Have there been recent leadership changes at Turning Point USA in 2024 or 2025?

1. What changed — the sudden leadership transition after a crisis

Charlie Kirk remained the founder, public face, and executive director of Turning Point USA through 2025; his assassination at a campus event in September 2025 precipitated an immediate leadership shift when the board unanimously named his widow, Erika Kirk, CEO and chair days later ^{[3] [1] [2]}. Multiple outlets — Reuters, The Guardian and organizational statements — report the board’s announcement that Erika Kirk would assume formal leadership following Kirk’s death ^{[1] [2]}.

2. Did TPUSA have leadership turnover in 2024 or early 2025?

Contemporary reporting and TPUSA materials cited here show Charlie Kirk continuing as the organization’s leader through events in 2024 and into 2025; there is no sourced reporting in this collection of an earlier change in the CEO or chair roles during 2024 or the first half of 2025 ^{[3] [4]}. Sources document TPUSA’s national activity — conferences, tours, and AmericaFest in December 2024 — with Kirk as the organization’s driving figure ^{[5] [4]}.

3. Organizational continuity and statement of intent from TPUSA

After Kirk’s death, TPUSA’s board emphasized continuity: Erika Kirk’s appointment was presented as carrying forward Charlie Kirk’s mission, and media reporting describes intensified fundraising and sustained activity — including campus tours and events featuring high-profile conservatives — under the TPUSA banner ^{[1] [6] [7]}. The group’s own materials and coverage indicate the organization sought to maintain operations and donor confidence amid the transition ^{[4] [6]}.

4. Conflicting framing and political context in coverage

News outlets frame the leadership change through differing lenses. Reuters and The Guardian report the factual board appointment and fundraising uptick; advocacy and watchdog coverage (and later political reporting) emphasize concerns about TPUSA’s political influence and rhetoric, pointing to the group’s role in the 2024 election and its contentious campus presence ^{[1] [6] [8]}. The Southern Poverty Law Center’s case study (published July 2025 but covering events through 2024) criticizes TPUSA’s messaging and influence, describing broader concerns about its ideology and tactics ^[9].

5. What this means for claims about 2024–2025 leadership change

If your question asks specifically whether leadership changed during 2024 or in the first half of 2025, available reporting in this dataset indicates no widely reported formal replacement of Kirk before his death — he remained the organization’s top leader through 2024 and into 2025 ^{[3] [4]}. The prominent, documented leadership change occurred only after his assassination in September 2025 with Erika Kirk’s appointment ^{[1] [2]}.

6. Limitations, gaps, and next reporting steps

Available sources in this collection do not provide an exhaustive org‑chart history or internal staff movements at TPUSA below the founder/executive level for 2024–early 2025; smaller internal promotions or interim management decisions are not documented here and therefore “not found in current reporting” ^{[10] [11]}. For complete confirmation of all personnel changes, consult TPUSA’s governance page, official filings (Form 990), or contemporaneous press releases from 2024–2025 ^{[12] [13]}.

7. Bottom line for your query

Based on reporting in the provided sources: there were no major, widely reported leadership departures or new CEOs at Turning Point USA during 2024 or early 2025; the major, publicly noted leadership change was the board’s selection of Erika Kirk as CEO and chair following Charlie Kirk’s death in September 2025 ^{[3] [1] [2]}.