Staffers with Resumes

Bio, via NOLA.com via Internet Archive:

2012 Republican National Convention Deputy Director of Operations Tampa, FL 2011 to 2012 I was in Tampa for a full year planning the Convention so my duties were vast and varied. Some duties included, but are not limited to procuring official Convention vendors such as our tent dark fiber provider, energy provider, tent company, portable restroom provider, official caterers, etc. I managed the relationships with these vendors and gave them direction. I Oversaw the build-out of all Convention Campus which was the biggest in RNC history. This included our "tent city" with over 100,000 sq. ft. of tenting which was all either air-conditioned or misted, plus lit for night time use. I served as primary point of contact between the Tampa Bay Times Forum staff and Convention Operations. I had numerous relationships with much of the Forum staff. There is no way the Convention could have been successful without a good working relationship between the two parties. I acted as primary liaison between hospitality clients including Romney Victory. This included the planning of all hospitality areas that the Romney campaign required. The most notable project was a 6th floor outdoor deck tent at the Forum. The MITA Group, Inc. Principal Washington, D.C. 2008 to 2011 The MITA Group is a full service Government Affairs Firm that works on behalf of numerous clients in varied fields. The MITA Group performs traditional lobbying duties along with international client consulting duties, management of Political Action Committees and performs political campaign consulting. As a Principal, I was in charge of client support and research. This required the establishment of good relationships on Capitol Hill with Congressional staff in order to present our clients' positions on various issues and pieces of legislation. I also worked on various campaigns over the years and managed one of MITA's Political Action Committees. Romney For President Site Advance Various U.S. States 2012 I was on the Romney For President traveling advance team. Specifically, I was in charge of identifying sites for speeches and rallies, then securing that site and preparing it for a presidential speech or rally. The events that I assisted in organizing ranged in size from 2,000 to 30,000 attendees. The various logistics that need to be completed for these events include but are not limited to: stage set up, sound, lighting, camera platforms, restrooms, press preparation, catering, off stage holding areas, etc

Bio, via American Conference Institute:

JIM PARETTI is Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel to Acting Chair Victoria A. Lipnic of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. As such, he is the Chair’s senior advisor on all legal, enforcement, and policy matters before the Commission, and is responsible for counsel and assistance in the performance of all of her duties as EEOC Chair. Mr. Paretti joined the Chair’s staff shortly after she was appointed as a Commissioner of the EEOC in 2010. Prior to joining the EEOC, Mr. Paretti served as Workforce Policy Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor (Republican). There, Mr. Paretti was legal counsel to the Committee’s Senior Republican Member for workforce policy matters, and was responsible for legal and policy oversight of workforce issues before the Committee, including labor and employment laws; health care, pension, and welfare policy; and all matters relating to the Committee’s workforce agenda. Mr. Paretti previously practiced labor and employment law at Choate, Hall & Stewart, one of Boston’s oldest law firms, and later at McDermott, Will & Emery, one of the nation’s largest national law firms.

Bio, via LinkedIn:

Civil Rights experience at USDA & US DOJ. Employment law experience at US MPSB and as Assistant Attorney General in Virginia. Served on VA state advisory committee for the US Civil Rights Commission. Well over a decade in elections administration/election law, including 4 years as Virginia's chief elections official; @ 2 years as Sr. Counsel for Voting Matters, US DOJ; @ 4 years as an elections consultant, including 3 years as US Elections Advisor for IFES (formerly the Int'l Fdn. for Election Systems); Adjunct Faculty, George Mason University School of Law, teaching seminars on US elections topics. Extensive experience using technology to improve voter services. Extensive experience bringing and defending elections litigation; extensive experience with all federal elections laws, including HAVA, UOCAVA, NVRA & VRA. Specialties: change management, civil rights/EEO/employment law, election law & election administration, international elections observation