Sharon Day
RNC Office of the Co-Chairman
310 First Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
(202) 863-8545
gopwomen@gop.com
Sharon Day was elected Co-Chair of the Republican National
Committee on January 14, 2011. From 2009-2011, she served as RNC
Secretary. She has served the Republican Party at the local, state
and national level for more than 20 years.
Sharon has built several businesses in the insurance and marketing
industry, creating jobs for hundreds of individuals and families.
She has used that private sector success in the political arena
working for candidates, committees and groups that believe in the
power of small businesses and the free market system.
Sharon has been a member of the Broward County, Florida Republican
Executive committee since 1994 and State Committeewoman from
Broward County since 1996. She has served as Florida’s National
Committeewoman since 2004 before her election as Secretary of the
RNC. During the election recount of 2000 Sharon played an important
role by identifying and deploying Republican ballot counters in
Broward County to ensure a balanced and transparent review
occurred. Following that effort, she was appointed to serve on the
Committee for Election Reform for the State of Florida by Governor
Jeb Bush.
In 2006, Sharon was elected one of eight members on the site
selection committee for the 2008 RNC Convention, where she was also
selected as Chairman of the Convention’s Special Events. She was
appointed to the Committee on Arrangements for 2008 and has
received a similar appointment for the 2012 Convention in her home
state of Florida. Among other areas of her community service,
Sharon was appointed by both Governor Bush and Governor Crist to
the Broward County Housing Authority where she previously served as
the Chair. Additionally, Sharon serves as a Commissioner on the
Florida Commission on the Status of Women.
During her service to the Republican Party, Sharon has recruited
numerous successful candidates and worked closely with party
activists and supporters to spread the Republican message of less
taxes, less spending and more freedom. In addition she looks to
continuing GOP success in the future through the use of the latest
technology. Sharon was born in Texas, but resides in Ft. Lauderdale
with husband, Larry. They earlier counted Indiana as home. Two sons
and five grandchildren are a great source of pride.