Turning Point USA has named Erika Kirk, widow of founder Charlie Kirk, to carry on his work as CEO and chair of the board of the organization.
Board members, in a posting to social media Thursday, said Mr. Kirk had made clear he wanted his wife to take over in the event of his death.
“The movement my husband built will not die,” Ms. Kirk said in her first fundraising email as CEO. “I refuse to let that happen.”
TPUSA, a nonprofit, reported revenue of about $85 million in 2024 as it pursued Mr. Kirk’s vision of bringing conservative views to students and campuses.
Ms. Kirk, 36, a former Miss Arizona and mother of two children with Mr. Kirk, had previously vowed to carry on TPUSA’s work in a video after her husband was killed on Sept. 10 while leading a TPUSA event at Utah Valley University.
She said she would make TPUSA “the biggest thing this nation has ever seen.”
In a letter accompanying Thursday’s announcement, TPUSA’s board said working with Mr. Kirk was “the honor of our lives.”
“Charlie prepared us all for a moment like this one. He worked tirelessly to ensure Turning Point USA was built to survive even the greatest tests,” said board members Doug De Groote, Mike Miller, Tom Sodeika and David Engelhardt.
