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Azi Paybarah

Lazio Reorganizes

After GOP gubernatorial challenger Carl Paladino's climb in the polls and Rick Lazio's sputtering fund-raising, this kind of reshuffling was sort of inevitable.

The official announcement about who's on-board, is after the jump.

Lazio Equipped To Sprint To The Finish

Campaign Announces Growing List of Talent to Aid The Final Push To November New York, NY - With a growing post-convention momentum many new faces have come from across the political landscape to the side of Republican and Conservative candidate for Governor Rick Lazio for the final push to victory in November:

Rick Lazio said, “The energy all of this talent brings to our campaign to fix Albany is not only gratifying to me, but should put Andrew Cuomo and the Albany crowd on notice that their days are numbered.  I cannot thank Kevin Fullington enough for a successful convention and his long hours and hard work to ready this campaign for the final push.  I will continue to seek his counsel as part of our Executive Committee.”

Lazio 2010 announced today the launching of their Executive Committee:

Matt Walter (Campaign Manager): Since 2007, Walter has served as a senior staff member at New York’s Republican State Committee, and his valuable contributions to the Party have been felt across New York State. His extensive experience in political operations includes virtually all aspects of a modern, effective campaign management, including fundraising, communications and media relations, voter outreach, grassroots organizing, political strategy, legal compliance, volunteer coordination and staff training.

Kevin Fullington: A veteran of the Bloomberg Administration, New York City Council, and New York State Attorney General’s Office, Kevin has experience in campaigns on all levels of government.  He is a graduate of the New York City public schools system and a practicing attorney at Herrick Feinstein LLP – a Manhattan law firm.

Charles E. Kilbourne (Chair of the Executive Committee): Charles E. Kilbourne has a long history in government and politics.  He served for six years in various capacities in Governor George Pataki's Administration. He has been a key part of numerous statewide and local campaigns.  Mr. Kilbourne is a Managing Director and the Secretary of the Corporation of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps.  Previously, he was a Vice President of the Financial Services Forum.  He received his Bachelor's degree with honors from Tufts University and his Master's degree from Georgetown University.

Beth Myers: Beth Myers has a long history of involvement in public issues and campaigns. Most recently, she was Campaign Manager for Mitt Romney's presidential race and before that served as his Chief of Staff through all four years of the Romney governorship. She previously worked as a litigation associate at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP. Starting on the 1980 Reagan campaign, Myers has worked for a slew of candidates.  Myers graduated from Tufts University and received a Juris Doctorate from Southern Methodist University School of Law.

Anthony Scaramucci (Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital, New York):  Anthony Scaramucci is the Founder and Managing Partner of SkyBridge Capital, which is a fund of funds and hedge fund incubation company. Mr. Scaramucci earned a BA in Economics, summa cum laude from Tufts University in 1986.  He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa society.  He graduated with a JD from Harvard Law School in 1989.  He is a Board Member of The Lymphoma Foundation, and The Brain Tumor Foundation

This announcement comes on top of other recent additions to the Lazio campaign:

David James – Director of Communications:  A Washington DC veteran of media relations; James most recently served as Assistant Secretary of Labor.  He worked at the Republican National Committee under the leadership of Ed Gillespie during the 2003-2004 Presidential election cycles.  James is also the veteran of three other U.S. Senate races and was the Executive Director of the campaign to retake the Missouri House in 2002.  James spent six years as a press operative on Capitol Hill as well. 

Lynn Krogh – Political Director:  Krogh is a veteran of George Pataki's 2002 gubernatorial campaign and is the current chair of the New York State Young Republicans and also is a principal in the firm of Gotham Management Group.  After the Pataki administration, Krogh worked for Daniel Libeskind, the architect who designed the master plan for the World Trade Center site.