User Profile for Christian Ferry (cferry)

Bio: Christian Ferry has served as the National eCampaign Director for John McCain 2008 since February. As National eCampaign Director, Christian manages the all facets of the campaign’s online outreach, including the campaign’s website, www.JohnMcCain.com, online fundraising, online advertising, blog and online media relations, electronic communications, multimedia development, data management, and social networking. Christian also serves as the campaign’s official blogger.

Before joining McCain 2008, Christian worked as a strategic consultant at Davis Manafort, Inc, developing and implementing strategies designed to achieve objectives in the areas of government relations, domestic and international business, and elective politics. Christian represented clients before the Federal government managed political and business campaigns in the United States, Eastern Europe, Central America, and South America.

From 2000-2003, Christian worked for the Union Pacific Corporation as Deputy Director for Political Affairs, managing Union Pacific’s political action committee and representing the company and its subsidiaries in Washington.
From 1999-2000, he worked as the Assistant Campaign Manager for Senator John McCain’s campaign for President where he managed communication between the campaign’s senior leadership and all divisions. Prior to joining Senator McCain’s campaign, he worked for Governor James Gilmore of Virginia as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Natural Resources. In 1997, he served as Northwestern Field Director for the Gilmore for Governor campaign. In addition to his service on the Gilmore campaign, he has worked on numerous state legislative campaigns in Virginia, the 1996 Bob Dole for President campaign, and the 1996 Republican National Convention.

A native Virginian, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Virginia, where he majored in government and history. Christian and his wife, Holly, reside in Alexandria, Virginia with their daughter, Spencer.

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