Ryan Hite
Director of Communications
Email: ryan(at)phyllisschlafly.com
X: @BasedRyanHite
Ryan Hite was hired by Phyllis Schlafly in 2013 and worked closely with her for several years, serving as research assistant and copy editor on her final three books, personal assistant on many publications, live radio producer, and as a writer/editor for her three-minute daily radio commentaries. Ryan attended the Republican National Convention in 2016 with Phyllis, assisting in running her media and ground operations from Cleveland, Ohio. In the years since Phyllis’s passing, Ryan has fulfilled roles in digital media for the organization, helping to launch PSE into the age of livestreaming, podcasting, and video production. Upon Phyllis’s passing, he served as the voice of the Phyllis Schlafly Report radio commentaries, a role he continues today. Ryan is also the host of a drive-time talk radio program (The Reckoning heard daily on the Real Talk Radio Network/St. Louis), and is the producer and host of the Unauthorized Caucus podcast.
Prior to Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, Ryan spent several years in managing communications and press for political campaigns, as well as advising small businesses and organizations on marketing and public relations strategy. His passion for politics and culture began with his involvement in Phyllis’s Teen Eagle program in Saint Louis, where we he came to know and love Phyllis Schlafly and her Eagles.
Ryan was proudly home educated K-12 and holds a degree in communications from Thomas Edison State University. He is a Saint Louis, Missouri native, where he resides with his wife and their children.
Gwen Kelley
Librarian
Email: Gwen(at)phyllisschlafly.com
Gwen Kelley’s life was happily altered when she was handed Phyllis Schlafly’s book, Child Abuse in the Classroom. The information Phyllis published was a prime motivator for her and her husband Leo to homeschool their three children from kindergarten through high school. They are now young adults who are avid readers and thinkers.
Gwen therefore was very happy when she was hired by Phyllis Schlafly to work for the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund in 2001 as the librarian of the archives. Gwen has worked on digitizing the thousands of videos and audiocassettes and processing the important Equal Rights Amendment series of papers as well as much of the valuable Rosalind Kress Haley Archives papers. Phyllis, true to her philosophy, let Gwen adjust her hours through the years in order to homeschool. Gwen maintains the library, prepares all the current publications from Phyllis Schlafly Eagles for the archives, and researches Phyllis’s work for many projects. She also contributes to social media.
Susan Kunstmann
Editor – Education Reporter
Email: education(at)phyllisschlafly.com
Susan (Sue) Kunstmann has been writing professionally since 1985, initially in advertising and public relations. In 1997, she joined Phyllis Schlafly’s team as editor of the Education Reporter, and was privileged to work alongside Phyllis for a number of years. In 2017, she resumed work on the Education Reporter, becoming editor once again in 2019. In 2020, she was instrumental in converting the publication to its current digital format, and has continued to oversee the growth in readership of the online edition.
Sue crafts many finely tuned and well researched pieces on the dark underbelly of government education in America, as well as showcasing the many incredible alternatives families now have for educating their children. The Education Reporter covers a wide range of current and highly relevant topics.
Sue holds a BA in Communications and Journalism from Lindenwood College, and an MBA from Lindenwood University.
Mason Mohon, Sr.
Asst. Director of Archives & Research
Email: mason(at)phyllisschlafly.com
Hailing originally from Austin, Texas, Mason is the newest member of the Eagle team. Mason holds a degree in economics from Hillsdale College. He graduated in 2023 and is now the Assistant Director of Archives and Research.
Mason discovered the Phyllis Schlafly Eagles while in college. He interned in the summer of 2022 and could not wait to come back again after graduating. He helps produce the Pro America Report with Ed Martin, co-hosts the Unauthorized Caucus weekly broadcast, updates and organizes the archives, and spends most of his time writing for the Eagles.
Mason and his wife, along with their son, reside in St. Louis, MO.
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