List of John McCain presidential campaign staff members, 2008

List of persons holding prominent positions within the John McCain presidential campaign of 2008.

McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, said recently that his staff will eventually increase to about 450. By early July, 2008, it had opened 11 regional offices in key states and some 84 offices total across the country in a joint effort with the Republican National Committee. [ [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/07/20/obamas_paid_staff_dwarfing_mccains/ Obama's paid staff dwarfing McCain's] ]

National Leadership Team

Persons listed on the John McCain for President website: [ [http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/fundraisers.htm John McCain 2008 - John McCain for President ] ]
* Former Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher - Chairman
* Frederic V. Malek - Finance Director
* Jill Hazelbaker - Spokeswoman

Inner Circle

According to John M. Broder, writing in the August 18, 2006, New York Times: [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/21/washington/21mccain.html McCain Mines Elite of G.O.P. for 2008 Team - New York Times ] ]
* Steve Schmidt, head of campaign from July 2, 2008, [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070203038.html McCain Puts New Strategist Atop Campaign - washingtonpost.com ] ] veteran campaign manager
* Rick Davis, ran McCain's 2000 campaign
* Bill McInturff, chief pollster
* Mark Salter, McCain's Senate chief of staff
* John Weaver, chief political analyst (Left Campaign in 2007)
* Trever Potter, chief counselOthers joining later or listed in other sources include:
* Charles R. Black, Jr., senior political advisor.
* Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett Packard.

The Bush Team

* Wayne L. Berman, lobbyist and Bush fund-raiser
* Mark McKinnon, Bush's media consultant
* Terry Nelson, Bush's political director 2004 campaign
* Gerald L. Parsky, California chairman, Bush's 2000 and 2004 campaigns
* Nicolle Devenish, nee Nicolle Wallace, White House communications director
* Ron Weiser, Ambassador to Slovakia and Bush fund-raiser

Policy advisers

* Dan L. Crippen, director, Congressional Budget Office 1999-2003
* Douglas Holtz-Eakin, director, Congressional Budget Office 2003-2005
* Kevin Hassett, economist, American Enterprise Institute
* Lisa G. Keegan, Arizona education official
* John A. Thain, CEO, New York Stock Exchange

Foreign policy advisors

In October 2007, the Washington Post listed the following as McCain's foreign policy advisers.
* Randy Scheunemann, national security aide to then-Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Trent Lott and now a lobbyist, defense and foreign policy coordinator (for this cycle and 2000)"
* Richard L. Armitage, "President George W. Bush’s deputy secretary of state and an international business consultant and lobbyist, informal foreign policy adviser"; [24] deputy to former secretary of state Colin Powell
* Bernard Aronson, former Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American affairs; currentlly managing partner of private equity investment company ACON Investments
* William L. Ball III, secretary of the Navy during President Reagan’s administration, and managing director of lobbying firm the Loeffler Group
* Stephen E. Biegun, former national security aide to then-Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., currently VP international affairs, Ford Motors
* Max Boot, Council on Foreign Relations, former Wall Street Journal editor
* Brig. Gen. Tom Bruner
* Lorne W. Craner
* Lawrence Eagleburger, Secretary of State under George H.W. Bush, now a senior public policy adviser with law firm Baker Donelson
* Brig. Gen. Russ Eggers,
* Maj. Gen. Merrill Evans
* Niall Ferguson, Harvard historian and Hoover Institution senior fellow
* Michael J. Green, former Asia adviser to President George W. Bush and now Japan chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
* Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Secretary of State under Reagan
* Maj. Gen. Evan "Curly" Hultman
* Robert Kagan, senior associate with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace] ,
* Brig. Gen. Robert Michael Kimmitt, current deputy Treasury secretary
* Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State under Richard Nixon
* Col. Andrew F. Krepinevich, President of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
* William Kristol, editor, The Weekly Standard
* Adm. Charles Larson]
* Robert McFarlane, National Security Advisor under Ronald Reagan
* Brig. Gen. Warren "Bud" Nelson
* Brig. Gen. Eddie Newman
* Maj. Gen. John Peppers
* Maj. Ralph Peters,
* Brig. Gen. Maurice Phillips
* Gen. Colin Powell, Secretary of State (2001-2005)
* James R. Schlesinger, "President Nixon and President Ford’s secretary of defense, energy and national security adviser" [24]
* Gary Schmitt, former staff director of the Senate Intelligence Committee, currently American Enterprise Institute scholar
* Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, National Security Advisor to Presidents Ford and George H.W. Bush and founder of business consultancy the Scowcroft Group
* George P. Shultz, Secretary of State undre Ronald Reagan
* Brig. Gen. W.L. "Bill" Wallace
* Maj. Gen. Gary Wattnem
* R. James Woolsey, former CIA director, now a VP at Booz Allen Hamilton

Economic policy advisors

From a July 12, 2007 press release: [ [http://www.usatoday.com/news/pdf/mccain-economic-team-7-12-07.htm Senator McCain Announces Economic Advisors] , John McCain 2008 Press Release] ]

* Grant Aldonas — Managing Director For Split Rock International; former Under Secretary For International Trade At The U.S. Department Of Commerce
* Carlos Bonilla — Senior Vice President For The Washington Group; former Special Assistant To President George W. Bush; a lobbyist
* Jeff Brown — Associate Professor Of Finance At the College Of Business] , University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
* Juan Buttari — ndependent Consultant And Researcher In Development Economics
* Kathleen Cooper — Dean, College Of Business, University Of North Texas
* Steve Davis — CRA International And University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business
* Richard Dekaser — Senior VP And Chief Economist, National City Corporation
* John Diamond — Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Tax Policy, Baker Institute Of Public Policy, Rice University
* Emil Frankel — Transportation Consultant And Former Assistant Secretary For Transportation Policy, Department Of Transportation
* Luke Froeb — Professor, Vanderbilt University
* Kevin Hassett — Resident Scholar And Director Of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
* Greg Jenner — former Executive Vice President, American Council Of Life Insurers & Acting Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy), U.S. Treasury Department
* David John — Senior Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation
* Tim Kane — Director, Center for International Trade and Economics, Heritage Foundation
* Melissa Kearney — Assistant Professor Of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park
* Anne Krueger — Professor At The Johns Hopkins School Of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) & Former First Deputy Managing Director at the International Monetary Fund
* Adam Lerrick — Visiting Scholar For The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) And Friends Of Allan H. Meltzer Professor Of Economics For Carnegie Mellon
* Phil Levy — Resident Scholar for the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and Former Senior Economist for Trade on the President's Council of Economic Advisers
* Will Melick — Gensemer Associate Professor of Economics, Kenyon College
* Michael Owen Moore — Professor Of Economics And International Affairs, George Washington University
* Thomas P. Miller — Resident Fellow for American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
* Tim Muris — Foundation Professor, George Mason University School Of Law
* Gerry Parsky — Senior Economic Advisor
* Nancy Pfotenhauer — Former President, Independent Women's Forum
* James Rill — Partner, Howrey LLP and Former Assistant Attorney General (Antitrust), U.S. Department of Justice
* Kenneth Rogoff — Professor Of Public Policy, Harvard University
* Harvey S. Rosen — Professor Of Economics And Business Policy, Princeton University
* John Silvia — Managing Director, Chief Economist, Wachovia Bank
* Acquiles Suarez — Vice President For Government Affairs For National Association Of Industrial And Office Properties & Former Special Assistant To The President For Domestic Policy
* John Taylor — Professor Of Economics At Stanford, Senior Fellow At The Hoover Institution & Former Under Secretary Of Treasury
* Anthony Villamil Chief Executive Officer, The Washington Economics Group & Former Under Secretary Of Commerce For Economic Affairs
* Joseph Wright — Chairman Of The Board For Intelsat
* Mark Zandi — Chief Economist For Moody's Economy.Com
* James Rill — Antitrust Attorney at Howrey LLP; Former Assistant Attorney General in charge of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division
* Sean O'Keefe — Former Secretary Of The Navy, NASA Administrator, & Deputy Director Of Office of Management & Budget, The White House

National Campaign Co-Chairs

* John Chambers, California
* Gov. Jon Huntsman, Utah
* Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota
* Former Gov. Tom Ridge, Pennsylvania
* Former Senator Warren Rudman, New Hampshire
* Frederick W. Smith, Tennessee
* Charlie Condon, South Carolina

National Finance Committee Co-chairs

* Former Rep. George Argyros, California
* Michael Ashner, New York
* Brian Ballard, Florida (lobbyist) [ http://www.floridalobbyistdirectory.com/Lobbyist.aspx?id=74 ]
* Lawrence E. Bathgate II, New Jersey
* Wayne Berman, Washington, D.C.
* Donald L. Bren, California
* John Chambers, California
* James A. Courter, New Jersey
* Donald R. Diamond, Arizona
* Ray Dalio, Connecticut
* Lewis M. Eisenberg, New Jersey
* Jon Hammes, Wisconsin
* James B. Lee, Jr., New York
* John A. Moran, Florida
* Carter Pate, Virginia
* A. Jerrold Perenchio, California
* Fred Smith, Tennessee
* J. Gary Shansby, California
* John Thain of Merrill Lynch; New York
* Ronald Weiser, Michigan

Former members

* Senator Phil Gramm - General Co-chair, resigned July 18 after remarks calling Americans "whiners". [Cite news | first = Lorraine | last = Woellert | title = Gramm Steps Down as McCain Co-Chair After `Whiners' Remark | url = http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aQgyvcWXm2pM&refer=home | publisher = Bloomberg L.P. | date = 2008-07-18 | accessdate = 2008-07-19]
* Robert Zoellick
* Tom Loeffler [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-McCain-Lobbying.html]
* Susan E. Nelson, "continued to collect payments from the [The Loeffler Group] this year while she was on the McCain-campign payroll as its fund-raising coordinator" [WSJ, "Democratic Group Tries to Keep Spotlight on McCain's Lobbyist Ties"] The Loeffler Group is a lobbying firm that has "received $990,000 in lobbying fees and another $3,000 in expenses from the Saudi government". [ http://www.fara.gov/docs/5432-Supplemental-Statement-20080118-6.pdf ] [http://realtime.sunlightprojects.org/2008/04/15/contract-but-no-contacts-mccain-campaign-officials-firm-collects-millions-from-saudis-but-no-meetings-with-members-of-congress/ ]
* Mark McKinnon, citing a pledge not to work against an Obama candidacy. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/us/politics/21consult.html?ref=politics Keeping Vow on Obama, McCain Adviser Resigns - New York Times ] ]
* Doug Davenport and Doug Goodyear of the DCI Group resigned on May 10, 2008, after revelation of DCI's ties to the military junta in Myanmar. Davenport, the regional campaign manager for the mid-Atlantic states, founded the DCI Group's lobbying practice and oversaw the contract with Myanmar in 2002. Goodyear was asked to become convention CEO after campaign manager Rick Davis's lobbying firm partner, Paul Manafort, was nixed because of his own close ties to foreign governments and controversial companies [ [http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/a_second_mccain_aide_resigns.php A Second McCain Aide Resigns] , "The Atlantic", May 11 2008]
* Carlos Bonilla, economic policy advisor. Left in May 2008 after the campaign imposed new rules restricting the involvement of lobbyists.
* Michael P. Dennehy, national political director and founder of the political consulting and lobbying firm The Dennehy Group. [url = http://mediamatters.org/items/200802260009 ] Left in May 2007 explaining that his family obligations conflicted with his arduous, 24/7 political job in Washington, D.C. [url = http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/05/mccains_politic.html ]

See also

* List of Barack Obama presidential campaign staff members, 2008

References

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