Bruce Eberle (Vienna, Virginia)is a lifelong conservative activist, served as local chapter chairman, state chairman, and national director of Young Americans for Freedom. Under Bruce's leadership as Chairman, Eberle Associates has received numerous regional, national, and international awards for excellence in direct mail fund raising. But more important by far, Eberle Associates has become the most efficient and effective direct mail fund raising agency in the nation. Bruce is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Direct Marketing Association of Washington and currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Free Speech Foundation, an association that champions the rights of nonprofit organizations through legislative and legal action. In addition to his professional responsibilities, Bruce serves as a Trustee of Joe Gibbs' Youth For Tomorrow New Life Foundation, as a board member of the CHARIS Institute and as Vice President of Time of Grace ministry. In 1980, Bruce served as co-chairman of the Draft Jack Kemp for Vice President Committee. In 2016 it was Bruce's idea to draft Dr. Ben Carson to run for president, and he got fully behind that effort, not only raising funds, but also assisting John Phillip Sousa with the writing of Rx for America, which sold more than 1.3 million copies. For a number of years Bruce wrote a weekly blog advocating free markets, individual responsibility, and individual freedom. He is the author of the widely regarded book, Political Direct Mail Fund Raising. Bruce is a graduate of the University of Missouri and a veteran. https://www.eberleassociates.com/ The author lives & works in the Washington DC metro area.