Kiron K. Skinner is the Taube Family Chair Professor at Pepperdine University, the W. Glenn Campbell Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Advisor to the President at The Heritage Foundation. During the George W. Bush administration, Professor Skinner served on numerous national security boards. During the Trump administration, she served as Director of the Office of Policy Planning and as Senior Policy Adviser to the Secretary of State at the State Department. Professor Skinner coauthored “Reagan, In His Own Hand” (2001) and “Reagan, A Life in Letters” (2003), New York Times best sellers.


