ANNIE MAYOL

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Annie Mayol is President and Founder of IMAGEN Strategies, an integrated marketing, communications and grassroots firm focusing on political and policy campaigns domestically and abroad, including work in the countries of Columbia, Guatemala, Bahrain, and Morocco. IMAGEN provides highly customized strategies specifically tailored to its client's needs. In November 2008, Mayol served as consultant to Puerto Rico Congressman Luis Fortuno during his successful gubernatorial election, where he defeated the incumbent Governor with the highest margin since Puerto Rico's first elected Governor in 1949 - 52% to 41%. In 2004, she served as Fortuno's campaign manager, who became the first Republican elected to Congress from Puerto Rico in a century.

Mayol was formerly Regional Political Director at the White House Office of Political Affairs, overseeing the Northeast region. As Regional Political Director, she served as the liaison between local elected officials and Republican activists in the Northeast states and the White House. In 2002, Mayol served as Director of Hispanic Outreach for the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), under then-Senator Bill Frist. Mayol provided advice to all Republican Senatorial campaigns regarding Hispanic voters and acted as the key spokesperson for the NRSC in the Hispanic media. Mayol came from the Grassroots Development Division of the Republican National Committee. This RNC Division runs the full gamut of ethnic, religious and ideological outreach. As Regional Field Representative, Mayol was responsible for the Northeast region as well as the state of Florida. Prior to working at the RNC, Mayol served as the Campaign Manager for the Manager Mayoral campaign in the City of Miami, Florida. She also worked as a Press Secretary to Congressman Mike Ferguson (NJ-7). During the 2000 Congressional campaigns, she worked with the National Republican Congressional Committee as an Opposition Researcher.

Annie Mayol was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She has a B.A. in Political Science from American University and a Masters in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.