AEI Press Room
For biographical and contact information for AEI scholars, please go to www.aei.org/scholars.
To arrange an interview with a scholar, please contact the media team.
During working hours (M-F), please call one of the people listed below. To reach an AEI scholar after hours, or during the weekend, please use the following 24/7 contact information:
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 202.862.5829
The AEI Media team:
Phoebe Keller
Director of Media Relations
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 202.420.0155
Phoebe Keller is the director of media relations at AEI, where she promotes the work of all AEI scholars and manages the press office.
Please contact her for media requests for AEI President Robert Doar and about AEI generally. For these and other media inquiries, including questions about scholars, studies, or research materials, please email [email protected] or call 202.420.0155.
Ms. Keller joined AEI in June 2018, after graduating from Cornell University. Before working for AEI, she interned in the Supreme Court’s public relations office and on the communications team at the Urban Institute.
Brady Africk
Media Relations Assistant
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 202.924.0784
Brady Africk is a media relations assistant at AEI, where he promotes the work of AEI scholars who specialize in national security and foreign and defense policy (FDP).
Please contact him to schedule an interview with Kori Schake, who directs AEI’s FDP department. To schedule an interview with an FDP scholar or obtain comments, studies, and research materials, please email [email protected] or call 202.924.0784.
Mr. Africk joined AEI in 2021 after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in political science and computer science.
Josh Delk
Media Relations Associate
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 202.875.3991
Josh Delk is a media relations associate at AEI, where he promotes the work of scholars in the Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies (SCCS) research division and scholars focusing on politics and public opinion.
Scholars in SCCS study the foundations of self-government, American institutions including Congress, legal regulations and the Constitution, the administrative state, culture, political philosophy, and the state of American social, political, and civic life.
Mr. Delk is the point of contact for all media requests for Senior Fellow and Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy Yuval Levin, who directs AEI’s SCCS department and is the editor in chief of National Affairs. Mr. Delk also promotes the work of AEI’s politics and public opinion scholars, including the polls and original research produced by AEI’s Survey Center on American Life, which is directed by Daniel Cox.
To schedule an interview with an SCCS or politics and public opinion scholar or to obtain comments, studies, and research materials, please email [email protected] or call 202.875.3991.
Before joining AEI, Mr. Delk worked in public relations and as a journalist for The Hill. He has a BA in political science from Grove City College.
James Desio
Media Relations Associate
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 202.821.8658
James Desio is a media relations associate in domestic policy studies at AEI, where he promotes the work of AEI scholars who focus on education, poverty, agriculture, tech, and energy.
Please contact him to schedule an interview with Ryan Streeter, who directs AEI’s Domestic Policy Studies department.
Led by Frederick M. Hess, AEI education scholars focus on K–12, higher education, and student loans. Scott Winship directs AEI’s poverty studies, where scholars work on safety-net programs, unemployment, economic mobility, income inequality, family structure and family economics, child welfare, foster kids and adoption, employment retraining programs, workforce development, reentry programs, and career and technical education, among other topics. Vincent H. Smith directs AEI’s agricultural policy studies, which focuses on the farm bill and subsidy programs. Tech policy topics include 5G, artificial intelligence, digital privacy, cryptocurrencies, internet regulation, the Internet of Things, and telecommunications regulatory policy. Energy policy topics include renewable and green energy.
To schedule an interview with a scholar in any of the above policy areas or to obtain comments, studies, and research materials, please email [email protected] or call 202.821.8658.
Before joining AEI, Mr. Desio worked at IMGE, where he advised political campaigns on communications and digital strategy. He has a BA in history and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.
Sutton Houser
Media Relations Assistant
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 202.738.6556
Sutton Houser is a media relations assistant at AEI, where he promotes the research of AEI scholars who specialize in economic policy studies, including the US economy, labor issues, taxes, the federal budget, Social Security and retirement issues, monetary policy, international trade, infrastructure, the economics of health care policy (including the COVID-19 pandemic), the Food and Drug Administration and pharmaceutical policy (including COVID-19 vaccines), and financial services.
Mr. Houser is the AEI contact for all media requests for Michael Strain, the director of economic policy studies at AEI, and Dr. Scott Gottlieb.
To schedule an interview with a scholar or obtain comments, studies, or research materials, please email [email protected], or call 202.738.6556.
Mr. Houser joined AEI in August 2021 after graduating from Baylor University with a BA in international business and corporate innovation.
Grace Wisbey
Media Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 202.921.8762
Grace Wisbey is the media coordinator at AEI, where she works with the director of media relations and helps run the press office.
Please contact her with requests to reserve AEI’s in-house studios or for information about the AEI press office in general. For these and other operational inquiries, please email [email protected] or call 202.921.8762.
Ms. Wisbey joined AEI in April 2021. She previously worked as a business development manager at National Journal and interned in AEI’s Development department. She holds a BS in international business from Pepperdine University.
Veronique Rodman
Director of Public Affairs
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 202.862.4871
Véronique Rodman is the director of public affairs at the American Enterprise Institute, where she works with AEI scholars to promote their work. Before joining AEI, she was a longtime producer of “This Week” for ABC News. She also served as a consultant for the launch of Fox News Channel and Fox News Sunday.
In 2003–04 she served as a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors — a nonpartisan, independent US agency that oversees the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, Radio and TV Marti (Cuban broadcasting), and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Radio Sawa and Alhurra Television).
She studied at the Sorbonne University in Paris and has a BA from Rutgers University and an MS from Georgetown University.
About our studios:
The American Enterprise Institute has full-service in-house broadcast facilities including a radio and TV studio. Our TV studio utilizes VideoLink ReadyCam technology that allows our scholars to do both live and taped interviews in-house, facilitating quick responses to live TV interview requests and eliminating travel and scheduling challenges. The studio is also equipped with professional quality lighting, two electronic backdrops that allow for any number of backgrounds, and furnishings that can be arranged to fit the preference of any media crew.
Our Radio/Podcast studio:
AEI’s radio studio is outfitted with state of the art audio equipment, as well as Comrex broadcasting technology, and can be used for radio interviews, podcasts, and guest hosting of radio shows. The backdrop in the radio studio, a panoramic view of Washington, DC, makes the studio an alternative space for filmed interviews as well. In addition, our studio has the capability to transmit AEI event audio for radio via the Comrex system.
Our Radio/Podcast control room:
If you would like more information about our in-house studios, or are interested in booking an interview with an AEI scholar, please email AEI media services at [email protected] or call 202.872.5829.
