A leader in the constitutional conservative movement for twenty-three years, JoAnn Fleming is the executive director of Grassroots America – We the People, the largest constitutional conservative organization in East Texas and one of the largest in the state. She is the three-term Chair of the Texas Legislature’s TEA Party Caucus Advisory Committee. In this unpaid role, she works directly with grassroots leaders from across the state and with legislators to develop and pass constitutionally conservative bills and to kill “big government” legislation. She was also appointed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to chair his Grassroots Advisory Board for the 84th legislative session. JoAnn is the grassroots TEA Party representative in the Coalition for a Conservative Budget – a group that includes Texas Public Policy Foundation, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, and numerous conservative statewide organizations working to reduce the size and scope of state government through conservative reforms. Fleming is also a founding partner in the Clean Up Austin Coalition (cleanupaustin.com). She is a Heritage Action Sentinel – the political action arm of the Heritage Foundation. JoAnn is a native Texan, born in Killeen and has been married for 36 years to her high school sweetheart, she and her husband have one son.