Ashley Gustafson Email and Phone Number

December 2023 graduation date: B.A. Political Science, Minors in History and English. Honors student. Thesis: "Bipartisan Legislation in Supermajority State Legislative Bodies."

--Co-authored research with Dr. Julia Hellwege on bipartisan legislationand motives in super majority state legislative bodies.--Presented our work to the American Political Science Associationconference in Los Angeles.

--Serving as on-site manager while tending a full bar, handling and monitoring currency with care and accuracy, and maintaining hospitality. --Taking orders, handling food and drink, and answering questions and making suggestions.--Retail inventory management, logging, and organization.

--Served as the Chair of the statewide executive board for SD College Republicans.--Oversaw all seven SD chapters and statewide fundraising.--Served as a SDGOP Central Committee Member.

Oversaw and managed southeast region including Yankton, Clay,Union, Turner, Lincoln, and Minnehaha counties: coordinated events,phone banking, campaign sign placement, and literature distribution.

--Circulated nominating petitionsfor Congressman Dusty Johnson, Senator John Thune, and Governor Kristi Noem across South Dakota and achieved target 1,730 signatures four times over.--Phone banking, campaign sign placement, literature distribution, door knocking, and organization of volunteer events.

--Personally assisted Senate Majority Leader Gary Cammack with research regarding legislation, monitored communications, and managed Senate relations.--Served as the intern for the Senate State Affairs committee: ran meeting feeds, managed all committee emails and testimony, and scheduled bill hearings with the committee chair.--Served during both the 2021 and 2022 legislative sessions.

--Assisted CSG MLC President, SD Senate Majority Leader Gary Cammack, with Host State fundraising to obtain our target budget of over $500,000.--Attended the conference in Rapid City as a member of the Host State Committee to manage Senator Cammack’s schedule, communications, and speech preparations.