The National Leadership Team

The National Leadership Team is an advisory group that provides public commentary on the direction of the Tea Party Movement. This group currently consists of 28 members.

  • JoAnn Abbot, Washington, DC
  • Don Adams, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Gary Aminoff, Los Angeles, California
  • Brooks Bayne, Brooks Bayne Los Angeles, California The Bill of Federalism Project Contact
  • Glenda Caldwell, Cookeville, Tennessee
  • Brian T. Campbell, Denver, Colorado
  • Christie Carden, Huntsville, Alabama
  • Ben Cunningham, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Phillip Dennis, Dallas, Texas
  • James Dickey, Dallas, Texas
  • Kenneth Emanuelson, Dallas, Texas
  • Rita Grace, Culpepper, Virginia
  • Kevin Hard, Tyler, Texas
  • Bill Hennessy, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Wendy Herman, Corpus Christi, Texas
  • Michael Johns, Deptford, New Jersey
  • Tony Katz, Los Angeles, California
  • Michael Patrick Leahy *, Thompsons Station, Tennessee The Tea Party Caucus Project Contact
  • Dana Loesch, St. Louis, Missouri The Tea Party Town Hall Forum: With or Without President Obama Contact
  • Gina Loudon, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Geoffrey Ludt, Portland, Oregon
  • Brad Marston, Boston, MA
  • Rod Merrill, Western Michigan
  • Mike Perez, Covina, California The Mustard Seeds Project Contact
  • Katrina Pierson, Dallas, Texas
  • Chris Shirey, Laurel, Delaware
  • Mark Skoda, Memphis, Tennessee
  • Pam Stout, Sandpoint, Idaho
  • Gene Sweeney, Bradenton, Florida
  • Jon Wallace, Rutland, Vermont


  • * Michael Patrick Leahy represents himself alone and not TCOT as an organization. TCOT strongly supports the Tea Party movement, but does not endorse or have any connection as an organization with any particular Tea Party group