Co-founder of No Labels, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bipartisanship and civil discourse; former vice chairman, now senior advisor at Hill & Knowlton Strategies and former vice chairman of Public Strategies; former president of Maverick Media, and former consultant and representative of the Workforce Fairness Institute; former media strategist to President George W. Bush (2000 and 2004) and Senator John McCain
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