Club Officers
Carlotta Capuano, President
Carlotta Capuano has lived in Anne Arundel County for 9 years. Carlotta has worked at her local library for 3 years. She is also been a contractional employee in the Maryland General Assemblyfor the past 3 sessions. She received her A.A. in Fine Arts/Dance at Anne Arundel Community College and is pursuing her B.S. in Business Administration – Government/Law at Stevenson University.
Carlotta became a member of the Young Republicans in 2008 after having worked on several local and state campaigns since 2004. In 2009, she was elected Maryland’s Young Republican National Committeewoman. Her duties included representing MD at national YR board meetings and she also serves on the YRNF Policy Committee. She looks forward to working closely with Anne Arundel YRs, and help achieve Big Wins in November!
Carlotta resides in Crofton and her interests include politics, performing arts, and writing.
Laura Brockson, Vice-President
Laura Brockson was born in Baltimore, MD and moved to the Annapolis area in 1997. Laura works as a Project Scheduler for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). She received a B.A. from Grove City College in 2007 and is pursuing a Masters in Information Resource Management.
Laura became a member of the Young Republicans while volunteering for the Anne Arundel County McCain-Palin campaign in 2008. She is looking forward to expanding her role within the Maryland Republican Party, and has a passion for growing the AAYRs in membership and their enfluence in supporting the community.
Laura resides in Annapolis and her interests include charity work, running races, and ballroom dancing.
Brian Griffiths, Secretary
Brian Griffiths is Secretary of the AAYR's, as well as a Past President. He has lived his entire life in Anne Arundel County. Born in Baltimore, Brian and his parents lived in Jessup prior to moving to Pasadena in 1983.
Brian has been active in working to further the Republican Cause in Anne Arundel County. He has actively worked in strategic roles in a number of campaigns at the local, state, and federal levels. He has also served as the Vice-President of the North County Republican Club, and the President and Communications Director for the YRs.
At the state and national level, Brian is the Chairman of the Maryland Young Republicans, as well as Northeast Regional Vice-Chairman of the Young Republican National Federation.
Brian is also an active member of the Maryland blogosphere, launching Anne Arundel County’s first political weblog in January 2005. He is a Contributing Editor to RedMaryland, one of Maryland’s most widely read and influential blogs and has produced a number of video podcasts entitled The Brian Griffiths Minute. He is also a regular contributor to Conservative Refuge Podcast. In 2008, Brian was also the Co-Host of RedMaryland Radio, and a contributor to The Word on the Street with Warren Monks on WAMD AM 970 in Aberdeen.
Brian lives in Pasadena.
Jessica Stroh, Treasurer
Jessica Stroh was born in Seattle, Washington. She is the daughter of a Coast Guard officer and has lived all over the United States. Jessica moved to Maryland in 2010 to do an internship on Capitol Hill for a U.S. Senator. Jessica now works for McNamee, Hosea, Jernigan, Kim, Greenan and Lynch, P.A. in Greenbelt as a Bankruptcy paralegal.<./p>
Jessica studied Journalism and Communications at Texas A & M University Corpus Christi and plans to go to law school in the near future. She has worked on numerous campaigns on local, state and national levels in Washington, Texas and now, Maryland. Jessica is very excited to join the Young Republicans and make a difference in Maryland politics.
Jessica resides downtown Annapolis and her interests include sailing, karaoke and meeting new people.