State Director - AFP Texas

Peggy M. Venable is director of the Texas office of Americans for Prosperity. She has worked in public policy and in the political arena for 30 years, with more than 13 years experience in Washington, D.C., and 10 years in Texas as state director of Citizens for a Sound Economy. Peggy is well known across Texas, having been widely published in newspapers and heard regularly on talk radio across the state. She travels the state extensively, giving numerous speeches to civic, business and citizen groups.

Before leaving Washington, D.C., and returning to her native Texas more than a decade ago, Peggy served in numerous senior-level positions in the federal government, including the US the Department of Education, Department of the Interior, and the Interstate Commerce Commission. She has also worked on several presidential campaigns, including Ronald Reagan. Peggy served at the Republican National Committee as meetings and convention director and was executive director of the 1984 Republican National Convention. She was also director of the national Take Pride in America campaign, an effort involving 7 federal agencies and focused on encouraging citizens to protect public land and treat it as they would treat their own private property.

Peggy is active in numerous organizations, serving as a board member of the Texas Center for Educational Research as well as the Austin CEO Foundation. She is on the editorial board of the Lone Star Report and is an advisor to the Texans for Texas organization. She is an immediate past president of the Texas Women's Alliance and the Texas State University Foundation board. She is listed in Who’s Who Among Women.

Peggy received her undergraduate degree in journalism and political science from Texas State University, and completed course work toward a master’s degree in international business at Baylor University. She is the mother one daughter who is in college.