Republican State Leadership Committee – 2017
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Organization
Chairman Bill McCollum
(elected Jan. 15, 2014; had been serving as RSLC vice
chairman) Partner in Dentons' Public Policy and Regulation
practice since 2011. Candidate for the 2010 Republican
gubernatorial nomination, losing the primary to Rick Scott.
Attorney general of Florida from 2007-11. Candidate for the 2004
Republican U.S. Senate nomination, losing to Mel Martinez.
Partner at Baker & Hostetler from April 2001. Republican
nominee for U.S. Senate in 2000, losing to Bill Nelson. Elected
to Congress in 1980 and served ten terms (Jan. 1981-Jan. 2001).
Practiced law in Orlando. J.D. from University of Florida, 1968;
B.A. from University of Florida, 1965. Native of Brooksville in
central Florida. twitter
Vice Chairman Christopher Rants
(Jan. 15, 2014) President of inSight
Communications, a lobbying
and public affairs firm in the Sioux City area, from April 2010.
Partner at Rauschenberger Partners from March 2010. President of
The Legacy Foundation from Jan. 2009. Member of the Iowa House of
Representatives from Nov. 1992-Dec. 2010, including as Majority Leader,
1999-2003; Speaker of the House, Jan. 2003-Dec. 2006; and Republican
Leader, Jan. 2007-Nov. 2008. Environmental compliance director at
Metz Baking Company, 1992-99.
Board of Directors: Chairman Bill McCollum - Vice Chairman Christopher Rants - Chairman of Prime Policy Group Charlie Black - former Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño - Former Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut Jodi Rell - Women Lead PAC founder Christine Toretti - former Florida Speaker Will Weatherford
EXECUTIVE
President Matt Walter
(from Jan. 2014, succeeded Chris Jankowski; at the RSLC since 2010) Previously RSLC managing director of communications and political affairs, announced March 11, 2013; RSLC political director in 2012 cycle, announced June 2011; and RSLC's New York in-state independent expenditure coordinator in 2010. Executive director from June 2008, director of strategic planning and communications director at the New York State Republican Party for four years starting in 2007; he also took a leave of absense in mid-2010 to run Rick Lazio's gubernatorial campaign. Various positions in the New York State Senate Majority communications department for eleven years. M.A. in American political history from the College of Saint Rose, 1995; B.A. degrees in political science and French from SUNY College at Geneseo, 1994. twitter
Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer Staci (Swanson) Goede
(with the RSLC since its beginning in 2002)
Experience includes field representative for the College Republican
National Committee
focusing on the Southwest and Midwest. B.A. in political science
and
political communications from Valparaiso University, 2001.
POLITICAL Affairs and Communications
Vice President for Political Affairs and Communications Justin Richards
(announced Dec. 12, 2013 as political director)
Executive
director of
the New Jersey
Senate Republican Majority in both the 2011 and 2013 cycles.
Campaign manager for freshman Congressman Sean Duffy (WI)’s 2012
re-election. Campaign manager for Tom Kean’s 2007 re-election to
the New Jersey State Senate and worked on Kean's 2006 U.S. Senate
campaign. Degree in political science from The College of New
Jersey. New Jersey native.
Strategic Planning
Vice President of Strategic Planning Erin
Veltman
(Jan. 2017) RSLC deputy executive director, Jan.
2015-Dec. 2016;
executive director of the RLCC, Jan. 2011-Dec. 2014. Finance
director on Michael Grimm for Congress, Sept.-Nov. 2010. Finance
director on Frank Scaturro for Congress, July 2009-Sept. 2010.
Fundraiser for the RNC/Captel, Sept. 2008-Aug. 2009. Staff
assistant to Sen Arlen Specter, March-May 2009. Finance assistant
on Citizens for Arlen Pecter, Aug. 2008-Jan. 2009. B.B.A. in
legal studies in business from Hofstra University, 2008.
DIGITAL
Digital Director Robert Sechrist
...and president at Acquire Digital LLC since Dec. 2013
(digital director since 2009; joined the RSLC in 2007
as a research analyst) Deputy campaign manager on Jack Johnson
for State
Senate (TN), Aug.-Nov. 2006. East TN field director on Van
Hilleary for U.S. Senate, Feb.-Aug. 2006. B.A. in political
science from the
University of Tennessee, 2005.
Vice President, Sales and Marketing, .GOP
Will Martinez
(from Jan. 2013; announced March 11, 2013)
Advance on Romney for
President, May-Nov. 2012. East Coast regional manager (Jan.
2011-April 2012) and business development (July 2010-Jan. 2011) for
Savored, Inc., company acquired by Groupon. Analyst for Goldman
Sachs, July 2008-April 2010.
Vice President, Operations, .gop Patrick Finnegan
(Dec. 2013) Special assistant to the Speaker,
Office of the
Speaker, John Boehner, 2008-2013. B.B.A from Ohio University, 2008.
LEGAL
Vice President and General Counsel Matt Raymer
(announced Feb. 23, 2017) General counsel
at the NRSC,
March 2015-Dec. 2016. Associate attorney at Baker & Hostetler
LLP, Sept. 2008-March 2015. Assistant manager at Jefferson
Consulting Group, July 2003-July 2005. J.D. from University of
Michigan Law School, 2008; A.B in history and government from Dartmouth
College, 2003.
FINANCE
Finance Director Catherine (Campbell) Onnen
(announced Feb. 23, 2017) President at C.C.
Onnen, LLC, from March 2016.
Director of fundraising strategies fro Freedom Partners Chamber, July
2016-Feb. 2017. Deputy finance director on Marco Rubio for
President,
Sept. 2015-March 2016. Deputy finance director at the NRSC, Oct.
2013-Sept. 2015. Community development manager at First Book,
Nov.
2012-Oct. 2013. Outreach and development officer at Hospice
Foundation
of America, Feb. 2011-Nov. 2012. Political assistant at the
Republican
Governors Association, Feb. 2009-Feb. 2011. B.B.A. in marketing
from
The University of Georgia, 2008.
Director of Events Devon Gallagher
(Nov. 2015) Director of operations-strategy and
communications at General Dynamics Mission Systems, July 2012-May
2015. Scheduler/office manager in the U.S. House, March
2011-April
2012. Scheduler/office manager to U.S. Sen Sam Brownback, Nov.
2007-Jan. 2011. Iowa field director/national ballot access
director/campaign scheduler on Brownback for President, May-Oct.
2007.
Deputy director of scheduling at the U.S. Department of Education, May
2005-May 2007. Catholic outreach field coordinator at the RNC,
Aug.-Nov. 2004. Marketing and events director for Generation
Life, May
2002-Aug. 2004. B.A. in journalism from Temple University, 2003.
RLCC
Chairman Pennsylvania Speaker of the House Mike Turzai
Vice Chairman Iowa Speaker of the House
Linda Upmeyer
RSCC
Chair Nevada Secretary of State Barbara
Cegavske
Contact Catherine Onnen
RLGA
Chairman Nevada Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison
Vice Chairman North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan
Forest
Contact Natalie Oliver
Future Majority Project
Chairman Former Oklahoma House Speaker
T.W. Shannon
Director, Future Majority Project Neri
Martinez
(announced March 11, 2013) Hispanic coalition
director for North
Carolina Victory, announced April 2012. Legislative department of
Associated Builders and
Contractors. Business development manager at KONE
Elevators.
President of the Free Cuba Foundation. Graduate of Florida
International
University, 2005. Cuban-American; native of Miami, FL.
More
Right Women
Right Now Initiative
Co-Chair Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan
Co-Chair Tennessee Speaker Beth Harwell
Contact Catherine Onnen
title? David James
also note:
The State Government Leadership
Foundation, a 501(c)(4) shares office space with and is a strategic
partner of the RSLC. The SGLF "spotlights hotbed issues and
conservative policies that state government officials wrestle with
most..." The SGLF "is taking the lead on educating elected and
appointed state government
officials, providing support to local officeholders, and highlighting
meaningful, conservative solutions."
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