Ron Nehring is a Republican strategist, commentator and lecturer. He is the immediate past Chairman of the California Republican Party

California Republican Party

The California Republican Party is the California affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party chairman is Tom Del Beccaro and is based in Burbank, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The RPC also has a headquarters in Sacramento....

, the largest state Republican Party in the nation. He was unanimously elected to two terms, serving from February 2007 to March 2011.

Early life

Nehring is the only son of German immigrants who settled in New York on Long Island in 1961. He graduated from Islip High School in June 1988 and was a competition cyclist from 1984 to 1988.

Education

Nehring earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Stony Brook University (SUNY Stony Brook) in May 1992. He was recognized by the University for "Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement." He later completed graduate coursework in government at the American University in Washington, D.C. before moving to San Diego, California in 1996. During his time at Stony Brook, Nehring was elected four times to the post of President of the campus chapter of the College Republicans. He worked on numerous campaigns in Suffolk County, New York in the towns of Brookhaven and Southampton while an undergraduate student. In January 1992 he traveled to New Hampshire to campaign for the re-election of then-President George H.W. Bush.

Republican Party of San Diego County

On July 9, 2001 Nehring was unanimously elected Chairman of the Republican Party of San Diego County, one of the largest counties in America, determined to make the Republican Party the "dominant political force" in the region. He was re-elected unanimously in 2003, 2005 and 2007. He resigned as Chairman in April 2007 after being elected Chairman of the California Republican Party. During his tenure as county Republican leader, the party built a large, sophisticated Republican voter turnout operation stressing in-person contact with voters while fundraising increased to over $1 million per year in 2005 and 2006, a record for the organization.

California Republican Party

In February 2003 Nehring was unanimously elected President of the California Republican County Chairmen's Association, an organization within the California Republican Party representing the 58 county Republican leaders in the state. In 2005 he was elected by acclamation to the post of Vice Chairman of the California Republican Party, and in 2007 as Chairman where he served for two terms, facing no opposition.

Republican National Committee

Nehring served for four years as a member of the 168-member Republican National Committee, the national governing body of the Republican Party. At the 2009 organizational meeting of the Republican National Committee, then-Chairman Mike Duncan appointed Nehring to serve as the Sergeant-at-Arms for the meeting where he was responsible for custody of the ballots throughout the meeting which ultimately elected Michael Steele to the post of RNC Chairman.

In April 2009 then-RNC Chairman Michael Steele appointed Nehring to the post of Chairman of the RNC's State Chairmen's Committee, the body consisting of the RNC's 56 state and territorial leaders. In this role Nehring focused the committee's efforts on sharing ideas and best practices among the state leaders.

Local Government

From 2004 through 2006, Nehring served as a Trustee for the Grossmont Union High School District

Grossmont Union High School District

The Grossmont Union High School District is a public school district located in eastern San Diego County, California, and serves high school, adult school, and Regional Occupational Program students in the cities of El Cajon, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, and Santee; and the unincorporated communities of...

, a large school district in east San Diego County with 11 high schools and an annual budget exceeding $170 million. As a strong proponent of charter schools and education reform, he proposed a comprehensive plan for sharply increasing the number of charter schools in the district. He served as Chairman of the district's Audit Committee.

State Government

In 2005, he was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....

 to the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection where he brought his experiences from the 2003 Cedar Fire

Cedar Fire

The Cedar Fire was a human-caused wildfire that burned out of control through a large area of San Diego County, in Southern California, in October 2003...

 which destroyed over 2,000 homes, his house narrowly surviving as many as his Crest

Crest, California

Crest is an unincorporated community in San Diego County, California. The Crest census-designated place had a population of 2,593 at the 2010 census, down from 2,716 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

neighbors lost their homes.

Awards and Recognition

Stony Brook University recognized Nehring with its "Distinguished Alumnus Award" in May 2010 at a ceremony where he addressed the graduates of the university's Political Science Department. The College Republican National Committee recognized Nehring with its "Distinguished Alumnus Award" in 2010. The Conservative Order for Good Government awarded Nehring its Silver Cogg Award in September 2002 in recognition of his leadership in revitalizing the county Republican Party.

Source

http://www.cagop.org/index.cfm/about_board_of_directors.htm
http://www.ronnehring.com/index.cfm/bio.htm