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<html> <head> <title>Steele for Maryland</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Steele for Maryland ORGANIZATION Fundraising arm of then-<a href="/gov/240/000121874/">Maryland Lieutenant Governor</a> <a href="/people/616/000099319/">Michael S. Steele</a>'s unsuccessful 2006 campaign for <a href="/gov/270/000052114/">US Senate</a>. Location: <a href="/geo/662/000124290/" class=proflink>McLean, VA</a> Founding Date: 2005<table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/386/000172867/">Frank E. Baxter</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Jefferies & Company, 1987-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/214/000118857/">Louis Beecherl</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-2011</tt></td> <td>CEO, Texas Oil & Gas 1957-77</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/867/000129480/">Helen Delich Bentley</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congresswoman from Maryland, 1985-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/202/000165704/">Bradford Berenson</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Partner, Sidley Austin</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/216/000118859/">Dennis R. Berman</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Denitech Corporation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/980/000120620/">Wayne L. Berman</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Washington lobbyist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/143/000137729/">Kenneth Bialkin</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mergers & Acquisitions lawyer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/199/000118842/">Bruce Bialosky</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Accountant, GOP activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/400/000130010/">Charles Black</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman, BKSH & Associates</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/120/000171604/">Judy A. Black</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lobbyist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/197/000163705/">Geoffrey T. Boisi</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vice Chairman of JP Morgan Chase, 2000-02</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/553/000171040/">J. P. Bolduc</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of W. R. Grace, 1993-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/220/000118863/">Rudy Boschwitz</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Minnesota, 1978-91</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/142/000126761/">Nancy Goodman Brinker</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Hungary, 2001-03</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/202/000118845/">William Brisben</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Brisben Companies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/446/000164951/">James L. Broadhead</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of FPL Group, 1989-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/707/000061524/">William E. Brock</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of Labor, 1985-87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/804/000119447/">Edward Brooke</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Oct-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-2015</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/137/000172618/">Floyd G. Brown</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ultraconservative smear merchant</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/148/000173626/">Mary Beth Buchanan</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jul-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Attorney, Western Pennsylvania</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/211/000128824/">Richard T. Burke</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Founder of UnitedHealth Group</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/016/000054851/">Marvin Bush</a></td> <td><center>Relative</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Oct-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Brother of Jeb, Dubya, and Neil</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/130/000055962/">William Trotter Bush</a></td> <td><center>Relative</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Brother of George H.W. Bush</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/231/000118874/">Joseph Canizaro</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Real estate mogul</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/225/000162736/">Russell L. Carson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/796/000159319/">Ron Christie</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-1969</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Cheney aide</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/236/000118879/">Jim Click</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Tucson car dealer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/501/000167000/">Barbara Comstock</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Republican opposition research expert</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/008/000349955/">Harlan Crow</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman and CEO, Crow Holdings</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/462/000128078/">Linnet F. Deily</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Deputy US Trade Representative, 2001-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/957/000022891/">Bob Dole</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/950/000129563/">Becky Norton Dunlop</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Conservative activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/030/000173508/">Christopher F. Egan</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to OECD</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/003/000120640/">Lewis M. Eisenberg</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Granite Capital International Group</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000171658/">Gregg L. Engles</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Dean Foods</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/514/000171998/">Charles H. Erhart, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-2009</tt></td> <td>President of W.R. Grace & Co., 1989-90</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/100/000047956/">Douglas Feith</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 2001-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/560/000169053/">Raul J. Fernandez</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1967</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Founder of Proxicom</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/128/000055960/">Edwin Feulner</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Heritage Foundation founder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000120641/">David Flaum</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Flaum Management Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/259/000118902/">Sam Fox</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Belgium</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/114/000353052/">Foster Friess</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Apr-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Friess Associates</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/156/000102847/">Rich Galen</a></td> <td><center>Pundit</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Republican hack-turned-pundit</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/109/000256338/">Kevin L. Gentry</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Koch Industries</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/395/000172876/">Yousif B. Ghafari</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Sep-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Slovenia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/550/000026472/">Ed Gillespie</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>RNC Chairman, 2003-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/263/000118906/">David Girard-diCarlo</a></td> <td><center>Lobbyist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lobbyist, US Ambassador to Austria</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/307/000128920/">Kingdon Gould, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1973-76</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/407/000024335/">Phil Gramm</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Texas, 1985-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/288/000097994/">C. Boyden Gray</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Conservative activist, lobbyist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/060/000172541/">Lanny Griffith</a></td> <td><center>Lobbyist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lobbyist, Barbour Griffith & Rogers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/486/000169976/">Benjamin H. Griswold IV</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Alex. Brown & Sons</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/456/000126078/">Jerry A. Grundhofer</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of US Bancorp, 2001-06</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/494/000168987/">Steven T. Halverson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of The Haskell Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/265/000164770/">Jon F. Hanson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Hampshire Companies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/556/000264761/">Andy Harris</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Maryland 1st</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/768/000164276/">James A. Haslam III</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO, Pilot Corporation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/354/000213712/">Doug Heye</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1972</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>RNC Communications Director</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/990/000120630/">Amy Holmes</a></td> <td><center>Columnist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jul-1973</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>BET host, conservative commentator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/277/000118920/">Richard Hug</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Environmental Elements Corporation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/521/000055356/">Ray L. Hunt</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman of Hunt Oil</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/285/000118928/">Sheldon Kamins</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Blum Frank & Kamins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000118929/">Munr Kazmir</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO, Direct Meds, Inc.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/855/000023786/">Jack Kemp</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-2009</tt></td> <td>American politican, football player</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/486/000172967/">Nancy G. Kinder</a></td> <td><center>Philanthropist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Wife of Richard Kinder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/150/000123778/">Kenneth Langone</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Founder of Home Depot</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/406/000127025/">Debra L. Lee</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of BET Networks</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/793/000094511/">Bob Livingston</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Louisiana, 1977-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/584/000178050/">Albert L. Lord</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Sallie Mae</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/706/000128322/">Thomas W. Luce III</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Partner, Hughes & Luce</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/852/000047711/">Fred Malek</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Dec-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Thayer Capital Partners</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/703/000128319/">Alex J. Mandl</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President and COO of AT&T, 1994-96</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/773/000177242/">Richard E. Marriott</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Billionaire, Chairman of Host Hotels</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/641/000168137/">Raymond A. Mason</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Legg Mason, 1981-2008</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/288/000025213/">Mary Matalin</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Political creature</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/238/000073019/">Ken Mehlman</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1966</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>RNC chairman 2005-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/865/000129478/">Robert H. Michel</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Mar-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Illinois, 1957-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/915/000129528/">James C. Miller III</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Conservative economist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/374/000171858/">Nathan Myhrvold</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CTO of Microsoft, 1996-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/645/000117294/">Erle A. Nye</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>Jun-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of TXU, 1999-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/497/000169987/">Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Strategic Investment Group</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/228/000024156/">Ted Olson</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Solicitor General, 2001-04</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/402/000119045/">Tom Petway</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Zurich Insurance Services, Inc.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/194/000124819/">Charles E. Phillips, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Oracle, 2003-10</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/530/000121167/">Thomas L. Phillips</a></td> <td><center>Publisher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Phillips Publishing International</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/246/000172727/">Lonnie Ken Pilgrim</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman of Pilgrim's Pride</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/239/000127855/">Robert C. Pohlad</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of PepsiAmericas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/088/000172569/">Gary L. Rainwater</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Ameren</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/023/000170510/">B. M. Rankin, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Founder, McMoRan Oil & Gas Co.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/136/000172617/">Scott W. Reed</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lobbyist, Dole-Kemp '96 campaign manager</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/528/000119171/">Howard S. Rich</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Libertarian activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/882/000054720/">Joe Robert</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of J.E. Robert Companies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/532/000165037/">Ed Rogers</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Republican strategist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/410/000119053/">Sig Rogich</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Iceland, 1992-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/413/000119056/">John D. Rood</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to the Bahamas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/377/000022311/">Pat Sajak</a></td> <td><center>Game Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Oct-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Wheel of Fortune</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/591/000126213/">Stephen W. Sanger</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of General Mills, 1995-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/421/000119064/">Dwight Schar</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>NVR Homes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/311/000170798/">John T. Schwieters</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vice Chairman of Perseus LLC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/442/000119085/">Mel Sembler</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Italy, 2001-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/180/000168673/">Richard L. Sharp</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Apr-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-2014</tt></td> <td>CEO of Circuit City, 1986-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/577/000161094/">Mark S. Siegel</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>ReMY Investors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/427/000119070/">Ned L. Siegel</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Siegel Group</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/108/000169598/">Alfred C. Sikes</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Dec-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>FCC Chairman, 1989-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/758/000136350/">Mark Skousen</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Forecasts & Strategies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/122/000163630/">Shawn H. Smeallie</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lobbyist, American Continental Group</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/972/000127591/">Joshua I. Smith</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Coaching Group LLC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/967/000172451/">Daniel Snyder</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1965</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Owner, Washington Redskins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/430/000119073/">Alex Spanos</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>A.G. Spanos Companies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/546/000127165/">Warren R. Staley</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Cargill</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/431/000119074/">Manuel N. Stamatakis</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Capital Management Enterprises</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/616/000099319/">Michael S. Steele</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>RNC Chairman, 2009-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/407/000172888/">Thomas F. Stephenson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Portugal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/099/000160616/">Walter P. Stern</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman, Hudson Institute</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/236/000137822/">Myles Tanenbaum</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Aug-2012</tt></td> <td>Real Estate developer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/415/000130025/">Thomas J. Tauke</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Iowa, 1979-91</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/457/000162968/">John M. Templeton, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Relative</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-2015</tt></td> <td>Conservative philanthropist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/796/000164304/">Kenneth R. Timmerman</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Foundation for Democracy in Iran</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/278/000174753/">William E. Timmons, Sr.</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Washington lobbyist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/132/000109802/">Victoria Toensing</a></td> <td><center>Pundit</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Washington lawyer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/948/000172432/">Bruce E. Toll</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Founder of Toll Brothers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/735/000170225/">Theodore W. Ullyot</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chief of Staff to Alberto Gonzales, 2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/629/000125254/">Robert J. Ulrich</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Target</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/171/000120808/">Richard Viguerie</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Sep-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Conservative activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/991/000049844/">J. C. Watts</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Oklahoma, 1995-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/996/000118642/">Frederick L. Webber</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Washington trade rep</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/434/000119077/">Paul Welday</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lobbyist, Strategic Public Affairs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/348/000169838/">Anthony Welters</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>AmeriChoice</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/216/000128829/">Gail R. Wilensky</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Health care official</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/307/000164812/">Richard E. Wiley</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>FCC Chairman, 1974-77</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/114/000128727/">C. Howard Wilkins, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1989-92</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/397/000140974/">George C. Wortley</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-2014</tt></td> <td>Congressman from New York, 1981-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/496/000118142/">Charles Wyly</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Oct-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-2011</tt></td> <td>Billionaire, Michael's Stores</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000102866/">Clayton K. 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