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]
Headquarters: New York City.  ...in the states
 

Executive Director

Mike DuHaime

(reported by the New York Times on Dec. 13, 2006)  Previously political director at the RNC, started in January 2005.  Northeast regional political director for Bush-Cheney '04.  Prior to the campaign served as executive director of the New Jersey Republican Party starting in January 2002.  Has his own political consulting firm, DuHaime Communications, Inc., which he formed in 2001.  Deputy campaign manager of Bob Franks' 2000 Senate campaign.  Graduate of Livingston College, Rutgers.  From Hoboken, NJ.
 

POLITICAL

Political Director

Dr. Mark P. Campbell

(announced Feb. 14, 2007)  Over two decades of political consulting and communications experience; Campbell founded a corporate public relations firm in 1983 and began to take on campaigns starting in 1986.  Past clients have included Bush-Quayle '88, American Medical Association Political Action Committee (AMPAC), the RNC, the NRCC, U.S. Senate and House campaigns, numerous GOP state committees, Bush-Cheney Florida recount, as well as state and local campaigns and pro-democracy campaigns abroad.  Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Director of Small Business under Gov. Dick Thornburgh (R-PA).  Staff assistant to Sen. John Tower (R-TX).  M.P.A. from Southern Methodist University; undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee.
 
 

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).
 
 

National Field Director

Bill Stepien

(announced Feb. 14, 2007)  Stepien served as the National 72 Hour Director at the RNC in 2005-06.  New Hampshire State field director for President Bush's re-election campaign in 2004.  In 2003, Stepien managed New Jersey’s only successful Republican State Assembly challenger campaign.  He has also worked for Public Opinion Strategies, the Republican polling firm, and on Bob Franks’ 2000 campaign for U.S. Senate.
 

K.C. Jones - Most recently served as campaign manager for Rick O'Donnell's 2006 campaign in Colorado's 7th CD.  RNC's 72 Hour Director in Virginia.  Deputy Associate Director in the Office of Presidential Personnel at the White House.  Served the Bush-Cheney ’04 campaign in Iowa as field director and in Minnesota as deputy executive director.

Matthew R. Mahoney - Giuliani's liaison to the White House Political Affairs Office from 2002-07, helping to coordinate activities with Republican campaigns across the United States, including the Mayor's participation as a surrogate for President George W. Bush, as well as the 2000 and 2004 Republican National Conventions.  Recently served as a senior level advisor to Giuliani's Solutions America Political Action Committee.  Deputy Director of Advance for the Mayor’s Office of the City of New York, 1998-2002.

Matt Mason - Ran the Ohio Republican Party's GOTV program in 2004 and 2006, after starting work with the party in 2000.  Started his political career while in college at Ohio University serving as campaign manger on several races.  After September 11, 2001 Mason joined the U.S. Marine Corps; he has served one combat tour in Iraq in 2005.

Tyler O’Connor - State director for the Missouri Republican Party’s 72 Hour/Victory efforts during the 2006 cycle.  Political director on Congressman Mike Rogers' (R-AL) successful 2004 re-election campaign.

Mike Roman - Director of Election Day Operations at the RNC during the 2006 election cycle.  Pennsylvania Election Day operations director during 2004.  Prior to 2004, Roman worked for the Pennsylvania House Republican Campaign Committee.  An elected Ward Leader in Philadelphia from 2002-06.

Mike Vallante - Most recently the COO of the California Republican Party; directed the day-to-day operations of the state Republican Party for the past three years.  Previously president of his own public relations firm.  He has served as chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Party and as a regional political director for the RNC.

David Watts - In 2006, Watts worked for the Illinois GOP.  In 2004 he was the Western Region political director in Missouri for Bush-Cheney ‘04.  Watts worked for both Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and for John Cornyn for Senate in 2002 (North Texas Field Director).  Executive director/political director of the Dallas County Republican Party from 1998-2001.
 

Vince Galko - Pennsylvania deputy executive director for Bush-Cheney '04.  Former state director for U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.  In 2002 worked on Lou Barletta for Congress (11th CD in Northeastern PA).  Master's in Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania; M.A. in History from the University of Scranton; and B.A. in International Relations and Economics from Saint Joseph's University.  Native of Carbondale.
 
 
 

National Coalitions Director

Bob Holste

(announced May 9, 2007)  Over 20 years of campaign and outreach experience.  Came to the campaign after serving for years as chief of staff for Congressman Phil English (PA-3).  He also took leaves of absence to work on incumbent retention for the NRCC for the 2004 and 2002 elections.

        National Chair of the Women for Rudy Coalition:  Terry Neese of Oklahoma City, OK (announced May 29, 2007)
        National Chair of the First Responders Coalition:  Howard Safir, former New York City Police and Fire Commissioner (announced Aug. 29, 2007)
        National Chair of Law Enforcement for Rudy:  Congressman David Reichert (R-WA)
    National Chair of Firefighters for Rudy:  S.C. State Firefighters’ Association executive director Jim Bowie.
    National Co-Chairs of Viva Rudy:  U.S. Representative Luis Fortuño, Hector Barreto and Raul Danny Vargas (announced Nov. 15, 2007)
 
 

Senior Advisor to the Political Department

Jake Menges

Most recently worked for National Media in Alexandria, VA.  Political director of Solutions America Political Action Committee.  Ran Bill Simon's gubernatorial primary campaign in California.  Joined Greenberg Traurig.  Aide to then Mayor Giuliani.
 
 

National Field Advisor

Cary Evans

Evans served as regional political director for the RNC, overseeing ten states and territories.  Northwest regional political director for Bush-Cheney ’04.  Field director for Sen. Gordon Smith.  Deputy campaign manager for Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR)'s 2002 re-election campaign.  Oregon State Director of the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign.  Executive director and finance director for the Washington State Republican Party.  Originally from Las Vegas, NV.
 
 

POLICY

Policy Director

Bill Simon

(announced Feb. 26, 2007)  Co-chairman of William E. Simon & Sons, LLC, an investment firm, which he co-founded in 1988.  Republican nominee for governor of California in 2002.  Lawyer with the firm of Davis, Markel, Dwyer & Edwards.  Worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (Rudy Giuliani was then U.S. Attorney for the Southern District).  B.A. from Williams College, 1973; J.D. from Boston College, 1982.
 
 

Director of Speechwriting and Deputy Policy Director

John P. Avlon

(started as senior policy advisor and communications director for Solutions American PAC in May 2006)  Columnist and associate editor for the New York Sun.  President of Prides Crossing Executive Communication.  Served as chief speechwriter and deputy communications director for Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.  Worked on Bill Clinton’s 1996 presidential campaign.  Graduate of Yale University, 1996.  Author of Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics (Random House, 2004).
 
 

Chief Domestic Policy Advisor

Steve Goldsmith

(mentioned in July 30, 2007 press release)  Chairman of the board of the Corporation for National and Community Service.  Served as special advisor to President Bush on faith-based and not for-profit initiatives.  Chief domestic policy advisor to then Gov. Bush in the 2000 campaign.  Served two terms as Mayor of Indianapolis, America's 12th largest city, 1992-99.  Republican nominee for governor in 1996.  Selected as the Republican candidate for lt. governor in 1988.  Marion County District Attorney, 1979-90.  Chief Trial Deputy and Deputy Corporation Counsel, City of Indianapolis, 1976-78.  Attorney in private practice, 1972-78, 1991, 2000.  J.D. from University of Michigan, 1971; A.B. from Wabash College, 1968.  Author of several books.

Health Care Advisors (announced July 30, 2007) Dan Kessler, Ph.D., Scott Atlas, M.D., David Gratzer, M.D., Sally C. Pipes, and Donald W. Moran.
Immigration Advisory Board (announced Aug. 13, 2007) Chief Homeland Security Advisor is Robert Bonner; Senior Immigration Advisor is C. Stewart Verdery, Jr.; members are Victor Cerda, Michael Petrucelli, Nicolle Sciara Rippeon, Ray Shepherd, and Jan Ting.
Homeland Security Advisory Board (announced Sept. 4, 2007) 15 total members - Chairman is Louis Freeh, former FBI director; Chief Homeland Security Advisor is Robert Bonner, former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Education Advisory Board (announced Dec. 13, 2007) Chairman is Terry Moe - William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution
 
 

Senior Policy Advisor (Economy)

Dr. Michael J. Boskin

(announced Feb. 26, 2007) T. M. Friedman Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University.  He is also research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.  In addition to Stanford and the University of California, Boskin has taught at Harvard and Yale.  Author of more than one hundred books and articles.  Served as chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) from 1989-93.  B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, 1967; M.A. (1968) and Ph.D. (1971) also from Berkeley.

Economic Policy Board (announced June 19, 2007) Steve Forbes, Bill Simon, Michael Boskin, David Malpass, Martin Anderson, and Annelise Anderson.
 
 

Chief Foreign Policy Advisor

Charles Hill

(announced July 10, 2007)  A career minister in the U.S. Foreign Service, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, and diplomat in residence and lecturer in International Studies at Yale University.  Special consultant on policy to the secretary-general of the United Nations, 1992-96.  Executive aide to then Secretary of State George P. Shultz, 1985–89.  Speech writer for Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1975.  Involved in the 1974 Panama Canal negotiations.  Postings included Taiwan, Hong Kong and Saigon.  Started his career in 1963 as a vice consul in Zurich, Switzerland.  A.B. degree from Brown University in 1957, J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1960, and M.A. degree in American studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1961.

Senior Foreign Policy Advisory Board (announced July 10, 2007)  Norman Podhoretz and Senator Bob Kasten (Senior Foreign Policy Advisors); Steve Rosen (Senior Defense Advisor); Martin Kramer (Senior Middle East Advisor); S. Enders Wimbush (Senior Public Diplomacy Advisor); Peter Berkowitz (Senior Statecraft, Human Rights and Freedom Advisor); and Kim R. Holmes (a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor).
More (announced Sept. 19, 2007)  Robert Conquest (Senior Foreign Policy Advisory Board Member); Nile Gardiner, Ph.D. (European Advisory Board Member); and David Pryce-Jones (Senior Foreign Policy Advisor).
More (announced Sept. 20, 2007)  Carlos Eire (Senior Foreign Policy Advisory Board Member); Kenneth R. Weinstein, Ph.D. (Foreign Policy Advisor); Stephen Yates (Senior Asia Advisor); Stephen Haber (Senior Western Hemisphere Advisor); Lisa Curtis (Senior South Asia Advisor); David R. Cameron, Ph.D. (European Advisory Board Member); and Gerard Alexander, Ph.D. (European Advisory Board Member).
More foreign policy advisors (announced Oct. 11, 2007)  Ruth Wedgwood (International Law and Organizations Advisory Board Member); Robert Natter (Senior Military Advisor); John Agresto (Iraqi Advisory Board Member); Owen West (Iraq Advisory Board Member); Michael Rubin (Senior Iran and Turkey Advisor and Middle East Advisory Board Member); Kori Schake (Senior Foreign Policy Advisor); David Frum (Senior Foreign Policy Advisor); Thomas Joscelyn (Senior Terrorism Advisor).
Military Advisory Board (announced Dec. 6, 2007)  Admiral Robert Natter (Ret.) (previously announced as Senior Military Advisor) and Lieutenant General Ed Anderson (Ret.), General Donald Cook (Ret.), Rear Admiral Kevin Delaney (Ret.), Rear Admiral James W. Eastwood (Ret.), General Alfred G. Hansen (Ret.), Vice Admiral James D. Hull (Ret.), Vice Admiral Al Krekich (Ret.) and Rear Admiral Paul Soderberg (Ret.).
 
 
 

Chair, Justice Advisory Committee

Theodore Olson

(announced July 17, 2007)  Partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Washington, D.C. office.  42nd United States Solicitor General, 2001-04.  Partner-in-charge of the Washington office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, 1981-84.  Partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; joined the firm in 1965.  Law degree from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall), 1965.  Bachelor's degree from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA.

Justice Advisory Committee (announced July 17, 2007)
...leading conservative scholars and practicing attorneys.
Additional Justice Advisory Committee members (announced Nov. 16, 2007)
 

COMMUNICATIONS

Director of Communications

Katie Levinson

(reported by Hotline On Call on Jan. 4, 2007; initially senior advisor-communications)  Communications director for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2006 re-election campaign.  Director of television in the White Houses office of communications (deciding which officials appear on which programs), after working on the Inauguration and Bush-Cheney '04.  Director of television at the RNC.  Over three years working in Rep. Christopher Shays' office, starting in the front office, and serving as legislative assistant and press secretary. Graduate of Skidmore College, 1997.
 
 

Deputy Director of Communications

Maria Comella

(reported by Hotline On Call on Jan. 4, 2007; initially director for regional media)  Communications director for Rep. Jim Nussle's 2006 gubernatorial campaign in Iowa.  New Hampshire communications director for Bush-Cheney '04.  Worked for The Winston Group, a survey research firm in Washington, DC.  Deputy director of operations on Gov. George Pataki's (R-NY) 2002 re-election campaign.  Graduate of the Elliot School at the George Washington University, 2003.
 
 

Deputy Director of Communications

Jason Miller

(start April 2007 "oversee the Committee's national rapid response and surrogate speaker efforts from the headquarters in New York City, while also contributing to the Committee's organization-building efforts in South Carolina and several other early-primary states.") More than a decade of national political experience.  Moves to the campaign from position as deputy chief of staff to South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.  Campaign manager for Sanford's 2006 re-election campaign; he came to the Sanford campaign after serving as campaign manager for Sen. George Allen's 2006 re-election campaign through late 2005.  In 2003-04 Miller was campaign manager for Jack Ryan's U.S. Senate campaign in Illinois, and after that effort ended he worked on Tom Coburn's U.S. Senate campaign in Illinois.  Campaign manager on Ric Keller's successful 2000 campaign for Congress in Florida's 8th CD, then served as chief of staff to the Florida Congressman.  Worked for Sen. Slade Gorton (R-WA).  Native of Seattle.
 
 

Deputy Director of Communications for Press Advance

Healy Baumgardner

(reported by Politico; start Dec. 1, 2007)  Worked as a senior press advance representative at the White House.  Attended West Virginia University.
 
 

Deputy Press Secretary

Jennifer Mastin

Previously senior research analyst at American Viewpoint.  Mastin has worked on a wide variety of campaigns on the national, state and local levels including Elizabeth Dole for President, Congressman Clay Shaw (FL), Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (NY), Congresswoman Judy Biggert (IL) and Congresswoman Connie Morella (MD).  B.S. in marketing management and a B.A. in communications from Virginia Tech.  Masters of political management from The George Washington University.
 
 

Director of Television

Emily D'Alberto

Previously a producer at CNN.
 

Regional Communications Directors

Southeast

Elliott Bundy

(started Feb. 2007)  Press secretary and director of policy on Mike McGavick's 2006 U.S. Senate campaign in Washington state.  Press secretary on Lisa Murkowski's 2004 U.S. Senate campaign, and then in her Senate office.  Assistant to the chief of staff for Sen. Ted Stevens.  B.A. in political science from Columbia University, 2003.  From Alaska; graduate of West Anchorage High School.
 

Iowa, West

Jarrod Agen

Previously deputy press secretary at the Department of Homeland Security.  Experience also includes spokesperson for New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.
 

Northeast

Jeffrey Barker

 

Director of Rapid Response

Tim Pearson

Previously worked for Sen. Rick Santorum.
 

War Room Manager

Kathryn Grosso

Staff assistant at the White House.  Did rapid response during the 2004 Democratic Convention.  Degree in political communication from Emerson College.  New Hampshire native.

Foster Morss
At the RNC in 2006.
 
 

Research Director

Jeff Berkowitz

A former White House liaison to the Jewish community.
 
 
 

Senior Communications Advisor

Jim Dyke

(announced March 19, 2007)  Started consulting firm, Jim Dyke & Associates, in Charleston, South Carolina following the 2004 campaign.  RNC communications director during the 2004 campaign.  Press secretary at the RNC starting approx. May 2002.  Press secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce under Don Evans.  Worked at Quinn Gillespie & Associates building coalitions and developing communications strategies for clients.  A one-time assistant to the brewmeister at Capital City Brewing Company, Dyke became a lobbyist for the Beer Institute.  Started his career in Washington, DC as a Senate parking lot attendant.  Dyke is a graduate of the University of Arkansas with a degree in History.
 
 

Senior Communications Advisor

Michael McKeon

(announced March 19, 2007)  Partner at Mercury Public Affairs.  Served as senior advisor and communications director to Gov. George Pataki; chief spokesman for Pataki's successful 2002 re-election campaign; played a central role in Pataki’s 1998 election; joined the Pataki administration in May 1995.  Previously McKeon worked for more than 10 years as a reporter for three New York newspapers.  Graduate of Utica College of Syracuse University
 
 

INTERNET

eCampaign Director

Ted Jarrett

 

Deputy eCampaign Director

Katie Harbath

Most recently worked at the DCI Group.  Associate director for eCommunications at the RNC in 2005 after serving as a senior communications assistant at the RNC in charge of the RNC Web site, GOP.com, and Rising Tide, the committee's quarterly magazine, during the 2004 cycle.  Graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studied journalism and political science.  From Green Bay, Wisconsin.
 
 

FINANCE

Deputy Campaign Manager for Finance

James H. (Jim) Lee

(reported by several news organizations...started late Sept. 2007; succeeded Anne Dunsmore)  James H. Lee is the president and founder of JHL Capital Securities, LLC, an institutional broker-dealer in Houston.  Lee was a Pioneer and Maverick for Bush-Cheney ’04, a Team 100 Member of the RNC, a Member of Texas Governor Rick Perry’s Century Council, a Patriot for U.S. Senator John Cornyn, and on the finance team for U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul.

(finance team as reported on "The Fix" Feb. 5, 2007)

National Finance Director

Donna Henderson

("The Fix" Feb. 5, 2007) "has raised money for a variety of Republican candidates and causes including the National Rifle Association and the National Republican Senatorial Committee."
 
 

Deputy

Tom McGill

("The Fix" Feb. 5, 2007)  Raised money for Rep. Mark Kennedy's 2006 U.S. Senate race in Minnesota.  Worked on Bush-Cheney '04, Inc.
 

Mid-Atlantic Benedetti & Farris  Tom Benedetti and Abby Farris

Southwest Christine Walton

Texas Carol Reed

Florida Gretchen Adent Picotte

California Brent Lowder

 

Consultant

Anne Dickerson

Joined Solutions America PAC in May 2006 as chief fundraiser.  Served as a top aide to Bush-Cheney '04 finance chairman Mercer Reynolds and previosly was chief of staff to Reynolds when he was U.S. Ambassador in Bern, Switzerland through the first part of 2003.  She and her husband, Larry, reside in Plymouth, Michigan.
 
 

Finance Chairman

Roy Bailey

A founding partner and managing director of Giuliani Partners LLC.  Prior to joining the firm, Bailey ran Bailey Insurance Associates, one of the largest single principal-owned agencies in Dallas, and he was co-founder, chairman and CEO of Premium Finance Holdings (PFH).  Former finance chairman of the Republican Party of Texas.  Campaign chairman on U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions' campaign.  Graduate of Southern Methodist University.

Executive Committee Members:
Bill Simon - Executive Committee Member & California State Finance Chair
Paul Singer - Eastern Regional Finance Chairman
Ambassador Peter Terpeluk, Jr. - Executive Committee Member for the Mid-Atlantic Region
Ken Langone - Executive Committee Member and New York City Finance Chair
T. Boone Pickens - Executive Committee Member for the Southwest Region
Thomas O. Hicks, Sr. - Executive Committee Member & Texas State Finance Chair

and State Finance Team, Industry Leaders
(announced April 16, 2007)

and the "All-American" Team (announced May 24, 2007)
Professional men and women under the age of 45; each has committed to raise money for the Committee at one of the following levels: $25,000 All-American Pitcher; $50,000 All-American Slugger; $100,000 All-American All Star; $200,000 All-American MVP; and $1,000,000 All-American Team Captain).
National Chairman: Bryan Pickens
 
 

STRATEGY

Director of Strategy

Brent Seaborn

(reported on "The Fix" Jan. 22, 2007)  Deputy Director of Strategy at the RNC, announced March 4, 2005.  Previously a partner at TargetPoint Consulting, where he worked to research and develop MicroTargeting  (Bush/Cheney ’04, the NRSC and the RNC used MicroTargeting in the 2004 election).  Also worked with the NRCC in 2002 on an extensive Social Security reform project.  Seaborn is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and earned a Masters degree in Political Management from The George Washington University.
 

POLLSTERS
Ed Goeas, Dave Sackett and Brian Tringali from The Tarrance Group.
 

MEDIA  (media team announced Aug. 23, 2007)
Heath Thompson - Partner at Scott Howell and Company.  Southeast regional political director for President George W. Bush’s successful 2004 re-election campaign, directing political operations in 10 states.  A consultant to Jim DeMint’s 2004 U.S. Senate campaign in South Carolina and to Norm Coleman’s 2002 U.S. Senate campaign in Minnesota.  In 2001-02, he led Lt. Gov. Bob Peeler's unsuccessful bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in South Carolina.  Directed then Gov. Bush’s win in the 2000 South Carolina Republican Primary.  Worked on local political races in South Carolina during the 1990s.  Originally from Columbia, MO.

Scott Howell - President of Scott Howell & Company, a Dallas-based strategic media firm he formed in 1993.  A member of the Bush/Cheney media team in 2004.  Worked under Karl Rove prior to founding his own firm.  A specialist for targeted legislative campaigns under Lee Atwater at the Republican National Committee.  Field staffer on Sen. Bob Dole's 1988 presidential campaign.  Ran for South Carolina House in 1984 and 1986.  (Source "The Fix")

Chris Mottola - Mottola of Chris Mottola and Associates is a nationally recognized media consultant who has produced and directed nationally award-winning commercials. A member of the Bush/Cheney media team in 2004.  In addition to his political work, Mottola handles advertising for a number of corporate and public interest concerns.

John A. Brabender - Founder and chief creative officer of BrabenderCox, a national Republican media firm.  He has earned the reputation as one of the most creative media consultants in the country and has been honored with 56 Pollie Awards.

Patti Heck - President of Crossroads Media, a Republican media services firm specializing in advertising strategy and placement for political candidates. Over the last seventeen years, Heck has placed media in every state in the country.  Prior to Crossroads Media, she spent 11 years with a prominent Republican media firm as vice president of media placement. Graduate of Brigham Young University with a Bachelors degree in English.
 
 

AND

National Co-Chair/Senior Policy Advisor

Steve Forbes

(announced March 28, 2007)  President and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine.  Republican candidate for president in 1996 and 2000.  Chairman of the Board for International Broadcasting, appointed by President Reagan 1985, reappointed by President George H.W. Bush and served until 1993.
 
 

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.
 
 

National Co-Chair/liaison to the U.S. Senate

U.S. Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)

(announced Nov. 2, 2007)  Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986; reelected in 1992, 1998 and 2004.  Elected Governor of Missouri in 1972 at age 33; defeated in re-election bid in 1976, but won a second term in 1980.  Elected State Auditor in 1970.  Assistant Attorney General in Missouri.  Practiced law in Washington, D.C. before returning home to Missouri.  Clerk to the Chief Judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.  Graduated from Princeton University in 1960 and received his law degree from the University of Virginia.  Sixth generation Missourian, born in St. Louis and grew up in Mexico, MO, where he still resides.
 
 

Mid-Atlantic Regional Chairman

former Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich

(announced March 22, 2007)  Currently a partner at the law firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC in Baltimore.  Elected Governor in Nov. 2002 and served one term (defeated by Martin O'Malley in Nov. 2006).  Elected to the U.S. Congress in 1994 and served eight years.  Elected to the Maryland General Assembly in 1986 and served eight years.  Attorney at the Ober, Kaler, Grimes and Shriver in Baltimore.  Law degree from Wake Forest University Law School, 1982.  Graduate of Princeton University, 1979.  Raised in working class Arbutus, outside Baltimore.
 
 

Midwest Regional Chairman

U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)

(announced Nov. 1, 2007)  Elected to the United States Senate in 2002.  Joined the Republican Party in 1996 and was re-elected in 1997, the first Republican mayor of St. Paul in over 25 years.  Elected Mayor of St. Paul in 1993 as a Democrat.  Worked for the Minnesota Attorney General's office for 17 years.  J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law.  Graduate of Hofstra University on Long Island.  Born in Brooklyn, New York.
 
 

Senior Advisor

Joe Allbaugh

("general strategy and homeland security;" announced Oct. 30, 2007)  President and CEO of the Allbaugh Company, LLC.  FEMA Director under President George W. Bush until March 2003.  National campaign manager for the Bush-Cheney 2000 presidential campaign.  Chief of staff to then-Gov. Bush of Texas.  Deputy Secretary of Transportation in Oklahoma, and also managed many state and federal campaigns.  B.A. in political science from Oklahoma State University.  Native of Blackwell, OK.
 

also important, but not on the campaign

Communications Director at Giuliani Partners

Sunny Mindel

Press Secretary for Mayor Giuliani, announced June 7, 1999.  Director of Public Affairs at the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management.  Press Secretary on the Mayor's 1997 re-election campaign.  Spokeswoman for the NYC Department of Information, Technology and Telecommunications, 1996-97.  Reported on City Hall for WNYC Television and wrote for Lifetime Cable Television.  Worked as an advertising copywriter.  B.S. degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
 

See Iowa page >>
 

NEVADA

Chairman

Congressman Jon Porter

(announced April 27, 2007)  Represents the 3rd CD, including metropolitan areas of Las Vegas and Henderson; first elected in 2002.  Elected to the Nevada State Senate in 1994 and served for eight years. Served on the Boulder City Council starting in 1983 and became Mayor in 1987.  Started his professional career as a small business owner with the Farmers Insurance Group in Henderson, Nevada.  Born in Humboldt, Iowa and attended Briar Cliff College in Sioux City, Iowa.

See Nevada page >>
 

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Chairman

Wayne Semprini

(announced by the exploratory committee on Jan. 29, 2007)  Immediate past chairman of the NH Republican State Committee; elected March 25, 2006, served through Jan. 2007.  Owner of Northeast Surgical Supply.  Ran for State Senate against Sen. Burt Cohen (Dist. 24) in 2000, losing by 383 votes.  From New Castle; longtime town moderator.
 

Executive Director

Jennifer Hallowell

(announced May 9, 2007)  Executive director of the Indiana Republican Party in 2006.  Directed Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi's 2006 re-election campaign, which was the only Republican countywide victory in Indianapolis that year.  Vice president of new market development for Angie’s List, 2005.  Director of political strategy for Mitch Daniels’ successful 2004 gubernatorial campaign.  Political director of the Indiana Republican Party.  From 1995-2000, Hallowell worked for Indiana Congressman David McIntosh in various fundraising and political capacities including deputy campaign manager for his unsuccessful 2000 gubernatorial bid and campaign manager for his successful 1998 congressional campaign.

See New Hampshire page >>
 

SOUTH CAROLINA

Chairman

Barry Wynn

(announced June 20, 2007) A former chairman of the South Carolina GOP.   Currently serves as President and CEO of Colonial Trust Company in Spartanburg.  Wynn played prominent roles in both campaigns of President George W. Bush in South Carolina and served as South Carolina Finance Chair for President George H.W. Bush in 1992.  A graduate of the Citadel.
 

Executive Director

Ryan Meerstein

During the 2006 election cycle, Meerstein served at the director of political education at the Republican National Committee (RNC) and worked with the RNC's Victory Program on the successful campaign of Bob Corker for U.S. Senate in Tennessee.  In 2004 he served as the RNC Victory field director for Central Ohio.  Graduate of Allegheny College in Meadville, PA, 2003.

See South Carolina page >>
 

more states
ALABAMA

Co-Chair

Bill Lathan

(announced Oct. 24, 2007)  Current vice chairman of the Alabama State Republican Party representing the 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts.  Founder and president of The Lathan Company, industrial roofing and contracting company in Mobile.  Lathan has been a member of the Alabama State Republican Party for 20 years.  In 2000 and 2002, he and his wife, Terry, were selected as Alabama Republicans of the Year.
 

ALASKA

Co-Chair

Dan Sullivan

(announced Oct. 24, 2007)  Anchorage Municipal Assemblyman, first elected in 1999.  Sullivan owns a small business, Sullivan and Associates, providing government affairs, business development and charitable fundraising services.  He served as the executive director of the 1996 Arctic Winter Games Host Society, whose responsibility it was to plan and implement the largest international sporting and cultural event ever held in Alaska.  He is a fourth generation Alaskan.
 

ARIZONA

Chair

Lisa James

(announced Dec. 7, 2007)  Narrowly lost Jan. 2007 bid to chair the Arizona Republican Party.  Director of the Arizona Republican Party's Victory 2006; director of coalitions for Sen. Jon Kyl’s 2006 re-election effort.   Arizona executive director for Bush-Cheney '04.  Chaired the "No Taxpayer Money for Politicians" ballot initiative campaign in Arizona, starting Fall 2003.  Director of Arizona Republicans' Victory 2000.  In 1992 served as an advance person for President George H.W. Bush and worked on the Bush/Quayle campaign.  Worked at the RNC in the political department, focusing on state and local government.  Worked on and managed several campaigns in Illinois.  Started career in politics working in the Illinois Legislature.  Bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University.
 
 

CALIFORNIA

Chairman

Bill Simon

(announced July 16, 2007)  Simon is the national policy director for the campaign (see above).
 

Executive Director

Brent Lowder

(announced July 12, 2007)  Lowder has been the campaign's lead California finance person ("The Fix" Feb. 5, 2007).  He was executive director of William E. Simon & Sons, and served as a senior aide to Bill Simon during his 2002 campaign for Governor of California.  Deputy finance director on Matt Fong's unsuccessful campaign for U.S. Senate against incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) in 1998.  Worked on Pete Wilson's gubernatorial campaign in 1994.

See California page >>
 
 

CONNECTICUT

Chairman

Senate Minority Leader John McKinney

(announced Aug. 14, 2007)  McKinney is serving his fifth term in the Connecticut General Assembly representing the towns of Easton, Fairfield, Newtown and Weston.  Son of the late U.S. Congressman Stewart B. McKinney.
 

Chairman

House Republican Leader Lawrence F. Cafero, Jr.

(announced Aug. 14, 2007)  First elected in 1992; now serving his eighth term as State Representative for Norwalk.  Attorney.  B.A. from University of Connecticut; J.D. Western New England College School of Law.
 

Co-Chair

Rep. Penny Bacchiochi

(announced Aug. 14, 2007)  Bacchiochi has been involved in local and state politics for the past twenty years. She currently represents the rural towns of Stafford, Somers and Union.
 

Co-Chair

House Assistant Republican Leader Dave Labriola

(announced Aug. 14, 2007)   First elected to the Connecticut General Assembly in 2002 and was re-elected in 2004 and 2006. Labriola graduated from Yale University and practices law with his brother, Jerry. He is a former Naugatuck Police Commissioner and a former Naugatuck Town Attorney.
 
 

Political Director

Albert Ribeiro

(announced July 3, 2007)  Worked for Jamestown Associates, a political and media consulting firm, in Washington, DC as the director of operations and media buyer, and then a vice-president in the firm.  Has worked for campaigns in seven states for all levels of government.

See Connecticut page >>
 

DELAWARE

Chairman

Louis Freeh

(announced on May 31, 2007; also Senior Homeland Security Advisor)  President of Freeh Group International, LLC, a practice of former federal judges and former senior FBI leaders who provide legal, governance, investigative, litigation, and risk management services, headquartered in Delaware.  General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Ethics officer at MBNA Corporation, as well as Vice Chairman of MBNA America Bank, N.A., 2001-06.  Director of the FBI, 1993-2001.  U.S. District Judge, Southern District of New York, 1991-93.  Served various positions in the U.S Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, 1981-91. A Supervisor and Special Agent for the FBI, 1975-81.  J.D. from Rutgers Law School, Master of Laws degree from the New York University School of Law, and a Bachelor's degree from Rutgers College.
 

Political Director

Misty Haungs

Initially the campaign's NH field director.  Experience includes legislative correspondent for U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg.  Worked on Republican's NH Victory campaign in the Concord office in 2004.  Graduate of University of New Hampshire, 2004.

See Delaware page >>
 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Co-Chairs (announced Nov. 2, 2007)
James R. “Jimmy” Lowe Jr. - Member of the District of Columbia Republican Committee and a former National Party committeeman. He is retired.

Charles L. “Charlie” Grizzle - Chairman of the District of Columbia Republican Committee’s Finance Committee and a member of its Executive Committee. He is also chairman of The Grizzle Committee, a D.C. consulting company.

Carl E. Schmid II - Member of the District of Columbia Republican Committee.  He is director of federal affairs for a national HIV/AIDS public policy organization.

See District of Columbia page >>
 

FLORIDA

Chairman

Attorney General Bill McCollum

(announced on April 4, 2007)  Elected Attorney General in 2006.  Partner with the Baker & Hostetler LLP law firm.  Ran for U.S. Senate a second time in 2004 but lost the primary to Mel Martinez.  Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 2000, losing to Bill Nelson by 51 to 46 percent.  Served in Congress for twenty years, representing the Orlando area; retired in 2001.  Retired from the Naval Reserve as a Commander in 1992, after serving 23 years as an officer in the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps.  Private practice in Orlando.  Active duty in the U.S. Navy from 1969-72.  Bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Florida.
 
 

Senior Advisor for Florida

Karen Unger

(announced by the exploratory committee on Feb. 23, 2007)  Managed Gov. Jeb Bush’s 2002 re-election campaign (announced July 2001).  Assistant to Bush chief of staff Kathleen Shanahan and earlier served as director of external affairs and as director of appointments for Bush.  Field director for Broward and Palm Beach Counties on Bush’s 1998 campaign.  Campaign manager for Congressman E. Clay Shaw 1996 re-election campaign; Shaw’s finance director for his 1994 campaign.

See Florida page >>
 
 

GEORGIA

Chairman

Speaker of the Georgia House Glenn Richardson

(announced May 24, 2007)  Became Speaker of the Georgia House in 2005 after serving as House Floor Leader and House Majority Leader.  Elected to the Georgia House in 1996 from Paulding County; the first Republican elected from that county since Reconstruction.  Appointed to serve as County Attorney for Paulding County in 1989 and served in that position for 16 years.  Joined the firm of Vinson & Osborne in 1985, made partner two years later, and continues to practice there (Vinson, Talley, Richardson & Cable).  B.A. in political science from Georgia State University, 1981; J.D. from Georgia State University’s first law school class, 1984.
 

Executive Director

Sean Donnelly

(announced Aug. 3, 2007)  Currently president and CEO of Sean Donnelly Consulting, Inc., a public affairs and grassroots firm.  Campaign manager for Georgia State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox’s successful statewide re-election bid in 2006.  Deputy campaign manager for Sen. Ronnie Chance in 2005.  Donnelly also worked with the Georgia Senate and House Republican Caucuses.

See Georgia page >>
 
 

HAWAII

Chair

Patricia Saiki

(announced Sept. 9, 2007)  Republican nominee for Governor of Hawai'i in 1994, but lost to Lt. Gov. Cayetano.  Administrator of the Small Business Administration under Republican President George H.W. Bush.  Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 1990 but lost to Sen. Akaka.  Elected to Congress in 1986 after losing special election, and served two terms, 1987-91; the only Republican to serve Hawaii as a U.S. Representative in Congress.  Member of the Hawaii state senate, 1974-82; member of the Hawaii state house of representatives, 1968-74.  B.S. from the University of Hawaii, Manoa.
 

Vice Chair

Sam Aiona

(announced Sept. 9, 2007)  Currently executive director of the Hawaii Office of Community Services.  Chairman of the Hawaii Republican Party through mid-2007.  Loan officer for mortgage broker.  Ran for Manoa-Makiki City Council seat in 2002.  Elected to the Hawaii State House in 1996 defeating a Democratic incumbent, but defeated in 1998 re-election bid and in 2000 race.  Worked on many campaigns in the 1980s and early 1990s.  Graduate of the University of Hawaii with a degree in political science.
 

Vice Chair

Charles Djou

(announced Sept. 9, 2007)  Djou represents the area from Waikiki to Hawaii Kai on the Honolulu City Council. He was first elected in 2002 and re-elected to a second four-year term in 2006. Before joining the City Council, Charles served in the Hawaii State House, where he was the Republican Floor Leader.

See Hawaii page >>
 
 

ILLINOIS

Chairman

House Republican Leader Tom Cross

(announced March 30, 2007)  First elected in 1992, Cross is currently serving in his eighth term.  Represents District 84 Plainfield (Kendall County).  A practicing attorney.  B.A., political science, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1980; J.D., Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, AL, 1983.
 

Co-Chair

Ron Gidwitz

(announced March 30, 2007)  Co-founder of the Chicago investment first GCG partners.  Candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Illinois in 2005-06.  President and founder (Feb. 2003) of Students First Illinois "a non-partisan, statewide grassroots coalition of private individuals and community organizations banding together to help put Illinois' 2.2 million children first in state policy."  Chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education, April 1999-April 2003.  President and Chief Executive Officer of the Unilever HPC Helene Curtis Business Unit from 1996-98.  Previously, he served as President (starting in 1979) and Chief Executive Officer (starting in 1985) and as a member of the Board of Directors of Helene Curtis.  Bachelor's degree in economics from Brown University.
 

Executive Director

Kevin Artl

(announced July 12, 2007) Political director for the Illinois House Republican Organization since 2003 where he coordinated all political activity for the House Republican caucus.  Artl has also served as the policy director for the Republican caucus in the Illinois House of Representatives and has managed municipal and Congressional campaigns in Illinois.

See Illinois page >>
 
 

KANSAS
endorsed by Kansas State Representative Kevin Yoder of Overland Park and Garden City Commissioner J.R. Behan. (filed caucus paperwork for Giuliani on Nov. 16, 2007)
 
 

KENTUCKY

Chair

former Congresswoman Anne Northup

(announced Nov. 16, 2007)  Served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2007; defeated in 2006.   Northup began her political career in 1987 when she won a special election to the Kentucky House of Representatives; she was re-elected to full terms in 1988, 1990, 1992 and 1994.  Prior to entering politics, Northup was a math and economics teacher.  B.A. in economics and business from St. Mary's College of Notre Dame, 1970.  Born and raised in Louisville.
 

MARYLAND

Chairman and Mid-Atlantic Regional Chairman

former Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich

(endorsement announced March 22, 2007)  Currently a partner at the law firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC in Baltimore.  Elected Governor in Nov. 2002 and served one term (defeated by Martin O'Malley in Nov. 2006).  Elected to the U.S. Congress in 1994 and served eight years.  Elected to the Maryland General Assembly in 1986 and served eight years.  Attorney at the Ober, Kaler, Grimes and Shriver in Baltimore.  Law degree from Wake Forest University Law School, 1982.  Graduate of Princeton University, 1979.  Raised in working class Arbutus, outside Baltimore.

See Maryland page >>
 
 

MASSACHUSETTS
On Feb. 15, 2007 the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Exploratory Committee announced its Massachusetts Leadership Team, headed by Senior Advisor to the Committee former Gov. Paul Cellucci and five co-chairs.
Co-Chairs
Brian Cresta (Eastern MA Chairman) - Former chair of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee and previously served in the MA House of Representatives.  Cresta also worked as a Regional Administrator for the Department of Health and Human Services.  During his time in the Bush Administration, Cresta was on special assignment with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Sen. Michael R. Knapik - Currently serving his seventh term as State Senator from the Second Hampden and Hampshire District.

Brian Lees (Western MA Chairman) - Ran and was elected Clerk of Courts in Hampden County.  Senate Minority Leader from 1993-2006.

Sen. Bruce Tarr - State Senate Assistant Minority Leader; a member of the Massachusetts General Court since 1991.

Sen. Richard Tisei - Currently serving his ninth term; was elected Senate Minority Leader in January of 2007 and is the longest-serving Republican among current members of the Massachusetts Legislature.

and endorsement of
former State Treasurer Joe Malone - (announced Oct. 23, 2007)  Real estate investor and part-time marketing consultant.  Ran in the Republican primary for governor in 1998.  Elected State Treasurer in 1990; re-elected in 1994 with 70% of the vote.  In 1988, Malone challenged Ted Kennedy for his Senate seat.

See Massachusetts page >>
 
 

MICHIGAN

Chair

U.S. Rep. Candice Miller (MI-10)

(endorsement announced Feb. 8, 2007 +)  First elected to Congress in Nov. 2002.  Served two terms as Michigan’s Secretary of State from 1994-2002.  Elected to the Harrison Township Board of Trustees in 1979; elected Harrison Township Supervisor in 1980 and served 12 years.  Worked for her family’s marina business on the Clinton River.  Lifelong resident of Macomb County.
 

Political Director

Lynn Aronoff

(announced Sept. 21, 2007)  Aronoff, of Royal Oak, is CEO and president of the consulting firm Action Strategies.  Regional coalitions director for the DeVos for Governor campaign in 2006.  In 2004 she was campaign manager for Myrah Kirkwood’s congressional campaign in Michigan's 5th CD (Genesee, Tuscola, and portions of Saginaw and Bay Counties).  She has previously directed the state’s largest GOP conference – the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference.  Aronoff worked in the administration of Gov. John Engler as representative and spokesperson in Southeastern Michigan.  She has also worked as an account executive at Dickerson-Govan Management, Inc.  Graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

See Michigan page >>
 
 

MINNESOTA

Chair

U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman

(announced Nov. 1, 2007)  Elected to the United States Senate in 2002.  Joined the Republican Party in 1996 and was re-elected in 1997, the first Republican mayor of St. Paul in over 25 years.  Elected Mayor of St. Paul in 1993 as a Democrat.  Worked for the Minnesota Attorney General's office for 17 years.  J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law.  Graduate of Hofstra University on Long Island.  Born in Brooklyn, New York.

See Minnesota page >>
 
 

MISSOURI

Chair

U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (MO-8)

(endorsement announced Oct. 22, 2007)  Represents 28 counties in Southern Missouri; elected to Congress in Nov. 1996, following the death of her husband Bill Emerson.  Resident of Cape Girardeau.  Previous experience includes senior vice president of public affairs for the American Insurance Association, director of state relations and grassroots programs for the National Restaurant Association, and deputy communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee.  B.A. in political science from Ohio Wesleyan University, 1972.

See Missouri page >>
 
 

NEW JERSEY
On Jan. 31, 2007 the exploratory committee announced that "nearly 300 elected officials and key Republicans throughout New Jersey have signed on to support Mayor Giuliani," including 9 of the 18 Republican State Senators, 12 of the 32 Republican Assemblymen and 11 of the 21 County Chairmen.
On March 9, 2007 the exploratory committee announced a second wave of "more than 150 additional New Jerseyans committed to supporting Mayor Giuliani."  The 446 (279 + 167) announced supporters include 12 of New Jersey's 21 County Chairmen, 10 of 18 Republican State Senators and 13 of 32 Republican State Assemblymen.
 

Chairman

George Gilmore

Republican Chairman of Ocean County since 1996.  Partner in the Toms River law firm of Gilmore & Monahan. article >
 

Honorary Chairman

State Sen. Tom Kean, Jr.

Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 2006.
 

Co-Chairs

Former Congressman Bob Franks, GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in 2000; State Senator Diane Allen; Roger Bodman, Executive Director-NJ of Reagan/Bush 1984; Burlington County GOP Chairman Col. Mike Warner; Cape May County GOP Chairman David Von Savage; investment banker Candace L. Straight; President of WPI Communications Steve Klinghoffer; and Somerset County GOP Chairman Dale Florio.

See New Jersey page >>
 
 

NEW MEXICO

Chairman

Sheriff Darren White of Bernalillo County

(announced June 9, 2007) Started as Sheriff in 2003.  Appointed cabinet secretary for the New Mexico Department of Public Safety (DPS), 1995-99.  Served in the U.S Army as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division.  Bachelor's in management from the University of Phoenix.
 
 

NEW YORK

Co-Chairman

Bill Powers

(announced March 1, 2007)  Founder and principal of Powers & Company a strategic advisory and consulting firm formed in March 2001.  Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee, 1991-2001.  Special assistant to and director of statewide operations for Sen. Alphonse D'Amato, 1980-91.  Worked for the New York State Senate and Assembly in the 1970s.  Served five years of active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps.
 

Co-Chairman

Guy Molinari

(announced March 1, 2007)  Served at all three levels of government: as a New York Assemblyman (1975-1980); as a U.S. Congressman (1981-1989); and as Borough President of Staten Island (1990-2001).  Chief campaign advisor for Mayor Giuliani in 1989, 1993 and 1997.  New York state chairman of Vice President George H.W. Bush’s successful 1988 presidential campaign.  Practiced law.  B.A. from Wagner College in Staten Island, 1949; J.D. from New York Law School, 1951; served in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1951-53.
 

Executive Director

Mario Bruno, Jr.

(announced June 19, 2007)  Served as Assistant Commissioner of the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, originally appointed by Mayor Giuliani and continued under Bloomberg.  Candidate for State Assembly District 62 (Staten Island) in the Sept. 2004 Republican primary.  Held various roles within the New York City Department of Transportation for 19 years.  Managed Sen. John McCain’s New York presidential campaign in 2000.  Served as a member of the New York Republican State Committee for five years and has managed several local races.  Bachelor’s degree from the Polytechnic Institute of New York.  Lifelong New Yorker; lives on Staten Island.

See New York page >>
 
 

NORTH CAROLINA

Chairman/Finance Chairman

Jim Culbertson

(announced April 27, 2007; reported by the News & Observer on April 2)  Winston-Salem businessman; president of Financial Computing Inc.  North Carolina Finance Chairman for Bush-Cheney '04 and Finance Co-Chairman for the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign.  North Carolina Finance Chairman for Elizabeth Dole’s 2002 U.S. Senate campaign.  Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant.  Graduate of the Citadel.
 
 

NORTH DAKOTA

Chairman

Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer

(announced Aug. 10, 2007)  Elected to the North Dakota Public Service Commission in Nov. 2004; Gov.  John Hoeven appointed him to fill an unexpired term on the Commission in Aug. 2003.  Prior to serving on the Commission, Cramer was the first director of the Harold Schafer Leadership Foundation.  Cramer served for eight years in the cabinet of Gov. Ed Schafer as the State Tourism Director from 1993-97 and as State Economic Development Director from 1997-2000.  Previously chairman of the North Dakota Republican Party, and at age 30 became the youngest member of the Republican National Committee.  He is also a regular host of the popular radio show “Hot Talk” on WDAY in Fargo.  Cramer is also an adjunct instructor of marketing and management and serves on the Board of Trustees at the University of Mary.  B.A. degree from Concordia College and Master’s degree in Management from the University of Mary.  Native of Kindred, ND.
 

Executive Director

Jason Stverak

(announced July 3, 2007)  Stverak served as executive director of the North Dakota Republican Party starting in 2001.  He came to North Dakota after serving as the political director of the Nebraska Republican Party.   Stverak previously worked on Capitol Hill for former South Dakota Senator Larry Pressler, and also served as legislative campaign coordinator for the South Dakota Republican Party.  Graduate of Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

See North Dakota page >>
 
 

RHODE ISLAND
State co-chairs: Republican National Committeeman Robert Manning, Rhode Island Senate Minority Leader Dennis Algiere, Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian, former Mayor of Cranston Steve Laffey, and former Rhode Island Republican Party Chairwoman Patricia Morgan.  (announced May 24, 2007)

See Rhode Island page >>
 
 

TEXAS

State Chair

Comptroller of Public Accounts Susan Combs

(announced Oct. 10, 2007)  Combs was elected Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts in Nov.2006.  She previously served as Agriculture Commissioner, elected in 1998 and 2002.  Served as an Assistant District Attorney in Dallas, where she handled child abuse cases.  Graduated from Vassar College and received her law degree from The University of Texas School of Law.  A native of San Antonio, she currently lives in Austin.

See Texas page >>
 
 

VIRGINIA

Chairman

former Attorney General Jerry Kilgore

(Virginia leadership team announced Aug. 22, 2007)

See Virginia page >>
 
 

WASHINGTON

Chairman

U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert (WA-8)

(announced June 15, 2007; also to serve as National Co-Chair of Law Enforcement for Rudy)  Elected to Congress in 2004.  Served as King County’s first elected Sheriff; joined the Sheriff's Office in 1972.  U.S. Air Force Reserve from 1971-76; on active duty in 1976.  Graduate of Concordia Lutheran College in Portland, Oregon.
 
 

WISCONSIN

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.

See Wisconsin page >>
 
 

PUERTO RICO

Chairman

U.S. Rep. Luis G. Fortuño

(announced Aug. 2, 2007)  Elected to the U.S. Congress in 2004.  Served as Puerto Rico's first Secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce.   Appointed by the Governor as executive director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company and president of the Hotel Development Corporation in 1993.  Bachelor’s degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School.
 
 

former national staff:

Deputy Campaign Manager for Finance

Anne Dunsmore

(announced May 8, 2007, left in late Sept. 2007)  Chair, CEO and founder of Capital Campaigns, a premier fundraising and event planning firm based in Los Angeles.  "Anne has developed one of the most advanced and comprehensive fundraising operations in the country – raising over $2 billion for more than 500 political and non-profit clients over the last 27 years.  She has served as Finance Director for many statewide and down-ballot campaigns throughout the country.  Additional, clients include the Republican National Committee, both of George W. Bush’s presidential campaigns and the first inaugural, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Progress for America and the Republican Governor’s Association."
 
 

E-Campaign Advisor

Patrick Ruffini

(reported on "The Fix" Jan. 22, 2007, left end of May 2007)  eCampaign director at the RNC, announced Oct. 11, 2005 through to January 2007.  Webmaster and blogger for Bush-Cheney '04, responsible for managing President George W. Bush’s reelection campaign website, starting in June 2003.  Deputy director of online communications at the RNC, July 2002-June 2003.  Staff assistant at American Enterprise Institute, March 2001-June 2002.  Ruffini ran a political blog which launched in July 2001.  May 2000 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with B.A. in Diplomatic History and Political Science; was chairman of Penn College Republicans, 1998-99.
 
 

Director of Rapid Response

Tim O'Brien

(reported by Hotline On Call on Feb. 2, 2007)  According to Hotline On Call: Deputy communications director of the MTA in New York.  Deputy research director at the NRCC in the 2002 cycle.  Law degree from Fordham.
 
 
 

GIULIANI PARTNERS

Senior Advisor/"Chief Strategist"

Anthony V. Carbonetti

A founding Partner and Managing Director of Giuliani Partners LLC.  Chief of Staff to Mayor Giuliani from 1999 to 2001.  Appointed Deputy Chief of Staff in 1996; joined the Administration as Director of the Office of Appointments.  Deputy Director of Field Operations on Giuliani's successful 1993 mayoral campaign.

Chris Henick
(Joined Giuliani Partners in Spring 2003) Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy to the Senior Advisor (Karl Rove), Jan. 2001-Dec. 2002.  Deputy Director of Strategy on Bush's 2000  presidential campaign.  Managing Director and Principal at the Washington lobbying firm of Barbour Griffith & Rogers, 1995 through April 2000.  Executive director of the Republican Governors Association 1991-95.  Southern director at the RNC through 1990.  Managed Congressman Alec McMillan (R-NC)'s 1986 re-election campaign.  Worked for Congressman Trent Lott.  Executive director for Mississippi Reagan/Bush ‘84.  Political director for the Mississippi Republican Party.  Field organization director for Haley Barbour's unsuccessful 1982 U.S. Senate bid.  Field representative on the Reagan/Bush 1980 campaign.  Attended University of Mississippi )eventually received B.A. in Liberal Studies from Georgetown University).  Born and raised in Yazoo City, MS.
 

Communications Director/Spokeswoman

Sunny Mindel

Press Secretary for Mayor Giuliani, announced June 7, 1999.  Director of Public Affairs at the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management.  Press Secretary on the Mayor's 1997 re-election campaign.  Spokeswoman for the NYC Department of Information, Technology and Telecommunications, 1996-97.  Reported on City Hall for WNYC Television and wrote for Lifetime Cable Television.  Worked as an advertising copywriter.  B.S. degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
 
 
 

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