RGA Announces Senior Staff Promotions

Janel Broderick Named RGA Deputy Executive Director, Brian Sanderson Named RGA Policy Director

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Republican Governors Association announced today two staff changes, naming Janel Broderick as RGA Deputy Executive Director and Brian Sanderson as RGA Policy Director. Both will continue to help drive and sustain the RGA’s success as we enter the 2017-2018 cycle with 38 gubernatorial elections.

“Janel and Brian both have established an outstanding record of success in their previous roles for the RGA, and we are very fortunate that they have committed to these new roles to position the RGA for future victories,” said RGA Executive Director Paul Bennecke. “Janel and Brian are key assets in supporting and counseling our governors and candidates, and their combined experience will be crucial to the RGA’s effort to elect Republican governors over the next two years.”

Janel Broderick: RGA Deputy Executive Director

Janel served as the RGA’s policy director and director of the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee for the 2015-2016 cycle, a role in which she provided guidance and counsel to Republican governors on a wide range of policy initiatives contemplated at the state and federal level. Janel brings diverse political experience to the RGA, including her time in New Mexico where she served as Governor Susana Martinez’s policy director and as deputy executive director/communications director for the state Republican Party. She also worked for one of the longest-serving members of Congress, U.S. Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, and advanced the legislative agenda of Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle. Janel is a native Alaskan, earning her BA in History and her MA in Russian & Eastern European Affairs. As a complement to her public service, she spent several years in the non-profit world, working throughout India, Asia, the South Pacific, and Russia.

Brian Sanderson: RGA Policy Director and Director of the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee

Brian moves into the policy role having previously served as a senior adviser and general counsel to the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee. Brian also previous served as the policy director for the Republican Attorneys General Association and its 501c4 The Rule of Law Defense Fund, worked for Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour as deputy director of the Governor’s Office of Recovery & Renewal, and in private law practice for eight years. He was named a delegate to the RNC Convention in 2016, was elected to two, four-year terms on the Mississippi Republican Executive Committee, and was selected as national finalist for the White House Fellows Program. He received his B.B.A, cum laude, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi. There he was elected president of the Law School Student Body, a member of the Mississippi Law Journal and University’s Hall of Fame.  He served as managing editor of the Journal of National Security Law during law school and, following graduation, as a law clerk to the Honorable David Bramlette, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of Mississippi.