DENIS L. HEMMERLE

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E-mail: hemmerle@politicalindex.com
Born: 14 DEC 36, Cincinnati, OH, married once; divorced; no children, experienced public speaker. Avocation since 20 APR 70: Studying successful political movements.
Nov 1993-Present Publisher and Conservator/Trustee, National Political Index (URL: http://www.politicalindex.com) Organization is a Web site interactive communications network providing one-stop shopping for voters, political activists, political consultants, lobbyists, and politicians; hyperlinks 3500 political Web sites; offers a complete range of products, information, services, polling, and interactive communications services.
Dec 1992-Nov 1993 Executive Director, Coalition for The CA Voucher Initiative, Mill Valley, (Not involved in any way with EXCEL, the most well financed school choice campaign). Sent out 250,000 direct mail letters doubling the number of donors and activists.
Mar 1992-Nov 1992 Major Presidential Candidate's California Communications Coordinator, Mill Valley, CA. Assembled communications network to locate and train activists; personally financed and developed an activist data base of 45,000 California activists; Presidential Elector.
Dec 1989-Feb 1992 Became Internet Literate; Hired Vince Klein half-time as a tutor to begin developing internet Feb 1992 activist communications methodology.
Oct 1986-Nov 1989 Studied 17 successful national political revolutions and movements; completed the substance, tactics, strategy, and communications methodology for a national political movement to effect remedial legislation by the year 2000.
Jan 1980-Aug 1987 President, Posada Del Sol, Owner/Developer of a 33 acre real estate parcel adjacent to the business district of San Rafael, CA.; one conceptual use would be the worlds largest solar powered adult community; this project was to be approved by voter initiative; realized a profit of about 100 times the original investors' investment; later investors realized a profit of two and one half times their investment because the project was never completed.
Jan 1980-Dec 1981 Obtained the equivalent of a doctorate in business and communications aspects of winning issues campaigns; in early 1980, hired Joyce Koupal, co-founder of People's Lobby, nationally respected authority on issues campaigns and shepherding, as a full time tutor for two years; studied organizational structure, communications, donor and activist location, shepherding, and the business aspects of about 40 issues campaigns of which about 16 were successful.
Jun 1977-Apr 1982 President, California University for Advanced Studies, San Anselmo, CA The objective of this post graduate institution was to provide individuals having significant education, life achievements, and personal experience with the incentive and technology to share their hard-won knowledge with society. The method was teaching post doctoral level candidates how to actually produce broadcast quality, ultra low-cost educational video cassettes. Sold name and lease to profit-making enterprises for about 10 times original donors' contributions. Entity dissolved to pursue Posada Del Sol which included all original donors who had contributed to the University.
Nov 1972-Nov 1977 Founder and President, Associated Tax Planners Inc., Sausalito, CA. Personal Service Corporation which taught presidents of small start-up corporations tax, accounting, real estate, sales matters, and direct mail techniques; President was on Board of Directors of approximately 100 small start-up corporations.
Feb 1967-Oct 1972 Founder and President, EBC Employee Benefit Consultants, San Francisco, CA. Taught stock brokers how to prospect for, and to sell investments to, tax exempt entities; established direct mail programs; sold interest in Company in October 1970 to a major California stock brokerage firm and the Company's employees, for about 100 times the original investor's investment.
Mar 1966-Feb 1967 Supervisor of Advanced Underwriting, Sun Life of Canada, San Francisco, CA. Established and supervised advanced sales training and direct mail program.
Sep 1965-Mar 1966 Executive Assistant, Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Served as an advisor to reinsured's sales training and direct mail programs.
Jun 1963-Oct 1963 Representative, Ohio State Medical Association Turner & Shepherd, Inc., Columbus, Ohio Set up training programs dealing with accounting and income tax matters around the State of Ohio for each county medical association.
Sep 1961-Sep 1962 Organizational Supply Specialist, U.S. Air Force (activated for Berlin Crisis and sent to Europe); acting Major at age 24; highest possible security clearance.
Apr 1958-Aug 1961 Management Trainee, Union Central Life Insurance Co. Cincinnati, Ohio. Ultimately supervised home office direct mail department sending out about 60 million letters.
Education Completed grade school in seven years and high school in three years; attended school for gifted children; entered university at age 16.
Jun 1957 A.B. Economics, University of Notre Dame; earned 75% of all expenses (held a part-time job through all 4 years of college); Scholarship senior year; graduated in top third; captain of fencing team; All American fencer; runner-up for National fencing champion in 1957; Treasurer of Notre Dame's Monogram Club.
Sep 1962 Awarded Chartered Life Underwriter (C.L.U.) designation from the American College of Life Underwriters, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Four year program.
Jun 1965 LI.B. Ohio State University; earned 100% of expenses, member of Moot Court Governing Board (Moot Court team won national championship in 1965); Outstanding Moot Court oralist first and second years of law school; Chief Justice of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity,
Mar 1967 J.D. (Juris Doctor) Ohio State University. Awarded retroactively in lieu of LI.B.
Mid 1967-1991 Dale Carnegie Sales Course; Dale Carnegie Human Relations and Public Speaking Course; Group Leader.
Professional Licenses
Feb 1961 Securities: took twelve week course; passed NASD Exam with a 99/100 score.
Oct 1965 Law: licensed to practice law in Ohio; inactive member of Ohio Bar in good standing.
Mar 1967 Life & Disability Insurance: passed licensing exam with a perfect score.
May 1967 Real Estate: took twelve week course; passed licensing exam.
Mar 1970 Property Casualty Insurance; took sixteen week course; passed licensing exam.

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