Biographical Information

Family: Wife: Cheryl, b: Aiken SC
1 Child: Marisa b: Arlington VA
Birth Date: 12/03/1950
Birthplace: Havana, Cuba
Home City: Mauldin, SC
Religion: Evangelical Catholic

Education:

BS        Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah Georgia, 1972
             Major: Mathematics    Minor: Spanish
MS       University of South Carolina - Columbia, 1974,
             Major: Probability and Mathematical Statistics   Minor: Topology
            Ph.D. Candidate at University of South Carolina – Columbia 1976-1981
            All Courses Completed – Major: Applied Statistics   Minor: Psychometrics

Professional Experience:
Executive Director, Americans Have Had Enough Coalition, 2006-present
Owner/Consultant, The MGQ Group, Public Opinion Research Consultant, 1988-present
Mathematics/Computer Science Instructor, Greenville High Academy, 2000-2006
Director of Title I /Federal Programs, Georgia Department of Education, 1997-2000
Director, IRM, Savannah Technical College, 1996-1997
Statistical Consultant, South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, 1994-1997
Research Director, South Carolina State Legislature, 1995-1996
Adjunct Faculty, Mathematics, Midlands Technical College, 1991-1996
Senior Research Analyst, The Gallup Organization, 1994-1995
Statistician/Psychometrician, South Carolina Department of Education, 1986-1994
Deputy Associate Director, National Institute of Education, 1982-1986
Special Assistant, United States Department of Education, 1981-1982
Baker and Associates, Lee Atwater, owner 1980-1981
Statistician/Psychometrician, South Carolina Department of Education, 1977-1981
Statistical Consultant, Spectrum Incorporated, 1977-1981
Adjunct Faculty, Midlands Technical College - Mathematics, 1975-1981
Statistician, South Carolina Department of Youth Services, 1974-1977
Adjunct Faculty, Trident Technical College, 1974-1975
Graduate Assistant/Instructor, University Of South Carolina, 1972-1974.

Political Experience:
Advance Team, 1988 GOP Convention, New Orleans LA
County Delegate, Lexington County Grand Old Party, 1988-1996
Vice Chair, Lexington County Grand Old Party, 1990-1992
State Delegate, South Carolina Grand Old Party, 1988-1996
Presidential Appointment, Reagan Administration, United States Department of Education, 1981-1986
Pollster, Reagan for President, 1979-1980
Volunteer, Strom Thurmond for United States Senate, 1978
Volunteer, Reagan for President, 1976
Volunteer, Committee to Re-Elect President Nixon, 1972
Volunteer, Richard Nixon for President, 1968
Volunteer, Barry Goldwater for President, 1964.

Organizations:
Precinct President, Greenville County Grand Old Party, 2007-present
Member, American Association of Public Opinion Research, 1988-present
Member, American Education Research Association, 1977-present
Member, American Statistical Association, 1974-present
Member, National Association of Test Directors, 1997-2000
Member, National Council of Measurement in Education, 1974-2000
Member, South Carolina Young Republicans, 1978-1980.