Ralph Neas
American businessman and political activist (born 1946) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ralph G. Neas (born May 17, 1946) is an American civil rights activist and executive. He is best known for directing a series of national campaigns to strengthen and protect civil rights laws during the Reagan and Bush presidencies.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He is also known for chairing the national coalition that helped defeat the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork.[7][8][9][3]
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Neas served as executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights;[10] president and CEO of People For the American Way (PFAW)[11] and the PFAW Foundation; president and CEO of the National Coalition on Health Care;[12] and president and CEO of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA).[13] He served for eight years as chief legislative assistant to Republican Senators Edward Brooke of Massachusetts and David Durenberger of Minnesota. He remained a member of the Republican Party until October 1996.[14]