State
director on Mitt
Romney's
Iowa caucus campaign. Political director at the Republican
Governors
Association in the 2006 cycle; also did consulting for the Commonwealth
PAC and the Massachusetts Republican State Congressional
Committee.
Deputy chairman/executive director of the Iowa Republican Party in
2004.
Managed Doug Gross' 2002 campaign for governor. Ran for State
House,
1998. B.A. in political science from Iowa State University in
Ames,
1998.
(elected Jan. 2005) President
of Schwarz Paper Company; started work at the company, owned by his
family, in 1981. Worked in the strategic planning department at Kraft
Foods. MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of
Management. Bachelor's degree in business administration from the
University of Notre Dame, 1979.
