SAN FRANCISCO, Ca --- Arthur Bruzzone is an award-winning TV producer, talk show host, and political leader in California, his native home. He has written over 175 political articles for national and regional media, and has commented on political issues for American and European television and radio networks. His articles and columns have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Campaign & Elections Magazine, among other publications.
His political insights have made him a frequent commentator for America's leading press including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and USA Today, and his opinions on American politicshave been sought by European and British newspapers.
Arthur produced and hosted the nationally recognized “SF/Politics ” a weekly public affairs television program voted the top talk show in the nation by the Alliance for Media. He currently produces and hosts "San Francisco/unscripted" with Comcast Cable in San Francisco. Arthur has made over 125 television comments and served as a guest for CNN, CBS News, ABC News, NBC News, MSNBC, BBC-TV, and BBC and European radio stations.
Arthur’s political work includes chairman of the San Francisco Republican Party, state commissioner for a key California environmental commission, and regional political campaign leader for numerous state-wide campaigns in California.
Arthur holds both a Masters in Philosophy and Masters in Business Administration. He is a former Peace Corps volunteer who served two years in the Kingdom of Tonga. He is a native San Franciscan and president of Bruzzone Strategic Investments, a real estate investment and development firm.
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FRANKLIN COUNTY, Tenn --- Sam T. Harper
is a native southerner. He graduated, cum laude, from Vanderbilt University. Following a tour in the US Navy he worked at Roadway Express as an operations manager. After leaving Roadway to go the graduate school, Sam earned his MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Tom Peters (a Stanford Business School professor) and Robert Waterman, authors of In Search of Excellence, used the story of Mr. Harper’s work at Roadway Express as an example of successful leadership in their best selling business book.
Before co-founding the Institute for Local Effectiveness Training, a performance improvement consulting firm located in Tullahoma, Tennessee, Sam was the Chief Financial Officer of Bridgemere Capital and the Chief Operating Officer with ICS, a San Francisco based international publishing firm specializing in public policy. He is currently an officer in a company that provides services to the food processing market.
Sam has been active in conservative politics and campaigns since working on the Phil Gramm senatorial campaign in 1982 while living in Houston. Later, while living in San Francisco, he was elected to four consecutive terms to the SF Republican County Central Committee. He was chairman of that committee during the Pete Wilson gubernatorial victory in 1990 against former San Francisco mayor Diane Feinstein. Since moving to Tennessee in 1994, he has been successful in supporting local conservative candidates running for public office.
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