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Dawn Sweeney
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Dawn Sweeney is the President & CEO of the largest trade group for the U.S. restaurant industry, the National Restaurant Association.

She is a Maine native with a master of business administration degree from The George Washington University and a bachelor of arts degree in government from Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
[edit] Background

Dawn Sweeney was named the President and CEO of the National Restaurant Association in 2007.[1] An accomplished executive with a proactive, nonpartisan approach,[2] she has generated positive reviews from the industry and in Washington.[3]

At the National Restaurant Association, she is leading the organization’s mission to help its members “build customer loyalty, rewarding careers and financial success” and “lead America’s restaurant industry into a new era of prosperity, prominence and participation, enhancing the quality of life for all we serve”.[4] She also serves as the CEO of the National Restaurant Association’s Educational Foundation.[5]

Before joining the National Restaurant Association, Sweeney was the president and CEO of AARP Services,[6] the wholly owned taxable subsidiary of AARP, where she was responsible for the launch of AARP Financial,[7] which offers financial planning services and products. She also more than quadrupled revenues for the organization that were used to support AARP’s mission.

Before taking the helm at AARP Services, Sweeney was AARP’s Group Executive Officer for Membership, where she launched the association’s Hispanic membership development initiatives and oversaw AARP The Magazine, which is read by more than 20 million people. Prior to that, she held positions at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and the International Dairy Foods Association.

SWEENEY, DAWN
OAKTON, VA 22124
AARP/VICE PRESIDENT

TOGETHER FOR OUR MAJORITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOMPAC)
06/24/2003 500.00 23991446695

SWEENEY, DAWN
OAKTON, VA 22124
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIO/PR

HALEYS PAC
02/18/2010 2500.00 10990363026

SWEENEY, DAWN
OAKTON, VA 22124
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION/P

SCHUMER, CHARLES E
VIA FRIENDS OF SCHUMER
03/26/2010 2400.00 10020300446

SWEENEY, DAWN
WASHINGTON, DC 20036
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION/P

NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC
10/05/2007 5000.00 27990946732

SWEENEY, DAWN M
OAKTON, VA 22124
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS/ADMINISTRATOR

TO ORGANIZE A MAJORITY PAC (TOMPAC)
11/05/2003 250.00 24990305863

SWEENEY, DAWN M
OAKTON, VA 22124
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSN/CEO

MILLER, CRAIG S
VIA CRAIG S. MILLER FOR CONGRESS
03/31/2010 1000.00 10930573042
06/30/2010 500.00 10930995919

SWEENEY, DAWN M
OAKTON, VA 22124
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION/P

REID, HARRY
VIA FRIENDS FOR HARRY REID
12/10/2009 500.00 10020052626
06/10/2010 1000.00 10020443070

SWEENEY, DAWN M
OAKTON, VA 22134
NATL RESTAURANT ASSOC/CEO

MILLER, CRAIG S
VIA CRAIG MILLER FOR US SENATE INC
09/16/2011 2500.00 11020380478

SWEENEY, DAWN M.
OAKTON, VA 22124
NATIONAL REST ASSOC/PRESIDENT

TINSLEY FOR CONGRESS
12/17/2007 1000.00 28990245436

SWEENEY, DAWN M.
OAKTON, VA 22124
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIAT/CEO

BOEHNER, JOHN A
VIA FRIENDS OF JOHN BOEHNER
02/25/2011 1000.00 11930694858

SWEENEY, DAWN M.
WASHINGTON, DC 20036
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION/P

NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC
08/12/2008 5000.00 28992178971
12/08/2009 5000.00 10930255776
03/22/2011 5000.00 11931021899

SWEENEY, DAWN M. MRS.
OAKTON, VA 22124
NATIONAL REST ASSOC/PRESIDENT

TINSLEY FOR CONGRESS
05/28/2008 500.00 28991448286

Fascinating. Note this common thread continues with Sweeney's predecessor at the National Restaurant Association, Steven C. Anderson, who like Sweeney also attended George Washington University (The Legislative Affairs Program for Graduate Study).

And now the interesting part, courtesy of *gasp* Politico:

"Before establishing himself at the vanguard of GOP outside group politics, Carl Forti, traveled a rather conventional path through the ranks of the professional Republican class. He started out in the mid-1990s doing digital editing for a small ad firm run by Paul Wilson, a veteran GOP consultant who hired Forti after coming to speak to his political strategy class at George Washington University."

A graduate of George Washington University's Political Communication program, Carl Forti was Romney’s 2008 political director. And is now doing the same thing with Karl Rove’s American Crossroads.

Two consecutive CEOs of the National Restaurant Association, both alumni of George Washington University, along with Romney's 2008 Political Director...hmmm...