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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

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, Conn: Kelly is a prominent natyonall senior political strategistt and fiund-raiser for the Natyonal'Democratic Party. He also~i's a principatwith the Washington, D.C., public affairs firm Black, Manafort, Stone & Kel1y: Since 11,978, Kelly has served in more than a dozen Democratic Party leadership posts,, ranging from full-time voluntary positions as national I treasurer from, 1979 to 1981 and national finance chair from 1981 to 1985 to senior advisory positions on the : 1988 Gore presidential campaigniand the 1'.992 Clinton president campaign. Since 1!980; he :has served in many appointive positions for Democratic national conventions and has served as political' counsel, financial planner and fund-raiser to more than 35 Democratic senatorial candidates. He also served on the Democratic National Committee from 1976 to 1992. Kelly is one of the original architects of the U. S. private sector initiatiNe : on foreign affairs. He wass founder and treasurer and currently serves as director of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs: He mas founder and now serves as the chair and as a director of the Center for Democracy, a bipartisan foundation in Washington, D:C., that engages in varnous programs withl countries around the world. A prominent participant in, state wide affairs in Connecticut, Kelly is a member of severall civic boards, including the national I 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 it's Natronat 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 frorn Georgetown University and holds a juris doctor from the Yale Law School in New Haven, Conn., where he served as an editor of "The Yale Law Journal."' He has received numerous awards, including the John Carroll Award from Georgetown University and the Yale Law School Association Distinguished Service Award! Louise T. Lind!blom Media and Advocacy Director, National I Urban, Coalition Louise T. Lindblom is themedia 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 gove ent ffinding:. Lindblom began, her career as executiwe : director of the ! Alabama Democratic Party. She spent eight years in this position until shemoved to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in 1982. She served I as executive director of the Compliance Iteview Commission and as executive director of ' Credlentials Committee for the 1984 Democratic Nat'ional~Convention during,her three years at the DNC; In 1985, she left to operate Process, Inc., a Washington, D.C':, consulting firml Shebecame 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, Councul of Young Political Leaders andli's a member of the advisory board of the Civic Television Networlt.. ~ c N W O ~. ~ ~ N

Andre Morgan Partner, I+tuddy & Morgan Productions Andre Morgan is partner in Ruddy & Morgan Productions, a successful motion picture and' television production and! sales company. Ini this role, he : puts to use 20 years experience in the international entertainment industry managing a multi'-million dollar production and development slate. The company has developed and produced fi1ms 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 begani his career when he joined the Golden Harvest Group of Companies in 11972, Morgan's success as producer of the Bruce Lee hit', "Enter the Dragon," led to four years of producing aa variety of films on four continents. In, 1976, his responsib'ilities expanded to the: designing and sta ~~ffing of an i international sales , and'marketing ' division, as assistant general manager, of Panasia Films,, Ltd. In 1978, Morgan became director and chief operating officer of Golden Communications, the international motion picture production and distribution company. In this ro1e; he packaged and supervised the production of 10 motion pictures, including "Cannonball Run,"' "Cannonball Run i II," "High 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 andl seils energy- eff 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 U'SA, a manufacturer of construction i machinery, where : he worked as director of sales andl marketing for 15: years. He later became president and chief executive officer of Candlewood Utilities, Inc., a water and sewer utility company. In 1984, healsolbecame president and co- owner of Candlelite Homes, a mobile home sales and! se ce company. In 1987, Myers joined the NationalFederation of Independent Business (NFIB) as a f ield representatiive: In this position, Myers was responsible for expanding the membership of this national,, smallLbusiness 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 1efR', to form~ Dave Myers & Associates in 1992. A strong advocate for smokers''rights; Myers founded the League for Smokers' Rights in 1993. This national organization was created to protect the freedoms of and fight excessive taxation of smokers. Studying electrical engineering, Myers attended the Uniwersity of Minnesota. 7

Lyn Nofaiger President, Nofziger Communicatiions Lyn Nofziger is president of Nofziger Communications, & Washington consulting firm. Nofziger began his career as a newspaper reporter in 1950 with the Copley Newspaper in California. He : served as a Washington correspondent for Copley from 1958 to 1966, when he : returned to California to become the press secretary for Ronald Reagan's first race for governor. When Reagan was elected, Nofziger served! as his , director of communications for two years before leaving to become a political I consultant. Over the next 1'.ll years, Nofziger held! numerous political positions, including serving as deputy assistant to President Nixon for congressional relations; deputy chairman for comrnunications of t!he. 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 Reaganl§ successfiul 198&presidentiai~ campaign; and assistant to President Reagan for political affairs. He also ~ servedi as a senior advisor on the Reagan 1984 re- election campaign, In 1982, Nofziger founded Nofziger & Bragg Communications, a government consulting firm, and left it in, 1988 to form Nofziger Communications. Nofziger is a graduate of San Jose State College with a degree in journalism and a veteran of World War II. He is the au 'tlior of two books, "Nofziger,"' a political memoir, and"Tackett," a novel. Marc E. Rotterman Partner, Rottermam & Associates Marc E: Rotterman is the president of the John Locke Foundation, a free-market think tank based in, Raleigh, N.C': and a partner in Rotterman & Associates,, a government, communications and public relations consulting business. Trained in media communications, Rotterman spent several years as a news announcer and radio "talent" for a California public radio station: In 1980, R'otterman joined the Reagan presidential campaign staff where he worked as the assistant to the deputy domestic policy advisor. After President Reagan's& election, Rotterman worked l as the adtninistrative assistant to the domestaic ~ policy advisor of the presidential transition team. When President Reagan assumed office, Rotterman joined the st'aff of the 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. Rotterman i left government service in 1984 to manage a successful congressional 1 race in North Carolina. After the:election, he was asked to serve in the newly-eleeted!gwvernor's administration as t'hee public afr'airs director of one of the state's largest agencies, Rotterman foundedlRotterman & Associates in August 19'85' and has worked with a cross-section 0 of campaigns -- from secretary of state races to the presidentiall races of 1984„ 1988 and~ 11992. N, W O G0 ~ 8

Joseph A. Ruggiero Chief Counsel~for the Democratic Party, State of Connecticut- Joseph A. Ruggiero is chief counsel for the Democratic Party in Connecticut. He also is a principallini Ruggiero, Ziogas & Allaire, Attorneys and Counselors at Law in BristoL Conn. He also is aa trustee for the Center for Democracy. Ruggiero began his legal career in1 1971 as an associate wlth Watstein & Watstein„ Attorneys at Law in Bristol, Conn. In 1973, he left to start his own firm, Joseph A. Ruggiero,, Attorney at Law. The fi'rm later became Ruggiero, Ziogas & Allaire, Attorneys at Law. In: additlon to his professional career, Ruggiero has: extensive political experience. In 1979, he wass elected state senator representing the 30th District in ConnectRcut,, and frocr, 1979 to 198 1,he served ass vice chair for the Finance, Review and Bonding Committee, as we11 as on the Appropriations Committee and as chaiT of the Coilectiwe 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 Litchfiield, Conn., and was special counsel to Go v. William A. ONeill from 1983' to 1'986: Active in community service, Ruggiero was legal counsel to : the Bristol Association of Retarded Citizens. He isaIformer 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 .Ameriica. Ruggiero receiived his bachelor's degree from St: Michael's College in Winooski, Vt., and' his jiuris doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law in, West Hartford, Conn. The Honorable Pierre Salinger Vice Chairman, Burson-Mtrstelller Pierre Salinger is vice chairman ofBurson-Marstellier. Heis based in the Washington office: andd serves as senior media and public affairs adviser to B-M clients and plays a key role in further developing Burson*Marsteller'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 committee investigating Teamsters International I 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 President Kennedy's assassination,, he continued m 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, Califonnia. Although he later won a primary election for the seat, he lostt 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. Kennedys presidential campaign, and later was president of the National Committee for George McGovern for President. Ini1973,, Salingerreturned to his roots injounnalism~ Having started as a, copy boy and later N award-winning investigative reporter at the :Sirn Francisco Chronicle, Salinger became roving, editor of ~ LExgrress in Paris before moving to: ABC'News in 1978. Salinger served as ABC's Paris bureau chief for CJ nine years. In 1983, he became the chief foreign correspondent and was promoted in 1983 to senior Q editor/Europe, a, post he held until~ his retirement from ABC in 1993'. After leaving ABC, Salinger joined ~ BiursonLI+viarstellery but continues to serve as a consultant to the network. ~ Salinger i$'author of eight books, including With Kennedy and Secret Dossier: the Hiddren Agenda CABehind t3ie Gay Crisis. He has a bachelor's degree in history from the University of San Francisco. CA 9

Craig Shirley ' . President and Chief Ezecutiive Officer, Craig Shirley & Associates, Inc. Craig Shirley is president and' chief executive officer of Craig Shirley & Associates, Inc., a public affairs/public relations fum, in Alexandria, Va. Since founding the company in February 1992, he has worked with many politiicad, trade and corporate clients. Shirley began his career in 1978, serving as press secretary for U:S. Sen. Gordon Hurnphrey: In early 1980, he lefRft the senator's office to direct the Fund for a Conservative Majority'§ independentt campaign that supported Ronald Reagan for president. In 1981, he became an account executiwe! with a major New York advertising,firm, managing programs for the New York Racing,Association and the C.F. Hathaway Shirt 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 I camipaign strategy: During the 1984'1 presidential campaign, Shirley became director of communications for the National Conservatiive Political Action Committee, the largest independent political committee that spent more than $14 million on behalf of President Reagan's re- electioni Later in 1'984, Shirley formed Craig Shirley & Associates, Inc. In 1987, he joined forces withi David Keene to form Keene, Shirley & Associates, Inc. For five years, Shirley worked on several major public relations/public affairs campaigns 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,, The Washington Timess and others: Phil Stout, Executive IDirector, Nevada Association ofiInd+epeodent 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 year working on t'he Nevada Test Site Projiect 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 East' until he : was injured~ and disabled~ at Cam-Rahn-Bay, V'ietnam, in 1967. Stout returned to Nevada and; later, became involved in politics. He was elected to the Henderson City Council in 1975 and served as councilman iuntil 11979. In 1990, Stout was elected to the Nevada State Assembliy: 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 Street's and Highways Commission and the Nevada State Land Use Planning Advisory Council. He also is tireless in his community service a¢trng, as national director for the Nrevada, Jaycees and' chairman of the first Special I Olympics for retarded children in, Southern Nevada, among other projects. Stout receiwed his bachelofs degree in political science from University of Las Vegas. 1L0

Dr. Charles Sydnor • President and'. CEO, Central Virginia Educational Telecommunications Corporation Charles Sydnor, PhiD:,, i's president and I chief executive offi+cer of Central Virginia Telecommunications Corporation (CVETC),, a public broadcasting entity comprised'offive television stations serving central and northern Virginia and a public radio station serving central Virginia. Sydnor began his career as an history instructor at Ohio1 State University in Columbus; Ohio. He continued his teaching career as a visiting,professor of'history at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., in the summer of 1974 and a&an assistant to an associate ! professor at Longwood College in Farmville, Va., fr= 1972 to 1980. In i 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 stations operated by the CVETC in Richmond, Va. Over these years, he produced several documentaries, including the award-winning "Adolf Hitler: 1889-1945," which won i the James Harvey Robinson Prize of the American Hf storical Association. Sydnor also produced, and hosted' "Beloww the Line," a weekly instructional, international affairs program that was broadcast in Richmond and Northern Virginial for use in high schools in 66 counties in Virginia. In 11980; Sydnor began working on the : administrative side of higher education as assistantto 1 the president of Hampton-Sydney College in Hampton-Sydney, Va. He left t'hi's position in 1982 to work as the executive assistant to Chuck Robb, then governor of Virginia. After tuuo 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 Justice since 1981 as a consultant and expert witness on matters concerning Nazi' Germany. .ermany. Sydnor received his bachelor's degree fnom Emory and Henry College and' his master`s degree and doctorate from Vanderbilt University. He spent a year studying ini 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 t'he firm, he served more than 25 years as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing IVfiichiganis 9th congressional district. Vander Jagt was elected to the first of his 14 terms in 1966' after serving,in the 1VGchigan State Senate from 1965'to 1!966. During his tenure: on Capitol Hill, 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 Healthi and Human Resources Subcommittee; Vander Jagt also 1 served 18 years as the chairman of the National Republican i Congressional Committee. In thi's position, he campaigned on behalf of congressional candidates in iall 50 states and consultedl regularliy with Presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush and their cabinets. A native of Cadillac,ll+I'iich., Vander Jagt is a graduate : of Hope College in Holland, Mich., and Vale. University Divinity Sahool iniNew Haven, Conn. He has served as a minister in the Presbyterian and Congregational churches. After earning his law degree from the Uniiversity of Nfichigan, he practiced with, the law fium of Warner, Norcross, and Judd until his election to the Michigan State Senate. 11

Among his numerous professional accomplishments, Vander Jagt was awarded a Knighthood in the House of Orange by Queen Julianna of the Ndtherlands in 1986. He also is an inspirational speaker and' has addressed' national business and association conventiions and colleges and uniiversities. 12