For Immediate Release: Contact: Brook Hougesen
Friday, September 4, 2009 Phone: (630) 991-1057
Dillard Announces Additions to Senior Campaign Leadership Team
LISLE, Ill. – Republican candidate for governor Kirk Dillard today announced that Iroquois County native Tim Peters has accepted the post of Campaign Manager for Dillard’s gubernatorial campaign with Carol Stream native David Carlin accepting the post as Deputy Campaign Manager.
“I am privileged to have someone heading my campaign with the political know-how and integrity that Tim Peters possesses,” said Dillard. “Peters has a proven track-record of commitment and dedication to electing well-respected, fiscally conservative leaders in office. His background and experience in the agriculture and food sectors will be a major asset as we work together to improve Illinois’ largest industry: agriculture.
Peters brings a wealth of public and private sector experience to bear for the campaign including his service as Political Director to former U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert. He has held senior posts with former U.S. Representative Robin Hayes (R-NC) and U.S. Representative Jerry Moran (R-KS). Peters also served as a Senior Director at McDonald’s Corporation doing Public Affairs work both domestically and internationally.
“I’m honored to be working with Senator Dillard and look forward to being a part of his team,” said Peters. “Early on in our discussions about joining his campaign, Kirk expressed his insights about what it takes to restore integrity to Illinois government, balance our state’s budget, and get Illinoisans working again. I’m happy to be a part of the effort to make his vision a reality.”
Raised in Danforth, Illinois on his family’s farm, Peters is an alumnus of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign with a degree in secondary education and Kansas State University where he studied Agricultural Economics. Peters also serves on Harvard University’s Public and Private Scientific and Consumer Advisory Council and is Vice Chairman of the Board for Common Threads, a non-profit in Chicago.
David Carlin has been named as Deputy Campaign Manager. Carlin, a 1998 alumnus of Augustana College in Rock Island, has been involved in Illinois Republican politics as well as local government for over a decade. Carlin served as Executive Director of the DuPage Republican Party in 2006-2007 and Deputy Executive Director of the Illinois Republican Party from 2000-2005. In 2006, he was elected to the College of DuPage Board of Trustees. Carlin serves as Vice Chairman of the Board and helps oversee the college’s $156 million annual operating budget.
“David is a loyal and keen advisor,” Dillard continued. “He shares my vision to make Illinois a destination economy. I’m very fortunate to have such dedicated and experienced leaders on my campaign team. Like me, Tim and David have young children and are dedicated to making the Land of Lincoln a place where we can raise a family with pride, offer a world-class education system and create careers suited for the 21st Century workforce.
Peters and Carlin join Ron Gidwitz, General Campaign Chairman and Gwen Henry, Campaign Treasurer as members of the Senior Dillard for Governor Leadership Team.
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