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</div><div><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="+2">President George W. Bush-Campaign Organization</font></font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" /><table border="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" cols="3" width="100%" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><tbody><tr><td valign="TOP" width="33%"><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Bush Cheney '04 Inc.</font></font></b>
<u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Chairman Marc Racicot</font></font></u>
<u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Campaign Manager Ken Mehlman</font></font></u>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-2">On May 16, 2003, President Bush filed papers with the FEC establishing a presidential campaign committee. By December 31, 2003 the campaign had 160 total staff. By Fall 2004 a full time paid staff of a little over 200 worked at headquarters, in addition to another hundred or so interns and others and about 130 BC'04 staff in the states.</font></font></td><td valign="TOP" width="33%"><font size="-1"><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Republican National Committee</font></b> <a href="http://www.gwu.edu/action/2004/parties/reporg04.html">></a></font>
<u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Chairman Ed Gillespie</font></font></u>
<u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Deputy Chairman Maria Cino</font></font></u>
<u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Political Director Blaise Hazelwood</font></font></u></td><td valign="TOP" width="33%"><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">The White House</font></font></b>
<u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Chief of Staff Andrew Card</font></font></u>
<u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Senior Advisor to the President Karl Rove</font></font></u>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1"> <u>Israel Hernandez, Susan Ralston</u></font></font>
<u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Political Director Matt Schlapp</font></font></u>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-2">The White House, and particularly Senior Advisor Karl Rove, was very much in charge. Hernandez and Ralston in Rove's office were the main liaisons to the campaign.</font></font></td></tr></tbody></table><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="-1">updated March 25, 2006</font></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><table cols="1" width="100%" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><tbody><tr><td><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Bush Cheney '04, Inc. </font></b>(The national <a href="http://www.gwu.edu/action/2004/bush/bushhqphotos.html">campaign headquarters</a> were located at 2107 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA). <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="http://www.gwu.edu/action/2004/bush/bushorgstates.html">in the states ></a></font><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Chairman</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Marc Racicot</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">(announced June 16, 2003) Prior to taking the position of campaign chairman, Racicot served as chairman of the Republican National Committee; elected January 2002. Governor of Montana, 1993-2001. Attorney general of Montana, 1988-92. Assistant attorney general and special prosecutor for the state of Montana, 1977-88. Deputy county attorney for Missoula County, 1976-77. Prosecutor in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the Army, 1973-76. J.D. from University of Montana in Missoula, 1973. B.A. in English from Carroll College in Helena, 1970. </font></font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Campaign Manager</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Ken Mehlman</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">(announced May 16, 2003) Served as director of political affairs at the White House starting January 2001. National field director for Bush/Cheney 2000 after serving as Midwest regional political director during the primaries. Chief of staff to Rep. Kay Granger (TX-12), 1996-99. Legislative director to Rep. Lamar Smith (TX-21), 1994-96. Previously he practiced environmental law for three years in Washington. During his career Mehlman has worked on a number of campaigns including the elder Bush's 1992 re-election campaign and Bob Dole's 1996 campaign. Mehlman is a 1991 graduate of Harvard Law School and 1988 graduate of Franklin and Marshall College. </font></font></font><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="20" /><td><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="TOP" width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Deputy to the Campaign Manager for Campaign Operations</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Kelley McCullough</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">(announced May 30, 2003) Prior to the campaign, McCullough worked at the RNC as regional political director for the South and director of political education. Associate director of political affairs at the White House, Jan. 2001-Jan. 2002. Alabama director for Karl Rove + Company, 1997-2000.</font></font></font></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Deputy Campaign Manager</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Mark Wallace</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font size="-1"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000">(announced July 2, 2003) Prior to the campaign, Wallace served as principal legal advisor to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Bureau of Immigration and Citizenship Services at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He was general counsel of the INS during its transition into the Homeland Security Department. Wallace served as general counsel of FEMA during the World Trade Center recovery effort. He was part of the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign in Florida and served on Gov. Jeb Bush's 1994, 1998 and 2002 campaigns in Florida.</font></font> <font face="Arial,Helvetica">Prior to his government service, Wallace was a longtime partner in the Miami commercial litigation law firm of Stack Fernandez Anderson Harris & Wallace P.A.. Law degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 1992; bachelor's degree from the University of Miami, 1989.</font></font>
<i><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">...in addition to his day-to-day responsibilities in the management of the national campaign, Wallace was the campaign’s lead liaison to the Republican National Convention in New York City, was the campaign’s representative on the Bush-Cheney ’04 Debate Negotiations Team, and oversaw and managed the extensive team of lawyers representing Bush-Cheney ‘04 nationwide in the run up and including Election Day. </font></font></i>
<center><p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">P O L I T I C A L</font></b></p></center><center><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Political Director</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Terry Nelson</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table></center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1"><font color="#000000">(announced May 30, 2003) Deputy chief of staff and director of political operations at the RNC from January 2002 until joining the campaign. </font>Deputy chief of staff and director of political operations at the RNC from January 2002 until joining the Bush campaign. In February 2001 Nelson and two partners formed Dawson, McCarthy, Nelson Media, a Washington, DC consulting firm. Political director for the NRCC during the 2000 cycle, and earlier served as the NRCC's national field director, 1997-99. Majority staff director of the Iowa Senate, 1997. NRCC field representative, 1995-96. Campaign manager for Rep. Jim Nussle, 1992-95. Graduate of the University of Iowa with a B.S. in Political Science, 1994. From Marshalltown, Iowa.</font></font>
<center><p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">F I E L D</font></font></b></p></center><center><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Field Director</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Coddy Johnson</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table></center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">(announced July 17, 2003) Johnson has served in the Administration since January 2001 as associate director of political affairs at the White House, overseeing political activity in nine Central states (IN, KY, KS, MO, NC, OH, TN, VA, WV). Previously Johson worked on Bush's campaign, starting as Iowa volunteer coordinator for the Ames Straw Poll, then as regional political coordinator for ten Midwestern states during the primaries, and finally as regional political director in five central states (IN, KY, OH, TN and WV) during the general election. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 1999.</font></font></font><p><i><font size="-1">Regional Political Directors (announced July 17, 2003)</font></i></p><center><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Northeast (MD, DC, DE, NJ, PA, CT, RI, NY, MA, NH, VT, ME)</font></u></center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1"><u>Mike DuHaime</u> -- Served as executive director of the New Jersey Republican Party starting in January 2002 and has his own political consulting firm, DuHaime Communications, Inc., which he formed in 2001. Deputy campaign manager of Bob Franks' 2000 Senate campaign. From Hoboken, NJ.</font></font><center><p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, KY, WV, VA)</font></u></p></center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1"><u>Dave DenHerder</u> -- Served as White House Liaison for the U.S. Department of Labor and senior advisor to Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao. Iowa state field director for President Bush's 2000 campaign. From Logan, Iowa.</font></font><center><p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, TN, AL, MS, LA, AR, MO)</font></u></p></center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1"><u>Heath Thompson</u> -- In the latter part of 2002 Thompson worked as a consultant for Norm Coleman's Senate campaign in Minnesota; earlier, in 2001-02, he led Lt. Governor Bob Peeler's unsuccessful bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in South Carolina. He served as South Carolina state director for Bush's 2000 campaign. Thompson, a longtime South Carolinian, was chief of staff to Peeler. He has managed numerous state and local campaigns. Originally from Columbia, MO.</font></font><center><p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Midwest (WI, MN, IA, ND, SD, NE, KS, OK)</font></u></p></center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1"><u>Karen Slifka</u> -- Most recently served as political director of the Iowa Republican Party. Field representative for the NRCC in 2000. Worked for John Kasich and, after he withdrew, for Steve Forbes during the 2000 Iowa caucuses campaign. Started her political career in 1992 as a field representative for Rep. Jim Nussle. Originally from Waterloo, IA.</font></font><center><p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Northwest (MT, WY, ID, NV, UT, OR, WA, AK)</font></u></p></center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1"><u>Cary Evans</u> -- Field director for Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR). Deputy campaign manager for Sen. Gordon Smith's 2002 re-election campaign. Oregon state director for Bush's 2000 campaign. Previously executive director and finance director for the Washington State Republican Party. Originally from Las Vegas, NV.</font></font><center><p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Southwest (TX, CO, NM, AZ, CA, HI)</font></u></p></center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1"><u>Rudy Fernández</u> -- Director of grassroots development at the RNC. In October 2002 <i>Hispanic Business</i> magazine named Fernández as one of the "100 Most Influential Hispanics" in the United States. Prior to working in the political division at the RNC, he served as the RNC's Southwest regional press secretary. Previously he was press secretary for Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL). Harvard graduate. From Miami, FL.</font></font>
<center><p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">C O A L I T I O N S</font></font></b></p></center><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Director of Coalitions</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Jafar Karim</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Served as chief of staff and earlier as legislative director to then Rep. John Thune (R-SD). BLS '93 from University of South Dakota.</font></font>
<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">National Business Coalition Director and Northeast Regional Coalitions Director</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Mina Nguyen</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Director of the Department of Labor’s Office of Public Liaison and earlier Special Assistant to the Secretary of Labor, 2001-03. Prior to joining the Department of Labor, Nguyen was a management consultant with Accenture, a global consulting firm, 1998-2001. B.S. in Business Administration from Walter A. Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley. U.C. Berkeley President’s Fellow in the office of Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA). </font></font>
<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Deputy Director of Coalitions for the Central Region</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Davide Rexrode</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">While at James Madison managed Randy Fisher's first campaign for Augusta County sheriff. Graduate of James Madison University. Native of Augusta County, Virginia.</font></font>
<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">African Americans</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Tiffany Watkins</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(also Health Professionals) Came to the campaign from her position as deputy associate director for the White House’s Office of Public Liaison.</font></font>
<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Social Conservatives</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Gary Marx</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Previously Development Director and lobbyist for The Family Foundation of Virginia. Political consultant with Century Strategies, the firm headed by Dr. Ralph Reed. Executive Director of the Virginia Christian Coalition during the 1999 General Assembly elections. Master's degree in Political Management from Regent University. Undergraduate degree in Political Science from James Madison University.</font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">National Youth Director</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Jordan Sekulow</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Graduate of the George Washington University.</font></font><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">-<a href="http://www.gwu.edu/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/E-Appleman/Desktop/bushorgfarm.html">National Farm & Ranch Steering Committee</a> (launched March 1, 2004)</font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">-<a href="http://www.gwu.edu/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/E-Appleman/Desktop/bushorgdemst.html">Democrats for Bush</a> (launched March 24, 2004)</font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">-<a href="http://www.gwu.edu/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/E-Appleman/Desktop/bushorghisp.html">National Hispanic Steering Committee</a> (launched April 12, 2004)</font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">-<a href="http://www.gwu.edu/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/E-Appleman/Desktop/bushorgfirstr.html">National First Responders Leadership Team</a> (launched April 21, 2004)</font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">-<a href="http://www.gwu.edu/action/2004/bush/bushorgvet.html">National Veterans Leadership Team</a> (launched May 11, 2004)</font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">-<a href="http://www.gwu.edu/action/2004/bush/bushorgedu.html">National "Educators for Bush" Team</a> (launched May 27, 2004)</font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">-<a href="http://www.gwu.edu/action/2004/bush/bushsmborg.html">Small Business Leaders for Bush-Cheney '04</a> (launched June 17, 2004)</font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">-<a href="http://www.gwu.edu/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/E-Appleman/Desktop/bushorgafram.html">African Americans for Bush National Steering Committee</a> (launched July 19, 2004) </font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">-<a href="http://www.gwu.edu/action/2004/bush/bushorgapa.html">Asian Pacific American National Steering Committee</a> (announced Aug. 30, 2004)</font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">-Conservative Values <a href="http://www.gwu.edu/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/E-Appleman/Desktop/bushcoaldoc.html">></a></font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">-Health Professionals </font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">-Seniors</font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">-Sportsmen</font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">-Students</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">-<a href="http://www.gwu.edu/action/2004/bush/bushorgwomen.html">National W Stands for Women Leadership Team</a> (launched May 12, 2004) ...Coordinator Cathy Gillespie</font></font>
</p><center><p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">V O T E R C O N T A C T</font></font></b></p></center><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">National Voter Contact Director</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Adrian Gray</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial"><font size="-1">Previously he worked at the White House as Deputy Director of Scheduling from 2001-03. In 1999 and 2000, he served as Northeastern Regional Political Coordinator for Bush-Cheney 2000. He worked in the Chairman’s Office at the RNC during the 1998 election cycle and has also worked for Rep. John Sweeney (R-NY).</font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Deputy National Director of Voter Contact - Direct Mail</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Ted Jarrett</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial"><font size="-1">(started in Oct. 2003) Started working for a political firm in Washington, DC in 2000. Worked in mortgage banking in Richmond, VA. 1998 graduate of Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC; majored in history and political science.</font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Deputy National Director of Voter Contact - Phones</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Miguel Romano</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Legislative Director</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Elise Finley</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(announced Jan. 29, 2004--"the campaign liaison to Capitol Hill") Finley came to the campaign from her position as Chief of Staff to Congressman John Shaddegg (R-AZ). Previously she was the manager of federal affairs for the Southern Company. She also served in legislative positions for Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) and former Congressman William Dannemeyer (R-CA). Finley has extensive campaign experience on local, gubernatorial and Congressional elections.</font></font>
<center><p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">C O M M U N I C A T I O N S</font></b></p></center><center><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Communications Director</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Nicolle Devenish</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table></center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">(announced May 30, 2003) Came to the campaign after serving as special assistant to the President and director of media affairs at the White House, responsible for regional press strategy and outreach. Worked on the Florida recount. Communications director for the Florida State Technology Office in 2000. Press secretary to Gov. Jeb Bush in 1999. Worked for the California Republican Party and Dan Lungren's gubernatorial campaign in 1998, and for the Republican caucus in the California Assembly, 1997-98. Briefly a television reporter in California. Graduate of U.C. Berkeley and graduate school at Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Illinois. </font></font></font>
<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Deputy Communications Director/Director of Rapid Response</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Steve Schmidt</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Communications director at the NRCC in the 2002 cycle. Communications director on Lamar Alexander's 2000 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination for the first part of 1999. Press secretary on Matt Fong's 1998 U.S. Senate campaign in California. From North Plainfield, NJ. </font></font><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">also rapid response: <u>Matt McDonald</u></font>
</p><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Deputy Communications Director for Regional Media</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Jennifer Millerwise</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">Previously Deputy Assistant for Communications and Press Secretary to Vice President Dick Cheney, 2001-03. Assistant Press Secretary in the White House Office of the Press Secretary for the first 10 months of the Bush Administration. A Regional Press Coordinator for the RNC's Victory 2000. Press Secretary for Congressman Porter Goss (R-FL). Served under Ari Fleischer at the House Ways and Means Committee. Staffer to Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-MI). Degree in Business Administration and Political Science from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.</font></font></font>
</p><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Deputy Communications Director</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Susan Whitson</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">(spokesperson for Barbara and Jenna) Previously chief of the FBI's national press office and spokesperson for the FBI director. Deputy Director of the Office of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice, serving as deputy sposkeperson for the Attorney General. Press secretary to Rep. Bill McCollum and to then Rep. Bob Riley (R-AL). Taught 9th and 10th grade English at Hoover High School in Birmingham, AL. Bachelor's degree from Auburn University, 1991.</font></font></font>
</p><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Spokesperson</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Terry Holt</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">(announced Nov. 13, 2003; started earlier in November-through early Sept. 2004) Prior to joining the campaign, Holt was Senior Vice President and Director of Public Affairs at The Dutko Group Companies, Inc. He served as Director of Communications for Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) in the U.S. House of Representatives; was the Communications Director of Victory 2000 at the Republican National Committee; worked for House Budget Chairman John Kasich (R-OH); House Education and Workforce Chairman John Boehner (R-OH); and Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Richard A. Lugar (R-IN). </font></font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">--<u>on Sept. 9, 2004</u> the RNC announced that Holt would be joining its staff as Senior Advisor to the Chairman starting that same week.</font></font></font>
</p><table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="width: 1152px;"><tbody><tr><td width="60%" style="vertical-align: top; width: 683px; text-decoration: underline; font-family: arial;"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Press Secretary</font></u></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-decoration: underline; font-family: arial;"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Scott Stanzel</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><p><font face="Arial"><font size="-1">Spokesman in the White House Media Affairs Office. Bush campaign starting in Fall 1999 as a field rep. in Iowa and later serving as Western Region Media Coordinator for Bush-Cheney and as a media coordinator for the campaign’s Florida recount effort. Assistant press secretary to Sen. Chuck Grassley starting in Jan. 1997. Raised money for Jim Ross Lightfoot's 1996 Senate campaign against Sen. Tom Harkin. Worked on Bob Dole's 1996 caucus campaign. Graduated from Iowa State University in 1995 with a degree in Journalism. From Sac City, Iowa.</font></font></p><p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Regional Press Secretaries (5)</font></u>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><u>Merrill Smith</u> (IA, IL, MI, WI)</font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">Served as special assistant to the Vice President for public affairs.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><u>Reed Dickens</u> (AR, WV, FL)</font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">Served as an assistant press secretary for President Bush. Worked on the Bush campaign in Austin, then on the recount in Florida. Graduate of Louisiana State University Shreveport with a B.A. in public relations, 2000. </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><u>Danny Diaz</u> (Southwest and Mountain States)</font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Previously deputy press secretary for the NRCC. Has also worked for several public relations firms in the Washington, DC area.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><u>Tracey Schmitt</u> (Western States and Northern Plains)</font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Previously worked as a regional spokesperson at the RNC; communications aide in the White House, 2001-02. In 1999 and 2000, Schmitt was the cable television liaison for the Bush campaign in Austin, TX.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><u>Kevin Madden</u> (Northeast including OH, PA and NH)</font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Communications director and a senior advisor to Rep. John Sweeney (R-NY), 2001-03. Public relations associate at Craig Shirley and Associates, Jan.-March 2001. Washington representative for the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency from Jan.-Sept. 2000. primary spokesman for the Office of the Mayor of Yonkers, 1997-99. Communications director for the Office of the Yonkers City Council President, 1994-97. Degree in communications from SUNY Cortland. </font></font>
</p><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Specialty Media</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Sharon Castillo</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><p><font face="Arial"><font size="-1">Previously deputy director of communications for the RNC (Hispanic Outreach). Before joining the RNC she was Telemundo's Washington bureau chief.</font></font>
</p><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Senior Communications Advisor</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Brian Jones</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><p><font face="Arial"><font size="-1">Previously served as Vice President for Polling and Advertising of Mercury Public Affairs. Prior to joining Mercury, Jones served as Research Director for the NRCC. He has worked on campaigns at the local, state and national level. Research director on Lamar Alexander's 2000 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination for the first part of 1999.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#999999"><font size="-1">[also note: at the White House: Counselor Dan Bartlett, strategic communications]</font></font></font>
</p><center><p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="+0"><a href="http://www.gwu.edu/action/2004/bush/bushecampaign.html">e - C A M P A I G N</a></font></font></b></p></center><center><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Director</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Michael Turk</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table></center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Worked briefly on e-government initiatives at the Office of Management and Budget. Oversaw redesign of the U.S. Department of Energy's online communications. Turk worked for Grassroots Enterprise (originally Grassroots.com) as a technology consultant and director of D.C. operations for two years beginning in May 2000. Previously he worked as a network architect for the Republican National Committee, Deputy Director and Executive Director for the Republican Party of New Mexico, and Information Systems Director for Quayle 2000. He is a partner in Jamikal Data Technologies, an information systems and communications consulting firm that has advised several campaigns including: Redmond for Senate, the Republican Party of New Mexico and Heather Wilson for Congress, Walter Bradley for Governor, and Rob Perry for Attorney General.</font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">e-Campaign Manager</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Chuck Defeo</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(in charge of development of the site, he also provided strategic counsel for banner advertising, new technologies, and content). DeFeo worked in a similar capacity for the RNC during the 2002 cycle. He spent much of his career serving as a legislative and technology aide to Senator and then Attorney General John Ascroft.</font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Webmaster and Blogger</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Patrick Ruffini</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(started June 2003. Managed content on the site, wrote original content and managed author submitted content for the blog). Ruffini ran a political blog which launched in July 2001. He served as Deputy Director of Online Communications at the RNC, July 2002-June 2003. Staff assistant at American Enterprise Institute, March 2001-June 2002. 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.</font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Deputy Webmaster</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Mandy Finn</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(Wrote, formatted and managed email outreach and online grassroots activism, coordinated and managed online chats). Came to the campaign from Capitol Hill where she worked for Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX), as legislative correspondent and Webmaster, and for Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY). Prior to entering politics, Finn worked as a congressional correspondent for a Connecticut daily newspaper. She is originally from Houston, Texas. </font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Videographer</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Justin Germany</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(Traveled with the Presidential bus tours and provided a view into the grassroots activities, travel, and speeches by the President). Graduate degree from George Washington University's Graduate School for Political Management. Bachelor's degree from LSU.</font></font>
<p><font face="Arial"><font size="-1">>The principal firm that did the design work on the web site was New Media Communications (Richfield, Ohio).</font></font>
</p><div style="text-align: center;"><center><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">R E S E A R C H</font></b></center></div><table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="width: 1152px;"><tbody><tr><td width="60%" style="vertical-align: top; width: 683px; text-decoration: underline; font-family: arial;"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Research Director</font></u></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-decoration: underline; font-family: arial;"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Matt Rhoades</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><div><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Previously Deputy Research Director at the RNC. Has served as White House Liaison at the Office of Personnel Management and as an Associate Director in the White House Personnel Office.</font></font></div>
<center><p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">P O L I C Y</font></b></p></center><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Policy Director</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Tim Adams</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">(announced Nov. 13, 2003; to start Dec. 1, 2003) Until joining the campaign Adams was Chief of Staff to the Treasury Secretary, responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Department, coordinating policy development and review, and assisting in setting the strategic direction of the Department. As senior member of the Bush-Cheney 2000 policy staff in Austin, TX, Adams worked on macroeconomic and technology related issues, coordinated the policy operations for the 2000 Republican Platform and National Convention, and directed the policy operations for Vice Presidential candidate Cheney; later he headed up the Treasury transition team for the new administration. Co-founded and later led as the Managing Director, the G7 Group, a Washington-based consulting firm, early 1993-March 2000. Served in the Administration of President George H.W. Bush from 1989-93, including in the White House Office of Policy Development from late-1990 to Jan. 1993. Undergraduate degree and two graduate degrees from the University of Kentucky. Native of Kentucky. </font></font></font>
<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="TOP" width="60%"><u><font face="Arial">Deputy Policy Director for Education</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial">John Bailey</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Formerly director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology starting in Feb. 2002. Previously ed-tech director for the state of Pennsylvania where he worked on initiatives such as Link-to-Learn and the Digital School District program during the administration of Gov. Tom Ridge. Bachelor's degree from Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. Native of Bethlehem, PA. </font></font>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial">Deputy Policy Director for Health Care</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial">Megan Hauck</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(started Jan. 2004) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Legislation at the Department of Health and Human Services, Aug. 2003-Jan. 2004. Previously worked eight years in the Senate developing health policy for Sen. Don Nickles (R-OK) as Health Policy Director at the Committee on Budget (Jan.-Aug. 2003), Policy Advisor in the Office of the Assistant Republican Leader (Feb. 2001-Jan. 2003), and in other positions including Legislative Analyst (starting in March 1997). B.S. from James Madison University. Native of Pennsylvania.</font></font>
<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Deputy Policy Director</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Gary Blank</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Legislative director to Rep. Pat Toomey. Graduate of George Mason University with a bachelor's degree in public administration. Native of Lancaster County, PA.</font></font>
<center><p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">V I C E P R E S I D E N T I A L</font></b></p></center><center><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Director of Vice Presidential Operations</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Mary Cheney</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table></center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(announced July 2, 2003) MBA from the University of Denver's Daniels School of Business, 2002. Personal aide to Dick Cheney on the 2000 campaign. Has Worked for the Colorado Rockies baseball team. Worked for Coors Brewing Company as a gay community liaison. Graduate of Colorado College.</font></font>
<u><font face="Arial,Helvetica" /></u> <table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Campaign Press Secretary for Vice President Cheney</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Anne Womack Kolton</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Prior to joining the campaign, Kolton was Director of Public Affairs at the Department of the Treasury. She served as Senior Advisor to Chairman William H. Donaldson at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Kolton joined the Bush administration in January 2001 as Assistant Press Secretary in the White House Press Office. Assistant Press Secretary to then Vice Presidential candidate Dick Cheney on the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign. Washington Liaison for Texas Attorney General John Cornyn. Graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Native of Nashville, Tennessee.</font></font>
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<center><p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">F I R S T L A D Y</font></b></p></center><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Director of First Lady Operations</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Clare Pritchett</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Director of the White House Visitors Office. Advance Representative for Mrs. Laura Bush and Regional Finance Director for the Bush for President campaign in Austin, Texas. Started working for George W. Bush as Administrative Director and Deputy Finance Director for the Governor Bush Committee in Austin, Texas in 1996. Fifth Grade teacher at Old Town Elementary in Round Rock, Texas. Bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. </font></font>
<center><p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">F I N A N C E</font></b></p></center><center><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Finance Chairman</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Mercer Reynolds</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table></center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">(announced May 16, 2003--later "bumped up" to the position of <u>Victory 2004 finance chairman</u>) Sworn in as Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein on August 14, 2001 Reynolds served in the post through March 2003. Reynolds is a Cincinnati businessman. He was a co-finance chair in Ohio for the Bush/Cheney campaign, a member of the Bush/Cheney national executive finance committee, and co-chairman of the Presidential Inaugural Committee. In 1979 Reynolds co-founded Reynolds, DeWitt & Co., an investment firm based in Cincinnati, and he co-chaired the company until taking up his diplomatic post in August 2001. He was also co-chairman of Spectrum 7 Energy Corporation from 1980 to 1985.</font></font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Deputy Finance Chairman</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Jack Oliver</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">(announced May 16, 2003--later "bumped up" to <u>Victory 2004 vice chairman</u>) Deputy chairman of the RNC, serving as political strategist and chief operating officer, starting January 18, 2001. In 2000 Oliver served as national finance director for Gov. George W. Bush’s presidential campaign, leading the effort that raised a record $99 million. Previously he worked for various Missouri Republicans in a variety of capacities. Oliver earned his law degree from The University of Missouri at Columbia in 1998, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Vanderbilt University in 1991. Raised in Cape Girardeau and St. Louis, MO. </font></font></font><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1"><u>Special Assistant</u>: Matthew C. Jessee ("liaison between the national finance staff, major donors, and supportive organizations.")</font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Worked for Congressman Eric Cantor (R-VA) in variety of political and legislative roles B.A. in political science from The George Washington University. Native Missourian.</font></font>
</p><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">National Finance Director</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Travis Thomas</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">(announced July 2, 2003) Part of Bush's team since the 1994 Texas gubernatorial race. During the 2000 campaign he served as deputy national finance director. Most recently Thomas was director of the Office of Business Liaison at the U.S. Department of Commerce.</font></font></font>
</p><center><p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">T R E A S U R Y</font></b></p></center><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Chief Financial Officer</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Sandra Pack</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(announced Dec. 19, 2003) Pack came to the campaign from the Pentagon where she served as Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management & Comptroller) from November 2001 to December 2003. Previously she served as Treasury Director for both Bush for President, Inc. and Bush-Cheney 2000, Inc.; as Deputy Treasury Director for Bob Dole for President, Inc.; and as Treasury Director for Phil Gramm for President, Inc. In the private sector she has worked in a number of positions including: Director of Planning and Operations for the MicroProse Division of Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.; Director of Small Business Consulting and Accounting Services for Ernst & Young in Baltimore, Maryland; and Director of Microcomputer Consulting and Accounting for Ernst & Young in Atlanta, Georgia. </font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Assistant Treasurer</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Sal Purpura</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table>
<center><p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">O P E R A T I O N S</font></b></p></center><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Deputy to the Campaign Manager for Campaign Operations</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Kelley McCullough</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">(announced May 30, 2003) Prior to the campaign, McCullough worked at the RNC as regional political director for the South and director of political education. Associate director of political affairs at the White House, Jan. 2001-Jan. 2002. Alabama director for Karl Rove + Company, 1997-2000.</font></font></font>
<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Associate Director for Operations</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">David Hill</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">Previously worked at the White House in the Office of Presidential Personnel. Worked on Bush's 2000 campaign in the political department. B.A. from the University of South Carolina, 2002.</font></font></font>
<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Director of Advance and Scheduling</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Reed Galen</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1"><font color="#000000">Previously worked at FEMA and as an Advance Representative at the White House. </font><font color="#999999">[Note. The campaign heavily coordinated with WH advance and Victory 2004 advance. Greg Jenkins served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of White House Advance, while RNC Director of Events Michael Crain worked on RNC Victory 2004 events].</font></font></font>
<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Director of Surrogate Scheduling</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Lori McMahon</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">Communications director for Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX). Surrogate director at the RNC in the 2002 cycle. Spokeswoman at the Justice Department in 2001-02. Worked for Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX). Graduate of Texas A&M, 1996. Grew up in Plano, TX.</font></font></font>
<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Director of Administration</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Janan Grissom</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">Previously executive director of the Texas Governor's Mansion. Deputy director of the White House Visitors Office.</font></font></font>
<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Director of Correspondence</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Jenny Crooks</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Office Manager</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Carol Apelt</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">B.F.A. from SMU in Dallas, 1997.</font></font>
<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Staff Secretary</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Henry Hager</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">[coordinated briefings to the White House] Started as an intern for Karl Rove. From Richmond, VA; attended St. Christopher's School and is son of former Virginia Lt. Gov. John Hager.</font></font>
<center><p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">L E G A L</font></b></p></center><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">General Counsel</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Thomas J. Josefiak</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(announced May 30, 2003) Came to the campaign from position as chief counsel to the RNC; started in the Counsel's office in Feb. 1992. Appointed by President Reagan as a commissioner on the Federal Election Commission in 1985 and served a six-year term. Special deputy to the Secretary of the Senate, representing the Secretary at the FEC, 1981-85. Special Counsel to the Minority of the Committee on House Administration, 1977-79. Counsel to the NRCC, 1977-80. Legislative Assistant to Congressman Silvio Conte (R-MA). J.D. from Georgetown University. Undergraduate degree from Fairfield University in Connecticut. Native of Adams, MA. </font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Counsel (outside)</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Ben Ginsberg</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font size="-1"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">(announced May 30, 2003) Partner at <a href="http://www.pattonboggs.com/ourlawyers/a-z/bginsberg.html">Patton Boggs LLP</a>; joined the firm in 1993. Served as outside counsel for the Bush-Cheney campaign in 2000 and was a central figure in the Florida recount.</font> <font face="Arial,Helvetica">Prior to joining Patton Boggs served eight years as counsel to the RNC, the NRSC, and the NRCC. Worked for five years as a newspaper reporter for the <i>Boston Globe</i>, the <i>Philadelphia Evening Bulletin</i>, the <i>Berkshire Eagle</i> and the <i>Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise</i>, prior to law school. J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, 1982. A.B. from University of Pennsylvania, 1974. (<a href="http://www.gwu.edu/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/E-Appleman/Desktop/ginsberg082504.html">resigned</a>Aug. 2004). </font></font>
<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Counsel (outside)</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Mark "Thor" Hearne</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(from Sept. 2004) Partner at Lathrop & Gage L.C., St. Louis since 1997. Partner, principal at Ziercher & Hocker, P.C., St. Louis, 1988-97. Candidate for U.S. Congress in Missouri's 3rd CD, 1988. Attorney-Advisor-Law Clerk in the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, 1986-87. J.D. from Washington University, 1986; B.A. from Washington University, 1983. </font></font>
<center><p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">S T R A T E G Y</font></b></p></center><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Senior Strategist (includes polling)</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Matthew Dowd</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(announced May 16, 2003) Senior advisor to the RNC. Director of polling and media planning for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign. Prior to the campaign, Dowd was president and founding partner of Public Strategies Inc., a public affairs firm based in Austin, Texas. The firm started with four employees in January 1989 and had 116 employees when he left ten years later. Graduate of Cardinal Newman College in St. Louis, Missouri. </font></font><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="20" /><td><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="TOP" width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Deputy to the Chief Strategist</font></u></td><td valign="TOP"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Sara Taylor</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size="-1">(announced July 2, 2003) Taylor worked for the White House as an associate political director (Midwest) doing political and public affairs outreach. During the 2000 campaign she worked from late April 1999 through Januay 2000 as coalitions director for Bush's Iowa caucus campaign, then did field work in the SC, VA, WA and IL primaries, and finally served as executive director of the Michigan campaign. Previously Taylor worked for two years at the Tarrance Group, the No. Va. polling firm headed by Ed Goeas. In 1995-96 she worked on Sen. Phil Gramm's presidential campaign in Iowa. </font></font></font></td></tr></tbody></table>
<center><p><b><font face="Arial">M E D I A</font></b></p></center><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Media</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Mark McKinnon, Maverick Media</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(announced May 16, 2003) Did Bush's advertising in the 2000 campaign.</font></font><center><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">14 person creative team headed up by McKinnon<i><font size="-1">: </font></i></font>
<i><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">includes some who worked on Bush's 2000 advertising:</font></font></i></p></center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><u>Stuart Stevens</u> and <u>Russ Schriefer</u>, <a href="http://www.stevens-schriefer.com/">The Stevens and Schriefer Group</a>, Washington, DC.</font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><u>Alex Castellanos</u> and <u>Robin Roberts</u>, <a href="http://www.natmedia.com/">National Media</a>, Alexandria, VA.</font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><u>Lionel and Kathy Sosa</u>, Sosa Consultation & Design, San Antonio, TX.</font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Lionel Sosa has been Hispanic media consultant on six Republican presidential campaigns starting with Reagan in 1980. With his wife he ran the Hispanic advertising agency Garcia-LKS, 1995-2000; chairman of DMB&B/Américas, 1991-95; founded Sosa, Bromley, Aguilar & Associates. He is also author of a book <i>El Sueno Americano: Como Los Latinos Pueden Triunfar En Estados Unidos.</i></font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><u>Harold Kaplan</u>, New York, NY.</font>
<i><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">and some new faces:</font></font></i>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><u>Fred Davis</u>, Strategic Perception, Inc., Hollywood, CA.</font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">As media consultant to Sonny Perdue in his 2002 gubernatorial campaign Davis produced a video portraying Gov. Barnes as a rat that gained some noteriety. First presidential campaign was Morry Taylor's longshot bid in 1996; did first political work for his uncle Jim Inhofe in 1974.</font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><u>Scott Howell</u>, Scott Howell & Company, Dallas, TX.</font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="+0"><u>Frank Guerra</u>, <a href="http://www.gdc-co.com/">Guerra DeBerry Coody</a>, San Antonio, TX</font><font size="-1">.</font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">"the architect of the advertising plan for the Republican National Committee's Hispanic outreach efforts during the 2000 elections." Campaign manager for Henry Bonilla in his first race for Congress, in which Bonilla defeated the incumbent. Started his career working form more than 10 years as a reporter and executive producer at the San Antonio CBS affiliate. </font></font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><u>Chris Mottola</u>, Chris Mottola Consulting, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.</font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><u>Vada Hill</u> - Chief Marketing Officer, Fannie Mae. </font>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Joined Fannie Mae in June 1999. Chief marketing officer for the Taco Bell Corporation (chihuahua advertising campaign); senior vice president - group account director for BBDO West, Inc.; brand manager for The Procter & Gamble Company (Cheer (R), Dreft (R)). Special Assistant to Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander, 1991-93. B.A. from Harvard University. Cincinnati native.</font></font>
<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Director of Production</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Ashley O'Connor</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(On leave of absence from Red October) Owner and President of Red October Productions, a full service production and post-production house in Washington, DC, since 1999. Previously worked on Madison Avenue in New York City. Graduate of Mount Holyoke College.</font></font>
<i><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">"She oversaw a team of seven advertising agencies that produced more than 100 ads, films and videos... Overseeing every film shoot with the President and First Lady, Ashley managed a four million dollar production budget, as well as editorial of all the television and radio ads. She also produced a series of videos for the Republican National Convention in New York City, including the keynote video introducing the President of the United States to the convention hall."</font></font></i>
<div><center><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">A D V I S O R S</font></b></center><table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="width: 1152px;"><tbody><tr><td width="60%" style="vertical-align: top; width: 683px;"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Senior Advisor</font></u></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Karen Hughes</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(joined the campaign the week of Aug. 16, 2004) Returned to Texas in 2002 but continued to serve as an informal advisor to President Bush; author of Ten Minutes from Normal (March 2004). Counselor to the President for Bush during his first 18 months in the White House. Communications Director during Bush's six years as Governor of Texas, and communications director for his successful 1994 and 1998 gubernatorial campaigns and his 2000 presidential campaign. Executive Director of the Republican Party of Texas. Television news reporter for KXAS-TV, the NBC affiliate in Dallas/Fort Worth. B.A. in English and a B.F.A. in Journalism from Southern Methodist University.</font></font></div>
<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="width: 1152px;"><tbody><tr><td width="60%" style="vertical-align: top; width: 683px;"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Senior Advisor</font></u></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Tucker Eskew</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Director of the White House Office of Media Affairs in 2001. In summer and fall 2000 Eskew worked on the Bush campaign in Austin as a Senior Communications Advisor; earlier he directed communications for Bush's South Carolina primary campaign. Co-founded an electronic commerce business and built his own public relations firm. Press Secretary and Communications Director to South Carolina Governor Carroll Campbell. Assistant Press Secretary for the Reagan-Bush '84 campaign.</font></font>
<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="width: 1152px;"><tbody><tr><td width="60%" style="vertical-align: top; text-decoration: underline; font-family: arial; width: 683px;"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Senior Advisor</font></u></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-decoration: underline; font-family: arial;"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Mary Matalin</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="Names" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Served as assistant to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney, the first White House official to hold that double title. Previously Matalin hosted CNN's Crossfire; she was the founding co-host of the Washington-based political weeknight talk show, Equal Time, which premiered in May 1993 on CNBC. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush named her the deputy campaign manager for political operations, responsible for the overview and organization of all 50 state operations. She served chief of staff for the RNC and in senior positions in George H.W. Bush's 1988 campaign.</font></font></div>
<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="width: 1152px;"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 683px; text-decoration: underline; font-family: arial;"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Lead Debate Negotiator</font></u></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-decoration: underline; font-family: arial;"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">James A. Baker III</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(announced Sept. 7, 2004) Senior partner at Baker Botts LLP (Houston). Following the Nov. 2000 vote served as chief strategist for the Bush-Cheney campaign during the Florida recount battle. White House Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor to President George H.W. Bush, August 1992-January 1993. Secretary of State under President Bush, January 1989-August 1992. Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan, 1985-88. White House Chief of Staff to President Reagan, 1981-85. Started in public service in 1975 as Under Secretary of Commerce to President Gerald Ford. Led the presidential campaigns for Presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush over the course of five consecutive presidential elections from 1976 to 1992.</font></font>
<u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Debate Negotiation Team</font></font></u>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(announced Sept. 7, 2004) Robert B. Zoellick (U.S. Trade Representative), Gov. Haley Barbour (MS), Allan B. Hubbard (President of E&A Industries, Inc.), Karen Hughes (Senior Advisor), Mary Matalin (Senior Advisor), and Mark Wallace (Deputy Campaign Manager).</font></font>
<center><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><u>Regional Chairpersons</u> <font size="-1">(total of 11, announced July 10, 2003)</font></font></p></center><table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Pacific (AK, HI, NV, CA)</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Mario Rodriguez</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Chairman of the <a href="http://www.thelatinocoalition.com/">Latino Coalition Foundation</a>, a national organization that advocates for common sense business legislation. President of the Hispanic Business Roundtable of California. A vice chairman of the California Republican Party. CEO of Jonathan Grey & Associates, Inc., San Clemente, CA.</font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Northwest (WA, OR, ID, MT, WY)</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Molly Bordonaro</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Bordonaro, a fifth generation Oregonian, is a principal in the Portland office of <a href="http://www.gallatingroup.com/who/bordonaro.html">The Gallatin Group</a>, a strategic consulting firm. She served as Pacific states chair for the Bush-Cheney 2000 presidential campaign and as chair of Oregon Victory 2000. In 2001 President Bush appointed Bordonaro to the board of directors of the Fannie Mae Corporation. In 1999, she was appointed by the U.S. Congress to serve on the Commission for Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology. She was the 1998 Republican nominee for Congress in Oregon's First District. Prior to joining the Gallatin Group, Bordonaro worked in commercial real estate and owned her own strategic consulting firm. </font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Southwest (UT, CO, NM, TX, AZ)</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">John Sanchez</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">The Republican nominee for Governor in New Mexico in 2002. In 2000, Sanchez defeated the Speaker of the House, a 30-year incumbent, to win a seat in the New Mexico legislature (he vacated the seat to run for Governor). In his first run for office in 1997 he defeated a former mayor to win a seat on Albuquerque's city council.</font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Plains (ND, SD, NE, MN, IA)</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Vin Weber</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Weber represented Minnesota's Second District in Congress from 1981-93 and was an elected member of House Republican leadership. He is the managing partner of <a href="http://www.clarkandweinstock.com/Background.htm">Clark & Weinstock</a>'s Washington office; he opened the office in 1994. He is co-director of Empower America, of the Domestic Policy Project of the Aspen Institute, and of the Policy Forum (formerly the Mondale Forum) at the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota. </font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Central (KS, OK, MO, AR)</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Warren Erdman</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Served ten years as chief of staff to Senator Kit Bond. Involved in the strategic planning of the Missouri Republican Party's voter identification and turnout data base program. During the Reagan, Bush and Dole presidential campaigns, Erdman served as a strategist for the fundraising and grassroots efforts of the Missouri Victory Committees. In 2000, he assisted the Bush-Cheney campaign in Michigan. Erdman currently serves as vice president of corporate affairs for Kansas City Southern. </font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Southeast (LA, MS, AL, GA, FL)</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Ralph Reed</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Founder and president of <a href="http://www.censtrat.com/staffbio.cfm?staff_id=3">Century Strategies</a>, a public relations and public affairs firm headquartered in Atlanta. Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party from 2001-2002; he assisted in the campaigns of U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss, Governor Sonny Perdue, and the GOP takeover of the state Senate. Reed has worked on seven Republican presidential campaigns; he served as a consultant and senior advisor to the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign. Executive director of the Christian Coalition, 1989-97.</font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Atlantic (TN, VA, NC, SC)</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Warren Tompkins</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">A veteran of South Carolina and national politics, Tompkins experience includes work on six presidential campaigns. Tompkins was executive director of both South Carolina Reagan-Bush campaigns, the first at age 28. He also served as the executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party. Tompkins served as former Governor Carroll Campbell's chief of staff, supervising a staff of more than 230 people and budgets totaling more than $91 million. </font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Ohio Valley (IN, KY, OH, WV)</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Jo Ann Davidson</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Davidson was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives for 20 years, including service as Speaker of the House from 1995-2000. She served as chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party Central Committee for 25 years. Davidson chaired the successful Taft for Governor campaigns in 1998 and 2002. As chairman of the Ohio House Republican Campaign Committee from 1986-2000, she spearheaded the successful effort to return the Republicans to the majority in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1994, for the first time in 22 years. </font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Mid-Atlantic (DC, MD, DE, NJ, PA, NY)</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Leslie Gromis</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Gromis served as a regional chairman for the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign. She has done extensive work for Governor Tom Ridge. She ran Ridge 's successful re-election campaign in 1998. Prior to the campaign, Gromis served as the director of the Office of Public Liaison for Ridge. Before joining the Ridge Administration, Gromis served as co-director of the 1995 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Inaugural Committee and as political director for the 1994 Ridge for Governor campaign. Gromis served as the regional political director for former President Bush's re-election campaign and for the RNC. From 1989 to 1990, Gromis served as a special assistant for political affairs in the Bush Administration. </font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">New England (ME, NH, RI, VT, CT, MA)</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Jim Tobin</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(<u>resigned</u> from the position on Oct. 15, 2004 amid allegations of involvement in a phone jamming incident on Election Day, Nov. 2002) Tobin is founder of The Tobin Company, a Bangor, Maine based communications and political consulting company, and has more than 20 years of political experience. He has served as national political director for Forbes for President, Northeast political director for the NRSC under Sen. Bill Frist, regional political director at the RNC for Chairmen Barbour, Nicholson and Racicot, and as a consultant to the NRCC. In addition, Tobin has advised Senators Cohen, Snowe and Collins. Tobin grew up in Windham, Maine and graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. </font></font>
<table cols="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="60%"><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Great Lakes (WI, IL, MI)</font></u></td><td><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Bob Kjellander</font></u></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Kjellander has served as the Republican National Committeeman for Illinois since 1995; he served as Vice Chairman of the Rules Committee at the 2000 Convention and was elected Chairman of the RNC Rules Committee for the 2000–04 term. Kjellander was the mid-west chairman of the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign. He has been president of the Springfield Consulting Group, LLC, a marketing and governmental relations firm, since 1984.</font></font></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-2">Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action</font></font></p></div><div>
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