Who We Are

Stephen Clouse founded Stephen Clouse & Associates, Inc. (SCA), a strategic communications and major gifts fundraising firm in 1991. SCA has pioneered the use of a highly personalized, multiple media communication stream video fundraising technique, and provides consultation, message development, and creative/television training for conservative causes, GOP candidates, Republican committees, and non-profits. SCA has raised tens of millions of dollars for numerous non-profit organizations through capital campaigns, annual fund appeals, and special projects. These campaigns are designed to both boost immediate net fundraising revenue, and accelerate the rate at which major donors are identified and cultivated. SCA has played a key role in many successful fundraising campaigns, including those for George Washington’s Mount Vernon, the Reagan Ranch, The Heritage Foundation, Charles Koch Foundation, Media Research Center, National Right to Life, Judicial Watch, State Policy Network, and the Leadership Institute. Mr. Clouse has personally produced and coached videos with Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Vice President Mike Pence, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Clarence Thomas, Speaker Newt Gingrich, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Elizabeth Dole, Steve Forbes, Mark Levin, Charles Koch and many other national and international figures. He has done extensive training with political figures from all over North and South America, Africa, and Europe. He is a two-time Emmy Award winning producer, and has also received professional awards such as the Telly Award, and Campbell Award in recognition of his outstanding video production work. Stephen and his wife Ellen live in Ashburn, Virginia. They have five grown children, and two granddaughters.

Ellen is Co-Owner and Vice President of SCA. In addition to her duties as Vice President, she serves as the Office Manager and works with our clients on billing and state filing. Ellen graduated from the University of Wisconsin and the Marshfield Clinic/St. Joseph’s Hospital Cytotechnology Program. She is married to Stephen Clouse and they have five grown children.

Jodi (Gemma) Evans has been a successful direct marketer for nearly four decades. She served as the vice-president of direct marketing at Prison Fellowship Ministries (Charles W. Colson). During her tenure at PFM, she led the team that doubled mass communication revenue from $15 million per year to $30 million per year, utilizing digital, radio, direct mail, film and other marketing mediums. Prior to Prison Fellowship, Jodi was a senior account executive and creative director for The Lukens Company, a Washington, D.C.-based agency. There she managed a diverse range of clients in the political and charitable arenas — including Citizens for a Sound Economy, The Boggy Creek Gang, Military Order of the Purple Heart and many others. Jodi graduated cum laude from Liberty University in 1985 and spent several years after graduation as the first in-house direct marketing copywriter for Jerry Falwell and several related nonprofit groups. Jodi and her husband Tom live in Lexington, Kentucky where Tom owns Dupree Catering + Events as well as short-term rental properties on the KY Bourbon Trail and in Sarasota, FL. They are house church hosts in the Arise network — where they lead Bible studies, participate in weekly discipleship groups, and Jodi leads periodic freedom and recovery retreats. They have five grown children and four grandchildren … so far.

Diana Pascoe has over 20 years of experience in high dollar fundraising, capital campaigns, special events, direct marketing multi-media and investment fundraising for various organizations. Her work has included many non-profit Washington-based public policy foundations, a non-profit television network and serving as a board member at Christendom College. As VP for Development of the Free Congress Foundation, she spent many years meeting with top donors, overseeing major grant proposals and putting together special events. As project manager for Stephen Clouse & Associates, she has coordinated high dollar fundraising efforts for many organizations like Media Research Center, Heritage Foundation, Leadership Institute, Stand Together, Americans for Prosperity Action, Mercatus Center, Young America’s Foundation and many others. Diana serves as liaison between our clients and our internal creative team of writers, graphic artists and production managers in order to deliver on-time and on-budget results. Diana is an Air Force wife with six sons—currently in her 21st year of homeschooling. She resides with her husband Craig and four of their sons in Northern Virginia.

Greg directs the video and visual media components of the fundraising campaigns conducted by SCA. Greg has over 40 years of experience in the advertising, marketing and visual production industry. His early years were spent in the music industry as a Christian recording artist and later as a producer and songwriter. Greg later established himself as a founding partner of both a recording studio and then as Vice President and Creative Director of a regional advertising agency. Greg has produced award winning marketing campaigns, original music and corporate communication pieces for dozens of high-profile non-profit organizations and corporations. Since 1996, SCA has relied on Greg’s talent and experience to create and produce world-class visual media.

Jeff is the director of photography and motion graphics artist for SCA. He has 13 years experience in advertising, marketing, video production, and photography. Jeff worked for Time Warner Cable’s Public Affairs and internal marketing as well as their media production department for over 10 years. In addition to the high profile work within our major donor video fundraising campaigns, he’s produced many award-winning commercials and promos for clients ranging from sports organizations to faith-based non-profits. For the last eight years Jeff has contributed periodically to many SCA projects, but as of 2015 he’s been fully integrated into the Stephen Clouse & Associates team.

As the Video Production Coordinator, Janet Wall has been a part of the SCA team for over 15 years. Having spent over 30 years in the advertising/marketing field in a variety of administrative roles, Janet is a vital asset in logistical planning and resources needed for each video production. Janet's role as Video Production Coordinator includes securing talent and locations, and coordinating crew and travel. She works directly with clients to finalize the scheduling of all interviews for SCA projects.

Maria Bucaro, art director and graphic designer, has over three decades of experience in communication design for a diverse client base. She started her career working for clients with a national and global reach including top franchisees such as Baskin-Robbins and Dunkin-Donuts followed by a 15-year contract as the lead art director for one of the world’s largest mining companies— Rio Tinto Minerals—where she led their brand development for three consecutive mergers and directed teams on multiple continents. Her current client base is primarily in the Los Angeles area which includes USC, Keck Medicine of USC, UCLA School of Nursing, and Sugerman Communications Group where she acts as their lead designer developing a multitude of materials to support companies and organizations in the fields of public policy, small and large private businesses, non-profits, law firms, universities and K-12 schools, cultural institutions, and associations.