Republican Party of Orange County- Chairman's Appointee Katerina E. Tavoularis

Katerina E. Tavoularis is the Statewide Field Director for Victory 2006 – a project of the California Republican Party. In 2006 she managed a staff of 60 throughout California that executed the most comprehensive get-out-the-vote campaign in recent California history to re-elect Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the entire Republican Ticket.

Formerly, Tavoularis served as Director of Public Affairs for Newport Beach-based Iger & Associates. At Iger & Associates, she managed and directed the firm’s governmental advocacy and business development strategies and efforts. She was responsible for contacts with elected and appointed government representatives at local, state, and federal-levels on behalf of Iger & Associates’ clients.

Additionally, Tavoularis oversaw public relations campaigns and community relations with her extensive experience working and building outreach coalitions with the many diverse ethnic communities in Southern California, including many business groups.

With more than 15 years of political experience, Tavoularis brought a wide array of contacts in business, media and government to Iger & Associates. Previously, Ms. Tavoularis served as Executive Director of the Republican Party of Orange County, California, one of the nation’s most prominent and efficient political operations. Katerina directed the County Party’s day-to-day operations culminating in 2004, when she directed and implemented the get-out-the-vote effort in Orange County producing the highest vote margin of victory of any county in the United States. Her political reports, strategy plans and youth projects now serve as a model for other county parties throughout the nation.

As a professional staff member for the Republican Party of Orange County, the Arizona Republican Party and a number of candidates for political office, Katerina oversaw and executed plans to raise in excess of $12 million over a 15-year career and more than a dozen elections.

Ms. Tavoularis earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with an emphasis in Politics and Policy Formation from the California State University at Long Beach. She has served as a presenter, lecturer and panelist in a number of campaign schools, political summits, professional conferences and policy discussions. Katerina has been featured in the Orange County Register, in CNN’s coverage of the 2004 Republican National Convention including reporting Live from the Floor as their "Delegate Diary" with Wolf Blitzer and was featured on CNN’s flagship nightly newscast "News Night with Aaron Brown" on Inauguration Day 2005.