Jerry Schnake
Jerry Schnake serves as Young America’s Foundation’s volunteer trainer and coordinator at the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home. His love of Dixon, Illinois, and its local history drew him to the Reagan Home. Jerry has lived in Dixon since 1963. He also lived in Woodland Hills California for 2.5 years pursuing a career in the music […]
Gabby Orr
Paul Matthews
Paul Matthews (CPA, CFA®) joined Young America’s Foundation as chief financial officer (CFO). In many ways, this appointment marked a return to the organization, as Paul had previously worked with the Foundation as a student at Wabash College in the early 1990s. Specifically, as an incoming college freshman, Paul attended YAF’s 1991 National Conservative Student […]
Michael R. Pence
Michael R. Pence was born in Columbus, Indiana, on June 7, 1959, one of six children born to Edward and Nancy Pence. As a young boy he had a front row seat to the American Dream. After his grandfather immigrated to the United States when he was 17, his family settled in the Midwest. The […]
Kelleigh Clarke
Bruce Eberle
Bruce Eberle has a passion for freedom and for America. His dream is to see an America that is not divided into groups, but unified as one people enjoying the American dream. His life has been spent raising funds for conservative candidates and organizations. Along with his wife Kathi, he founded the Eberle Communications Group […]
Ilinca Biggs
Ilinca Biggs is a development officer and events manager at Young America’s Foundation. Before joining the team, Ilinca graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a major in Political Science and International and Global Studies. Ilinca immigrated to America from Romania with her family when she was 11 years old. Because she […]
Vera Markov
Vera grew up in the former USSR where she and her family were regularly oppressed for their conservative and Christian beliefs. She left Ukraine to obtain a degree in nursing in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she also met her husband. They moved to the United States in 1992 in an effort to leave behind the […]
Adam Ochs
Adam Ochs currently serves as a member of our Reagan Ranch Center staff in Santa Barbara. He grew up in a conservative family in Northern California. After looking for an organization to grow his conservative values, he discovered YAF. He first got involved as a student attending our conferences in high school, and like most […]
Lynn Sementilli
Lynn Sementilli was born and raised in the suburbs of Buffalo, NY, and is currently a part-time graduate student studying Electrical Engineering at the University at Buffalo. She also currently holds a full-time position as an electrical engineer in the aircraft industry. During her undergraduate years at UB, Lynn founded the UB YAF chapter after […]
Emily Jashinsky
Emily is the director of the National Journalism Center. She is also the culture editor at The Federalist. Emily previously covered politics as a commentary writer for the Washington Examiner. Prior to joining the Examiner, Emily was the spokeswoman for Young America’s Foundation. She has interviewed leading politicians and entertainers and appeared regularly as a guest […]
John Gizzi
John is Newsmax’s chief political columnist and White House correspondent. He is “the man who knows everyone in Washington” as well as many who hold elected positions and party leadership roles throughout America. He has appeared on countless radio and TV shows in America and Europe. He is the recipient of the William A. Rusher Award […]
Pamela Primrose
Pamela Primrose serves as the controller and is responsible for supporting the chief financial officer with the daily accounting and finance functions of the Foundation, as well accounts payables and human resources. Prior to joining the Young America’s Foundation, Pamela operated Primrose Consulting LLC, a finance and accounting business and served for nine years as […]
Kyle Ferrebee
Kyle Ferrebee serves as the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home Program Director. Through his position, Kyle oversees the Foundation’s goals for preserving President Reagan’s boyhood home and developing it into a premier presidential property and campus for inspiring young people through Reagan’s ideas and values. President Reagan’s home will serve as a beachhead for YAF, helping […]
George Dunlop
Tom Robinson
Tom has worked for Young America’s Foundation for over seven years and has been attending YAF conferences since he was in middle school. Dr. Burt Folsom was his favorite Foundation lecturer and helped inspire Tom to attend Hillsdale College, where he graduated in 2008 with a degree in religion and philosophy. After college, Tom worked […]
Grant Strobl
Grant Strobl served as Young Americans for Freedom’s national chairman from 2017 to 2023. During his tenure as chairman, YAF re-launched its individual membership program, launched a campus bias tip-line, expanded programs in high schools, and launched various programs on the Second Amendment and free speech. Grant has been involved with YAF since high school […]
Chris Bedford
Christopher Bedford is a senior editor at The Federalist, the vice chairman of Young Americans for Freedom, a board member at the National Journalism Center, and the author of The Art of the Donald. His work has been featured in The American Mind, National Review, the New York Post and the Daily Caller, where he […]
Tom Winter
Katie Pavlich, Chairman
Katie Pavlich is an alumna of Young America’s Foundation (YAF) and serves as a member of YAF’s National Journalism Center’s Board of Governors. Pavlich is a rotating co-host on The Five, editor of Townhall, and a columnist for The Hill. As a Fox News contributor, Katie regularly joins special coverage of important and historic news […]
Alex Mooney
Alex Mooney, former executive director of Young America’s Foundation’s National Journalism Center now serves as Congressman for the second district of West Virginia. Since 1977 the National Journalism Center has trained aspiring young journalists in the values of responsible, balanced, and accurate reporting. Mooney served as executive director of the National Journalism Center from 2005-2012 […]
Alex Marlow
Alex Marlow currently serves as editor in chief of the Breitbart News Network.
Rich Lowry
As one of the most respected conservative voices, Rich Lowry brings his sharp analysis and well-formed opinions to the political discussion through his writing and commentary. Lowry became editor of National Review in 1999 when selected by William F. Buckley, Jr. to lead the magazine. Today, National Review remains a conservative guidepost, helping to bring […]
