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Kent Strang
Director of Youth Leadership School
Kent Strang is currently the Youth Leadership School Director at the Leadership Institute. He is responsible for identifying, recruiting, and training students as the Leadership Institute’s flagship school, the Youth Leadership School.
He joined the Institute in January 2007, as the Campus Election Coordinator, where he trained conservative college students to win student government elections. This training produced conservative victories on liberal campuses such as Michigan State, Florida International University, and the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee where conservatives were elected to 39 of 42 seats.
An activist at heart, Kent loves a good protest or political rally. In 2008, Kent helped organize a pro second amendment rally at the Supreme Court prior the DC v. Heller decision. He and his fellow activists were featured on over 25 different media outlets including; The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and the Steven Colbert Show. His antics at anti bailout protests and Tea Parties have been featured on Your World with Neil Cavuto, On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, and his personal favorite Aljazeera TV.
Kent has been involved with campaigns since childhood and the Greene County Young Republicans Club he started at age 17 was a constant source of volunteers for local, state, and national campaigns. Kent was the Campaign Manager for Rob Siedlecki’s 2006 race for the Florida State House in Wellington Florida. He was the Deputy Campaign Manager for Michael Meunier’s House of Delegates race in Annandale Virginia in 2005.
He graduated with a B.A. in political science and speech communication from McKendree College, located in Lebanon Illinois. At McKendree, Kent was elected to student government in each of his four years, where he served as a Senator, Treasurer, and was elected to two consecutive terms at President. He was president of the McKendree College Republicans and the Rush chairman of his fraternity.
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