Gov. Romney names California leadership team for presidential run

Gov. Mitt Romney (RMass.) recently announced the first 15 members of the Romney for President California Leadership Team, a group of Californians who will support Romney as he begins his 2008 campaign.

California Senate Republican leader Dick Ackerman and former Assemblymember Tony Strickland will serve as cochairs of the effort.

Strickland is a board member of the Ventura County Council Boy Scouts of America, an advisory committee member of FOOD Share and an honorary board member of the Moorpark Boys & Girls Club.

He's also active in civic, business and church organizations throughout Ventura County. He's spent the past several years rallying California's grassroots fiscal conservatives to advocate for lower taxes and less regulation, as well as business and job growth.

Ackerman has represented Orange County in the state Legislature since his election to the Assembly in 1995.