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State Director Jason Simmons
(reported by the Charlotte
Observer
on Aug. 3, 2016) Comes
to the campaign from the Office of Gov. Pat McCrory. Senior
advisor to
the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, April
2013-Dec. 2015. Worked in Office of Gov. Pat McCrory, Jan.-April
2013. Regional manager for Charlotte on RNC Victory in North
Carolina;
during the
South Carolina primary campaign, Simmons was field director assistant
at Mitt Romney for President and executive director of South Carolina
Students for Mitt Romney. M.A. in international studies,
international relations and foreign policy analysis (2012) and B.A. in
political science, Islamic studies (2010) from University of South
Carolina-Columbia. Combat medic/mental health specialist in the
U.S. Army Reserve, 1996-2004.
Deputy State Director Taylor Playforth
(announced for the primary on Nov. 19, 2015) Worked on Thom Tillis' campaign for U.S. Senate in 2014 and then Bill Cassidy's runoff for U.S. Senate in Louisiana. A regional field director for RNC deployment. Graduate of UNC Wilmington. twitter
Deputy Political Director Nick Westcott
Communications Director Kirk Bell
(Aug. 2016) robDirector of regional satellite
and radio media at the
2016 Republican
National Convention. Chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions,
Dec. 2014-June 2016. Owner of Pine Needles and Mid Pines Resorts,
2002-16. Senior legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Howard Coble,
March 2011-Dec. 2014. Director of communications/press secretary
on Paladino for Governor (NY), 2010. Legislative assistant to
U.S.
Rep. Mel Hancock, 1990-92. Legislative staff to U.S. Rep. Tommy
Robinson, 1989-90. L.A/L.C. to U.S. Rep. Ron Packard,
1986-89. Communications on Kemp '88 (Jack Kemp for President,
April 1987-March 1988. B.A. in political science from University
of Alabama, 1985. twitter
Deputy Communications Director Alex Menzel
Volunteer coordinator for caucus operations at the
2016 Republican
National Convention, June-July 2016. Investor relations business
analyst for Santander Consumer USA Inc., June 2015-June 2016.
B.B.A. from Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business,
2015.
Director of Coalitions Bethany Hudson
Has served as a president of the Wake County
Republican Women's
Club. A regional field coordinator for Americans for Prosperity
in the 2012 election. Graduate of the University of North
Carolina Wilmington.
Director of Election Day Operations Michael B. Williams
(Sept. 2016) General counsel for the American
Suppressor
Association, Jan. 2015-Sept. 2016. Director of election day
operations on Thom Tillis for Senate, Oct.-Nov. 2014. J.D. from
The George Washington University Law School, 2014; M.A. in modern
European history and B.A. in history from Ermory University, 2009.
Regional Political Directors
Stephen May
(Aug. 2016) Student at North Carolina State
University,
anticipated graduation 2019. Started on the campaign as an
intern, Dec. 2015-Aug. 2016.
James Reidy
(Aug. 2016) Church administrative assistant,
Sept. 2014-Aug.
2016. Legal assistant at the Cooper Law Firm, Feb.-Aug.
2014. B.S. in business education from Appalachian State
University, 2013.
James Radcliffe
William Maloney
Republican Field Headquarters
Asheville - 63 Turtle Creek Dr,
Space 7, Asheville, NC, 28803
Cary - 2968 Kildaire Farm Road, Suite 6, Cary, NC, 27518
Charlotte - 4523 Park Road, Suite A102, Charlotte, NC, 28209
Greenville - 1350 E Arlington Blvd, Greenville, NC, 27858
Huntersville - 15905 Brookway Drive, Suite 4203, Huntersville,
NC, 28078
Mooresville - 470 North Broad Street, Suite A, Mooresville, NC,
28115
North Raleigh - 807 Spring Forest Rd, Suite 2200-2400, Raleigh,
NC, 27609
Wilmington - 3825 Market Street, Suite 5, Wilmington, NC, 28403
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(also note Robert
Bowes had been announced as
NC
political
director in Aug. 2016 but did not appear in a later staff listing)
Started on the campaign in Feb. 2016. Director of counterparty
risk management at Fannie Mae, Jan. 2003-Jan. 2014. Vice
president and CFO at Hovde Financial, 1995-97. Vice president of
the corporate finance financial institutions division at Chase
Manhattan Bank, 1985-92. Credit analyst at Indiana National Bank,
1983-85. Bachelor's degree in finance and economics from Indiana
University, 1983.
Republican National Committee
State Director Carrie Brown
(July 2015) North Carolina deputy state director
for the RNC,
July 2014-June 2015. Campaign manager on Bryan Smith for Congress
in ID-2, July 2013-May 2014. Staff assistant at Cold Spark Media,
Jan.-June 2013. Director of scheduling and internships at Tom
Smith for Senate, Inc., April-Dec. 2012. Scheduler on Sam Rohrer
for U.S. Senate (PA), Nov. 2011-April 2012. B.A. in political
science from Grove City College, 2011. twitter
Deputy State Director Caroline Potter
Deputy State Director Bronwyn Haltom
Regional field director on Heiner-Crosbie for
Kentucky,Jan.-June
2015. Regional field director for the Republican Party of
Kentucky, March-Nov. 2014. Regional finance coordinator at the
NRSC, 2013. Bachelor's degree in political science from the
University of Michigan, 2013. twitter
Deputy State Director Brian Marchese
(Feb. 2016) Experience includes public affairs
manager in the
Illinois Comptroller's Office. B.A. in political science and
government from University of Iowa, 2012. twitter
Communications Director Kara Carter
(Feb. 2016) Press secretary for the North
Carolina Republican
Party from July 2015. Director, senior account executive, and
account executive at Black Rock Group, Sept. 2013-July 2015.
Studied at UNC Greensboro and High Point University. twitter
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Chairman Robin Hayes
(elected April 30, 2016
to replace Hasan Harnett) Also served as chairman from
2011-2013. Served five terms in Congress, elected Nov. 1998,
defeated in re-election bid in 2008. Candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor of North Carolina in 1996. Member of the
North Carolina House of Representatives, 1992-96. Member of the
Concord board of
aldermen, 1978. B.A. from Duke
University, 1967. Born in Concord, NC. twitter
Vice Chairman
Michele Nix
Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse
(Oct. 2015) Founder (Sept. 2013) and former
president of Carolina Rising, a 501(c)(4). State director of
Americans for Prosperity, Aug. 2006-Sept. 2013. Reporter at WLFL
WB, March 2003-Sept. 2005. Communications director on Virginia
Johnson for Congress, May-Nov. 2004. Communications and
congressional director for USDA Rural Development, March 2002-March
2003. Reporter at WNCN NBC, June 1995-Nov. 2001.
Reporter/photographer at WKFT Television, Nov. 1994-May 1995.
M.A. from North Carolina State University; B.A. in mass communications
from Campbell University, 1995. twitter
Political
Director Katie Sullivan
Accounting
Director Greg Fornshell