Tim Wass Jr.

3423 Seminole Drive, Lawrence, KS 66047

620-820-9336 | tjwass@gmail.com

PROFILE
Registered Kansas Republican since turning 18 in 2002 with a network of political capital.
Expert in evolutionary psychology, social media, charisma, and voter mobilization.
Nationally recognized public speaker, political writer, and grassroots coalition builder.
Featured contributor for the Libertarian Republican Facebook Page with 142,229 likes.
https://www.facebook.com/libertarianrepublic
Published commentary articles for The Libertarian Republic website. Here is one example.
http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/racism-dies-next-generation/#axzz3FIdo0ZmS
Personal Facebook Page with 4,997 political activist allies, think tank leaders, & journalists.
https://www.facebook.com/tjwass
More than 500 LinkedIn Professional Connections with dozens of endorsements.
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tim-tj-wass-jr-zi-884/11/305/58a
EDUCATION
Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS
Master of Communication 4.0 GPA 2008
Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (Top 10% of college students nationwide)
Member of Lambda Pi Eta Communication Honor Society
Bachelor of History & Minor in Marketing 2006
Elected officer for the Sigma Chi Fraternity (226 chapters at colleges nationwide)
Membership includes 300,000+ professional alumni and 15,700+ active undergraduates
Famous alumni members include: John Wayne, Brad Pitt, Tom Selleck, and David Letterman
Current US Senators include: Lamar Alexander, Mike Enzi, Bob Corker, and Saxby Chambliss
Labette Community College Parsons, KS
Associate of the Arts 2004
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
Top 20 Student Award
Parsons Senior High School Parsons, KS
Diploma 2002




PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
Academic Advisor January 2014 to the present
Official KU bio: https://advising.ku.edu/tj-wass
One of only 3 professionals hired out of a national applicant pool of 88 qualified applicants.
Assist hundreds of undergraduate students in degree progress and career planning.
Serve as the advising outreach liaison for community college transfer students.
Lead developer for our new virtual advising project that utilizes Skype and Google Hangout.

Apex Stages Pittsburg, KS
National Sales Manager June 2011 April 2012
Business website: http://apexstages.com/
Joint venture to sell mobile hydraulic concert stages for the outdoor music concert industry.
Depending on size, each stage can range in price from $100,000 up to $500,000 each.
They have been the featured stages for concerts such as: Lollapalooza and Miley Cyrus tours.
The 50x40 model was featured at the 2008 Democrat Presidential Debates in Chicago.
Creative developer for this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CA2nWbBwr8

Tims Shop Parsons, KS
Family Machine Shop Co-owner June 1996 to January, 2014
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tims-Shop/530361336992372
Largest custom hydraulic hose manufacturer in southeast Kansas.
Managed custom welding projects, sandblasting, and hydraulic cylinder repair.
Helped learn the value of hard work at our blue collar business since a young age.

Labette, Neosho, and Independence Community Colleges
Public Speaking Adjunct Professor June 2008 to May 2011
Taught communication classes to help students develop presentation skills, give great
speeches, and gain interpersonal communication skills.


GOP POLITICAL EXPERIENCE
Kansas Republican Party (2002-present)
Elected Ladore Township Clerk in 2002, 2004, and 2006.
Pittsburg State University College Republicans member 2004-2006
Southeast KS GOP Presidential Primary Caucus Delegate Speaker for Ron Paul in 2008.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=686420671115&set=t.80400298&type=1&t
heater
Assisted in the election of new leadership for the Crawford County GOP in 2012.
Helped solicit audience questions for Bob Dole during his recent visit to KU.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=840314501645&set=a.543914225175.20591
04.80400298&type=3&theater
Hosted Douglas County GOP events for Pat Roberts, Lynn Jenkins, & Sam Brownback.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=873758215175&set=t.80400298&type=1&t
heater
Asked to run for Vice-Chair position of Douglas County Republicans at the GOP
reorganization meeting that will be hosted soon on October 16, 2014.
Milton Wolf for US Senate 2014
Trusted interview expert with local, national, and international news media.
http://tinyurl.com/ldu66zs
Public speaker for the GOP primary campaign at numerous events.
http://tinyurl.com/o9gc4ur
Phone banker, social media contributor, and campaign block walker.
http://tinyurl.com/qzpylxv
Mike Houser for KS House District One 2012
Campaign strategy consultant for public speaking and social media.
http://tinyurl.com/p7rovrd
Here is an overview of the successful election results from 2012.
http://ballotpedia.org/Michael_Houser
David Brat for Virginia House 2014
Endorsed David Brat early on in the GOP primary that was successful in winning a
landslide victory against the second most powerful House member Eric Cantor.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/meet-the-political-unknown-who-just-took-down-eric-
cantor/article/2549564

POLITICAL ACTIVISM EXPERIENCE
Young Americans For Liberty
527 college chapters and 162,000 active millennial members.
http://www.yaliberty.org/about
Here is the state convention for YAL that was hosted at K-State in 2013.
https://www.facebook.com/yaliberty/photos/t.80400298/10151408564815197/?type=1
&theater

Students For Liberty
International organization that features 1,350 student groups representing over 100,000
students on all inhabited continents.
http://studentsforliberty.org/about/
The upcoming regional conference will be hosted at Friends University in Kansas.
http://studentsforliberty.org/event/2014-sfl-kansas-regional-conference/

New Congressional Leadership
Assisting the Republican Liberty Caucus to replace John Boehner with a new speaker of
the House. Congressmen Thomas Massie and Justin Amash are key allies in this effort.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/house-conservatives-plot-to-oust-boehner-
put-scare-into-cantor-20140410
Lobbying support to replace Harry Reid with anyone else other than Mitch McConnell.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/389422/senate-dem-endorses-chuck-schumer-
replace-harry-reid-joel-gehrke

REDEEM Act
Lobbying more Senators to support ending mandatory sentencing that hurts minorities
in the failed war on drugs like Senators Cory Booker and Rand Paul are joining forces on.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/rand-paul-cory-booker-reform-the-war-drugs

Amendment 64 in Colorado
Successfully supported the campaign to legalize recreational marijuana in the state.
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/legal-recreational-pot-industry-opens-in-
colorado-101660.html
Will consult with activist and veteran Sean Azzariti to testify on this issue in other states.
https://www.facebook.com/sean.azzariti?fref=ts