Santorum
for
President
(page
updated January 31, 2016)
announced
May 27, 2015.
Headquarters:
see also: pre-campaign organization | pro-Santorum
super PAC
Senior Advisor and Media Consultant John
Brabender
Chief creative officer at BrabenderCox,
which has worked on over 200
campaigns; this grew out of the direct marketing firm Brabender and
James Cox founded in Erie, PA in 1982. Brabender has served as
Santorum's media consultant since his first race for Congress in
1990. He was also part of Rudy Giuliani's media team in
2007-08. Before direct marketing he was a management trainee at
Uarco Inc. B.S. in marketing from Gannon University; M.B.A. from
Cleveland State University. Originally from Erie, PA. twitter
Former
Campaign
Manager
Terry Allen
(moved over
to the super PAC in Aug. 2015) Previously national field director
and
senior advisor to Patriot Voices
PAC, announced
March
2, 2015. Founder (2006) and president of Fidelis
Government Relations. in
2012 Allen was an advisor on Santorum's victory in the Oklahoma
Republican primary. Partner at one of Washington, DC's top
lobbying firms for six years. Chief of staff to Congressman
Steve Largent (R-OK), Dec. 1994-July 2000. Executive director of
the
Resource Institute of Oklahoma, 1990-94. Policy analyst with the
Republican
Study Committee, 1988-90. B.A. in communications from Oral
Roberts University, 1986.
National Political Director
Jessica Colόn
Started with Santorum as national political director for Patriot Voices PAC. Principal and founder (2009) of Colόn and Company, a firm focused on political consulting, message strategy, fundraising initiatives and public affairs. Served as Texas state director and as a member of the national finance team for Santorum for President during the 2012 Republican primaries. In 2010 Colón led the convention campaign for Steve Munisteri for chairman of the Republican Party of Texas and she also ran his 2012 re-election campaign. Managed Joan Huffman’s race for Texas State Senate, District 17 in 2008. Chairman of the Young Republican National Federation, 2007-09. Founded a group called Fix Our Future in 2005. Prior to starting Colόn and Company, she worked for Hines, a global real estate firm from 2002-08, finishing as senior manager for corporate marketing. Campaign manager on Tom Reiser for Congress 2002. Producer and production manager, 1999-2001. Production coordinator/assistant at Stevens Reed Curcio & Company, 1998. B.A. in political science from the University of Florida, 1997. Houston resident. twitter
Finance Director
Rob
Bickhart
(announced Jan. 20, 2015 as finance director for Patriot Voices PAC) Chairman and CEO of the Capitol Resource Group, a Pennsylvania-based business consulting firm from Jan. 1999. Has known and worked with Santorum for over 30 years. Public strategies at Cozen O'Connor, 2010-Dec. 2012. Bickhart served as finance director at the RNC for about a year, May 2009-May 2010, when he was forced to resign. Finance chairman/state director to Sen. Rick Santorum (PA) from 1994-2007. AGM public and government affairs at SEPTA, 1996-98. Deputy director of finance at the NRCC, 1983-86. Served in the Labor Department during the Reagan Administration as Assistant to the Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, and on the staffs of former Sens. Hugh Scott (R-PA), Robert Griffin (R-MI) and John Warner (R-VA). M.B.A. from Rockhurst College in Kansas City, MO, 1992; undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University, 1978.
Senior Advisor for Finance Roy Jones
(announced
Jan. 20, 2015) Over 30 years of national fundraising and
development experience
in both the political and non-profit arenas. Speaker, trainer and
author on fundraising www.RoyjonesReports.com.
Development
advisor/account
director
at
the
Russ
Reid
Agency,
the
largest
fundraising
agency
in
the
world
serving
non-profit
organizations,
2010-12.
Chief
development officer for Liberty University, 2005-09. Vice
president of business development at U.S.A. Direct, 1993-2003. Worked
for
President
George
H.W.
Bush
and
on
the
staff
of
the
Bush-Quayle
campaign
team.
Coalition
director
at
the
NRSC,
1986-89.
Military
intelligence
officer
in
the
U.S.
Army,
1978-84.
M.A. in human relations-business
leadership from Liberty University, 2009.
National Finance Committee
(announced July
21, 2015)
Communications Director Matt Beynon
Spokesman for Santorum since his 2012 campaign.
Managing partner of Madison Strategic Ventures in
Arlington, VA. Deputy communications director on the Santorum
for President campaign; an advisor for Santorum's America's Foundation
PAC from March 2010. Worked as a consultant at Urish Popeck &
Co. starting in June 2008. Assistant to Sen. Santorum at Eckert
Seamans, 2007-08. Legislative correspondent for Sen. Santorum,
Feb. 2004-Jan. 2007. M.A. in political science from American
University, 2005. B.A. in political science and economics from
Gettysburg College, 2003. twitter
Digital Strategy Director Ian Patrick Hines
(announced Sept.
19, 2015)
President and founder (Feb. 2015) of The
Beag Co. in Severna Park, MD. Certified NationBuilder expert
and architect ("one of the world's foremost NationBuilder
experts"). Tech organizer for NationBuilder, Nov. 2012-Nov.
2013. Founder and principal at Blamify, Aug.-Nov. 2012.
Director of communications for the Maryland Department of Human
Resources, Aug. 2011-July 2012. Communications and maketing
manager for the Maryland Energy Administraiton, Sept. 2010-July
2011. Neighborhood liaison for the Office of the Mayor in
Baltimore, Sept. 2008-Feb. 2010. Public school teacher in
Baltimore, June 2007-June 2008. Experience includes field
volunter on the O'Malley/Brown campaign, Sept.-Nov. 2008 and Generation
Dean blog manager for Dean for America, Sept. 2003-Feb. 2004.
M.P.A. from University of Baltimore, 2011; M.A. in teaching from The
Johns Hopkins University, 2008; B.A. from McDaniel College, 2007.
Digital Media Advisor Megan Howie
(announced Sept. 19, 2015) Experience includes
director of AOL
Jobs.
Grassroots Communications Director Melissa
Young
(Aug. 2015; announced Sept. 19, 2015) Owner at
Strategy
Communications, LLC in Columbia, SC. Worked
for Santorum when
he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and in his U.S.
Senate office. M.P.S. in strategic public relations from The
George Washington University, 2014; B.A. in government, speech
communication from University of South Carolina-Columbia, 1994.
Scheduler Nancy Garver
(began working with Santorum in Jan. 1990 as his scheduler for his first U.S. House race and continued during his two terms in the House and 12 years in the U.S. Senate as well as a scheduler for the Rick Santorum for President campaign. B.A. from Temple University.
IOWA
Headquarters: 2775 86th
St., Urbandale ...announced
Oct.
14,
2015 +
Former: 2041
Grand Ave., Suite A, West Des Moines
...opening date uncertain;
was operating as of July 12,
2015.
Chair State Rep. Walt Rogers
(announced March
16, 2015)
First elected to the Iowa House in 2010 defeating an incumbent
Democrat; represents District 60, Cedar Falls; elected as an
assistant Majority Leader in his freshman term. Candidate for the
1st CD Republican nomination, but withdrew in Feb. 2014.
Leadership
consultant. Also has experience as a concert/event planner,
including founding and
directing Onefest, one of the largest indoor musical festivals in the
Midwest. Bachelor's degree in technology from University of
Norther Iowa, 1984. (Note Rogers also endorsed Santorum in 2011 +)
twitter
Co-Chair and Polk County Field Rep. Patti Brown
Director of the Iowa Policy Institute, LLC. Has worked in medical, mental health and hospice social work settings with patients of all age groups. Has also worked as a staff writer, correspondent and columnist for several publications, including The Des Moines Register and The Catholic Mirror. M.S. in journalism and mass communication from Iowa State University, M.S.W. from the University of Iowa; working towards a Ph.D. at Iowa State University concentrating on the rhetoric of politics and policy. twitter
Iowa Senior Advisor Cody M. Brown
(announced July 6, 2015) Currently founder and principal at Codias, an organizational design company. Iowa state director on Santorum's 2011-12 Iowa caucus campaign. Managed Ben Lange's 2010 congressional campaign in CD-1. Senior counsel and chief of legal research for the Project on National Security Reform. Legislative counsel for a member of the House Homeland Security Committee. Majority staff of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. B.S. from Northwestern College in St. Paul, MN, J.D. from Hamline University Law School, and LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. Author of The National Security Council: A Legal History of the President’s Most Powerful Advisers.
National Caucus Coalitions Advisor Karen Fesler
(announced Aug. 31, 2015) Iowa co-chair on former Gov. Rick Perry's campaign for about a month (announced July 9, 2015). Served on the Iowa 2nd District Republican Executive Committee, including as chair from 2014-15. In 2011-12 Fesler was a member of the Santorum for President Iowa Steering Committee and later served as the campaign's Missouri state director.
Iowa Coalitions Director Kim Lehman
(announced
Oct. 15, 2015) Promotions and underwriting manager for Iowa
Catholic Radio from June 2014. Account executive at Clear Channel
Radio (WHO News Radio 1040), May 2013-June 2014. Served one term
as RNC committeewoman through 2012. President and director of
Iowa Right to Life Committee, Dec. 2000-Feb. 2010.
Operations and Advance Director Steve Munoz
(announced Oct. 29, 2015) Munoz ran Santorum's 2011 Straw Poll effort (announced July 15, 2011), then served as SC political director, then came back to Iowa for the closing part of the campaign. Graduate of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, SC, 2011; president of the class of 2011. Executive assistant on Stovall Witte for Congress in the June 2010 primary in SC's 1st CD. Statewide coordinator for the Gresham Barrett for Governor campaign in South Carolina in summer 2009. National director of Students for Mitt in the 2008 cycle.
Field Representatives (announced Oct.
29, 2015)
Polk County Patti Brown
see above
Northeast Iowa Jane Jech
Republican nominee for state representative in District 71 in 2014. Republican nominee for state Senator in District 22 in 2012. Experience includes working as a substitute teacher for the Marshalltown School District. B.S. in music education from Iowa State University.
Northwest Iowa Bob Algard
Operations director at Chick-fil-A in Charleston, SC,
June 2014-Sept.
2015. B.S./B.A. in business manager from The Citadel, 2014;
president of The Citadel class of 2014.
Southwest Iowa Connor Stokes
Most recently a regional development rep. and sales
manager in St.
Louis. Graduate of The Citadel. Native of the Omaha/Council
Bluffs area.
Southeast Iowa Scott Thomas
Former State Coordinator Jon Jones
(moved
over
to
the
PAC in Aug. 2015) Owner
of
Mercy's
Hope,
a ministry that seeks to "share
God’s love with
the orphaned and the underprivileged of Ukraine." twitter
Endorsements include
State Rep. Dean Fisher (District 72,
Garwin) (Jan. 15, 2016 tweet)
Senior Advisor Nick Pappas
(announced Aug.
11, 2015) Senior partner of REACH
Communications
and owner of Red Road Strategies, consulting firms
based in Manchester (since July 2012). State director of
Generation
Opportunity from May 2012. A charter commissioner for the City of
Manchester, Nov. 2012-Nov. 2014. Deputy national political
director and earlier New Hampshire field director on
Rick Santorum for President, May 2011-May 2012. Hillsborough
County field
director with the New Hampshire State Republican Party. Vice
president of
operations and marketing for The Lobster Zone, June 2007-June 2011.
Manchester native. twitter
Endorsements
(announced Oct.
6, 2015)
Co-Chair Carem Bennett -
social conservative activist from Bedford.
Co-Chair State Rep. Glenn
Cordelli (Tuftonboro) - in his second term in the House.
State Rep. Kurt Wuelper
(Strafford) - former president of New Hamsphire Right to Life.
State Director Jon Parker
(announced March
19, 2015; CNN's Alexandra Jaffe reported on Jan. 29, 2015
that
Parker "confirmed
to CNN he plans to head up the South Carolina operation for Patriot
Voices") Consultant at Richard Quinn and Associates; in
2014, Parker directed the SC election efforts of U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson,
Attorney General Alan Wilson, Superintendent of
Education Molly Spearman, and Treasurer Curtis Loftis.
Directed Santorum's campaign in the March 6, 2012 primary in
Tennessee. Managing partner at Innovative Campaign Strategies
from
Jan. 2011. twitter
South Carolina
supporters include:
(from July 21, 2015 press release on National Finance Committee)
Curtis Bostic (Charleston, SC)
James and Robin D'Alessio
(Elgin, SC)
Jerry Dempsey (Greenville, SC)
Eddie Taylor (Charleston, SC)
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STATES
PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania Honorary Chairman State
Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman
(announced Feb. 19, 2015)
Endorsements
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (PA-11) [Eastern
PA
along
the
Susquehanna
River]
(announced
June 2, 2015)
Legislative Leaders
(announced
July 14, 2015)
Pennsylvania State Senate:
Majority Leader - Jake Corman
Republican Caucus Chairman - Bob Mensch
Republican Caucus Secretary - Richard Alloway
Appropriations Committee Chairman - Pat Browne
Republican Policy Committee Chairman - David Argall
Pennsylvania State
House:
Speaker of the House - Mike Turzai
Majority Leader - Dave Reed
Majority Whip - Bryan Cutler
Republican Caucus Chairman - Sandra Major
Republican Caucus Secretary - Donna Oberlander
Republican Caucus Administrator - Brian Ellis
Republican Policy Committee Chairman - Kerry Benninghof
some of these folks from Patriot Voices may have signed on with the campaign or super PAC....
National Grassroots Director Shelly
Ahlersmeyer
National grassroots goordinator on the Rick Santorum
for President campaign. Previously served as a national
coordinator for HUCK PAC. Resident of Kosciusko County, IN.
twitter
Deputy Grassroots Director Jenifer Lee
Connecticut state coordinator for Rick Santorum’s
presidential campaign; field director for Brian K. Hill for U.S. Senate
and also for Christopher Coutu for State Senate. Resident of
Southeastern CT; with her husband co-owns and independent hardware
store. twitter
Deputy Grassroots Director Cari Pemberton
Active in the 2008 and 2012 presidential
campaigns. Director of outreach and training for Family Manager
Coaching in 2009. Launched The Clutter Cutters in 1998. Degree in
organizational management from Colorado Christian University.
Resident of Colorado Springs, CO. twitter
Membership Coordinator Angela Moore
Involved in ministry as a church planter with her
husband. Indiana state coordinator and assistant to the national
grassroots coordinator on Rick Santorum for President.
Communications director to Henry County Councilman Clay Morgan during
the 2012 election. Worked in the banking industry and has a
degree in finance. Originally from Illinois. Lives near
Indianapolis, IN. twitter
Administrative Assistant to Karen Santorum
Jennifer Morano
Administrative assistant on the Rick Santorum for
President campaign, Feb.-April 2012. Stay at home mom.
Office manager/assistant to the chief of staff at the Senate Republican
Conference (SRC) when Sen. Santorum was chairman, 2001-02; staff
assistant/scheduler to Sen. Santorum, 1996-2001. Previously a
second grade teacher in Gallup, NM. Graduated from Franciscan
University in Ohio. Grew up in Devon, PA.