Ed Martin
President
Email: Ed(at)phyllisschlafly.com
X: @EagleEdMartin
Ed Martin is the President of Phyllis Schlafly Eagles and the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund.
Ed was nominated by Phyllis Schlafly on January 31, 2015 to succeed her as the President of both Eagle Forum organizations. Phyllis Schlafly, whom the Board elevated to Chairman of the Board and CEO, said, “Ed Martin is uniquely qualified and prepared to carry on the essential educational and political leadership of Eagle Forum that has made it the premier organization of grassroots volunteers in the conservative movement. He is fully committed to all the values and principles that Eagle Forum has always espoused.”
Ed is a lawyer who holds advanced degrees in medical ethics and philosophy and was awarded post-graduate fellowships in Italy and in Indonesia. Ed has served as Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party and as a member of the Republican National Committee. He was chief of staff for Missouri Governor Matt Blunt, where he helped Missouri to pass pro-life and school-choice legislation. Having run for office, Ed is well versed in political strategy and tactics, how candidates win and lose, and how legislation is passed and defeated.
In 2016, Ed coauthored with Phyllis Schlafly and Brett Decker the New York Times bestseller The Conservative Case for Trump. He is also a frequent consultant on various media outlets.
Ed and his wife Carol, a physician specializing in geriatric internal medicine, have two sons and two daughters and reside in Virginia.
Caroline Corley
Events Coordinator
Email: Caroline(at)phyllisschlafly.com
Caroline Corley has been an active part of Phyllis Schlafly’s pro-family mission for more than fifteen years. Working from the Phyllis Schlafly Center, Caroline has a number of important responsibilities. She is the primary special events coordinator for events that happen at the Phyllis Schlafly Center. She also assists with maintenance of the archives and shipping of materials. Her determination and dedication make her an invaluable part of the team.
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. He served as a research assistant and copy editor on her final three books, personal assistant on her writing projects and publications, and as a writer and editor for her three-minute daily radio commentaries. Ryan attended the Republican National Convention in 2016 with Phyllis and assisted in running her media and ground operations from her temporary Cleveland headquarters. 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 and production audio and video media. He is on the production team for the Pro America Report radio program and serves as host and producer of Unauthorized Caucus weekly broadcast.
Prior to Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, Ryan spent several years in the management of communications and press for political campaigns, where he still consults on occasion today. He also has worked throughout the years with small businesses and organizations on marketing and promotions 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 Eagle network.
Ryan is a home educated k-12 graduate 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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