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1. 1. NCCBI lobbyist Blizzard quits to join real estate developer - 2006-02-24

   triangle.bizjournals.com/trian - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/24/2006   Last Visited: 2/25/2006

   Rolf Blizzard | Leslie Bevacqua Coman | Phil Kirk
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   The announcement, which reached NCCBI members Friday in an e-mail from Blizzard, comes less than a month after the organization's chief executive officer, Phil Kirk, also resigned.
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   "After careful thought and consideration of my future and my family, I have decided to accept an opportunity being offered by a development company to join their team here in the Raleigh area," Blizzard wrote. "Please know that my decision is not really a decision to 'leave' NCCBI but rather a decision to accept a golden opportunity - one that I have formerly hesitated upon - but now believe is in my best long-term interest."
   
   Blizzard told Triangle Business Journal on Friday that he had accepted a position with Turnpike Properties, a real estate developer based in Winston-Salem.
   
   "It's actually an offer that I had received before going to NCCBI," Blizzard said, "and it has come around for a second time."
   
   Blizzard said he expects to finish his work at NCCBI by March 17.
   
   "I told NCCBI's CEO, Barry Eveland, that I hated the timing of this," Blizzard said, "but at the end of the day, I have to protect my interests and I have to protect my family's interests ... It's just the type of opportunity that doesn't come around very often."
   
   In his new capacity, Blizzard said he will be "learning how to put together developments - both residential and commercial."
   
   Blizzard, who is the former chief of staff for Senate President Pro Tempore Marc Basnight, replaced Leslie Bevacqua Coman as NCCBI's top lobbyist in 2004.

2. 2. Republican Free Speech zone

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   Published on: 8/6/2005   Last Visited: 7/13/2007

   Rolf Blizzard, the chief of staff for Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight, has been named as the new vice president of Governmental Affairs for North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry. Blizzard will replace Leslie Bevacqua Coman, who recently left NCCBI to go to work for Capstrat, a public relations firm in Raleigh.
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   In addition to his lobbying duties, Blizzard will serve as staff for the NCCBI Council of Local Chambers and for NCCBI's public policy committees on tax and fiscal policy and environmental concerns.

3. 3. Today in North Carolina February 2005

   www.nccbi.org/NCMagazine/2005/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/1/2005   Last Visited: 3/2/2006

   Instead of planning public policy for Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight, Rolf Blizzard will be planning how to persuade Basnight - and 169 other members of the General Assembly - to vote for the business agenda.
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   Blizzard started work at the end of last month, the day before NCCBI unveiled its new public policy agenda at the Legislative Conference.
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   As NCCBI's vice president of governmental affairs, Blizzard succeeds Leslie Bevacqua Coman, who left NCCBI late last year to join the staff of Capstrat, a Raleigh public relations and marketing firm.
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   In making the announcement, President Phil Kirk said, "NCCBI is fortunate to be able to attract a person so experienced in the inner workings of the North Carolina General Assembly as Rolf Blizzard.
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   In addition to his lobbying duties, Blizzard will serve as staff for the NCCBI Council of Local Chambers, NCCBI Small Business Advisory Board and for NCCBI's public policy committees on tax and fiscal policy and environmental concerns.
   
   Blizzard, a native of Kenansville, has worked in Senator Basnight's office for the past nine years, serving in the positions of administrative assistant for policy and research, interim director of communications, director of research and special projects, and chief of staff.
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   Blizzard received a bachelor of science in business administration degree in 1995 and a master of public administration degree in 1997 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was the manager for the men's varsity and junior varsity basketball teams at UNC. He is married to the former Ashley Degner of Fair Bluff and they have one son, James Rolf, who is 17 months old.
   
   Blizzard joins another new member of the NCCBI Governmental Affairs staff.