MEET THE TEAM
Below is a listing of current RPOSC Officers and their positions.
Jack Brill
Chairman
As Chairman of the Republican Party of Sarasota County, Jack Brill has overseen tremendous accomplishments for the Party, helping make it a model for other Florida county parties. As Chairman, Jack intends to keep expanding Sarasota County's voter registration margin over Democrats and sweeping local races. He also wants to look to the future and engage more young voters in the Republican Party.
Jack, 61, has been involved in politics since he was 17 and living in Rochester, N.Y., staying active through college and when he moved to Longboat Key in 2001. Jack was vice chairman of the Sarasota County GOP for three years; its finance chairman for four years and president of the Sarasota Republican Club for three years and the Young Republican Club before that.
Jack is married to Antoinette and they have two grown children.
Alice Rothbauer
Vice Chairman
Elected Vice Chair in 2022 and re-elected in 2024, Alice Rothbauer impacts every operation of the Republican Party of Sarasota County. Her responsibilities included organizing Get out the Vote (GOTV) teams, recruiting new members to the Executive Committee and staffing volunteers at the precinct red greeting tents. As the RPOF Region 11 (5 counties) Regional Field Director in 2022, Alice Rothbauer knocked on the doors of over 11,000 voters.
Alice has been co-chair of both the REC Membership Committee and Precinct Committee and in 2023 the President of the NOVA (Nokomis Osprey Venice Area) Republican Club.
An activist since the early nineties, Alice was a pro-life crisis pregnancy volunteer and treasurer for The Pregnancy Helpline in Madison, WI. As her family grew, she became an entrepreneur with a home sales and marketing business. The 2020 election, and Covid lockdowns inspired Alice to re-engage in political activism.
Currently, she is the Director of Donor Relations at a local college. Married to her husband for over 30 years, they have raised three grown children and enjoy three grandchildren.
Her goal as Vice Chair is to build on the historic election successes of 2024 by gaining a Vote by Mail ballot advantage and ensuring Republicans continue to be the majority on every elected board.
John Coughlin
Secretary
While serving as Secretary of the Republican Party of Sarasota County, John was part of the leadership team that won control of the County Commission, Hospital Board, Charter Review Board, Venice and North Port City Commissions, and every Constitutional Office in Sarasota County. He was re-elected to the position of Secretary for the 2025-26 term.
In addition to fulfilling his duties as Secretary, John served as office coordinator for the South County Republican Re-election Headquarters, scheduled volunteers, organized and implemented tent set-ups, and manned his own precinct during early voting, primaries and on election day.
John is a charter member and current president of the West Villages Republican Club, located in the new Wellen Park area of south Venice/Northport. Prior to moving to Florida, John joined the East End Republican of Sayville, Suffolk County Long Island, New York since 2009 and served as President of the club from 2017-2019.
With a strong background of service, John is a retired New York City Police Officer (NYPD) who was assigned to the Emergency Service Unit (ESU). Over the course of two decades, he served with distinction, receiving 7 meritorious awards and had a pivotal role as a first responder on the day of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. John is still a volunteer firefighter (45yrs) back in his hometown of Deer Park, New York, attaining the rank of Chief of Department from 1993-94. He also worked in the private security sector from 2002 to 2004 and became a contract employee for the US Marshall Service of Eastern District of New York, where he was assigned to the Courts Security Officers (CSO) program.
John has been a resident of West Villages Fl since 2020 and has three grown children.
Atticus Frank
Treasurer
Electing Republicans takes hard work. Growing up in East Tennessee in a blue-dog Democrat county, Atticus watched his parents fight to help build their local GOP. He knocked on thousands of doors, ran booths and sign-up tables, and waved signs for his mom and the local GOP. He is excited to serve the Sarasota County Republican Party and build on the organization's track-record of success.
Atticus has been in the financial industry for 10 years, primarily in business valuation. He has worked with hundreds of businesses and is a vice president with a national valuation and financial advisory firm. He also served as CFO for his family business and ran a business unit of the company. He’s a CFA charterholder, has an Accreditation in Business Valuation (ABV) through the AICPA, and is a member of a half-dozen professional organizations in the region.
Atticus met his wife, Rachel, in Tennessee. They reside in Venice and they have three children. Rachel is a native Venetian and serves her hometown on the Venice City Council.
