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| The team at Dresner Wickers Barber Sanders is campaign-tested and extremely savvy. We invite you to take a moment to review our credentials. | | CO-FOUNDER, PRESIDENT | | Bob Wickers |  | | CO-FOUNDER, SENIOR ADVISOR | | Dick Dresner |  | | PARTNERS | Carolyn Barber Bryan Sanders |  | | ASSOCIATE | | Fanny Cheong | | BOB WICKERS - Co-Founder, President | For over 20 years, Bob Wickers has provided strategic communication and media services for political candidates and corporate clients throughout the United States and in Eastern and Central Europe.
Mr. Wickers served as senior advisor, pollster, and media consultant to Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. In 2010 he guided the successful primary and general election campaigns of Governor Robert Bentley (AL) and Attorney General Scott Pruitt (OK). Mr. Wickers served as Mike Johanns’ lead strategist and media producer in his come-from-behind primary and general election victories for governor of Nebraska, and served as media consultant and strategist for Norm Coleman in his successful 2002 race for United States Senate in Minnesota. His clients also include Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, and Congressman Trent Franks (AZ) Mr. Wickers was part of the American team that guided Russian President Boris Yeltsin's successful re-election campaign in 1996. That effort earned him and his colleagues a TIME Magazine cover story, and the International Consultant of The Year POLLIE Award presented by the American Association of Political Consultants. He was the American advisor to Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány in the Premier's historic 2006 re-election campaign - the first time a Hungarian government was re-elected since the fall of Communism; and Mr. Wickers also consulted directly to former Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Mr. Wickers has been a guest lecturer at New York University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences-Department of Politics, and has participated in panel discussions and seminars at UC Berkeley's Institute of Government Studies. Mr. Wickers has been a longtime member of the American Association of Political Consultants and the Lincoln Club of Northern California. He began his career as a consultant to the California Senate Republican Caucus and on the staff of U.S. Senator Pete Wilson (R-CA). Bob Wickers is married, has two children and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He holds a B.A. in political science. | Top  | | DICK DRESNER - Co-Founder, Senior Advisor | Richard Dresner has spent the past thirty years working as a general consultant, media producer and pollster with key political leaders both in the United States and abroad. His past clients have included Russian President Boris Yeltsin, the Conservative Party of Great Britain, New York Senator "Pat" Moynihan, then Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton, California Governor Pete Wilson, and U.S. Senator James Jeffords of Vermont In 1996, Mr. Dresner traveled to Moscow and worked with a small team of American consultants, providing research and strategic advice to President Boris Yeltsin. In 1996 he was honored by the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), which named him "International Consultant of the Year." In addition, Showtime has produced a movie regarding his group's activities in Russia starring Jeff Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia and Liev Schreiber. Mr. Dresner is a graduate of New York University, and earned a Masters degree in political science from Columbia University. Mr. Dresner lives and works in Westchester County near New York City. He and his wife Katherine have been married for 30 years.
| Top  | | Carolyn Barber | Carolyn Barber is one of the top political media directors in America. She has over ten years of political media planning and buying experience and has overseen the television, radio, print and outdoor placement for dozens of major statewide Republican campaigns, ballot initiatives and independent expenditures across the United States. Carolyn placed all of the television advertising for Governor Mike Huckabee’s campaign for US President, including both national cable and local spot advertising in numerous key states. Most recently she placed statewide media for Gov. Robert Bentley of Alabama, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst of Texas, Attorney General Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Attorney General Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma, among many others. In addition to her media expertise, Carolyn has served as an onsite campaign consultant in the national elections of Bulgaria and Romania, and select elections here in the US. A graduate of Duke University, Carolyn lives in San Francisco where she works from the firm’s headquarters.
| Top  | | Bryan Sanders | Bryan Sanders is a campaign consultant, managing the firm’s Little Rock office. He was campaign manager for Robert Bentley’s successful campaign for the Republican nomination for Governor of Alabama. After the runoff, Bryan returned to his role, serving with Bob Wickers as general consultant, media consultant and pollster for the Bentley campaign. The Bentley campaign for Governor was one of biggest upsets in the fall 2010 election.
Bryan Sanders has worked on numerous state and national campaigns, including Governor Mike Huckabee’s campaign for US President. A native of Kansas, Bryan handled press for U.S. Senator Sam Brownback (KS) on the Joint Economic Committee and was campaign manager for Senator Brad Lager’s campaign for State Treasurer of Missouri. Bryan is a graduate of Colby College in Waterville, Maine, where he majored in Government. He and his wife, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, live in Little Rock, Arkansas. | Top  | | Fanny Cheong | With the firm since 2003, Fanny keeps everything running smoothly in Dresner Wickers Barber Sanders' accounting department. Her strong background in financial management, sales analysis and budgeting, and various administrative duties make her an integral part of our team. Fanny holds a B.A. in accounting from California State University-Hayward, and lives in the east bay with her husband and two daughters. | Top  | News and Awards | |
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