Lee Roupas - Chairman

Lee Roupas is the Chairman of the Cook County Republican Party, becoming the youngest county chairman in Illinois at age 25. His political background encompasses experience at a national, state, and local level.

In March 2006, Lee ran successfully for Republican Committeeman in Palos Township, becoming the youngest elected suburban committeeman in the history of Cook County. As a Republican Committeeman and County Chairman, Lee has been an outspoken leader against waste, corruption, and tax increases in the county.

Prior to his successful Committeeman election, Lee served as the Communications Director for the Republican Party of Virginia as well as a Special Assistant to the Communications Director for the 55th Presidential Inaugural.

During the 2004 Presidential Elections, Lee served as a Surrogate Event Coordinator at the Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C. In this position, Lee organized rallies in key battleground states throughout the country for President George W. Bush and other top Republican surrogates. Earlier in this Presidential Election cycle, Lee served as the Assistant to the Communications Director of the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City.

Prior to working the 2004 election cycle, Lee was employed at the U.S. Department of the Interior in Secretary Gale Norton's Immediate Office, where he worked on various initiatives of the Secretary.

Lee’s first political campaign was for U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, where he interned at the Hastert for Congress Campaign Committee. Following the campaign, Lee went on to the Speaker’s Office in Washington, DC.

Lee has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from The George Washington University and is currently a Jurist Doctorate candidate at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.