Christie, R

=<div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=-=</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Ronald Irvin ChristieBorn: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/lists/737/000106419/" class="proflink" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); outline: none;">7-Aug</a>-<a href="http://www.nndb.com/lists/968/000105653/" class="proflink" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); outline: none;">1969</a>
Birthplace: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/geo/649/000069442/" class="proflink" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); outline: none;">Palo Alto, CA</a>
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government
Party Affiliation: RepublicanNationality: United States
Executive summary: Former Cheney aideWife: Jennifer
    University: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/edu/731/000068527/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">BA, Haverford College, Haverford, PA (1991)</a>
    Teacher: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/edu/571/000068367/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Phillips Academy Andover</a>
    Law School: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/edu/532/000068328/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">JD, George Washington University (1998)</a>
    Professor: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/edu/532/000068328/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Adjunct Professor of Strategic Advocacy, George Washington University</a>
    Professor: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/edu/731/000068527/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Haverford College</a>
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/company/942/000172426/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">DC Navigators</a> Vice President (2006-)
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/company/826/000118472/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Patton Boggs</a> Of Counsel (2004-05)
    USA Freedom Corps Acting Director (2002-04)
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/gov/257/000127873/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">White House Staff</a> Deputy Assistant to Vice President <a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/598/000022532/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Dick Cheney</a> for Domestic Policy (2001-02)
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/gov/251/000122882/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Congressional Staff</a> Senior Advisor to <a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/349/000032253/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">John Kasich</a>
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/gov/251/000122882/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Congressional Staff</a> Counsel to Senator <a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/185/000032089/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">George Allen</a>
    Ruder Finn Executive Vice President and Director of Global Government Affairs
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/175/000167671/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Bush-Cheney '04</a> 
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/505/000042379/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Council on Foreign Relations</a> 2001
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/398/000167894/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Every Republican is Crucial PAC</a> 
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/796/000169289/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Friends of George Allen</a> 
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    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/083/000167579/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">George W. Bush for President</a> 
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/716/000171203/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">National Republican Senatorial Committee</a> 
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/189/000118832/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">District of Columbia Bar</a> 
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/023/000354955/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Romney Victory Inc.</a> 
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/230/000168723/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Santorum 2006</a> 
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/308/000213666/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Steele for Maryland</a> 
    <a href="http://www.nndb.com/lists/724/000206106/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Global Warming Skeptics</a> per 31-Mar-2010 Hardball with Chris Matthews appearance
Official Website:
<a href="http://www.christiestrategies.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">http://www.christiestrategies.com/</a>Author of books:
Black in the White House: Life Inside George W. Bush's West Wing (<tt>2006</tt>)</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div>==
<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie</a>

Ronald I. "Ron" Christie<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_note-0">[1]</a> is vice president of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Navigators&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Navigators (page does not exist)">Navigators</a>,<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_note-1">[2]</a> a "full-service issues management firm with offices in Washington, D.C., Sacramento, California, and Tallahassee, FL which provides integrated public affairs campaigns that combine <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lobbying" title="Lobbying">lobbying</a>, issue advertising, strategic public relations and grassroots pressure to solve difficult public policy problems."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_note-PB-2">[3]</a>

"Most recently, he was Executive Vice President and Director of Global Government Affairs at <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ruder_Finn" title="Ruder Finn">Ruder Finn</a> and Of Counsel at the DC law firm of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Patton_Boggs" title="Patton Boggs">Patton Boggs</a>, LLP. From 2002 to 2004, he was Acting Director of USA Freedom Corps and special assistant to President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush" class="mw-redirect">George W. Bush</a>. He began service at the White House in 2001 as deputy assistant to Vice President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Cheney</a> for domestic policy, advising the Vice President on policy initiatives in health care, budget, tax and other policy areas."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_note-PB-2">[3]</a>

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<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#Profiles">1 Profiles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#Resources">2 Resources</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#References">2.2 References</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#External_links">2.3 External links</a></li>

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<h2>Profiles</h2>

"In March 2003, Christie was promoted to Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director, USA Freedom Corps.

"Christie was originally appointed to the USA Freedom Corps in February 2002 as Special Assistant to the President and Director of Policy Initiatives and Governmental Affairs. Christie previously served as Deputy Assistant to Vice President Cheney for Domestic Policy from January 2001 to February 2002, advising the Vice President on policy initiatives in health care, budget, taxes, and other policy areas. He was also elected as a term member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">Council on Foreign Relations</a> in 2001."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_note-LA-3">[4]</a>

Christie wrote a book "about his experiences as a black <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Conservative&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative (page does not exist)">conservative</a> working in President Bush's White House. Black in the White House: Life Inside George W. Bush's West Wing<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_note-4">[5]</a> details Christie's time working for a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" class="mw-redirect">Republican</a> president. ...

"Prior to joining the Vice President's staff, Christie briefly held the position of Counsel to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Senate" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senator</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_Allen" title="George Allen">George Allen</a> (R-VA). He also worked for nearly a decade as a senior advisor to former House Budget Committee Chairman <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Kasich&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Kasich (page does not exist)">John Kasich</a> (R-OH), developing and coordinating the Congressman's strategic legislative agenda."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_note-LA-3">[4]</a>

Christie has "appeared on <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Fox_News" title="Fox News">FOX</a>'s <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_O%27Reilly_Factor" title="The O'Reilly Factor" class="mw-redirect">The O'Reilly Factor</a>, The Big Story with John Gibson, Fox and Friends, CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, CNBC's Dennis Miller Show, C-SPAN's Washington Journal, MSNBC's Abrams Report, to name a few. He also appeared as a weekly panelist on CNN's Burden of Proof legal affairs program from 1996-1999, and as a panelist on Youngbloods, a weekly, one-hour political talk show on America's Voice aimed at Generation X viewers."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_note-LA-3">[4]</a>

"A native of Palo Alto, California, Christie received a bachelor's degree from Haverford College and a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University National Law Center. Following his undergraduate work, Mr. Christie taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_note-LA-3">[4]</a>

<h2>Resources</h2>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush_administration" title="Bush administration">Bush administration</a></li>

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<h3>References</h3>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_ref-0">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nndb.com/people/796/000159319/">People: Ronald I. Christie,</a> NNDB.com.</li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_ref-1">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dcnavigators.com/index.asp?node=11">Senior Staff: Ron Christie, Vice President,</a> DCNavigators.com, accessed September 5, 2007.</li>

<li id="cite_note-PB-2">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_ref-PB_2-0">3.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_ref-PB_2-1">3.1</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pundits.thehill.com/ron-christie/">Ron Christie,</a> The Hill's Pundit Blog, accessed September 5, 2007.</li>

<li id="cite_note-LA-3">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_ref-LA_3-0">4.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_ref-LA_3-1">4.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_ref-LA_3-2">4.2</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_ref-LA_3-3">4.3</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.leadingauthorities.com/24262/Ron_Christie.htm">Speakers: Ron Christie,</a> Leading Authorities Speakers' Bureau, accessed September 5, 2007.</li>

<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ron_Christie#cite_ref-4">↑</a> Ron Christie, "Black in the White House: Life Inside George W. Bush's West Wing", Thomas Nelson (January 3, 2006), ISBN-10: 1595550399 / ISBN-13: 978-1595550392</li>

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<h3>External links</h3>

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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?zip=22314&last=CHRISTIE&first=RON">Campaign Contribution Search: Ron Christie,</a> NewsMeat.com.</li>

<li>P. Scott Cummins, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pscottcummins.com/blog/2006/01/ron-christie-hillary-should-apologize.html">"Ron Christie: Hillary should apologize or resign,"</a> The Urbane R, January 17, 2006.</li>

<li>Melanie, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newshounds.us/2006/02/11/ron_christie_appears_on_fox_news_three_hours_after_the_gop_sends_an_email_touting_his_book.php">"Ron Christie Appears On Fox News Three Hours After the GOP Sends an Email Touting His Book,"</a> News Hounds, February 11, 2006.</li>

<li>Logan Murphy, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/06/25/msnbcs-david-shuster-grills-a-cheney-apologist/">"MSNBC’s David Shuster Grills A Cheney Apologist,"</a> Crooks and Liars, June 25, 2007.</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/04/service-to-cheney-is-like-serving-in-iraq/">"Service to Cheney is like serving in Iraq,"</a> Think Progress, September 4, 2007. re <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jon_Soltz" title="Jon Soltz">Jon Soltz</a></li>

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Revolving Door Personnel: (<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.php?priv=DC+Navigators">10</a>)</td><td>Lobbyist</td><td class="center" nowrap="nowrap"><img src="/35aadf04-7a58-5d92-a5cf-2115b6ff122e.gif"/><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.php?lname=DC+Navigators&year=">Firm lobbying profile</a></td></tr><tr class="rowTint" align="left" style=" background-color: #DDC5BB;"><td class="center">2005-2005</td><td>Ruder Finn Inc

Revolving Door Personnel: (<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.php?priv=Ruder+Finn+Inc">8</a>)</td><td>Lobbyist</td><td class="center" nowrap="nowrap"><img src="/4eb1eb69-a3a7-50ba-987d-2c5bc374c76e.gif"/><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.php?lname=Ruder+Finn+Inc&year=2005">Firm lobbying profile</a></td></tr><tr align="left" style=" background-color: #DDC5BB;"><td class="center">2004-2005</td><td>Patton Boggs LLP

Revolving Door Personnel: (<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.php?priv=Patton+Boggs+LLP">176</a>)</td><td>Lobbyist</td><td class="center" nowrap="nowrap"><img src="/b7e54905-df88-52ef-bdc3-928b802001f8.gif"/><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.php?lname=Patton+Boggs+LLP&year=2005">Firm lobbying profile</a></td></tr><tr class="rowTint" align="left" style=" background-color: #DDEEEE;"><td class="center">2001-2004</td><td>White House

Revolving Door Personnel: (<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.php?agency=White+House&id=E1WHI03">558</a>)</td><td>Special Assistant to President</td><td class="center" nowrap="nowrap"><img src="/bcef87ee-2ff3-54a0-8929-a550869eb297.gif"/><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/agencysum.php?lname=White+House">Agency lobbying profile</a></td></tr><tr align="left" style=" background-color: #DDC5BB;"><td class="center">1999-2000</td><td>Downey McGrath Group

Revolving Door Personnel: (<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.php?priv=Downey+McGrath+Group">15</a>)</td><td>Lobbyist</td><td class="center" nowrap="nowrap"><img src="/2d6b1853-403e-5ab8-bf28-c56fce098c0f.gif"/><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.php?lname=Downey+McGrath+Group&year=2000">Firm lobbying profile</a></td></tr><tr class="rowTint" align="left" style=" background-color: #DDEEEE;"><td class="center">1992-1995</td><td>Kasich, John R

Revolving Door Personnel: (<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.php?mem=Kasich%2C+John+R">3</a>)</td><td>Legislative Assistant</td><td class="center" nowrap="nowrap"><img src="/9adf496e-8e46-585a-b52f-7b32cf0728e9.gif"/><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00009778&cycle=2000">Member profile</a></td></tr><tr align="left" style=" background-color: #DDC5BB;"><td class="center"> </td><td>Ruder Finn Inc

Revolving Door Personnel: (<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.php?priv=Ruder+Finn+Inc">8</a>)</td><td> </td><td class="center" nowrap="nowrap"><img src="/63a67a7a-c0fd-5326-8f69-acc535887e39.gif"/><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.php?lname=Ruder+Finn+Inc&year=">Firm lobbying profile</a></td></tr><tr class="rowTint" align="left" style=" background-color: #DDEEEE;"><td class="center"> </td><td>Allen, George

Revolving Door Personnel: (<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.php?mem=Allen%2C+George">19</a>)</td><td>Counsel</td><td class="center" nowrap="nowrap"><img src="/a81485d4-100b-5e5e-a80a-6ef5b4b44af0.gif"/><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00009957&cycle=2006">Member profile</a></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td colspan="4" style=" padding-top: 10px; text-align: center; background-color: #EFEFEF;"> <img src="/3f1373e4-a3d7-53c0-98a8-16d8c7264816.gif"/> Lobbying Firm    <img src="/4c6c0b45-0ee8-518c-a72b-ba46b2f2704c.gif"/> Private Sector    <img src="/f992decd-b944-5084-847c-d3c9b0e010e6.gif"/> Federal Govt.    <img src="/51c576a2-8d10-540d-8ab9-2704646bc577.gif"/> State/Local Govt. </td></tr></tfoot></table>

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