Republican Committees-Organization
2005 Edition --updated March 9, 2005

Republican Governors Association
555 11th Street, NW, Suite 700   Washington, DC . 20004

Chairman
Kenny Guinn (NV)


Executive Director
Mike Pieper
Experience includes Director of the Washington office for Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn; chief of staff for Congressman Rick Hill (MT); campaign manager for Rehberg for U.S. Senate (MT) in 1996; and chief of staff for Congresswoman Barbara Vucanovich (NV).  B.A. in Applied Politics and Economics from Westminster College.


Chief Operating Officer
Victoria Soberinsky
Senior policy adviser to the assistant secretary for environmental management at the Department of Energy, starting Oct. 2001.  White House liaison to the Interior Department, starting March 2001.  Deputy chief of staff for Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn through March 9, 2001. Served as the Guinn campaign's organizational director.  Worked for Las Vegas City Councilman Larry Brown.  Regional representative for former Rep. Barbara Vucanovich, R-Nev., overseeing all the Nevada offices; started working for her in 1991.


Political Director Steve Truebner
Experience includes Staff Director for Colorado Gov. Bill Owens' Office of Energy Management & Conservation.  B.A. in Political Science from Colorado State University, 1998.


Policy Director, RGPPC
Flip Casper

 

Events Director Robyn Knecht


 
Press Secretary
Ben Jenkins


Finance Director Caitlin Mackintosh Schroder

 

Deputy Finance Director Elizabeth Verrill



Finance Coordinator Heather Godwin


Finance Coordinator Tara Nelson


Office Administrator
Stephanie Thompson