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NATIONAL SMOKERS_/MJJANCE FOR I2~LMEDIATE RELEASE March ";, 1994 Contact: Bill Althaus (703) 684-4842 National Smokers Alliance Launches 1994 Activities Alexandria, Va., ,March 7 -- Smokers around the country have united to form a national organization dedicated to protecting their rights by promoting policies of accommodation. Based in Alexandria, Va, the National Smokers Alliance (NSA) today announced the formation and launch of its 1994 membership drive. "Respect for individual rights, which is a tradition in America, has been replaced with intolerance and infringement on personal freedoms," said William J. Althaus, the former mayor of York, Pa, who is serving as the chairman of the NSA National Board of Advisors. "Smokers are the most prominent target of this movement, making the National Smokers ?dl.ia_nce an essential voice in the fight to protect individual rights." Among the many challenges facing smokers in 1994 is a measure under consideration in Cengress that would ban smoking in almost all public places nationv,~de. In addition, state and local governments around the country are banning smoking in a variety of places, including offices, restaurants, airports and shopping mails. "Public opinion polls have shown that Americans support accommodation, not government-imposed bans," said Oscar Coff'ey Jr., president and chief executive officer of the U.S. African-American Chamber of Commerce and a member of the NSA Board of Advisors. "Based on first-hand experience, I knox,," that business owners need to have the Ilex.ibility to meet the needs of all their employees and customers -- and not have their hands tied by legislators. That's why promoting accommodation is the primary goal of the NSA." Fighting increases in cigarette excise taxes at all levels of gov(~rnment also will be a focus of the alliance this year, with one of the first battles facing NSA members being the 75- cent-per.pack increase in the federal cigarette tax proposed in the administration's health care reform package "While we all may agree with the premise behind health care reform, singling out one group to pay for a program that benefits everyone is wrong," said Charles Sydnor, president and chief executive oflbcer of the Central Virginia Educational Telecommunications Corporation and a member of the NSA Board of Ad'+isors. "The alliance serves as the platform from which the nation's more than 50 million smokers can exercise their political and economic power to stop this type of discriminatory legislation. (more) tlf IVlr'th Ooil| ltellt .lllll 100 Alllltitell, Yi ttlt4 TII. 701,114.414! fl[ 701.184.4847

In addit{on to serving as a nation~l platforrm the NSA ~,~ll provide members v, ith a wide va~iety of" services, including a bi-monthly newsletter, special a~en bulletins and a.n $00 number where members can get current lrd'ormation on issues a.fl'ecthng theh" r~E, hts. l:unding for NSA activities w~ll come fi-om membership fees, as well as grmts fi'om va.dous segments of the tobacco industry, including g~'owers, suppliers, reta.i]ers, distributors and manufacturers.

NATIONAL SMOKERS ALLIAI~'CE Mission Statement The National Smokers Alliance ('NSA) is a newly created organization ~dth a mission to presets'e, protect and defend every adult's freedom to smoke. ., Based in Alexandria. Va., the organization is building a geographically and demographically diverse membership representing a broad cross section of'American citizens. Its members are politicaJly active adults who support the freedom of choice to smoke and are no longer willing to let smokers be treated as second-class citizens. They are mobilized and ready to fight for the accommodation of their rights at the local, state and federal level. Specifically, the NSA is working to haJt the country's movement towards the prohibition of smoking. It is opposed to the imposition of smoking bans and other divisive actions. Instead, the NSA advocates accommodation ~s a reasonable, rational resolution to the situatior~ conjoining smokers and nonsmokers today. NSA believes that reason should dominate while negotiating smoking policies, and that the protection of Individual fights is the most important goal. Complete bans are irrational when there are ways in wldch both the rights of nonsmokers and smokers can be accommodated in all places. The NSA also is against discriminatory hh'ing practices. The organization believes that employers have no right to base employment decisions on such personal choices as smoking. Further, the NSA is against other unt'~ir practices that discriminate against smokers, such r~ising excise taxes on tobacco products at the state and federal level. NSA does not believe in targeting any one group to finance a national or state program that benefits the entire population. The NSA views the recent decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on secondhand smoke to be polhi¢~/ly motivated and designed to force complete smoking bans in the workplace. The NSA believes the report lacks scientific credibility. The NSA is an ~vocate of`peer-re~'iewed, cr~ble scientific studies on such issues. The NSA's goal is to provide its members with a highly visible, national platform in support of their causes. The NSA strives to ensure that its members' voices are heard and that action is taken at ~11 levels of`government ~nd business ag~n_ct excessive infi'ingements on smokers' rights. The NSA will provide its members with the necessary tools and power tO speak out and fight against discrimir~tory behavior. The NSA continues to grow a¢ a powerful and politically vi&ble org~'fix.ation. Its doctrine is firmly rooted in the belief that protecting an individual's right to choose while accommodating the desires of`both smokers ~nd nonsmokers is eminently achievable, and isthe key to f~ir and rational decision malting in today's public reatlm.

To summarize, the NSA's goals axe to: • Empower smokers thxough a~ org~.rtization that v,~II develop a national political campaign for the accommodation of smokers' rights • IdentLCy, recruit, educate and mobilize a powerful aJIi~nce of smokers' rights activists t/-zoughout the Urdted States • Develop and organize resista~ce to infringement of smokers' rights at the federaJ, state and local level • Send messages to employers and retailers showing smokers as a powerful economic ~nd political force prepared to vigorously defend their rights to smoke • Provide a variety of opporturdties for participation in smokers' fights activities

NSA NATIONAL BOARD OF ADVISORS The Honorable '~Villiam J. Aithaus, Chairman Former Mayor, York, PA Former President, U.$. Conference of Mayors Wm. C. "Bill" Anderson Government Relations Representative Jeanie Austin Co-Chairman, Republiczm National Committee Oscar J. Coffey Jr., LL.D. President/CEO, U.S. African-.4a-nerican Chamber of Commerce John F. Droney Jr. Pr~,cipaL Le~T & Droney, P.C. The Honorable Milton "Toby" Fitch Jr. Majority Leader, House of R.epresematives, North Carolina J. Curtis Herge Partner, Herge, Spaxks & Christopher Bruce Herschensohn Set, or Fellow, Clak,-mont Institute John Hillerman Actor Fred M. Hodges ~,qce President of Sales, Bailey Maxketing Group, Inc. David A. Keene President Keen~-Ialper & A.ssociates

Peter G. Kelly Former Democratic National Committee Finance Chairman Louise T. Lindblom Media and Advocacy Director, National Urban Coalition Andre Morgan Film and TeIevision Producer David Myers Founder/Director, League for Smokers' Rights Lyn Nofziger President, .No fz.iger Commumcations ,'~larc Rotterman President, John Locke Foundation Joseph A. Ruggiero Chief Counsel for the Democratic Party, Connecticut The Honorable Pierre Salinger Former U.S. Senator & Wl~te House Press Sccreta.~,.' Craig Shirley President and CEO, Craig Shirley & Associates, Inc. The Honorable Phil Stout Former State Legislator, Nevada Dr. Charles Sydnor President and CEO, Central Xc~ginia Public Television The Honorable. Guy Vander Jagt Former U.S. Congressman, .Michigan

NSA BOARD M~MBER BIOS The Honorable William Althaus Chairman of the Board of Advisor~, National Smoker~ Alliance William AJthaus is chairman of the Board of Advisors of the National Smokers Alliance (NSA) and a consultant to Burson-Marstellefs Washington, D.C. office. Before joining NSA, Althaus was the mayor of York, Pa., having the distinction of being the youngest person ever elected to that office. First elected in 1981, Althaus served three consecutive terms as mayor. In 1992, Althaus was elected president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors where he previously held the position of vice president and chairman of the Advisory Board, among other positions. Active in international affairs, Althaus also has served on several international ~lelegations, including the U.S. Delegation to U.S.-Japan Fellowship Exchange. In ~ldition, he served as chair of the Delegation of U. S. Mayors to the Jerusalem Conference of Mayors and chairman of the U.S. Delegation to Fifth Conference of Great Cities of the Americas in the Dominican Republic. Althaus also addressed the Council of Europe on Municipal Cooperation in France. Althaus has served as president of the Pennsylvania League of Cities and the National Conference of Republican Mayors and was appointed by Presidents Reagan and Bush to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Althaus earned a bachelor's degree from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., and a juris doctor from The Dickinson School of Law in Carlyle, Pa. Win. C. "Bill" Anderson Government Relations Representative Wm. C. "Bill" Anderson is a government relations representative who works with Congress seeldng support for a variety of legislation. Anderson began his career as a lobbyist in 1961 as legislative director for the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation in St. Paul, Minn. In 196"I, he moved to the American Farm Bureau Federation where he served as assistant legislative director. He became vice president of government relations for the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) in 1976, and, after 13 years with IPAA, he left to become chiefofsta.ffto New Jersey Representative J'tm S~ton. From,1989 to 1991, he also sen,'ed as the, political action committee director of the National Republican Congressional Committee. A graduate of Wickita State Urfiversity in Wichita, Kan., Anderson has a bachelor's degree in political science. Jeanie R. Austin Co-Chairman, Republican National Committee Jeanie Austin is the co-chairman of the Republican National Committee (RlqC). Serving her third term as co-chair, Austin actively works to build .the Republican Party ~om the grassroots level. Prior to her election as co-chairman, Austin was state chairman for the Republican Party of Florida -- the only woman to hold that position since the part~s inception. During her tenure as state chairman, Republic~m registration increased dr~anatically as did the number of local office, holders.

Since her first election to the RNC in 1989, Austin has developed several programs designed to educate party members on the state and local levels. She developed ~Women Who Win," a seminar designed to aggressively recruit women candidates that has trained over 1,000 candidates, campaign m~agers and party members. Austin also developed "Spotlight on You" and "Nuts & Bolts," programs that train county chairmen and local party members on the mechanics of running a political campaign. Twice named "Woman of the Year" by the American Business Women's Association, Austin also is president of her own floor-covering business in Orlando, Fla. Oscar Coffey Jr. President/CEO U.S. Afrlcan-American Chamber of Commerce Oscar Coffey Jr. is president and chief executive officer of the U.S. African-American Chamber of Commerce. Since 1983, he has been working to create strategies for members of'local chambers of commerce to share in the collective buying power of African-American communities. Besides his work for the U.S. African-American Chamber of Commerce, Coffey also serves as president and chief executive officer of the Oakland/Mameda County Black Chamber of Commerce in California. Holding this position for 20 yea's, Coffey has been coordinating strategies on the local level. While maintaining these important positions, Coffey pursued his own business interests. Since 1981, Coffey has been president and CEO of the Chamber Center Developers, Inc., a 1;10 million downtown development project in Oakland, Cali£ He also has been a senior partner of the Housing Rehabilitation of California, Inc. since 1983. A recipient of numerous honors and awards, Coffey has been honored with a PresidentiaJ Certificate of Appreciation and has received thh National Forum for Black Public Administrators' Outstanding Contribution Award and the NAACP Service Award, among others. Born in New Orleans, La., Coffey attended the CaLifornia State University at Hayward and Walker's School ofl.nsurance and Salesmanship in New Orleans. John F. Droney Jr. Principal, Levy & Droney, P.C. John F. Droney Jr. is a principai in the firm Levy & Droney, P.C. in Farmingtort, Conn. Droney has a diverse legal, political and civic background. He served on the West Hartford T0g-n Council from 1977 to 1981, rising to the Democratic minority leader in 1978. He served as the West Ha~ford Democratic Town Chair from 1981 to 1987 and as chair of the Democratic State Central Committee of Connecticut for. six years. Droney is a member of the Democratic Leadership Council and served as chair ofthe Connecticut Clinton For President Campaign in 1992, as well as a national finance co<hair for the Bill Clinton For President campaign. Spending several years in public service, Droney worked in the Voluntary Defender Program with Hartford County Bar and as special public defender in Hartford County. He later worked as special assistant attorney general for banking and as special state's attorney in the judicial district of Waterbury and in Hartford County. He also was on the board of directors for Hartford Neighborhood Legal Services, vice chair of the Board of Special Assessments in West Hartford, Conn., and a member of the Cormec~icut attorney general's Blue Ribbon Commissior~ among other organizations. Droney received a bachelor's degree from the College of the H01y Cross in Worcester, Mass. Graduating cure laude with his juris_doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law in West 2

Hartford, Conn., Droney was a member of the board of editors of the University of Connecticut Law "Review." A ~requent lecturer on legal and government issues, Droney received the University of Connecticut School of Law Distinguished Alurru~ Award in 1989. The Honorable Milton "Toby" Fitch Jr. North Carolina House of Representatives Milton "Toby" Fitch Jr. is a North Carolina State Representative. First elected in 1985, Rep. Fitch has served 10 years as the representative of the 70th district, including three years as House Majority Whip and, more recently, as House Majority Leader. He also is a member of the Legislative Black Caucus. Fitch has been active on several legislative commiaees while in oftice. He has ~erved as co-chair for Congressional Redistricting Commit'tee and the Legislative and Local Redistricting Committee. He is a member of the Courts, Justice, Constitutional Amendments and Referenda Committee, the Finance Sub- Committee on Ways and Means, Judiciary I Committee and Public Employees Committee. In addition to his role as a North Carolina State Representative, Fitch has served on several commissions including co-chairing the State Personnel Study Committee and serving as a member of the Affordable Health Access Study Commission, State Advisory Board and Workplace Safety Study Commission. Fitch received his bachelor's of science degree in 1969 and hisjuris doctor in 1972 from North Carolina Central University. J. Curtis Herge Partner, Herge, Sparks & Christopher J. Curtis Herge is a partner in the law firm of Herge, Sparks 8: Christopher in McLean, Va. Since the company was founded in 1985, Herge has been providing legal counsel on a variety of legal issues. Herge began his career in 1963 as an associate in the New York law firm Mudge, Rose, Guthrie md Alexander. After eight years at the firm, he left to serve as director of the Presidential Inaugural Committee. In 1973, Herge was appointed as the special assistant to the U.S. attorney general. He later moved to the U.S. Department of Interior where he served as associate solicitor of conservation and wildlife. He became assistant to the secretary and chiefofstaffofthe U.S. Department of Ymterior in 1~;74 where he served for two yeats until he lef~ to start Sedam & Herge, a law ftrm in McLear,, Va. The firm later became Herge, Sparks & Christopher, where he currently praenices law. Serving on the boards of directors of a number of charitable, non-profit and commercial corporations, Herge also has served as chair and member of the board of'directors of The George Washington National Bank. He is a member of the Northern Virginia Estate Planning Council, the advisory board of the Washington Legal Foundation and serves as a member of the Advisory Council 0n the Natural Resources of the Republican National Committee. Licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, New York and Virginia, Herge attended Comell University in Ithaca, N.Y., and received his bachelor's degree and juris doctor from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J.

Bruce Herschensohn Political Figure and Film Maker Bruce Hcrschcnsohn is a well-know~ political figure and film maker. Most recently, Herschensohn was the 1992 Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in California. His career, thougk, did not begin in politics. After a brief stint in the U.S. Air Force, Herschensohn started a c.,~reer in film production in 1954 a~ ~.m editor for Cmneral Dynamics. He later returned to Los Angeles and founded Herschensohn Motion Picture Productions, a documentary production company that made films for both government and business. One of Herschensohn's most notable films of this time is the documentary "$ohn F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums," which was granted a non-partisan act of Congress to allow its exhibition in the United States. In 1968, Hcrschensohn was appointed to the position of Dh'octor of'Motion Picture and Television Sew'ice for the United States Information Agency (USIA) by President 1ohnson. After four years and many awards, Herschensohn resigned from USIA to begin his career in public service as Deputy Special Assistant to the President in the N'LxOn Administration. He spent 1972 to 1974 advising the president on domestic and foreign policy. Returning to California, Herschensohn became involved in Republican politics. In 1978, he became a political commentator forKABC-TV and KABC-AM and was kno~,,~ for his spirited debated ,,vith former Califorrda Senator John Turmey. Herschensohn has received many distinctions, including being named one of the nation's "Ten Outstanding Young Men" in 1969 and receiving the second-highest civilian award, "The Distinguished Service Medal," in 1972. He was a member ofthe founding Board of Trustees of The American Film Institute with Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck, and most recently, became a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute in Montelair, Calif. John Flillerman Actor J'ohn Hillerman is an actor who has enjoyed a successful stage, television and film career. Fr,_dlerman is well-known for his portrayal of Jonathan Quayle Higgins on the hit television series, "Magnum P.I." I-~ierman began his career in the U.S. Air Force. While stationed in Fort Wonk, Texas, H.illerman joined a commurdty theatre group and r~)ized he should pursue a career in acting. After his release from the Air Force, he moved to New York and enjoyed an active stage career, appearing in more than 100 leading roles in such plays as "Othello," "Our Town," "Death of a Salesman" and "The Seven-Year Itch." He later moved to Washington, D.C., where he spent four ye.ars at the Theatre Club, starring in virtually every production presented during that time. After 15 years on the stage, he set offfor.FIollywood to pursue a movie and television career, He was recognized by producer/dh'ector Peter Bogd~movich and has since been cast in 21 movie roles, including "The Last Picture Show," "What's Up Doc?," "China Town" and "Paper Moon." In addition to his big screen career, he has made more than 300 television appearances during his 24 years in California, ranging fi'om super sleuth Simon Brimmer on "Ellery Queen" to Bonnie Franidin's boss in "One Day at a Time." I-rallerman's most popular role, though, was as the acerbic, ex-British army veteran, Jonathan " Higgins, in "Magnum P.I." He enjoyed this role for more than eight years, receiving both an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award as Outstanding Supporting Actor. When "Magnum" ended, ItiIlerman took a brief

hiatus and then accepted the role as Sandy Duncan's father in "The Hogan Family." He also has made numerous appearances on television series, including "A~sault and Matrimony," CBS's "Street of Dreams," "Murder She Wrote," "Hart to Ha~" and NBC's three-part, six-hour series, "Around the World in 90 Days." Most recently, he spent a year in Berlin filming "Berlin Break" for European television. Although most people believe Hillerman is British, he is a native of Denison, Texas. He attended the University of Texas, where he majored in journalism. Fred M. Hodges IXI Vice President of Sales, Bailey Marketing Group, Inc. Fred M. Hodges III is vice president of sales for the Bailey Marketing Group..Working as an ad and premium sales specialist, he has been with the company since 1989. Hodges began his career in 1981, working in the leaf department of the Universal Leaf Tobacco Co. in Kichrnond, Va. He let~ in 1989 to manage several tobacco company accounts for Bailey Marketing. In 1991, Hodges expanded his experience, working as the major supplier of campaign materials for the Bush/Quayle Presidential Campaign. Active in corrtmunJty service, Hodges served as a sponsor patron for two years before serving as area chair for Ducks Unlimited in 1993. Hodges has a bachelor's degree in business administration fiom Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. David A. Keene President, Keene/Halper & Associates David A. Keene is president ofKeene/Halper & Associates, a government and political consulting firm based in Alexandria, Va. In addition to his responsibilities to the firm, he is editor of The Keene Report, a political newsletter. Keene has extensive national political experience, having been involved in presidential politics since 1968. He worked in the White House during the Nixon Administration as political assistant to Vice President Agnew and later, on Capitol t-fill, as executive assistant to Sen. James L. Bueidey. As southern regional coordinator for Ronald Reagan in the 1976 presidential campaign and national political direclor for George Bush in 1980, Keene won recognition for his skill in organizing political operations at thenational level. Keene was senior political consultant to Sen. Robert Dole and is chair of the American Conservative Union. A respected republican commentator, Keene has worked as a consultant to CBS News and has written for the Boston Globe. Keene is a former John F. Keruaedy Fellow at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., and is a former member of the Board of Visitors of the School of Public Policy at Duke .University in Raleigh, N.C. He received his bachelor's degree and juris doctor from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis.

Peter G. Kelly Principal, Updike, Kelly and Spellacy, P.C. Peter G. Kelly is a principal in the law firm Updike, Kelly and Spellacy, P.C. in Hartford, C~rm. Kelly is a prominent national senior political strategist and fund-raiser for the National Democratic Part5,. He also is a principal with the Washington, D.C., public affairs firm Black, Manafon, Stone & Kelly. Since 1978, Kelly has served in more than a dozen Democratic Pax~ leadership posts, ranging from full-time voluntary positions as national treasurer from 1979 to ! 981 and national finance chair from 1981 to 1985 to senior advisory positions on the 1988 C, vore presidential campaign and the 1992 Clinton president campaign. Since 1980, he has served in many appointive positions for Democratic national conventions and has sc~cd as political counsel, financial planner and fund-raiser to more than 35 Democratic senatorial candidates. He also served on the Democratic N'atlonal Committee from 1976 to 1992. Kelly is one of the original architects of the U.S. private sc~or initiative on foreign affairs. He was founder and treasurer and currently serves as director of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. He was founder and now serves as the chair and as a director ofthe Center for Democracy, a bipartisan foundation in Washington, D.C., that engages in various programs with countries around the world. A prominent participant in state wide affairs in Connecticut, Kelly is a member of several civic boards, including the national board of the Institute of Living at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn. He is co-chair of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and a member of its National Board of Governors. He also served as a member of the board of regents of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and as a member of the board of visitors of its graduate program on public policy. Kelly graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University and holds a juris doctor from the Yale Law School in IN'ew Haven, Conn., where he served as an editor of "The Yale Law .lournal." He has received numerous awaxds, including the John Carroll Award from C_~orgeto~ University and the Yale Law School Association Distinguished Set, Ace Award. Louise T. Lindblom Media and Advocacy Director, National Urban Coalition Louise T. Lindblom is the media and advocacy director of the National Urban Coalition. In this role, she manages media activities, produces coalition publications, directs the advocacy and governmental affairs efforts and prepares proposals for foundation and government funding. Lindblom began her career as executive director of the Alabama Democratic Party. She spent eight year's in this position until she moved to the Democratic National Committee ('DNC) in i ,382. She served as executive director of the Compliance Review Commission and as executive director of Credentials Committee for the 1984 Democratic National Convention during her three years at the DNC. In 1985, she left to operate Process, Inc., a Washington, D.C., consulting fixm. She became the director of public information at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Ala., in 1986 and remained there until accepting her current position in 1989. Active in many organizations, Lindblom is on the board of trustees for the American Council of Young Political Leaders and is a member of the advisory board of the Civic Television Network.

Andre Morgan Partner, Ruddy & Morgan Productions Andre Morgan is panner in Ruddy & Morgan Productions, a successful motion picture and television production and sales company. In this role, he puts to use 2O years experience in the international entertainment industry managing a multi-mitlion dollar production and development slate. The company has developed and produced films such as "Ladybugs," starring Rodney Dangerfield; "Farewell to the King," starring Nick Nolte; and "Speed Zone," starring John Candy, Eugene Levy and Brooke Shields. Morgan began his career when he joined the Golden Harvest Group of Companies in 1972. Morsan's success as producer of the Bruce Lee hit, "Enter the Dragon," led to four years of producing a variety of films on four continents. In 19"/6, his responsibilities expanded to the designing and stuffing of an international sales and marketing division as assistant general manager of Panasia Films, Ltd. In 1978, Morgan became director and chief operating oi~cer of Golden Communications, the international motion picture production and distribution company. In this role, he packaged and super~4se.d the production of 10 motion pictures, including "Cannonball Run, .... Cannonball Run l'I," "I-fish Road to China" and "Lassiter." He left Golden Communications in 1984 to form Ruddy & Morgan. Morgan majored in history, Asian studies and Oriental languages and literature at the University of Kansas. He is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese. Dave Myers Owner, Dave Myers & Associates Dave Myers is owner of Dave Myers & Associates, a company that designs and sells energy- e~cient lighting systems to business and government. A skilled marketing and general management executive, Myers has more than 20 years of diverse experience. Myers began his career in the U.S. Air Force in 1965, serving as sergeant until 1969. From the Air Force, he moved to BOMAG USA. a manufacturer of construction machinery, where he worked as director of sales and marketing for 15 years. He later became president and chief executive officer of" Candlewood Utilities, Inc., a water and sewer utility company. In 1984, he also became president ~nd co- owner of Candlelite Homes, a mobile home sales and service company. In 1987, Myers joined the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) as a field representative. In this position, Myers was responsible for expanding the membership of this national, small-business lobbying organization. Moving to R.L. Polk & Co. in 1989 as regional manager for Ohio and Indiana, Myers managed sales operations for this publisher of city directories until he lei~ to form Dave Myers & Associates in 1992. A ~rong advocate for smokers' rights, Myers founded the League for Smokers' Rights in 19931 This national organization was created to protect the freedoms of and fight excessive taxation of smokers. Stud)4ng electrical engineering, Myers attended the University of Minnesota.

Lyn Nofziger President, Nofziger Communications Lyn Nofziger is president of Nofziger Communications, a Washington consulting firm. N'ofziger began his career as a newspaper reporter in 1950 with the Copley N.ewspaper in California He served as a Washington correspondent for Copley ~om 1958 to 1966, when he returned to Califo~a to become the press secretary for Ronaid Reagan's first race for governor. When Reagan was elected, Hofziger served as his d~ector ofcommurdcations for two years before leaving to become a political consultant. Over the next I 1 years, N.ofziger held numerous political positions, including serving as deputy assistant to President taxon for con~essional relations; deputy chairman for communications of the Republican National Committee; numerous roles in the Reagan and Ford-Dole presidential campaigns; executive vice chairman of Citizens for the Republican, Reagan's political action committee: deputy chairman for finance and press secretary in Reagan's successful 1980 presidential campaign; and assistant to President Reagan for political aft'airs. He also served as a senior advisor on the Reagan 1984 re- election campaign. In 1992, Nofziger founded Nofziger & Bragg Communications, a government consulting firm, and left it ~n 1988 to form Nofziger Communications. Nofziger is a graduate of San Jose State College v~th a degree in journalism and a veteran of World War If. He is the author of two books, "Nofziger," a political memoir, and "Tackett," a novel. Marc E. Rotterman Partner, Rotterman & Associates Marc E. Rotterman is the president of the John Locke Foundation, a fi'ee-market think tank based ~ Raleigh, N.C. and a partner in Rotterman & Associates, a goverrunent, communications and public relations consulting business. Trained in media communications, Rotterman spent several years as a news announcer and radio "~ent" for a California public radio station. In 1980, Rotterman joined the Reagan presidential campaign staffwhere he worked as the assistant to the deputy domestic poli~ advisor. After President Reagan's election, Rotterman worked as the administrative assistant to the domestic policy advisor of the presidential transition team. When President Reagan assumed office, Rotterman joined the staffofthe U.S. Secretary of Transportation as a special assistant to the deputy secretary. Later, he served as special assistant for public affairs for the secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Rot~rman le~ government s~rvice in 1984 to manage a successful congressional race in North Carolina. After the election, he was asked to serve in the ne~'ly-elected governor's administration as the public affairs director of one of the state's largest agencies.- Rotterman founded Rotterman & Associates in August 1985 and has worked with a cross-section of campaigns -- fi'om secretary of state races to the presidential races of 1984, 1988 and 1992.

Joseph A. Ruggiero Chief Counsel for the Democratic Party, State of Connecticut Joseph A. Ruggiero is chief'counsel t'or the Democratic Party in Connecticut. He also is a principal in Ruggiero, Ziogas & Allaire, Attorneys and Counselors at Law ~n Bristol, Conn. He also is a trustee for the Center for Democracy. Ruggiero began his legal career in 1971 as an associate with Watstein 8: Watstein, A~torneys at Law in Bristol, Conn. In 1973, he lef¢ to start his own firm, Joseph A. Ruggiero, Attorney at Law. The fia'm later became Ruggiero, Ziogas & Allaire, Attorneys at Law. In addition to his professional c~reer, Ruggiero has extensive political experience. In 1979, he was elected state senator representing the 30th District in Connecticut, and fi'om 1979 to 1981, he served as vice chair for the Finance, Review and Bonding Committee, as well as on the Appropriations Committee and as chair of the Collective Bargaining Subcommittee in the Connecticut General Assembly. He also has worked as assistant counsel or chief counsel to a number of cities including Bristol, Plymouth and Litchfield, Conn., and was special counsel to Gov. W'dliam A. O~leill from 1983 to 1986. Active in community service, Ruggiero was legal counsel to the Bristol Association of.Retarded Citizens. He is a former member of the board of directors for the Bristol Association of Retarded Citizens and former director of" the Long River Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Ruggiero received his bachetor's degree from St. Michael's College in Winooski, Vt., and his juris doctor from the University of Cormecticut School of Law in West Hartford, Conn. The Honorable Pierre Salinger Vice Chairman, Burson-Marsteller Pierre Salinger is vice chah-maa of Burson-Marsteller. He is based in the Washington office and serves as senior media and public affairs adviser to B-M clients and plays a key role in further developing Burson-MarsteIIer's extensive worldwide media capabilities. Salinger came to national prominence first as chief investigator for Robert F, Kennedy, who was counsel to the U.S. Senate commhtee investigating Teamsters International president Jimmy Hoffa. He later worked for U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy during his 1960 presidential campaign, organizing press operations, and became White House press secretary after Kennedy was elected president. After Presidem Kennedy's assassination, he continued to serve as White House press secretary at President Johnson's request, but resigned in 1964 when he was appointed fill a vacant seat in the U.S. Senate representing CalLfornia. Although he later won a primary election for the seat, he lost the general election Salinger then entered the business world as vice president of National General Corporation and later vice president of Continental Airlines. He left this post to work as director for Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign, and later was president of the National Committee for George McGovern for President. In 1973, Salinger returned tohis roots in journalism Having started as a copy boy and later award-winning investigative reporter a~ the San Francisco Chronicle, Salinger became roving editor Of L'Erpress in Paris before moving to ABC News in 1978. Salinger served as ABC's Paris bureau chief for nine years. In 1983, he became the chief foreign correspondent and was promoted in 1983 to senior editor/Europe, a post he held until his retirement from ABC in 1993. APter leaving ABC, Salingerjoined Burson-Marsteller, but continues to serve as a consultant to the network. Salinger is author of eight books, including With Kenned), and Secret Dossier: the Hidden Age~Ma Behind the Gulf Crisis. He has a bachelor's degree in history from the University of San Francisco.

Craig Shirley President and Chief Executive Officer, Craig Shirley & Associate.s, Inc. Craig Shirley is president and chief executive officer of Craig Shirley & Associates, Inc., a public affairs/public relations firm in Alexandria, Va. Since founding the company in February 1992, he has worked with many political, trade and corporate clients. Shirley began his career in 1978, serving as press secretary for U.S. Sen. Gordon Humphrey. In early ! 980, he left the senator's office to db-ect the Fund for a Conservative Majority's independent campaign that supported Ronald Reagan for president. In ! 981, he became an account executive whh a major New York advertising fu'm. managing programs for the New York P, acing Association and the C.F. Hathaway Shin Company. In 1982, he became the communications advisor to the Republican National Committee, traveling across the country advising campaigns and state committees on public relations, political advertising and campaign strategy. During the 1984 presidential campaign, Shirley became director of commurtications for the National Conservative Political Action Committee, the largest independent political committee that spent more than $14 million on behalf of President Reagan's re- election. Later in 1984, Shirley formed Craig Shirley & Associates, Inc. In 1987, he joined forces with David Keene to form Keene, Shirley & Associates, Inc. For five years, Shirley worked on several major public relations/public a.flairs caxnpaigns until he re-opened Craig Shirley & Associates, Inc. A frequent commentator and public speaker, Shirley lectures at various seminars and has contributed articles to numerous publications, including The Los Angeles Times, 7~e Wasl)it)~ton Times and others. Phil Stout Executive Director, Nevada Association of Independent Businesses Phil Stout is the executive director of the Nevada Association of Independent Businesses, an 800- member association that lobbies state legislators on behalf of small business. Stout began his career in the U.S. Navy, serving as a meteorologist from 1959 to 1963. He left the Navy and spent a year as an accountant for Pan American World Airlines. He drew on his Navy experience when he began working for the U.S. Weather Bureau in 1964. He spent a yeztr working on the Nevada Test Site Project and then moved to work on the Pacific Weather Project/Far East from 1965 to 1967. He worked charting the weather for ships traveling in the Far ~'~¢~ until he was injured and disabled at Cam-Rahn-Bay, Vietnam, in 1967. Stout returned to Nevada and, later, became involved in politics. He was elected to the Henderson City CounciI in 1975 and served as councilman until 1979. In 1990; Stout was elected to the Nevada State Assembly. For two years, Stout served on the Assembly Ways and Means, Taxation and Labor and Management committee. Along with his political work, Stout has been involved in many government boards and commissions. He has acted as chairman of several committees, including the Henderson Beautification Committee and Senior Citizens Advisory Board, the Clark County Regional Streets and Highways Commission and the Nevada State Land Use Planning Advisory Council. He also is tireless in his community service acting as national d/rector for the Nevada .laycees and chairman of the first Special Olympics for re~arded children in Southern.Nevada, among other projects. Stout received his bachelor's degree in political science from University of Las Vegas. 10

Dr. Charles Sydnor President and CEO, Central Virginia Educational Telecommunications Corporation Charles Sydnor, Ph.D., is president and chief executive officer of Central Virginia Telecommunications Corporation (CVETC), a public broadcasting entity comprised of five television stations serving central and northern Virginia and a public radio station se~'ing central Virginia. Sydnor began his career as an history instructor at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He continued his teaching career as a visiting professor of history at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Term., in the summer of' 1974 and as an assistant to an associate professor at Longwood College in Farmville, Va., from 1972 to 1950. In 1975, Sydnor began a nine-year association with public television -- working as an independent project producer and writer for WCVE-TV ('PBS), one of the statio~ operated by the CVETC in Richmond, Va. Over these years, he produced several documentaries, including the award-winning "Adolf Hitler: 1889-1945," which won the James Harvey Robinson Prize of the American Historical Association. Sydnor also produced and hosted "Below the Line," a weekly instructional, international affairs program that was broadcast in Kichmond and Northern Virginia for use in high schools in 66 counties in Virginia. In 19g0, Sydnor began working on the administrative side of higher education as assistant to the president of Hampton-Sydney College in Hampton-Sydney, Va. He lei~ this position in 1982 to work: as the executive assistant to Chuck Robb, then governor of Virginia. After two years in Gov. Robb's office, he moved back to higher education when he became president of Emory and Henry College in Emory, Va., in 1984. He served in this office until accepting his current position at CVETC. An expert on the history of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, Sydnor also has worked for the Department of.lustice since 1981 as a consultant and expert witness on matters concerning Nazi Germany. Sydnor received his bachelor's degree from Emory and Henry College and his master's degree and doctorate from Vanderbilt University. He spent a year studying in the Federal Republic of Germany on a dissertation fellowship from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. Guy Vander Jagt Attorney, Baker & Hostetler Guy Vander Jagt is an attorney with Baker & Hostetler, concentrating his practice in the areas of tax, trade and legislative law. Prior to joining the firm, he served more than 25 years as a member ofthe U.S. House or'Representatives, representing Michigan's 9th eongressio.nal district. Vander Jagt was elected to the first of his 14 terms in 1966 after serving in the Michigan State Senate from 1965 to 1966. During his tenure on Capitol I-Iill, Vander Jagt rose to the second ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee and to the ranking Republican seat on the Trade Subcommittee, the Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee and the Health and Human Resources Subcommittee. Vander Jagt also served 18 years as the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. In this position, he campaigned on behalfofcon~'essional candidates in all 50 states and consulted regularly with Presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush and their cabinets. A native of Cadillac, Mich., Vander Jagt is a graduate of Hope College in Holland, Mich, and Yale University Divinity School in New Haven, Corm. He has served as a minister in the Presbyterian and Congregational churches. A.Rer eami.ng his law degree from the University of Michigart, he practiced with the law firm ofWan~er, Norcross, and Judd until his election to the Michigan State Senate. 11

Among his numerous professionaJ accomplishments, Var~der .lagt was awarded a Knighthood in the House of'Orange by Queen Julianna of'the Netherlands in 1986. He also is an inspirational speaker m~d has addressed national business and association conventions and colleges and universities.

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