Jo Ann Davidson was named Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2008 Republican National Convention on January 18, 2007.

In addition to her duties in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Davidson serves as Co-Chairman of the Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C., a position she was first elected to on January 19, 2005. Davidson continues to devote her full energies to growing the Party and developing a strong grassroots political organization.

As Bush-Cheney '04 Ohio Valley Regional Campaign Chair, Davidson helped direct a historic grassroots effort that enabled President Bush to win Ohio by a decisive margin. The Ohio Bush-Cheney '04 campaign recruited over 87,000 Bush volunteers, held at least 3,946 parties for the President and made more than 4.5 million volunteer door-to-door knocks and phone calls to supporters and undecided voters in Ohio (with 2,373,167 volunteer door-to-door knocks and phone calls made in the final 72-Hours).

Davidson was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives for 20 years and served as Speaker of the House from 1995-2000. She served as Chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party Central Committee for 25 years and Chairman of the successful Taft for Governor campaigns in 1998 and 2002. As Chairman of the Ohio House Republican Campaign Committee from 1986-2000, she spearheaded the successful effort to return the Republicans to the majority in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1994, for the first time in 22 years.

Davidson resides in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, and has two daughters and four grandchildren.