Scott Corbitt grew up in the small farming community of South Charleston, Ohio in Clark County.  He is a graduate of Marquette University where he studied under Mark Shields of CNN and PBS and George Reedy, press secretary to President Lyndon Johnson. 

Mr. Corbitt worked in the Washington, DC and Springfield, Ohio offices for Congressman David Hobson.  He was the political director for Senator Mike DeWine’s 2000 campaign and campaign advisor for Senator DeWine’s 2006 campaign.  He served as regional director for Senator DeWine.  He has also served as a consultant for several Congressional and Statehouse races. 

Mr. Corbitt has been working closely with Senator DeWine to help in the John McCain campaign in Ohio.  Mr. Corbitt currently lives in Hilliard, Ohio with his wife Cathy and sons Brady and Andrew.

David Wilhelm is one of America’s leading political strategists and managers.  He was the national manager of the 1992 presidential campaign of William Jefferson Clinton and has directed the campaigns of some of America’s most respected leaders, including Richard M. Daley, the Mayor of Chicago, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., the Chair of the United States Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, and the late Paul Simon, a distinguished Senator from Illinois.

In 1993, upon the recommendation of President-elect Clinton, Wilhelm was named Chair of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the youngest person in American history to head a major national political party.

Wilhelm is the recipient of a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio University. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by Ohio University and the University of Charleston; he has taught at the University of Chicago and DePaul University and was a fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics.

Today, Wilhelm is a frequent guest commentator on leading television news programs such as CNN’s Larry King Live and The Situation Room, and MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews