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What roles has Lori Frantzve held in legal or political organizations since 2024?
Executive summary
Available reporting shows Lori Frantzve has held executive roles in private defense- and network-security companies (chairman/CEO or founder roles at AZ-Tech/GTEK and executive positions at E3TEK Group) and served on at least one private media board; she is also identified in public records as a registered Republican and has prior corporate experience at General Electric [1] [2] [3] [4]. Coverage is uneven and many claims circulating online (e.g., NSA employment or classified government posts) are treated as unverified or questioned by fact-checkers [3] [5].
1. Corporate founder and chair: AZ‑Tech / GTEK — private defense and network‑security firms
Multiple profiles and background pieces describe Frantzve as the founder/chairman of AZ‑Tech (also styled AZ‑Tech International) and related firms such as GTEK, where she’s listed as chairman/founder or chair & CEO; these roles tie her to companies that market EMP mitigation and network‑security services to government and private clients [2] [1] [3]. Publicly accessible business directories reproduce a “Chairman & CEO” title for Lori A. Frantzve at AZ‑Tech International and list contact emails and phones attributed to her executive role [2].
2. Principal/Deputy CEO at E3TEK Group — senior executive titles repeated in profiles
Commercial background-check and people‑data sites report Frantzve as Principal CEO or Deputy CEO of E3TEK Group, indicating a senior operating role in a related technology firm [1] [6]. These listings are consistent across multiple aggregator sites that consolidate corporate bios, though they rely on publicly filed contact information and third‑party aggregation rather than original corporate press releases [1] [6].
3. Earlier corporate career — General Electric and telecom quality roles
Biographical snippets in background services and profiles attribute nearly two decades at General Electric and earlier technical or quality roles at Cincinnati Bell, noting a background in technical marketing/engineering and ISO/quality work before moving into entrepreneurship [1] [7]. Several lifestyle and profile pieces about her daughter Erika Kirk cite Frantzve’s GE tenure as foundational to her later business ventures [7] [8].
4. Board membership: Superfeed (media/tech) — public filings noted
Reporting about Arizona political money and influencers notes that Frantzve was listed as a board member of Superfeed in state filings (paperwork filed as of December 2022), connecting her to at least one private media/tech board rather than an overtly political organization [9]. The coverage places that membership in a wider profile of networks around conservative figures but does not in itself establish electoral or party officeholding [9].
5. Political affiliation and public perception — registered Republican and family ties to conservative movement
Background aggregators list Frantzve’s political affiliation as a registered Republican; independent reporting highlights family ties — she is the mother of Erika Frantzve (now Erika Kirk), who rose to leadership at Turning Point USA — and those family connections have focused attention on Frantzve’s business roles within conservative circles [4] [10] [11]. Profiles of Erika routinely describe Lori’s influence and local civic activity, but those items are civic and partisan context rather than documentation of Frantzve holding party office [11] [8].
6. Claims of government or intelligence employment — contested and not substantiated in mainstream sources
Some online threads and niche fact‑checking posts claim Frantzve appears in leaked lists or has worked for NSA/DHS, but fact‑checks and investigative blog posts treat those assertions cautiously: they document name variations and public ties to defense contractors but do not present definitive evidence of formal NSA employment and generally conclude there is no clear illicit or covert purpose in the records they examined [5] [3]. In short, the available reporting does not confirm formal government‑agency roles; it documents private‑sector defense and security contracting and name variations that complicate verification [3] [5].
7. What reporting does not show — no elected office or explicit party‑leadership post cited
Available sources do not report Lori Frantzve holding elected office, formal party leadership, or an official government appointment since 2024; instead they focus on corporate executive titles, board memberships, and family political connections that have drawn media attention [2] [1] [9]. If you’re asking whether she’s been a political officeholder or served in an official government post since 2024, current reporting and public profiles do not mention such roles (not found in current reporting).
Limitations and next steps: The record relies heavily on business directories, lifestyle profiles, and fact‑checking posts rather than primary filings or corporate press releases; name variations across sources complicate verification [1] [3]. To confirm titles and dates precisely, consult company incorporation filings, corporate board minutes, LinkedIn/company pages, or state Secretary of State filings for AZ‑Tech, E3TEK Group, and Superfeed.