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 David
Zanotti prefers to be introduced as
the grandson of Italian immigrants, a
nobody from nowhere in particular. A kid
raised in a family of six in a small
home by parents of the WWII generation.
He considers himself a debtor to all who
gave him the privilege of being born and
raised in America.
He was elected class president in the
8th grade at Holy Family School because
his fellow students thought he could
speak well in public. Not long after he
was in trouble with the principal for
doing comic impersonations of the school
faculty. He was elected to student
council and served as Vice-President at
Valley Forge High School in the early
1970’s. As a student activist he
protested the war in Viet Nam and helped
bring Dennis Kucinich to his high school
as a special speaker at a program called
Rap Week. Fortunately no photos or audio
tapes have survived.
Mr. Zanotti’s first visit to a
statehouse and first political campaign
work began as a college student in 1978.
He attended Cuyahoga Community College,
Mt. Vernon Nazarene College, and did
graduate work at Ashland University. He
left the world of manufacturing in 1985
to join the Roundtable.
Today David Zanotti serves as
President/CEO of the American Policy
Roundtable, a non-profit, non-partisan,
independent public policy organization
founded in 1980. He also serves as
President of Roundtable Freedom Forum, a
legislative organization and is Chairman
of The Liberty Committee, a federal
Political Action Committee.
The Roundtable works everyday to tell
the story of American liberty and the
founding principles upon which it
stands. Over the years the Roundtable
has built a network of citizen support
in several battle ground states
including Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, and Tennessee.
The Roundtable and Freedom Forum have
helped citizens overcome a number of
challenges by providing positive
alternatives in public policy. The
Roundtable has effectively led numerous
ballot issue campaigns and assisted in
the passage and defeat of legislation.
From the local school board to the US
Supreme Court, the Roundtable has
participated in several reform efforts
in education policy, including the
landmark US Supreme Court decision on
school choice. Roundtable and Freedom
Forum alliances have also helped defeat
several initiatives including the
expansion of casino gambling and the
federal takeover of health care. For a
timeline of Roundtable projects and
accomplishments please visit
APRoundtable.org.
In 1989, Roundtable began a daily news
and commentary broadcast titled, The
Public Square®, which is one of the
longest running daily radio broadcasts
in America. Mr. Zanotti has hosted The
Public Square® from its first broadcast.
Today, The Public Square®, co-hosted
with Wayne Shepherd, is heard daily in
eight states and across the nation via
the Internet and on special national
broadcasts. In October 2007, The Public
Square® hosted the national radio
special, "The God Delusion Debate" on
the Moody Radio Network and Salem Radio.
Mr Zanotti and the work of the
Roundtable have appeared on ABC News,
NBC News, CBS News, PBS Frontline, The
McNeil/Lehrer Report, Fox News, MSNBC,
CNN, CNBC, C-SPAN, National Public
Radio, The National Press Club, The Wall
Street Journal, USAToday, The Washington
Post, The Washington Times, The New York
Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Dallas
Daily News, The LA Times, The San
Francisco Chronicle, Time, Newsweek, US
News and World Report, the BBC and
several foreign media services. He also
bumped into Larry King at a coffee shop
in Beverly Hills but has yet to make an
appearance on Larry King Live.
Mr. Zanotti has been blessed in marriage
to the same wonderful wife since 1976.
Together they have worked to raise three
children in the hope of faith, family
and liberty. His favorite movies are all
comedies. He would still rather have
lunch with Billy Crystal or Bill Cosby
than attend a meeting in the White House
or on Capitol Hill. |
