Ronald Pearson
Ronald Pearson is president of Pearson & Pipkin, Inc., a public policy strategy and management firm, and he also serves as vice president of Young America’s Foundation’s Board of Directors. Mr. Pearson also served as national treasurer of Young Americans for Freedom and was vice president of a major publishing company. He was born in […]
T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Kenneth Cribb, Jr. is a native of South Carolina. He received a B.A. from Washington and Lee University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He also has honorary doctorate degrees from Thomas Aquinas College, Oklahoma Christian University, and Universidad Francisco Marroquín. Mr. Cribb was deputy to the chief counsel of the 1980 […]
Thomas L. Phillips
Mr. Phillips is director emeritus on Young America’s Foundation’s Board of Directors. He also serves as chairman emeritus on the National Journalism Center Board of Directors. In January of 1974, Thomas L. Phillips launched Phillips International, Inc. with two newsletters, three employees and a $1,000 investment. From that entrepreneurial start-up, the company grew into one […]
Kimberly Martin Begg, Esq.
Kimberly Martin Begg, Esq. has been active in the Conservative Movement since she attended her first Young America’s Foundation conference as a student at Rutgers University. She served on the Foundation’s staff for nearly 15 years, operating as Vice President, General Counsel, and Director of Planned Giving. For nearly 15 years, Kimberly oversaw YAF’s legal department […]
Nicole Hoplin
As co-founder and president of Hoplin Jackson Charitable Advisors, Nicole Hoplin shows the company’s clients how the same business best practices that create wealth can also be used when giving it away. An expert in philanthropy, Nicole helps clients create more impact with their charitable giving, and, in so doing, makes giving away wealth as […]
Wynton C. Hall
Mr. Hall is an alumnus of Young America’s Foundation’s programs, first attending a Foundation conference in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1995. Hall has addressed Young America’s Foundation’s student conferences including the National Conservative Student Conference, West Coast Leadership Conference, and the National High School Leadership Conference, among others. Wynton Hall is a Visiting Fellow at the […]
Kate Obenshain Wheeler
Kate has been involved with Young America’s Foundation since her days as a student at the University of Virginia. While at UVA, she edited the campus conservative newspaper and organized a state-wide rally in support of America’s troops. She has served on the Foundation’ s staff in several key capacities, including director of program development, director […]
Peter Schweizer
Peter Schweizer is a New York Times bestselling author, seven times now, most recently for the #1 New York Times bestselling books Red-Handed, Secret Empires, Profiles in Corruption, and Clinton Cash. He is the president of the Government Accountability Institute and host of a weekly podcast called “The Drill Down.” Peter is also an alumnus and director of Young America’s […]
Frank Donatelli
A long-time activist, Frank Donatelli is chairman of the Reagan Ranch Board of Governors and serves on Young America’s Foundation’s Board of Directors. Frank served as executive vice president and director of federal public affairs for McGuireWoods LLP from 2001 through 2018, when he became a senior advisor to the organization. Frank is a graduate […]
Governor Scott Walker
Governor Scott Walker was raised with a heart for public service, patriotism, and hard work. He moved to the small town of Delavan, Wisconsin when he was in third grade. There, his father was a minister, and his mother worked part-time as a bookkeeper and secretary. Scott was active in school, sports, church, Scouts, and […]
