David A. Keene |
Nominated for re-election by Nominating Committee. David Keene is a lifelong hunter who has worked in the White House, Congress, and as a political consultant and lobbyist. As an attorney, political activist and columnist, he has written, spoken and lobbied on behalf of hunters. shooters and firearms owners for decades. As Chairman of the American Conservative Union he appears regularly on national television, and his column appears regularly in The Hill, a newspaper covering Congress. He was appointed by Charlton Heston to serve on NRA's Membership, Legislative Policy, and Publications Policies Committees, and is Vice Chairman of the Membership Committee. He has been involved in nearly every congressional battle over gun rights since the early seventies, has helped save hunter-friendly conservation programs in Africa and assisted the international hunting community when major airlines threatened to stop carrying hunting arms to Africa. Mr. Keene was re-elected to the NRA Board of Directors in 2003 for a 3 year term. |
