Akash Chougule

Akash Chougule is the President of The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity. Previously he was the Vice President of Americans for Prosperity, the largest free-market grassroots advocacy organization in the country. Prior to AFP, Akash was Vice President of the Economic Opportunity Initiative at the Stand Together Chamber of Commerce. Prior to Stand Together, Akash was a policy staffer on the US House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee handling labor relations, wage-and-hour, and trade issues during the first introduction of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act and the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, among other consequential policies. Prior to the House, Akash was Director of Policy at AFP. He is a regular contributor on the Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, C-SPAN, NPR, and others and his writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the New York Post, and several other major publications.

Akash was born and raised in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Boston College, where he was also a four-year member of the varsity cross country/track and field team, and received his Master’s from George Washington University. Akash was previously named to Forbes “30 Under 30” list for Law & Policy.