Director of Communications
Victoria R Coley is the Director of Communications for Independent Women's Forum.
Victoria leads all communication and strategic media outreach for Independent Women's Forum. She has secured experts spotlights in national news powerhouses such as Fox News Channel, CNBC, C-SPAN, Fox Business Network, CNN, MSNBC, Joy Behar: Say Anything and has placed commentary in publications around the country including Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, NY Daily News, Denver Post, Politico, Roll Call, The Hill, U.S. News & World Report, Real Clear Politics, Tampa Tribune and more. Her deep understanding of, connection with, and passion for the media add to her success of interjecting leading experts into the news cycle.
Prior to joining IWF, Victoria served as Deputy Communications Director at Public Notice where she directed broadcast efforts for three educational campaigns and worked extensively on developing and implementing strategic communication plans.
As a regional manager at Chesapeake Bay Magazine, Victoria produced online-steaming advertising and promotional videos. Additionally, she organized company marketing events.
Victoria began her career at Fox News Channel as a producer and later also served as coordinator of the network's Washington booking unit. She landed numerous interviews with political heavyweights and newsmakers and coordinated breaking news coverage both in the bureau and in the field.
Cum Laude from Clemson University, Victoria received her bachelor's degree in Communication Studies with an emphasis in Media and a minor in Journalism. During her tenure as a student, Victoria served in multiple roles for the campus television network and was named a two-time All-American club lacrosse player. She resides in Maryland with her husband.
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Release: An Economic Plan to Help Young Americans - Particularly Young Women
Straight Talk About Paid Leave
Personal Care Accounts vs Universal Paid Leave Mandates
Release: 84% of Voters Support Personal Care Accounts, Prefer Over Universal Leave Mandates
Statement: IWF Remembers Phyllis Schlafly, A Fearless, Indomitable Leader
Statement: Trump's Call for $10 Minimum Wage Would Backfire on Business and American Workers
Statement: Free-Market GMO Experts are Critical of GMO Bill
Claudia Rosett Joins Independent Women's Forum as Foreign Policy Fellow
Advisory: IWF Announces 2016 Women LEAD Summit
Statement: Is Shameful Politics Impeding Public Prevention Against Zika?
Press Call: Working For Women: A Modern Agenda for Improving Women’s Lives
Event Advisory: Women Fighting on the Front Lines
STATEMENT: The Toxic Lies Behind Jessica Alba’s "Honest" Booming Baby Business
IWF Awards the Honorable Barbara Comstock 2015 Woman of Valor
Video Release: Straight Talk About Health Care | #MeetBeth
Cosmopolitan Lists Lean Together As Top Political Book Every Woman Should Read
Independent Women's Forum Filed Amicus Brief in Support of Little Sisters of the Poor
JCN National Women's Coalition Recruits Female Entrepreneurs to Defend Free Enterprise
Statement: Netflix's New Baby Benefits Demonstrates How Rapidly The Workplace Is Changing
Do Women Respond To Messages About Workplace Regulation?
What Do Women Really Want In The Workplace?
Statement: Equal Pay Day: A Trojan Horse for Horrible Policy
IWF Joins Coalition Urging Congress to Draft and Pass Comprehensive Tax Reform Bill Now
Statement: Scientific Body Finds Chemical BPA Poses No Risk To Any Age Group
Statement: Measles Back With A Vengeance
Statement: President Obama's Paid Leave Push Isn't A Magic Cure All
Statement: Fresh Stable Of Women Lawmakers Come To Capitol Hill
Statement: Women Want A Shake-Up At The Congressional Budget Office
Women of Valor Gala [2014]: Program
Women of Valor Remarks [2014]: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Women of Valor Remarks [2014]: Congressman Marsha Blackburn
Women of Valor Remarks [2014]: Sabrina Schaeffer
Statement: "War on Women" Rhetoric Has Run Its Course, Americans Want an End to Gender Politics
Healthcare Solutions Week: Next, Better, Health Care Reform [10/13-10/17]
Advisory: 9/17 NYC LEAN TOGETHER book party, A positive agenda written for women by women
Advisory: LEAN TOGETHER Book Discussion, A positive agenda written for women by women
Book Release: LEAN TOGETHER - Concrete policy solutions to challenges facing women & families
IWF Signs Letter Urging Department of Education to Reconsider New Rule Proposal
Statement: July 17 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Hearing
Statement: Supreme Court Ruling in the Cases of Hobby Lobby & Conestoga Wood
Advisory: Straight Talk Panel on "Rape Culture" and Sexual Assault
Statement: Time To Rethink How Title IX Is Being Enforced On College Campuses
Media Advisory: IWF Movie Night: Dog Days
Statement: IWF Applauds Congress's Move to Relieve Schools of Broken Lunch Program
RELEASE: Schaeffer Testimony, Senate Budget Cmte: Expanding Economic Opportunity for Women
Transcript from Press Call: Why raising the minimum wage is still a bad idea
IWF Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Federal Ban on Internet Gambling
MAY 1 NYC EVENT: From Helicopter to Hazmat Parenting
Statement: White House Concedes Wage Gap is a Myth, 77 Cent Talking Point Inaccurate
IWF Signs Coalition Letter Opposing Giving Control of the Internet to UN-like Group
IWF Signs Coalition Letter Opposing Giving Away Control of the Internet
Statement: Independent Women’s Forum Supports Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties
EVENT: Vision, Policy, and Politics: A Preview of the 2014 Debate
Independent Women's Forum Amicus Brief in Support of Hobby Lobby/Conestoga
Press Call Advisory: IWF Files Amicus Brief on the Basis of Women's Health and Employment Freedom
Independent Women's Forum Responds to President Obama's Fifth State of the Union Address
Independent Women's Forum Responds to The Shriver Report
Statement: Latest ObamaCare Expansion of Exemption Leaves Cancelled Americans in Same Bind
Release: Real Life of Julia: Campaign Illustrates Julia's Life Under ObamaCare
Statement: More Economic Opportunity is the Key to Rising Wages
Statement: Supreme Court Hearing Challenge Over ObamaCare Contraception Mandate
Media Advisory: Genetically Modified Foods, Truth About Labeling
Release: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers Named Woman of Valor
Statement: Exchange Enrollment Picks Up as Drop Cycle Begins
Advisory: Mad Women Debate, Battle of the Sexes
AEI & IWF DEBATE: How to Boost Boys’ Educational Performance
Event | Breadwinner Moms: Truth Behind the Trend
Statement: One Year After SCOTUS' ObamaCare Ruling, Various Constitutional Questions Remain
Statement: President Obama's Energy Plans Will Ignite Catastrophe
Women To Alarmists: Knock It Off!
NEW POLL: Women Tell Alarmists: Knock It Off!
Release: Free-Market Coalition Highlights Negative Impact of Carbon Tax
Media Advisory: Women's Group Action on Capitol Hill Marks Equal Pay Act At 50 Years
Release: Independent Women's Forum Leads Coalition Calling Out False Alarmism
Statement: White House Budget Embraces Deficit Spending and a Government-Direct Economy
Statement: Equal Pay Day: Women are Not Shortchanged
Statement: Lady Thatcher Was a True Heroine
Straight Talk About the Wage Gap
Video Release: It's Time For Straight Talk About the Wage Gap
Statement: Press Hyperventilating About Non-Reviewed Salt Study
Release: ObamaCare's Broken-Promises Birthday
Release: Tale of Two Charts: What the Washington Post's Ryan Budget Chart Didn't Show
Statement: New York City's Sugary Beverage Ban Takes Effect
Advisory: Independent Women’s Forum Hosting Culture of Alarmism Panel at CPAC
Statement: President Obama's EPA Nominee Will Encourage Higher Energy Costs
Statement: IWF Not Cheering House Passage of VAWA
Panel Event | Scared to Death: A Culture of Alarmism
Statement: VAWA Foundations are Flawed and the Law is Desperate for an Overhaul
Release: Gayle Trotter's Full Senate Hearing Testimony "What Should America Do About Gun Violence"
Media Advisory: IWF Brings Women Component to Senate Gun Hearing
Ahead of SEC Nomination IWF Releases a "Binder of Women Candidates for High Office"
Statement: President Obama Seeks to Limit Women's Capability to Fight Back Against Attackers
Statement: More Women in Senate Likely to Result in Higher Taxes, Bigger Government, Less Freedom
Statement: ObamaCare Tacking on Fee After Fee (Or Is It Tax After Tax?)
Statement: Twinkie-Gate.. Union Intransigence Adds to Crippling Unemployment Rolls
Statement: New House Conference Chair is a Firebrand for Conservative Women
Statement: Women Are Not Hearing the Conservative Message
Statement: Another Government Intervention: D.C. Considers Policing Beverage Choices
Statement: "War on Women" is Out of Ammunition
Statement: Women Weary as Economy Remains Lukewarm
Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack Accepts the 2012 Women of Valor Award
California Soda Tax Will Not Curb Obesity
Statement: Government Pops Assault on Soda & Calories
Media Advisory | EVENT: Liberty is No War on Women
Statement: IWF Stands With Hobby Lobby Against Mandate
New Book Debunks The “War on Women”
Statement: IWF Applauds Mitt Romney's Vice President Pick
HHS Mandate: Infographic and Statement
Supreme Court Upholding Health Care Reform Sets Dangerous Precedent
Statement: Title IX | Pitting Genders Against One Another
Daily Caller: Test your knowledge on health care reform
QUIZ: What do you really know about the new health care reform law?
HealthReformQuestions.com Launches | Test Your Knowledge
EVENT: Policy Forum | 40 Years of Title IX
Statement: Government's sweeping assault on calories
Statement: "Wage Gap"' Offenders
