Schieffelin has channeled her expansive entrepreneurial career in sourcing, manufacturing, financing, and distribution toward the empowerment of our Nations workforce and the spirit of the American Worker. She received her degree from Covenant College in 2016 in international studies, and after working in New York at an immigration law firm, she spent time as a staffer in Congress, working in the office of (Ret.) Jeffrey Campbell is from Trenton, Michigan, and serves as a Member on AFPIs Board of Academic Advisors. LEILA FADEL,. Boldness, be my friend; arm me, audacity, from head to foot.. If it keeps moving, regulate it. Ingle spent several years working in the federal government in both media affairs and communications. At the White House, he was the principal author of and/or policy lead for approximately two dozen executive orders and presidential memoranda. During his time at DHS, he successfully navigated numerous global and domestic challenges to the nations security, including COVID-19, civil unrest, numerous border and immigration crises, historic natural disasters, and threats to global aviation security. Rigas holds an M.A. Prior to his service at DHS, he spent over 10 years in the private sector helping clients manage risks and earlier in his career worked on Capitol Hill. In this role, Lawson handled matters as diverse as deceptive marketing, enforcement of financial regulations, and data security. Most recently, he served as the Chief Domestic Economist and Senior Adviser at the White House Council of Economic Advisers. He is passionate about America and Her true history but is most passionate about his wife Dana and their four children, who live in Prosperity, South Carolina. He is currently co-chair of the Center for American Security at the America First Policy Institute. Previously, he worked at the Republican National Committee as a Business Intelligence Analyst. Parry most recently served at the White House under President Donald Trump as the Executive Assistant to the Director of the Domestic Policy Council, Brooke Rollins. As a teenager, he was expelled from high school in 1967 for long hair and took a couple of years off from college in the 1970s to play in rock & roll bands. The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago in 1976. Overall, about one-in-five non-retired U.S. adults (19%) - including similar shares of men (18%) and women (20%) - say they quit a job at some point in 2021, meaning they left by choice and not because they were fired, laid off or because a temporary job had . During his time at Kent State, Holtz enrolled in the Army ROTC and later served as an Officer in the United States Army Reserves. Governor, Agriculture Commissioner, and State Representative. Cole Mushegan is from Keller, Texas, and serves as a Policy Analyst in the Center for 1776. A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Yates TV career began in 1980 at age 12 on Ed Walkers WJLA AM Washington show, after winning a coloring contest sponsored by the Muppets, Woodward & Lothrop, and The Washington Post. Previously, she interned for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on the digital team, where she assisted with social media, press conferences, and marketing of the governors visits to local businesses across the state. Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.. She spends the majority of her free time involved in state & local republican politics, traveling, hiking, yoga, or out at the lake. Dr. Hassett has a wife, two sons, and two dogs. Holtz is considered one of the most successful college football coaches of all time. Before this, Vasquez served as a development and policy intern through the Charles Koch Foundations Koch Internship Program. He served as press secretary at the U.S. Department of Justice and has been tapped by Republican administrations to manage event operations for White House trips around the world. During her tenure at the Womens Bureau, she focused the agency on issues of childcare, paid family leave, and grants to support women in apprenticeship. Ken Blackwell is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and serves as the Chair of the Center for Election Integrity at AFPI. America was not built on fear. Jack Brewer was raised in Grapevine, Texas, and serves as the Chair of the Center for Opportunity Now, and Vice-Chair of the Center for 1776 at AFPI. Rollins graduated with honors from Texas A&M University with a degree in agricultural development and was the first female to be elected student body president. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.. America First, Always. Free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity.. If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. Anna Pingel is from Bel Air, Maryland, and serves as a Policy Analyst in the Center for Election Integrity at AFPI. He previously served as Senior Policy Analyst at the Heritage Foundation and an analyst at the National Security Agency. Perry previously served as the 14th Secretary of Energy under President Donald Trump, where he advanced Americas dominance in energy production to help American businesses, workers, families, and farmers. Whitaker previously served in numerous roles at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), starting as a Student Trainee at U.S. Two of her co-edited books on President Ronald Reagan wereNew York Timesbest sellers, and one receivedthe Hoover InstitutionsUncommon Book Award. Stacey Schieffelin grew up in the cattle industry on her families ranches in Florida and currently serves as a Senior Advisor to the Center for the American Worker at AFPI. He enjoys coaching the sports teams of his three sons. He holds an Honors degree from Wake Forest University, a Juris Doctor from Loyola University College of Law in New Orleans, a Master of Laws in international and comparative law from Georgetown University, and a masters in strategic studies from the United States Army War College. As a recent graduate of the University of Florida (UF), Jones received her Bachelor of Science in telecommunication: media and society with a concentration in political science. Awed by philanthropists, entrepreneurs, and innovators who change what's possible with their ideas and passion, she is also inspired by Americas record as the most generous and charitable nation in the world. The troublemakers. Before joining AFPI, Lawson served in the Office of the Florida Attorney General as the Director of the Consumer Protection Division. Smith received a degree in Political Science from the University of Kentucky. Chief of Staff at America First Policy Institute . Better to dare mighty things and fail than to live in a grey twilight where there is neither victory nor defeat.. He received a bachelors degree in international political economy from the University of Texas at Dallas and an M.P.P degree from Pepperdines School of Public Policy in Malibu, California. Chad Connelly is originally from South Carolina and serves as a Senior Advisor for AFPIs Center for Election Integrity. Prior to his nomination and confirmation as DNI, Ratcliffe served in Congress for over five years as the U.S. Representative for the 4th Congressional District of Texas. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) reports that in FY 2021, agencies dismissed approximately 4,000 tenured employees for poor performance or misconduct (n.d.). In 2010 he was the President of the Association for Public Policy and Management. Our guiding principles are liberty, free enterprise, national greatness, American military superiority, foreign-policy engagement in the American interest, and the primacy of American workers, families, and communities in all . He was Director of Communications for Mike Huckabee, Elizabeth Dole, and Rick Santorum, to name a few, and served as Executive Director of the South Carolina Republican Party. If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.. Zais also served for 10 years as president of Newberry College, a private institution founded before the Civil War. In previous roles, Schindler served as a digital strategy executive focusing on data-driven digital marketing, messaging, technology architecture, web design, and development. He was the first volunteer on the Trump Campaign and was standing behind President Trump when he came down the escalator to announce his run for the presidency. She started her career in the fashion industry, serving as the Events Assistant at The Fashion Group International, NYC, as well as a Communications Assistant at Ana Martins Communications. Union Arbitrators overturn Most Federal Employee Dismissals Zemek l. He enjoys coaching the sports teams of his three sons. As Governor of the Lone Star State, Perry championed conservative principles that helped Texas become Americas economic engine. Previously, Steven was a Member at Near Space. Previously, Overton was a general surgery resident at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a physician advocate for price and quality transparency in healthcare through Restoring Medicine. Fred Fleitz was chief of staff of the National Security Council in the Trump administration and . Robert Law grew up in Northern Virginia but now calls Washington, D.C., home and serves as the Director of the Center for Homeland Security and Immigration at AFPI. Virginia Chase Forrester is a native of Greenwood, South Carolina, and serves as the Chief Events Officer at AFPI. Ashley most recently served on the Trump-Pence 2020 presidential campaign as the Director of External Affairs and Development for the Trump Victory Finance Committee. During the last 20 years, Lawson has handled cases involving fraudulent and deceptive practices across the county. Paul walked for high school graduation in June of 2022, and immediately upon graduating he began an internship with AFPI. Before being elected governor, he served as an adjunct professor of government at Mississippi College. He advised the National Economic Commission in 1987 and served as a research director for President Ronald Reagan's Commission on Privatization. Ambassador to South Africa. If you too would like to join in this fight, join us at TakeOnBigTech.com. Previously, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of CKE Restaurants, where he helped turn Hardees and Carls Jr. into the fast-food powerhouses that they are today. He who keeps company with the wise becomes wise.. He is also the founder and president of The Gethsemane Group. in history and international relations from Penn State University and enjoys music, playing guitar, arthouse and documentary movies, and spending time with his nieces and nephews. If Wesley is not working, you can usually find him playing golf, watching his favorite Baltimore sports teams, or hanging out with his dog, Chipper. He was confirmed by the United States Senate after previously serving as the acting Secretary of VA. Before confirmation as VA Secretary, Wilkie was the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. In his free time, Baehr enjoys writing war poetry and playing too much speed chess. America First Policies, the Nonprofit Run by Trump Strategists, Spends Millions from Secret Donors Promoting Kavanaugh and Other Priorities The social welfare group has spent millions of dollars to promote President Trump's SCOTUS nominees and his proposals to roll back immigration, taxes, and healthcare. The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan research institute. John Ratcliffe grew up in Mount Prospect, Illinois, and serves as a co-Chair of the Center for American Security. Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord and not for people.. Prior to becoming Acting Attorney General, Mr. Whitaker served as Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Allison Schuster is from Clarendon Hills, Illinois, and serves as a Communications Specialist and Policy Advisor to the Center for Education Opportunity at AFPI. He later worked as an intern for AFPI in its Fort Worth and Washington, D.C., offices in 2022, working mainly with AFPIs communications team. Zais most recently served as President Donald J. Trumps Deputy Secretary of Education and, for a short period, as Acting Secretary. Beatrice Brooke was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and serves as the Senior Policy Analyst in the Center for American Prosperity and the Center for Energy & Environment for AFPI. As Director, she reengaged the Department in red-team exercises on regional conflicts and fostered transatlantic partnerships through numerous strategic dialogues, including the first-ever Policy Planners Summit for NATO, held in April 2019.