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Cary Capparelli (R. Cary Capparelli born February 12, 1963, in Chicago, Illinois) is the President of Omni Communique Inc., an international management and marketing company. He is also managing partner of Novus Ordo Holdings S.A., a vineyard entity.

He is the son of Ralph C. Capparelli, an 17 term legislator in the Illinois House of Representatives.

Capparelli played collegiate ice hockey at Northeastern Illinois University winning two team scoring titles. He was named twice to the original Central States Collegiate Hockey League All Star Team. He later received his undergraduate degree from Drake University (BAJ) and also holds advanced degrees from Northwestern University (MSJ) and Northeastern Illinois University (MA). Presently, Capparelli is enrolled in a doctoral program in Birkbeck College's School of Geography at the University of London.

As a race car driver, he started over 260 race events throughout Europe and North America; mostly in the Formula 2000 and Formula 3 categories. He accumulated 7 career wins in the lower formulas. He retired as a race car driver after the 2008 Six Hours of Monte Carlo.

As head of Omni Communique Inc., Capparelli organized the first motorsport competitions between the former Soviet Union and the United States. In 2000, he formed the United States Formula 3 Championship in association with Volkswagen. He has worked with many world-class race car drivers including Formula 1 pilot Teddy Pilette, NASCAR driver John Andretti, IRL star Adrian Fernandez and Indianapolis 500 winners Tom Sneva and Danny Sullivan.

Since, 2000, Capparelli has been a board member of the Illinois International Port Authority. He is Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, the Legislative Committee, and the Marketing Committee. In March, 2009, he ran unsucessfully in the Democrat special election primary to fill the vacated Fifth Congressional District of Illinois seat. His campaign was based on a traditional platform.