Ned Ryun
Founder and President

A rising star in the conservative movement, Ned Ryun is the founder and President of American Majority, a non-partisan political training institute whose mission is to identify and mold the next wave of liberty-minded candidates, grassroots activists and community leaders. Under Ryun’s leadership, American Majority has trained nearly 25,000 candidates and activists since January 2009, conducting 720 in-person trainings in an unprecedented national effort to recruit new community leaders. Ned also conceived of the nation’s first Training Bomb to help train and mobilize the conservative grassroots.

A former writer for President George W. Bush and the son of former Olympic medalist and U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun (R-KS), Ned Ryun is highly sought after for his commentary on Tea Party politics, the national political scene, grassroots engagement and the conservative movement in general. Ryun has appeared on Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor,” “Hannity,” “Special Report with Brett Baier,” “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” “Fox & Friends,” ABC’s “World News Tonight” and has been quoted in numerous print publications including Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Politico, The Washington Post, and The Washington Times. He also writes a monthly column for The American Spectator.

Prior to launching American Majority, Ryun founded and directed Generation Joshua, a civics education program for middle and high school students that reached a membership of nearly 10,000. Ryun graduated with Highest Distinction (summa cum laude) from the University of Kansas with degrees in English and History. Together with his father and twin brother, Drew, he also authored Heroes Among Us and The Courage to Run.

Ned Ryun resides in Purcellville, Virginia, with his wife and four children

Matt Robbins
Executive Director

Matt Robbins is the National Executive Director for American Majority.

Matt has served as political director for the California Republican Party, as a Coalitions director on the McCain-Palin campaign, and as Director of Training at the Leadership Institute.  He has also worked as campaign staff on the Bush-Cheney reelection campaign, in both state-level races and state government, and as a “friendly-fire” analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon.

Matt has personally trained thousands of political activists coast to coast and in several foreign countries on campaign management, communications and party and candidate development.

Matt is an Arkansas native with a degree from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. He blames the 80′s comic strip “Bloom County” for an early and ongoing, perverse interest in politics and its absurdities.