Ronald Pearson is president of Pearson & Pipkin, Inc., a public policy strategy and management firm, and he also serves as vice president of Young America’s Foundation’s Board of Directors. Mr. Pearson also served as national treasurer of Young Americans for Freedom and was vice president of a major publishing company.

He was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and received his B.A. from Valparaiso University, an M.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and did postgraduate work at Brown University.

 Mr. Pearson was chief of staff to the late congressman John Ashbrook of Ohio and to Congressman Bill Dannemeyer of California. He has been a consultant to many campaigns on the Presidential, Senate and U.S House levels and to the NRSC, as well as an expert consultant to various government bodies, including the Voice of America where he served as acting deputy director during part of the Reagan administration.

Mr. Pearson was also awarded "Defender of the Constitution" by the Conservative Political Action Conference.