Vice President, State Operations

Alan is a native of Wichita and has lived in Topeka for the past six years.

A graduate of Wichita State University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Washburn School of Law, he has been involved in public policy in Kansas for 15 years.

In addition to heading his own public affairs consulting firm, he managed the Shallenburger for Governor campaign in 2002, was a director of Kansas Public Affairs for Koch Industries, and served as Deputy State Directory for U.S. Senator Bob Dole and U.S. Senator Sheila Frahm in Kansas City, Kansas.

He currently is the Vice President for State Operations at Americans for Prosperity and lives in Topeka with his wife Holly, who is a labor and delivery nurse, and their three children, Gus, Anna and Wyatt, who attend the Washburn Rural public schools.

He is a member of the Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership program, the USD 437 School Foundation board, and is the 2006 Fellow at the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.