Louise R. “Weezie” Reese is the wife of retired businessman David E. Reese. He had a long career in both banking and communications. Along with her husband and two sons, she sits on the board of the David E. Reese Family Foundation as the vice president and secretary of the board. ¹

Career

Louise Reese is listed as retired in the Federal Election Commission database for political contributions from 2023 and 2024. Prior to this, in the early 2000s, she was listed as a homemaker. She is involved in the administration of the family foundation, the David E. Reese Family Foundation, and is listed as the vice president and secretary of the board. ¹

Political Views

Aside from Louise Reese’s reported political contributions, which have all gone to Democratic candidates and institutions in recent years, Louise Reese does not have an extensive record of public comments on politics. ² The David E. Reese Family Foundation, where she is listed as vice president and secretary of the board, has mostly focused on non-political charitable causes to David’s Reese’s alma mater and health-related institutions. The foundation appears to be in the process of gradually ending operations, as it liquidated nearly $10 million in assets in 2023. ^{1 3}

Political Contributions

In the early 2000s, Louise Reese made some contributions to Republican candidates, notably $2,000 across two separate contributions to then-U.S. Representative Jim Kolbe’s (R-AZ) 2000 congressional campaign and $2,000 to the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign. However, in 2023 and 2024, Reese made numerous contributions to Democratic candidates. This included $5,000 to the Arizona Democratic party, as well as the U.S. Senate race of then-U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Democratic U.S. House candidate Marlene Galan-Woods (D-AZ), U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and then-U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH). ²

1. David E. Reese Family Foundation, Report from an organization exempt from income tax (990PF) 2023 Part VII.
2. “Browse Individual Contributions: Louise Reese.” FEC.gov. Accessed February 16, 2025. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=Louise+Reese&min_date=01%2F01%2F2000&max_date=12%2F31%2F2024.
3. David E. Reese Family Foundation, Report from an organization exempt from income tax (990PF) 2022 Part I.