Dan Isett

As Director of Public Policy for the Parents Television Council, Dan Isett is responsible for advancing the PTC’s mission to federal, state and local elected and appointed officials, as well as the Federal Communications Commission.  In addition, Mr. Isett is responsible for promoting PTC’s goals with allied organizations including family and parent organizations, media reform groups, entertainment industry representatives and trade groups involved in media and indecency issues in Washington, DC and around the country.

Mr. Isett is an expert on children’s education and has extensive government relations experience, having served as director of external affairs for The Center for Education Reform and executive director of the Texas Home School Coalition.  Also prior to joining the PTC, he was chairman of the Lubbock County Republican Party in Texas.

Mr. Isett has been a guest on a variety of television and radio talk shows and has been quoted in publications such as the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, The Hill, Congressional Quarterly, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Reuters, Education Week, Congressional Quarterly, Multichannel News, and Television Week.

He is a graduate of Texas Tech University and has a degree in History and Mass Communications.  Mr. Isett is a native of Lubbock, Texas, and currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia.