Who We Are
Harris Media, LLC is a nationally acclaimed media and communications firm with clients in 11 states. Vincent Harris serves as the company’s chief executive officer, below is a listing of some of the key individuals employed by Harris Media.
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Vincent Harris : Founder and CEO
Vincent Harris, Founder of Harris Media, LLC has more than six years of online experience. He is a frequent guest speaker on a variety of New Media issues and has traveled to multiple states to teach candidates and elected officials how to utilize the Internet. In March of 2007 Vincent was hired by the campaign of Gov. Mike Huckabee to serve as one of two staff specializing in online communications. Following the campaign, Vincent joined the re-election campaign of Senator John Cornyn where he oversaw an aggressive online plan as the campaign’s Internet Director. Under his leadership, Harris Media has been able to work with a variety of top-tier races across the country, and is currently running day-to-day online operations for Bob McDonnell’s gubernatorial campaign in Virginia. Vincent recently finished up a nine-month stint setting up and running the online operations for the National Republican Senatorial Committee's 2010 cycle. Vincent is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, and enjoys learning how to blend into his adopted state (which involves a lot of “y’alls”, hunting, barbecue, and Pat Green).
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Check out Vincent's blog at www.tooconservative.com
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Luke Baker : Vice President, Internal Affairs
Luke joined the Harris Media team in January 2009. His background includes handling marketing and media campaigns for small business and political groups, as well as state and federal candidates. In 2008, Luke staffed and coordinated nationwide fundraising efforts for Governor Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign, and consulted on two state House races. In 2009, during the Texas Legislative Session, Luke ran the online operations for Texas Insider.org, managing web content, a 50,000+ email list, and social media strategies. Luke also worked on Bob McDonnell’s gubernatorial campaign, managing day-to-day website and email operations. Currently Luke oversees online strategy and serves as account executive for clients in California, Vermont, Texas, and Virginia. In his free time Luke enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife, coaching youth sports, playing basketball and reading.
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Jarrett Ray : Vice President, External Affairs
While serving as a campaign manager and later as a regional manager for the Republican Party of Virginia, Jarrett Ray aggressively promoted the integration of new media in campaigns. In 2009, Jarrett worked alongside Bob McDonnell’s gubernatorial campaign by leveraging the strength of city and county committees in Virginia. He has developed strategies to win campaigns, established youth activist groups, and hosted grassroots training seminars for large organizations. Jarrett is an avid hiker, amateur tennis player, and news junkie.
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Jon Schroeder :
Account Executive / Graphics Guru
Jon Schroeder has experience in both traditional media and new media. A jack of all trades, he's written for three newspapers and two magazines covering five Texas cities; Jon has worked at various points as a photographer, a copy editor, a reporter, and the editor in chief of a weekly newspaper. Jon recently finished working with BP, Shell, Baker Hughes, the IADC, and several other Houston-based energy companies, writing their global software, oil rig and training manuals. Jon manages Harris Media's graphic design and video production, specializing in website graphics, banner ads, video editing and more. A Colorado native, Jon graduated with a BA in journalism from Baylor University in Waco, TX, and he still bleeds green and gold.
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Amy Brown
Amy Brown, a 2009 Vanderbilt University graduate, has a wide array of communications and marketing experience. As an undergraduate, she served as a consultant for several Fortune 500 companies, such as American Airlines, Bridgestone Firestone, and Yum! Brands, to develop traditional and new media marketing strategies. She received her bachelors in Communications Studies and a minor in Spanish. Most recently, you may have seen her reporting the latest news in Texas politics for “Insider Weekly” on TexasInsider TV, where she served as the News Director. Amy manages the day-to-day operations for Harris Media. An Oklahoma native, Amy is enjoying living in Big 12 territory once again.
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Daniel Abernathy : Intern
Daniel Abernathy worked as
an intern at the McCain campaign
headquarters in 2008 and then
interned for Congresswoman
Kay Granger through the November
’08
elections. Daniel manages day-to-day
operations on a variety of projects
and is involved with many organizations
on his college campus, including College
Republicans and Student Senate.
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Derek Hansen : Intern
Since beginning his work with Harris Media last spring, Derek has had the opportunity to work with many leading political figures. Derek ran the day-to-day web operations of Former New Hampshire Congressman Jeb Bradley and State Senator Robert Clegg’s 2008 Congressional Campaigns. Working on both these campaigns Derek utilized MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and several other on-line networks to help the candidates effectively get their message out. Derek Hansen is currently an undergraduate student studying Political Science and History at the University of Pittsburgh. Derek enjoys world traveling and prides himself on having visited four of the continents thus far.
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