John Bovée
President/CEO John Bovée began his career in politics and government for Republican causes and candidates in 1979, working for two County Supervisors and a candidate for Mayor in Kern County, California. All three won.
Since that time, Mr. Bovée has been involved in over 300 local, state and federal campaigns, being on the winning side 86% of the time. He has served in every capacity of campaign management ranging from fund-raiser, opposition research director, on-site coordinator, advance person, press spokesperson, volunteer recruiter, and political consultant.
In his endeavors, he has worked in various parts of the country and completed over two hundred corporate and opposition research projects.
In addition, he has set fund-raising records at both the local and state levels for Republicans, and has raised money for non-profit trade associations, 501C4’s, 501C3’s.
From 1985 to 1990, Mr. Bovée was one of the top Republican fund-raisers for California Republican State Assembly candidates. In 1986, he oversaw fund-raising efforts of the top Republican target in the State Legislature and successfully defended the seat by raising over a million dollars.
From 1988 to 1995, Mr. Bovée was the Executive Vice President for a statewide trade association where he helped set new dues records for the association in five of seven years. He also oversaw the activities of their political action committee.
A sought after speaker, Mr. Bovée is also a published author and has written numerous articles for national and state periodicals. He has appeared as a frequent guest on the television and radio talk show circuit and co-authored a book on research published by Louisiana State University Press in the fall of 1999.
Mr. Bovée is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of California State University, Bakersfield having earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1979. He was also class valedictorian and a member of Phi Alpha Theta.
He lives in Sacramento with his wife Joanne and their three sons Connor, Griffin, and Parker.