Tim Phillips is Director of Government Affairs & Global Strategies at Nestpoint Associates. As President of Americans for Prosperity from 2006 to 2021, he led the organization's growth from a grassroots movement with a few thousand activists to over four million across 35 states, making AFP a premier free-market advocacy group. Under his leadership, AFP became a political powerhouse with a budget exceeding $100 million and significant influence on national policy.
Phillips also co-founded Century Strategies in 1997, where he worked on various political campaigns, including both Bush presidential elections, and played a pivotal role in forming the Christian Coalition. He served as Chief of Staff to Congressman Robert Goodlatte and has lectured on grassroots mobilization in Latin America and Europe.
Phillips has appeared on networks like Fox News, ABC, and CNN and contributed to publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Politico. He was recognized as a “Top 50 Politico” by Politico and a “Top Lobbyist” by The Hill. A magna cum laude graduate of Virginia Tech with a degree in Political Science, Phillips has been a key figure in shaping conservative political movements both in the U.S. and abroad.