Republican National Convention-Organization

Republican National Convention--Organization

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New York City Host Committee 2 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY
	(April 2004)

Honorary Chairs

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
Governor George E. Pataki

Chairman

Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani

Co-Chairman

Lewis M. Eisenberg

(Bloomberg announced March 28, 2003) --Overseeing planning and fundraising efforts. RNC Finance Chairman from January 2002 until taking this position. Chaired the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey through the September 11 period. Founded the Republican Leadership Council. Co-founded the Team 100 program for the RNC in 1998.

Deputy Co-Chairman

Mark L. Miller

(Bloomberg announced March 28, 2003) Served as Deputy Finance Chairman to Eisenberg at the RNC. Previously Executive Director of the Republican Leadership Council. National Director of Victory '96. Has served as finance director for many Republican candidates.


Co-Vice Chairs (Bloomberg announced Betts, Kravis and Hennessy on June 17, 2002)	Edward I. Koch, former NYC Mayor (elected 1977, re-elected '81, '85) Andi Bernstein Roland W. Betts, Chairman and Founder of Chelsea Piers, LP Marie-Josée Kravis, Senior Fellow of the Hudson Institute, Inc. Jack M. Hennessy, Senior Advisor of Credit Suisse First Boston Dr. Harvey W. Schiller


Finance Co-Chairs	Dawn L. Arnell, Howard S. Jonas, Marie-Josée Kravis, Henry R. Kravis, Dr. Hank McKinnell Jr., Henry M. Paulson Jr., David Rockefeller, Jerry I. Speyer, Sanford I. Weill

Finance Vice Chairs	Wayne L. Berman, William C. Rudin, Ivan Seidenberg, Jonathan M. Tisch

President

Kevin Sheekey

For the past two years, Sheekey served as Special Advisor to the Mayor, after starting the Bloomberg for Mayor Campaign in 2001. He first joined Bloomberg LP in 1997, where he directed intergovernmental affairs and advised on public affairs. Previously, Sheekey served as Chief of Staff to Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) and to Rep. James H. Scheuer (D-Queens). He also was the Deputy Campaign Manager of Senator Moynihan´s successful 1994 re-election bid. A native of Washington, DC, Kevin and his wife Robin are the parents of two and a half year-old twins, Dillon and Samantha.

COO	Maureen J. Reidy

Reidy also serves as the Executive Director of the NYC Big Events, Inc., an organization dedicated to attracting high-profile events of national and international importance to the New York City area. Prior to becoming Executive Director of NYC Big Events, Inc., Reidy served four years as President of the Miss Universe Organization. She served as Chief Internal Auditor at The Trump Organization, and began her professional career as a CPA with Price Waterhouse LLP in New York City. Reidy graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a Bachelor of Science in accounting.

RNC and Host Committee Liaison

Andrea E. Bernstein

(Bloomberg announced June 17, 2002) Vice President of Oxygen Media.

Security
On July 9, 2003, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced designation of the Republican National Convention in New York as a National Special Security Event. According to a DHS press release this means that "the Secret Service assumes its mandated role as the lead agency for the design and implementation of the operational security plan and Federal resources are deployed to maintain the level of security needed for the event and the area." Past NSSEs have included the 2000 Republican and Democratic National Conventions, the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans.