Alec Poitevint
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Alec L. Poitevint II is a Georgia businessman and longtime official of the U.S. Republican Party
(GOP). In February 2011, he was named by GOP Chairman Reince Priebus
to manage the 2012 Republican National Convention
, to be held in Tampa
beginning on August 27, 2012. Poitevint replaces the team appointed by former RNC Chair Michael Steele, who Priebus fired immediately after his election as Chairman in January 2011. Poitevint's official title of Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements.
Poitevint served as Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party
in the 2000s, overseeing capture of the Governorship by his party for the first time in 134 years, as well as achieving control of the State Senate and House of Representatives. He currently serves as Republican National Committeeman from Georgia.
From 1997 to 2001, Poitevint served as Treasurer of the Republican National Committee
under then-Chair Jim Nicholson
. He has been a member of the National Committee since 1989.
He also served as Director of United Insurance Holding Corp. of St. Petersburg, Floridaa, an insurance holding company that writes and services property and casualty policies, from 2001 through 2009.
He has served on several corporate boards, including Forbes
, to which he was named in October 2008. Others include the First Port City Bank of Bainbridge (since 1989), and the Virbac Corp. (NASDAQ) of Fort Worth, Texas. He is also the past Chairman of the American Feed Industry Association and the National Feed Ingredients Association.
In June 2010, he was named Chairman of the Board of the Georgia Ports Authority. He had first been appointed to the board in July 2007 by Governor Sonny Perdue
.
He serves as a Director of the Georgia Agribusiness Council and was Federal Commissioner of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Water Compact. He was a former mission member of the U.S. Agricultural Trade and Development Mission to Europe in 1990 and U.S. Delegate to the World Food Summit in 2002.
He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia
, majoring in economics.
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
(GOP). In February 2011, he was named by GOP Chairman Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
Reinhold Reince Priebus is the chairman of the Republican National Committee. He is also a previous chair of the Republican Party of Wisconsin....
to manage the 2012 Republican National Convention
2012 Republican National Convention
The United States 2012 Republican National Convention, in which delegates of the Republican Party will choose the party's nominees for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States, will be held during the week of August 27, 2012, in Tampa, Florida at the St...
, to be held in Tampa
Tâmpa
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beginning on August 27, 2012. Poitevint replaces the team appointed by former RNC Chair Michael Steele, who Priebus fired immediately after his election as Chairman in January 2011. Poitevint's official title of Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements.
Poitevint served as Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party
Georgia Republican Party
The Georgia Republican Party is one of the two major political parties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is affiliated with the United States Republican Party .-Current structure:...
in the 2000s, overseeing capture of the Governorship by his party for the first time in 134 years, as well as achieving control of the State Senate and House of Representatives. He currently serves as Republican National Committeeman from Georgia.
From 1997 to 2001, Poitevint served as Treasurer of the Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
The Republican National Committee is an American political committee that provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican political platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election strategy. It is...
under then-Chair Jim Nicholson
Jim Nicholson
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. He has been a member of the National Committee since 1989.
Business and public career
Poitevint is Chairman and President of Southeastern Minerals, Inc. and its affiliated companies, headquartered in Bainbridge, Georgia.He also served as Director of United Insurance Holding Corp. of St. Petersburg, Floridaa, an insurance holding company that writes and services property and casualty policies, from 2001 through 2009.
He has served on several corporate boards, including Forbes
Forbes
Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
, to which he was named in October 2008. Others include the First Port City Bank of Bainbridge (since 1989), and the Virbac Corp. (NASDAQ) of Fort Worth, Texas. He is also the past Chairman of the American Feed Industry Association and the National Feed Ingredients Association.
In June 2010, he was named Chairman of the Board of the Georgia Ports Authority. He had first been appointed to the board in July 2007 by Governor Sonny Perdue
Sonny Perdue
George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III, was the 81st Governor of Georgia. Upon his inauguration in January 2003, he became the first Republican governor of Georgia since Benjamin F. Conley served during Reconstruction in the 1870s....
.
He serves as a Director of the Georgia Agribusiness Council and was Federal Commissioner of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Water Compact. He was a former mission member of the U.S. Agricultural Trade and Development Mission to Europe in 1990 and U.S. Delegate to the World Food Summit in 2002.
He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
, majoring in economics.