December
14, 2011
Newt
2012 Announces North Carolina Leadership Team
Former NC GOP Chairman Tom Fetzer
to Head Up Gingrich's Efforts in Tar Heel State
Atlanta,
GA - Today Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich
announced the Newt 2012 leadership team in North Carolina. Leading
Gingrich's efforts in the Tar Heel state are
former NC GOP Chairman Tom Fetzer, Kieran Shanahan, and Karen
Rotterman.
“North Carolina will be a key state in the Republican primary process
and a crucial battleground state in the fall of 2012," said Gingrich. "The members of our North Carolina team have
been tremendous conservative leaders in their state."
Gingrich
concluded, “I look forward to working with our North Carolina team in
the months and year ahead as we work to create real change in America.”
Serving as Chairman for Mr. Gingrich’s
North Carolina efforts will be Tom Fetzer, former Chairman of the North
Carolina Republican Party. Fetzer was one of the principle
architects
of the campaign that restored Republican majorities to the North
Carolina House and Senate for the first time since 1870. He is a former
Mayor of Raleigh -- winning an election hailed by the Wall Street
Journal as “the most impressive reform victory in the country” that
year. During his tenure in office, Raleigh was named America’s #1 City
for Business by Money Magazine and the #1 place to live in America by
Fortune Magazine.
Serving as Finance Chairman will be Raleigh based attorney Kieran
Shanahan. Shanahan is the immediate past finance chairman for
North Carolina
Republican Party, and a former federal prosecutor with extensive trial
court experience in federal and state courts around the
country. He is
also an honors graduate of East Carolina University Business School and
UNC School of Law.
A lifelong Republican, Kieran served four elected terms on the Raleigh
City Council and was a delegate to the 2004 Republican National
Convention in New York City. He serves on the East Carolina University
Board of Trustees and is a member of the Centennial Authority. Mr.
Shanahan is a Past Chairman of the Board of Directors of Prevent Child
Abuse North Carolina and served on the Board of Trustees of Bennett
College for Women. He also serves as Chairman of the N.C. Property
Rights Coalition.
Heading up Newt 2012's political and fundraising operation in North
Carolina will be veteran political consultant Karen
Rotterman. Rotterman has a long track record in politics dating
back to
her service as an appointee in the Reagan Administration. In 1984
Rotterman was the press secretary to Congressman Jim Martin’s
successful gubernatorial campaign and served for four years as Director
of Communications for Governor Martin. She then served as
Assistant
Secretary for Administration for the North Carolina Department of Human
Resources. Rotterman was recruited from government service by
Glaxo
Inc., a Fortune 500 Company.
Karen Rotterman has been a political consultant for various successful
congressional, senatorial and statewide judicial races in the state
over her long career. She was also a consultant to the presidential
campaigns of George H. W. Bush, Phil Gramm and George W. Bush.
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Contact:
Michelle Selesky