Mark Campbell (political consultant)

Mark Campbell
Born	Camden, New Jersey
Education	University of Pennsylvania (Ed.D.)
Occupation	non-profit executive, college administrator
Spouse	Eva Campbell

Mark Campbell is a former college administrator and former prominent Republican political strategist, currently serving as Vice President of Learning Counts for CAEL – The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning.^[1] According to its own Website, CAEL is a national non-profit organization which creates and manages effective learning strategies for working adults through partnerships with employers, higher education, the public sector, and labor."^[2]

Campbell was Deputy Commerce Secretary in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania serving as Director of Small Business from 1986 to 1987, before striking out as a consultant, subsequently as the general consultant for Bret Schundler's first campaign for Mayor of Jersey City in 1992, and consequently was the subject of a profile story by Campaigns & Elections magazine in 1993.^[3]

He has worked on hundreds of campaigns including those for George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, the Republican National Committee, and the National Republican Congressional Committee.^{[citation needed]}

From 2000-2005 he served as Senior Vice President for Strategic, International and Government Affairs (initially Senior Vice President for Government and Community Affairs) and Executive Associate Dean of Petrocelli College of Continuing Studies at Fairleigh Dickinson University, located in New Jersey, Wroxton, England, and Vancouver, Canada.,^[4] performing duties as diverse as resolving problems with students' and faculty immigration status^[5] and securing Congressional earmarks.^[6] He also co-founded the university's prominent PublicMind poll in 2000-2001, but withdrew from its operation and subsequent development to shield it from concerns about his successful partisan background.^[7]

He returned to consulting in 2005, working for numerous corporate, university and national trade association clients, before becoming National Political Director of Rudy Giuliani's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination (2007–2008),^[8] He also worked as the top advisor to Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-PA) during several difficult re-election campaigns.^[9]

References

1. ^ http://www.cael.org/staff.htm
2. ^ http://www.cael.org/
3. ^ Spring, Andrea (December 1, 1993). "Mark Campbell: passion in politics". Campaigns & Elections. http://www.allbusiness.com/government/government-bodies-offices-heads-state/7427254-1.html. 
4. ^ http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=534
5. ^ "Tackling Foreign Students' Visa Troubles, Fairleigh Dickinson Finds Errors in I.N.S. Database". The New York Times. November 17, 2002. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9900E7DB1330F934A25752C1A9649C8B63. 
6. ^ http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=2850
7. ^ "Metro Briefing – New Jersey: Trenton: Ex-Franks Aide Reassigned". The New York Times. May 17, 2001. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/17/nyregion/metro-briefing-new-jersey-trenton-ex-franks-aide-reassigned.html. 
8. ^ http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=19960
9. ^ Hirschhorn, Dan. "pa2010.com’s Top 10 Political Consultants". pa2010.com. http://www.pa2010.com/2009/06/pa2010coms-top-10-political-consultants/. See also: http://influenceexplorer.com/individual/mark-campbell/da88243e2c8142edb0a5a8ae3a1c378d?cycle=-1 and http://www.r8ny.com/node/16500

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