About America First
Policy Institute
Alexandra Caro Campana
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Ashley Hayek
Executive Vice President
Greg Sindelar
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
Martin Gillespie
Executive Director
Jason Allen
Michigan Policy Advisor, Election Integrity
Hannah Anderson
Director, Healthy America Policy & Senior Director of Policy
Billy Atwell
Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
Dr. Ge Bai
Member, Board of Academic Advisors
Edith Barvick
Coalition Coordinator, America 250 Civics Education Coalition
Jennifer Bauwens, Ph.D.
Director, American Values
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chair, Election Integrity
Lauren Brasher
Project Manager, America First Women’s Initiative and Executive Assistant
Jack Brewer
Chair, Opportunity Now and Vice Chair, 1776
James Broughel
Senior Advisor, Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis
Peter J. Brown
Senior Fellow for Western Hemisphere Security and Maritime Affairs
Governor Phil Bryant
Senior Advisor
Samuel Buchan
Senior Fellow, Energy & Environment
Caleb Burdett
State Action Policy Analyst
Dr. Richard Valentine Burkhauser
Member, Board of Academic Advisors
Matthew Burtell
Senior Policy Analyst, AI and Emerging Technology
Dr. Jeffrey Campbell
Member, Board of Academic Advisors
Jack Casali
Associate Attorney, Litigation
Norm Champ
Chair, Financial Freedom Initiative
Tyler Cochran
Associate Attorney, Litigation
Emily Cole
Foreign Affairs Coordinator
Kellyanne Conway
Chair, American Child
Amy Coppe
Deputy Director of Institutional Giving and Donor Communications
Laura Cunliffe
Chief Policy Officer
June Cutter
Executive Director, America First California
Kevin Daniels
Executive Director AFPI-North Carolina
Jerry C. Davis,Ph.D.
Senior Advisor, 1776
Kimmie Dillon
Chair, AFPI-Arizona
Erika Donalds
Chair, Education Opportunity
Michael John Donohue
Chair of AFPI-New Jersey
Alexandra Van Dorn
Director of Direct Marketing
Tim Draelos
Researcher, Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis
Caity Durning
Director of Personnel and Management
Gina D’Andrea
General Counsel, Litigation
Jessie D’Angelo
Director of Media Affairs and Studio Operations
Max Eden
Director of Federal Education Policy
Ted Ellis
Campaign Director, Power America and Deputy Director, Energy and Environment
The Honorable Michael Faulkender
Co-Chair, American Prosperity
The Honorable Fred Fleitz
Vice Chair, American Security
John Fogarty
Chief Development Officer
Drake Franklin
Southeastern Development Director & Policy Analyst, American Values
Zach Freimark
Executive Director, America First Minnesota
Sarah Frey
Senior Advisor for Rural Policy
Riley Gaines
Vice Chair, America First Athletes Coalition
Mike Garcia
Chairman, America First California
Emma Gibson
Communications Specialist
Hogan Gidley
Vice Chair, Election Integrity & Senior Advisor for Communications
Alexandra Giralt
Director of Communication Operations
Emilio Gonzalez
Senior Fellow, Homeland Security and Immigration
Katie Gorka
Executive Director, America 250 Civics Education Coalition
Bella Grabowski
Sovereign and Strong America Campaign Director
Garrett Greene
Attorney, Litigation
Claire Gute
Legal Affairs Coordinator
Jefferson Hale
Engineer, Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis
Mary Clare Hamilton
Director of Events
Anna Hardage
Senior Fellow, American Security
Ewan Hayes
Development Operations Coordinator
Jason Hayes
Director, Energy and Environment
Sarah Heath
Senior Attorney, Litigation
Matthew Henderson
Interim Chief Government Affairs Officer
Victor L. Hernandez
Development Officer
Sarah Hitchcock
Education Freedom Campaign Director
Justin Holtsnider
Legal Advocacy Content Specialist, Litigation
Lou Holtz
Chair, 1776
Jill Homan
Deputy Director, Trade & Economy Policy, and Campaign Director
Royce Hood
Policy Analyst, China Policy Initiative
Taylor Hood
Policy Coordinator
Kaleigh Hughes
Event Coordinator
Matthew Jensen
Executive Director, Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis
The Honorable Bobby Jindal
Chair, Healthy America
Charlie Katebi
Deputy Director, Healthy America
Nathan Kavanaugh
Senior Director of Partnerships
Brian Kelsey
Senior Attorney, Litigation
James Kimmey
Director, Senate Working Group
Dr. Alveda King
Chair, American Dream
Joe Kirkpatrick
Deputy Director of Development Operations
Jordan Kittleson
Senior Advisor, Election Integrity
Max Kossek
Researcher, Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis
Kayleigh Kozak
Senior Manager, America Combats Trafficking and Child Exploitation Initiative
The Honorable Larry Kudlow
Chair of the Board and Chair, American Prosperity
Thomas Lane
American Justice Campaign Director
Rose Laoutaris
Policy Analyst, Education Opportunity
Richard Lawson
Vice Chair, Litigation
Dr. Chris Leader
Executive Director, America First Studios & Productions
Natalie Leaman
Creative Director
Jason Lee
Research Analyst
The Honorable Robert Lighthizer
Chair, American Trade
Brandon J. Logan
Senior Fellow, American Child
Jondavid “JD” Longo
Chair, America First Pennsylvania
Richard Maher
Director of State Research
Yusuf Mahmood
Director of AI and Emerging Technology
Melissa Ford Maldonado
Director of the Western Hemisphere Initiative
Jeff McCrea
Engineer, Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis
Ryann McEnany
Digital Marketing and Brand Communications Strategist and Engagement Officer
Oliver McPherson-Smith,Ph.D
Vice Chair, Energy & Environment
Sydney Meadowcroft
VIP Relations Coordinator
Jay Menees, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Analyst, Higher Education and Economy & Trade Policy
Lindsey Merryman
Events Manager
Kat Miller
Policy Analyst, Election Integrity
Simon Miller
Office Manager
Ryan Montgomery
Program Assistant, Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis
Steve Moore
Senior Fellow
Emily Moreno
Executive Director, America First Ohio & Deputy Director of State Action
Dr. Casey Mulligan
Member, Board of Academic Advisors
Christie Mullin
Chair of Rural Policy
Frank D. Murphy
Chair, Athletes for America Coalition & Director of Community Impact
Ryan Nanartowicz
Policy Analyst, American Security
Katie Grace Nemuras
Executive Assistant and Internship Coordinator
Margo Nicholas
Senior Policy Analyst, American Values
Faith Novak
Digital Marketing Manager And Producer of the Lou Holtz Show
Leigh Ann O’Neill
Chief Legal Affairs Officer
Dr. Lee Ohanian
Member, Board of Academic Advisors
Jacob Olidort, Ph.D.
Chief Research Officer & Director of American Security
Rob Pacienza
Senior Fellow, American Dream
James Paul, PhD
Director of State Education Opportunity
Albert Paulsson
Content Director, America 250 Civics Education Coalition
Matias Perttula
Fellow, American Values
David Peterson
Engineer, Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis
Meghan Petty
Communications Manager
Tony H. Pham, Esq.
Senior Fellow, Homeland Security and Immigration
Anna Pingel
Elections Campaign Manager
Clay Pryor
Engineer, Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis
Zach Risher
Senior Technology Advisor, Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis
Dr. Richard Rogers
Vice Chair, American Values
Sarah Rogers
Office Receptionist
Bob Rommel
Chair, AFPI Florida
Matthew T. Rooney
Executive Director of AFPI-New Jersey
Madison Rosa
Engagement Officer for the America First Women’s Initiative
Ambassador Carla Sands
Chair, Foreign Policy Initiative & Senior Fellow for Energy Policy
Stacey Schieffelin
Chief External Affairs Officer and Chair, America First Women's Initiative
Adam W. Schindler
Chief Technology Officer
Jeff Schlagenhauf
Director, Economy and Trade Policy
Sophie Schlegel
Development Coordinator
Matthew Schmid
Health and Harvest Campaign Director
Christopher Schorr, Ph.D.
Director of the Higher Education Reform Initiative
Nathan Schweizer
Researcher, Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis
Kassidy Scott
Policy Analyst, Homeland Security and Immigration
Michael Shires
Vice Chair of Education Opportunity
Travis Shirkman
Director of Donor Relations
Allen Silkin
Interim Chief Digital Officer
Scott Singer
Chair, America First Mayor’s Council & Fellow, Economy and Trade
Dr. Kiron K. Skinner
Member, Board of Academic Advisors
Cooper Smith
Director, Homeland Security and Immigration
Angelo Soto
Office Receptionist
Mary Stiffler
Executive Director, America First Pennsylvania
Kenzo Takeda
Policy Analyst, Economy and Trade
Ethan Tan
Policy Analyst, American Security
Shea Throckmorton
Campaign Director, AI and Emerging Technology
Ken Timmerman
Senior Fellow, American Security
Kip Tom
Vice Chair of Rural Policy
Joshua Treviño
Senior Fellow for the Western Hemisphere Initiative
Jovan Tripkovic
Policy Analyst, Higher Education Reform Initiative
Rachel Tripp
Senior Director of Communications
Sam Trippie
Development Manager
Mike Vallante
Director, Election Integrity
David Vasquez
Senior Policy Analyst, American Prosperity and Energy & Environment
Jeremiah Wallace
Strategic Initiatives and Development Manager
Zion Wallace
Event Coordinator
Nicholas Wanic
Associate Attorney, Litigation
Julie Warren
Chief Alignment Officer
Stephanie Whitt
Chief State Action and Engagement Officer
Melanie Wilcox
Director of Communications
The Honorable Robert Wilkie
Co-Chair, American Security
T.J. Wilson
Deputy Director of Rural Policy
The Honorable Chad Wolf
Chair, Homeland Security & Immigration
Benjamin Woolsey
Policy Analyst, American Security
Rebecca Yardley
Executive Director, America First Georgia & Digital State Action Coordinator, Project Coordinator and Assistant to the Vice Chairman of American Values
Noelle Young
Senior Coordinator, Government Affairs
Weifeng Zhong
Senior Advisor, Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis
Kristen Ziccarelli
Director of Civilizational Action
Andrew Zimmitti
Director of Litigation