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Mark P. Campbell
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| Organization: | Campbell Campaigns | ||
| Role: | Founder | ||
| Location: | Chicago, Ill. | ||
| Affiliation: | Republican | ||
| Education: | •University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A. political science and history, 1981) •Southern Methodist University (M.A. public administration, 1982) •University of Pennsylvania (D.Ed. education, 2004) | ||
| Website: | Official website | ||
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Mark P. Campbell is a Republican public relations and communications advisor and founder of Campbell Campaigns. He was the political director for Ted Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign. Campbell has worked on numerous presidential races, including those for George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Rudy Giuliani. He was also senior vice president for strategic, international, and government affairs at Fairleigh Dickinson University and worked in the presidential management program for the Federal Office of Personnel Management.
Career
Early career
After graduating from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Mark Campbell began working for the Federal Office of Personnel Management in 1982; that same year, he also graduated from Southern Methodist University with M.A. in public administration.[1]
In 1985, Campbell worked for the Council for Labor and Industry in Philadelphia as the director of government relations and public policy initiatives.[2] The following year, Campbell worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Commerce as the deputy commerce secretary in Harrisburg.[1]
Campbell worked on George H.W. Bush's 1988 presidential campaign.[3][4] Austen Furse, Cruz's 2016 policy director, was Bush's director of policy planning.
Political consulting
In 1990, Campbell founded Campbell Campaigns (initially Campbell and Campbell Campaigns), a political consulting firm based in Chicago. The firm has worked on numerous campaigns, both for individual candidates and for political organizations.[3] As of May 2015, Campbell is the CEO and president of Campbell Campaigns.[1]
From 2000 to 2004, Campbell was the senior vice president for strategic, international, and government affairs at Fairleigh Dickinson University. According to his bio on the Fairleigh Dickinson University's website, Campbell was also an instructor at the Republican National Committee's Campaign Management College.[5]
In 2000, Campbell was a consultant for George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign.[3][4]
In 2008, Campbell served as Rudy Giuliani's political director for Giuliani's 2008 presidential campaign where Campbell also worked with Jason Miller, Ted Cruz's senior communications advisor for the 2016 presidential election.[6]
Education work
Outside of politics, Campbell was vice president of learningcounts.org, a credit-advisory website launched by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning from 2011 to 2012.[7] Campbell continued his work in education when, in 2012, he became a senior advisor for the International Association of University Presidents in London. However, in 2013, Campbell took the position of executive director of the Committee for Legislative Reform and Term Limits, which began a campaign for the institution of term limits for Illinois state elected officials in 2014.[8]
Opposition research firm
Campbell also founded the political research firm Intellz, which specializes in opposition research. The website outlines some of the types of research they provide their clients:[9][10]
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Ted Cruz presidential campaign, 2016
- See also: Ted Cruz presidential campaign, 2016
In 2015, Mark Campbell became the political director for Ted Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign shortly after Cruz announced his candidacy on March 23, 2015.[12]
Cruz suspended his presidential campaign on May 3, 2016, after losing the Indiana Republican primary to Donald Trump.[13]
Ted Cruz nonprofits
After Cruz suspended his campaign, National Review reported that Campbell would serve as chairman of the board and as president of two related nonprofit organizations built from Cruz's campaign infrastructure. As of June 2017, the nonprofits had not been officially formed or named. According to the article, the nonprofits "intended to build on the movement inspired by the Cruz campaign, educating and mobilizing 'grassroots leaders as to the importance of conservative principles.'"[14]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 LinkedIn, "Mark P. Campbell," accessed May 29, 2015
- ↑ Taylor, John. (1985). Governor defends handling of fund. Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Campbell Campaigns, "Our Clients," accessed May 29, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 New York times, "Connecting the Dots Behind the 2016 Presidential Candidates," May 17, 2015
- ↑ Fairleigh Dickinson University, "Public Mind Poll Staff and Academic Associates," accessed May 29, 2015
- ↑ CNN, "Rudy Giuliani," accessed May 29, 2015
- ↑ Reuters, "Life credits put a price tag on experience, help older workers," November 23, 2011
- ↑ Chicago Sun Times, "GOP gov candidates careful with term limit issue," March 16, 2013
- ↑ Intellz, "What we do," accessed May 29, 2015
- ↑ Illinois Secretary of State, "Corporation File Detail Report: Intellz, Inc.," accessed May 29, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Politico, "The power players behind Ted Cruz's campaign," April 20, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "Ted Cruz drops out of presidential race," May 3, 2016
- ↑ National Review, "Cruz Shakes Up Senate Office, Expands Political Operation," July 6, 2016
