Mr. Kilgore began his political finance career in 1994 with Huckaby Davis & Associates (now Huckaby, Davis, Lisker) preparing matching funds reports for seven of the candidates for the Republican nomination for President in the 1996 election cycle. Mr. Kilgore moved back to Georgia in February 1996 and assumed the financial and compliance duties for US Senator Paul Coverdell as well as two other US Senate campaigns. It was at the end of that election cycle that he was approached by Speaker Gingrich’s campaign about joining the team. In December of 1996 Mr. Kilgore took the position of controller for the Speaker’s re election campaign. Mr. Kilgore oversaw the direct mail operation that raised the bulk of the record setting seven million dollars in the 1998 election cycle. The reporting required by such volume was a challenge but, even under the intense scrutiny of that environment, the campaign was completely unscathed in the reporting arena.

After the close of that election cycle, the opportunity to found Professional Data Services was apparent. Word was spreading in political circles that this vitally important part of a campaign could be easily and safely outsourced. Mr. Kilgore took advantage of this environment and today Professional Data Services is a leading compliance firm in the industry.

BA, Columbia College; 2001