Hope Osborn, Executive Director, LBJ Women’s Campaign School

Hope Osborn is the Executive Director of the LBJ Women’s Campaign School based at the University of Texas at Austin. She last served as Director of Government Affairs for data-driven think tank Texas 2036. Throughout her career in and around the Texas Capitol, she has worked in both chambers for both parties, and in the Government Relations division of the Texas Retired Teachers Association. Hope has a long history of Board and community service, from the Leadership Team at the Girls Advocacy League, a Woman of Courage through the Children Advocacy Centers of Texas, a Court Appointed Special Advocate in Travis County, multiple Vice President roles at the Young Women's Alliance, a Board Member of the Travis County Child Protective Services Board, and as an alumnus of Leadership Austin – Emerge. She is currently on the Boards of the Women's Intergenerational Network and the Pink Granite Foundation, the latter of which she co-founded to provide networking, mentorship, and professional development for women who work in Texas politics. 

Hope is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School, having completed her Master of Public Administration as a Gleitsman Leadership Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership, and received her Bachelor of Arts with honors from the University of Texas at Austin, majoring in Government and Middle Eastern Studies. She holds a certificate in Campaign Management from the Yale Campaign School.

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