Vernon Robinson III (Winston-Salem, NC) is a conservative political activist, served as Captain in the US Air Force, before he was a City Council member of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has been a candidate for the US Congress, and during the 2016 Republican presidential nomination process, Robinson was the campaign director of the National Draft Ben Carson for President Committee. The author lives & works in the Winston-Salem metro area. The author lives & works in the Winston-Salem metro area.