Daly Named Senior Fellow

Kay Daly has over fifteen years of experience in corporate, political, grassroots and crisis communications, marketing and policy research, and issues management. 

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November 6, 2003

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Daly is a frequently published writer (Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, Investors Business Daily, National Review Online, Worldnetdaily.com, Opeds.com, Townhall.com, and many others), a "blogger" with SouthernAppealblogspot.com, speechwriter and associate editor of "Making Government Work: A Conservative Agenda for the States." 

In the fall of 2002, Daly testified on the state of the judicial nominations process before the Judiciary Committee for the U.S. House of Representatives.   She is also the host of "The Daly Report" for Radio Free Republic and is a frequent television guest.  She is the 2003 recipient of American Conservative Union's Ronald Reagan Award. 

"Kay brings to CFIF a wealth of experience and knowledge that will undoubtedly help increase our effectiveness and recognition as an organization that is truly changing the way public policy organizations do business in Washington, D.C., and across the country," said Jeffrey Mazzella, CFIF’s Executive Director. "We are delighted to have her on board as we move forward."

Kay Daly has over fifteen years of experience in corporate, political, grassroots and crisis communications, marketing and policy research, and issues management.   Recently, she was the Vice President and Director of Public Relations for the Signature Agency, a public relations/advertising firm headquartered in Raleigh, NC, where she implemented numerous successful marketing programs for Fortune 500 companies worldwide.

She has worked for U.S. Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX), U.S. Senator Pete Wilson (R-CA), U.S. Representative Fred Heineman (R-NC) and the North Carolina Republican Party in a variety of communications and public policy positions.  Daly also has public policy research and issues management experience from her years at the Texas Public Policy Foundation as Chief of Staff to former Reagan Justice Department official Tex Lezar.  The policy experience served her well during her time as Research Director for Tom Joyner, the top-rated North Carolina conservative talk show host, where she launched and produced Joyner's successful newsletter.

"I am thrilled and honored to have the opportunity to work with the terrific and talented team at the Center for Individual Freedom," said Daly. "CFIF has already established itself as a ‘tank,’ rather than a regular old ‘think tank,’ and I am excited to hit the ground running in helping to propel its mission to the next level."

A native of Los Angeles, California, Daly has a bachelor's degree in Communications with a minor in Literature/Writing from the University of California, San Diego; 1989. She has also completed hours in graduate work in Legislative Affairs at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She is married to Jack Daly, an attorney with the U.S. Department of Labor and has two sons, Patrick Bryan (born March 2001) and Jack Reagan (born May 2003).

The Center for Individual Freedom (www.cfif.org) is a nonpartisan constitutional advocacy group that fights to protect individual freedoms and rights in the legal, legislative and educational arenas.

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