Who else served on Turning Point USA's board or advisory councils prior to September 2025 according to public filings?
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Executive summary
Turning Point USA’s public-facing materials and contemporary news coverage identify several board members who were publicly signing decisions and statements for the organization in the months before September 2025 — notably Doug DeGroote, Mike Miller, Tom Sodeika and David Engelhardt — but the sources provided do not contain a full set of 2024–mid‑2025 nonprofit filings or an exhaustive advisory‑council roll call to confirm everyone who served prior to September 2025 [1] [2] [3] [4].
1. Who the board named publicly in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death
When Turning Point USA announced the unanimous selection of Erika Kirk as CEO and chair following Charlie Kirk’s killing in September 2025, the organization’s public statement and contemporaneous reporting listed board members who signed that statement: Doug DeGroote, Mike Miller, Tom Sodeika and David Engelhardt are named repeatedly in news accounts as signatories and board members [1] [2] [3] [5].
2. Additional names visible on TPUSA’s team pages and profiles before September 2025
TPUSA’s own team and governance pages, archived or published in 2025, include profiles and references to other senior figures and directors connected to the organization’s leadership team; for example TPUSA’s team page (April 2025) lists biographical snippets for people described as joining the board or serving in senior roles such as Doug DeGroote and other executives with financial and nonprofit backgrounds, and it references individual bios like Darren Blanton’s ties to business and foundation boards [4]. Those pages indicate an institutional board structure but do not, in the snippets provided, present a comprehensive, dated list of every board or advisory‑council member as of a specific pre‑September 2025 cutoff [4] [6].
3. What public filings would show — and what the supplied reporting does not
Legally required Form 990s and state nonprofit filings ordinarily list officers, directors and key compensated employees for specified tax years, which would be the primary source to confirm every individual who served on TPUSA’s board or advisory councils prior to September 2025; none of the supplied news articles or site snippets include those filings themselves, so a definitive roll call from public filings cannot be produced from the provided material [6]. The journalists’ coverage and TPUSA statements reliably document certain named directors and signatories around September 2025 but stop short of reproducing the nonprofit corporate filings that would settle the full historical roster [1] [2] [3].
4. Advisory councils: sparse public reporting and likely opacity
Reporting and TPUSA’s public pages emphasize the organization’s governance and high‑profile leadership but are thin on complete advisory‑council rosters in the limited excerpts here; news coverage centers on board signatories and the transition to Erika Kirk rather than publishing a contemporaneous advisory‑council membership list, which suggests that publicly available council rosters — if they exist in press releases or filings — were not captured in the supplied sources [7] [2] [3].
5. Why the distinction between press naming and formal filings matters
Names that appear in press releases and media reports (DeGroote, Miller, Sodeika, Engelhardt) demonstrate who was exercising visible control or issuing formal statements at a crucial moment, but formal nonprofit filings like the Form 990 and state corporate reports are the authoritative documentary record of who legally served as directors or officers in a given tax year; the supplied reporting provides the former but not the latter, leaving a gap for anyone seeking a complete, legally certified roster prior to September 2025 [1] [2] [6].
Conclusion: what can be stated with confidence and what remains to be confirmed
Based on TPUSA’s own published team materials and contemporaneous news coverage, the board members publicly identified around the September 2025 leadership transition included Doug DeGroote, Mike Miller, Tom Sodeika and David Engelhardt, and Erika Kirk was named CEO and board chair by that group [1] [2] [3] [5]; however, the supplied sources do not include the nonprofit’s Form 990 or complete archived governance filings that would definitively list every director and advisory‑council member who served prior to September 2025, so researchers should consult TPUSA’s tax filings and state incorporation records for a comprehensive, legally certified roster [6] [4].