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Executive Staff - Americans for a Free Republic
Nelson Hultberg is a freelance writer in Dallas, Texas, a graduate of Beloit College in Wisconsin, and the Executive Director of Americans for a Free Republic. His articles have appeared in publications such as The Dallas Morning News, Insight, The Freeman, Liberty, The Social Critic, and on numerous websites such as Free Market News, Financial Sense, Safe Haven and Gold-Eagle. He is the author of Why We Must Abolish The Income Tax And The IRS (1996), and Breaking the Demopublican Monopoly (2004). In addition he has just finished a book on political- philosophy titled, The Golden Mean: The Case for Libertarian Politics and Conservative Values. In 1998, he was featured along with Congressmen Bill Archer, Dick Armey, and Billy Tauzin in Texas Business magazine as one of Texas' leading tax reformers ("Texas Tea Party," May-June 1998).

Gerard Fitzgerald serves as the President of Americans for a Free Republic. He has enjoyed a highly prosperous career in the field of advertising for over 35 years in Las Vegas, Nevada. Semi-retired at present, he owned his own company (Domad, Inc.) for many years and served as the Director of Advertising for Argent Corporation's Stardust, Hacienda and Freemont Hotels. For 12 years in the late 70s and early 80s, he was the advertising director and close confidant of the famous entertainer Rodney Dangerfield. He handled "out of state promotions" for the state of Nevada throughout North America, and in 1994 he ran on the Republican Party ticket for the Nevada State Legislature. He started life as an ardent Republican, but gradually came to realize the corrupt nature of all politics that tries to run the American economy from Washington. He describes himself as a "Goldwater conservative without the bellicose foreign policy."

Alex Wallenwein serves as the National Chairman of Americans for a Free Republic. He is a freelance journalist out of Houston, Texas, with a B.A. degree in Economics from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL (1986), and a Juris Doctorate from South Texas College of Law in Houston (1990). He practiced law in Houston from 1991 to 2002, and in 2003 launched his own publishing business and website, A1 Guide to Gold Investments.com. In 2007, he expanded his investment / financial business into the Small Business Goldmine, which is designed to give U.S. small business owners the opportunity to protect themselves from the current and mounting worldwide credit collapse and the decay of the U.S. dollar. Alex is a fervent advocate of free enterprise and writes a regular online newsletter, Euro vs Dollar Gold Monitor. His articles are carried on numerous Internet sites such as SafeHaven, Financial Sense, and 321 Gold.

Frank Baumgartner is the owner and CEO of Osiris Gold Inc. in Denver, Colorado and the Project Coordinator of Americans for a Free Republic. For all of his adult life, Mr. Baumgartner has been an exemplar of the entrepreneurial spirit that built this country, holding positions of ownership in several highly successful corporations, such as Phoenix Aviation Inc., XL Drilling Company Inc., and Jupiter Corporation. In 1965, he was a member of the famous Arnold Heim Geological Expedition to Greenland. He served in the 25th Division Army Artillery during WW II and was called back for the Korean War. A graduate of Clark University in 1950, he has been a history buff for many decades and is naturally alarmed with the direction of America under the influence of Demopublican political control.