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Note: The Center for Responsive Politics reported that for the 2012 cycle the NRSC raised $117,045,862, spent $113,783,390, and finished with cash on hand of $3,380,789 (this included independent expenditures).
Chairman Sen. John Cornyn (TX)
(elected Nov. 18, 2008; re-elected Nov. 16, 2010) Elected to the Senate in 2002 and re-elected in 2008. Texas state attorney general 1999-2002. Texas Supreme Court, 1990-97. Bexar County district court judge 1984-90. Attorney. B.A. from Trinity University, 1973, J.D. from St. Mary’s School of Law, 1977 (both in San Antonio). L.L.M. from the University of Virginia Law School, 1995.
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.
Assistant to the Executive Director Hannah
McLeod
(Dec. 2010; previously executive intern from Aug.
2010) B.A. in
political science, history from Wake Forest University, 2010.
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.
Regional Political Director Cam Savage
(May 2011) Campaign manager on Dan Coats for
Indiana, May-Dec.
2010. Campaign manager on Todd Rokita for Congress, Feb-May
2010. Communications director at the Indiana Department of
Education, 2009-10. Communications director on Mitch Daniels for
Governor, 2007-08. Chief of staff/campaign manager to Rep. Mike
Sodrel, 2005-08. Campaign manager on Nancy Naples for Congress,
July-Nov. 2004. Communications director to Indiana Secretary of
State Todd Rokita, 2003-04. B.A. in journalism and political
science from Franklin College, 1999.
Political
Coordinator Jared Hart
(Sept. 2012)
B.A. in economics and history from Wake Forest University, 2012.
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 Jahan Wilcox
Western regional press secretary at the RNC, based in
Las Vegas, in the
2010 cycle, from Oct. 2009. Press secretary to Sen. Roger Wicker,
2008-09. Deputy
press secretary to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell,
2007-08. Press assistant at the RNC, 2006-07. Staff
assistant to Sen. Norm Coleman 2005-06. Graduate of St. Norbert
College, 2005.
Press Secretary Chris Bond
(joined the NRSC in March 2010; deputy press secretary in the 2010 cycle) 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.
Deputy Research Director Natalie Gillam
(Jan. 2012; previously senior research analyst at the
NRSC from Aug.
2009). Research analyst at the RNC, June 2008-Feb. 2009.
B.A. in political science from University of Tennessee-Knoxville,
2008.
Research Analyst and Assistant War Room
Manager
Ian Gray
(Nov. 2011; previously political coordinator from Jan.
2011)
Co-founder and principal developer at Quantum Strategic Solutions, LLC
from Dec. 2010. Campaign manager at Rooney for Congress,
July-Nov. 2010. B.A. in political science from Sewanee-The
University of the South, 2010.
New Media/Online
Digital Director Alex Skatell
(Feb. 1, 2011) Previously director of new media and
technology at the
Republican Governors Association from May 2009. Founder and
managing director of Anu Media LLC, 2008-09. Undergraduate degree
from Clemson University, 2008.
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 Megan Novak
(Jan. 2012) B.A. in international affairs from
The George
Washington University, 2011.
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 degree in business from The George Washington University.
PAC
PAC Director Lauren Hamel (née
Griffin)
(2009) Previously an associate at Dutko
Worldwide; joined the firm in Aug. 2005. Worked for two
legislative sessions in the Texas State Senate,
serving
as
deputy
communications
director
and
legislative
assistant
for
Sen.
Robert
L.
Duncan.
B.S.
in
communication
and
media
studies
from
University
of
Texas
at
Austin,
2005.
Native
Texan.
Deputy PAC Director Michael McCollum
(Oct. 2011) Previously an executive assistant at Crossroads Strategies, LLC from April 2011. Bachelor's degree in communications and media studies from University of Mississippi, 2011.
MORE
Controller Kris Ozanus
(Aug. 2009) Previously senior
accountant/asst. controller (from May 2008) and started at the NRSC in
March 2006 as accounts receivable/accounts payable. Pension
analyst at Pipefitters National Pension Fund, 2004-06. M.B.A.
from Regis University, 2004; B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College, 2002.
Director of Operations Austin Sherrill
(Jan. 2011; previously research analyst from March
2009) Research
analyst at Texans for John Cornyn, 2007-8. B.A. in economics from
the University of Texas at Austin, 2008.
IT Director Nelson Matabhik
(March 2012) Also regional manager at Yuma
Solutions from Jan. 2012 and principal at NM IT Consulting from 2002.
Deputy Media Director Carl Sceusa
(May 2012) Media associate at CRAFT | Media/Digital in
2011. Studied philosophy and political science at The George
Washington University.
Director of Events Gabi Everett
(March 2009) Deputy to the chairman at the 2008
Republican National Convention, July 2007-Jan. 2009. Deputy
director of member relations at the RNC, 2005-07. Events
coordinator for the Republican Party of Nevada/Victory '04.
Account executive at Cooley Advertising, 2003-04. B.A. in
broadcasting from Arizona State University, 2000.
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.
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES
Director Mike DuHaime
Managing director at Mercury Public Affairs. Also directed the NRSC's IE effort in 2010. Lead strategist on Chris Christie's successful campaign for governor of New Jersey in 2009, and a member of Christie's transition team. Political director for the McCain campaign from early July 2008; also senior advisor for political operations at the RNC from March 2008. Executive director of the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee starting end of 2006. Political director at the RNC, started in January 2005. Northeast regional political director for Bush-Cheney '04. Executive director of the New Jersey Republican State Committee starting in January 2002. Formed his own political consulting firm, DuHaime Communications, Inc., in 2001. Deputy campaign manager on Bob Franks' 2000 Senate campaign. B.A. in journalism and political science from Rutgers University. From Hoboken, NJ.
Strategist Greg Strimple
President of GS Strategy Group. A founding
partner of Mercury
Public Affairs, a national public affairs consultancy, Jan. 1997-Jan.
2010. Senior advisory roles on Mark Kirk’s victory in the
Illinois Senate
race in 2010 and on Chris Christie's upset victory in the New Jersey
governor's race in 2009. Senior advisor for polling and
advertising in Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential bid.
Strimple served as director of polling for the NRSC in 1996.
Graduate of Denison University, 1988. Resident of Boise, ID.