeewoman and 1 Chairperson from each state. Committee members terms run from Convention to Convention. (Formerly 165 Members -- increased with the addition of three Members from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).
Executive Committee (28 members)(Rule 6)
Sounding board for the Chair. Decisions between meetings of the full RNC.
- 8 by Region (MW, NE, S, W) -
- 3 Chair Appointments -
- 17 Elected and Appointed Officers - Chairman, Co-Chair, Vice Chairs, Treasurer, Secretary; General Counsel, Finance Chairman, Chairman of State Chairmen's Advisory Comm., Chairman of the Budget Committee, Chairman of the Rules Committee.
Chairman Reince Priebus (WI)
(elected Jan. 14, 2011; re-elected Jan. 25,
2013; re-elected Jan. 16, 2015) Served as RNC General Counsel;
announced July 31, 2009, resigned Dec. 5, 2010. Chairman of the
Wisconsin state party, first elected in May 2007. Candidate for
State Senate in
2004, losing to incumbent Bob Wirch (D) by 52% to 48%. Partner at
Best
& Friedrich LLP; joined the firm in 1998. J.D. from
University of Miami School of Law, 1998. Worked in the Wisconsin
legislature before law school. B.S. from University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1994. Born and raised in Kenosha, WI.
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Director of the
Chairman's
Office Elisabeth Steil
(Aug. 2013; started as
director of scheduling in
2011) Scheduler
and legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (TX), 2009-11.
Scheduler to U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman (MN), 2005-09.
Co-Chair Sharon Day (FL)
(elected Jan. 14, 2011; re-elected Jan. 25,
2013; re-elected Jan. 16, 2015)
Day served the past two years as RNC Secretary, elected
Jan. 2009. She was an unsuccessful candidate for RPOF chairman in
Feb. 2010 following the resignation of Jim Greer. "Sharon is a
retired executive with marketing, group health insurance and
re-insurance experience. She is an entrepreneur that has built
and sold numerous businesses." From Fort Lauderdale, FL. > twitter
Chief of Staff to the Co-Chair Mike Vallante
(May 2011) Chief of staff of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Host Committee, Dec. 2007-May 2011. A regional political director on the Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign. COO of the California Republican Party; directed the day-to-day operations of the state Republican Party rom June 2003-May 2007. President/owner of JM Commmunications Inc., his own public relations firm, May 1992-June 2003. He has served as chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Party and as a regional political director for the RNC. B.A. in political science, public administration from Providence College, 1977.
Director of Women's
Programs
Valerie Dowling
(May 2013)
Pennsylvania coalitions director on Romney for
President, June-Nov. 2012. Political director at the National
Federation of Republican Women, June 2009-June 2012. Staff
assistant in the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs,
2008-09; White House of Office of Presidential Correspondence,
2007-08.
B.A. in politics, history from Converse College, 2007.
Treasurer Tony Parker (DC)
(elected Jan. 14, 2011; re-elected Jan. 25, 2013; re-elected Jan. 16, 2015) President of Parker Tide, a federal government contracting company. Vietnam veteran, U.S. Navy; received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College, and his J.D. and Masters in tax law from Georgetown Law Center.
Secretary Susie Hudson (VT)
(elected Jan. 16, 2015) Elected National Committeewoman from Vermont in May 2008. Experience includes executive director of the Vermont Commission on National and Community Service where she oversaw the State AmeriCorps programs (appointed by Gov. Douglas in 2003). Executive director of the Vermont Republican Party; Midwest regional legislative political director for the Republican National Committee; and worked at the U.S. Department of Justice. B.S. from University of Vermont.
General Counsel John Ryder (TN)
(announced Feb. 7, 2013, subject to RNC confirmation) Member of the Memphis, Tennessee law firm: Harris, Shelton, Hanover & Walsh. J.D. from Vanderbilt University, 1974; A.B. from Wabash College, 1971. Has served as National Committeeman from 1996-2004 and from 2008 to the present.
Finance Chairman Lew Eisenberg
(reported Jan. 2015) Partner and co-founder (1990) of Granite Capital International Group, an investment management company headquartered in New York City. Senior advisor to KKR since 2009. Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 1995-Jan. 2002. Partner at Goldman Sachs, 1966-1989. M.B.A. from Cornell University, 1966; B.A. from Dartmouth College, 1964. Extensive fundraising experience including a member of Romney's Florida finance team from Oct. 2011; Victory finance chairman at the RNC, March-Nov. 2008; a national finance co-chair of John McCain 2008; a Pioneer on the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign; RNC finance chairman from Jan. 2002-March 2003; and co-founder of the Team 100 program for the RNC in 1998. Eisenberg also served as co-chairman of the New York City Host Committee for the 2004 Republican National Convention.
Chairman of the
State Chairmen Steve Robertson (KY)
(announced July 29, 2013)
Chairman of the Budget Committee Ron
Kaufman (MA)
Members of the Budget Committee: MW: . S:
. NE: . W: . Plus .
Ex-Officio Members: Chairman Priebus, Co-Chairman Day, Treasurer
Parker.
Chairman of the RNC Standing Committee on
Resolutions Carolyn McLarty (OK)
Chairman of the RNC Standing Committee on Rules Bruce Ash (AZ)
Executive
Chief
of
Staff
Katie
Walsh
(announced
Jan. 27, 2015) RNC finance director in 2013-14 (announced
June 6, 2013); started as RNC deputy finance
director in Jan. 2013. Deputy finance director at the NRSC
starting Jan. 2009. A
regional finance director on RNC/McCain
Victory
2008. Assistant to the national finance director on the Fred
Thompson campaign. Undergraduate studies in business at The
George Washington University, 2007.
Assistant to the
Chief of Staff Madeleine
Westerhout
(Jan. 2015) Previously assistant to the RNC finance director from July 2013. Special projects/volunteer coordinator on Kuhn for Congress, Jan.-March 2013. Interned on the Romney campaign, Sept.-Nov. 2012. B.A. in political science and government from the College of Charleston, 2013.
Chief
Operating
Officer
Sean
Cairncross
(announced July 8, 2015) General Counsel at VogelHood from July 2014 and partner at Holtzman Vogel Josefiak PLLC from 2013. General counsel and deputy executive director at the NRSC, Feb. 2009-Feb. 2013. Chief counsel (Feb. 2007-Jan. 2009) and deputy counsel (June 2004-Jan. 2007) at the RNC. Litigation associate at the Washington D.C. law firm Covington & Burling, 2001-04. J.D. from NYU in 2001, M.Phil. from Cambridge University in 1998, and B.A. from American University in 1997.
Senior
Advisor
Jeff
Larson
(announced Jan. 29, 2015) Director of IE at the NRSC in the 2014 cycle (reported Nov. 2013). CEO of Roosevelt Group. Chief of staff at the RNC in the 2012 cycle, 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.
POLITICAL
Political
Director
Chris
Carr
(announced Feb. 9, 2015) Co-founder and consultant to Engage Nevada, a conservative 501(c)(4) organization. Nevada state manager on the Romney campaign, reported May 2012. Western regional political director at the RNC, announced June 1, 2011 to May 2012. Western regional political director at the NRCC in 2010. West and Southeast political director at the NRCC in the 2010 cycle. Northwest political director at the RNC, 2007-08. Campaign manager for Sen. John Ensign’s (R-NV) successful reelection bid in 2006. Executive director of the Nevada Victory Campaign and Nevada State Republican Party in the 2004 cycle. Executive director of the Clark County Republicans. Carr came to Nevada from Louisiana; extensive experience in Louisiana campaigns including manager of Dan Kyle's primary campaign for Louisiana Insurance Commissioner in 2003; manager of Donna Mayeux's 2000 campaign for mayor of Baton Rouge; and manager of State Rep. Quentin Dastugue's 1995 gubernatorial campaign. Deputy campaign manager on Jim Gibbons' 1994 campaign for governor. Campaign manager for Bush-Quayle in Nevada in 1992. Interned at the White House during the administration of President George H.W. Bush. Graduate of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, LA. Originally from Sulphur.
Assistant to the
Political
Director Julia Griswold
(March 2015)
Previously scheduler/executive assistant (from Aug.
2013) and staff assistant (June-Aug. 2013) to U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions
(TX-32). B.A. in English language and literature from Texas
A&M University, 2013.
Deputy Political Director Molly Donlin
O'Driscoll
(April 2013) Florida state manager on Romney's general election campaign; started as state director for Romney's Florida primary campaign, then went on to direct the primary campaigns in Ohio, Illinois, and Wisconsin. In 2010 Donlin directed Republicans' Michigan Victory effort. In the fall 2008 campaign she directed Republicans' Victory 2008 effort in Arizona; earlier in the cycle she served as field director for Central Florida on the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee. Donlin was a presidential appointee in the Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, where she served as assistant to the director. Deputy director of volunteer development for the RNC from Aug. 2005 to Dec. 2006, and 72-Hour field director for Hamilton County for the Ohio Republican Party. B.S. degree in international affairs from Xavier University in Cincinnati, 2004. twitter
Director of Strategic
Initiatives Jennifer Sevilla Korn
(announced
May 28, 2013) Executive director of
the Hispanic Leadership Network; teacher at the Leadership Institute
and a senior fellow at the
Institute for Liberty.. Director of
Intergovernmental affairs and public liaison at the U.S. Department of
Justice. Associate
Director for Hispanic Affairs in the Office of Public Liaison at the
White House. National Hispanic
director and Southwest coalitions director for Bush-Cheney '04.
Executive
director of the Lincoln Juarez Opportunity Center,
a non-profit headquartered in Santa Ana.
>See also: RNC
Latinos twitter
Regional Political Directors
Northeast Kimberly Jorns
(April 2015) Executive director of the Michigan Republican Party, July 2011-April 2015. Executive director of the Maryland Republican Party, Jan. 2010-July 2011. Finance director for the Republican Party of Virginia, Jan. 2009-Jan. 2010. Director of development for the Tax Foundation, 2008-Jan. 2009. Political event coordinator on the Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign, 2007-08. Finance director for the Republican Party of Wisconsin, 2005-07. M.P.A. in non-profit administration from Arizona State University, 2004; B.S. in communication from Michigan State University, 2001.
Southeast Josh
Kivett
Partner
at Connect Strategic Communications from 2010 and president of the
Jamison Group, Inc. from 2005. Campaign manager on Texans for Tom
Leppert, 2011-12. General consultant and campaign manager for
U.S.
Sen. Jim Inhofe, 2004-08. Executive director of the Oklahoma
Republican State House Committee, 2005-06. Campaign manager on
Kirk Humphreys for U.S. Senate (OK), 2003-04. Campaign manager
for Sen. Inhofe, 2001-03. Campaign manager on Barr for Congress,
1999-2001. Regional field director for Forbes 2000 and Americans
for Hope, Growth and Opportunity, 1998-99. Regional political
director at the Georgia Republican Party, 1998. M. A. in
electoral politics from Georgia State University; B.A. in political
science and history from the University of Georgia. twitter
Midwest Juston Johnson
(March 2015) Executive
director
of
the
Florida
Republican
Party,
May
2013.
National
field
director
for
the
RNC
during
the
2012
cycle
from
Sept.
2011.
Campaign
manager
on
Ron
Johnson
for
U.S.
Senate
May-Nov.
2010.
RNC
deputy
director
of
political
education,
Aug.
2009-May
2010.
Political
director
for
the
Republican
Party
of
Wisconsin,
Jan.
2007-Aug.
2009,
and
Wisconsin
Victory
director,
Fall
2008.
Campaign
manager
on
Van
Hollen
for
Attorney
General,
2005-06.
B.A.
in
political science from University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2002.
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West
Peter Graves
Executive director (March 2011-April 2013) and
political director (March 2010-March 2011) of the Washington State
Republican Party. Political director on Susan Hutchison for King
County Executive, Fall 2009. Legislative aide to KCC Pete von
Reichbauer, Nov. 2008-Aug. 2009. Field coordinator on Dino Rossi
for Governor, Jan.-Nov. 2008. B.A. in economics and political
science from Western Washington University, 2007.
Regional Political Coordinators
Northeast and Midwest Max Docksey
(May 2015) Constituent services director (Jan.-May 2015) and constituent services representative (Jan. 2014-Jan. 2015) for U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy (WI). Degree in political science from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2013. twitter
West Jodie Chavez
(May 2015) Administrative assistant to the CFO
and the director of personnel at the RNC starting Aug. 2014.
Bachelor's degree in public policy leadership from University of
Mississippi, 2014.
Southeast Kristy Wilkinson
(April 2015) Field director for the Republican
Party of
Louisiana, June 2014-March 2015. B.A. in political science and
new media communications from Oregon State University, 2014. twitter
State Party Director Matt Pinnell
(announced
April 10, 2013; reports directly to Priebus) State chairman of
the Oklahoma Republican Party since 2010. Oklahoma executive
diretor of American Majority, May-Dec. 2009. Director of
operations at the Oklahoma Republican Party, 2006-08. Campaign manager
on Scott Pruitt for Lt. Governor, 2005-06. PAC manager at the
American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons, 2004-05. Manager for
legislative affairs at AIADA, 2003-04. B.S. in public relations,
government from Oral Roberts University, 2002. twitter
National Field Director Chris Young
(March 2015) RNC state director in Baton Rouge,
LA, July
2013-March 2015. Deputy director of legislative affairs in the
Office of Gov. Bobby Jindal. Field representative for RNC/Romney
in Las Vegas, NV, June-Nov. 2012. Legislative affairs in the
Office of Gov. Bobby Jindal, Feb.-June 2012. Field director on
Friends of Bobby Jindal, May 2011-Feb. 2012. Executive counsel's
office in the Office of Gov. Bobby Jindal, Aug. 2009-May 2011.
Deputy field director on Friends of Bobby Jindal, June-Oct.
2007. B.A. in interdisciplinary studies, leadership
development from Louisiana State University, 2012. twitter
Field Program
(over 100 staff in key states as of July 31, 2015) +
National Field Director for Asian and Pacific
Islander Initiatives Jason Chung
(announced April 9, 2013 as communications director for Asian and Pacific Islander Engagement) Government relations consultant for the Livingston Group and managing partner at Gateway Consulting (GWC LLC) from Oct. 2007. Congressional liaison in the Department of Homeland Security, 2006-07. Executive director of the Maryland Governor’s Office on Asian Pacific American Affairs under Gov. Bob Ehrlich, 2005-06. Consultant at the Livingston Group, 2004-05. Legislative assistant/professional staff to the House Committee on Government Reform, 2003-04; press secretary/clerk at the House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affais, International Relations, 1999-2003. Staff assistant to U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays, Jan.-June 1999. B.A. in political science from Trinity College-Hartford, 1998. twitter
National Field Director for African-American Initiatives Kristal
Quarker-Hartsfield
(announced May 14,
2013)
Experience includes professional staff for the
House Foreign Affairs Committee, director of business outreach and
communications for the House Republican Policy Committee, senior
legislative advisor to Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, and state minority
coalitions director for the Tennessee
Republican Party. Master's in public administration/international
relations from Troy University, 2006; B.A. in political
science/international relations from University of Alabama at
Birmingham, 2004.
Director of Faith Engagement Initiative
Chad Connelly
(July 2013) Chairman of the South Carolina
Republican Party May
2011-June 2013. A senior advisor to Jeff Duncan's successful 2010
campaign for Congress
in South Carolina's 3rd CD. Candidate for SC State Senate in 2003
special election. Owner of Freedom Tide since 2002.
President
of Connelly Enterprises, Dec. 1990-June 2003. Worked for
Professional Service Industries for almost eight years. B.S. in
civil
engineering from Clemson University, 1985. twitter
Deputy Director of Faith Engagement
Michael
Clement
Political director for Freedom Path, based in Reno,
2011-12.
Campaign specialist on Linda McMahon for U.S. Senate (CT), 2010.
Campaign manager on Gene Yaw for State Senate (Williamsport, PA),
2008. Assistant to the political director at the NRSC,
2007. Consultant at November Inc. May 2004-Dec. 2006.
Political director on Jon Porter for Congress in Las Vegas.
Campaign manager on Molonai Hola for Mayor (UT), 2003. Airman in
the U.S. Air Force, 1995-99. Studied at University of Utah.
Western Director of Faith Engagement Bob
Crawford
(Jan. 2014 - Chicago) Political and management
consultant (The
Crawford Group) in Chicago, Feb. 2012-Jan. 2014. Director of
conservative outreach for the Ohio Republican Party/Romney for
President, June-Nov. 2012. National field representative
(March-April 2012) and Alabama state director (Feb.-March 2012) on Rick
Santorum for President. Volunteer coordinator and faith coalition
coordinator on Rick Perry for President in Des Moines, IA and
Greenville, SC, Sept. 2011-Jan. 2012. Previously worked in
realty. Graduate of University of Iowa, 1987.
Director of Military and Veterans Outreach Bob Carey
Retired from the US Navy as a Captain, after 29
years of active and Reserve duty, serving as a both Surface Warfare
Officer and Naval Flight Officer. He flew more than 30 combat missions
during Desert Storm and was recalled to active duty four times since
9/11.
Director of Strategic Partnerships Mike Mears
(July 2013) Senior director at Family Research
Council Action,
Jan. 2012-June 2013. Executive director at Concerned Women for
America PAC, Jan. 2006-Dec. 2011.
Director of the Republican Leadership Initiative Elliott Echols
(started at the RNC as national youth director, announced Oct. 24, 2013) Southeastern regional political director of the College Republican National Committee, June-Nov. 2012. State chairman of the Georgia Association of College Republicans, March 2011-April 2012. B.S. in economics from Berry College, 2012. twitter
Director of Political Training Nicholas Trainer
(April
2015) RNC statewide field director in Pennsylvania, May
2013-April 2015. Deputy director of field operations (Jan-April
2013) and deputy
Victory director (June-Nov. 2012) for the Pennsylvania Republican
Party. Political director for U.S.
Rep. Tim Murphy for Congress (PA-18), Jan.-May 2012. Political
director for Rick Perry for
President in New Hampshire; and regional field director for Tim
Pawlenty for President in New Hampshire. Studied political
science and history at University of Pittsburgh. Originally from
Mount Penn, Berks County, PA. twitter
Director of Turnout and Targeting Jon Black
(May 2013) Digital political director at Romney
for President,
Nov. 2011-Nov. 2012. Political analyst at Target Victory,
Feb.-Nov. 2011. Voter programs for the Michigan Republican Party,
Dec. 2009-Dec. 2010. Republican Party of Virginia Victory,
June-Nov. 2009. Deputy director of political technology/Voter
Vault (May
2008-March 2009) and a regional Voter Vault coordinator (April
2007-May 2008) at the RNC. Worked on the Rhode Island Victory
campaign in latter half of 2006, ID-ing
and mobilizing likely voters in the U.S. Senate race. Degree in
political science from Allegheny College, 2006.
Budget Director-Political Maggie Boyd
(2013) Consultant to the Republican Party of Virginia, Sept.-Nov. 2012. Deputy director of delegate services (Jan.-Aug. 2012) and deputy director of administration (2011) for the 2012 Republican National Convention. Associate at Pike Associates LLC, 2009-11. In 2008 serve as assistant to the vice president at the Republican National Convention, then deputy director of volunteer deployment at the RNC. Government relations analyst (2007-08) and government relations assistant (2006-07) at Blank Rome Government Relations LLC. Executive assistant at Hovde Financial LLC, 2004-06. B.A. in political science from The George Washington University, 2004.
National Advisory Councils:
African American Advisory
Council | Asian Pacific American Advisory Council
| Hispanic Advisory Council
(announced March 3,
2014) "...to strengthen
ties with minority communities and expand engagement efforts"
COMMUNICATIONS
Chief Strategist and Communications Director Sean Spicer
(announced as chief
strategist Feb. 2, 2015; announced as communications director Feb. 24,
2011) Co-founder and partner
at
Endeavor Global Strategies since Feb. 2009. Assistant United
States Trade Representative (USTR) for Media and
Public Affairs, 2006-09. Communications director for the House
Republican Conference, 2005-06. Communications director on the
House Budget Committee, 2003-05. Director of incumbent retention
at the NRCC, 2001-02. Communications director on the House
Government Reform Committee, 2000-01. Has worked for members of
Congress from New Jersey and Florida and on several local and
congressional political campaigns. B.A. in government from
Connecticut College, 1993. Commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy
(Reserves). twitter
Press
Secretary
Allison
Moore
(announced Feb. 3, 2015) Most recently served as press secretary for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s successful reelection campaign, Nov. 2013-Nov. 2014 and has worked for Leader McConnell for a number of years, including as broadcast communications advisor and deputy press secretary at the Senate Republican Communications Center. Experience also includes independent contractor for the NRSC. Undergraduate degree in political science from University of Kentucky. Kentucky native. twitter
Deputy Press Secretary Ryan Mahoney
(June 2011) Joined the RNC from the
Maryland
Republican Party (MDGOP), where he
served in a dual role as communications director and political
director, March 2010-June 2011. Field director (Jan. 2009-March
2010) and deputy communications director (started Jan. 2008) for the
Republican Party of Wisconsin. Communications at BT Health in
London, May 2007-Jan. 2008. Attended University of
Wisconsin-Madison. twitter
Director of Rapid Response Michael C. Short
(Jan. 2015) Previously RNC regional press
secretary from May 2013. Communications director for RNC
Victory in Virginia,
June-Nov. 2012. Press secretary to Rep.
Adrian Smith (NE),
Oct. 2011-June 2012. Assistant press secretary at the RNC,
2009-11. Researcher at the NRSC, June-Sept. 2009.
Researcher at Texans for John Cornyn, May-Nov. 2008. B.A. degrees
in government and history from Texas Tech
University, 2008. twitter
Press Assistant Natalie Strom
(March 2015) Communications associate at the
Foundation for the
Defense of Democracies, July 2014-March 2015. B.A. in political
sciene from the University of Southern California, 2014. twitter
Hispanic Media Communications Director
Ruth Guerra
(late Aug. 2014) Communications director
to U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson from March 2013. Press secretary at the
LIBRE Initiative, May 2012-March 2013. Press secretary to U.S.
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Jan 2011-May 2012. Staff assistant to
U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson, June 2010-Jan. 2011. B.S. in political
science, general business from Texas Christian University, 2010. twitter
Deputy Press Secretary Ali Pardo
(Feb. 2015) Previously RNC Hispanic media press
secretary, announced Oct. 31, 2013. Press assistant (June
2011-Oct. 2013) and staff assistant (Jan.-June 2011) to
Sen. Marco Rubio;
interned on his 2010 Senate campaign. Bachelor's degree in
political science from The George Washington University, 2011. twitter
Communications Director for Asian and Pacific
Islander Engagement
Jason Chung
(announced
April 9,
2013) Government relations consultant
for the Livingston Group and managing partner at Gateway Consulting
(GWC LLC) from Oct. 2007. Congressional liaison in the
Department of Homeland Security, 2006-07. Executive director of
the Maryland Governor’s Office on Asian
Pacific American Affairs under Gov. Bob Ehrlich, 2005-06.
Consultant at the Livingston Group, 2004-05. Legislative
assistant/professional staff to the House Committee on Government
Reform, 2003-04; press secretary/clerk at the House Subcommittee on
National Security, Veterans Affais, International Relations,
1999-2003. Staff assistant to U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays,
Jan.-June 1999. B.A. in political science from Trinity
College-Hartford, 1998. twitter
Communications Director for Black Media Orlando Watson
(announced Oct. 9,
2013)
Communications director/press secretary for U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar (AZ),
Jan.-Oct. 2013. Deputy press secretary (2011-Jan. 2013) and press
assistant (Jan.-June 2011) to U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (KY); started working
for Paul as an aide on his 2010 campaign. B.A. in public policy
from The College of William and Mary, 2010. twitter
Senior Advisor for Black Media Tara Wall
(announced Oct. 9, 2013) Principal (CCO/EP) at PTP Media Group from 2011. Senior communications advisor for African American outreach on the Romney campaign (from May 2012). Senior vice president for corporate communications and vice president of multimedia communications at Amerigroup Corporation, Sept. 2009-April 2011. Columnist/dep. editor at the Washington Times in latter half of 2008-early 2009. Communications director and spokesperson at the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding at the Department of Homeland Security, 2008. Director of the Office of Public Affairs at the Administration for Children and Families at HHS, 2007. Press secretary for outreach at the RNC in the 2004. Wall spent 13 years as a news reporter, anchor and talk show host for the local ABC, NBC and CBS affiliates in Detroit. B.S. degree in telecommunications and film from Eastern Michigan University, 1992.
Deputy Press Secretary for Youth Raffi Williams
(March 2013) Briefly deputy communications director at the Republican Study Committee, Jan.-March 2013. Communications director at Benishek for Congress, March-Nov. 2012. Staff assistant at the House Rules Committee, Nov. 2011-March 2012. B.A. in anthropology from Haverford College, 2011. He is the son of Fox News commentator Juan Williams. twitter
Deputy Press Secretary for Conservative Media James Hewitt
(Jan. 2015; previously deputy director of media affars
from June
2014) Associate at Dezenhall Resources, Sept. 2013-June
2014. Radio producer at 630 WMAL, June-Nov. 2013. B.A. from
University of Colorado at Boulder., 2013. He is the son of Hugh
Hewitt, and served as an assistant producer and Facebook coordinator
for the Hugh Hewitt Show, 2010-13. twitter
Director of Media Affairs Anna Sugg
(Feb. 2015) Booker/guest greeter at Fox News,
June 2013--Feb. 2015. Radio booker and media specialist on Romney
for President, June-Nov. 2012. B.A. in political science and
communication studies from Furman University, 2012. twitter
Director of Speechwriting/Editorial
Director Mark Isaacson
(started at the RNC in Aug. 2011) B.A. in
government from Harvard
University, 2011.
Director of Film and Visual Media Matthew Mazzone
(producer/editor from May 2012; initially in the
strategy department,
Jan.-May 2012)
Geologist I at ARCADIS in the Atlanta area, Jan. 2011-Jan. 2012.
B.S. in geology from University of Mississippi, 2010. twitter
Deputy Director of Film and Visual Media
Lauren
Hernandez
(from Jan. 2015; started as film and visual media assistant in Dec. 2013) Creative services manager/production intern for TV10 News in Normal, IL, Jan. 2012-May 2013. B.S. in mass media-TV production from Illinois State University, 2013.
War Room Director ?
...
Communications-RESEARCH
Research
Director
and
Deputy
Director
of
Communications
Raj
Shah
(announced
Feb. 23, 2015) Previously managing director at America Rising LLC
from April 2013. Deputy research director at the RNC
from Jan. 2012-March 2013. Research/communications consultant,
2010-11. In the 2010 cycle
Shah did research on the Carly for California campaign, very briefly
was communications director on the Martinez for Governor campaign in
New Mexico, and was communications director on Simmons for Senate in
Connecticut. Senior public policy specialist at Akin Gump.
Senior research analyst at the RNC in 2007-09. Director of
vetting on John McCain 2008 in 2007. A research assistant at the
White House, early 2007. Junior research analyst at the RNC in
2006. B.A. in government from Cornell University, 2006.
Deputy Research Director Jeff Brownlee
(April 2015) Senior research analyst at the RNC
from May
2014. Communications manager at the Online Lenders Alliance, July
2013-April 2014. Senior communications associate at the Howard
Consulting Group, Oct. 2012-June 2013. Research director at WWP
Stratgies, Jan. 2010-Sept. 2012. Junior research analyst at the
RNC, June-Dec. 2008. B.A. in public relations from
Westminster College (PA), 2007.
DIGITAL And Data
Chief
Technology
Officer
Azarias
Reda
(announced as CTO on
Jan. 28, 2015...resigned effective Oct. 16, 2015) Chief data
officer at the RNC in the 2014 cycle, announced Jan. 30,
2014. Co-founder/CEO of the startup,
Meritful, in Ann
Arbor, MI, May 2012-Dec. 2013. Researcher, search, network and
analytics at LinkedIn in Mountain View, CA, May-Aug. 2011; visiting
lecturer at Addis Ababa University, Feb.-April 2011; research intern at
Microsoft Research India, Jan.-April 2011. Software developer at
Aristotle, Jan.-June 2007. Ph.D. in computer science engineering
from the University of Michigan, spring 2012; B.A. degrees in computer
science, mathematics and business administration from Sterling College,
2007. twitter
Chief
Digital
Officer
Gerrit
Lansing
(announced May 1, 2015) Digital director at the NRCC in the 2012 and 2014 cycles. Press secretary at the House Budget Committee from June 2011. New media director to U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, 2010-11. Blogger at the Heritage Foundation, 2008-10. B.A. in classical languages from Sewanee-The University of the South, 2007. twitter
Chief
Data
Officer
Jesse
Kamzol
(announced Jan. 28,
2015) Deputy data director in the 2014 cycle; deputy strategy director
from April 2012; list development
director, May 2010-April 2012; and voter registration
coordinator/election data analyst, May 2008-May 2010. Legislative
assistant at Kessler and Associates, June 2007-May 2008. Field
staffer at Vern Buchanan for Congress, May-Nov. 2006. B.A. in
economics and political science from University of Michigan, 2007.
Senior
Advisor
for
Digital
Mindy
Finn
(announced as senior
advisor on Jan. 28,
2015) Founder (2015) of MissChief Media and president (from 2013)
of Mindy Finn, Inc.. Director of strategic partnerships at
Twitter from late 2011. Joined Patrick Ruffini at the digital
consultancy
Engage following the 2008 campaign; work while at Engage included
consultant on
online strategy to McDonnell for Governor and to Tim Pawlenty's Freedom
First PAC. Director of eStrategy on Mitt Romney's
2008
campaign. Director of new media and
technology
on Sen. Rick Santorum's 2006 campaign. Deputy eCampaign director
at the RNC starting in early 2005. Deputy webmaster on
Bush-Cheney
'04. Worked on Capitol Hill for Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX),
as
legislative correspondent and webmaster, and for Sen. Michael Enzi
(R-WY).
Prior to entering politics, Finn was a congressional
correspondent
for the Connecticut Republican-American (Waterbury). M.S. in
political management from The George Washington University, 2007; B.A.
from Boston University, 2002. Originally from
Houston,
Texas.
twitter
Senior
Advisor
to
the
Chairman
on
Technology
Andy
Barkett
(announced as senior
advisor on Jan. 28, 2015) Chief technology officer at the RNC in
the 2014 cycle, announced
June 4, 2013. Engineer at Facebook from Jan. 2011. Senior
director of engineering for Livescribe, Sept. 2009-Aug. 2011.
Senior management consultant
for Nvidia, 2008-09. Technical program manager at Google, 2006-08.
Software engineering manager at OnWafer Technologies (acq. by
KLA-Tencor), 2002-06. M.B.A. in general management from UC Davis,
2009; B.A. in
political economy from UC Berkeley, 2002. twitter
Para Bellum Labs (announced Feb. 4, 2014) "create a culture to allow the RNC to innovate faster and recruit more talented people who can build digital platforms to understand public opinion, engage voters and power elections." >
Digital Strategy Tyler Brown
(announced as deputy communications director on June
6, 2011)
During the 2010 cycle
Brown was director of rapid response at the RNC and earlier served as
northeast regional press secretary. In the 2008 general election
campaign Brown served as communications director for Victory 2008 in
Virginia. Field representative (Hillsborough County) on Mitt
Romney's NH primary campaign. Staff assistant, then legislative
correspondent, then press secretary then communications director to
Rep. Thelma Drake
(VA), 2005-07. B.A. in government and economics from the
University of
Virginia in 2003. Originally from Charlottesville, VA. twitter
Social Media Director Lori (Weberg)
Brownlee
(Dec. 2013) New media director for U.S. Sen. Roy
Blunt, May
2011-Dec. 2013. Senior account executive at ArX Mobile, Oct.
2009-May 2011. Deputy press secretary at the NRSC, March-Oct.
2009. Press assistant at the RNC, Oct. 2007-March 2009.
B.A. in political science from Luther College, 2007; interned at
the RNC, Sept.-Dec. 2006. twitter
Digital Marketing Coordinator Kelsey
Jarrett
(Jan. 2015) Digital standards at the NRSC,
April-Dec.
2014. Google+ community partnerships political team, May
2013-April 2014. B.S. in human organization and development from
Vanderbilt University, 2013.
Digital Finance Manager ?
...
Email Marketing Director ?
...
Email Marketing Administrator ?
...
Senior Digital Marketing Specialist for
Email
Cassie Alsfeld
(Oct. 2013) Senior digital strategist at the
NRCC, Dec. 2013 to
May 2013. Lead digital political copywriter for the Romney
campaign, Jan.-Nov. 2012.
Associate at the Carmen Group, Inc.
Nov. 2010-Sept.
2011. Legislative assistant/correspondent for Congressman Anh
"Joseph" Cao, Jan. 2009-Nov. 2010. Graduate of Louisiana State
University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 2008; student body
president, 2007-08. New Orleans native. twitter
Digital Marketing and Advertising Cooper
Reves
(Feb. 2014) Digital advertising and marketing
analyst at Targeted
Victory, Sept. 2012-Feb. 2014. M.A. in international affairs from
American University, 2012; B.A. in international studies from
University of Mississippi, 2010.
GIS Coordinator Bradley Walp
(April 2004) B.A. in political science/sociology
from Bucknell
University, 2001.
Voter File Development Liam O'Rourke
(Sept. 2011) Previously election data coordinator at the RNC from March 2010; joined the RNC in June 2009 as a data analyst. B.A. in government from Georgetown University, 2009.
Voter Data Development Conor Maguire
(Dec. 2011) Campaign manager on John Barsa
for Delegate, Fall 2011. Deputy campaign manager on Mara 2011 in
mid-2011. Connecticut Victory Director, 2010-11. W. Mass.
field director on Scott Brown for U.S. Senate. Victory field
director for Northern Colorado in Fall 2008. Undergraduate degree
from Villanova University, 2009.
Special Projects Director Adam Kincaid
(April 2013) National data director (May
2012-March 2013).
Southeast regional political director (Sept. 2011-Sept. 2012) and
redistricting coordinator (Feb. 2011-Aug. 2012) at the NRCC.
Director of policy and research and deputy political director at the
RGA, Jan. 2007-Jan. 2011. Voter programs director at the Georgia
Republican Party, Sept. 2005-Dec. 2006. Attended law school at
the College of William and Mary, 2012-13; M.P.A. from the University of
Georgia, 2006; B.A. in history and religion from Florida State
University, 2003.
Staff Assistant Alex Sarp
(April 2014) Special assistant to the
president/development
coordinator at the Institute for Justice, Feb. 2013-April 2014.
Advance on Romney for President, July-Nov. 2012. B.A. in
political science and government from Texas State University-San
Marcos, 2012. Working toward a Master's degree in forensic
psychology from Marymount University.
GOP Data Trust
(not
part of the RNC, but
described by NR's Eliana Johnson as "effectively a subsidiary of the
RNC"...maintaining
the
voter
file,
data
sharing)
See also:
Matea
Gold. "Koch network strikes new deal to
share voter data with RNC-aligned firm." The Washington Post, July 29,
2015. +
RNC press release "RNC
Announces 2016 Data Agreements." May 7, 2015.
Eliana Johnson.
"RNC’s
Data Push Greeted with Skepticism." National Review, Feb. 12, 2014.
Eliana Johnson. "The GOP's Data Surge." National
Review, Jan. 16, 2014.
Kirsten Andersen. "Data Wars: As GOP races to catch up with Dems
before 2014, will social conservatives be left behind?" LifeSiteNews,
June
11,
2013.
Jon Ward. "Liberty Works, Karl Rove-Backed Group, No Longer Part
Of RNC's Big Data Plans. Huffington
Post, June 6, 2013.
"We're a small team of technologists, data experts,
and politicos spread across three time zones." >
President John DeStefano
(July 2013) Senior advisor in the Office of the Speaker, Jan.
2011-July 2013. Deputy executive director at the NRCC, Jan.
2009-Jan 2011. Political director to House Republican Leader John
A. Boehner, Jan. 2007-Jan. 2011; Office of the House Republican Leader
at the NRCC, Jan. 2007-Jan. 2009. Campaign manager at Pryce for
Congress, March-Dec. 2006. Coalitions director at the House
Republican Conference, 2001-06.
CTO/Engineering Manager Alex Keybl
(2014) Senior manager of release management team (2013-14),
manager of release management team (2012-13) and engineer project
manager for releases (2011-12) at Mozilla Corporation. Program
manager for Mac OS X (2010-11) and build engineer for Mac OS X
(2009-10) at Apple Inc.. Degree in electrical and computer
engineering, computer science from Duke University, 2009.
Product Asociate Neil Shrimanker
(May 2013) Senior associate consultant at Bain & Company,
Nov. 2010-May 2013. B.S. in business administration, political
science, history and sports communication from UNC at Chapel Hill, 2010.
Data Bill Skelly
Also partner at
Causeway Solutions LLC in New Orleans from June 2013. RNC deputy
strategy director for external support from end of 2009 to Jan.
2013. Project manager/data engineer
at Airnet Group
Inc, May-Dec. 2009. Director of voter file development on the
Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee, May 2007-Jan. 2008. Voter
file development at the RNC, May 2001-May 2007. B.S. in
communications, legal studies, economics and government from American
University, 2001.
Development Director Neil Scott
(Dec. 2013) NE regional membership director for Executive
Roundtable and program director for the Innovators Council at the RGA,
Jan.-Aug. 2013. Finance director on the Scott Brown Victory
Committe, Feb. 2011-Dec. 2012. Fundraiser programs coordinator at
the Richard Tisei for Lt. Governor Committee, Jan. 2010-Feb.
2011. Manager at John Scott Seamless Gutter Supply, Inc. Feb.
2009-Jan. 2010. Financial advisor at Langdon Ford Financial, June
2008-Jan. 2009. B.A. in political science from Villanova
University, 2008.
Director of Client Services Ashley Burns
(2014) Also senior analyst for Causeway Solutions,
LLC from April 2014. Strategy division at the RNC, June
2012-2014.
Data director (Jan.-June 2012)
and IT coordinator (May 2011-Jan. 2012) for the Republican Party of
Wisconsin. B.A. in political science and Spanish from University
of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011.
Information Technology
IT Director/Director of Network Operations Dirk Eyman
(since Jan. 2005) IT director for Bush-Cheney ’04. Network architect at the RNC, 2000-03. University of Arizona.
FINANCE
Finance
Director
Cara
Mason
(announced March 2, 2014) Joined the RNC as regional finance director in Jan. 2014. Previously deputy finance director at the NRSC, Feb.-Dec. 2013. Vice president at Mercury. Finance on Jon Huntsman for President, June 2011-Jan. 2012. Finance director on Dino Rossi for U.S. Senate, July-Nov. 2010. Regional finance director at the NRSC, March 2009-July 2010. PAC manager at the National Association of Home Builders, 2007-09. Account representative at Commonwealth Consultants, 2006-07. Legislative correspondent in the U.S. House, 2005-06. M.A. in government from The Johns Hopkins University; B.S. in administrative management from Missouri State University.
Deputy Finance Director-Direct Marketing
Jim
Rowley
(2007) Deputy finance director for direct mail
and phones on Bush-Cheney '04. B.A. in history from Mary
Washington College, 1991.
Direct Mail Katie Phillips
(Feb. 2003; director of the Chairman's Advisory Board
and the
President's Club from April 2010-Jan. 2013, and direct marketing staff
assistant, July 2009-April 2010) Studied diplomacy and foreign
affairs, political science at Miami University.
Major Donor Programs
Regents
(Director - )
Team 100 (Director -
Annie Baker)
Eagles (Director -
Kirstin Hopkins)
Chairman's Advisory Board
(Director - Megan Novak)
President's Club
(Director - Megan Novak)
Majority Fund (PAC)
(Director
-
Matt Welsh)
and
Presidential Trust
Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (announced Jan. 13, 2015)
Director of Operations Mallory Hunter
Special projects coordinator (May-Oct. 2013), political coordinator (Jan. 2012-May 2013) and direct marketing coordinator (June 2011-Jan. 2012) at the NRCC. B.S. in family and consumer sciences, child and family development from the University of Georgia, 2011.
Administration
CFO/Director of Administration Robert
Owens, CPA
(Sept. 2014) Chief financial officer and
executive vice president of finance and administraton at Cassidy &
Associates Inc, from June 2001. Regiononal controller/CFO
at Weber Shandwick-CMG, June 2005-June 2007. Senior vice
president of operations and finance at Powell Tate, March 1998-June
2001. Director of fiinance at Hill & Knowlton, July
1996-March 1998. Vice president of finance and administratino at
Hoffman Morrison & Fitzgerald, 1995-96. Financial advisor at
American Express Financial Advisors, 1994-95. Director of finance
for the National Victims Center, 1993-94. Audit manager at
Hoffman, Dykes & Fitzgerald, 1998-93. Audit senior at Aronson
& Company 1985-88. B.B.A. from The College of William and
Mary 1985.
Chief Accounting Officer Steve Corder, CPA, CGMA, and MBA
(Aug. 2013) Senior director of business
operations at
Citizenlink, May-Aug. 2013. CFO at Americans for Prosperity
Foundation, Jan. 2011-April 2013. Executive director of finance
at Focus on the Family, Dec. 1997-May 2010. B.S.B.A. in
management and M.B.A. in finance from the University of Denver, 1982.
Senior Accountant and Budget Analyst
Charlie
Dankert
(Feb. 2015) B.S. in political science and
accounting from Belmont
University, 2014.
Director of Human Resources Tinna
Jackson
(March 2015) Director of administration at Equal Justice Works, July 2013-Mar. 2015). Executive administrator for the Entertainment Software Association and Aegis Defense Services, Feb. 2012-July 2013. Deputy chief of staff (Oct. 2007-July 2011) and director of administration, executive assistnat (Feb. 2001-May 2007) to U.S. Sen. John Ensign. Assistant to the managing partner and office scheduler at Ball Janik LLP. B.A. In management from National Louis University.
MEMBER Events and Relations
Director of Member Events and Relations
Tory
Maguire
Deputy director of member services in the 2010 cycle;
started at the RNC in 2006. Graduate of Villanova University,
2005.
Deputy Director of Member Relations
Rebecca
Heilig
(May 2011) Scheduler for U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise
(LA), Dec.
2009-May 2011. Staff assistant in the Office of Appointments and
Scheduling at the White House, Aug. 2007-Jan. 2009. B.A. in
English, history from the College of William and Mary, 2007.
Constituent Services
LEGAL
Chief Counsel John Phillippe
(July 2009) Counsel to the McDonnell for
Governor campaign in
mid-2009. Associate at Latham & Watkins LLP, Dec. 2005-March 2009.
J.D./M.B.A. from the University of Virginia Darden Graduate School of
Business Administration, 2005; undergraduate degree from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996.
Associate Counsel S. Cooper Hawley
(June 2014; started at the RNC as a law clerk from
Aug. 2013-June 2014) J.D. from Wake Forest University School of
Law, 2013. B.S. in natural resources management and policy from
Cornell University, 2019. Experience includes campaign director
on Hawley for New York State Assembly, March-Nov. 2010.
AND
Committee on
Arrangements (responsible for
planning
and managing convention activities)
Chairman Steve King
(announced Jan. 23, 2015) RNC National Committeeman from Wisconsin since 2007. Founder (2006) and partner at the King Capital, LLC, a private investment firm located in Janesville. President of Milton Industrial and Economic Corporation, 1990-2006. U.S. Senate candidate in 1988. District 15 supervisor for Walworth County, 1981-85. King has served on several committees for the RNC including on the 2012 convention Housing Committee and as the convention Sergeant of Arms in 2012, and he has been a delegate to six RNC conventions. Chair of the Republican Party of Wisconsin from 1985-88; chair of the 1st CD GOP, 1981-88; chair of the Walworth Country Republican Party, 1979-81 and 1993-96.
Co-Chair Joanne Davidson
(announced Jan. 23, 2015) National Committeewoman for Ohio since 2004. Chairman of the Site Selection Committee, and the Committee on Arrangements for the 2008 National Convention. RNC Co-Chairman from 2005-09 (with Ken Mehlman and Mike Duncan). Bush-Cheney ’04 Ohio Valley Regional Campaign Chair. Member of the Ohio House of Representatives for 20 years, including Speaker of the House from 1995-2000. As Chairman of the Ohio House Republican Campaign Committee from 1986-2000, she spearheaded the successful effort to return the Republicans to the majority in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1994, for the first time in 22 years. Chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party Central Committee for 25 years. Chairman of the Taft for Governor campaigns in 1998 and 2002. Resident of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
Standing Committee on Presidential Primary
Debates +
Chairman Steve Duprey
(announced Aug. 8, 2014) President at The Duprey Companies and Foxfire Property Management. Key advisor on John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. Duprey served for about nine years in two stints as chairman of the NH GOP, during the 2000 cycle (elected Jan. 1997, re-elected Jan. 1999 and served through Jan. 2001) and earlier from 1993 to Oct. 1995. Ran for Congress in 1992. Real estate developer in Concord. Attorney. While in college in 1972 at age 19 elected to the NH state legislature and served two terms. J.D. from Cornell Law School, 1978. Bachelor's degree in public policy from New College, 1974. Grew up in North Conway.
Notes:
2015 Winter Meeting - San
Diego, CA (Hotel del Coronado), Jan. 14-16, 2015. Schedule, releases
2015 Spring Meeting -
Scottsdale, AZ (The Phoenician Hotel), May 13-15, 2015. Priebus remarks
2015 Summer Meeting -
Cleveland, OH (Renaissance Cleveland Hotel), Aug. 7-10, 2015.
2014 Winter Meeting
-
Washington, DC (Renaissance Downtown), Jan. 22-24, 2014. Report
2014 Spring Meeting - Memphis,
TN (Peabody Hotel), May 7-9, 2014. Schedule,
developments,
Priebus
remarks
2014 Summer Meeting - Chicago,
IL (Westin Michigan Avenue), Aug. 6-9, 2014. Schedule,
development, Priebus
remarks
2013 Winter Meeting - Charlotte,
NC
(Westin
Charlotte),
Jan.
23-26,
2013.
Priebus
remarks
2013 Spring Meeting - Hollywood, CA (Loews
Hollywood), April 10-13, 2013. Priebus
remarks | Rules
change? (2)
2013 Summer Meeting - Boston,
MA (The
Westin Boston Waterfront), Aug. 14-16, 2013. Priebus remarks | Clinton films
|
Rising Stars program
| Rules
change?
FORMER STAFF
Press Assistant Cassie Williams ...to press secretary
for the Federation for American Immigration Reform
(Jan. 2015 to Nov. 2015) A regional political director (July-Dec. 2014) and executive assistant (Aug. 2013-July 2014) with the College Republican National Committee. B.A. in social studies secondary education from Arkansas Tech University, 2013. twitter
Chief
Technology
Officer
Azarias
Reda
...focusing on Republic Computer Science, which he founded in Jan. 2015
(announced as CTO on
Jan. 28, 2015 to Oct. 16,
2015) Chief data officer at the RNC in the 2014 cycle, announced Jan. 30,
2014. Co-founder/CEO of the startup,
Meritful, in Ann
Arbor, MI, May 2012-Dec. 2013. Researcher, search, network and
analytics at LinkedIn in Mountain View, CA, May-Aug. 2011; visiting
lecturer at Addis Ababa University, Feb.-April 2011; research intern at
Microsoft Research India, Jan.-April 2011. Software developer at
Aristotle, Jan.-June 2007. Ph.D. in computer science engineering
from the University of Michigan, spring 2012; B.A. degrees in computer
science, mathematics and business administration from Sterling College,
2007. twitter
Chief
Operating
Officer
Sara
Armstrong
...announced as
vice president of the COA on June 29, 2015
(announced Jan. 29, 2015; also COO in 2014 cycle from April 2013) Deputy chief of staff at the RNC from April 2011-April 2013; director of membership services at the RNC in the 2010 cycle; started in March 2009. Worked at the White House from June 2002 to Jan. 2009. Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to First Lady Laura Bush, July 2007-Jan. 2009; Director of the Visitors Office, March 2004-July 2007; Deputy Director of Correspondence for the First Lady, Dec. 2002-March 2004; Correspondence Analyst, June 2002-Dec. 2002. Sales/marketing manager at GMAC, 1999-2001. Retail services officer at BBT, 1994-97. M.B.A. from the University of South Carolina, 1999; B.S. in marketing from the University of South Carolina, 1994.
Deputy Director of Hispanic Initiatives
Hannah Jane Nunez (Castillo)
(announced June 12,
2014 along with
state hires to May 2015)
Hispanic
engagement
director
for
the
Republican
Party
of
Virginia,
Aug.-Nov.
2013.
B.A.
from
The
Walter
Cronkite
School
of
Journalism
and
Mass
Communication
at
Arizona
State
University,
2013.
Phoenix
native.
War Room Director Dean Cleary
(May 2013 to April 2015; RNC deputy war room director Jan. 2012-May 2013) War room intern at Romney for President, Sept.-Dec. 2011; also interned in the Chairman's office at the RNC, Oct. 2010-May 2011. M.P.S. in political management from The George Washington University, 2011; B.A. in political science from Merrimack College, 2009.
Creative Director Justin LoFranco ...content director
at Scott Walker for America from March 2015
(Nov. 2013) Previously digital director for
Office of Rep.
Darrell Issa and the House Oversight Committee, from Jan. 2013.
Digital director in the Office of the Majority Whip, May 2012-Jan.
2013. Digital consultant to Romney for President, Sept.-Nov.
2013. Deputy director of digital strategy (April 2011-May 2012)
press assistant and deputy Republican clerk (June 2010-May 2011) to
House Oversight Committee; press assistant to Rep. Darrell Issa, Nov.
2009-June 2010. Degree in political science from Biola
University, 2008. twitter
Director of Media Affairs Ellie
Wallace
...to communications director at the RSLC, announced Feb. 13, 2015
Communications director for RNC Victory in
Colorado. Deputy
communications director on Phil Bryant's successful gubernatorial
campaign in Mississippi. Worked for three years in the Los
Angeles branch of the Glover Park Group. Graduate of the
University of Southern California. From Jackson,
Mississippi. twitter
Director of Political Education Jonathan
Gormley
(April 2013 to March 2015) Political consulting as Gormley Greenlight Consulting, Feb. 2011-April 2013. Political director (Feb. 2007-Feb. 2011), Victory director (May 2006-Feb. 2007), deputy political director (Dec. 2004-May 2006) and regional field director (May 2001-Dec. 2004) at the Ohio Republican Party. Bachelor's degree in communications, political communication from Ohio University, 2000. twitter
Deputy Research Director Webber Steinhoff ...to principal at Prospect Strategic Communications
(April 2013 to March 2015) Rapid response director at Romney for President, June 2011-Nov. 2012. Communications advisor to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, April 2009-May 2011. Deputy research director on the McCain campaign June-Nov. 2008; senior research analyst at the RNC, March-June 2008; research analyst at Romney for President, Jan. 2007-Feb. 2008. Research analyst at the RNC, May-Nov. 2006. B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University, 2005. Massachusetts native. twitter
Political Director Chris
McNulty ...to senior vice
president at Causeway Solutions
(announced
March 4, 2013 to ea. Feb. 2015)
Deputy
executive
director
in
the
political
office
of
Speaker
John
Boehner
since
2010.
RNC
midwest
regional
political
director
from
2006-10.
Executive
director
of
the
Ohio
Republican
Party,
2001-06;
political
director
for
the
Ohio
Republican
Party,
1997-2000;
Northeast
Ohio
field
director
for
the
Party,
1996-97;
Southeast
Ohio
field
director
for
the
Party,
1995-96.
Graduate
of
John
Carroll
University
(Cleveland),
1992.
Assistant Controller Andrew Stewart
(Dec. 2009 to Feb. 2015) Administrative assistant at the RNC, June 2007-Dec. 2008. B.A. in political science from Wright State University, 2009.
Press Assistant Anna Epstein ...to Carly Fiorina's Unlocking Potential PAC
(Jan. 2014 to beg. of Feb.
2015) Staff assistant at the RNC in the
Office of the
Chairman, May 2013-Jan. 2014; also served as an intern June-Aug.
2012.
B.A. in political science and communications from Tulane University,
2013.
National Field Director Matt
Mason
...to Scott Walker's
Our American Revival, reported Jan. 28, 2015
(from latter part of 2013 to late Jan. 2015) Started at the RNC as a regional political director in the 2012 cycle, and announced again as a regional political on April 29, 2013. Executive political director for the Michigan Repulbican Party in 2010. Victory director in Virginia in 2009. Regional political director for the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee covering the Great Lakes region, 2007. Ohio Victory director in the '04, '06, and '08 cycles. After Sept. 11, 2001 Mason joined the U.S. Marine Corps; he served with Lima Company 3rd Battalion 25th Marines in Iraq in 2005 and is a combat veteran. A field representative for the Ohio Republican Party in 2001. Victory coordinator for the Ohio Republican Party in 2000. Mason got his start in politics in the late 90's in Southeast Ohio managing five successful local races while studying political management at Ohio University; degree in political management, Dec. 2000.
Chief of Staff Mike Shields ...to president of
the American Action Network (501(c)4 organization) and the
Congressional
Leadership Fund
(a related super PAC) from early Feb. 2015
(announced
Feb. 26, 2013 to late Jan.
2015) Shields was most recently politcal director at the
NRCC, announced Dec. 14, 2010; he served as NRCC
director of independent expenditures from March 2010 after
starting as director of special
projects in Jan. 2009. Previously chief of staff to
Rep. Dave Reichert (WA); worked for Reichert for four years starting in
Jan. 2005
as clerk. Research director at the NRCC in the 2004 cycle.
Press
secretary to Rep. George Gekas (PA), mid-2002-Jan.
2003. Managed Tim James' unsuccessful 2002 primary race for
governor of Alabama. Spokesman for Newt Gingrich for five years;
started as communications director for Friends of Newt Gingrich in July
1996. Started out his career clipping newspapers at the RNC
during the Haley Barbour era. Studied at George Mason
University.
twitter
Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief Digital
Officer
Chuck DeFeo ....to vice president
of products at i306 llc. from Feb. 2015
(announced July 29,
2013 to Jan. 2015)
Senior
vice
president
and
head
of
the
issues
management
and
public
affairs
group
at
Edelman,
Jan.-July
2013.
Digital
strategist
at
the
American
Center
for
Law
and
Justice,
Sept.
2010-Dec.
2012.
President
and
CEO
of
Campaign
Solutions
and
Connell
Donatelli,
June
2009-Aug.
2010.
General
manager
for
interactive
and
social
media
at
the
Washington
Times,
Dec.
2008-June
2009.
Co-publisher
and
editor-in-chief
of
Townhall
Magazine,
Nov.
2007-Nov.
2008;
vice
president
and
general
manager
at
Townhall.com
and
Salem
News/Talk
Online,
March
2005-Nov.
2008.
eCampaign
manager
at
Bush-Cheney
'04,
June
2003-Nov.
2004.
eCampaign
manager
at
the
RNC,
2002-03.
Associate
Deputy
Assistant
Attorney
General,
managing
IT
projects
for
Attorney
General
John
Ashcroft,
2001-02.
Legislative
aide/technology
aide
to
Sen.
Ashcroft,
1996-2000.
M.P.A.
from
George
Mason University, 2003;
B.S. in political science from University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1997.
Director of Personnel Caroline
Swann
...executive
director of human resources at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
(July 2012 to Jan. 2015) Chief of staff, manufacturing and services, International Trade Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Aug. 2008-Jan. 2009, and director of Office of Advisory Committees at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Jan. 2007-Jan. 2009. Director of White House Personnel, 2003-07. Special assistant at HUD, 2001-03. Comptroller at the RNC, 1998-2001. B.A. in political science from University of Arizona, 1995.
Deputy Communications Director Sarah Isgur
Flores ...to Carly Fiorina's
Unlocking Potential PAC, Jan. 2, 2015 tweet
(March 2013 to
end
of
2014) Research fellow with the Initiative
on Neuroscience and the Law at Baylor College of Medicine.
Election day operations on Romney for President, Fall 2012.
Attorney, 2010-11. Political director on Texans for Ted Cruz,
Aug. 2009-April 2010. Worked in the legal department on Romney's
2007-08 campaign. J.D. from Harvard Law School, 2008; B.A. in
history, political science
from Northwestern University, 2004. twitter
Senior Counsel Ashley Stow ....general counsel
for a non-profit
(started at the RNC in March 2012; initially associate counsel to Dec. 2014) Counsel to FEC Commissioner Donald McGahn, Dec. 2008-March 2012. Elections counsel at the U.S. House Committee on House Administration, 2008. Legislaive aide in the U.S. House, 2005-07. Manager of grassroots programs and regulatory affairs at the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, 2000-05. J.D. from American University Washington College of Law; B.A. from Georgetown University.
Asian and Pacific Islander Field Director Stephen Fong
(announced
April 9,
2013 to Dec. 2014)
Research
analyst
for
Spartan
Solutions,
LLC.
Directives
coordinator/editor
at
DKW
Communications,
Inc.,
Nov.
2008-March
2010.
Special
assistant
at
the
U.S.
Department
of
Transportation,
2001-08.
B.S.
in
business
management
from
University
of
Phoenix.
Email Marketing Administrator Ian
Gray ...deputy
executive
director
of
The
New
Analytics
Company
(Feb. 2014 to
Dec.
2014)
Developer
at
Quantum Strategic
Solutions, LLC, Dec.
2012-Jan. 2014. Research analyst and assistant war room manager
(Nov. 2011-Dec. 2012) and political coordinator (Jan.-Nov. 2011) at the
NRSC. Campaign manager on Rooney for Congress, July-Nov.
2010. B.A. in political science from The University of the South,
2010.
Email Marketing Director Sondra
Clark ...digital
director
at
Heritage
Action
for
America
(2013 to late 2014) Previously online membership associate and earlier online membership coordinator at The Heritage Foundation, starting Jan. 2012. B.S. in international business from Azusa Pacific University; working towards an Master's degree in public relations and communications. twitter
Deputy National Field Director Tom Dickens
(Jan. 2014 to ) Political director on Christie for Governor, Feb.-Dec. 2013. RNC Victory director in Florida, June-Feb. 2013. At the Republican Party of Wisconsin from June 2010-June 2012: RPW political director and Victory director (March 2011-June 2012), statewide field director (March 2010-March 2011) and deputy Victory director and absentee ballot/early vote director (July-Nov. 2010). A regional director on Scott Brown for U.S. Senate, Dec. 2009-Jan. 2010. Field director for Maine Republican Party/Victory 2008 in Fall 2008. Graduate of the University of Maine. twitter
CFO/Director of Administration Ben
Ottenhoff ...president of BMO
Consulting from July 2013
(July 2013 to
Sept.
2014) Previously at the NRCC as CFO/controller (from
Jan. 2011), controller (Jan.
2009-Jan. 2011) and budget manager (Jan. 2008-Jan. 2009). Finance
manager at JD Norman Industries, Inc.,
2006-08. M.B.A. in finance from Georgetown University's McDonough
School of Business, 2012; undergraduate degree in business from Calvin
College, 2006. Originally from Palos Heights, IL.
Events Director Mimi Hayes ...events and alumni
coordinator at The Lab School of Washington
(Jan. 2013 to Sept. 2014) RNC deputy events director from June-Dec. 2012. Deputy scheduler (Jan.-Dec. 2011) and staff assistant (Nov. 2009-Dec. 2010) to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. B.A. in art history from Southern Methodist University, 2012.
Director of Special Projects-Counsel's
Office Joseph Resta ...client strategies
analyst at Targeted Victory
(Sept. 2013 to July 2014) Worked for the Republican Party of Kentucky, April-Aug. 2013. Special projects coordinator in the Counsel's Office, April 2012-April 2013. Event department at the RGA, Nov. 2011-April 2012. Preliminary fundraising for the Pat McCrory Committee, Jan.-Aug. 2011. Tennis pro at River Birch Tennis Center, Aug. 2009-Aug. 2011. B.A. in political science, Spanish from East Carolina University, 2011, after attending Transylvania University.
Digital Finance Manager Anne
Thomas
...to RSLC
(Sept. 2013; started June 2013 as deputy South finance
director to March 2014)
Deputy
regional
manager
for
the
North
Carolina
Republican
Party,
Aug.-Dec.
2012.
Political
intern
at
the
RNC,
summer
2012
and
finance
intern
at
the
RNC,
June-July
2011. B.A. in political
sicence from Elon University, 2013.
Strategy Division Sarah Clark ...to Connecticut
(July 2012 to
Jan.
2013)
Press
secretary
for
the House
Republican Caucus in
the Connecticut General Assembly, Dec. 2010-July 2012. Political
director for Connecticut Republicans, April 2009-Dec. 2010.
Assistant clerk in the Connecticut General Assembly, Jan.-March
2009. Deputy campaign manager on Christopher Shays for Congress,
Jan.-Nov. 2008. Boards and Commission in the Office of Gov. Jodi
Rell, Dec. 2006-Jan. 2008. Regional field director in the 3rd CD
on Gov. Rell's re-election campaign, June-Dec. 2006.
Political
Matt Terrill ...to Reclaim America
Leadership PAC
(started at the RNC Oct. 2011 senior special assistant
to the
Chairman) Deputy
director
of Wisconsin Victory in 2008, also did a total of five
internships. B.A. in political science from Roosevelt University,
2011.
Director of Political
Affairs in Co-Chair's Office Sam Sanchez
(2011) Legislative
correspondent (July 2009-2011), correspondence
manager to Sen. Mel Martinez (April 2008-June 2009) and press intern to
Sen. Mike Enzi (Jan.-April 2008). B.S. in political science and
interdisciplinary social sciences from Florida State University, 2008.
Director of Applications Development & Database Administator Jeremy Kenney
(since Jan. 2003) Started at the RNC in March
2001 as
a junior applications developer. Previously worked at the NRSC as a
senior analyst and earlier as a junior analyst supervisor, 1998-2001.
Research analyst at the University of Baltimore, 1994-98. M.P.A. from
University of Baltimore, 2001; B.A. in political science from Western
Maryland College, 1993.
Deputy Marketing Director Eric Anderson
Director of Constituent Services (and intern coordinator) Nancy Dehlinger
Experience includes office manager to then Rep. Phil
Crane (IL) through early 2001.
Senior Counsel David Powers
(Feb. 2014) Senior assocate at WilmerHale, Sept.
2010-Dec. 2013.
Co-founder at TieTry, LLC, Jan. 2012-May 2013. Special assistant
to Gov. Jeb Bush, Dec. 2004-Aug. 2006. Field representative for
the College Republican National Committee, Aug.-Nov. 2004. J.D.
from the University of Alabama School of Law, 2009; B.S. in accounting
from Auburn University, 2004.