The mastermind behind the NP's 2001 election strategy is Lee Ben-nan, a former convener of the NP's party congress and currently NP secretary-general and a professor in National Taiwan University's Graduate Institute of National Development.
曾任新黨國大黨團召集人的現任秘書長李炳南，為台大國家發展研究所教授，是新黨選戰運籌帷幄的主要獻策者。