Rick Tyler, senior partner at Chesapeake Enterprises is the Director of Media Relations for Gingrich Communications and serves as the spokesman for former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.  Rick has worked for local, congressional and state-wide campaigns. He has trained candidates, their staffs and volunteers professionally since 1996.  He has trained hundreds of Republicans to lead successful campaigns for elected office.  He has traveled to more than two dozen state to lead training seminars.

Rick has been invited to speak about his political insights by many Republican groups, committees and state legislative caucuses nationally.  He has been interviewed by numerous news and political radio and television programs.

Rick was a member of Speaker Gingrich's national advance team that coordinated travel for the former Speaker.

Before moving to Washington Rick was the Executive Director for the Maine Republican Party for five years.

Before deciding on a political career, Rick  worked for ten years in the hospitality industry from California to New York to Florida to Maine.  Before that he worked in sales and marketing.