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Great
Lakes Regional Chairman - Bob Kjellander
Central
Regional Political Director - Dave DenHerder
Bush-Cheney '04, Inc. |
20100 Civic Center Drive, #315 | Southfield
(Grand Opening April 8, 2004...Chairman
Gov. Marc Racicot and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney)
| General Chair |
Congresswoman Candice Miller |
(announced as Chairman Oct.
17, 2003)
Chairs
(announced Oct. 17, 2003) |
Attorney General Mike Cox
Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land |
| Executive Director |
John Dunagan |
(started Jan. 19, 2004)
Dunagan came to the campaign after serving as a vice president at Edelman
(Issues Advocacy Group, Brian Lunde) and at Powell Tate. Previously
he worked at the Leadership Institute, a non-profit political training
organization in Arlington, where he established and managed the Grassroots
Activist Program.
| Communications
Director |
Stephanie
Cathcart |
Previously worked at Edelman
Public Relations.
Field Staff
| Oakland and Wayne Counties |
Brendon Plack (started
January) |
Came to Michigan from Bush-Cheney
'04 national headquarters. Graduate of Augustana College in Sioux
Falls, SD.
| Macomb County and "the
thumb" |
Christopher Stio |
| Northern Michigan and the
Upper Peninsula |
Justin Busch
(started January) |
B.A. from Indiana University-Perdue
University Fort Wayne, 2003.
| Western, Southwest and
South Central Michigan |
Kyle Kizzier (started
December) |
Staffer to U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers
(MI-8). Graduate of Michigan State University.
| Mid- and Southeast Michigan
(Saginaw to Ohio border) |
Tom DelCarlo |
Student at Northwestern University
(taking a semester off).
| Events Director |
James Krol |
Experience in sales and marketing
with Invinity Systems and with General Mills.
| Coalitions Director |
David Murray |
Vice president of government
affairs at the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA).
Previously headed congressional affairs at Winstar Communications, Inc.
and the Personal Communications Industry Association. Legislative
Assistant to Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX).
coalitions are instrumental
in manning phone banks, doing lit. drops, building crowds for events...
-Social Conservatives.
This was by far the most active coalition; chaired by Bill Voorheis, a
Clio (northern Genesee County) real estate developer.
-Sportsmen.
Merle Shepard, head of government affairs for Safari Club International's,
chair.
-Veterans. Rob
Weiss, a Vietnam veteran from Lansing and quartermaster of the VFW, chair.
-Jews. Rabbi
E.B. Friedman of Royal Oak, chair.
-On April 20, 2004 Speaker
of the House Rick Johnson, Michigan State Rep. Judy Emmons, and Michigan
Agriculture Commission Member Doug Darling announced the Michigan Farm
Leadership Team in Lansing. Doug Darling of Maybee (Monroe County)
chaired the coalition. He is a partner in Darling Farms, a sesquicentennial
farm of 1,100 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat, alfalfa and feeder steers.
Also: Two Michigan State
University students, Michael Plato and Tim Phelps, headed up an active
students effort.
-On Feb. 17, 2004, the campaign
announced its Michigan County Leadership Team, comprising 114 Bush-Cheney
'04 county leaders.
Victory 2004 |
2121 E. Grand River Ave | Lansing
| Executive
Director |
Beth Thompson |
Field
director on the Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus' 2002 gubernatorial campaign (announced
Sept. 2001), after working for the Posthumus Leadership Fund.
Thompson also served as Third Vice-Chair in the Michigan Republican Party
from 2001-2003. Graduate of Michigan State University; during this
time she worked for state Senator Mat Dunaskiss.
| 72-Hour
Director |
Joshua Venable |
Graduate
of Hillsdale College, where he served as chair of the College Republicans,
2001-02.
| 72
Hour Logistics Coordinator |
Tony
Daunt |
2001 graduate
of Michigan State University with a B.A. in political science. Native
of Flint, MI.
| Events
Coordinator |
Michelle Rudoni |
Worked
in the Michigan State House of Representatives for Rep. James L. Koetje.
Served as campaign manager for Congressman Dave Camp and has worked on
many state and local campaigns. Graduate of Calvin College.
Originally from Mt. Pleasant, MI.
| Political
Desk Coordinator |
Robin Foster |
Graduate
of Washington State University. Originally from Fort Mill, SC.
| Absentee
Vote Coordinator |
Betsy Foster |
Graduate
of Hillsdale College. Interned for the White House’s Presidential
Personnel Office during summer 2002 and for the U.S. House Judiciary Committee
during summer 2003.
15 "Victory Centers" around the state:
Brighton
- 123 Brighton Lake Rd., Suite 101 Dearborn -
23852 Michigan Ave. East Lansing - 315 W. Grand
River Ave. Farmington Hills - 28124 Orchard Lk.
Rd., Ste.100 Flint - 4110 Pier North Blvd., Suite
A Grand Rapids - 353 Fuller N.E. Holland
- 230 Central Ave. Jackson - 1310 W. Michigan
Ave. Kalamazoo - 1710 W. Milham Rd., Portage
Macomb - 48129 Van Dyke Ave., Shelby Twp. Plymouth
- 44780 Helm Street Port Huron - 4861
24th Ave., Fort Gratiot Rochester - 1633 Star Batt Dr.,
Rochester Hills Saint Joseph - 815 Main St. Wyandotte
- 364 Eureka Rd.
Michigan Republican Party |
2121 E. Grand River Ave | Lansing
Elected to a two-year term on
Jan. 25, 2003; previously served as Chairman from May 1996-Feb. 2000.
National Finance Chairman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee
in 2000. Republican National Committeewoman for Michigan 1992-1997.
DeVos' biography notes that she has been active in Republican politics
"since serving as a 'scatterblitzer' for President Gerald R. Ford in 1976."
Chairman of The Windquest Group, a privately held company founded in 1989.
BS in Business Administration/Political Science from Calvin College in
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
| Executive
Director |
Greg McNeilly |
Previously served MRSC as its
Communications Director and Political Director; he is also a former Third
Vice-Chair of the MRSC. Communications director for Kids First! Yes!,
the group backing the voucher initiative on Michigan's Nov. 2000 ballot.
| Finance
Director |
Jana Jensen |
| Deputy
Finance Director |
Melissa Knutsen |
| Operations
Director |
Lisa Marcusse |
| Communications
Director |
Chris Paolino |
| Press Secretary |
Nate Bailey |
| Senior Field Director |
Frank Egeler |
| Field Coordinator |
Nick De Leeuw |
| eCommunications/Webmaster |
Bill Carney |
Has been with the Michigan Republican
Party since 2000. Previously, he served as Director of Computer Information
Systems for former Senate Majority Leaders Dan DeGrow and Dick Posthumus.
Additionally, he worked as an aide to former Senator Joel Gougeon, and
served as the Chairman of the Bay County Republicans. From Grand
Ledge.
| Accounting and Operations |
Henrietta Tow |
Has served MRSC since 1997.
Tow holds a B.A. in Accounting and Finance from Davenport College.
Religious and College Outreach - Amy Hawkins
Assistants: LaVonna Johnson (Fin.),
Megan Danielson (Admin.) |