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Rick
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RickPAC
rickpac.org
leadership PAC filed with the FEC on
July 31, 2014.
Director
Jeff
Miller
Partner at Russo
Miller & Associates from Jan.
2013. Partner
at Capitol Advocacy in Sacramento, Jan. 2006-Dec. 2012. Served as
voluntary California campaign chair for Perry for President.
Senior vice president at ACC Captial Holdings, 2004-06. CFO of
the Californa Republican Party, 2000-04. Finance director for the
California Assembly Republican leadership, 1998-99. Staff
assistant in the U.S. House, 1997. Legislative aide in the
California State Assembly, 1995-96. Served in the U.S. Naval
Reserves from 1992-98. twitter
Lauren San Miguel
Associate at Russo
Miller
&
Associates
from Jan. 2013. Business development specialist at the Texas
Office of
Governor’s Economic Development & Tourism Research and
marketing
manager in the Greater Waco Chamber, Jan. 2010-Dec. 2011.
Master's in
educational leadership (2011) and B.S. in agricultural service and
development (2008) from Tarleton State University.
Senior Advisor Rob Johnson
Currently at Johnson Strategies, LLC. Managed
Perry's
presidential campaign in
2011-12; senior
advisor to Perry in the Governor's Office after managing his 2010
re-election
campaign. Johnson
served a brief interlude as senior advisor, then for
about a month as campaign manager on Newt Gingrich's presidential
campaign before the mass
exodus.
Chief of staff to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (TX); managed
Dewhurst's 2002 campaign for Lt. Governor. Chief of staff to
Congressman Jay Dickey (AR). Bachelor's degrees in political
science and public relations from Southern Methodist University,
1997.
twitter
Eric Bearse
Principal at Bearse
&
Company LLC, which he founded in 2007, providing general consulting
and communications services to candidates, officeholders and
officials. Deputy communications director on Perry's presidential
campaign in
2011-12. Wrote speeches for Gov. Perry for eight years,1999-2007,
and helped Perry write his first published book, On My Honor. Has worked on
six campaigns in Texas, including Perry’s campaigns for lieutenant
governor and governor. Bachelor’s degree in political science
from Texas A&M University, 1993.
Spokesperson Lucy Nashed
Served seven years on Perry's communications team in
the Office of the
Governor: press secretary (from March 2014), deputy press secretary
(from Dec. 2010), media relations specialist (Jan.-Dec. 2010), press
assistant (May 2008-Feb. 2010) and started as a press office intern
(Jan.-May 2008). B.S. in public relations from University of
Texas at Austin, 2008. twitter
Targeted Victory
Senior Advisor for Digital and Television
Optimization Michael Beach
Advisor for Digital and Field Operations Chris Gulugian-Taylor
(announced March 4,
2015; first reported by the Wall
Street Journal on March 2,
2015) Michael Beach
is a co-founder and Chris
Gulugian-Taylor is part of the Client Strategy team at Targeted
Victory.
Coalitions Director Erin DeLullo
(announced March 16, 2015) Principal at DeLullo & Associates, LLC, has consulted on races around the country including Cuccinelli for Governor in Virginia in 2013 and a senior strategist for, Ken Blackwell for Governor campaign in Ohio in 2006. Director of development for the Patrick Henry Center, a conservative nonprofit. Deputy finance director for U.S. Sen. Bob Smith's 2002 re-election campaign in New Hampshire. Graduate of Shepherd College (now University) in Shepherdstown, WV.
Senior Director Jamie Johnson
(first reported by DMR's Jennifer Jacobs on March 18,
2015)
Member of the Republican Party of Iowa State Central Committee,
2012-March 2015. Vice President at World-Wide Missions,
2005-March 2015. State coalitions director on Rick Santorum for
President, 2011-12. CEO/public affairs broadcaster for the Faith
and Freedom Network, 2002-10. Instructor at Iowa Central
Community College in Fort Dodge, 2001-04; instructor at DMACC in West
Des Moines, 2001-02. M.A. in public policy from Regent
University, 1997; B.A. in theology from Bethany Global University,
1987 Resident of Stratford, Iowa. twitter
Senior Advisor Avik Roy
(announced April
20, 2015) A
senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and from Jan. 2014 the
opinion editor at
Forbes. Served
as a health care policy adviser to Mitt Romney in 2012. Author of
Transcending
Obamacare and How Medicaid Fails the Poor, and
co-author of Fixing Veterans Health Care. Founder of
Roy Healthcare Research, an investment research firm in New York.
Previously, he served as an analyst and portfolio manager at Bain
Capital, J.P. Morgan, and other firms. Studied at the
Yale School of Medicine; undergraduate degree in molecular biology from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Policy Director Abby McCloskey
(announced April 20, 2015) Program director of
economic policy
at the American Enterprise Institute, Feb. 2013-Aug. 2014.
Director of research at the Financial
Services Roundtable, July 2010-Jan. 2013. Staffer to U.S.
Richard Shelby
(R-AL), July 2009-July 2010. Policy associate with the Charles G.
Koch Charitable
Foundation, June 2008-June 2009. M.S. in applied economics from
Johns
Hopkins University; B.A. in economics from Wheaton College.
Foreign Policy Coordinator Brett Fetterly
Master’s
degree in strategic studies and international economics from Johns
Hopkins SAIS, May 2015. B.A. in international relations from
Regis University, 2011.
Senior Advisor/Pollster Greg Strimple
(reported Feb. 11, 2015) President of GS
Strategy Group. Strategist for the NRSC's 2012 IE
program. 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.
Worked for Ed Rollins at the NRCC on Republican House races in
1989-90. Graduate of Denison University, 1988. Resident of
Boise, ID since 2010.
Finance Director Margaret Lauderback
(announced March 17,
2015)
Political consultant (The Lauderback Group) since Nov. 2010.
Finance director on RickPerry.org, Inc., Perry's 2011-12 presidential
campaign and senior finance consultant on Perry's 2010 re-elect
campaign. Managing director for
technology at the Carmen Group starting late 2006. Vice president
for government relations at the NYSE Group, March 2005-Dec. 2006.
Managing
director for government affairs at Archipelago Holdings, Inc, announced
March 16, 2005. Various positions with TechNet, a PAC for the
hi-tech industry, including vice president of Republican outreach, vice
president of membership, executive director of the Texas office,
1999-early 2005. Worked in government affairs for
Ameritech. Aide to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Bachelor of
journalism degree from
The University of Texas at Austin.
Katie Herries
Director of Scheduling Stan Gerdes
(March 2015) Deputy director of scheduling and
advance (April 2014-Feb. 2015) and Governor's advance (July 2013-Feb.
2015) in the Office of Gov. Perry. State Farm insurance agent,
Aug. 2009-June 2013. Reali estate agent in Austin, Aug. 2007-Aug.
2009. Graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, 2008.
Chief Counsel Don McGahn
(announced March 17, 2015) Partner at Jones Day since May
2014. Partner at Patton Boggs from Sept. 2013-May 2014.
Served on the FEC from 2008 to Sept. 2013. Previously general
counsel at the NRCC for almost a decade. J.D. from Widener
University, 1994; B.A. from University of Notre Dame, 1991.
Treasurer Kathy Wall
(March 3, 2015 FEC filing...succeeded Stefan C.
Passantino)
Advisory Board
(announced Feb. 5,
2015)
More Advisors
Politico
(April 20, 2014) reports that others advising Perry include:
Gov. Haley Barbour
is a founding partner of BGR Group.
Terry Nelson and Rob Jesmer
are at FP1
Strategies.
and
Mark Miner
(communications director in the Governor's Office to
April 11,
2014) "will continue to
advise the governor from the private sector."
Communications director to Gov. Perry in the
Governor's Office from Sept. 1,
2008; also national press secretary on Perry's presidential campaign
and communications director on Perry's 2010 re-election
campaign. Director of communications to Lt. Governor David
Dewhurst
during two legislative sessions and six special sessions.
Communications director for the Bill Simon for Governor campaign in
California. Communications director at the
RNC under Jim Gilmore to the end of 2001. Communications director
to then Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore where
he was senior communications strategist and chief spokesman for the
Gilmore Administration. Press secretary for the Gilmore for
Governor campaign in
Virginia; communications director to the then Virginia Attorney
General Gilmore. Bachelor's degree in communictions from Michigan
State
University, 1987. twitter
(announced Feb. 15, 2015)
Robert Haus
Vice president at Policy Works LLC, Nov. 2010-May 2014. Iowa chairman of the Rick Perry campaign, 2011-12. Co-founder and owner of Eagle Media Group LLC, Nov. 2005-Nov. 2010. Iowa state director on Fred Thompson's 2007-08 Iowa caucus campaign. Managing consultant for public policy and public affairs (corporate communications and issue campaigns) for DCI Group, 2000-06. Senior Iowa consultant on Steve Forbes' 2000 Iowa caucus campaign. Managed Sen. Phil Gramm's 1996 Iowa caucus campaign. Managed Sen. Chuck Grassley's 1992 re-election campaign. Worked for the Iowa Senate Republican Caucus. Graduate of Iowa State University; law degree from the University of Iowa, 1988. Originally from New Hampton, IA. twitter
Andy Swanson
(Feb. 2015. West Des Moines) In 2014 Swanson worked for the Iowa Senate Majority Fund; and earlier as coalitions director for Mark Jacobs for U.S. Senate. A regional manager for the Republican Party of Virginia in 2013. Opposition research-tracker for the NRCC in Des Moines, March-Nov. 2012. Mortgage loan indexer for Wells Fargo, Oct. 2011-March 2012. Iowa field rep. on Pawlenty for President, 2011. Consultant to Latham for Congress in 2010 and 2012. Assistant mortgage loan processor, April-Aug. 2009. Regional coalitions director for Ohio and Pennsylvania on John McCain's campaign, June-Nov. 2008; started as Iowa field staff in Oct. 2007, and continued on to other states through June 2008. B.A. in history, political science from University of Iowa, 2005. Originally from Dayton, IA.
Dane Nealson
(Feb. 2015. Ames) Outgoing chairman of the
Story County
Republicans, Feb. 2013-Feb. 2015. State director of the Iowa GOP
Senate Majority
Fund, Oct. 2013-Nov. 2014.
Certified pharmacy technician. Candidate for
state representative in House District 45, Feb.-Nov. 2012.
Central Iowa field director, Rick Perry, Sept. 2011-Jan. 2012; central
Iowa field director, Pawlenty for President, April-Aug. 2011.
Ames field director for the Republican Party of
Iowa,
2010. Chairman of the Iowa Federation of College Republicans,
April 2009-April 2010. Southeast Iowa field coordinator, Huckabee
for
President, Sept. 2007-Jan. 2008.
B.A. in political science from Iowa State University, 2010; attended
Iowa Wesleyan College and A.A. in music education from Muscatine
Community College, 2007. twitter
Kip Murphy
(Feb. 2015. Missouri Valley) Outgoing
chairman of the
Harrison County Republicans. Field consultant to Robert Cramer
for Congress 2014;
Field consultant
(Southwest Iowa) to Rick Santorum for President, Oct. 2011- 2012.
Western Iowa
coordinator, Americans for Perry, 2011. Southwest Iowa
Victory director, the Iowa
Republican Party 2010. Political
director, Rod Roberts for Governor, 2010.
Regional field manager, Mitt Romney for President
2007-08. Murphy also has extensive experience in Nebraska
campaigns. Bachelor's degree in history and international affairs
from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
and
Jamie Johnson
(see above)
(announced March 11,
2015)
Mike Dennehy
Co-founder and partner at Dennehy & Bouley. Senior advisor, and initially national political director on John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. Founder and president of The Dennehy Group, based in Concord, NH. Managed Craig Benson's successful 2002 campaign for governor in New Hampshire. New England political director and New Hampshire campaign manager on Sen. McCain's 2000 presidential campaign. Managed Jay Lucas' 1998 gubernatorial campaign in New Hampshire. Executive director of the New Hampshire Republican Party, starting in March 1996 through late 1997. New Hampshire political director on Sen. Phil Gramm's 1996 primary campaign. Special assistant to Gov. Stephen Merrill (R-NH). B.S. from Southern New Hampshire University. twitter
Field Director Dante Vitagliano
Deputy political
director for
Marilinda Garcia for Congress, Republican nominee in the 2nd CD,
April-Nov. 2014. South East Pennsylvania field director for the
60 Plus Association, Aug. 2012-Sept. 2013. Field operations
coordinator on Al Schmidt for City commissioner in Philadelphia,
2011-12. B.A. in political science - philosophy from Temple
University, 2011. twitter
North Country Field Manager Ryder Selmi
(announced March 11, 2015) North Country field
manager for the
Garcia campaign. twitter
(announced March 6, 2015)
State Director Katon Dawson
Principal at Dawson Public Affairs in Columbia.
Dawson was
South Carolina chairman of the Rick Perry campaign in 2011-12, after
starting out as Newt Gingrich's top advisor in
South Carolina. He was candidate for RNC chairman in Feb.
2009, finishing second to Michael Steele. Elected Chairman of the
South Carolina Republican Party in spring 2002 and unanimously
re-elected in 2004 and 2007, he served to May 2009. President and
general manager of family-owned Burns Auto Parts in Columbia.
Active in Republican Party politics for more than 40 years. "On
Halloween night 1964, Dawson was just 8 years old when his mother drove
him to the downtown auditorium in Columbia, South Carolina, to hear
Ronald Reagan stump for Republican presidential nominee Sen. Barry
Goldwater of Arizona." B.S. in management from the University of
South Carolina, 1979.
Senior Advisor Walter Whetsell
Founder (in
1996) of Starboard
Communications based in Lexington, SC. Whetsell was
South Carolina senior advisor for the Rick Perry campaign in
2011-12. He has advised Gov. Nikki Haley, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott,
and SC Reps. Tom Rice, Mick Mulvaney and Jeff Duncan, and implemented
and
developed
voter contact programs for numerous state-wide races.
Advisor/in-state consultant on Friends of Fred Thompson in
2007-08. Coordinated
the voter contact direct mail program for Gov. Mark Sanford's
successful
re-election campaign in 2006. In 2004, Whetsell played an
important
role in helping Rep. Jim DeMint in both his successful primary and
general
election bid for the U.S. Senate. Graduate of Furman University
in Greenville, SC.
Managing Day to Day Le Frye
At Starboard Communications. Served as Perry's
South Carolina
political director in 2011-12. twitter
Field Director Jeff Alderman
In the 2014 cycle managed successful countywide, state
representative, and solicitor races in South Carolina.
Field Representative Jonathan Davis
Recent graduate of Presbyterian College who interned
for U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan’s successful campaign.
Texans for Rick Perry
rickperry.org
Finances - Texas
Ethics
Commission
Executive Director Gaye Lynn Mackie
(May 2013) Previously office manager from Aug.
2011-May
2013. Operations manager at James R. Meyers Mediation &
Arbitration Service. Account executive at J.A.M.S./Endispute,
Feb. 1991-June 1998. B.S. in political science and government
from University of Houston-Clear Lake.
Press Travis Considine
Communications director on Texas Lt. Gov. David
Dewhurst's re-election campaign from 2013 to April 2014 (resigned
before the May 27 runoff). communications director on Josh
Mandel for U.S. Senate in Ohio. 2008 graduate of The George
Washington
University. twitter
Americans for Economic Freedom
www.usaeconfreedom.org
|
USAEconFreedom
|
@USAEconFreedom
501(c)(4) formed Sept. 2013
Director
Jeff
Miller
Partner at Russo
Miller & Associates from Jan.
2013. Partner
at Capitol Advocacy in Sacramento, Jan. 2006-Dec. 2012. Served as
voluntary California campaign chair for Perry for President.
Senior vice president at ACC Captial Holdings, 2004-06. CFO of
the Californa Republican Party, 2000-04. Finance director for the
California Assembly Republican leadership, 1998-99. Staff
assistant in the U.S. House, 1997. Legislative aide in the
California State Assembly, 1995-96. Served in the U.S. Naval
Reserves from 1992-98. twitter
Lauren San Miguel
Associate at Russo
Miller
&
Associates
from Jan. 2013. Business development specialist at the Texas
Office of
Governor’s Economic Development & Tourism Research and
marketing
manager in the Greater Waco Chamber, Jan. 2010-Dec. 2011.
Master's in
educational leadership (2011) and B.S. in agricultural service and
development (2008) from Tarleton State University.
Rob Johnson
Currently at Johnson Strategies, LLC. Managed Perry's presidential campaign in 2011-12; senior advisor to Perry in the Governor's Office after managing his 2010 re-election campaign. Johnson served a brief interlude as senior advisor, then for about a month as campaign manager on Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign before the mass exodus. Chief of staff to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (TX); managed Dewhurst's 2002 campaign for Lt. Governor. Chief of staff to Congressman Jay Dickey (AR). Bachelor's degrees in political science and public relations from Southern Methodist University, 1997. twitter
Eric Bearse
Principal at Bearse
&
Company LLC, which he founded in 2007, providing general consulting
and communications services to candidates, officeholders and
officials. Deputy communications director on Perry's presidential
campaign in
2011-12. Wrote speeches for Gov. Perry for eight years,1999-2007,
and helped Perry write his first published book, On My Honor. Has worked on
six campaigns in Texas, including Perry’s campaigns for lieutenant
governor and governor. Bachelor’s degree in political science
from Texas A&M University, 1993.
Advisory Board
Arthur Laffer, chairman of Laffer Associates
Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House
August Busch III, businessman and philanthropist
Carly Fiorina, chairman of Good 360, former CEO of Hewlett Packard
Marc Rodriguez, chairman of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Tom McKernan, chairman of AAA
Americans for Economic Freedom
www.usaeconfreedom.org
|
USAEconFreedom
|
@USAEconFreedom
501(c)(4) formed Sept. 2013
Director
Jeff
Miller
Partner at Russo
Miller & Associates from Jan.
2013. Partner
at Capitol Advocacy in Sacramento, Jan. 2006-Dec. 2012. Served as
voluntary California campaign chair for Perry for President.
Senior vice president at ACC Captial Holdings, 2004-06. CFO of
the Californa Republican Party, 2000-04. Finance director for the
California Assembly Republican leadership, 1998-99. Staff
assistant in the U.S. House, 1997. Legislative aide in the
California State Assembly, 1995-96. Served in the U.S. Naval
Reserves from 1992-98. twitter
Lauren San Miguel
Associate at Russo
Miller
&
Associates
from Jan. 2013. Business development specialist at the Texas
Office of
Governor’s Economic Development & Tourism Research and
marketing
manager in the Greater Waco Chamber, Jan. 2010-Dec. 2011.
Master's in
educational leadership (2011) and B.S. in agricultural service and
development (2008) from Tarleton State University.
Rob Johnson
Currently at Johnson Strategies, LLC. Managed
Perry's
presidential campaign in
2011-12; senior
advisor to Perry in the Governor's Office after managing his 2010
re-election
campaign. Johnson
served a brief interlude as senior advisor, then for
about a month as campaign manager on Newt Gingrich's presidential
campaign before the mass
exodus.
Chief of staff to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (TX); managed
Dewhurst's 2002 campaign for Lt. Governor. Chief of staff to
Congressman Jay Dickey (AR). Bachelor's degrees in political
science and public relations from Southern Methodist University, 1997.
Eric Bearse
Principal at Bearse
&
Company LLC, which he founded in 2007, providing general consulting
and communications services to candidates, officeholders and
officials. Deputy communications director on Perry's presidential
campaign in
2011-12. Wrote speeches for Gov. Perry for eight years,1999-2007,
and helped Perry write his first published book, On My Honor. Has worked on
six campaigns in Texas, including Perry’s campaigns for lieutenant
governor and governor. Bachelor’s degree in political science
from Texas A&M University, 1993.
Advisory Board
Arthur Laffer, chairman of Laffer Associates
Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House
August Busch III, businessman and philanthropist
Carly Fiorina, chairman of Good 360, former CEO of Hewlett Packard
Marc Rodriguez, chairman of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
More Advisors
Politico
(April 20, 2014) reports that others advising Perry include:
Gov. Haley Barbour
is a founding partner of BGR Group.
Terry Nelson and Rob Jesmer
are at FP1
Strategies.
and
Mark Miner
(communications director in the Governor's Office to
April 11,
2014) "will continue to
advise the governor from the private sector."
Communications director to Gov. Perry in the
Governor's Office from Sept. 1,
2008; also national press secretary on Perry's presidential campaign
and communications director on Perry's 2010 re-election
campaign. Director of communications to Lt. Governor David
Dewhurst
during two legislative sessions and six special sessions.
Communications director for the Bill Simon for Governor campaign in
California. Communications director at the
RNC under Jim Gilmore to the end of 2001. Communications director
to then Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore where
he was senior communications strategist and chief spokesman for the
Gilmore Administration. Press secretary for the Gilmore for
Governor campaign in
Virginia; communications director to the then Virginia Attorney
General Gilmore. Bachelor's degree in communictions from Michigan
State
University, 1987.
IOWA
Robert Haus
Vice president at Policy Works LLC, Nov. 2010-May
2014. Iowa
chairman of the Rick Perry campaign, 2011-12. Co-founder and
owner of Eagle
Media Group LLC, Nov. 2005-Nov. 2010. Iowa state director on Fred
Thompson's 2007-08
Iowa caucus campaign. Managing consultant for public policy
and public affairs (corporate communications and issue campaigns) for
DCI Group, 2000-06. Senior Iowa
consultant on Steve Forbes' 2000 Iowa caucus campaign. Managed
Sen.
Phil Gramm's 1996 Iowa caucus campaign. Managed Sen. Chuck
Grassley's
1992 re-election campaign. Worked for the Iowa Senate Republican
Caucus. Graduate of Iowa State University; law degree from the
University
of Iowa, 1988. twitter
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Mike Dennehy
Co-founder and partner at Dennehy
& Bouley. Senior advisor, and initially national
political director on John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. Founder
and president of The
Dennehy Group, based in Concord, NH. Managed Craig Benson's
successful
2002 campaign for governor in New Hampshire. New England
political director and New Hampshire campaign manager on Sen. McCain's
2000 presidential
campaign. Managed Jay Lucas' 1998 gubernatorial campaign in New
Hampshire.
Executive director of the New Hampshire Republican Party, starting in
March
1996 through late 1997. New Hampshire political director on Sen.
Phil Gramm's 1996 primary campaign. Special assistant to Gov.
Stephen
Merrill (R-NH). B.S. from Southern New Hampshire University.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Katon Dawson
Principal at Dawson Public Affairs in Columbia. Dawson was South Carolina chairman of the Rick Perry campaign in 2011-12, after starting out as Newt Gingrich's top advisor in South Carolina. He was candidate for RNC chairman in Feb. 2009, finishing second to Michael Steele. Elected Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party in spring 2002 and unanimously re-elected in 2004 and 2007, he served to May 2009. President and general manager of family-owned Burns Auto Parts in Columbia. Active in Republican Party politics for more than 40 years. "On Halloween night 1964, Dawson was just 8 years old when his mother drove him to the downtown auditorium in Columbia, South Carolina, to hear Ronald Reagan stump for Republican presidential nominee Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona." B.S. in management from the University of South Carolina, 1979.
RickPAC
rickpac.org
leadership PAC filed with the FEC on
July 31, 2014.
Advisory Board
(announced Feb. 5, 2015)
Treasurer Stefan C. Passantino
Head of the Political Law
practice at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, including counsel to Newt
2012. Prior to joining
McKenna Long & Aldridge, Passantino worked as an associate at
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, a large New York law firm. J.D. from
Emory Law School, 1991; B.A. from Drew University, 1988.
Texans for Rick Perry
rickperry.org
Finances - Texas
Ethics
Commission
Executive Director Gaye Lynn Mackie
(May 2013) Previously office manager from Aug.
2011-May
2013. Operations manager at James R. Meyers Mediation &
Arbitration Service. Account executive at J.A.M.S./Endispute,
Feb. 1991-June 1998. B.S. in political science and government
from University of Houston-Clear Lake.
Press Travis Considine
Governor's
Office >
www.governor.state.tx.us/
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| @TexGov
Chief of Staff Kathy Walt
(announced
Aug.
12,
2013)
Most
recently
executive
manager
of
governmental
affairs
at
Lower
Colorado
River
Authority
from
Sept.
2012.
Deputy
chief
of
staff,
senior
advisor
and
press
secretary
to
Gov.
Perry,
2007-12.
Reporter
at
newspapers
in
Texas,
Ohio
and
Virginia
including
the
Houston
Chronicle,
1987-2000.
B.A.
and
Master's
degrees
in
journalism
from
The
Ohio
State
University.
Deputy Chief of Staff Mike Morrissey
(announced Feb. 27, 2013) Has worked for the Governor's Office since 2001, most recently as senior advisor and previously as director of the Budget, Planning and Policy Division. Morrissey previously served as director of fiscal policy for former Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff, budget director for Perry when he was lieutenant governor, and budget director and special assistant to former Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock. He also worked at the Legislative Budget Board from 1986-1994 as legal counsel/ budget examiner. Morrissey received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Oklahoma and a law degree from the University of Arkansas.
Deputy Chief of Staff MacGregor Stephenson
(announced March 25, 2013) Served as assistant commissioner for workforce, academic affairs and research for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at the Texas A&M University system. Worked for the Office of the Governor as a member of the governor's review team, advisor for higher education budgets and policy, and interim chief of staff to the Texas Building and Procurement Commission, 2002-06. Law degree from the University of Denver, and a PhD in higher education administration from Texas A&M University.
Senior Advisor Teresa Spears
Served as director of appointments to Sept. 2012.
Communications Director Felix Browne
(announced April 7, 2014) Comes to the Governor's Office from Boston, where he worked for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, as well as former U.S. Senator Scott Brown. Most recently, Browne worked on behalf of a coalition of high technology businesses that successfully defeated the Massachusetts Legislature's attempt to tax custom software and related services - a key sector of the state economy. He is a graduate of Georgetown University.
Deputy Communications Director Rich Parsons
(announced March 25, 2013) Served as
communications director for the Texas Secretary of State
since 2011. He served as press secretary to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and
was an award-winning a reporter for KXAN-TV in Austin, as well as other
TV stations in North Carolina and Virginia and Mississippi. Parsons has
a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Washington.
Press Secretary Lucy Nashed
Deputy Press Secretary Travis Considine
Speechwriter Matt Thompson
Press Assistant Harrison Thomas
Digital Strategist Baylis Atherton
Webmaster Jeremy Newman
Director of Scheduling and Advance Hugh
Addington
(announced April 7, 2014) Addington has spent
the past nine years as a private event and public
relations consultant to various governmental and political
organizations. Prior to this, he spent time in Washington, D.C. as
director of external affairs for the U.S. Small Business
Administration. He is a Virginia native and a graduate of Denison
University. He has lived in Austin for 15 years.