Stephen Flanagan is the Florida Director for the Concerned Veterans for America, an organization that promotes veterans issues and sound fiscal policies for the country. He is the former director of the Conservative Society for Action, a grassroots political action organization. Flanagan started his career as a small business owner in the newsletter publishing business and runs Alternative Media Ops, a social media and web-based marketing company that promotes common sense solutions for America's federal and local policy challenges. He was also the founder of SPC Software, a company that designed and marketed business software for the home computer market. Flanagan has six children and three grand children.