Twenty-two-year-old Young America’s Foundation alumnus Eli Nachmany knew that if he wanted to be a part of the Trump administration, he would have to put in his time. During the fall semester of 2016, Nachmany took a break from his studies at New York University to work as a press lead on then-candidate Trump’s campaign. As press lead, he traveled days ahead of the candidate to set up interviews with local outlets at rallies, coordinated the arrival of the traveling press pool, helped create backdrops for events, and generally ensured that the local and national press were able to effectively cover the candidate. By the end of the campaign, Nachmany was promoted to the position of assistant to the traveling press secretary. After Trump’s victory, Nachmany traveled to Washington, DC from New York and joined Trump’s Presidential Inaugural Committee, helping to coordinate logistics for the swearing-in ceremony. In the spring of 2017, Nachmany finished his last semester at NYU, graduating summa cum laude, in just three years. Nachmany was accepted into Harvard Law School but deferred his start date to serve in the administration; he will begin law school at Harvard in September 2019. Today, realizing his goal, this YAF alumnus is serving in President Donald J. Trump’s administration as the Speechwriter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. He has been named to the most recent versions of Newsmax and Red Alert Politics’ “30 under 30” lists and has appeared numerous times on panels for MSNBC to give the millennial perspective on Trump’s presidency. While a student at New York University, he played rugby and served as state chairman for the New York College Republicans, but he was still looking for a meaningful way to become an effective advocate for true conservatism on his campus. When looking for the best conservative resources for college students he found Young America’s Foundation. In March of 2015 Nachmany traveled to Nashua, New Hampshire for his first YAF event: The New England Freedom Conference. He attended two other YAF conferences, including the 2015 Road to Freedom seminar at YAF headquarters in Reston, Virginia and the Great Beginnings conference at the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California. Young America’s Foundation conferences and seminars are the best place for high school or college students looking to learn more about the conservative movement or to deepen their understanding and involvement. YAF is celebrating 40 years of educating and inspiring young people at the National Conservative Student Conference in Washington, D.C. July 30 – August 4, 2018. Nachmany is proof that you never know where YAF can lead you!
