Gabriella Hoffman is a policy analyst, freelance media strategist, journalist, Townhall.com columnist, podcaster, and award-winning outdoor writer specializing in public policy, freelance journalism, branding, digital media strategy, and press relations in politics, outdoors/shooting sports, and small business. Since November 2023, Gabriella has served as Director of IWF's Center for Energy and Conservation. She is an avid angler, gun owner, and relatively new hunter. She graduated from UC-San Diego in June 2012 with a B.A. in Political Science and Minor in History. Unlike many out there today, Gabriella attributes her hard work ethic and values to her parents – Lithuanian immigrants. Her parents have a remarkable insight into conservatism because they fled the evil empire as political refugees in 1985 and entered the U.S. legally in 1986. They taught her to be a strong advocate for values, limited government, strong national defense, the Great Outdoors, small business, and anti-Communism. Prior to launching her freelancing business and joining IWF full-time, Gabriella served as a Regional Field Coordinator at The Leadership Institute from August 2012-July 2016. In May 2021, she was elected to serve on the Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA) Board of Directors and as Secretary. From January 2022-December 2023, Gabriella served as a Young Voices Regional Leader and She's also a graduate of the 2021 State Policy Network Annual Meeting’s Generation Liberty Fellowship (GLF) in Orlando, FL.Gabriella's columns/op-eds have been printed in the following publications: American Spectator, Boston Globe, Bristol Herald Courier, Daily Caller, Daily Press (Virginia), Deseret News, Field & Stream, National Review, OC Register, Outdoor Life, RealClear Energy, RealClear Markets, RealClear Policy, Reno Journal Gazette, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Sporting Classics Daily, Sporting Classics Magazine, TakeMeFishing.org, The Hill, Times of Israel, Townhall.com, Virginian-Pilot, Virginia Sportsman, Verily Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, and Yahoo! News. From March 2016 to May 2020, I served as the DC Correspondent for Erick Erickson’s The Resurgent.She won the 2019 Pinnacle Award for Conservation from the Professional Outdoor Media Association for her Sporting Classics Daily piece "Judicial Review Shouldn't Trump Wildlife Management" in June 2019, thus becoming an Award-Winning Outdoor Writer.Learn more about her work at www.gabriellahoffman.com.