Turning Point USA Elects Erika Kirk as New CEO, Says It’s What Charlie Wanted
Sarah Rumpf Sep 18th, 2025, 12:48 pm
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Turning Point USA announced Thursday that its board had selected Erika Kirk as the organization’s new CEO and Chair after the death of her husband, Charlie Kirk .
Kirk, 31, founded TPUSA in 2012 and expanded it over the years to a multimillion-dollar organization that had chapters at colleges across the country and held multiple conferences each year for young conservative activists. He was speaking at an event at Utah Valley University on September 10 when he was fatally shot .
Tyler Robinson , 22, was arrested last Friday for Kirk’s murder and is facing seven charges : aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily inju