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Chairman
Ed Rowen is the current President of the Silicon Valley Young Republican Federation of Santa Clara County. He was one of the Founders of the group in 1993 and served as the first Club President from 1993 to 1996. He also served as State YRFC Regional Director from 1995 to 1996. He has been involved in politics and in GOP affairs since 1971 when he was eight years old stuffing envelopes at the local GOP Headquarters. Since then, he has served on the State Board Of Directors Of the California College dRepublicans, the YRFC, and the California Republican Assembly. In Addition, he served 11 years on the Santa Clara Country Republican Central Committee as both an alternate and elected member. He has also served on the Legislative staffs of U.S. Senator Jim Broyhill(Rep. NC), Congressman William Cobey(Rep. NC, State Senator Jim Nielsen( Rep. Yuba City), State Assemblyman Wayne Grisham(Rep. Norwalk), and Governor John Engler ( Rep. Michigan) while he was Senate Majority Leader in Michigan. His campaign experience ranges from his work on the 1988 Bush Campaign in the Northeast in 1988 and also former Santa Clara City Councilman Dave Tobkin's two races in 1979 and 1983, along with dozens of GOP statewide and local races in eight states. -Currently, Ed Rowen is working for Lehman Brothers in Menlo Park as a Deputy Director of Facilities and Govt Affairs. His duties include: handling Site Services, Government Relations, and coordinating research on world and regional economic issues that have a bearing on Investor and Customer Relations. His non-political involvement includes memberships in the SJSU Alumni Association, the San Jose Jaycees, and the National Rifle Association. He has also served on the Santa Clara County Youth Commission and the Santa Clara Citizens Advisory Committee. |
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Vice-Chairman
Jay Kirkman Bio to follow
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Treasurer
Dennis Rowen Dennis Rowen is a recent graduate from Santa Clara High School. He has been active in Republican politics for several years. Dennis has participated in many of the precinct walks that the SVYRF has done for local politicians. He is also an avid sports enthusiast and hopes one day to serve our country in its armed forces. |
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Secretary
Theri Rowen Bio to follow
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Director At Large
Nolan Chen SVYRFC Director Nolan Chen is a longtime resident of Silicon Valley. He grew up in Cupertino and attended public schools in Cupertino and San Jose before graduating from Bellarmine College Prep in 1989. In 1993 Nolan graduated from Princeton University and lived and worked on the East Coast for a few years as a software developer before moving back to Cupertino in 1999. Today, Nolan is currently a software engineer at a Silicon Valley startup company. |
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Director At Large
Alan Hall Bio to follow |
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Director At Large
Raina Mehrten Insert new bio here |
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Parliamentarian
Robert Arne Bio to follow |
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