About

About

Job Creators Network is a nonpartisan organization founded by entrepreneurs who believe that many government policies are getting in the way of the economic freedom that helped make this country prosperous. Job Creators Network believes the best defense against bad government policy is a well-educated public. We are the voice of Main Street.

Mission

Job Creators Network is a nonpartisan organization whose mission is to educate employees of Main Street America, so we can protect the 90 million people who depend on the success of small businesses.

JCN provides business leaders and entrepreneurs with the tools to become the voice of free enterprise in the media, in Congress, in state capitals, in their communities, and their workplaces—allowing them to hold politicians accountable to job creators and their employees.

Leadership

Brad Anderson

Brad Anderson

Executive Board Chair of the Job Creators Network

Brad spent more than three decades at Best Buy, a multinational consumer electronics retailer, retiring in 2009 as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Vice Chairman. He began his career with Best Buy in 1973 as a commissioned salesperson for Sound of Music, the precursor to Best Buy. The core of his legacy at the company is best exemplified in its evolution from a product-centered business to a customer-centric one where consumer needs dictate what and how products are sold. Brad returned to the Best Buy board as a director from 2013 to 2016. He is currently the Executive Board Chair of the Job Creators Network (JCN).

Alfredo Ortiz

Alfredo Ortiz

CEO of the Job Creators Network

Alfredo Ortiz is the CEO of the Job Creators Network, where he has led the defense of small businesses from the onslaught of bad government policies. Alfredo has testified before legislative committees about the impact of taxation and regulation on small business growth, and speaks frequently to business organizations across the nation about the need for job creators to seize responsibility for defending free enterprise.

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Elaine Parker

Elaine Parker

President of the Job Creators Network Foundation, Chief Communications Officer of the Job Creators Network

Elaine has more than 20 years of experience in the communications field. She started her career as a Public Relations Manager for Chrysler where she honed her skills and learned to expertly interact with the media and wider public.

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Mary Thomas

Mary Thomas

Chief Strategic Growth Officer of the Job Creators Network

Mary Thomas is the Chief Strategic Growth Officer of the Job Creators Network, where she drives the growth of the organization, expanding its reach and enhancing its steadfast defense of small businesses against the increasingly hostile public policy and regulatory regimes they face today. Mary introduces JCN to new small business owners and connects with new stakeholders to strengthen JCN’s coalition focused on promoting the free market capitalist system that has made America the most prosperous nation in the history of the world.

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Phil Willard

Phil Willard

Chief Financial Officer of the Job Creators Network

Phil is responsible for the overall financial planning and management of JCN to ensure that the organization is being operated within the guidelines set for nonprofit organizations. This includes short- and long-term planning to ensure the organization has the necessary resources to meet the goals and objectives of the organization.

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