James C. Dozier is a Republican Party political operative, political consultant, and founder and executive director of the right-leaning environmentalist group Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES), a group funded by and connected to center-left organizations. [1] Dozier is a principal at Civitas Public Affairs Group, a Washington, D.C.-based political consulting firm. [2]
Prior to that, Dozier was deputy political director of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Gay & Lesbian Institute from 2009 to 2012, left-wing advocacy organizations created to endorse openly gay and lesbian candidates for public office, generally Democrats. [3] Dozier also worked as a program officer for Gill Action Fund, a now-defunct 501(c)(4) advocacy group for LGBT issues, and as eastern field director for the Log Cabin Republicans. [4]