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American Moment’s Board of Advisors provide invaluable guidance to our intellectual vision, policy programming, and organizational strategy.
Vice President of Programs, Conservative Partnership Institute
Rachel Bovard is the Vice President of Programs at the Conservative Partnership Insitute. Previously, she served as Executive Director of the Senate Steering Committee. She has also worked in both the House and Senate in various roles, including on the Senate Steering Committee under Sen. Pat Toomey and Sen. Mike Lee, advising on procedure and policy. She co-authored Conservative: Knowing What To Keep.
Author and Host of Newsweek’s The Josh Hammer Show
Josh Hammer is a syndicated columnist at Newsweek, where he hosts “The Josh Hammer Show,” a syndicated radio show. He is a contributing editor for Anchoring Truths, and counsel and policy advisor for the Internet Accountability Project. He is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Chicago Law School. Josh has worked at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Author; Founder and Chiarman, 1776 Project PAC
Ryan Girdusky is an author, podcast host, political consultant, and journalist from New York City. In 2021, he founded 1776 Project PAC, the first nationwide political action committee dedicated to school board elections. He is the co-author of the book They’re Not Listening: How The Elites Created the National Populist Revolution, and the publisher of the National Populist Newsletter. He is the host of “A Numbers Game,” a podcast.
President, The American Principles Project
Terry Schilling is the President of the American Principles Project. He is responsible for developing, coordinating, and implementing APP’s strategy, and messaging and grassroots activity at the state and federal level. As the son of a small business owner, Terry knows how to leverage limited resources to generate maximum results. He, his wife Katie, and their seven children live in Virginia.
Director of Coalitions, The Heritage Foundation
Alexa Walker is the Director of Coalitions at The Heritage Foundation. She leads the Foundation’s coalition and engagement efforts to advance policy priorities, while growing and strengthening the conservative movement on both the federal and state level. Previously, Walker was the Director of Coalitions and Member Services for the Republican Study Committee.
Fmr. Deputy Assistant Secretary to President Trump
Theodore Wold is the Former Solicitor General of Idaho. Previously, Wold served as the Acting-Assistant AG in the Office of Legal Policy at the Department of Justice and Deputy Assist. to the President for Domestic Policy under President Trump. Prior to his three years of service in the White House, Wold served as Deputy Chief Counsel to Senator Mike Lee on the Judiciary Committee.
American Moment’s Emeritus Board features previous members of our rotating Board of Advisors who continue to inspire our work.
Vice President of the United States of America
J.D. Vance is a former U.S. Senator from Ohio and the Vice President of the United States. Vance is also an investor, commentator, and author of the #1 NYT Bestselling Hillbilly Elegy. Vance served on the Board of Advisors of American Moment until his election to the Senate in 2023. Vance was one of the first supporters of American Moment from its inception.
Host and Founder, Breaking Points
Saagar Enieti is the co-host of Breaking Points, a chart-topping online news show. He is the former host of Rising at The Hill TV and cohost of the popular podcast The Realignment. Saagar formerly served as White House Correspondent for The Daily Caller and has interviewed President Trump in the Oval Office on four separate occasions.
Director, White House Office of Legislative Affairs
James Braid serves as the Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs under President Trump. He previously served as the Legislative Director to Senator J.D. Vance, and Chief of Staff to Representatives Ken Buck (R-CO) and Matt Rosendale (R-MT). In the first Trump term, he was Deputy to the Associate Director for Legislative Affairs at OMB.
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