Potomac Flacks: '08 Press Shop Staff Listings: Fred Thompson

July 30, 2007

'08 Press Shop Staff Listings: Fred Thompson

Fmr. Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN)
Based in Nashville, TN

Linda Schoumacher Rozett - Communications Director
Rozett was Senior V.P. for Communications at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Mark Corallo - Official Spokesman (Unpaid?)
Former staffer for Sen. Thompson, former DOJ A/S for Public Affairs.

Robert Traynham - Senior Communications Advisor
Former Communications Director for the Senate Republican Conference under its Chairman Rick Santorum (R-PA).

Jim Mills - National Spokesman
Mills was longtime Senior Congressional Producer (House) for the Fox News Channel.

Burson Taylor Snyder - Press Aide
Snyder was Communications Director for House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO).

Tim Griffin - Communications / Message Advisor
Former Research Director at the RNC, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

Blaise Hazelwood - eCampaign Advisor
Currently works at iWeb Strategies, former Political Director at the RNC for the '00 and '04 cycles, constructor of the "Voter Vault"

Ken Smith - eCampaign Advisor
Currently Chief Strategist for Episode 49, clients include RNC and NRSC

Todd Ziegler - eCampaign Advisor
Currently works for the Bivings Group, a former intern for Sen. Thompson

Mike Turk - Chief Architect, Website (Online Communications)
Former Bush-Cheney '04 eDirector

Dan Hopkins - eCampaign Advisor
Currently works at Segmented Media

Jon Henke - New Media Consultant
Background unknown

Pete Snyder - Web Outreach / Online "Intelligence"
Currently works at New Media Strategies

** Background and current positions from Marc Ambinder's blog at the Atlantic.

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