(page
updated August 31, 2015)
Opportunity
and
Freedom
PAC,
Inc.
...pro-Perry
super
PAC filed with the FEC on
March 4, 2015.
Senior Advisor Austin Barbour
Co-founder (2011) and managing partner of the Clearwater Group, LLC;
partner
in
Strategic
Partners
&
Media.
Senior
strategist
on
U.S.
Sen.
Thad
Cochran's
2014
re-election
campaign;
ran
Mississippi
Conservatives
PAC,
a
super
PAC
that
helped
Cochran
fend
off
a
2014
primary
challenge
from
state
Sen.
Chris
McDainel.
A
member
of
the
strategy
team
for
Romney
for
President
in
2012.
Government
relations
specialist
at
the
regional
firm,
Capitol
Resources
from
2003;
took
a
leave
of
absence
from
lobbying
during
2008
to
serve
as
campaign
manager
for
Roger
Wicker's
U.S.
Senate
campaign.
Ran
Haley's
PAC
from
its start in Sept. 2004. Finance director for
Haley Barbour’s first campaign for Governor of Mississippi in
2003. Graduate of University of Mississippi,
1999. Nephew of Haley Barbour. twitter
Senior Advisor Tony Russo
Partner at Russo Miller &
Associates. Group
senior vice
president of corporate affairs for the Irvine Company from 2003.
Managed campaigns as a sole proprietor and partner at McNally Temple
Associates. Masters degree in public administration an bachelor's
degree in political science from University of Southern California.
Senior Advisor Jordan Russell
(including press) twitter
Co-Chairman Mike Toomey
Lobbyist ("Best Texas Lobbyist") and state government
consultant at the
Texas Lobby
Group. Chief of staff to Gov. Rick Perry, 2002-04.
Chief of staff to Gov. Bill Clements, 1989-90. State
representatve from Houston for three terms, 1983-88. Attorney in
Houston focusing on business law, 1976-88. J.D. from South Texas
College of Law, 1976; B.A. in philosophy from Baylor University, 1972.
Co-Chairman Ray Sullivan
Based om Austin. President of Sullivan Public Affairs
since March 2012. Communications director on RickPerry.org, Sept.
2011-Jan. 2012. Chief of staff to Gov. Perry, July 1,
2009-Sept. 2011. Operated Sullivan Public Affairs, an
Austin-based public
and
government relations firm, 2002-09. Worked in various capacities
for Perry
from 1998-2002, including governor’s deputy chief of staff, lieutenant
governor’s communications director, and communications director for the 1998 and 2002 campaigns.
A national spokesman for George W. Bush for President in Austin in the
2000 campaign. Deputy communications director for then Gov.
George W. Bush, 1995-98. Deputy director of state press
operations for Bush-Quayle '92. He also worked as a political
consultant at
Karl Rove + Company, and served on the Washington, D.C. staffs of U.S.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and
Congressman Sam Johnson (R-Plano). B.S. in business marketing
from San Diego State University, 1986.
Finance Chairman G. Brint Ryan
(announced June 2, 2015) Co-founder and CEO of
Ryan, LLC, a
Dallas-based, global tax services firm, since 1991. Previously a
senior associate at Coopers & Lybrand, July 1988-July 1991.
B.S./M.S. in accounting-taxation from University of North Texas, 1988.
Pollster and Senior Strategist Glen Bolger
(reported by The
Washington Post's
Philip Rucker on April 21, 2015) Partner and co-founder of Public
Opinion
Strategies; three-time winner of the “Republican Pollster
of the Year” award from the American Association of Political
Consultants (2002, 2009 and 2012). Work in 2012 included pollster
for Restore Our Future, the Mitt Romney super PAC, and he was part of
the polling team for American Crossroads. Prior to starting
Public Opinion Strategies, Bolger served as director of Survey Research
& Analysis for the NRCC. Graduate of The American University,
1985.
Treasurer and Counsel Stefan C. Passantino
Partner at Dentons
(merged with McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP in 2015); with McKenna
from Oct. 2003. General counsel on Newt 2012. Partner at
Amall Golden Gregory LLP, June 1993-Oct. 2003. J.D. from Emory
University School of Law, 1991.
Counsel Benjamin P. Keane
Political law managing associate at Dentons; political law associate at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP from 2011. Koch legal associate and visiting legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, 2010-11. Litigation associate at Alston & Bird LLP, 2006-09. Communications and research analyst at the RNC, 2001-03. J.D. from University of Virginia School of Law, 2006. A.B. in politics from Princeton University, 2001.
State Director Marshall Critchfield
(announced
Aug. 31, 2015) Critchfield is stepping down from his role
as Jasper County
Republican Party chairman (elected Oct. 2013). He has worked for
U.S. consumer operations at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage from March 2009,
as development manager at K. Hovnanian Homes, project manager at
Osprey, and as a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill. M.B.A.
from Palm Beach Atlantic University, 2008. twitter
Deputy State Director Beth Hamilton
(announced
Aug. 31, 2015) Just finished managing Mississippi Insurance
Commissioner Mike Chaney's Aug. 2015 primary re-election campaign.
Opportunity
and
Freedom
PAC
I
...pro-Perry
super
PAC filed with the FEC on
June 26, 2015.
Senior Advisor Austin Barbour
Co-founder (2011) and managing partner of the Clearwater Group, LLC;
partner
in
Strategic
Partners
&
Media.
Senior
strategist
on
U.S.
Sen.
Thad
Cochran's
2014
re-election
campaign;
ran
Mississippi
Conservatives
PAC,
a
super
PAC
that
helped
Cochran
fend
off
a
2014
primary
challenge
from
state
Sen.
Chris
McDainel.
A
member
of
the
strategy
team
for
Romney
for
President
in
2012.
Government
relations
specialist
at
the
regional
firm,
Capitol
Resources
from
2003;
took
a
leave
of
absence
from
lobbying
during
2008
to
serve
as
campaign
manager
for
Roger
Wicker's
U.S.
Senate
campaign.
Ran
Haley's
PAC
from
its start in Sept. 2004. Finance director for
Haley Barbour’s first campaign for Governor of Mississippi in
2003. Graduate of University of Mississippi,
1999. Nephew of Haley Barbour. twitter
Treasurer and Counsel Stefan C. Passantino
Partner at Dentons
(merged with McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP in 2015); with McKenna
from Oct. 2003. General counsel on Newt 2012. Partner at
Amall Golden Gregory LLP, June 1993-Oct. 2003. J.D. from Emory
University School of Law, 1991.
Counsel Benjamin P. Keane
Political law managing associate at Dentons; political law associate at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP from 2011. Koch legal associate and visiting legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, 2010-11. Litigation associate at Alston & Bird LLP, 2006-09. Communications and research analyst at the RNC, 2001-03. J.D. from University of Virginia School of Law, 2006. A.B. in politics from Princeton University, 2001.
Opportunity
and
Freedom
PAC
II
...pro-Perry
super
PAC filed with the FEC on
July 10, 2015.
Senior Advisor Austin Barbour
Co-founder (2011) and managing partner of the Clearwater Group, LLC;
partner
in
Strategic
Partners
&
Media.
Senior
strategist
on
U.S.
Sen.
Thad
Cochran's
2014
re-election
campaign;
ran
Mississippi
Conservatives
PAC,
a
super
PAC
that
helped
Cochran
fend
off
a
2014
primary
challenge
from
state
Sen.
Chris
McDainel.
A
member
of
the
strategy
team
for
Romney
for
President
in
2012.
Government
relations
specialist
at
the
regional
firm,
Capitol
Resources
from
2003;
took
a
leave
of
absence
from
lobbying
during
2008
to
serve
as
campaign
manager
for
Roger
Wicker's
U.S.
Senate
campaign.
Ran
Haley's
PAC
from
its start in Sept. 2004. Finance director for
Haley Barbour’s first campaign for Governor of Mississippi in
2003. Graduate of University of Mississippi,
1999. Nephew of Haley Barbour. twitter
Treasurer and Counsel Stefan C. Passantino
Partner at Dentons
(merged with McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP in 2015); with McKenna
from Oct. 2003. General counsel on Newt 2012. Partner at
Amall Golden Gregory LLP, June 1993-Oct. 2003. J.D. from Emory
University School of Law, 1991.
Counsel Benjamin P. Keane
Political law managing associate at Dentons;
political
law associate at
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP from 2011. Koch legal associate
and visiting legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, 2010-11.
Litigation associate at Alston & Bird LLP, 2006-09.
Communications and research analyst at the RNC, 2001-03. J.D.
from University of Virginia School of Law, 2006. A.B. in politics
from Princeton University, 2001.