Giuliani Names Fundraising Team

Giuliani Names Fundraising Team
Giuliani Picks Team of Fundraisers, Gives Them Financial Goals for Campaign
Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani speaks in New York, Monday, May 21, 2007. Giuliani was there to receive the endorsement of local New York politicians for his 2008 presidential run. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)The Associated Press WASHINGTON May 24, 2007 (AP)

When it comes to fundraising, Rudy Giuliani wants to hit it out of the park. The former New York mayor's presidential campaign on Thursday named 20 men and women under the age of 45 to be among his lead fundraisers, giving them goals of raising between $25,000 and $1 million.

Pikers who raise the lowest amount will get the title of All-American Pitcher. Those who bundle $50,000 in contributions will be All-American Sluggers; $100,000 will be All-American All Stars; and $200,000 will be All-American MVPs. A fundraiser who amasses $1 million for Giuliani gets to be All-American Team Captain.


The team's national chairman will be Bryan Pickens, owner of a Dallas investment firm and a former fundraiser for President Bush. He is not related to billionaire T. Boone Pickens.

Other team leaders include Donald Trump Jr., the son of the New York real estate magnate; Scott Bungaard, a former Arizona state senator; John Mascialino, a former deputy mayor under Giuliani; and Milam Mabry, a Washington lobbyist in the law firm of Bracewell & Giuliani. Others are newer to politics but presumably have an extensive list of personal and business contacts they can tap to help Giuliani build his campaign treasury.