Stephen P. Gordon, President
General Media and Internet Strategy Consultant
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Stephen Gordon has worked as a political consultant and Internet activist since the Republican Revolution, beginning with the Oliver North for Senate campaign. Since then, he’s worked for, managed or consulted with a variety of candidate and issue campaigns at a local, state and national level. Recently, he has served as the Communications Director for the national Libertarian Party, Alabama Media Director during Ron Paul’s presidential race, Communications Director for Kim Rafferty’s Birmingham City Council race, e-Campaign Manager for former Congressman Bob Barr’s presidential bid and e-Campaign Director for Tim James’s gubernatorial bid.
Stephen was called “the leader in Internet activism” by Birmingham radio talk show host Russ Fine for his efforts in defeating a 2003 statewide tax increase proposal. “It’s kind of like the independent music store, the underground, the cool record store, of politics,” stated Nirvana co-founder Krist Novoselic about one of Stephen’s websites.
Stephen is a member of the American Association of Political Consultants, Chairman of the Alabama Republican Liberty Caucus and a member of Jefferson County (AL) GOP Executive Committee.
Jason Pye, Vice President
Internet Content Specialist
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Jason Pye is a new media specialist and writer/researcher based out of Atlanta, Georgia.
Jason has been featured in stories in various national and local media outlets, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Creative Loafing, Fox News, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and WSB-TV (Atlanta) and has done numerous radio interviews on state and national politics. He has also contributed commentary for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, a free-market think tank based in Atlanta, which has been published in newspapers across the state.
In 2010, Jason was a finalist for an Atlanta Press Club Award of Excellence for his work following Georgia politics and the state legislature at Peach Pundit and was one of several Georgia bloggers recognized by the Georgia House of Representatives for the part he plays keeping the citizens of the state informed. Jason also covers national politics at UnitedLiberty.org.
Brett Bittner, Chief Financial Officer
Social Media Specialist
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Brett Bittner is a Atlanta-based new media specialist, focusing on creative and innovative ways to make a message go viral. His social media campaign designs create a unique approach for each message reaching the maximum number of eyes and ears. His work goes beyond politics, encompassing non-profits, businesses, high-profile individuals, and even his passion for canines.
His personal “passion” project, Ask Spike Online, has garnered national media attention, including an interview with Forbes magazine’s online edition. Included as a part of the campaign to promote Ask Spike Online is one of his earliest successes in social media, the wildly popular Twitter scavenger hunt, BarkHunt.
In addition to his duties with Spike, Brett serves as a writer with United Liberty and as a founding member of The 1776 Project.
Ashley Edwards, Alabama Sales Manager
IT Specialist
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Ashley was born and raised in Birmingham, AL, and graduated from the University of Alabama with an engineering B.S. degree in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics.
She is currently volunteering for one of the GOP presidential campaigns and is involved in many political groups/organizations, such as: The American Association of Political Consultants, Young Republican Groups locally, state-wide, and nationally, and the Alabama Republican Liberty Caucus to name a few.
She has been designing and developing websites for over 7 years. Ashley has many years of experience with MySQL, PHP, XHTML, CSS, .NET platform, ASP.NET, C#, C++, Java, Oracle, etc., as well as Software Quality Assurance practices pertaining to website applications. Her background in SQA helps her ensure that the clients are satisfied with the final product.
Ashley considers website design to be a way to express herself creatively, and combine her passion for tehnology and politics into one entity in her life.
Kelly Nguyen, Georgia Sales Manager
Graphic Design and Website Development
Bio coming soon…
Shana J. Kluck, Director of Outreach and Marketing
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A native Texan and homeschooling mom of four, Shana began her foray into politics as a grassroots leader in the Ron Paul for President Campaign, eventually becoming the Alabama State Coordinator and National Director of Homeschoolers for Ron Paul. She also served as the online social media director for Bob Barr’s presidential bid.
She has worked with national figures for book promotions, online reputation management and online presence development. At a regional level, Shana has assisted numerous statewide and district candidates develop a winning comprehensive online campaign strategy.
Within Alabama, Shana stays busy with local politics, serving on the Alabama Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the Tuscaloosa County Republican Executive Committee, the Alabama State Republican Executive Committee, the Alabama Federation of Young Republicans Steering Committee, and is an officer in the Alabama Republican Liberty Caucus.
Shana specializes in providing unique, cutting-edge techniques for online advertising, helping her clients target and re-target potential donors and supporters for conservative candidates and organizations.
Shana is on the process of moving on and is currently serving as the Communications Director for the Republican Party of Alabama, where she can put her skills to better use. She may be contacted at shanajk@gmail.com.
Brad A. McLaughlin, Technical Specialist
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Brad has been designing and developing websites for over 4 years. He went to college at Lee University, graduating in 2006 with a Computer Information Systems B.S. Degree and an Art Minor. He has many years of experience with Linux servers, Apache, MySQL, PHP, XHTML, CSS, as well as ColdFusion.
He is an avid code writer and design specialist. Preferring to code all by hand, he simply wants to be the most involved in a project as possible and that gives him the ability to do so. He is currently finishing his Art Degree at the University of Alabama.
Brad has been known to be a perfectionist when it comes to coding and techniques. To him, coding in itself is an art form and shouldn’t be looked at any less.
Ladd Ehlinger, Jr., Video Production
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Ladd worked for NASA and the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command making animations, videos, and various classified websites. After that, he co-founded an online 3D render farm called Respower with clients like Paramount (Star Trek), Sony, Nikelodean, Disney, and more. He then made two independent feature films: Flatland and Hive Mind.
After making these two independent feature films, Ladd turned his attention to participating in the political world, creating multiple ads for multiple candidates across the nation, creating millions upon millions of views and hundreds of thousands of dollars of free earned media and name recognition. Learn about Ladd at his website.
