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Charles
F. Bass,
President & CEO
Amory Houghton,
Chairman and
Founder
John C. Danforth,
Board Member
Warren B. Rudman,
Board Member
Sherwood Boehlert,
Board Member
Nancy Johnson, Board
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Charles
F. Bass,
President and Chief
Executive Officer |
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Charles F. Bass
is President and
Chief Executive
Officer of the
Republican Main
Street
Partnership. He
joined the Board
of Directors in
2005 and is a
former six-term
Member of
Congress from
New Hampshire.
Prior to serving
in Congress, Mr.
Bass previously
held office in
the State
Legislature and
the State
Senate. His
family’s
commitment to
public service
includes the
work of his
father Perkins
Bass, who also
represented New
Hampshire’s
Second District
in Congress, and
his grandfather
Robert P. Bass,
who was Governor
of New
Hampshire, a
good friend of
Theodore
Roosevelt and a
founder of the
progressive
Republican
movement. His
great
grandfather,
John Lendrum
Mitchell served
many years as a
Democrat from
Wisconsin in the
U.S. Senate.
Mr. Bass
epitomizes
Yankee
frugality,
independence,
and pragmatism.
He served as an
influential
member of the
House Energy and
Commerce
Committee as
vice-chairman of
the
Telecommunications
and Internet
Subcommittee and
was a leader in
the promotion of
alternative
energy, strong
environmental
policies,
advancing
science and
technology, and
supporting
economic
prosperity. Bass
also served as
co-chairman of
the House
Tuesday Group
and was elected
their
representative
to House
leadership
twice.
He drew national
attention as the
leader in
defending the
Artic National
Wildlife Refuge
from oil
drilling and
exploration. As
a long-time
advocate of
campaign reform,
he worked with
Senator John
McCain and
Congressman
Chris Shays to
ban soft money
and sham issue
ads. Mr. Bass’
commitment to
integrity also
led him to
organize the
formal petition
to call for a
new election for
the House
Majority Leader
in 2006.
Prior to his
service in
Congress, Mr.
Bass operated a
successful,
family-owned
small business.
Mr. Bass and his
wife Lisa
maintain their
residence in
Peterborough,
New Hampshire
with their two
children, Lucy
and Jonathan.
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Amory Houghton,
Chairman and
Founder |
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At
his retirement,
former Congress-man
Amo Houghton (R-New
York) was the sixth
ranking Republican
on the House Ways
and Means Committee,
chaired its
Oversight
Subcommittee, and
served on its Trade
Subcommittee. He
also was a member of
the International
Relations Committee
and vice chairman of
its Subcommittee on
Africa.
Houghton built a
reputation as a
results-oriented
congressman who
espoused moderate
social programs and
conservative fiscal
policy. He was a
founder of 1997's
historic Bipartisan
Congressional
Retreat, which
focused on the role
of civility in
political life.
Houghton is the
founder of the John
Quincy Adams
Society, an issues
forum that brings
together moderate
officeholders with
top business
leaders. He also is
an active member of
a group of moderate
Republicans that has
worked to produce a
balanced budget.
The
only former CEO of a
Fortune 500 firm
ever to serve in the
House, Houghton is a
graduate of Harvard
University and
Harvard Business
School. He joined
Corning Glass Works
(now Corning,
Incorporated) as an
accountant in 1951
after serving as a
Pfc. in the Marine
Corps. He retired
from Corning in 1986
after serving as
president, board
chairman and chief
executive officer.
Houghton and his
wife, Priscilla,
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John C. Danforth,
Board Member |
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John C. Danforth
(R-MO) was
elected Attorney
General of
Missouri in 1968
in his first
race for public
office. He was
re-elected
Attorney General
in 1972. He was
elected to the
U.S. Senate in
1976 and
re-elected in
1982 and 1988.
Danforth was the
first U.S.
Senator from
Missouri to
chair a major
legislative
committee since
World War I and
the first
Republican in
the history of
the state
elected to three
terms as U.S.
Senator.
While in the
Senate, Danforth
was active in
numerous efforts
important to the
State of
Missouri and to
the nation
including
efforts to reign
in the unbridled
growth of
entitlements,
reduce the
deficit,
encourage
long-term
economic growth,
improve
education,
reduce hunger
and malnutrition
throughout the
world, and
increase
production of
affordable
housing. In
June 2004,
Senator Danforth
was nominated by
President Bush
to serve as the
United States
Ambassador to
the United
Nations.
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Warren B. Rudman,
Board Member |
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Warren B. Rudman
(R-NH) was first
elected to the
Senate in 1980,
and was
overwhelmingly
reelected in
1986.
During his 12
years in the
Senate, Senator
Rudman
established a
record of
independence by
refusing to
accept
out-of-state
political action
committee
donations.
Perhaps his
best-known
accomplishment
came in 1985,
when he
co-authored the
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings
deficit
reduction law, a
historic step
that imposed
discipline and
accountability
on the chaotic
budget process
in order to
reduce the
federal deficit.
After leaving
the Senate,
Rudman became a
founding
co-chairman of
the Concord
Coalition. The
Concord
Coalition is a
non-partisan
grassroots
organization
dedicated to
educating the
public about the
causes and
consequences of
federal budget
deficits, the
long-term
challenges
facing America's
unsustainable
entitlement
programs, and
how to build a
sound economy
for future
generations.
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Sherwood
Boehlert, Board
Member |
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Sherwood
Boehlert, former
Chairman of the
House Science
Committee, was
first elected to
the House of
Representatives
in November 1982
and served 13th
consecutive term
representing
Upstate New
York.
Boehlert served
on the Science
Committee since
1983, and was
elected Chairman
in January 2001.
Boehlert was the
only full
committee
chairman from
the Northeast
region. The
Committee has
jurisdiction
over all federal
nonmilitary
scientific and
technology
research and
development
programs, on
which the
federal
government
spends more than
$30 billion a
year. The
Committee has
jurisdiction
over NASA, the
National Science
Foundation, and
research and
development
initiatives
within the
Environmental
Protection
Agency, the
Department of
Energy, and the
Department of
Commerce. In
addition, the
Committee has
jurisdiction
over civil
aviation
research and
development and
marine research.
Boehlert was
also a senior
member of the
House
Transportation
and
Infrastructure
Committee, and
served as
Chairman of its
Subcommittee on
Water Resources
and Environment
from 1995 to
2000. He also
served as a
senior member of
House Homeland
Security
Committee, by
appointment of
Speaker of the
House. The
committee
focused solely
on the efforts
of the
Department of
Homeland
Security
Born on
September 28,
1936 in Utica,
New York,
Boehlert is a
graduate of
Whitesboro
Central High
School and Utica
College
(Bachelor of
Science, 1961).
Before serving
as Oneida County
Executive
(1979-83), he
was manager of
public relations
at Wyandotte
Chemical
(1961-64) and
served two years
in the U.S. Army
(1956-58).
An avid New York
Yankees fan and
movie buff,
Boehlert and his
wife, Marianne
(Willey)
Boehlert, make
their home in
New Hartford,
New York. They
have four grown
children and
five
grandchildren. In
addition to
continuing his
long-time
relationship
with the
Republican Main
Street
Partnership, Mr.
Boehlert joined
the Wilson
Center as a
public policy
scholar in
January 2007
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Nancy Johnson,
Board Member |
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Nancy
Johnson
(R-CT)
represented
Connecticut's
Sixth
District
from 1983 to
2007.
Representative
Johnson was
the first
Republican
woman to
serve on the
Ways and
Means
Committee
and was the
first woman
ever to
chair one of
its
subcommittees.
Throughout
her
congressional
career,
Johnson was
a national
leader on
health care
reform,
winning
passage of
several
measures
making
health care
more
affordable
and
accessible
for all
Americans.
As a leading
spokesperson
on women's
issues,
Johnson
sponsored
legislation
to maintain
quality
mammogram
standards
and to ban
discrimination
against
women and
others with
a genetic
disposition
toward
diseases
like breast
cancer.
Thanks to
her efforts,
homemakers
can
contribute
to their
Individual
Retirement
Accounts at
the same
level as
their
wage-earning
spouses.
Representative
Johnson was
an active
and
outspoken
member of
the
Republican
Main Street
Partnership
during her
time in
Congress.
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