Ronna McDaniel

Ronna McDaniel currently serves as CEO for the Michigan Forward Network. She serves on the Board of Directors for ARLP and as a consultant for Weinberg Capital.

From 2017 through 2024, Ronna McDaniel served as Chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), only the second woman ever elected to the position. Under her leadership, the RNC raised over $1.5 billion, made its largest ever ground game investment, built an Election Integrity operation from the ground up, grew grassroots fundraising to 1 million contributors, and transferred funds to all 56 state and territory parties. Throughout her tenure, the RNC defied history by gaining seats in the Senate during the 2018 election cycle and taking back the House in 2022. In January 2023, she was elected to a historic fourth term, making her the longest-serving female chair of either national political party.

Prior to her tenure at the RNC, McDaniel served as the Chair of the Michigan Republican Party, where she helped deliver the state for President Donald J. Trump and the Party for the first time since 1988. She began her career in politics as a grassroots activist, serving as a precinct delegate, a district committee executive member, a state party committeewoman in Michigan, an RNC committeewoman
and as a national delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention representing Michigan's 11th District.

In her local community of Northville, Michigan, McDaniel served on land planning and public safety committees and was actively involved in her local Parent Teacher Association. McDaniel is the third of seven children, received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Brigham Young University, and is married to Patrick McDaniel. Together they have two children, Abigail and Nash.