Key People-Former Sen. Rick Santorum
America's Foundation PAC, Downingtown, PA    ...formed Sept. 1995  [website, FEC]

(page updated March 10, 2011)

Chairman  Former Sen. Rick Santorum


Advisor, Political  Matt Beynon

(March 2010)  Beynon has worked as a consultant at Urish Popeck & Co. since June 2008.  Assistant to Sen. Santorum at Eckert Seamans, 2007-08.  Legislative correspondent for Sen. Santorum, Feb. 2004-Jan. 2007.  M.A. in political science from American University, 2005.  B.A. in political science and economics from Gettysburg College, 2003.


Media and Press Management  Virginia Davis

Virginia Davis Partners, LLC of Havertown, PA.  Press secretary on Santorum's 2006 re-election campaign.  Press secretary and earlier deputy press secretary to Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), 2002-05.  Deputy press secretary on Rep. John Thune (R-SD)'s 2002 U.S. Senate campaign.  A press assistant to Sen. Santorum, 2000-02.  Graduate of George Mason University.  Pennsylvania native.


Senior Advisor for Policy  Seth Leibsohn

(announced Feb. 22, 2011)  Writer, editor, and communications expert and partner with his wife at Leibsohn & Associates, a Washington, D.C. based consulting firm.  Producer, co-host, and guest host for the nationally syndicated radio show, Bill Bennett's Morning in America.  Founding executive director of Americans for Victory Over Terrorism and a fellow (on leave) with the Claremont Institute.  Vice president of Empower America.  Chief of staff to Bill Bennett when he was Secretary of Education.  Bachelor’s and graduate degree in political science from the Claremont Colleges and a law degree from Northeastern University.


Finance Director  Nadine Maenza

Finance director for eastern Pennsylvania on Santorum's 2006 re-election campaign.  Experience also includes finance director for the Pennsylvania Republican State Committee and finance director for U.S. Sen. John Heinz.


Scheduling  Nancy Garver

Scheduler in Santorum's Senate office to Jan. 2007.


The Clapham Group, Burke, VA


Treasurer  Alex Barna

Also served as treasurer on Santorum's 2006 re-election campaign.

IOWA

Iowa Keystone PAC

(announced Oct. 7, 2010)

Advisor  Nicholas T. "Nick" Ryan

(reported by DMR's Tom Beaumont, Aug. 18, 2010; announced Jan. 28, 2011)  Founder and president of Concordia Group LLC, a Des Moines based consulting firm. >  A leader of the American Future Fund, a 501(c)(4) advocacy group.  Served as a top political advisor for Congressman Jim Nussle from 1999-2006, including campaign manager for Nussle's gubernatorial campaign, 2005-06, and his 2004, 2002 and 2000 congressional campaigns.  J.D. from Drake University Law School; B.A. in political science from University of Iowa.

Advisor  Jill Latham

(announced Jan. 28, 2011)  Principal at Concordia Group.  Political director on Mitt Romney's 2007-08 Iowa caucus campaign.  Political director for the Republican Party of Wisconsin in the 2006 cycle.  Field staffer on Bush-Cheney '04 in Wisconsin.  Staff assistant, then legislative clerk for the U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee, June 2001-May 2004.  From Alexander, Iowa; daughter of Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA).  B.A. from the University of Colorado, Boulder, 2001.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Chairwoman  Claira Monier

(announced Jan. 19, 2011)  Longtime Republican activist.  Executive director of the New Hampshire Housing Authority for 20 years through 2007.  A regional administrator (Region I) for the U.S. Department of HHS during the Reagan Administration. Aide to Gov. Meldrim Thomson.  Graduate of Plymouth Teachers College 1962.  Native of Bedford, NH, now resident of Goffstown.  She is the widow of Senate President Bob Monier.

Director  Mike Biundo

(announced Jan. 5, 2011)  Biundo played key roles in Frank Guinta's successful campaigns for Congress in 2010 and for Mayor of Manchester in 2005 and 2007, as well as on Jim Coburn's unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign in 2006 and as a consultant to former Gov. Pataki's 21st Century Freedom State PAC.  State representative, Ward 8, Manchester, 2004-06; defeated in re-election bid.  With Jack Heath, he acquired NSP Graphics and co-founded Meridian Communications in 2003 and they ran in the mid-2000s.  President of Atlantic Strategies Group, 1998-2000.  Executive director, Gun Owners of New Hampshire, 1997-98.  New Hampshire deputy campaign manager of Buchanan for President, 1995-96.  Grew up in New York.

Advisory Committee

(announced Feb. 9, 2011)
Jerry Thibodeau is the past chairman of the Manchester Republicans and currently serves as the finance chair for both the Pemi-Baker Valley and Grafton GOP committees.  As Manchester GOP Chair, he organized a well-regarded fundraising and grassroots effort to help re-elect then-Mayor Frank Guinta to his second term.  Jerry attended the University of New Hampshire and served in the United States Air Force.  He is a member of the Pemigewasset Valley Fish & Game Club of Holderness, NH and served on the Rumney School Board. 

Dan Tamburello was elected to the New Hampshire House last November to represent Londonderry and Auburn.   He ran on a platform of traditional values, lower taxes and government accountability.  Prior to his election to the NH State House, Tamburello served many years on active duty as an officer in the United States Marine Corps and is an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran. He is currently employed full time as a Systems Engineer and continues to serve in the Marine Corps Reserves.

(announced Feb. 23, 2011)
Manchester native Richard Girard will serve on the Advisory Committee and will assist with policy issues.   He is a former candidate for Mayor of Manchester and worked closely with Manchester Mayor Ray Wieczorek in the 1990s as his campaign manager and part of his senior staff.  He also served the citizens of Manchester as Alderman At-Large from January 1998 to January 2000.  Girard is an entrepreneur who has owned several companies and currently owns his own financial service firm.

Brock Weber, a student at St. Anselm College in Manchester, will serve on America’s Foundation’s College Republican Advisory Committee to assist with outreach on college campuses across New Hampshire.  Weber has worked on several political campaigns at the local and state level where he helped shape policy positions and messaging strategy.  Currently, Weber is a member of the New Hampshire College Republican Federation's Executive Committee and Chairman of St. Anselm College Republicans.  In 2008, Weber supported Mitt Romney in the Republican primary.

Charlie and Laura Morgan, also of Manchester, will advise on small business issues.  Charlie Morgan has launched several successful real estate development, construction, self-storage and high-tech companies. As founder and CEO of Morgan Self Storage, his innovations have introduced customers to new and diverse secure storage, moving and facility usage options making his multi-functional facilities in high demand. Laura Morgan runs Morgan Storage with her husband and is very active member of the community volunteering her time to worthy causes like Vision International Mission.

(announced March 10, 2011)
Jim Finnegan was a longtime Editorial Page Director and Chief Editorial Writer for the Union Leader.  He was well-known for his straightforward approach to covering the news and his forthright editorials about the issues of the day.  A Pennsylvania native, Finnegan attended Hershey Junior College and Boston University and then went on to broadcast news on local radio. In 1957, Finnegan moved to New Hampshire and started at the Union Leader where he would stay until his retirement in 1995.  After his retirement, Finnegan volunteered on Pat Buchanan’s presidential campaign in 1996.

Sue Carroll, a Tea Party activist who currently serves as the Atkinson GOP Chairwoman, will serve on America’s Foundation’s Tea Party/Taxpayer Advisory Committee. 

Elaine Kindler is a pro-life/pro-family activist who is active in the faith based community.  She will serve on the PAC’s Pro-life/Pro-family Advisory Committee.


Ethics & Public Policy Center
Policy Director  Randall Brandt

(announced Feb. 9, 2010)  Senior advisor to the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the U.S. State Department from 2007-09.  Deputy staff director and counsel for the U.S. Senate Republican Conference in 2005-06.  Counsel for Sen. Santorum, 1999-2005.  Worked for Reps. Phil English and Mark Souder.  J.D. from the Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, CA; M.A. in Religion from the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL, and a B.A. in Political Science from Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL.