Ellen Barrosse
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Delaware |
| Role: | National committeewoman |
| Location: | Delaware |
| Education: | University of Delaware |
| Website: | Official website |
Ellen Barrosse is the national committeewoman for the Republican Party of Delaware. She is the managing member of Ashland Spring Farm LLC in Hockessin, Delaware.[1]
Barrosse was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Delaware. All 16 of Delaware's delegates were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[2] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Career
Education
Ellen Barrosse earned a B.A. in communications from the University of Delaware in 1978. She worked as the president of True Confections, a gourmet chocolate and confections shop in Newark, Delaware, until 1982.[3]
Professional career
Barrosse founded a medical communications organization, Synchrogenix Information Strategies, in 1986. The business grew into a global company offering regulatory communications services to local biotech groups as well as some of the world's largest pharmaceutical corporations. Barrosse served as the CEO of Synchrogenix until she sold the company to Certara, an international drug development company, in 2014. Following the sale of Synchrogenix, Barrosse worked as the strategic advisor to the CEO of Certara. In 2015, she transitioned to the role of managing member for Ashland Spring Farm LLC, a registered Finnsheep breeder in Hockessin, Delaware.[3][4][5][6]
Community service
Barrosse founded A Rose and A Prayer, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that aims to decrease the abortion rate in Delaware, in 2005. She previously served as the president of the Perinatal Association of Delaware as well as the chair of the Red Cross Clara Barton Society. Barrosse serves as the secretary of the board of directors for the American Principles Project, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that aims to support "local and national policies that respect the dignity of the person." She is a member of the Order of Malta, a global Roman Catholic lay religious order, and a member of the Council for National Policy.[7][8][9]
Political activity
Ellen Barrosse was elected as the Republican Party of Delaware's national committeewoman to the Republican National Committee in 2012. Through RosePAC, the political action committee that shares in the mission of A Rose and a Prayer, Barrosse has contributed $50,000 to Republican candidates in Delaware.[4][10]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Barrosse was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Delaware.
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Barrosse was a member of the RNC Rules Committee, a 112-member body responsible for crafting the official rules of the Republican Party, including the rules that governed the 2016 Republican National Convention.[11]
Appointment process
The convention Rules Committee in 2016 consisted of one male and one female delegate from each state and territorial delegation. The Rules of the Republican Party required each delegation to elect from its own membership representatives to serve on the Rules Committee.
Delegate rules
Delegates from Delaware to the Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in April 2016. Delaware GOP bylaws stipulated that delegates were to be bound to support the candidate who won a plurality of the vote in the state primary election.
Delaware primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Delaware, 2016
| Delaware Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
60.8% | 42,472 | 16 | |
| Ted Cruz | 15.9% | 11,110 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 20.4% | 14,225 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.8% | 578 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 1.3% | 885 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 0.9% | 622 | 0 | |
| Totals | 69,892 | 16 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Delaware Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Delaware had 16 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, three were district-level delegates (all representing the state's single congressional district). Delaware's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the primary received all of the state's district delegates.[12][13]
Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. Delaware's at-large delegates were also allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the primary received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[12][13]
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "Delaware Leadership," accessed April 1, 2016
- ↑ Delaware Online, "Trump locks down Delaware GOP delegates," April 30, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LinkedIn, "Ellen Barrosse," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Republican National Committee, "Ellen Barrosse," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ International Finnsheep Registry, "IFR Finnsheep Breeder Directory," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Certara," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ American Principles Project, "Mission and purpose," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ Order of Malta, "Home," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ A Rose and a Prayer, "About us," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ A Rose and a Prayer, "Sister organizations," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ Ballotpedia's list of 2016 RNC Rules Committee members is based on an official list from the Republican National Committee obtained by Ballotpedia on June 24, 2016
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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