Romney 2012 General Election Campaign Organization, Coalitions
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Juntos Con Romney

(announced June 6, 2012)
National Chairmen:  Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Jose Fuentes, Hector Barreto
Honorary Co-Chairs:  Gov. Luis Fortuño (Puerto Rico)  -  Gov. Brian Sandoval (NV)  -  Gov. Susana Martinez (NM)  -  Sen. Marco Rubio (FL)
National Advisory Board:  Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL)  -  Former Sen. Mel Martinez (FL)  -  Former Gov. Jeb Bush (FL)  -  Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA)  -  Former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL)  -  Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL)  -  Rep. Raul Labrador (ID)  -  Rep. Quico Canseco (TX)  -  Former Interior Secretary and Former Rep. Manuel Lujan (NM)  -  State Rep. Anitere Flores (FL)  -  George P. Bush  -  Rudy Fernandez  -  Josefina Carbonell  -  Cari Dominguez
(announced June 22, 2012)
Steering Committee Additions: Jose Niño, Marc Wachtenheim, George J. Fowler III   ...and leadership teams in 15 states


Young Americans for Romney

(announced June 25, 2012)
National Chairman:  Craig Romney
Honorary Co-Chairs:  Jaime Herrera Beutler  -  Duncan Hunter  -  Adam Kinzinger  -  Kristi Noem  -  Martha Roby  -  Aaron Schock  -  Marlin Stutzman  -  Kevin Yoder
National Advisory Board:  Sam Bain (Chairman of the Ohio College Republicans)  -  Jeb Bush Jr. (Chairman of Sun PAC)  -  David Cardenas ( Director of Sun PAC and Cardenas Partners)  -  Beau Davidson (Country Music Singer and Winner of the CMT Music City Madness Original Song Award)  -  New Hampshire State Representative Marilinda Garcia  -  Ohio State Representative Christina Hagan  -  Joshua Hone (New Mexico Republican Youth Activist)  -  Zach Howell (Former Chairman of the College Republican National Committee)  -  Ohio State Representative Casey Kozlowski  -  Chris Malagisi (Director of the American Conservative Union’s Conservative Political Action Conference)  -  Nate Walton (President of Sachem Strategies and former Chairman of the Maine College Republicans)
Coalitions Coordinator:  Karl Beckstein


Veterans and Military Families for Romney

(announced July 3, 2012)
National Honorary Chairmen:  President George H.W. Bush, Former Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole
National Chairs:  Secretary James Nicholson  -  Secretary Anthony Principi  -  Secretary James Peake  -  Senator John McCain
Honorary Co-Chairs:  Rep. Duncan Hunter, USMCR (Ret.)  -  Rep. Steve Pearce, Air Force (Ret.)  -  Rep. Joseph J. Heck, Army Reserve  -  Rep. John Kline, USMC (Ret.)  -  Rep. Todd Young, USMC (Ret.)  -  Sen. Lindsey Graham, Air Force  -  Rep. Ralph M. Hall, Navy (Ret.)  -  Rep. Sam Johnson, Air Force (Ret.)  -  Rep. Tim Griffin, Army Reserve  -  Rep. Diane Black  -  Rep. Steve Womack, Army National Guard (Ret.)  -  Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Congressional Military Families Caucus  -  Sen. James Inhofe, Army (Ret.)  -  Rep. Tom Rooney, Army  -  Former Rep. Mike Bilirakis, USAF (Ret.)
National Advisory Board:   Lt. Col. Scott Rutter, USAF (Ret.), Chairman of the National Advisory Board  -  Secretary John Lehman, former Secretary of the Navy  -  Sharlene Hawkes, President, RMS Military Productions  -  Lieutenant Colonel Orson Swindle (Ret.)  -  Chief Warrant Officer Al Poteet, U.S. Army (Ret.) Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs  -  Lt. Col. Howard Snow, USMC (Ret.), Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy  -  Colonel Ken Allard, US Army (Ret.)  -  Colonel Jeff McCausland, US Army (Ret.)  -  Major General Donald Shepperd (Ret.)  -  Nick Combs, EMC Federal  -  Captain Carl Smith, U.S. Navy (Ret.)  -  Rudi Gresham, former Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Health, Department of Veteran Affairs  -  Tom Bowman, USMC, (Ret.), former Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs  -  Terrie Suit, Virginia Secretary of Veterans Affairs  -  Honorable Michael J. Kussman, MD, former Undersecretary for Health  -  Rear Admiral Donald Loren, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense  -  Colonel Doug Morrison, U.S. Army (Ret.)


Polish Americans for Romney

(announced July 31, 2012)
Honorary Chairmen:  Tim Pawlenty, Former Governor Of Minnesota, Senator Lisa Murkowski, Congressman Dan Benishek 
National Advisory Board: Former Majority Leader Rocky Raczkowski, Michigan State House  -  Stanley Grot  -  Ambassador Aldona Wos  -  Ian Brzezinski  -  Lt. General Ed Rowny, Retired  -  State Senator George Maziarz, New York  -  Steve Biegun  -  Blaise Misztal


Catholics for Romney

(announced July 31, 2012)
National Co-Chairs: Frank Shakespeare (U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See 1986-1989)  -  Tom Melady (U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See 1989-1993)  -  Ray Flynn (U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See 1993-1997)   -  Jim Nicholson (U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See 2001-2005)  -  Francis Rooney (U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See 2005-2008)  -  Mary Ann Glendon (U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See 2008-2009)


Jewish Americans for Romney

(announced August 1, 2012)
Honorary Chairmen:  Congressman Eric Cantor (R-VA), Former Governor Linda Lingle (R-HI), Former Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN),
Former Senator Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN), Adam Hasner, Florida
National Advisory Board:  Evan Feigenbaum  -  Tevi Troy  -  Dan Senor  -  Dov Zakheim  -  Roger Zakheim  -  Eliot Cohen  -  Ambassador Eric Edelman  -  Ambassador Mitchell Reiss  -  Aaron Friedberg  -  Leon Aron  -  Phil Rosen  -  Sander Gerber  -  Lew Eisenberg  -  Eric Tanenblatt  -  Nick Muzin  -  Jeremy Katz  -  Barry Mannis  -  Ben Ginsberg  -  Victor Chaltiel  -  Fred Zeidman  -  Bruce Bialosky  -  Richard Heideman  -  Hon. Phyllis Greenberg Heideman  -  Ambassador Ned Siegel  -  Ambassador Mel Sembler  -  Stanley Tate  -  Ted Cutler  -  Ambassador Sam Fox  -  Bobby Schostak  -  Alan Kaufman  -  Ed Levy  -  Jay and Ann Davis  -  Marty Kogon  -  David Flaum  -  Cheryl Halpern  -  Reuven Hahn  -  Steve Friedman  -  Michael Menis  -  Ambassador Cliff Sobel


Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Romney

(announced August 2, 2012)
National Chair:  Elaine Chao, 24th U.S. Secretary of Labor, 2001-09.
National Co-Chairs:  Congressman Steve Austria (R-OH)  -  Akshay Desai, CEO of Universal Healthcare  -  Former Assistant U.S. Attorney General Viet Dinh  -  Former Congressman Charles Djou, (R-HI)   -  Former Director of the U.S. Mint Edmund Moy  -  Former Congresswoman Patricia Saiki, (R-HI)  -  Ambassador Sichan Siv


Women for Romney

(announced August 8, 2012)
National Chair:  Ann Romney
National Advisory Board:  Condoleezza Rice, Former Secretary of State  -  Kerry Healey, former Lt. Governor of Massachusetts  -  Karen Santorum, Mother of 7, attorney, author, and former neonatal intensive care nurse  -  Callista Gingrich, President, Gingrich Productions  -  Mary Pawlenty, Former First Lady of Minnesota  -  Anita Perry, First Lady of Texas  -  Rachel Campos Duffy, author and television host  -  Sharon Day, Co-Chair, Republican National Committee  -  Paula Speers, Co-founder, Health Advances  -  Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard  -  Jovita Carranza, former Vice President of Air Operations for UPS  -  Supriya Jindal, First Lady of Louisiana and Founder of the Supriya Jindal Foundation for Louisiana's Children  -  Catherine Reynolds, Chairman of the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation  -  Dema Guinn, Former First Lady of Nevada  -  Aldona Wos, Former Ambassador to Estonia
Honorary Co-Chairs:  Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas  -  Sen. Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire  -  Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska  -  Sen. Olympia Snowe, Maine  -  Sen. Susan Collins, Maine  -  Gov. Jan Brewer, Arizona  -  Gov. Mary Fallin, Oklahoma  -  Gov. Nikki Haley, South Carolina  -  Gov. Susana Martinez, New Mexico  -  Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman, Indiana  -  Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, Florida  -  Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey, Alabama  -  Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, Ohio  -  Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, Wisconsin  -  Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, Iowa  -  Attorney General Pam Bondi, Florida  -  Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, New York  -  Rep. Candice Miller, Michigan  -  Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington  -  Rep. Cynthia M. Lummis, Wyoming  -  Rep. Diane Black, Tennessee  -  Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida  -  Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, Washington  -  Rep. Jean Schmidt, Ohio  -  Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri  -  Rep. Judy Biggert, Illinois  -  Rep. Kay Granger, Texas  -  Rep. Kristi Noem, South Dakota  -  Rep. Lynn Jenkins, Kansas  -  Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee  -  Rep. Martha Roby, Alabama  -  Rep. Mary Bono Mack, California  -  Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota  -  Rep. Nan Hayworth, New York  -  Rep. Renee Ellmers, North Carolina  -  Rep. Sandy Adams, Florida  -  Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, Wyoming  -  Rep. Sue Myrick, North Carolina  -  Rep. Vicky Hartzler, Missouri  -  Rep. Virginia Foxx, North Carolina  -  State Senator Alberta Darling, Wisconsin


 Farmers and Ranchers for Romney

(announced August 15, 2012)
National Chairs:  Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam  -  Ambassador Tom Nassif  -  Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey -  Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer  -  Sen. Mike Johanns (NE)  -  Former USDA Acting/Deputy Secretary Charles Conner
National Co-Chairs:  Secretary John Block  -  Secretary Ed Schafer -  Secretary Clayton Keith Yeutter  -  Sen. Pat Roberts (KS)  -  Sen. Jerry Moran (KS)  -  Sen. Roy Blunt (MO)  -  Sen. Chuck Grassley (IA)  -  Sen. John Hoeven (ND)  -  Sen. Thad Cochran (MS)  -  Sen. Saxby Chambliss (GA)  -  Sen. John Boozman (AR)  -  Rep. Frank Lucas (OK)  -  Rep. Bob Goodlatte (VA)  -  Rep. Randy Neugebauer (TX)  -  Rep. Mike Conaway (TX)  -  Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (NE)  -  Rep. Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (PA)  -  Rep. Marlin Stutzman (IN)  -  Rep. Bob Gibbs (OH)  -  Rep. Scott Tipton (CO)  -  Rep. Steve Southerland (FL)  -  Rep. Rick Crawford (AR)  -  Rep. Tim Huelskamp (KS)  -  Rep. Randy Hultgren (IL)  -  Rep. Reid Ribble (WI)  -  Rep. Jack Kingston (GA)  -  Rep. Stephen Fincher (TN)  -  Rep. Cory Gardner (CO)  -  Rep. Tom Latham (IA)  -  Rep. Kristi Noem (SD)  -  Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA)  -  Alabama Agriculture Commissioner John McMillan  -  Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black  -  Kansas Agriculture Secretary Dale Rodman  -  Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Michael Strain  -  Michigan Agriculture Director Jamie Clover Adams  -  Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith  -  South Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers  -  Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Julius Johnson  -  Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples  -  Utah Agriculture Commissioner Leonard Blackham  -  Wisconsin Agriculture Secretary Ben Brancel
National Advisory Board:  Former Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Jack Parnell   -  Former Agriculture Secretary Bill Even, South Dakota  -  Former Agriculture Secretary Arthur Gen “A.G.” Kawamura, California  -   Former Agriculture Secretary Don Ament, Colorado  -  Bryan Black, Past President, National Pork Producers Council  -  Al Montna, Former Chairman, USA Rice Federation  -  Chris Policinski, CEO, Land O'Lakes  -  Greg Ibach, Director, Nebraska Department of Agriculture  -  J.D. Alexander, President, National Cattleman’s Beef Association  -  The Honorable Randy Russell, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Agriculture  -  Katie Smith, Former Director, Missouri Department of Agriculture  -  John Miller, Former CEO, National Beef Packing Company  -  Steve Troxler,  North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner  -  The Honorable Leland Strom  -  John Johnson, former USDA Deputy Administrator  -  Charles Kruse, former Missouri Farm Bureau President  -  Nathan Sanderson Ph.D., Agriculture Policy Advisor to South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard  -  Tom Stenzel, President, United Fresh Produce Association  -  Jim Magagna, Wyoming  -  Hobey Bauhan, Virginia   -  Jay Vroom  -  Beau Greenwood  -  Sam Moore, Kentucky -  James Moody, Cold Creek Farms  -   Bruce Nelson, Former Chairman, USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council   -  Dan Wyant, Past Director, Michigan Department of Agriculture  -  Mike Yost, Past Chairman and President, American Soybean Association  - Former U.S. Senator Duncan Faircloth (NC)  -   Former U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes (NC), Chairman, NC Republican Party  -  Trent Bushner, former President Colorado Corn Growers  -  Robert Bray, Colorado Cattlemen’s Association  -  Mike Firestine, Pennsylvania   -  Dave Armstrong, GreenStone Farm Credit Services  -  Richard Ebert, Vice President of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau

 Black Leadership Council

(announced September 5, 2012)
National Chairs:  Representative Tim Scott (SC-01)  -  Representative Allen West (FL-22)  -  Florida Lt.  Gov. Jennifer Carroll
Advisory Council Members:  Texas State Representative Stefani Carter  -  Saratoga Springs Mayor & Utah Congressional Candidate Mia Love  -  Texas Commissioner of Education and former Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams  -  Kay Coles James, President and Founder of the Gloucester Institute and former director for the United States Office of Personnel Management  -  Honorable Artur Davis, former Member of Congress  -  The Honorable Bill Hardiman, former Michigan state senator  -  Linda Lee Tarver,  Ethnic Vice Chair of the Michigan Republican Party  -  Renee Amoore, Deputy Chairwoman of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania  -  Franklin County Auditor Clarence Mingo (OH)  -  Ryan L. Frazier, former Colorado Congressional candidate  -  Leondray Gholston, Romney for President Colorado Grassroots Chairman and Former Colorado Republican State Vice-Chairman  -  Glenn McCall, South Carolina RNC Committeeman  -  Ada Fisher, North Carolina RNC Committeewoman  -  Hall County Commissioner Ashley Bell (GA)  -  Pastor Ira Combs  -  Burgess Owens, former NFL player  -  Stanley Jackson, former Ohio State University Football Captain & Quarterback  -  Brenda Mack, President of the Ohio Black Republican Association

 Former Obama Supporters and Democrats

(announced September 6, 2012)
National Leadership:
Greg Anthony – Former NBA Player
Ashley Bell – Hall County Commissioner
Artur Davis – Former U.S. Congressman
Jane Edmonds – Former Massachusetts Secretary of Workforce Development
Barney Bishop – Former Executive Director of the Florida Democratic Party


 Public Safety Professionals for Romney

(announced September 12, 2012)
Chairmen:  Mayor Rudy Giuliani  -  Congressman David Reichert (R-WA)  -  Sheriff Michael Bouchard; Oakland County, Michigan
Honorary Co-Chairs:  Congressman Rich Nugent (R-FL)  -  Congresswoman Sandy Adams (R-FL)
National Advisory Board:  Sheriff John Rutherford; Jacksonville, Florida  -   Sheriff David Gee; Hillsborough County, Florida  -  Graham Fountain, Director of Law Enforcement Operations; Walton County, Florida  -  Sheriff Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh; Chester County, Pennsylvania  -  Sheriff Joseph McGinn; Delaware County, Pennsylvania  -  Christopher Hailey; Mecklenburg County, North Carolina  -  Sheriff BJ Barnes; Guilford County, North Carolina  -   The Honorable Marla Graff Decker, Secretary of Public Safety, Virginia  -  Sheriff Ken Stolle; Virginia Beach, Virginia  -  Sheriff Jeff Grey; Mercer County, Ohio  -  Sheriff Dennis Conard; Scott County, Iowa  -  Sheriff John LeClere; Delaware County, Iowa  -  Sheriff Ted Kamatchus, Marshall County, Iowa  -  Sheriff Scott Hilliard; Merrimack County, New Hampshire  -  Sheriff Craig Wiggin; Belknap County, New Hampshire  -  Sheriff Christopher Conley; Carroll County, New Hampshire  -  Sheriff Wayne Estes; Strafford County, New Hampshire  -  Sheriff Michael Downing; Rockingham County, New Hampshire  -  Sheriff Douglas Dutile; Grafton County, New Hampshire  -  Sheriff Richard Foote; Cheshire County, New Hampshire  -  Sheriff James Hardy; Hillsborough County, New Hampshire  -  Dennis Hogan, Hillsboro County Attorney; New Hampshire  -  Sheriff Gerald Marcou; Coos County, New Hampshire  -  Sheriff Michael Prozzo; Sullivan County, New Hampshire  -  Dan May, District Attorney; El Paso County, Colorado  -  Sheriff David Weaver; Douglas County, Colorado  -  Sheriff Rick Whitney; Allegany County, New York  -  Sheriff Adrian Anderson; Dutchess County, New York  -  Sheriff Tim Howard; Erie County, New York  -  Sheriff Don Smith; Putnam County, New York  -  Ed Mullins; President, New York City Sergeants Benevolent Association  -  Sheriff Jeff Long; Williamson County, Tennessee  -  Sheriff J.J. Jones; Knox County, Tennessee  -  Sheriff Joe Chapman; Walton County, Georgia  -  Sheriff Mike Byrd; Jackson County, Mississippi


 National Educators for Romney

(announced September 13, 2012)
National Chair:  Rod Paige, Former United States Secretary of Education
Honorary National Co-Chairs:  Kristi LaCroix, Teacher, Lakeview Technology Academy, Kenosha, Wisconsin  -  John Giotis, Headmaster, The School of the Immaculata, St. Petersburg, Florida  -  Joan Moorhead, Teacher, Williams Intermediate School, Davenport, Iowa  -  John Lyons, former Chairman, New Hampshire State Board of Education  -  Eileen Weiser, Michigan State Board of Education  -  Debe Terhar, President, Ohio State Board of Education  -  Pam Benigno, Director, Independence Institute – Education Policy Center, Colorado  -  Mike Lair, Missouri State Representative  -  Scott Hammond, Nevada State Assemblyman   -  Jerry Tillman, North Carolina State Senator  -  Bernie O'Neill, Pennsylvania State Representative   -  Harry Blevins, Virginia State Senator   -  Kirk Cox, Virginia State Delegate   -  Lee Ware, Virginia State Delegate