Chuck DeVore

Chuck DeVore is chief national initiatives officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, where he oversees the Foundation's national work, including the National Center for Energy Analytics and programs on border security, election integrity, and conservative criminal justice reform. He writes on the economy, energy, and national security, is a senior contributor at The Federalist, appears regularly on Fox News, and frequently testifies before the Texas Legislature. DeVore served six years in the California State Assembly, representing nearly 500,000 constituents until term limits in 2010, where he was vice chairman of the Committee on Revenue and Taxation and a member of the Budget Committee. Earlier, he was a senior assistant to a U.S. congressman, a special assistant for foreign affairs in the Reagan-era Pentagon, and spent 13 years as an aerospace industry executive focused on technology analysis and business development. He retired from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel after serving as an intelligence officer in the National Guard and Reserves. DeVore is the author of three books: Crisis of the House Never United: A Novel of Early America, The Texas Model: Prosperity in the Lone Star State and Lessons for America, and China Attacks.