Coley is a thirty five-year veteran of the free-market movement and has dedicated himself to helping public policy organizations across the nation more effectively advance liberty.
Prior to working with Movement Funding, Coley served as the Vice President of Development and Investor Relations at the Media Research Center. He managed the direct marketing, digital communications, donor communications, and development operations teams, as well as overseeing the investor relations, major gifts, and foundation staff.
Before Media Research Center, he ran a consulting firm for nonprofit organizations. Areas of focus were senior nonprofit management, development, communications, and grassroots mobilization. He trained organizations on how to better achieve their goals and helped them successfully affect significant policy changes at the state and federal levels.
He has held previous leadership positions at Competitive Enterprise Institute, Americans for Competitive Enterprise, Americans for Prosperity, Mercatus Center, and also worked for the NRA. Coley also spent seven years with the National Right to Work Committee in development, government relations, and communications.
He has been a regular speaker on numerous policy topics, and his work has been published in the Washington Times and Washington Examiner among others and has been a guest on dozens of radio shows. He regularly lectures on fundraising and policy topics for organizations like the Leadership Institute, America’s Future Foundation, and the State Policy Network.
Coley is originally from Nashville, Tennessee and spends his free time enjoying the shooting sports, playing guitar, and piddling around in his garage workshop.