Chuck DeVore

Board Member

Chuck DeVore serves as a Board Director for State Armor. Mr. DeVore is the Chief National Initiatives Officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, where he guides the Foundation’s national work in border security, election integrity, energy, and conservative criminal justice reform. Mr. DeVore is often called upon by the Texas Legislature to testify on election integrity and national security issues, among other topics. He authored three books: Crisis of the House Never United – A Novel of Early America, The Texas Model: Prosperity in the Lone Star State and Lessons for America, and China Attacks. He regularly appears on Fox News and is a senior contributor at The Federalist.

For six years until he termed out in 2010, DeVore represented almost 500,000 people in the California State Assembly where he was vice chairman of the Committee on Revenue and Taxation as well as a member of the Budget Committee. Mr. DeVore was a senior assistant to a U.S. congressman from 1988 to 1990 and a special assistant for foreign affairs in the Reagan-era Pentagon. Prior to his election, Mr. DeVore was an executive in the aerospace industry for 13 years, analyzing technology and corporate capabilities and working in business development. Mr. DeVore retired from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel, having served in both the National Guard and the Reserves as an intelligence officer.