Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus announced the appointment of Matt Pinnell as the new RNC State Party Director. Pinnell will report directly to Chairman Priebus in addition to Political Director Chris McNulty.

Republican National Committee Inc. announced the appointment of Mike Shields as the new Chief of Staff to replace the outgoing chief of staff Jeff Larson. Jeff Larson will be staying on and helping the committee as a senior advisor. Mike Shields joins the company from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) where he served as Political Director. He began his foray into politics when he joined the Republican National Committee staff in 1994. He then became the Communications Director of the Republican Party of Virginia in January of 1996. In July 1996 Shields became Communications Director for then U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich in his Political Office. In this role he served as chief political spokesman to the Speaker and coordinated his media presence around the nation. When Gingrich left office in 1998, Shields joined Gingrich in the private sector, helping him set up Gingrich Communications.

Republican National Committee Inc. (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus appointed John Ryder as the new RNC General Counsel. John Ryder was first elected as the National Committeeman from Tennessee in May of 1996 and served from 1996-2004 and from 2008 to the present. He was the chairman of the Redistricting Committee and the RNC Presidential Nominating Schedule Committee.