B R McConnon

In addition to leading DDC, B.R. has been a key contact and spokesperson for the National Federation of Independent Business, providing congressional testimony and appearing on CNN and NBC. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Public Affairs Council, has been a guest lecturer for George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management, and is the founder of the Grassroots Roundtable. B.R. graduated from Georgetown University in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in Government and International Relations. He first worked as a policy analyst for Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE), where he authored editorials and position papers on tax and trade issues. He left CSE to become the finance director for two ballot initiatives in Illinois and California where, as the campaigns’ finance director, he became intimately familiar with the technological aspects of raising money, campaigning, compliance reporting, and lobbying. Upon returning to Washington, D.C., B.R. spent five years working with political software and database firms before launching DDC in 1996.