Who are the current female leaders in Turning Point USA?
Executive summary
Turning Point USA’s publicly reported female leaders in the provided sources are Erika Kirk—identified as chief executive and chair following Charlie Kirk’s death—and Candace Owens, who remains associated with TPUSA through a branded partnership with her BLEXIT organization; beyond those two, the supplied reporting does not enumerate other current female executives or board members for TPUSA [1] [2] [3].
1. Erika Kirk: the new public face at the top
Multiple profiles published after the fall of 2025 describe Erika Kirk stepping into a formal leadership role at Turning Point USA, with Forbes and Forbes Africa explicitly naming her as CEO and chair of the organization in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination [1] [2]; faith-oriented coverage similarly presents Erika Kirk as leading TPUSA and advocating conservative cultural causes [4]. These pieces frame Erika Kirk not merely as a successor by association but as the group’s public executive, though the available items are profiles and feature pieces rather than primary TPUSA press releases, so they reflect reporting-based identification of her role rather than an internal organizational roster directly produced by TPUSA [1] [4] [2].
2. Candace Owens: partner and parallel leader through BLEXIT
Candace Owens appears in the record not as TPUSA’s corporate CEO but as a named partner in an organizational alignment: TPUSA and the BLEXIT Foundation announced a partnership that preserved Owens in leadership of BLEXIT while integrating BLEXIT messaging into TPUSA’s operations, a linkage publicly discussed by Charlie Kirk and Owens in 2023 reporting [3]. That public association places Owens among the most visible women linked to TPUSA’s national network and programming, though sources characterize her leadership as retained within BLEXIT rather than as an internal TPUSA executive appointment [3].
3. Women leading TPUSA events and programming — visibility without a full org chart
Turning Point USA’s signature programming includes the Young Women’s Leadership Summit and allied events that elevate female speakers and organizers; TPUSA’s event pages promote YWLS and WLS programming designed to mobilize conservative women and younger attendees, indicating institutional prioritization of women’s leadership forums [5] [6] [7]. Those event pages demonstrate where female leaders operate publicly on TPUSA stages and in recruitment, but they do not function as definitive evidence of who sits on TPUSA’s executive team or board, and the provided materials do not list specific organizational titles beyond the names already cited [5] [6].
4. What is verifiable — and what remains unreported
The strongest, repeatedly cited claim supported by the supplied reporting is that Erika Kirk has been presented by multiple outlets as TPUSA’s CEO and chair after Charlie Kirk’s death [1] [2], and that Candace Owens maintains leadership of BLEXIT while partnered with TPUSA [3]. The sources do not provide a comprehensive roster of female executives, regional directors, board members, or other leaders who might be female within TPUSA’s national apparatus; therefore any additional names or internal titles cannot be asserted from the supplied material and would require TPUSA’s own filings, an organizational directory, or further investigative reporting to confirm [1] [3] [2].
5. Stakes, narratives and potential agendas in coverage
Profiles elevating Erika Kirk and coverage of TPUSA’s high-visibility stunts—like the rival halftime show reported by Politico and Fox News—can serve both informational and agenda-driven purposes: outlets highlighting Erika’s ascension may be reflecting genuine leadership change while also participating in narratives about continuity of Charlie Kirk’s movement; similarly, partnership publicity around Owens and BLEXIT reinforces cross-branding of conservative outreach to specific constituencies [8] [9] [3]. Readers should weigh these reports as mixture of direct claims about roles (Forbes’ naming of Erika Kirk, the BLEXIT/TPUSA announcement) and promotional event materials (YWLS/WLS pages) that boost visibility for women in the organization without listing the full leadership structure [5] [6] [1] [3].