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Carol Cocks

Director of External Affairs

Programs | External Affairs

Carol Wehe Cocks is the Director of External Affairs at the Leadership Institute (LI).

In this position, Carol travels the U.S. to partner with other conservative organizations. Together, they work to train conservatives of all ages -- to win!

Carol has worked at the Leadership Institute for more than 10 years. Previously, Carol managed the digital media and fundraising trainings at LI.

Prior to working at LI, Carol managed new media and events at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship; acted as new media manager at the Independent Women’s Forum, a non-profit dedicated to limited-government; and was a Recruitment Assistant at Professional Oklahoma Educators.

Carol received a BA in Political Economy from Hillsdale College. She grew up in Spring, Texas and remains a Texan at heart... but home is now wherever her Coast Guard husband, Chip, and their daughter Emma are.