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Charmaine Yoest
Charmaine Crouse Yoest (born 1964) is an American conservative activist focusing on opposition to abortion.〔Fournier, Deacon Keith (October 31, 2008). (SPECIAL: Interview with AUL Action's Charmaine Yoest on 'Open Letter to Barack Obama.' ) ''Catholic Online''〕 She is President & CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL).〔Yoest, Charmaine (October 15, 2009). (Tax Dollars Shouldn't Fund Abortion. ) ''Wall Street Journal''〕
==Life and career==
Yoest was born to Gilbert L. Crouse Sr., a government economist, and Janice Shaw Crouse, a speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush and policy analyst at conservative Christian activist group Concerned Women for America.〔Crouse, Janice Shaw (2012). ''Marriage Matters: Perspectives on the Private and Public Importance of Marriage.'' Transaction Publishers, ISBN 9781412846073〕 Yoest attended Taylor University in 1982 and 1983, during which time her mother was Taylor's Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. She then transferred to and graduated from Wheaton College, earning a bachelor's degree in politics in 1986.〔Kiem, Elizabeth (May 14, 2004). (No ‘cookie-cutter’ solutions: Family expert Charmaine Yoest says creativity, flexibility are keys to resolving work/family issues. ) ''Inside UVA''〕 After graduating college, Yoest went to work in Washington D.C. as a Confidential Assistant in the Office of Presidential Personnel in the White House during the administration of President Ronald Reagan. Since 1990 she has been married to John Wesley "Jack" Yoest, Jr., a former official in the Department of Health and Human Services and an entrepreneur and academic; they have five children.〔Hays, Charlotte (October 5, 2011). (Behind the Pro-Life Victories of 2011. ) ''National Catholic Register''〕 In 1996 Deborah Shaw Lewis and Yoest co-authored ''Mother in the Middle'', an examination of United States childcare policy.〔Lewis, Deborah Shaw (1996). ''Mother in the Middle: Searching for Peace in the Mommy Wars.'' Zondervan, ISBN 0310206928〕
Yoest earned a Ph.D. in politics at University of Virginia in 2004, writing a dissertation on the politics of parental leave.〔Yoest, Charmaine Crouse (2004). ''Empowering Shakespeare's Sister: The Politics of Parental Leave.'' University of Virginia〕〔 She has received fellowships from several foundations, including Mellon, Olin, Bradley, and Kohler.〔(Kohler Fellowships ), The Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society, profam.org〕 She also worked as a policy analyst at the Family Research Council from 2005 to 2008, eventually rising to Vice President.〔(FRC In The News ), frc.org〕
In 2008 she was a senior adviser to the Mike Huckabee presidential campaign, 2008. Yoest was called to testify before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary during the July 2009 confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor, whom Yoest unsuccessfully opposed. In 2009, Yoest was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent six months of chemotherapy.〔 On July 1, 2010, Yoest testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee (and Solicitor General) Elena Kagan.〔Staff report (June 25, 2010). (Kagan hearings witness list released. ) ''Washington Post''〕 Yoest also opposed Kagan's nomination and called for a Senate investigation into alleged discrepancies in Kagan's testimony related to partial-birth abortion.〔Harned, Mary (June 30, 2010). (Kagan testimony raises discrepancy on efforts to lobby medical groups on partial birth abortion. ) ''Human Events''〕〔Foster, Daniel (July 1, 2010). (AUL Calls for Investigation of Kagan’s Abortion Testimony. ) ''National Review''〕 In 2012, Yoest was appointed to the Congressional Award Board by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.〔(The Congressional Award: Board of Directors )〕
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