RNC Leadership
Chairman
Joe is a fourth generation Sarasotan and descendent of Ringling Circus chief tentmaker William Hobson, his great grandfather who moved the family to Sarasota in 1922. A 1996 graduate of Cardinal Mooney High School, Joe is also a graduate of both Florida State University, where he earned his undergraduate degree, and the University of South Florida, where he earned his MBA.
Joe is a partner at Robinson Gruters and Roberts, a CPA firm with offices in Sarasota County.
For the last 25 years, Joe has been working at the grassroots level as both a Republican Party activist and leader. He served as Chairman of the Republican Party of Sarasota for 14 years, Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida for 4 years where he was undefeated in state wide elections and served as member of the Republican National Committee for 4 years where he served as Chairman of the Election Integrity committee.
Joe has also served as a member of the Electoral College representing Florida during the 2016 and 2020 elections and was the co chairman of the 2016 Republican National Committees platform committee on Restoring the American Dream.
Joe currently serves as a State Senator representing Sarasota and Manatee Counties. He serves as the Florida Senate Regulated Industries Chairman.
Joe is an active member of the Sarasota County community and local government. He has served as Chairman of the Sarasota County Planning Commission, on the Board of Directors for the Florida Sports Foundation, as Treasurer for the Sarasota Humane Society and as a Governor Rick Scott Appointee to the Board of Trustees for Florida State University, where he was Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee and Presidential Compensation Committee. Joe currently serves on the University of South Florida Community Leadership Counsel at the Sarasota Campus.
Joe is married to Sydney and they have three children – Spencer, Jack and Elizabeth.
Co-Chair
KC Crosbie was elected as the National Committeewoman from Kentucky in June 2012 and RNC Treasurer in January 2023.
In 2007, Lexington citizens elected KC as their representative on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government City Council. KC was re-elected and served three, consecutive terms. KC was chosen by her Council colleagues to serve on various, intergovernment committees, including General Government Oversight, Health and Social Services and Public Safety. KC represented Lexington as the City Council's representative on the Metropolitan Planning Organization.
During her tenure as National Committeewoman, KC has served on the RNC Executive Committee, RNC Rules Committee, and RNC Faith Advisory Board. KC represents the RNC on the Convention Selection Committee which recently selected Milwaukee, Wisconsin to host the 2024 GOP Convention, and continues working with other committee members to identify the future location for the 2028 GOP Convention.
In Kentucky, KC was appointed GOP Finance Chair, and served on the Kentucky GOP Executive and Budget Committees. KC has chaired several coalitions for federal and statewide candidates, engaging thousands of grassroots activists from all 120 counties in Kentucky. KC is a charter member of the Women Republicans of Central Kentucky an active member of the Fayette County Republican Womens Club.
Prior to her election as RNC Treasurer, KC worked 18 years for a Fortune 50 company Healthcare/Pharma company where she was involved in procuring and managing multi-million-dollar health care contracts. She later founded Lexington Diagnostic Solutions, LLC, a Kentucky distributor of medical testing supplies and diagnostic products. KC is currently a partner with Andover Farms LLC, a Kentucky small business.
KC is originally from Dayton, Ohio. She earned her B.A. in Communications from the University of Kentucky. KC is also involved in her community as a University of Kentucky Fellow, the Junior League of Lexington, a youth Sunday school teacher, and her church's outreach and recreational ministry among many other things. She also served on the Commonwealth of Kentucky Crime Victims Compensation Board, the Commonwealth of Kentucky Board of Claims, the Commonwealth of Kentucky Judicial Nomination Commission, and the Lexington Children’s Museum Board. KC is married to Scott Crosbie, a Lexington lawyer and they have three adult children, Kirby, Cate, and Mac.
Treasurer
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
National Committeewoman for the Republican National Committee – New York, NY
Executive Committee and Chairman of the News and Media subcommittee 2012 Republican Convention
Chairman of the New York County Republican Committee – January 2007 – January 2011
Cathy Blaney and Associates: Fundraising – New York, NY – July 2000 – November 2002
Fundraising for Republican State Committee, Congressman Rick Lazio, and Governor George Pataki
Christ Church Day School: Head Teacher – New York, NY – September 1998 - June 2000
The Browning School: Head Teacher – New York, NY – September 1997 - June 1998
The Francis Parker School: Assistant Teacher – Chicago, IL – September 1992 – June 1994
EDUCATION
Bank Street College of Education: New York, NY
University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, PA
OTHER INTERESTS
Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary Board Member
The Dwight Englewood School – Development Committee Member
The Town School Board – Trustee – 2010 – Present
The Stephen Gaynor School – Trustee – 2014 – 2016
Hudson River Park Advisory Council – Member
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The University of Pennsylvania
Central Park Conservancy
Secretary
Vicki Drummond was elected as the National Committeewoman from Alabama in February 2012. She earned her B.S., M.A. and Ed. S. at the University of Alabama. Her political activities consist of serving as a Delegate/Alternate Delegate to the 1988, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Republican National Conventions and she was selected as a member of the Platform Committee in 1988. She served on the NFRW Nominating Committee, was an NFRW National Chaplain and the Vice-Chairman of the Fundraising Committee. As a member of the Alabama Republican Party, Drummond has been on the Steering Committee as well as the Chairman of Congressional District 4. Drummond is also involved in her community. as a member of the Heritage Foundation President’s Club, the Alabama Policy Institute, the National Rifle Association, etc. She served on Governor Robert Bentley’s Transition Team in 2010 and was appointed to the Alabama Constitution Revision Committee. Drummond currently resides in Jasper, AL and she and her husband have two adult sons, Matthew (Jamie) and Michael (Lee), and two granddaughters.
General Counsel
John R. Hammond, III, is a partner in the law firm of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and provides public affairs services for clients on a local, state, and federal level. Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP serves clients in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Delaware, Northern Kentucky, Minneapolis, Chicago, Denver, Phoenix and Washington, DC.
As a veteran of Indiana state government, John has helped shape a wide variety of public policies from state and local tax policy and environmental regulatory affairs to K-12 and higher education policy, tort reform, transportation, insurance, and economic development issues.
John's extensive Indiana public service includes senior policy roles in the offices of the Governor and Lt. Governor. Beginning with heading-up the Governor-Elect's transition office, his public service culminated in serving former Governor Robert D. Orr as a senior policy advisor for eight years. In that capacity, John was the Governor's senior advisor for education policy and legislative affairs. As the Governor's chief legislative director, he served in that role for a record six general sessions and three special sessions.
He is a member of the National Finance Committee of the Republican Governors Association and a member of the Executive Board of the National Republican Lawyers Association.
John has been a frequent statewide public affairs panelist and lecturer focusing on Indiana government and politics and is the co-author of the article "Campaigns and Candidates: Lawyers and Their Obligations," prepared for the Legislative Services Agency for Continuing Legal Education seminar titled "The Lawyer-Lobbyist."
John holds a bachelor of arts from DePauw University and a juris doctor from Indiana University McKinney School of Law and is admitted to practice in Indiana. He is married and the father of four sons and has two grandchildren. John enjoys playing tennis, all things music including playing the drums, and books on history, politics, and astrophysics. He resides in Indianapolis, Ind.
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