Ventura County Republican Party Mixer: April 25, 2007 @ 7:00 PM

Ventura County Republican Party Mixer
Where: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Air Force One Pavillion
When: Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 7:00 PM

Our special guest will be Cyrus Nowrasteh.

Cyrus Nowrasteh (No-rasta) began his career in 1986 writing the successful CBS television series, THE EQUALIZER. He went on to work on other series and wrote the pilot for the hit USA show LA FEMME NIKITA. In recent years Cyrus has focussed on docudrama and history.


In 2001 he wrote and directed the highly acclaimed Showtime presentation, THE DAY REAGAN WAS SHOT which starred Richard Dreyfuss as Alexander Haig and was executive produced by Oliver Stone. The following year he wrote 10,000 BLACK MEN NAMED GEORGE, another Showtime presentation. For both of the above films Mr. Nowrasteh received the PEN LITERARY AWARD for Best Teleplay -- the only writer in the history of the Pen awards to win two years in a row in the same category. In 2005 Mr. Nowrasteh wrote the MANIFEST DESTINY episode of the Steven Spielberg and TNT miniseries presentation INTO THE WEST which was nominated for 16 emmy awards. Most recently, Mr. Nowrasteh wrote and produced the ABC miniseries, THE PATH TO 9/11, which aired on September 10th and 11th, 2006, before 28 million viewers. Ex-President Bill Clinton and many of his supporters in the Democratic party attacked the miniseries and tried very hard to get the broadcast pulled, which is the subject of Mr. Nowrasteh's talk this evening.

Cost of admission is $20. Please make check payable to Ventura County Republican Party and mail to 3625 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 259, Westlake Village, CA 91362. For more information contact headquarters at (805) 557-1240.


http://www.vcrcc.org/events

Ventura County Republican Project: Former VCGOP Executive Director, and Current Secretary, Larissa Nelson

Larissa Nelson, Former Executive Director & Current Secretary, Ventura County Republican Party

Larissa Nelson has extensive background in serving the community in the areas of politics, non-profit work, and public relations. She became active in politics, while in college, serving as a campaign volunteer for several local Republican candidates.

Larissa has worked on many of the recent campaigns in California’s History including the Bush/Cheney ‘04 Campaign, the historic recall election bringing Schwarzenegger into office, and, most recently (2005) she served as the chair of the Ventura County Special Election Campaign Team in support of the governor and his initiatives. Although the initiatives did not pass, Ventura County passed three of the reform propositions, and turned out the vote better than any state county on Election Day that had over 100,000 Republicans. Larissa is also an appointed voting member of the California Republican Party. Locally, she founded the Santa Clara River Valley Republican Women Federated, a unit of the National Federation of Republican Women, and is one of the co-founders of the local CWLA chapter.

Professionally, she has also been involved closely with non-profit consulting focusing on non-profit start-up, fund and program development, volunteer recruitment and training, and political organizing. She has worked on a variety of projects involving Habitat for Humanity, the American Red Cross, American Lung Association and Sisters for Social Service. Larissa is also co-founder of The Center for Student Philanthropic Advancement, a non-profit organization that focuses on combining educated student volunteers with community programs.

Throughout her professional career, Mrs. Nelson has continued to work in community and volunteer organizations. She always finds time to contribute locally, from encouraging citizens to become politically involved to working with a local church youth group to serving on the board of CareerVision, a student-focused non-profit organization.

Larissa Nelson graduated cum laude from Pepperdine University with a bachelor's degree in Organizational Communications and Political Science. In her rare free time she prefers to enjoy the outdoors, mountain bike, read, travel, and visit with her 6 brothers and sisters. She currently resides in Fillmore, CA, with her husband, Jon, and her two dogs.

http://www.vcrcc.org/committee/executive_director

Ventura County Republican Party Mission

It is the mission of the Ventura County Republican Central Committee to support and maximize county Republican voter registration, develop an active and functional precinct organization to get out the vote, increase economic independence by engaging donors with the county party and through other fund-raising activities, all in preparation for the next and future election cycles.

http://www.vcrcc.org/mission

Ventura County Republican Party Central Committee

Ventura County Republican Party Officers:

Chairman: Mike Osborn

1st Vice Chair: Don Yates

2nd Vice Chair: David Tennessen

Secretary: Larissa Nelson

Treasurer: Clark Johnson

1st District - Ventura, OjaiMary Osborn - Caucus Chair, Gerry Moreno, James Prosser, Mike Osborn, Paul Thompson

2nd District- Conejo Valley - Thousand OaksSandy Patrizio - Caucus Chair, Arkady Milgram, Darin Henry, Mark Hynum, Don Yates

3rd District- Camarillo - Santa Paula Fillmore - Port HuenemeLarissa Nelson, David Tennessen, Clark Johnson

4th District - Simi Valley, MoorparkJason Spadaro - Caucus Chair, Peggy Sadler, John Absmeier, Reg Richardson, Dean Kunicki

5th District – Oxnard Leslie Cornejo - Caucus Chair, Mike Gallardo

Ex Officio Alternates Mike Berger, Samantha Harrison, Shawna Foy, Rita Graham, Brian Martin, Natalie Panossian, Jeanette Lombardo, Jennifer Rossi, Kimble Ouerbacker

Committee Alternates Clay Blackmer, Daryl Reynolds, Kay Deal, Dianne Alexander, Matthew Hewitt, Jarrod DeGonia,Mike Plisky, Herb Gooch

http://www.vcrcc.org/committee/

Ventura County Republican Party Headquarters
(805) 557-1240Fax: (805) 557-1241
3625 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 259Westlake Village, CA 91362

Ventura County Republican Project: California GOP Executive Director

Mr. Mike Vallante

Present
California Executive Director, July 2003

Previous
Chairman, Rhode Island Republican Party, 1989
President, St. Rita’s Man’s Club-Sierra Madre, CA
Volunteer, Burbank Animal Shelter, Burbank, CA

RNC Activity
RNC Regional Political Director, 1986-1988

http://www.gop.com/States/StateDetails.aspx?state=CA

Ventura County Republican Project: California GOP Chairman

Mr. Ron Nehring

Present
State Chairman, California Republican Party, elected February 11, 2007
International Republican Institute
The Leadership Institute
Project for California’s Future

Previous
Vice Chairman, California Republican Party, 2005-2007
Chairman, Republican Party of San Diego County, 2001 – 2007
Member, California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, 2005-2006
President, California Republican County Chairmen’s Association, 2003
Trustee, Grossmont Union High School District, 2004- 2006

http://www.gop.com/States/StateDetails.aspx?state=CA

Ventura County Republican Project: California National Committeewoman

The Honorable Barbara Alby

Present
National Committeewoman, California Republican Party, elected - February 3, 1996
Board of Directors, California Republican Party
Member, NFRW

Previous
Legislator, California Assembly
Vice-President, California Republican Assembly
Area Chairman, Proposition 13, 1978
Founder and President Women's Lobby, 1985
Co-Founder, Citizens Against New Taxes, 1992
California Director, Vote at Home Project for Victory, 1992
Area Chairman, Three Strikes and You're Out, 1994
Author, Child Protection Act, 1994
Author, Megan's Law / California
Area Chairman, California Civil Rights Commission, 1996
Co-Chair, Dole/Kemp, 1996
Bush/Cheney Surrogate, 2000

RNC Activity
RNC Senior Consultant, Victory 1992, California
RNC Committee on Resolutions, Western States Association, 1996 -
RNC Committee on Arrangements, Republican National Convention, 2000
Subcommittee on Tickets and Badges, RNC Committee on Arrangements, Republican National Convention, 2000
RNC Committee on Resolutions, Western States Association, 2000
RNC Committee on Rules, 2000
Site Selection Committee, 2008 Republican National Convention

http://www.gop.com/States/StateDetails.aspx?state=CA

Ventura County Republican Project: California National Committeeman

Mr. Timothy J. Morgan

Present
National Committeeman, California Republican Party, elected February 3, 1996
Treasurer, Republican National Committee, elected January 19, 2007
Attorney at Law, Private practice, 1979 -
Chairman, California Republican Party Rules Committee, 1991 - 1992; 1995 -
Vice President, Monterey Bay Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, 2002 -
Trustee, University of California, Santa Cruz, Foundation, 1996 –

Previous
Captain, United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1974 - 1979
Reagan-Bush County Chairman, 1980, 1984
Bush-Quayle County Chairman, 1988, 1992
Minority Counsel, California Senate Committee on Elections and Reapportionment, 1988 - 1989
Chairman, Santa Cruz County Republican Central Committee, 1993 - 1996

RNC Activity
RNC Budget Committee, 1999 -
RNC Standing Committee on Rules, 1997 - 2000
RNC Redistricting Task Force, 1997 -
RNC Youth Outreach Task Force, 1997 - 1998

http://www.gop.com/States/StateDetails.aspx?state=CA