Board of Directors
Richard Norman
Richard Norman was born in Durham, North Carolina, but has lived most of his life in Virginia. Growing up in the Tidewater area, he majored in history at Bluefield College and political science at the University of Richmond Graduate School.
Upon completion of his graduate studies at the University of Richmond, Richard embarked on a series of political campaigns. In each of these campaigns, Richard used direct mail and telephone marketing for both fundraising and voter contact programs.
In 1983, Richard began his career in direct mail when he joined a Vienna, Virginia, based political direct mail agency. Richard personally handled the highly-successful 1984 cycle prospecting program for the National Republican Senatorial Committee and supervised direct mail prospecting for the 1984 re-election campaign of U.S. Senator Jesse Helms.
On August 15, 1987, Richard founded The Richard Norman Company. Since that time, he has handled fundraising programs for dozens of well-known national organizations and candidates for President, U.S. Senate, House of Representatives and Governor.
In 1994 Richard took a one-year sabbatical from his Agency to personally design and execute the fundraising program for Col. Oliver L. North's U.S. Senate campaign. The result was over 266,000 contributors who gave more than 22 million dollars. Both the number of donors and total dollars raised set new records for political fundraising. He also served as Finance Director for Dan Quayle's campaign for President in 1999 and currently handles fundraising activities for the Majority Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives, Representative Tom DeLay.
Richard has served as President of ECHO (Every Citizen Has Opportunities), a United Way supported non-profit sheltered workshop for physically and mentally challenged adults. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Youth for Tomorrow, a residential facility for troubled youth chaired by former Washington Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Bluefield College and the Board of Directors of Dominion Academy, an independent K-8 school in Leesburg, Virginia. He is on the Board of Governors for the Virginia Institute for Public Policy, and is a member of the American Association of Political Consultants and the Association of Republican Campaign Professionals. He is also a member of the Direct Marketing Association and the Direct Marketing Association of Washington.
The Normans are active members of the Leesburg Community Church, where Richard chairs the committee responsible for efforts to build a new, 15 million-dollar church campus. He is an active member of the Loudoun County Republican Committee and is active in local, state and national GOP politics.
In his spare time, Richard owns and manages The Cabins at Crabtree Falls, a Blue Ridge Mountain cabin retreat near Charlottesville, Virginia.
Richard, and his wife Vickie, their fifteen-year-old son, JD, and twelve-year-old daughter, Beth Anne, reside in Paeonian Springs. Virginia. Richard enjoys snow skiing, golf, photography and travel.
Contact Information
- The Richard Norman Company
- 11951 Freedom Drive Suite 1120
- Reston, VA 20190
- Voice 703-467-7414
- Fax 703-707-9601
- www.richardnorman.com