ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT,
INC.
ROMNEY
FOR PRESIDENT EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE, INC. (formed Jan. 3, 2007)
THE
COMMONWEALTH PAC
(2006 election cycle)
Headquarters: 359 Elm Street, Manchester
...Tagg Romney officially opened on March 24, 2007
Office: Parade Mall, 195 Hanover Street, Portsmouth ...Ann
Romney at grand opening on Oct. 10, 2007
Chairman | Bruce Keough |
Co-Chairman | Gordon McDonald |
Co-Chairman | Donna Sytek |
Co-Chairman | Kathy Gregg |
Director | Jim Merrill |
Political Director | Jamie Burnett |
Field Director | Kristy Stuart |
Field Representatives
Mike Hamilton - Came to the Romney campaign from Public Opinion Strategies, the Republican polling firm based in Alexandria, VA, where he was a project director during the 2006 election cycle; started at POS as a research assistant in 2003. Graduate of Dartmouth College, 2003. Originally from the Boston area.
Thomas DeRosa - (started in June 2007) Prior to joining the Romney campaign, DeRosa served as the New Hampshire field director for George Pataki’s 21st Century Freedom PAC. A field coordinator on Executive Councilor Ray Wieczorek's 2006 re-election and on Frank Guinta’s successful campaign for Mayor of Manchester in 2005. Chairman of the New Hampshire College Republicans in 2006-07 and a 2007 graduate of Saint Anselm College.
Matthew Suermann - (joined the campaign in June 2007) Graduate of The Catholic University of America, 2007. Interned in the Washington, D.C., office of Sen. John E. Sununu (R-NH) from Jan.-May 2007. Interned in the Manchester, NH field office of Bush-Cheney '04 in Summer 2004. Originally from Bedford, New Hampshire.
Greg Koepke - (started as a field representative for Sullivan and Cheshire Counties in June 2007) Koepke joined the campaign in Jan. 2007; he worked in Operations in the national headquarters in Boston, where he was responsible for recruiting volunteers and securing police escorts for every city Gov. Romney visited. Koepke moved to Boston from California. In 2006, he worked for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s reelection effort in San Diego, Covina and Palm Desert. He worked on several local and state campaigns and was active with his local GOP. Graduate of San Diego State University (SDSU).
Tyler Brown - (field
representative for Hillsborough County) Previously served as communications
director for U.S. Representative Thelma Drake (VA-02). Started with
Rep. Drake in 2005 as a staff assistant, and worked his way up to become
a legislative correspondent, then press secretary. In 2006, he took
a leave of absence from her office to serve as the political director for
her re-election campaign. B.A. in government and economics from the
University of Virginia in 2003. Originally from Charlottesville,
Virginia.
Coalitions Director | Will Wrobleski |
Information Director | Jonathan Page |
Communications Director | Craig Stevens |
Office Manager | Kristen Van Horn |
College Coordinator | Lauren Daigle |
Senior Advisor | Tom Rath |
Advisor | Rich Killion |
Major Endorsement
U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg - (announced
Oct. 29, 2007) Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992 and currently serving
his third term. Previously served two terms as Governor of New Hampshire,
1989-93; four terms as U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 2nd CD,
1981-89; and one term as Executive Councilor for New Hampshire's Council
District 5, 1979-81. Partner in the law firm of Sullivan, Gregg and
Horton in Nashua. A.B. from Columbia University, 1969; J.D. in 1972
from Boston University Law School in 1972 and L.L.M. in tax law in 1975.
New Hampshire native; resident of Rye Beach.
New Hampshire Leadership Team County
Chairs:
(announced March 1, 2007)
Belknap County
Sheriff Dan Collis Carroll County
Cheshire County
Coos County
Grafton County
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Hillsborough County
Claira Monier County Commissioner Toni Pappas Merrimack County
Rockingham County
Strafford County
Sullivan County
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Romney Legislative Leadership Team (40 legislators; announced Dec. 27, 2007)
New Hampshire Attorneys Leadership Team Steering Committee (announced Sept. 10, 2007)
Small Business (as of Aug. 27, 2007)
New Hampshire Veterans Leadership Team
(41 veterans representing all ten counties in the State;
announced
July 5, 2007)
Chair: Mike Moffett, Lieutenant
Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps
New Hampshire Women's Leadership Team
(109 women representing all ten counties in the State; announced
July 2, 2007)
Co-Chairs: Nancy Dwight, Lyme;
Carol Holden, Amherst; Jane Keough, Dublin; Betty Maiola, Newport; and
Sharon Sykas, Stratham.
New Hampshire Students for Romney
(11 campus chairs announced
March 23, 2007)
Adam Bungert
(University Of New Hampshire) switched to Huckabee;
Ralph M. Crossen (New England College); Katie Dangel (Southern New Hampshire
University); Robyn Dangora (Saint Anselm College);
Christopher DuPuy (Southern New Hampshire University); Garret Ean (New
Hampshire Technical Institute); Anthony Estevez (Daniel Webster College);
Taylor Frazao (Franklin Pierce College); Zachary Irish (Colby-Sawyer College);
Emily O'Neil (University Of New Hampshire); Sean Smith (Dartmouth College).
New Hampshire Statewide Finance Committee
(announced April 24, 2007)
Co-Chairs:
Jackie Eastwood (Durham) -
Founder and CEO of TissueLink Medical Inc. in Dover, NH. Now retired,
she provided executive leadership for 30 years from the start up and led
multi-national medical device companies. She was the Ernst and Young
Entrepreneur of the Year 2004 for New England and finalist for NH High
Tech Council Entrepreneur of the Year 2006.
Gary Levy (Portsmouth) - Portsmouth businessman and Newmarket resident. He has served on the Governor's Efficiency Committee and holds a seat on the Pease Development Authority Board.
Members:
Karl Norwood (Amherst) - President
of NAI Norwood Group. He is the past chairman of the State Republican Finance
Committee. He also serves on the Elliot Hospital Board of Trustees and
is a Director of Amoskeag Industries.
Rob Prunier (Hollis) - A principal of a commercial construction business and has been politically involved in New Hampshire for many years. He also serves as Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Nashua, on the Committee at St. Joseph Hospital and at Bishop Guertin High School. He is a member of the Nashua Rotary West and lives in New Hampshire with his wife and four children.
Michael Kane (Newcastle) - A principal of The Kane Company, the seacoast region's leading commercial real estate brokerage services company founded in 1981. He began working on political campaigns when he helped with Ronald Reagan's primary bid. Kane has worked on behalf of many campaigns including Steve Forbes and Senator John Sununu.
David Vicinanzo (Concord) - A partner with Nixon Peabody LLP, a national law firm with an office in Manchester. A long-time federal prosecutor, he was formerly the first Assistant U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire. Vicinanzo, his wife Mary and their children live in Concord.
Robert A. Cruess (Amherst) - President
and CEO of TFMoran Inc., an engineering firm in Bedford, NH. He serves
on numerous boards and committees, including the NH Board of Professional
Engineers, a director of Hampshire First Bank, and is a commissioner of
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission. In 2006,
The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce named Cruess "Small Business
Person of the Year."
also:
endorsement of former
state Sen. Bob Flanders (reported by Granite Status, March 29, 2007)
From Antrim; Flanders represented
District 7, but was defeated in Nov. 2006.
endorsement of former
state Sen. Tom Eaton (announced April 3, 2007)
A resident of Keene, Eaton
served in the State Senate from 1999 to 2006 and was State Senate President
from 2002-05; defeated in Nov. 2006.
endorsement of Ovide Lamontagne
(announced April 25, 2007)
Manchester attorney; shareholder
with the regional law firm of Devine, Millimet and Branch. Republican
nominee for Governor in 1996. Chairman of the New Hampshire State
Board of Education, 1993-96. Legal counsel to the New Hampshire State
Senate in 1991. J.D., University of Wyoming College of Law, 1985.
B.A., Catholic University of America, 1979.
endorsement of Sen. Bob
Letourneau (announced May 17, 2007)
Elected to represent Derry
in the State Senate in 2004. Previously a four-term member of the
NH House of Representatives, where he served as Assistant Majority Leader.
Letourneau is the Chairman of the Senate Transportation and Interstate
Cooperation Committee.
endorsement of former
state Sen. Chuck Morse (announced July 12, 2007)
President and owner of Freshwater
Farms in Atkinson for the past 20 years. Republican nominee for Executive
Council – District 3 in 2006. Served in the State Senate from 2002-06,
as a State Representative for Salem and Windham from 1998 to 2002, and
as a Town Selectman from 1996-98. A Town Moderator since 2000.
Degree in business management from Plymouth State University. Grew
up in Salem and lives there with his wife Susan their daughter Emma.
endorsement of anti-tax
advocate Tom Thomson (announced Oct. 4, 2007)
Tom Thomson and his family
own and operate the 2,400 acre Thomson Family Tree Farm in Orford, New
Hampshire. Thomson served in the National Guard after high school.
Son of the late New Hampshire Governor Mel Thomson Jr.,
endorsement of House
Minority Leader Michael Whalley (reported Dec. 21, 2007)
from Alton
former staff
Coalitions Director | Scott Scheid |
Belknap
Dan Collis (Laconia) Sheriff, Belknap County; Chairman Law Enforcement for Bush 2004 Wayne Coull (Laconia) Acting County Attorney, Belknap County George Twigg, III (Gilmanton)
Former
state representative
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Carroll
Eric Letendre (Tuftonboro) Principal, Shannon Investments Shane McKinney (Conway) Caroll County co-chairman, Bush 2004 Betsey Patten (Moultonborough) State Representative; Former Carroll County GOP Chair Marge Webster (Wolfeboro)
County
Commissioner, Carroll County
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Cheshire
Peter Heed (Westmoreland) Former N.H. Attorney General Bruce Keough (Dublin)
Steering Committee Chairman, Former State Senator & 2002 GOP gubernatorial
candidate
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Coos
Bing Judd (Pittsburg) County Commissioner, Coos County Beno Lamontagne (Colebrook) Chairman, Coos County Economic Development Corp. |
Grafton
Nancy Dwight (Lyme) Former Executive Director, National Republican Congressional Committee Don Dwight (Lyme) Former Lt. Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Steve Panagoulis (Plymouth) Former County Commissioner; Grafton County |
Hillsborough
Tom Boucher (Bedford) Former Chairman, N.H. Lodging & Restaurant Association Bryson Cook (Bedford) Branch Manager, Smith Barney Craig Donais (Bedford) Former N.H. Assistant Attorney General Scott Earnshaw (Bedford) President, New Hampshire Traditional Marriage and Family Institute Kevin Gage (Nashua) Former Alderman, City of Nashua Will Infantine (Manchester) State Representative Doug Kruse (Manchester) School Board, City of Manchester Jim Merrill (Manchester) Chairman, The Commonwealth PAC-NH; Grassroots Co-chair, NH Bush-Cheney 2004 Claira Monier (Goffstown) Executive Director; N.H. Housing Finance Authority Kent Nolan (Goffstown) School Board member, Town of Goffstown Karl Norwood (Bedford) Principal, Norwood Realty Group German Ortiz (Bedford) Member, Governor's Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs Pam Price (Nashua) State Representative; House Majority Whip Siobhan Tautkus (Manchester) Former Staff Member, Office of Governor Steve Merrill & Alderman Candidate, Manchester Jim Tollner (Nashua)
Alderman At-Large, City of Nashua
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Merrimack
Liz Feren (Hooksett) Former Hooksett GOP Chair Tony Guinta (Franklin) Former Mayor, City of Franklin Gordon MacDonald (Concord) Former Campaign Director, Gordon Humphrey for Governor Ken Merrifield (Franklin) City Councilor, City of Franklin Lt.Col. Mike Moffett (Concord) Lt. Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps Reserves; Professor, NH. Technical Institute Jim Rivers (Concord) Senior Aide to NH House Speaker; Former Press Secretary, Governor Stephen Merrill David Vicinanzo (Concord) Former 1st Assistant U.S. Attorney, New Hampshire Dick Wennerberg (Hopkinton) Merrimack County co-chair, Bush-Cheney 2004 Judy Wennerberg (Hopkinton) Merrimack County co-chair, Bush-Cheney 2004 Sherilyn Young (Concord) Former legislative counsel, Governor Judd Gregg & former board member, USNH |
Rockingham
Mary Griffin (Windham) State Representative, Deputy Majority Whip George Kassas (Derry) Founder & Exec. V.P., Cedar Point Communications Tom Laporte (Chester) Chair, Attorneys for Bush-Cheney 2004 & Member, Chester Budget Committee Gary Levy (Portsmouth) Commonwealth PAC-NH Finance Chairman; President, State Street Discount Dan Linehan (Danville) Sheriff, Rockingham County Patricia Mahoney (Rye) NH GOP Chair, Town of Rye Paul Needham (Derry) Former Chairman, Derry Town Council Ray Pinard (Deerfield) Principal, Monticello Group; Former Chairman, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce; 2004 Bush-Cheney Small Business Chairman Jim Reams (Hampton) County Attorney, Rockingham County John Sangenario (Hampton) Town Chair, Bush-Cheney 2004 Jeanne Sangenario (Hampton) Town Chair, Bush-Cheney 2004 Mark Sykas (Stratham) Town Chair, Bush-Cheney 2004 Sharon Sykas (Stratham) Past President, Seacoast Federation of Republican Women Chris Wolfe (Derry) Former NH GOP Chairman, Town of Derry |
Strafford
George Lovejoy (Barrington) Former State Senator & Co-Founder, Granite State Taxpayers Barbara Russell (Dover) NH Bush-Cheney Campaign Co-Chair 2000; Former Vice Chair, NH Republican Party Gene Savage (Barrington) Former Vice Chancellor, Univ. System of New Hampshire (USNH) Paul Smith (Farmington) Former State Representative |
Sullivan
Betty Maiola (Newport) Select Board member, Town of Newport |
Chairman of The Commonwealth PAC NH | Jim Merrill |
also note:
Political Director and Spokesperson (National) | Julie Teer |
Copyright © 2006, 2007 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action |
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