Tyler Deaton
PresidentTyler Deaton is President of Allegiance Strategies. For more than a decade, he has run bipartisan campaigns in Congress and state capitols and advised donors on where their giving can change policy.
Tyler started in New Hampshire, where in 2011 and 2012 he helped lead the campaign that protected the freedom to marry and the state's nondiscrimination laws. He went on to lead American Unity Fund nationally and now serves as Senior Advisor to American Unity Fund and American Unity PAC. In Washington, he lobbied for the Respect for Marriage Act and the Electoral Count Reform Act, both signed into law in 2022. He has registered as a lobbyist in more than a dozen states and supervised winning legislative campaigns in as many. Those campaigns covered school choice, religious freedom, school security, and freedom for LGBT Americans.
Tyler founded the American Security Fund and American Security Foundation and serves as President of the Fund. The two groups bring industry, government, and faith leaders together on AI security. He serves on the advisory board of Renaissance Philanthropy's Science Champions Fund.
Tyler studied political science at Wheaton College and earned his degree through the University of London's international program, under the academic direction of the London School of Economics. A Georgia native, he lives in the Washington, D.C., area with his husband, James, and their two children. He plays piano and bassoon.
