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We are so proud to offer this very special luncheon for two with Cathy and Ed Gillespie on our auction! 

"Cathy Gillespie is the co-president of Constituting America and one of 16 private citizens serving on the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, helping organize the celebration of our country’s 250th birthday in 2026! She is a former Congressional Chief of Staff and former Commissioner on the President’s Commission on White House Fellows."

"Cathy Gillespie has held numerous positions in government and politics over the past 34 years including congressional chief of staff and member of the Presidents Commission on White house Fellows.  Cathy was recently appointed to the United States Semiquincentennial Commission, the commission established by Congress to provide for the observance and commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States."

"Cathy serves as Co-President of  the nonpartisan educational 501 ( c) (3) Constituting America with Actress Janine Turner (Northern Exposure, Friday Night Lights, Cliffhanger)  – and has served in this capacity since Constituting America's founding  in 2010.  Constituting  America’s mission is to  utilize the culture and multi-media outreach such as music, film, internet and social media, to educate, engage and inspire America’s adults and students about the importance of the U.S. Constitution and the foundation it sets forth regarding our freedoms and rights."

"Cathy is active in a number of charitable organizations, having served on the Board of Visitors of Virginia State University, the board of Good Shepherd Housing and Family Services and the board of Bishop Ireton High School.

Cathy, a graduate of Texas A&M University, is married to former Counselor to the President, Ed Gillespie. They live in Fairfax County, near George Washington's Mt. Vernon and have three grown children." 

Ed Gillespie:

"Ed Gillespie is a business owner and longtime conservative leader."

"Ed grew up working in his parents’ grocery store, the JC Market. The son of an Irish immigrant, Ed started his career as a Senate parking lot attendant and eventually worked his way up to become Counselor to President George W. Bush.

A former Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia and the Republican National Committee, a lead author of the 1994 Contract with America, and a long-time policy and communications aide to former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, Ed has always been a conservative leader.

As Chairman of the RNC, Gillespie in 2004 was the first GOP chairman in 80 years to preside over a party that won the White House, House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. In 2009, he was general chairman of Bob McDonnell’s highly successful campaign for governor, reclaiming the governorship after back-to-back Democratic governors."