Christian Robey

About Christian Robey

I am a mission-driven nonprofit executive with over 20 years of experience cultivating strategic relationships, building coalitions, and driving organizational objectives. I am highly skilled at coordinating media relations, fundraising, and marketing campaigns. As an organizational leader, I have developed innovative strategies and business plans, managed programs and initiatives, and cultivated key partnerships. By leveraging my strong interpersonal and leadership skills, I effectively motivate teams, engage members, and promote free-market ideas. Key Accomplishments—At Media Research Center, cultivated relationships with allied organizations, political allies, and public policy leaders, resulting in formal coalitions with U.S. House of Representatives’ Media Fairness Caucus, National Religious Broadcasters, Senate Conservatives Fund, Young America’s Foundation, Tea Party Patriots, and dozens more—Led a multimillion-dollar strategic plan (Tell the Truth! 2016) and coordinated all departmental efforts, achieving 12 organization-wide goals. Also conceptualized and conducted the organization’s first post-action analysis on the 2016 strategic plan. —At Leadership Institute, oversaw effort to identify, recruit, and train over 700 conservative U.S. activists per year, managing over 40 programs and 3 direct reports in the process.

Experience

1. President and CEO

   Our America

   Jan 2023 — Present · Fairfax, VA, US

   Engineers a post-launch financial development campaign, taking the helm after the organization’s initial $5.5M startup funding cycle and building a sustainable fundraising program from the ground up — driving 166% growth in under two years, from $600K in 2023 to $1M in 2024 and $1.6M year-to-date in 2025. • Selected by a coalition of top public policy leaders, senators, donors, and national organization heads to launch and lead a multi-state movement engaging youth and minority voters around shared values. • Direct advocacy and grassroots campaigns credited by media and elected officials with influencing legislation, shaping public opinion, and securing electoral victories in competitive battlegrounds. • Build and mobilize a nationwide grassroots network of “Hometown Heroes” who drive policy advocacy, community engagement, and voter mobilization efforts across multiple states. • Grow Our America’s audience to nearly members, leveraging a 200M-record voter model to micro-target 100M+ persuadable Americans by demographics, values, and geography. • Expand organizational influence with 1.9B+ media impressions and 800+ media hits — averaging more than one media mention per day — across major national and local outlets, including Fox News, Politico, CNN, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Education

• George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School

  Juris Master Studies , Law and Economics

  2003 — 2004

• Virginia Tech

  BA, Philosophy

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Event Management
• Political Campaigns
• Public Policy
• Coalitions
• Strategic Planning
• Leadership Development
• Training
• Grassroots Organizing
• Policy Analysis
• Policy
• Analysis
• Politics
• Public Relations
• Grants
• Leadership
• Program Management
• Research
• Recruiting
• Strategy
• Public Speaking
• Press Releases
• Non-Profits
• International Relations
• Fundraising
• Management
• Government
• Nonprofits
• Newsletters
• Budgets
• Community Outreach