The National Symposium : Schedule & Panelists : Tom Sansonetti

Tom Sansonetti

Thomas Sansonetti was recently reelected as Chairman of the Republican National Committee's Standing Committee on Rules and is also a partner in the Cheyenne office of Holland & Hart, LLP. He joined Holland & Hart in 1993 after serving as Solicitor of the Department of the Interior from 1990-1993, where he managed a $32 million administrative budget and a 900-case legal docket and served as Interior's liaison to The White House Counsel's office and the Department of Justice.

In 1996 he was elected to a four-year term as Wyoming's Republican National Committeeman, and in that capacity was first elected as Chairman of the Rules Committee. Previously, Sansonetti was the Administrative Assistant and Legislative Director for Wyoming Congressman Craig Thomas during the 101st Congress and was appointed Associate Solicitor for Energy and Resources by Interior Secretary Don Hodel during the last two years of the Reagan administration. He was also elected to two terms as the Chairman of the Wyoming Republican Party from 1983-1987.

Sansonetti is a "double hoo," holding a B.A with Distinction in Foreign Affairs (1971) and a MBA (1973) from the University of Virginia. He earned his J.D. from Washington & Lee University in 1976.

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