Ginny Badanes Recognized As 2012 Rising Star

Washington DC -- Ms. Ginny Badanes, Political Director at CMDI, has been selected as a 2012 Campaigns & Election Magazine Rising Star.As CMDI's Political Director, Ginny works closely with the six leading Republican presidential campaigns, the RNC, NRCC, and NRSC to guide and improve their FEC reporting and compliance processes by combining software with solid procedures to reach an exceptional level of excellence.In addition, Ginny's Rising Star selection is result of her work creating Crimson, the fundraising platform that has powered over $350 million in Republican fundraising this 2012 election season.2012 is turning out to be a record setting year for Republican fundraising and Ginny gets much of the credit for making it technically possible.Champions of the Crimson fundraising technology include:

• Mitt Romney,
• The Republican National Committee,
• Senatorial & Congressional campaigns across the country,
• Rick Santorum, and
• Newt Gingrich.

It would not be an overstatement to say that Ginny's work will make a significant impact on the 2012 election season.Ginny's entire professional career has been spent powering national politics. Her first job after graduating from Duke University was joining CMDI to assist with the 2004 Bush-Cheney re-election campaign.

About CMDI

CMDI is America’s largest Republican fundraising services platform and provides software and FEC compliance services most major Republican political organizations. CMDI systems have managed 55%, or $7.5 billion, of all Republican dollars raised for federal campaigns and committee.CMDI allows clients to successfully manage the fundraising lifecycle in order to maximize campaign revenues and minimize FEC compliance risks. CMDI has consistently provided innovative solutions throughout the company’s 30 year history:

2012 - Republican Primaries: CrimsonRPM powered volunteer fundraising takes off and fundraising volunteers raise over $18,000 per individual fundraiser on average.2011 – Romney for President: Launched CrimsonRPM, the only political multi-level, volunteer fundraising platform available for campaigns from Presidential to Congressional.2008 – McCain, Romney, Giuliani, and Thompson for President: Deployed a web based enterprise system that managed all aspects of the campaign donor relationship, from donation to FEC reporting.2004 – Bush for President: Created advanced donor downline tracking systems to power the Pioneer and Ranger fundraising programs.1996 – Dole for President: Devised the first electronic FEC filing system for Presidential matching funds.1993 – Republican National Committee: Released the first SaaS (software-as-a-service) political fundraising and compliance data system.1987 – George H. W. Bush for President: Developed a PC based Iowa caucus tracking system.1984 – CMDI integrated an online automated list order fulfillment system with national voter databases.1980 – Reagan for President: Built voter databases in key states overlaid with demographic characteristics and targeted voter clusters with personalized messages utilizing new xerographic technology.

About the Rising Star Award

Since 1988, Campaigns & Elections magazine has recognized up-and-coming political professionals who have made an early mark on the campaign world with its Rising Star award. Over the years, C&E Rising Stars have gone on to serve at the highest levels of government and political consulting. Among the inaugural class: David Axelrod, James Carville, Alex Castellanos and Mike Murphy.The new class of Rising Stars will be recognized at the annual Art of Political Campaigning seminar in Washington, D.C. on June 18-20, 2012.