John Sidney McCain III was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for president of the United States in the 2008 election,which he lost to Barack Obama.
Joseph Isadore Lieberman is an American politician,lobbyist,and attorney who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party,he was its nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2000 election. During his final term in office,he was officially listed as an independent Democrat and caucused with and chaired committees for the Democratic Party.
Peter Finley Secchia was an American businessman and Republican political activist,who also served as the United States Ambassador to Italy and San Marino from 1989 to 1993.
Ronald Arthur Silver was an American actor/activist,director,producer,and radio host. As an actor,he portrayed Henry Kissinger,Alan Dershowitz and Angelo Dundee. He was awarded a Tony in 1988 for Best Actor for Speed-the-Plow, a satirical dissection of the American movie business.
Sam Fox is an American businessman in St. Louis,and the owner of Harbour Group Industries. He was the United States Ambassador to Belgium from April 11,2007 until January 2,2009. President George W. Bush appointed Fox to the post by a recess appointment on April 4,2007.
Bush Pioneers are people who gathered $100,000 for George W. Bush's 2000 or 2004 presidential campaign. Two new levels,Bush Rangers and Super Rangers,were bestowed upon supporters who gathered $200,000+ or $300,000+,respectively,for the 2004 campaign,after the 2002 McCain–Feingold campaign finance law raised hard money contribution limits. This was done through the practice of "bundling" contributions. There were 221 Rangers and 327 Pioneers in the 2004 campaign and 241 Pioneers in the 2000 campaign. A fourth level,Bush Mavericks,was used to identify fundraisers under 40 years of age who bundled more than $50,000.
Roland E. Arnall was an American businessman and diplomat. As the owner of ACC Capital Holdings,he became a billionaire with Ameriquest Mortgage. He was co-founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center,and from 2006 until shortly before his death he was the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands.
Melvin Floyd Sembler is former United States Ambassador to Italy (2001–2005),and former Ambassador to Australia and Nauru (1989–1993). He has also served as Chairman of the Board of the Sembler Company,which develops and manages shopping centers,and co-founder of Straight,Inc.,a controversial drug-treatment center. Sembler is the chairman of the Scooter Libby Legal Defense Trust,and was a co-chair of the Florida Finance Committee for Mitt Romney.
The 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain,the longtime senior U.S. Senator from Arizona,was launched with an informal announcement on February 28,2007,during a live taping of the Late Show with David Letterman,and formally launched at an event on April 25,2007. His second candidacy for the Presidency of the United States,he had previously run for his party's nomination in the 2000 primaries and was considered as a potential running mate for his party's nominee,then-Governor George W. Bush of Texas. After winning a majority of delegates in the Republican primaries of 2008,on August 29,leading up to the convention,McCain selected Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate for Vice President. Five days later,at the 2008 Republican National Convention,McCain was formally selected as the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 2008 presidential election.
The Drug Free America Foundation (DFAF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1976 by former US Ambassador Mel Sembler,his wife Betty Sembler,and Joseph Zappala as Straight,Inc.,renamed The Straight Foundation,Inc. in 1985 and Drug Free America Foundation in 1995.
Frederic Vincent Malek was an American business executive,political advisor,and philanthropist. He was a president of Marriott Hotels and Northwest Airlines and an assistant to United States Presidents Richard Nixon and George H. W. Bush. Active in politics for more than fifty years,Malek also served as a National Finance Committee Chair of Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign,as well as the finance chair for the Republican Governors Association,and played various roles in the campaign of every Republican nominee for president,with the exception of Donald Trump,over the past four decades. Malek also served as the chair of the board of visitors of the United States Military Academy at West Point,and was active in philanthropic efforts to support the academy. In 2011,in recognition of his commitment to free enterprise and community service,he received the Horatio Alger Award.
Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Jr. was the 57th United States Ambassador to France from 1989 to 1993,and the United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1975 to 1977. Curley was New York City's Commissioner of Public Events and Chief of Protocol from 1973 to 1974,during the administrations of John Lindsay and Abraham Beame.
Ronald N. Weiser is an American businessman and Republican Party activist,donor and financier. Weiser founded a real estate company. He held fundraising roles for the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush and John McCain. He was chairman of the Michigan Republican Party from 2009–2011,2017–2019,and 2021–present. He was U.S. ambassador to Slovakia during the Bush's first term (2001–2004) and was elected to the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan in 2016.
Lewis Michael Eisenberg is an American financier and investor who was the United States Ambassador to Italy and the United States Ambassador to San Marino. He is known for co-founding and heading private equity firm Granite Capital International Group L.P. He has a multi-decade history in American political fundraising circles and has held a number of national,state,and bi-state appointments throughout his career,including serving as the Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at the time of the September 11,2001 attack of the World Trade Center,which the Port Authority operated.
Alfred Hoffman Jr. is an American businessman and politician. He is a real estate developer and a former Ambassador to Portugal.
James Mellon is a British businessman.
Joy Silverman is an American socialite and Republican Party operative and fundraiser.
Richard Duke Buchan III is an American financier,diplomat,farmer and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of Hunter Global Investors,a private investment management firm. He served as the United States Ambassador to Spain and Andorra from 2017 to 2021.
David Robert Meller is a British businessman,and the sponsor of an academy trust,and a member of the Department for Education's board of directors,until the scandal surrounding the Presidents Club,of which he was the joint chairman,led to his resignation in January 2018.
Igor Fruman is a Soviet-born American businessman. He is an associate of Rudy Giuliani who,along with Lev Parnas,allegedly aided in a search in Ukraine for detrimental information on U.S. President Donald Trump's political opponents. This allegedly included looking for evidence for a narrative to counter Robert Mueller's Special Counsel investigation and information on former Vice President Joe Biden. He pleaded guilty to an unrelated campaign finance law violation in September 2021 and was sentenced to a one-year prison term in January 2022.
