Peggy Venable has worked in public policy in government, the political arena and the private sector for over 30 years.

In 2010, Peggy was named to the University Star Hall of Fame at Texas State Univeristy and the national magazine Campaigns and Elections named Venable as one of the top 25 “Texas influencers.”

A native Texan, Peggy has spent 15 years in Washington, D.C., working for three Administrations. During that time, she worked in the areas of education, natural resources, energy and transportation.

Peggy was White House Liaison for two cabinet secretaries including the US Department of the Interior and the Department of Education. She directed the “Take Pride in America” grassroots campaign which encompassed eight federal agencies.

Peggy served as director of the Republican National Convention in 1984.

Peggy is Texas director of Americans for Prosperity which has a membership of over 100,000 individuals who support free market public policies. She has guest hosted for syndicated talk show hosts around the Texas, appears as a guest on radio and TV, and has written over 100 pieces that have appeared in leading Texas newspapers, and speaks to groups around the state on tax, budget and regulator issues. Her opinion pieces have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Houston Chronicle, the Wall Street Journal, the Dallas Morning News, the Austin American Statesman, Budget and Tax News, Heritage Insider, and numerous other publications.

Peggy is a contributing editor to the Lone Star Report, on the board of the Texas Center for Education Research as well as Austin CEO Foundation, a board member of the Reagan Conservative Society and is past President of the Texas Women’s Alliance as well as a past President of the Texas State University Foundation Board.