Ted Delisi formed his own government relations and political affairs firm, Delisi Communications, after successfully directing legislative, Congressional and statewide campaigns in Texas and across the nation. He brings more than a decade of experience in political strategy, government relations, media and grassroots advocacy. In 2005, Ted and his wife were named by Texas Monthly as two of the most powerful 25 political leaders in Texas politics.
Ted began his career in electoral politics by successfully directing two State Senate campaigns, which proved decisive in achieving a Republican majority in the Texas Senate for the first time since Reconstruction.
Ted then assisted the first Republican Hispanic candidate to win statewide office in Texas, helping Tony Garza through a successful primary and general election. Ted also served as press secretary and communications director for then-Attorney General John Cornyn, where he managed a large communications and speechwriting staff.
When Karl Rove moved full-time to the Bush Presidential campaign in 1999, Ted purchased Rove’s consulting and direct mail company. The new company served as the sole direct mail fundraising firm for the Bush/Cheney campaign in 2000 and coordinated the get out the vote and direct mail efforts in several key battleground states. He additionally served as a direct mail consultant to various Senate, Congressional and national party efforts across the nation.
In 2002, Ted served as the general consultant and chief strategist for John Cornyn’s successful campaign for U.S. Senate. He additionally served as the direct mail consultant for Governor Perry’s 2002 and 2006 elections. Senator Cornyn won the largest victory for any Republican in an open U.S. Senate race in Texas history and the Washington Post wrote of the management of the race: “Cornyn’s race has been virtually error-free.”
Ted has continued to serve as a successful political strategist for a variety of political and, increasingly, corporate clients. His recent work includes directing the bipartisan “Yes on 12” lawsuit constitutional amendment on medical liability reform. As a partner in Delisi Communications, Ted provides turnkey solutions for corporate government relations and public relations efforts.
Ted grew up in Temple, Texas and is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. A sixth generation Texan, Ted and his wife, Deirdre, reside in Austin. Ted and Deirdre are proud parents of twin boys.
Deirdre Delisi is a partner in Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting business.
For the better part of a decade, Deirdre has been a policy and political advisor to Governor Rick Perry. Most notably, Deirdre served as his Chief of Staff from September 2004 to June 2007. While serving as top deputy, Deirdre managed the policy, budget, legislative and communications staff for Governor Perry and assisted in the passage of Governor Perry’s tort reform, Medicaid reform, border security and education reform initiatives.
Her tenure as Chief of Staff was marked by the successful, bipartisan effort to reform the Texas tax system and conform the state’s school finance system to Constitutional requirements. According to one observer, “The reform of school finance in 2006… was one of the great achievements of the Republican era in Texas politics. It was a responsible resolution of a crisis.”
In May of 2008, Governor Rick Perry appointed Deirdre to serve as Chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission.
Deirdre also served as campaign manager for Perry's first successful campaign for Governor in 2002. Despite being outspent by over 3-to-1, Governor Perry won the election by 18 percentage points. Deirdre is a veteran of numerous political campaigns, including Perry for Governor 2002, Bush-Cheney 2000, Perry for Lieutenant Governor 1998, and Lamar Alexander for President 1996.
Deirdre graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 1994 with a BA, with honors, in Political Science and Comparative Area Studies, and she received her MA in International Policy Studies from Stanford University in 1995.
In 2005 and 2006, Capitol Inside honored Deirdre as one of the most powerful political and government advisors in Texas, noting “While Delisi can play rough if needed, she would rather out think the competition.” She and her husband, Ted, were named by Texas Monthly in 2005 as two of the most powerful Texans. They are the proud parents of twin sons, Will and David.
Dianne White Delisi is the Senior Policy Advisor for Delisi Communications, a full service public relations, government and political consulting firm. She has more than seventeen years of experience serving in the Texas House of Representatives.
Dianne has served as the Chairman of the Committee on Public Health and as a member of the Committee on Public Education. She also served ten years on the House Appropriations Committee, four of which she was appointed Vice-Chairman and a member of the budget writing conference committee.
Dianne is a past Chairman of the Board of Women In Government and served on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Advisory Committee for the State Health Leadership Initiative. She served on the Institute of Medicine, advisory committee on immunizations, was Co-Founder of Texas Task Force on Smoking and Health and a founding member of Texas Reach Out and Read Steering Committee.
Dianne also served as Chairman of the House Appropriations' Subcommittee on Tobacco Settlement Disbursement as well as Chairman of the House Select Committee on State Health Care Expenditures.
Dianne has authored noteworthy legislation in the areas of education, higher education, healthcare, public health, military and economic development and has been honored for her efforts on these issues. In June 2003 and 2005, she was recognized by Texas Monthly magazine as one of the "Top 10 Legislators". Dianne also received the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service as a State Representative from the American Medical Association in 2005.
In 2008, Secretary of the Army Pete Geren invested Dianne as a Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (honorary).
A fifth generation Central Texan, Dianne Delisi graduated from Temple High School, received her B.A. at Southern Methodist University, M.A. at the University of Colorado, and a Certificate of Special Studies at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest. She has two children and seven grandchildren.
Heather Vasek is the Senior Policy Analyst for Delisi Communications, a full service public relations, government and political consulting firm. She has more than fourteen years of experience in healthcare policy analysis and advocacy.
Heather began working for the Texas Association for Home Care after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Masters of Arts in Public Policy and Administration and a certificate in Programs in Health Management. She also has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Rice University.
During her tenure with the Texas Association for Home Care, Heather worked on wide range of healthcare issues, including Medicare and Medicaid acute and long term care financing, program design, and eligibility; home and community based waivers; health care licensing; and managed care.
She has worked directly with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Texas Health & Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services and Palmetto Government Benefit Administrators to resolve a variety of complex legislative and regulatory issues. She specializes in finding creative solutions to legislative and regulatory problems through thorough analysis and coalition building.
Heather has also made numerous presentations to a wide variety of audiences on various healthcare topics, and has been published and quoted in both state and national publications regarding healthcare issues.
She and her husband Jim have lived in Austin for 14 years and are the proud parents of two children, Jenna and Dylan.
Jarod Love is the Senior Account Manager for Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting business. He brings over seven years worth of experience in public policy, political strategy, media and grassroots advocacy.
Jarod began working in politics immediately upon graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Political Science and a certificate from the Business Foundations Program at the Red McCombs School of Business.
In 2001, Jarod joined his first campaign, the John Cornyn for Senate Campaign, as the financial compliance officer. This position offered him the opportunity to combine his two passions, politics and finance. Politics won out as Jarod went on to work as Senator John Cornyn’s Deputy Central Texas Regional Director until 2004 when he left for short stint with Bush/Cheney’s 2004 GOTV efforts in Minnesota.
After the 2004 general election, Jarod decided that he wanted to pursue a full-time career in electoral politics and joined Delisi Communications as an account manager. Since joining Delisi Communications, Jarod has worked on several statewide and Congressional campaigns as well as numerous State Representative and State Senate campaigns. Mike Haley at Capitol Inside describes one campaign that Jarod played a leading role in as “a monumental upset…over the candidate who'd been the frontrunner from the outset.”
Jarod has also helped Delisi Communications expand its “new media” efforts by facilitating the development of media production capabilities for TV, Radio and Internet use. These efforts are helping Delisi Communications provide their clients with a wide variety of new services, including taking advantage of the popular new mediums like YouTube.com and social networking websites.
Paul Bollinger is General Counsel for Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting firm. He has more than ten years of experience in public policy analysis and advocacy, as well as legal analysis and advocacy.
Before coming to Delisi Communications, Paul worked as Chief of Staff and General Counsel to State Representative Jim Pitts, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations. Paul also previously worked as General Counsel to the Committee on Appropriations.
Paul is a graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism. He received his Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center, graduating magna cum laude and serving as an Associate Editor of the Law Review.
A former television reporter with a CNN-affiliate, Paul began his career in public policy with the American Diabetes Association and the Texas Department of Health, working on a wide range of healthcare issues including Medicaid and Medicare, insurance coverage, managed care, licensing, and access to care issues.
Paul has worked as a Law Clerk for United States District Court Senior Judge Harry Lee Hudspeth. He has also worked in litigation for Baker Botts, L.L.P. and Ogletree Deakins, P.C..
Ted Delisi formed his own government relations and political affairs firm, Delisi Communications, after successfully directing legislative, Congressional and statewide campaigns in Texas and across the nation. He brings more than a decade of experience in political strategy, government relations, media and grassroots advocacy. In 2005, Ted and his wife were named by Texas Monthly as two of the most powerful 25 political leaders in Texas politics.
Ted began his career in electoral politics by successfully directing two State Senate campaigns, which proved decisive in achieving a Republican majority in the Texas Senate for the first time since Reconstruction.
Ted then assisted the first Republican Hispanic candidate to win statewide office in Texas, helping Tony Garza through a successful primary and general election. Ted also served as press secretary and communications director for then-Attorney General John Cornyn, where he managed a large communications and speechwriting staff.
When Karl Rove moved full-time to the Bush Presidential campaign in 1999, Ted purchased Rove’s consulting and direct mail company. The new company served as the sole direct mail fundraising firm for the Bush/Cheney campaign in 2000 and coordinated the get out the vote and direct mail efforts in several key battleground states. He additionally served as a direct mail consultant to various Senate, Congressional and national party efforts across the nation.
In 2002, Ted served as the general consultant and chief strategist for John Cornyn’s successful campaign for U.S. Senate. He additionally served as the direct mail consultant for Governor Perry’s 2002 and 2006 elections. Senator Cornyn won the largest victory for any Republican in an open U.S. Senate race in Texas history and the Washington Post wrote of the management of the race: “Cornyn’s race has been virtually error-free.”
Ted has continued to serve as a successful political strategist for a variety of political and, increasingly, corporate clients. His recent work includes directing the bipartisan “Yes on 12” lawsuit constitutional amendment on medical liability reform. As a partner in Delisi Communications, Ted provides turnkey solutions for corporate government relations and public relations efforts.
Ted grew up in Temple, Texas and is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. A sixth generation Texan, Ted and his wife, Deirdre, reside in Austin. Ted and Deirdre are proud parents of twin boys.
Deirdre Delisi is a partner in Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting business.
For the better part of a decade, Deirdre has been a policy and political advisor to Governor Rick Perry. Most notably, Deirdre served as his Chief of Staff from September 2004 to June 2007. While serving as top deputy, Deirdre managed the policy, budget, legislative and communications staff for Governor Perry and assisted in the passage of Governor Perry’s tort reform, Medicaid reform, border security and education reform initiatives.
Her tenure as Chief of Staff was marked by the successful, bipartisan effort to reform the Texas tax system and conform the state’s school finance system to Constitutional requirements. According to one observer, “The reform of school finance in 2006… was one of the great achievements of the Republican era in Texas politics. It was a responsible resolution of a crisis.”
In May of 2008, Governor Rick Perry appointed Deirdre to serve as Chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission.
Deirdre also served as campaign manager for Perry's first successful campaign for Governor in 2002. Despite being outspent by over 3-to-1, Governor Perry won the election by 18 percentage points. Deirdre is a veteran of numerous political campaigns, including Perry for Governor 2002, Bush-Cheney 2000, Perry for Lieutenant Governor 1998, and Lamar Alexander for President 1996.
Deirdre graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 1994 with a BA, with honors, in Political Science and Comparative Area Studies, and she received her MA in International Policy Studies from Stanford University in 1995.
In 2005 and 2006, Capitol Inside honored Deirdre as one of the most powerful political and government advisors in Texas, noting “While Delisi can play rough if needed, she would rather out think the competition.” She and her husband, Ted, were named by Texas Monthly in 2005 as two of the most powerful Texans. They are the proud parents of twin sons, Will and David.
Dianne White Delisi is the Senior Policy Advisor for Delisi Communications, a full service public relations, government and political consulting firm. She has more than seventeen years of experience serving in the Texas House of Representatives.
Dianne has served as the Chairman of the Committee on Public Health and as a member of the Committee on Public Education. She also served ten years on the House Appropriations Committee, four of which she was appointed Vice-Chairman and a member of the budget writing conference committee.
Dianne is a past Chairman of the Board of Women In Government and served on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Advisory Committee for the State Health Leadership Initiative. She served on the Institute of Medicine, advisory committee on immunizations, was Co-Founder of Texas Task Force on Smoking and Health and a founding member of Texas Reach Out and Read Steering Committee.
Dianne also served as Chairman of the House Appropriations' Subcommittee on Tobacco Settlement Disbursement as well as Chairman of the House Select Committee on State Health Care Expenditures.
Dianne has authored noteworthy legislation in the areas of education, higher education, healthcare, public health, military and economic development and has been honored for her efforts on these issues. In June 2003 and 2005, she was recognized by Texas Monthly magazine as one of the "Top 10 Legislators". Dianne also received the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service as a State Representative from the American Medical Association in 2005.
In 2008, Secretary of the Army Pete Geren invested Dianne as a Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (honorary).
A fifth generation Central Texan, Dianne Delisi graduated from Temple High School, received her B.A. at Southern Methodist University, M.A. at the University of Colorado, and a Certificate of Special Studies at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest. She has two children and seven grandchildren.
Heather Vasek is the Senior Policy Analyst for Delisi Communications, a full service public relations, government and political consulting firm. She has more than fourteen years of experience in healthcare policy analysis and advocacy.
Heather began working for the Texas Association for Home Care after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Masters of Arts in Public Policy and Administration and a certificate in Programs in Health Management. She also has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Rice University.
During her tenure with the Texas Association for Home Care, Heather worked on wide range of healthcare issues, including Medicare and Medicaid acute and long term care financing, program design, and eligibility; home and community based waivers; health care licensing; and managed care.
She has worked directly with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Texas Health & Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services and Palmetto Government Benefit Administrators to resolve a variety of complex legislative and regulatory issues. She specializes in finding creative solutions to legislative and regulatory problems through thorough analysis and coalition building.
Heather has also made numerous presentations to a wide variety of audiences on various healthcare topics, and has been published and quoted in both state and national publications regarding healthcare issues.
She and her husband Jim have lived in Austin for 14 years and are the proud parents of two children, Jenna and Dylan.
Jarod Love is the Senior Account Manager for Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting business. He brings over seven years worth of experience in public policy, political strategy, media and grassroots advocacy.
Jarod began working in politics immediately upon graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Political Science and a certificate from the Business Foundations Program at the Red McCombs School of Business.
In 2001, Jarod joined his first campaign, the John Cornyn for Senate Campaign, as the financial compliance officer. This position offered him the opportunity to combine his two passions, politics and finance. Politics won out as Jarod went on to work as Senator John Cornyn’s Deputy Central Texas Regional Director until 2004 when he left for short stint with Bush/Cheney’s 2004 GOTV efforts in Minnesota.
After the 2004 general election, Jarod decided that he wanted to pursue a full-time career in electoral politics and joined Delisi Communications as an account manager. Since joining Delisi Communications, Jarod has worked on several statewide and Congressional campaigns as well as numerous State Representative and State Senate campaigns. Mike Haley at Capitol Inside describes one campaign that Jarod played a leading role in as “a monumental upset…over the candidate who'd been the frontrunner from the outset.”
Jarod has also helped Delisi Communications expand its “new media” efforts by facilitating the development of media production capabilities for TV, Radio and Internet use. These efforts are helping Delisi Communications provide their clients with a wide variety of new services, including taking advantage of the popular new mediums like YouTube.com and social networking websites.
Paul Bollinger is General Counsel for Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting firm. He has more than ten years of experience in public policy analysis and advocacy, as well as legal analysis and advocacy.
Before coming to Delisi Communications, Paul worked as Chief of Staff and General Counsel to State Representative Jim Pitts, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations. Paul also previously worked as General Counsel to the Committee on Appropriations.
Paul is a graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism. He received his Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center, graduating magna cum laude and serving as an Associate Editor of the Law Review.
A former television reporter with a CNN-affiliate, Paul began his career in public policy with the American Diabetes Association and the Texas Department of Health, working on a wide range of healthcare issues including Medicaid and Medicare, insurance coverage, managed care, licensing, and access to care issues.
Paul has worked as a Law Clerk for United States District Court Senior Judge Harry Lee Hudspeth. He has also worked in litigation for Baker Botts, L.L.P. and Ogletree Deakins, P.C..
Ted Delisi formed his own government relations and political affairs firm, Delisi Communications, after successfully directing legislative, Congressional and statewide campaigns in Texas and across the nation. He brings more than a decade of experience in political strategy, government relations, media and grassroots advocacy. In 2005, Ted and his wife were named by Texas Monthly as two of the most powerful 25 political leaders in Texas politics.
Ted began his career in electoral politics by successfully directing two State Senate campaigns, which proved decisive in achieving a Republican majority in the Texas Senate for the first time since Reconstruction.
Ted then assisted the first Republican Hispanic candidate to win statewide office in Texas, helping Tony Garza through a successful primary and general election. Ted also served as press secretary and communications director for then-Attorney General John Cornyn, where he managed a large communications and speechwriting staff.
When Karl Rove moved full-time to the Bush Presidential campaign in 1999, Ted purchased Rove’s consulting and direct mail company. The new company served as the sole direct mail fundraising firm for the Bush/Cheney campaign in 2000 and coordinated the get out the vote and direct mail efforts in several key battleground states. He additionally served as a direct mail consultant to various Senate, Congressional and national party efforts across the nation.
In 2002, Ted served as the general consultant and chief strategist for John Cornyn’s successful campaign for U.S. Senate. He additionally served as the direct mail consultant for Governor Perry’s 2002 and 2006 elections. Senator Cornyn won the largest victory for any Republican in an open U.S. Senate race in Texas history and the Washington Post wrote of the management of the race: “Cornyn’s race has been virtually error-free.”
Ted has continued to serve as a successful political strategist for a variety of political and, increasingly, corporate clients. His recent work includes directing the bipartisan “Yes on 12” lawsuit constitutional amendment on medical liability reform. As a partner in Delisi Communications, Ted provides turnkey solutions for corporate government relations and public relations efforts.
Ted grew up in Temple, Texas and is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. A sixth generation Texan, Ted and his wife, Deirdre, reside in Austin. Ted and Deirdre are proud parents of twin boys.
Deirdre Delisi is a partner in Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting business.
For the better part of a decade, Deirdre has been a policy and political advisor to Governor Rick Perry. Most notably, Deirdre served as his Chief of Staff from September 2004 to June 2007. While serving as top deputy, Deirdre managed the policy, budget, legislative and communications staff for Governor Perry and assisted in the passage of Governor Perry’s tort reform, Medicaid reform, border security and education reform initiatives.
Her tenure as Chief of Staff was marked by the successful, bipartisan effort to reform the Texas tax system and conform the state’s school finance system to Constitutional requirements. According to one observer, “The reform of school finance in 2006… was one of the great achievements of the Republican era in Texas politics. It was a responsible resolution of a crisis.”
In May of 2008, Governor Rick Perry appointed Deirdre to serve as Chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission.
Deirdre also served as campaign manager for Perry's first successful campaign for Governor in 2002. Despite being outspent by over 3-to-1, Governor Perry won the election by 18 percentage points. Deirdre is a veteran of numerous political campaigns, including Perry for Governor 2002, Bush-Cheney 2000, Perry for Lieutenant Governor 1998, and Lamar Alexander for President 1996.
Deirdre graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 1994 with a BA, with honors, in Political Science and Comparative Area Studies, and she received her MA in International Policy Studies from Stanford University in 1995.
In 2005 and 2006, Capitol Inside honored Deirdre as one of the most powerful political and government advisors in Texas, noting “While Delisi can play rough if needed, she would rather out think the competition.” She and her husband, Ted, were named by Texas Monthly in 2005 as two of the most powerful Texans. They are the proud parents of twin sons, Will and David.
Dianne White Delisi is the Senior Policy Advisor for Delisi Communications, a full service public relations, government and political consulting firm. She has more than seventeen years of experience serving in the Texas House of Representatives.
Dianne has served as the Chairman of the Committee on Public Health and as a member of the Committee on Public Education. She also served ten years on the House Appropriations Committee, four of which she was appointed Vice-Chairman and a member of the budget writing conference committee.
Dianne is a past Chairman of the Board of Women In Government and served on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Advisory Committee for the State Health Leadership Initiative. She served on the Institute of Medicine, advisory committee on immunizations, was Co-Founder of Texas Task Force on Smoking and Health and a founding member of Texas Reach Out and Read Steering Committee.
Dianne also served as Chairman of the House Appropriations' Subcommittee on Tobacco Settlement Disbursement as well as Chairman of the House Select Committee on State Health Care Expenditures.
Dianne has authored noteworthy legislation in the areas of education, higher education, healthcare, public health, military and economic development and has been honored for her efforts on these issues. In June 2003 and 2005, she was recognized by Texas Monthly magazine as one of the "Top 10 Legislators". Dianne also received the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service as a State Representative from the American Medical Association in 2005.
In 2008, Secretary of the Army Pete Geren invested Dianne as a Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (honorary).
A fifth generation Central Texan, Dianne Delisi graduated from Temple High School, received her B.A. at Southern Methodist University, M.A. at the University of Colorado, and a Certificate of Special Studies at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest. She has two children and seven grandchildren.
Heather Vasek is the Senior Policy Analyst for Delisi Communications, a full service public relations, government and political consulting firm. She has more than fourteen years of experience in healthcare policy analysis and advocacy.
Heather began working for the Texas Association for Home Care after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Masters of Arts in Public Policy and Administration and a certificate in Programs in Health Management. She also has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Rice University.
During her tenure with the Texas Association for Home Care, Heather worked on wide range of healthcare issues, including Medicare and Medicaid acute and long term care financing, program design, and eligibility; home and community based waivers; health care licensing; and managed care.
She has worked directly with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Texas Health & Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services and Palmetto Government Benefit Administrators to resolve a variety of complex legislative and regulatory issues. She specializes in finding creative solutions to legislative and regulatory problems through thorough analysis and coalition building.
Heather has also made numerous presentations to a wide variety of audiences on various healthcare topics, and has been published and quoted in both state and national publications regarding healthcare issues.
She and her husband Jim have lived in Austin for 14 years and are the proud parents of two children, Jenna and Dylan.
Jarod Love is the Senior Account Manager for Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting business. He brings over seven years worth of experience in public policy, political strategy, media and grassroots advocacy.
Jarod began working in politics immediately upon graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Political Science and a certificate from the Business Foundations Program at the Red McCombs School of Business.
In 2001, Jarod joined his first campaign, the John Cornyn for Senate Campaign, as the financial compliance officer. This position offered him the opportunity to combine his two passions, politics and finance. Politics won out as Jarod went on to work as Senator John Cornyn’s Deputy Central Texas Regional Director until 2004 when he left for short stint with Bush/Cheney’s 2004 GOTV efforts in Minnesota.
After the 2004 general election, Jarod decided that he wanted to pursue a full-time career in electoral politics and joined Delisi Communications as an account manager. Since joining Delisi Communications, Jarod has worked on several statewide and Congressional campaigns as well as numerous State Representative and State Senate campaigns. Mike Haley at Capitol Inside describes one campaign that Jarod played a leading role in as “a monumental upset…over the candidate who'd been the frontrunner from the outset.”
Jarod has also helped Delisi Communications expand its “new media” efforts by facilitating the development of media production capabilities for TV, Radio and Internet use. These efforts are helping Delisi Communications provide their clients with a wide variety of new services, including taking advantage of the popular new mediums like YouTube.com and social networking websites.
Paul Bollinger is General Counsel for Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting firm. He has more than ten years of experience in public policy analysis and advocacy, as well as legal analysis and advocacy.
Before coming to Delisi Communications, Paul worked as Chief of Staff and General Counsel to State Representative Jim Pitts, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations. Paul also previously worked as General Counsel to the Committee on Appropriations.
Paul is a graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism. He received his Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center, graduating magna cum laude and serving as an Associate Editor of the Law Review.
A former television reporter with a CNN-affiliate, Paul began his career in public policy with the American Diabetes Association and the Texas Department of Health, working on a wide range of healthcare issues including Medicaid and Medicare, insurance coverage, managed care, licensing, and access to care issues.
Paul has worked as a Law Clerk for United States District Court Senior Judge Harry Lee Hudspeth. He has also worked in litigation for Baker Botts, L.L.P. and Ogletree Deakins, P.C..
Ted Delisi formed his own government relations and political affairs firm, Delisi Communications, after successfully directing legislative, Congressional and statewide campaigns in Texas and across the nation. He brings more than a decade of experience in political strategy, government relations, media and grassroots advocacy. In 2005, Ted and his wife were named by Texas Monthly as two of the most powerful 25 political leaders in Texas politics.
Ted began his career in electoral politics by successfully directing two State Senate campaigns, which proved decisive in achieving a Republican majority in the Texas Senate for the first time since Reconstruction.
Ted then assisted the first Republican Hispanic candidate to win statewide office in Texas, helping Tony Garza through a successful primary and general election. Ted also served as press secretary and communications director for then-Attorney General John Cornyn, where he managed a large communications and speechwriting staff.
When Karl Rove moved full-time to the Bush Presidential campaign in 1999, Ted purchased Rove’s consulting and direct mail company. The new company served as the sole direct mail fundraising firm for the Bush/Cheney campaign in 2000 and coordinated the get out the vote and direct mail efforts in several key battleground states. He additionally served as a direct mail consultant to various Senate, Congressional and national party efforts across the nation.
In 2002, Ted served as the general consultant and chief strategist for John Cornyn’s successful campaign for U.S. Senate. He additionally served as the direct mail consultant for Governor Perry’s 2002 and 2006 elections. Senator Cornyn won the largest victory for any Republican in an open U.S. Senate race in Texas history and the Washington Post wrote of the management of the race: “Cornyn’s race has been virtually error-free.”
Ted has continued to serve as a successful political strategist for a variety of political and, increasingly, corporate clients. His recent work includes directing the bipartisan “Yes on 12” lawsuit constitutional amendment on medical liability reform. As a partner in Delisi Communications, Ted provides turnkey solutions for corporate government relations and public relations efforts.
Ted grew up in Temple, Texas and is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. A sixth generation Texan, Ted and his wife, Deirdre, reside in Austin. Ted and Deirdre are proud parents of twin boys.
Deirdre Delisi is a partner in Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting business.
For the better part of a decade, Deirdre has been a policy and political advisor to Governor Rick Perry. Most notably, Deirdre served as his Chief of Staff from September 2004 to June 2007. While serving as top deputy, Deirdre managed the policy, budget, legislative and communications staff for Governor Perry and assisted in the passage of Governor Perry’s tort reform, Medicaid reform, border security and education reform initiatives.
Her tenure as Chief of Staff was marked by the successful, bipartisan effort to reform the Texas tax system and conform the state’s school finance system to Constitutional requirements. According to one observer, “The reform of school finance in 2006… was one of the great achievements of the Republican era in Texas politics. It was a responsible resolution of a crisis.”
In May of 2008, Governor Rick Perry appointed Deirdre to serve as Chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission.
Deirdre also served as campaign manager for Perry's first successful campaign for Governor in 2002. Despite being outspent by over 3-to-1, Governor Perry won the election by 18 percentage points. Deirdre is a veteran of numerous political campaigns, including Perry for Governor 2002, Bush-Cheney 2000, Perry for Lieutenant Governor 1998, and Lamar Alexander for President 1996.
Deirdre graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 1994 with a BA, with honors, in Political Science and Comparative Area Studies, and she received her MA in International Policy Studies from Stanford University in 1995.
In 2005 and 2006, Capitol Inside honored Deirdre as one of the most powerful political and government advisors in Texas, noting “While Delisi can play rough if needed, she would rather out think the competition.” She and her husband, Ted, were named by Texas Monthly in 2005 as two of the most powerful Texans. They are the proud parents of twin sons, Will and David.
Dianne White Delisi is the Senior Policy Advisor for Delisi Communications, a full service public relations, government and political consulting firm. She has more than seventeen years of experience serving in the Texas House of Representatives.
Dianne has served as the Chairman of the Committee on Public Health and as a member of the Committee on Public Education. She also served ten years on the House Appropriations Committee, four of which she was appointed Vice-Chairman and a member of the budget writing conference committee.
Dianne is a past Chairman of the Board of Women In Government and served on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Advisory Committee for the State Health Leadership Initiative. She served on the Institute of Medicine, advisory committee on immunizations, was Co-Founder of Texas Task Force on Smoking and Health and a founding member of Texas Reach Out and Read Steering Committee.
Dianne also served as Chairman of the House Appropriations' Subcommittee on Tobacco Settlement Disbursement as well as Chairman of the House Select Committee on State Health Care Expenditures.
Dianne has authored noteworthy legislation in the areas of education, higher education, healthcare, public health, military and economic development and has been honored for her efforts on these issues. In June 2003 and 2005, she was recognized by Texas Monthly magazine as one of the "Top 10 Legislators". Dianne also received the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service as a State Representative from the American Medical Association in 2005.
In 2008, Secretary of the Army Pete Geren invested Dianne as a Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (honorary).
A fifth generation Central Texan, Dianne Delisi graduated from Temple High School, received her B.A. at Southern Methodist University, M.A. at the University of Colorado, and a Certificate of Special Studies at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest. She has two children and seven grandchildren.
Heather Vasek is the Senior Policy Analyst for Delisi Communications, a full service public relations, government and political consulting firm. She has more than fourteen years of experience in healthcare policy analysis and advocacy.
Heather began working for the Texas Association for Home Care after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Masters of Arts in Public Policy and Administration and a certificate in Programs in Health Management. She also has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Rice University.
During her tenure with the Texas Association for Home Care, Heather worked on wide range of healthcare issues, including Medicare and Medicaid acute and long term care financing, program design, and eligibility; home and community based waivers; health care licensing; and managed care.
She has worked directly with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Texas Health & Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services and Palmetto Government Benefit Administrators to resolve a variety of complex legislative and regulatory issues. She specializes in finding creative solutions to legislative and regulatory problems through thorough analysis and coalition building.
Heather has also made numerous presentations to a wide variety of audiences on various healthcare topics, and has been published and quoted in both state and national publications regarding healthcare issues.
She and her husband Jim have lived in Austin for 14 years and are the proud parents of two children, Jenna and Dylan.
Jarod Love is the Senior Account Manager for Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting business. He brings over seven years worth of experience in public policy, political strategy, media and grassroots advocacy.
Jarod began working in politics immediately upon graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Political Science and a certificate from the Business Foundations Program at the Red McCombs School of Business.
In 2001, Jarod joined his first campaign, the John Cornyn for Senate Campaign, as the financial compliance officer. This position offered him the opportunity to combine his two passions, politics and finance. Politics won out as Jarod went on to work as Senator John Cornyn’s Deputy Central Texas Regional Director until 2004 when he left for short stint with Bush/Cheney’s 2004 GOTV efforts in Minnesota.
After the 2004 general election, Jarod decided that he wanted to pursue a full-time career in electoral politics and joined Delisi Communications as an account manager. Since joining Delisi Communications, Jarod has worked on several statewide and Congressional campaigns as well as numerous State Representative and State Senate campaigns. Mike Haley at Capitol Inside describes one campaign that Jarod played a leading role in as “a monumental upset…over the candidate who'd been the frontrunner from the outset.”
Jarod has also helped Delisi Communications expand its “new media” efforts by facilitating the development of media production capabilities for TV, Radio and Internet use. These efforts are helping Delisi Communications provide their clients with a wide variety of new services, including taking advantage of the popular new mediums like YouTube.com and social networking websites.
Paul Bollinger is General Counsel for Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting firm. He has more than ten years of experience in public policy analysis and advocacy, as well as legal analysis and advocacy.
Before coming to Delisi Communications, Paul worked as Chief of Staff and General Counsel to State Representative Jim Pitts, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations. Paul also previously worked as General Counsel to the Committee on Appropriations.
Paul is a graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism. He received his Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center, graduating magna cum laude and serving as an Associate Editor of the Law Review.
A former television reporter with a CNN-affiliate, Paul began his career in public policy with the American Diabetes Association and the Texas Department of Health, working on a wide range of healthcare issues including Medicaid and Medicare, insurance coverage, managed care, licensing, and access to care issues.
Paul has worked as a Law Clerk for United States District Court Senior Judge Harry Lee Hudspeth. He has also worked in litigation for Baker Botts, L.L.P. and Ogletree Deakins, P.C..
Ted Delisi formed his own government relations and political affairs firm, Delisi Communications, after successfully directing legislative, Congressional and statewide campaigns in Texas and across the nation. He brings more than a decade of experience in political strategy, government relations, media and grassroots advocacy. In 2005, Ted and his wife were named by Texas Monthly as two of the most powerful 25 political leaders in Texas politics.
Ted began his career in electoral politics by successfully directing two State Senate campaigns, which proved decisive in achieving a Republican majority in the Texas Senate for the first time since Reconstruction.
Ted then assisted the first Republican Hispanic candidate to win statewide office in Texas, helping Tony Garza through a successful primary and general election. Ted also served as press secretary and communications director for then-Attorney General John Cornyn, where he managed a large communications and speechwriting staff.
When Karl Rove moved full-time to the Bush Presidential campaign in 1999, Ted purchased Rove’s consulting and direct mail company. The new company served as the sole direct mail fundraising firm for the Bush/Cheney campaign in 2000 and coordinated the get out the vote and direct mail efforts in several key battleground states. He additionally served as a direct mail consultant to various Senate, Congressional and national party efforts across the nation.
In 2002, Ted served as the general consultant and chief strategist for John Cornyn’s successful campaign for U.S. Senate. He additionally served as the direct mail consultant for Governor Perry’s 2002 and 2006 elections. Senator Cornyn won the largest victory for any Republican in an open U.S. Senate race in Texas history and the Washington Post wrote of the management of the race: “Cornyn’s race has been virtually error-free.”
Ted has continued to serve as a successful political strategist for a variety of political and, increasingly, corporate clients. His recent work includes directing the bipartisan “Yes on 12” lawsuit constitutional amendment on medical liability reform. As a partner in Delisi Communications, Ted provides turnkey solutions for corporate government relations and public relations efforts.
Ted grew up in Temple, Texas and is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. A sixth generation Texan, Ted and his wife, Deirdre, reside in Austin. Ted and Deirdre are proud parents of twin boys.
Deirdre Delisi is a partner in Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting business.
For the better part of a decade, Deirdre has been a policy and political advisor to Governor Rick Perry. Most notably, Deirdre served as his Chief of Staff from September 2004 to June 2007. While serving as top deputy, Deirdre managed the policy, budget, legislative and communications staff for Governor Perry and assisted in the passage of Governor Perry’s tort reform, Medicaid reform, border security and education reform initiatives.
Her tenure as Chief of Staff was marked by the successful, bipartisan effort to reform the Texas tax system and conform the state’s school finance system to Constitutional requirements. According to one observer, “The reform of school finance in 2006… was one of the great achievements of the Republican era in Texas politics. It was a responsible resolution of a crisis.”
In May of 2008, Governor Rick Perry appointed Deirdre to serve as Chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission.
Deirdre also served as campaign manager for Perry's first successful campaign for Governor in 2002. Despite being outspent by over 3-to-1, Governor Perry won the election by 18 percentage points. Deirdre is a veteran of numerous political campaigns, including Perry for Governor 2002, Bush-Cheney 2000, Perry for Lieutenant Governor 1998, and Lamar Alexander for President 1996.
Deirdre graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 1994 with a BA, with honors, in Political Science and Comparative Area Studies, and she received her MA in International Policy Studies from Stanford University in 1995.
In 2005 and 2006, Capitol Inside honored Deirdre as one of the most powerful political and government advisors in Texas, noting “While Delisi can play rough if needed, she would rather out think the competition.” She and her husband, Ted, were named by Texas Monthly in 2005 as two of the most powerful Texans. They are the proud parents of twin sons, Will and David.
Dianne White Delisi is the Senior Policy Advisor for Delisi Communications, a full service public relations, government and political consulting firm. She has more than seventeen years of experience serving in the Texas House of Representatives.
Dianne has served as the Chairman of the Committee on Public Health and as a member of the Committee on Public Education. She also served ten years on the House Appropriations Committee, four of which she was appointed Vice-Chairman and a member of the budget writing conference committee.
Dianne is a past Chairman of the Board of Women In Government and served on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Advisory Committee for the State Health Leadership Initiative. She served on the Institute of Medicine, advisory committee on immunizations, was Co-Founder of Texas Task Force on Smoking and Health and a founding member of Texas Reach Out and Read Steering Committee.
Dianne also served as Chairman of the House Appropriations' Subcommittee on Tobacco Settlement Disbursement as well as Chairman of the House Select Committee on State Health Care Expenditures.
Dianne has authored noteworthy legislation in the areas of education, higher education, healthcare, public health, military and economic development and has been honored for her efforts on these issues. In June 2003 and 2005, she was recognized by Texas Monthly magazine as one of the "Top 10 Legislators". Dianne also received the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service as a State Representative from the American Medical Association in 2005.
In 2008, Secretary of the Army Pete Geren invested Dianne as a Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (honorary).
A fifth generation Central Texan, Dianne Delisi graduated from Temple High School, received her B.A. at Southern Methodist University, M.A. at the University of Colorado, and a Certificate of Special Studies at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest. She has two children and seven grandchildren.
Heather Vasek is the Senior Policy Analyst for Delisi Communications, a full service public relations, government and political consulting firm. She has more than fourteen years of experience in healthcare policy analysis and advocacy.
Heather began working for the Texas Association for Home Care after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Masters of Arts in Public Policy and Administration and a certificate in Programs in Health Management. She also has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Rice University.
During her tenure with the Texas Association for Home Care, Heather worked on wide range of healthcare issues, including Medicare and Medicaid acute and long term care financing, program design, and eligibility; home and community based waivers; health care licensing; and managed care.
She has worked directly with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Texas Health & Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services and Palmetto Government Benefit Administrators to resolve a variety of complex legislative and regulatory issues. She specializes in finding creative solutions to legislative and regulatory problems through thorough analysis and coalition building.
Heather has also made numerous presentations to a wide variety of audiences on various healthcare topics, and has been published and quoted in both state and national publications regarding healthcare issues.
She and her husband Jim have lived in Austin for 14 years and are the proud parents of two children, Jenna and Dylan.
Jarod Love is the Senior Account Manager for Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting business. He brings over seven years worth of experience in public policy, political strategy, media and grassroots advocacy.
Jarod began working in politics immediately upon graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Political Science and a certificate from the Business Foundations Program at the Red McCombs School of Business.
In 2001, Jarod joined his first campaign, the John Cornyn for Senate Campaign, as the financial compliance officer. This position offered him the opportunity to combine his two passions, politics and finance. Politics won out as Jarod went on to work as Senator John Cornyn’s Deputy Central Texas Regional Director until 2004 when he left for short stint with Bush/Cheney’s 2004 GOTV efforts in Minnesota.
After the 2004 general election, Jarod decided that he wanted to pursue a full-time career in electoral politics and joined Delisi Communications as an account manager. Since joining Delisi Communications, Jarod has worked on several statewide and Congressional campaigns as well as numerous State Representative and State Senate campaigns. Mike Haley at Capitol Inside describes one campaign that Jarod played a leading role in as “a monumental upset…over the candidate who'd been the frontrunner from the outset.”
Jarod has also helped Delisi Communications expand its “new media” efforts by facilitating the development of media production capabilities for TV, Radio and Internet use. These efforts are helping Delisi Communications provide their clients with a wide variety of new services, including taking advantage of the popular new mediums like YouTube.com and social networking websites.
Paul Bollinger is General Counsel for Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting firm. He has more than ten years of experience in public policy analysis and advocacy, as well as legal analysis and advocacy.
Before coming to Delisi Communications, Paul worked as Chief of Staff and General Counsel to State Representative Jim Pitts, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations. Paul also previously worked as General Counsel to the Committee on Appropriations.
Paul is a graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism. He received his Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center, graduating magna cum laude and serving as an Associate Editor of the Law Review.
A former television reporter with a CNN-affiliate, Paul began his career in public policy with the American Diabetes Association and the Texas Department of Health, working on a wide range of healthcare issues including Medicaid and Medicare, insurance coverage, managed care, licensing, and access to care issues.
Paul has worked as a Law Clerk for United States District Court Senior Judge Harry Lee Hudspeth. He has also worked in litigation for Baker Botts, L.L.P. and Ogletree Deakins, P.C..
Ted Delisi formed his own government relations and political affairs firm, Delisi Communications, after successfully directing legislative, Congressional and statewide campaigns in Texas and across the nation. He brings more than a decade of experience in political strategy, government relations, media and grassroots advocacy. In 2005, Ted and his wife were named by Texas Monthly as two of the most powerful 25 political leaders in Texas politics.
Ted began his career in electoral politics by successfully directing two State Senate campaigns, which proved decisive in achieving a Republican majority in the Texas Senate for the first time since Reconstruction.
Ted then assisted the first Republican Hispanic candidate to win statewide office in Texas, helping Tony Garza through a successful primary and general election. Ted also served as press secretary and communications director for then-Attorney General John Cornyn, where he managed a large communications and speechwriting staff.
When Karl Rove moved full-time to the Bush Presidential campaign in 1999, Ted purchased Rove’s consulting and direct mail company. The new company served as the sole direct mail fundraising firm for the Bush/Cheney campaign in 2000 and coordinated the get out the vote and direct mail efforts in several key battleground states. He additionally served as a direct mail consultant to various Senate, Congressional and national party efforts across the nation.
In 2002, Ted served as the general consultant and chief strategist for John Cornyn’s successful campaign for U.S. Senate. He additionally served as the direct mail consultant for Governor Perry’s 2002 and 2006 elections. Senator Cornyn won the largest victory for any Republican in an open U.S. Senate race in Texas history and the Washington Post wrote of the management of the race: “Cornyn’s race has been virtually error-free.”
Ted has continued to serve as a successful political strategist for a variety of political and, increasingly, corporate clients. His recent work includes directing the bipartisan “Yes on 12” lawsuit constitutional amendment on medical liability reform. As a partner in Delisi Communications, Ted provides turnkey solutions for corporate government relations and public relations efforts.
Ted grew up in Temple, Texas and is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. A sixth generation Texan, Ted and his wife, Deirdre, reside in Austin. Ted and Deirdre are proud parents of twin boys.
Deirdre Delisi is a partner in Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting business.
For the better part of a decade, Deirdre has been a policy and political advisor to Governor Rick Perry. Most notably, Deirdre served as his Chief of Staff from September 2004 to June 2007. While serving as top deputy, Deirdre managed the policy, budget, legislative and communications staff for Governor Perry and assisted in the passage of Governor Perry’s tort reform, Medicaid reform, border security and education reform initiatives.
Her tenure as Chief of Staff was marked by the successful, bipartisan effort to reform the Texas tax system and conform the state’s school finance system to Constitutional requirements. According to one observer, “The reform of school finance in 2006… was one of the great achievements of the Republican era in Texas politics. It was a responsible resolution of a crisis.”
In May of 2008, Governor Rick Perry appointed Deirdre to serve as Chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission.
Deirdre also served as campaign manager for Perry's first successful campaign for Governor in 2002. Despite being outspent by over 3-to-1, Governor Perry won the election by 18 percentage points. Deirdre is a veteran of numerous political campaigns, including Perry for Governor 2002, Bush-Cheney 2000, Perry for Lieutenant Governor 1998, and Lamar Alexander for President 1996.
Deirdre graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 1994 with a BA, with honors, in Political Science and Comparative Area Studies, and she received her MA in International Policy Studies from Stanford University in 1995.
In 2005 and 2006, Capitol Inside honored Deirdre as one of the most powerful political and government advisors in Texas, noting “While Delisi can play rough if needed, she would rather out think the competition.” She and her husband, Ted, were named by Texas Monthly in 2005 as two of the most powerful Texans. They are the proud parents of twin sons, Will and David.
Dianne White Delisi is the Senior Policy Advisor for Delisi Communications, a full service public relations, government and political consulting firm. She has more than seventeen years of experience serving in the Texas House of Representatives.
Dianne has served as the Chairman of the Committee on Public Health and as a member of the Committee on Public Education. She also served ten years on the House Appropriations Committee, four of which she was appointed Vice-Chairman and a member of the budget writing conference committee.
Dianne is a past Chairman of the Board of Women In Government and served on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Advisory Committee for the State Health Leadership Initiative. She served on the Institute of Medicine, advisory committee on immunizations, was Co-Founder of Texas Task Force on Smoking and Health and a founding member of Texas Reach Out and Read Steering Committee.
Dianne also served as Chairman of the House Appropriations' Subcommittee on Tobacco Settlement Disbursement as well as Chairman of the House Select Committee on State Health Care Expenditures.
Dianne has authored noteworthy legislation in the areas of education, higher education, healthcare, public health, military and economic development and has been honored for her efforts on these issues. In June 2003 and 2005, she was recognized by Texas Monthly magazine as one of the "Top 10 Legislators". Dianne also received the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service as a State Representative from the American Medical Association in 2005.
In 2008, Secretary of the Army Pete Geren invested Dianne as a Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (honorary).
A fifth generation Central Texan, Dianne Delisi graduated from Temple High School, received her B.A. at Southern Methodist University, M.A. at the University of Colorado, and a Certificate of Special Studies at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest. She has two children and seven grandchildren.
Heather Vasek is the Senior Policy Analyst for Delisi Communications, a full service public relations, government and political consulting firm. She has more than fourteen years of experience in healthcare policy analysis and advocacy.
Heather began working for the Texas Association for Home Care after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Masters of Arts in Public Policy and Administration and a certificate in Programs in Health Management. She also has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Rice University.
During her tenure with the Texas Association for Home Care, Heather worked on wide range of healthcare issues, including Medicare and Medicaid acute and long term care financing, program design, and eligibility; home and community based waivers; health care licensing; and managed care.
She has worked directly with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Texas Health & Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services and Palmetto Government Benefit Administrators to resolve a variety of complex legislative and regulatory issues. She specializes in finding creative solutions to legislative and regulatory problems through thorough analysis and coalition building.
Heather has also made numerous presentations to a wide variety of audiences on various healthcare topics, and has been published and quoted in both state and national publications regarding healthcare issues.
She and her husband Jim have lived in Austin for 14 years and are the proud parents of two children, Jenna and Dylan.
Jarod Love is the Senior Account Manager for Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting business. He brings over seven years worth of experience in public policy, political strategy, media and grassroots advocacy.
Jarod began working in politics immediately upon graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Political Science and a certificate from the Business Foundations Program at the Red McCombs School of Business.
In 2001, Jarod joined his first campaign, the John Cornyn for Senate Campaign, as the financial compliance officer. This position offered him the opportunity to combine his two passions, politics and finance. Politics won out as Jarod went on to work as Senator John Cornyn’s Deputy Central Texas Regional Director until 2004 when he left for short stint with Bush/Cheney’s 2004 GOTV efforts in Minnesota.
After the 2004 general election, Jarod decided that he wanted to pursue a full-time career in electoral politics and joined Delisi Communications as an account manager. Since joining Delisi Communications, Jarod has worked on several statewide and Congressional campaigns as well as numerous State Representative and State Senate campaigns. Mike Haley at Capitol Inside describes one campaign that Jarod played a leading role in as “a monumental upset…over the candidate who'd been the frontrunner from the outset.”
Jarod has also helped Delisi Communications expand its “new media” efforts by facilitating the development of media production capabilities for TV, Radio and Internet use. These efforts are helping Delisi Communications provide their clients with a wide variety of new services, including taking advantage of the popular new mediums like YouTube.com and social networking websites.
Paul Bollinger is General Counsel for Delisi Communications, a full-service public relations, government and political consulting firm. He has more than ten years of experience in public policy analysis and advocacy, as well as legal analysis and advocacy.
Before coming to Delisi Communications, Paul worked as Chief of Staff and General Counsel to State Representative Jim Pitts, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations. Paul also previously worked as General Counsel to the Committee on Appropriations.
Paul is a graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism. He received his Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center, graduating magna cum laude and serving as an Associate Editor of the Law Review.
A former television reporter with a CNN-affiliate, Paul began his career in public policy with the American Diabetes Association and the Texas Department of Health, working on a wide range of healthcare issues including Medicaid and Medicare, insurance coverage, managed care, licensing, and access to care issues.
Paul has worked as a Law Clerk for United States District Court Senior Judge Harry Lee Hudspeth. He has also worked in litigation for Baker Botts, L.L.P. and Ogletree Deakins, P.C..
