National Republican Senatorial Committee - 2011

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Executive Director  Rob Jesmer

(announced Nov. 18, 2008) Managed Sen. Cornyn’s Nov. 2008 re-election victory. Political director on Sen. McCain's presidential campaign for several months in the first half of 2007. Regional political director for the Southeast at the RNC for the 2006 election cycle. Chief of staff to Rep. Mike Rogers (AL-3). National field director for the NRCC for the 2002 election cycle. 1996 graduate of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN.

POLITICAL

Political Director  Rich Dunn

(announced Dec. 16, 2010) Dunn was promoted from deputy political director; he started at that position in Nov. 2009 and continued through 2010. Spokesman at the Club for Growth (headed by Chocola). Deputy incumbent retention director at the NRCC, 2008. Previously worked for Rep. Michelle Bachmann (MN) starting in Jan. 2007 as legislative director and later as chief of staff until Feb. 2008. Legislative assistant/ legislative director to Rep. Chris Chocola (IN), Jan. 2005-Jan. 2007 (Chocola defeated in re-election bid); managed Chocola's successful 2004 re-election campaign. Graduate of the University of Notre Dame. Illinois native.

Political Coordinator  Lauren Williams

(Feb. 2009) Briefly at the RNC. Executive assistant in the Office of Strategic Initiatives at the White House, 2008-09. B.A. in political science from Belmont University, 2007.

Incumbent Retention Director  Dan Flynn

Worked for Rep. Tom DeLay starting in Jan. 2001 as director of Member services in the Office of the Minority Whip and ultimately serving as deputy chief of staff and then senior advisor to the Majority Leader for 2005-06. NRCC incumbent retention director in 1999-2000. Graduate of Wabash College. Illinois native.

COMMUNICATIONS

Communications Director  Brian J. Walsh

Communications director to Sen. John Cornyn from the latter part of 2006 to Jan. 2009. Communications director to Rep. Bob Ney (OH) and the House Administration Committee, 2002-06. Communications director and earlier legislative assistant to Rep. Bob Barr (GA).

Press Secretary  Amber Wilkerson Marchand

Southeast regional press secretary at the RNC during the 2008 cycle, announced Feb. 27, 2007. Deputy communications director for Lynn Swann’s 2006 gubernatorial campaign in Pennsylvania. Wilkerson has also worked as the press secretary for the House Committee on Homeland Security, and served in the Office of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Deputy Press Secretary  Caroline Duke

(June 2009) Previously worked in corporate communications at Edelman.  B.A. in journalism and mass communication from UNC Chapel Hill, 2008.

Deputy Press Secretary  Chris Bond

(March 2010) Previously worked in development and marketing at Americans for Prosperity, starting Nov. 2007. Member services at the American Meat Institute, 2006-07. Director of operations for Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America, 2005-06. B.A. in philosopy from Tulane University, 2005.

Research

Research Director  Michael Reed

(announced Dec. 16, 2010) A senior research analyst at the NRSC in the 2010 cycle. Experience includes research analyst on former Gov. Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. Graduate of Hobart College. Boston native.

New Media/Online

Chief Digital Strategist  Katie Harbath

(Aug. 2009) Director of Online Services at DCI Group, 2008-09. Deputy eCampaign director for Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign. Senior account manager at DCI Group. Communications director for a congressional campaign in Ohio. Associate director for eCommunications at the RNC in 2005 after serving as a senior communications assistant at the RNC in charge of the RNC Web site, GOP.com, and Rising Tide, the committee's quarterly magazine, during the 2004 cycle.  Bachelor’s in journalism and political science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Originally from Green Bay, WI.

Deputy Director of Digital Strategy  Matthew Gagnon

(March 2010) Previously a public affairs analyst at New Media Strategies, starting October 2008. Intelligence analyst at iJET Intelligent Risk Systems, 2006-08. B.S. in political science from University of Maine, 2004.

Marketing

Director of Marketing  Sean Miller

(March 2005) Prospecting director at the RNC, Aug. 2001-March 2005.  Account executive at The Lukens Company, 1995-2001.  Deputy finance director on Bauer for President, 1999-Feb. 2000.  M.A. in political management from The George Washington University; B.A. in political science and history from SUNY Stony Brook, 1993; A.A. in liberal arts from Suffolk County Community College.

Marketing Manager  Jenna Lowy

(June 2008) Graduate of Tulane University, 2008.

Finance

Finance Director  Dorinda Moss

(also held this position throughout the 2010 cycle) Finance director on Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign. Returned to the RNC in 2005, serving as director of the Raiser's Edge (recruitment, organization, and management of individual volunteer fundraisers), and then as director of the RNC Regents Program.  Finance co-director of the 55th Presidential Inaugural Committee.  Regional finance director for the Midwest and Northeast for Victory 2004 and earlier regional finance director for the Midwest at Bush-Cheney ’04.  During the 2001-02 election cycle Moss served as RNC regional finance director for the Southeast.  Prior to this she was the finance director at the Tennessee Republican Party.   She has also worked on the campaigns of Fred Thompson and Lamar Alexander and the second Inauguration of Gov. Don Sundquist.  B.S. in political science and communications from Belmont University in Nashville.  Native of middle Tennessee.

Deputy Finance Director  Katie Walsh

(Jan. 2009) A regional finance director on RNC/McCain Victory 2008.  Assistant to the national finance director on the Fred Thompson campaign.  Undergraduate studies in business at The George Washington University.

LEGAL

General Counsel  Sean Cairncross

(Feb. 2009) Previously RNC chief counsel, announced March 23, 2007 after serving as RNC deputy counsel since 2004.  Previously a litigation associate at the Washington D.C. law firm Covington & Burling.  J.D. from NYU in 2001, M.Phil. from Cambridge University in 1998, and B.A. from American University in 1997.

Counsel's Office  Kitty Marcucci

(May 2009) Previously political staff assistant at the RNC.