Janet Kelly
CEO
Former Secretary of Health and Human Resources for Governor Glenn Youngkin, with decades of experience in political campaigns, child welfare and family policy advocacy.
Our Policy Pillars
The Action Plan
Protecting the American Family
Our families are our future. While technology can strengthen the family and aid in forming the next generation, too much of today's AI is being designed to hack the human person for easy profit—dismembering families and depriving young people of the opportunity to develop real relationships and true competence. We will fight to hold the tech industry accountable to the families it affects, and put parents in the driver's seat. We call on companies to design classroom technologies for real education, not engagement. Our children's future depends on it.
Workforce and Economic Impact
Our founders knew that no free nation could endure without secure property rights and reliable contracts. Today those institutions are under assault: workers and creators are asked to train their own replacements, while Big Tech passes the costs of its ambitions onto the communities least able to bear them. We will fight to keep human creativity and ingenuity at the heart of our economy, and incentivize innovation that augments human labor, respects human dignity, and strengthens human skills, supporting workers who provide for their families and sustain their communities.
American AI the American Way
America must lead on AI, and lead the American way: democratically, transparently, and true to our Constitution. Will Americans remain self-governing citizens, or cede power to forces beyond democratic control? We must protect our digital borders from foreign adversaries, and prevent globetrotting billionaires from building AI that endangers our national security to line their pockets. We must align AI with Main Street values and govern through our time-tested traditions of federalism and subsidiarity, so that AI remains loyal to Americans, not hedge funds.
Our Team
Leadership
To fight this battle for the soul of America, we are building a team that understands the stakes.
Tim Estes
Board Chair
25+ years as a founder and conservative policy advocate for child and tech safety, including founding Digital Reasoning and now serving as CEO of AngelQ. Proud father of 2.
Ari Kagan
COO
A decade of experience building and advocating for tech that benefits Americans, including founding an AI software startup and leading AI outreach to policymakers at FAI.
Brad Littlejohn
Chair of Policy Council
Director of Programs at American Compass. Former Ethics and Public Policy Center fellow, with a decade of writing on political thought, Christian ethics, and technology.
Lucille Dasher
Operations Assistant
Senior at Patrick Henry College. Previously interned with Senator Josh Hawley and with Senator Deb Fischer.
David Rexrode
Advisor
20+ years of experience in Republican politics, including 3 presidential campaigns, elections in all 50 states, and senior roles at RNC and RGA.
Gary Marx
Advisor
30+ years of experience in conservative political consulting, including 6 presidential campaigns and 9 Supreme Court nomination battles.
Trey Walker
Advisor
35+ years of experience in government relations and political consulting, recently serving as the Chief of Staff to Governor Henry McMaster.
Expert Advisors
Policy Council
Daniel Cochrane
Senior Fellow at Institute for Family Studies. Formerly at Heritage Foundation and ADF. Focused on AI policy and data governance.
Eleanor Gaetan
VP and Director of Public Policy at NCOSE. Former State Department appointee. Focused on creating a world free from sexual exploitation.
Dylan Jeremiah
VP of Government Affairs at Family Policy Alliance. Former Senate staffer for Senator Sasse. Focused on technology and family policy.
Jon Schweppe
Senior Advisor at American Principles Project. Former Senior Policy Advisor at the FTC. Focused on tech accountability and parental rights.
Joel Thayer
President at Digital Progress Institute and Fellow at AFPI. Tech policy attorney focused on AI, broadband, and emerging tech regulation.
Michael Toscano
Senior Fellow at Institute for Family Studies, and Director of the Family First Technology Initiative on family-centered technology policy.
Emma Waters
Policy Analyst at Heritage Foundation. Former coalitions manager at American Moment. Focused on biotech, and tech's impact on families.
Jason Van Beek
Chief Government Affairs Officer at Future of Life Institute. Former General Counsel to Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
*The Policy Council is a working group of experts of our affiliated organization, the Coalition for a Better Future, a separate 501(c)(3) public charity whose mission aligns with ours in advancing public understanding and information about AI.