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FOUNT HOLLAND
Founding Partner
To put it simply, Fount Holland is a fighter who knows how to win. As Oklahoma’s preeminent political strategist, he has worked with more than 100 officeholders at the local, statewide and federal level. He also represents clients across the United States who call on him for his expertise in political direct mail.
In 2022, he oversaw the elections of U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin, Okla. Attorney General Gentner Drummond, Okla. Corporation Commissioner Kim David, Okla. State Labor Commissioner Leslie Osborn, Okla. House Speaker Charles McCall, and the elections and re-elections of countless state representatives and senators.
Fount’s past clients include Okla. Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett, U.S. Rep. Bob Latta, Okla. State Treasurer Ken Miller, Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett and T.W. Shannon, Oklahoma’s youngest and first African-American Speaker of the House.
In 2020, his work on the election of Bob Ed Culver to the state House was hailed by the Associated Press as making rural Democrats an “extinct species” in Oklahoma.
Fount is widely credited with the Republican takeover of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2004, ending an 83-year drought. Six years later, he played a vital role in Republicans winning a majority in the Oklahoma Senate for the first time in state history.
In 1997, Fount started his first political consulting company in Muskogee, Oklahoma, after working as communications director for then-U.S. Congressman (and former U.S. Senator) Tom Coburn, whose campaigns he had helped guide to victory.
Fount’s passion for winning extends to fitness, having shed nearly 150 pounds through martial arts, boxing and other exercise and diet regimens. He is a devoted father and husband who enjoys drinking coffee and hanging out with his dachshund, whom he adopted from a rescue shelter with his wife, Vicky, and son, Elliot.
A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Fount was a journalist with the Tulsa World for almost six years early in his career. He was raised in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
MATTHEW PARKER
PARTNER
A native of Weirton, WV, Matthew now resides in Tulsa, OK and Triadelphia, WV.
A former George W. Bush intern and Capitol Hill staffer, Matthew has more than twenty years of experience running political campaigns. In 2009, Matthew started an award-winning communications firm, Front Porch Strategies. The company worked in 40 states, 4 countries and represented more than 40 members of Congress before Matthew sold the firm in 2013. Matthew has been named to Politics magazine’s 40 under 40 list, as well as Young Alumnus of the Year by his alma mater, Marietta College. His work has been recognized with numerous Reed and Pollie Awards.
After earning a Master’s in Theological Studies from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, Matthew stepped away from politics for a short time and pastored a church plant, Christ Redeemer Church in Newark, OH. He served three years, beginning in 2013.
Since 2016, Matthew has been a partner at CAMP, Oklahoma’s premier Republican political consulting and advertising firm.
Some of Matthew’s current and past clients include U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner, Speaker of the Oklahoma House Charles McCall, and former President of the West Virginia State Senate Bill Cole. During his career, Matthew has been involved in more than 250 winning campaigns at all levels of government.
Matthew is passionate about the game of golf and co-hosts the Golf & Politics podcast.
He is happily married and a proud father of three. He is a member of Christ Presbyterian Church in Tulsa, OK.
STEPHANIE ALEXANDER
COO
A former regional political director for the Republican National Committee, Stephanie Alexander has spent more than a decade in the political arena. Having worked as a legislative assistant, contract lobbyist, political fundraiser, campaign consultant, and served as Chair of the Oklahoma Federation of Young Republicans, she is well-versed in every aspect of government and campaigns.
Stephanie has worked with campaigns and elected officials in more than 20 states.
During the 2016 cycle, Stephanie served as a regional political director and then battle ground states director for President Donald Trump’s campaign.
In 2020, she was tapped to serve as chief of staff for President Trump’s re-election bid and most recently managed Gentner Drummond’s successful election as Oklahoma Attorney General.
EVAN HANDY
ASSOCIATE PARTNER
A 15-year veteran campaign consultant, Evan Handy has managed or consulted on successful gubernatorial, U.S. Senate and U.S. Congressional races in Southern California, Illinois and Oklahoma — successfully managing campaigns for Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe, Illinois Congressman Mike Bost and California Senator Tony Strickland.
Evan also managed Mick Cornett’s campaign for governor, Oklahoma City’s successful MAPS 4 initiative and served as the Leadership Assistant to Speaker Charles McCall.
Evan is the founder of the South Creek Group, a political campaign consulting, development communications and direct mail firm delivering winning results for candidates and trade associations. His firm has produced, drafted and delivered hundreds of unique direct mail pieces or graphic-driven communications totaling more than 3.5 million units of mail in the 2022 Election Cycle.
The South Creek Group currently serves as senior advisor or general consultant to Congressman Frank Lucas, Oklahoma’s State Chamber of Commerce, The American Council of Engineering Companies of OKLAHOMA, Oklahoma’s House Republican Caucus and elected officials at each level of government (state, federal and local).
Evan holds a degree in public relations from the University of Oklahoma as well as a political science degree.
JAKE PARSONS
ASSOCIATE PARTNER
For the past ten election cycles, Jake Parsons has been at the forefront of metric-based political, corporate and issue advocacy campaigns. He has managed or advised successful gubernatorial, senatorial, congressional, statewide and legislative campaigns across the country, including serving in senior roles for the Republican Party in three different states. He has also worked with multiple Fortune 100 companies, national trade associations and issue advocacy groups on political development and deployment.
For the past four election cycles, Jake has led the largest continuing super PAC in Oklahoma to historic success; first setting and then breaking records for political dominance in the state.
In addition to his campaign work, Jake has worked at all levels of government, having spent the last seven years as senior advisor to the longest serving speaker in Oklahoma history, Charles McCall, where he oversees a diverse portfolio of policy, communications, member engagement and political affairs.
A native of Southern California, Jake makes his primary residence in Oklahoma City.
CHAD ALEXANDER
ASSOCIATE PARTNER
Chad Alexander, celebrated Oklahoma conservative talk show host, began his career in politics in 1994 as part of the historic campaign for J.C. Watts, Jr., the first African-American Republican elected south of the Mason-Dixon line since reconstruction. Chad served as the deputy campaign manager and then campaign manager from 1994 until 2000.
In 2001, when Chad was just 27 years old, he made history by being the youngest elected state chairman of the Republican Party of Oklahoma. He served until 2003.
After serving as state chairman, Chad established his political consulting and lobbying company. To date, he has served on two presidential campaigns, congressional campaigns and consulted for numerous statewide campaigns. Chad has also lobbied for many corporations and associations.
Chad is a member of the Leadership Oklahoma Class 25 and the Oklahoma City Community College Alumni Hall of Fame. He has served on the board of directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Metro Alliance and Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy, and currently serves for the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce. Chad was also named the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s 2020 Man of the Year for Oklahoma.
In 2021, Chad was appointed to serve on the Oklahoma County Jail Trust.
Chad hosts The Chad Alexander Show on KOKC Radio, Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., where he covers state and federal topics, as well as highlights nonprofits within Oklahoma.
KARL AHLGREN
ASSOCIATE PARTNER
A seasoned, 35-year veteran of government and politics, Karl Ahlgren has a client list that includes more than 100 past and current members of the Oklahoma Legislature. The odds are that if you’ve run a campaign in the state and won, Karl was by your side.
Prior to resuming his consulting career, Karl served as chief of staff from 2013 to 2017 for then U.S. Congressman and now U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin. He was also part of the consulting group that elected Markwayne to Congress in 2012.
In 2010, Karl was instrumental in Republicans winning a majority in the Oklahoma State Senate for the first time in state history. He had previously served two terms as co-secretary of the legislative body.
Karl Ahlgren also served as chief of staff to U.S. Congressman (and former U.S. Senator) Tom Coburn between 1994 and 2000, and as field director to former U.S. Senator Don Nickles for ten years prior. In his congressional duties, Karl was widely recognized for his ability to work with both parties to assist rural communities in northern and southeastern Oklahoma.
When he’s not running campaigns, Karl is still running. Completing a marathon on all seven continents in 2015 and a half-marathon on all seven continents in 2022, makes him only the seventh person to ever do so. He is also actively involved in overseas missions in Russia and Tanzania.
Karl and his wife, Mary Alice, have five daughters and eleven grandchildren.