Penny Young Nance

Penny Young Nance (née Penny Leah Young)^[1] is an author, public speaker and the president and CEO of Concerned Women for America, a conservative Christian organization.^[2][3]

Nance in 2025

Education

Nance is an alumna of Liberty University, class of 1988. She has a Bachelor of Science in communications with a journalism/public relations emphasis.^[4]

Personal life

Nance was born in Tennessee.^[5] Her parents are Rev. and Mrs. Edward Young.^[1] Nance is married to William Patton (Will) Nance and they have two children.^[3][1]

Career

Nance is the current president and CEO of Concerned Women for America (CWA). She previously served as a lobbyist and legislative director for CWA.^[1] She is the former president of Nance and Associates.^[4] She has been a special advisor to the Federal Communications Commission on media and social issues.^[6] In the 1990s Nance was the fundraising chairperson for Urban Young Life in Washington DC.^[1]

Political views

Nance:

• opposed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act;
• called for the defunding of Planned Parenthood;
• opposes allowing transgender children to use the school bathrooms of their gender identity;
• opposes legislation that would ban workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity;^[7]
• strongly supports the State of Israel;^[3]
• is opposed to abortion.

Honors

In 2013, Nance was named one of the "4 most powerful pro-life female voices" by The Christian Post^[5] In 2016, Nance was awarded an honorary doctorate in Humanities by Liberty University.^[8]

Books

Nance is the author of the book “Feisty and Feminine: A Rallying Cry for Conservative Women".^[8]