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NSA NATIONAL BOA1tD OF AD'VISOBS' The Honorable William J. Althaus, Chairman. Former Mayor, York, PA Former President, iT. Sl Conference of Mayors Wm. C. "Bill"' Andierso,ni Government Relations Representative Jeanie Austin Co-Chairman, Republican National Connmittee Oscar J. Coffey Jr., LL.D. President/CEO, U. S: Afi ican-American Chamber of Commerce John F. Droney Jr. Principal, Levy & Droney, P.C. The Honorable 1Vlilrton "Toby" Fitch Jr. Majority Leader,, House of Representatives, Iuorth Carolina J. Curtis Herge Partner, Herge, Sparks & Christopher Bruce Herschensohn Senior Fellow, Clairmont Institute John Hillerman. Actor Fred M. Hodges IIffi Vice President of Salest Bailey Marketing Group, Inc. David A. Keene President Keene/Halper & Associates.

Peter G. Kelly Former Democratic National Committee Finance Chairman Louise T. Lindtilonr Media and' Advocacy Director, National' Urban Coalition Andre Morgan Film and Television Producer David Myers Founder/Director, League for Smokers' Rights Lyn, Nofziger President, Nofziger Comununications Marc Rotterman President, John Locke Foundation Joseph A. Ruggiero Chief Counsel for the Democratic Party, Connecticut The Honorable Pierre Salinger Former U,S. Senator & W'hite House Press Secretary Craig Shirley President and! CEO, Craig Shirley & Associates, Inc.. The Honorable Phil Stout Former State Legislator, Nevada Dr. Charles Sydnor President and CEO, Centrat Virginia Public Television The Honorable Guy Vander Jagt. Former U.S, Congressman; Michigan -

NSA B(JARD ~ ME1V'IBER BTOS The Honorable William Althaus Chairman of the Board of Advisors, National' Smokers Alliance William Althaus is chairrnnan of the Board of Advisors of the National Smokers Alliance (NSA) and a consultant to Burson-Marsteller's V4'ashington; 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. Actiwe:in international affairs, Althaus also has served oni several international delegationst including the U. S. Delegatiion to U. S..-Japan Fellowship Exehange. Iniadditiion, he serveds as chair of t'he. 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 addressedd the Council of Europe oniMunicipal Cooperation in France. Althaus has served, as president of the Pennsylvania League of Cities and! the National I Conference of Republican Mayors and was appointed by Presidents Reagan and Bush to the Advisory Council' on Historic Preservation. Althaus earned a, bachelbr's degree from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimor?e, Md., and a juris doctor from The Dickinson School of Law in Carlyle, Pa. Win. C. "Bill" Anderson Government Relations Representatiwe. Wm. C. "Bill"' Anderson is a government relations representatiwe who works with Congress seeking, support for a, variety of legislation: Anderson begann his career as a, lbbbyist in 1961 as legislative director for the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation in St. Paul, Minn. In 1967, he moved to lthe American Farrn,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 chief of 'staff to New Jersey Representative Jim Saxton, From, 1989 to 1991, he also served as the political action committee director of the National Republican Congessionall Committee. A graduate: of Wichita State: Uniwersity in Wichita, Kan., Anderson has a bachelbr's degree in political science:. Jeanie R Austin Co-Chairman, Republican National Committee Jeanie Austin is the co-chairman of the Republican NationallCommittee (RNC). Serving herthird ~ term as co-chair, Austin actively works to build! the Republican Party om the grassroots level. Prior to her electiion as co-chaiman, Austin was state chairman for the Republican Party of Florida ~'. -- the only woman to hold that position since the party"s inception: During her tenure:as state chairman, ~' Republican registration increased dramatically as didl the number of local office holders: ~

Since her first election to the RNC in 1989, Austin has developed several programs designed too 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 managers and party members. Austin also developed "Spotlight on You" and "Nuts & Bolts;"' programss that traini county chairmen and local party members on the mechanics of running a politicall campaign.. Twice named "Woman of the Year" by the American Business Women's Association, Austin also is president of her owni floor-covering business in Orlando, Fl& Oscar Coffey Jr. President/CEO U.S'. African-American Chamber of Commerce Oscar Coffey Jr. is president and chief executive officer of the U.S. African-Americani Chamber of Commerce; Siince : 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/Alameda County Black Chamber of Commerce in, California. Holding this position for 20 years,, Coffey has been coordinating strategies on the local level. While maintaining,these important positions, Coffey pursued his own business interestsi Since 1981, Coffey has beeni president and CEO of the Chamber Center Developers, Ihc:,, a$'10 million downtown development project in Oskland, Calif.' Hre also has been a senior partner of the Housing Rehabilitation of'California, Inc. since 1983. A recipient of numerous honors andl awards, Coffey has been honored with a Presidential. Certificate of Appreciation and has received the National Forum for Black Public Adlministrators' Outstanding Contribution Award and the NAACP Service Award, among others. BorniinNew Orleans, La., Coffey attended the Californin, State University at Hayward and Walker's School of Insurance and Salesmanship in New Orleans. Johni F. Droney Jr. Principal, Levy & Droney, P.C. John F. Droney Jr. is a principal in the firm Levy & Droney, P.C. in Farmington, Conn. Droney has a, diwerse : legal, political and civic background! He served onithe West Hartford Town: Council from 1977 to 1981, rising to the Democratic minority leader in 1978. He served as the West Hartford Democratic Town Chair from 1981 to 1987 and as chair of the Democratic State Centrall Committee of Connecticutfor six years: Droney is a member of the Democratic Lead'ership Council and served as chair of the Connecticut Clinton For President Campaign in , 1992, as well as a natyonal l finance co-chair for the Bill ~ Clinton For President campaign. Spending several years in public serviice, Droney worked in the Voluntary Defender Program with Hartford County Bar and as special l public defender in Hartford County. He later worked as special assistant attorney general for banking ands as special state's attorney inithe judicial I distriet of Waterbury and in Hartford County. Hre 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 Connecticut attorney general's Blue Ribbon Commission, arnong other organizations. Droney received a bachelor's degree from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass: Graduating cum 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 frequent lecturer on legal and government issues, Droney received'the University of Connecticut School of Law Distinguished Alumni Award in 1989. The Monorable Mtom "Toby" Fitch Jr. North i Carolina House of Representatives Iwiilton "Toby" Fitch Jr: is a North Carolina State Representative. First electedl in, 1985,, Rep. Fitchh has served 10 years as the representative of the 70th district, including three years as House Majority Whip and„ more recent'Ny, as House Majority Leader. He also is a member of the Legislative Black. Caucus. Fitch has been, actiwe on several legislative committees while in office. He has served as co-chair for Congressional I Redistricting Committee and the Legislative and Local Redisttvcting, 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 I 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! receiwed his bachelior's of science degree in 1969 and his joris doctor in 1'972 from North Carolina Central University: J. Curtis Hlerge Partner, Herge, Sparks & Christopher J. Curtis Herge is a partner in the law firm ofHerge, Sparks & Christopher in McLean, Va. Sincee the company was founded in 1'985, Herge has been iproviding legal counsel onia variety of legal issues. Herge began: his career, in 1963 as an associate in the New York law firrn Mudge, Rose, Guthrie and Alexander. After eight years at the f nn, he left m serve as : director of the Presidential Inaugural. Convnittee. In 1'973, 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'I chief of staff of the U. S. Department of Interior in 1974 where he served for tv+ro years until l he left to start Sedam & Herge, a law firm in McLean, Va. The firm lat'er became Herge,, Sparks & Christopher„ where he currently practices 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 on~ C the Natural Resources of the Republican National ~ Committee. ~„ Licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia; New York and Virginia, Herge attended O Cornell' University in Ithaca, N. Y., and received his bachelor's degree andijjuris doctor from Rutgers N UniversityinNewBrunswiek, N.J. ~ q >A W

Bruce Herschensohn Politicsl' Figure and Film 1VSAker Bruce Herschensohniis a we1l4nown political figure and film maker. Most recently, Herschensohn was the 1992 Republican candidate for the UIS: Senate in California. His career, though, did not begin in politics. After a brief stint in the U: S_ Air Force, Herschensohn started a career in film production in 1954 as filin editor for General 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 HerschensohnIs most notable films of this time is the documentary "John 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 1'968; Herschensohn was appointed to the position of Director of Motion Picture and Television Service for the United States Informationi Agency (USIA) by President Johnson. After four years and many awards, Herschensohn resigned from USIA to begin his career in: publiic service as Deputy Special Assistant to the President in the Nixon Administrationi He : spent 1972 to 1974 advising the president on domestic and foreign poliicy: Returning to California, Herschensohn became involved in Republican politics. In 1978, hee became: & political conunentaton for KABC-TV and KABC-AM and was known for his spirited debated withi former California Senator John Tunney. Herschensohn has received many distinctions, including being named one of the nat'ron's "Ten Outstanding, Young Men"' in 1':969 , and i receiving the second-highest civilian award, "The Distinguished Service Medal~`in 1972. He was almember of the founding Board of Trustees of'The AmericaniFilm Institute with Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck, and! most' recently, became a senior fellow at the Claremont, Institute in Montclair, Calif' John Hillerman Actor John Hillerman is an actor who has enjoyed a successful stage, television and film career. Hillerman is well-knowni for his portrayal of Jonathan Quayle Higgins on the hit television series, "Magnum P.Il" Hillerman began his career in the U! S'. Air Force. While stationed in Fort Worth, Texas, Hillerrnann joined a community theatre group and realized he should pursue a career in:acting: After his release from the Air Force, he moved to New York and enjpyed an actiwe ! stage career, appeamng 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 years at the Theatre Club; starring in virtually every production presented during that time. After 15 years o&the stage, he set off for Hollywood to pursue a movie and television career. He was recognized by producer/director Peter Bogdanovich and I has since been i 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 than13p0 television appearances during his 24 years in California, ranging from super sleuth Simon Brimmer on "Ellery Queen" to Bonnie Frankiin's boss in "One : Day at a Time." Hillermanls most popular role, though, was as the acerbic, ex-British army veteran, Jonathan~ Higgins, in "MagnumIP:I." He enjoyed this role for more than eight years, receiving both an Enunyandia Golden Globe Award ~ as Outstanding Supporting Actor. When "Magnum" ended, Hillerman 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 "Assault and•Matrimony," CBS's "Street of Dreams," "Murder She Wrote," "Hart to Hart" and NBC's three-part, six-hour series, "Around't'he World in 90 Days." Most recent'ly,, he spent a year in Berlin filhung, "Berlin Break" for European television. Although most people believe Hnllerman is British, he is a native of Denison, Texas. He attended. the:Uniwersity of Texas, where he majored in journalism. Fred M. Hodges 1H . Vice President of'Sales, Bailey Marketing Group, Inc. Fred M. Hod$es IIl is vice president of sales for the Bailey Marketing G'roup. Working as anad and premium sales specialist, he has been with ~ the company since : 1989. Hodges began his career in 198 T, working in the leaf department of the Universal Leaf'Tobacco Co. in Richmond, Va. He left in 1989 to manage several tobacco company accounts for Bailey Marketing. In 1991, Hodges expanded his experience, working as the major supplier of campaign material's for the Bush/Quayle Presidential Campaign. Active in community service, Hodges served as a sponsorpatmon for two years before serving as area chair for Ducks Unlimited in 1993. Hodges has a bachelor's degree : in business administration from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N. C. David A. Keene President, Keene/Halper & Associates David A. Keene is president of Keene/Halper & Associates,, a government and political consulting firm based in Alexandria„ Va. In addition~to his responsibilities to the firm„ he is editor of'Ttie 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 politiical l assistant to Vice President Agnew andl later, on CapitoLHill, as executive: assistant to Sen. James L. Buckley. As southern regional coordinator for Ronald Reagan in the : 1976 presidential campaign : and national political director for George Bush in 1'98@; Keene won recognition for his skill in organizing political operations at the national level. Keene ! was senior political consultant to Sen. R'obert Dole and is chair of the American Conservative Union. A respectedlrepubliican commentator, Keene has worked as a consultant to CBS Nevirs and has written for the Boston Globe. Keene is a former John F. Kennedy Fellow at' Harvard Uniwersity in Cambridge, Mass., and is aa 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 t'he University of Wisconsin in Madison; Wis. C N W. O GD ~ N