Hampden County Republican Committee

Al Bienstock – Hampden 4 Committeeman
 
Al Bienstock is an insurance broker who also holds ownership interests in several homeland security related businesses.  He has been a Hampden Township commissioner since 2001 and previously served for many years on Hampden's Planning Commission and Zoning Hearing Board.  His involvement in the community encompasses a wide range of activities including: Governor-Elect Tom Ridge's Transition Team; Governor Ridge's IMPACCT Commission Task Force on Banking and Insurance; Tri-County and State Mental Health Associations; Governor's Advisory Committee on Mental Health and Mental Retardation; Pennsylvanians for Right to Work; AHEDD (provides training and job placement for individuals with developmental disabilities); soccer coach and co-founder of the Hampden Memorial Day Girls Soccer Tournament; board member of Bethany Development Corp. (Bethany Towers); treasurer of Taxpayers of America.  He has chaired training seminars at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference.  Al writes commentary on current events through RightWingLimericks.com and is an avid, amateur, magician.
 
After enlisting and serving as an Army Security Agency cryptographer in the Far East, Al started his business career while going to college at night.  He and Elyse, married in 1968, have lived in Hampden Township since 1975 and their two daughters were raised here.  He is a lifelong Republican who is proud to have cast his first presidential vote for Barry Goldwater.  Al has served as a member of the Cumberland County Republican Committee for many years and was elected to the Republican State Committee in 2007.
 

Marjorie Blaze – Hampden 4 Committeewoman
 
Marjorie Blaze, a recent retiree, completed 30 years of service with the state as a manager in the PA Department of Education, and is thus new to elected office. Marjorie has earned a Bachelors and Masters degree in education from Shippensburg University.  Marjorie is the mother of two adult children, Rob and Christy, and grandmother to five.  Marjorie attends Trinity Luthern Church in Camp Hill and is also a 2008-2009 participant in the Anne B. Anstine Excellence in Public Service Series, a leadership program for Republican women.  She has been a Committeewoman since 2008.

Don Houser – Hampden 5 Committeeman
 
Don Houser is a native of Lock Haven, Clinton County, where he was first elected committeeman while a student at Lock Haven University. After graduation, he began a career in the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving as a Field Representative to former state Senator J. Doyle Corman, Jr. In 1998, he was appointed Chief of Staff to state Senator Jake Corman and served in this position until October 2008.
 
Don is a former Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, at-large committeeman and elected Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Commissioner - a position he held from May 2007 to May 2009, when he resigned the office to move to Hampden Township.
 
Don is married to Mindy and they have two sons, Jackson and Sloan, and reside in Good Hope Farms South He is a member of the Cathedral Parish of St. Patrick and is currently State Government Affairs Manager for Dominion Resources, Inc. He can be reached by email at senatedon@gmail.com.

Ken Hugendubler-Hampden 10 Committeeman

Ken Hugendubler is a CPA and partner with Beard Miller Company LLP (bmc).  Ken is in charge of the firm’s insurance audit and accounting practice.  Ken had previously spent 14 years with Ernst & Young LLP.  Ken is very active in the community.  He is most proud of his accomplishments as president of the Board of Directors of the Humane Society of the Harrisburg Area, Inc. as helped take an organization that was on the verge of bankruptcy and had a tattered public image to one that is now financially stable and viewed extremely positively by the community.  Ken also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the United Way of the Capital Region, is the chairman of the Harrisburg Council of Junior Achievement of South Central Pennsylvania and is a member of the Mechanicsburg North Rotary Club where he serves as youth exchange counselor.  He is a former member and past president of the West Shore Rotary Club and Cosmopolitan Club of the Capital Region.  He was also on the Board of Directors of the Mechanicsburg Art Center, School and Galleries and the Allied Arts Fund.

Ken has been active in the Dauphin and Cumberland County Young Republicans and founded the College Republican Club at his alma mater, Susquehanna University.  

Ken has lived in Hampden Township since 2001 with his wife Lisa, daughter, Amanda , two dogs, Jackie and Jamie and two cats, Precious and Bandit.  They are members of Aldersgate United Methodist Church. 

Ashley B. Jordan-Hampden 12 Committeewoman

Miss. Ashley B. Jordan, is the recent graduate of The Pennsylvania State University.  Ashley graduated May 2010 with a major in Health Policy and Administration and a minor in Labor Studies and Employment Relations.  Ashley was an advocate intern at The American College of Cardiology in Washington, DC.    She lives in Mechanicsburg, PA with her family.  

John S. Jordan - Hampden 12 Committeeman

Mr. John S. Jordan, CAE, is the Executive Vice President/CEO of the PA Academy of Family Physicians.  John began his career with the PA Chapter on November 1, 1998.  John came to the PA Chapter from the PA Medical Society, where he was Director of Association Management Services and Director of Membership and Physician Services.  Prior to that John was a Senior Management Engineer with York Hospital, in York PA and a Senior Management Consultant with the Sisters of Charity Health Care System in Houston, TX. 

Married with two children, Mr. Jordan received his MA in Management Information Systems from the George Washington University, Washington, DC, his MPA in Health Care Administration and a BS in Medical Technology from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.  Mr. Jordan currently serves on two non-profit boards, the Cumberland Valley School District where he served as Past President and currently Board Chair of the Cumberland & Perry Vocational Technical School.  He also served for six years as a Board Trustee at the Harrisburg Area Community College.  Mr. Jordan is a Fellow of the Philadelphia College of Physicians, the oldest medical college in the US founded in 1787.   

He lives in Mechanicsburg, PA with his wife Bonnie and two children Ashley (Senior, Penn State University) and Bryan (Junior, Cumberland Valley High School).

Robert H. Long, Jr. - Hampden 3 Committeeman

Bob Long is a partner at Thomas, Long, Niesen & Kennard.  He concentrates his law practice in the areas of public finance, corporate and securities, and government law.  He is the Senior Municipal Bond Attorney and head of the firm's Public and Municipal Finance Practice Group and has practiced in the area for over 39 years.  He also represents local government units as investors in cases involving bankruptcy or insolvency of investment providers.  He has served as bond counsel for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA), the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, and numerous municipal authorities, school districts, and local agencies. 

Bob is a member of the American (including Tax Section), Pennsylvania, Florida, and Dauphin County Bar Associations, the National Association of Bond Lawyers, the Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers, the Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association, the Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities, and the American Judicature Society.  He is listed in Who's Who in America and is A-V rated by Martindale-Hubble.  Bob is a graduate of Shippensburg University and the Dickinson School of Law.  Bob is a board member of the Shippensburg University Foundation and chair of its Finance Committee.  He is also a board member of the Susquehanna Valley Center for Public Policy.

Don McCallin – Hampden 7 Committeeman
 
Originally from West Chester, PA, Don McCallin enlisted in the US Air Force at age 18 where he served for 8 years as an enlisted man and 15 years as a commissioned officer. During his service time, Don earned a BA in Political Science from the University of MD, and MA in Russian Studies from George Washington University, and an MBA from Marymount University.  His duties were in the area of intelligence operations with foreign postings to Turkey, Italy, West Berlin and Moscow.
Don relocated to his current address upon retirement from the Air Force in 1984 and worked as a financial consultant for two major brokerage firms and as the Director of Administrative Services for the PA Department of Revenue.  Don is now the Acting Director of Security for the PA Lottery.
During the past 24 years, Don was active on many local, state and national campaigns and served as the county coordinator for former Senator Rick Santorum's first two campaigns for the US Senate.
 
Don served a short tour as the Cumberland County Republican Committee Treasurer and has been a local committeeman for 22 years.  Don is also a member and trustee of the Hampden Township Volunteer Fire Company and a Hampden Township Commissioner whose duties lie primarily in, recreation, fire and emergency planning and services.
 
 

Nathan Silcox – Hampden 10 Committeeman
 
Hampden 10 Committeeman   Nathan Silcox was born and raised in Silver Spring Township; graduated from Cumberland Valley High School, Lock Haven University, and Penn State – Harrisburg (MPA).  He interned with the State Senate, U.S. Senate, and Republican State Committee.  He has worked for Governor Ridge in the Department of Education, State Senator Bob Robbins (R-Mercer County), and State Senator Bob Regola (R-Westmoreland) -- as Executive Director of the Senate Local Government Committee.  He currently works on the staff of State Senator Jane Orie (R-Allegheny), Senate Majority Whip.  

Nathan is married (Kathryn) and has two children.  He is a member of the Second City Church (PCA) in Harrisburg.  He has been involved with the Young Republicans – both in Cumberland County and at the state level -- since 1999.  Prior to being elected a Hampden Committeeman in 2006, he was appointed to serve as a Committeeman in Lower Allen Township.  He has severed on the Hampden Township Planning Commission and currently serves as a Hampden Township Commissioner. 
 

Tammy Stine – Hampden 11 Committeewoman
 
Tammy Stine has served as a committeewoman in Hampden Township for the past 10 years.  Since 1991, she has run her own business, Dublin Associates, a government relations consulting firm.  She has two children, Paul, who is a freshman at Cumberland Valley High School and Meredith, who is a sixth grader at Good Hope Middle School.  Tammy is a member of St. James Presbyterian Church and currently serves on her church's Session.  She is also active in he son's Boy Scout Troop 276 and serves as the Committee Chairman and Badge Counselor for the Citizenship badges.  Tammy and her family enjoy living in Hampden Township, they like kayaking on the creek, enjoy the area parks, and the general great quality of life that Hampden Township provides.  By being active in local politics through the Hampden Township Republican Committee, she hopes that by helping to recruit and elect quality elected officials, that she can contribute to the efforts to improve and preserve our wonderful community.