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Eric Nielsen
ERIC NIELSEN
Eric Nielsen was Youth Coordinator for the successful Ken Cuccinelli for Attorney General of Virginia campaign in 2009. In this capacity, he oversaw a thirty-one point swing from Democrat in 2008 to Republican in 2009 for voters under age thirty. Prior to that Nielsen served as campaign manager for a 2008 congressional race in North Carolina. Nielsen graduated from Elon University in North Carolina in 2004 where he served as Chairman of College Republicans, and as a volunteer on many political campaigns. He was also a new media intern at the 2000 Republican National Convention.
Nielsen currently serves as Manager of Course Development at Viguerie Marketing Institute™ in Manassas, Virginia.
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Richard Viguerie - Richard Viguerie is chairman of The Viguerie Marketing Institute™, a division of his Virginia-based marketing agency American Target Advertising. Viguerie helped build the modern conservative movement, mailing more than 3 billion letters and helping raise over $7 billion since 1965 for pro-freedom groups and causes.
Rebecca Hagelin - Rebecca Hagelin is the President and CEO of Rebecca Hagelin Communications and Marketing, LLC.
Ben Hart - Ben Hart served as President of Richard Viguerie’s American Target Advertising from 1999 to 2004, now serves as Senior Advisor there. He also runs an Internet marketing consulting firm and an online marketing training school.
Diana Bannister - Diana Banister serves as the Vice President and Partner of Shirley & Banister Public Affairs (SBPA), where she has been since 1997.
Eric Nielsen - Eric Nielsen was Youth Coordinator for the successful Ken Cuccinelli for Attorney General of Virginia campaign in 2009.
Gary Meredith - For three decades Gary Meredith has provided marketing strategies and creative direction for some of the nation’s leading non-profit and commercial organizations. Meredith currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Development at American Target Advertising, Inc.
Mark J. Fitzgibbons - Mark J. Fitzgibbons is President of Corporate and Legal Affairs for American Target Advertising. Since 1993, Mr. Fitzgibbons has litigated constitutional cases and battled excessive and unreasonable government regulation of the direct marketing industry.