Mandy Drogin

MANDY DROGIN is one of the foremost education reform leaders in the country, bringing extensive experience in grassroots organizing, marketing, legislative campaigns, and coalition-building. Prior to joining the Texas Public Policy Foundation, she spent nearly eight years with the American Federation for Children—including three years as Texas State Director, where she achieved significant policy advances across the state. As President of the Texas Federation for Children PAC, she delivered a strong win-loss record in the 2020 and 2022 election cycles, helping elect numerous pro–school choice candidates to the Texas Legislature. She founded the Parent Empowerment Coalition, which played a key role in the successful passage of the nation’s largest Day One school-choice legislation in 2025, and has led impactful communications and messaging efforts to expose the Education Cartel and reform American education—from colleges of education to academic standards and education freedom. She lives in Austin with her three children and husband.