Rudy
Giuliani-Organization, Wisconsin
updated December 5, 2007
RUDY GIULIANI PRESIDENTIAL
COMMITTEE, INC.
RUDY
GIULIANI PRESIDENTIAL EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE, INC. [Filed
papers with New York State on Nov. 10, 2006 and with the FEC on Nov. 20,
2006]
Chairman |
former U.S. Sen. Robert Walter Kasten,
Jr. |
(announced
Aug. 16, 2007) Represented Wisconsin as a U.S. Senator from 1981-93,
and a U.S. Representative from 1975-79. Prior to serving in Congress,
Kasten served in the Wisconsin State Senate and in the Wisconsin Air National
Guard. Graduated from the University of Arizona and received a graduate
degree from the Columbia Business School. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Co-Chairs
former Congressman Scott Klug
former State Senator Cathy Stepp
Bill McCoshen - (announced
Dec. 5, 2007) Served as Gov. Tommy Thompson’s Secretary of the Department
of Commerce, the youngest cabinet secretary ever appointed in Wisconsin
history. Managed Thompson’s successful campaign for a third-term
as Governor and served as Thompson’s Chief of Staff.
National Co-Chair |
Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson |
(announced
October 12, 2007) Thompson was a candidate for the 2008 Republican
presidential nomination but ended his campaign after the August 11, 2007
Iowa Republican Straw Poll. Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &
Feld LLP. Chairman of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.
President of Logistics Health Incorporated of La Crosse, WI (named to the
position in Feb. 2005). Health and Human Services Secretary, sworn
in Feb. 2, 2001 served to Jan. 2005. Served 14 years as Governor
of Wisconsin; first elected in 1986 and re-elected in 1990, 1994, 1998;
resigned in Jan. 2001 to become HHS Secretary. Unsuccessful campaign
for Congress in 1979. Elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 1966 and
re-elected ten consecutive times; elected assistant minority leader in
1973 and Republican floor leader in 1981. B.S. (1963) and J.D. (1966)
from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
also note
National Deputy Political
Director |
Rick Wiley |
(announced Feb. 14, 2007)
Executive director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Political
director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin from 2001-04 and directed
the party's Victory 2004 program. Midwest political manager for Associated
Builders and Contractors during the 2000 cycle. Has also worked as
a legislative liasion to former Illinois Comptroller Loleta Didrickson
and a legislative assistant to Wisconsin State Representative Gene Hahn
(R-De Forest).
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