Who We Are
Kerri Toloczko
Senior Analyst
Alliance for American Manufacturing
Often referred to as “a force of nature” by fellow free market activists, Kerri Houston Toloczko is a public policy analyst and consultant and expert in coalition building, messaging and external relations on public policy issues. She currently serves as Senior Analyst for The Alliance for American Manufacturing.
Ms. Houston Toloczko is also senior vice president for policy for the Institute for Liberty (IFL), advocating for free market solutions to a wide range of public policy reforms, political and national defense issues. Before joining IFL, Ms. Houston Toloczko was vice president of policy for Frontiers of Freedom.
Ms. Houston Toloczko also works as a public policy and public affairs consultant specializing in coalition and stakeholder management, messaging and issue advocacy for private clients.
She was appointed in January 2006 by House Speaker Dennis Hastert to serve a two year terms as a Commissioner on the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (www.USCC.gov).
Ms. Houston Toloczko has also served as national field director for the American Conservative Union, executive director of State Policy Network, an organization of free market state-based think tanks, and director of external affairs for the Institute for Policy Innovation.
Her responsibilities have included all facets of marketing, policy research and issue advocacy for conservative think tanks, as well as acting as liaison to Capitol Hill, the White House, state legislators, and other free market policy centers in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
A strong proponent of individual and economic liberty, federalism, and limited government, Ms. Houston Toloczko lectures on public policy and legislative issues and the proper role of government in civil society. She has worked internationally as a trainer for the International Republican Institute.
She is a Brain Trust columnist for Investor’s Business Daily, and her opinion/editorials have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, The Dallas Morning News, Forbes magazine, Intellectual Ammunition, the Detroit Free Press and numerous other print, internet outlets and institutional publications throughout the country. She is a frequent guest on talk radio nationwide, and a regular guest co-host on USA Radio Network’s “Point of View.” Ms. Houston Toloczko was a roundtable host of the TCI Cable program “America Outside the Beltway,” was a frequent guest on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher and has appeared on Fox, MSNBC and CNBC.
She has served as Director of Coalitions for the Republican Liberty Caucus, co-Chairman of Legislative Affairs for the North Texas Technology Council, and senior policy advisor to the Texas Conservative Coalition’s Health and Human Services Task Force. She serves on the Board of Directors for GOPUSA.com, Citizen Outreach and sits on the Board of Advisors for The Project for California’s Future run by California Republican Chairman Ron Nehring.
Ms. Houston Toloczko was also nominated to serve on the President’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security.
Well known for her dedication to presenting public policy in a way that will “pass the dinner table test,” Ms. Houston Toloczkobrings a sharp wit and a practical spin to her particular areas of expertise in fiscal, cultural and international policy.
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