Editing National Rifle Association (section)

===Leadership===
====Executive staff and spokespersons====
From 1991 to 2024, [[Wayne LaPierre]] served as the organization's executive vice president, and functioned as the chief executive officer.<ref name=About.comBio>{{cite web|last1=Garrett|first1=Ben|title=Biography: Wayne LaPierre A Look at the Life and Career of the NRA's Executive Director|url=http://civilliberty.about.com/od/guncontrol/a/Wayne-LaPierre-Biography.htm|website=About.com|access-date=July 1, 2014|archive-date=March 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318044802/http://civilliberty.about.com/od/guncontrol/a/Wayne-LaPierre-Biography.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> LaPierre's compensation averaged $1&nbsp;million per year and included a nearly $4&nbsp;million retirement payout in 2015.<ref name="Tuttle">{{cite web |last=Tuttle |first=Brad |date=February 28, 2018 |title=Wayne LaPierre Has Made a Fortune as CEO of the NRA. Here's What We Know About His Money |url=https://money.com/wayne-lapierre-net-worth-nra-money-salary/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907060011/https://money.com/wayne-lapierre-net-worth-nra-money-salary/ |archive-date=September 7, 2021 |access-date=May 30, 2018 |work=Money.com}}</ref> Other previous notable holders of that office include: [[Milton Reckord]], [[Floyd Lavinius Parks]], [[Franklin Orth]], [[Maxwell Rich]], [[Harlon Carter]], [[J. Warren Cassidy]], and [[Gary Anderson (sport shooter)|Gary Anderson]].

Chris W. Cox was the executive director of the NRA's lobbying branch, the Institute for Legislative Action. He received more than $1.3&nbsp;million in compensation in 2015.<ref name=Wilson>{{cite web | url=https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/354317-the-nras-power-by-the-numbers/ | title=The NRA's power: By the numbers | work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] | date=October 8, 2017 | access-date=May 31, 2018 | last=Wilson | first=Megan}}</ref> Kyle Weaver is executive director of general operations.<ref name=NRAWeaver2011>{{cite web |url=http://home.nra.org/home/document/kyle-weaver |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615214653/http://home.nra.org/home/document/kyle-weaver |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |title=Kyle Weaver |date=April 22, 2011 |publisher=National Rifle Association of America |access-date=July 19, 2013 }}</ref> Kayne B. Robinson is executive director of the General Operations Division and chairman of the [[NRA Whittington Center|Whittington Center]].<ref name="Robinson">{{cite web|title=Member Profile: Kayne Robinson|website=NRA on the Record|url=http://nraontherecord.org/kayne-robinson/|publisher=National Rifle Association of America |date=June 9, 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Dana Loesch 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Spokesperson [[Dana Loesch]] speaking at the [[Tea Party Patriots]] American Policy Summit in 2011]]
In 2017, political commentator [[Dana Loesch]] was appointed as the NRA's national spokesperson, with the formal title of "Special Assistant to the Executive Vice President for Public Communication."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://home.nra.org/nra-announcement-about-dana-loesch/|title=NRA Announcement About Dana Loesch|website=home.nra.org|access-date=June 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603025616/https://home.nra.org/nra-announcement-about-dana-loesch/|archive-date=June 3, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name =gatedestate>{{cite news|author=Claudine Zap|date = March 1, 2018 |url=https://m.sfgate.com/realestate/article/NRA-Spokeswoman-Dana-Loesch-Buys-Gated-Estate-in-12720748.php?forceWeb=1#item-85307-tbla-44 |title=NRA Spokeswoman Dana Loesch Buys Gated Estate in Southlake, TX |newspaper=[[SFGate]]}}</ref> Loesch hosts ''The DL'' on NRATV and has featured prominently in other NRA-produced videos.<ref>{{Citation |title=The DL with Dana Loesch |date=2017-02-02 |type=Documentary |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29432650/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |others=Rick Ector, Dana Loesch, Katie Pavlich}}</ref>

Actor [[Chuck Norris]] serves as the honorary chairman for the association's voter registration campaign.<ref name="Sherfinski">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/23/chuck-norris-honorary-chairman-nra-voter-campaign/|title=Chuck Norris honorary chairman of NRA voter registration campaign|last=Sherfinski|first=David|date=July 23, 2014|newspaper=Washington Times|access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> [[Colion Noir]] hosts a video program on the NRA's online video channel.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://latimes.com/nation/la-na-black-guns-nra-20130723-dto-htmlstory.html | title=NRA's black commentator becomes Web sensation | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=July 23, 2013 | access-date=March 19, 2016 | last=Hennessy-Fiske | first=Molly | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401025704/http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-black-guns-nra-20130723-dto-htmlstory.html | archive-date=April 1, 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

In May 2018, the NRA announced that [[Oliver North]] would become president of the organization.<ref name=Mele>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/us/nra-oliver-north.html | title=Oliver North Blames 'Culture of Violence' for Mass Shootings | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=May 21, 2018 | access-date=May 31, 2018 | last1=Mele | first1=Christopher | last2=Caron | first2=Christina}}</ref><ref name=Watkins>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/nra-oliver-north/index.html | title=Oliver North to be NRA's new president | work=[[CNN]] | date=May 7, 2018 | access-date=May 31, 2018 | last=Watkins | first=Eli}}</ref> North served one tumultuous term, marked by multiple legal battles and a power struggle with LaPierre; he was replaced by [[Carolyn D. Meadows]] on April 29, 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/us/nra-wayne-lapierre-oliver-north.html |title=Wayne LaPierre Prevails in Fierce Battle for the N.R.A. |last=Hakim |first=Danny |date=April 29, 2019|work=The New York Times |access-date=April 30, 2019|language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

====Board of directors====
The NRA is governed by a board of 76 elected directors, 75 of whom serve three-year terms and one who is elected to serve as a cross-over director. The directors choose a president and other officers from among the membership, as well as the executive director of the NRA General Operations and the executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA).<ref name="NRABylaws">{{cite web |title=The National Rifle Association of America Bylaws |url=https://www.fec.gov/files/legal/aos/1993-24/1082685.pdf |website=www.fec.gov |publisher=The National Rifle Association |access-date=December 11, 2018}}</ref> In 2015, 71 members were white and 65 were male. More came from Texas than any other state.<ref name="MJones these">{{cite web| url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/12/nra-board-directors-nugent-selleck-north|title=These Are the People Who Really Run the NRA |magazine=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] }}</ref> Only 7 percent of eligible members vote.<ref name="franksmyth kingm">{{cite web| url= https://msnbc.com/msnbc/introducing-the-nra-kingmakers|title=Introducing the NRA kingmakers| first= Frank| last= Smyth| date= September 13, 2013|website=[[MSNBC]] }}</ref> Most board nominations are vetted by an appointed nine-member Nominating Committee.<ref name="jordanweissmann another">{{cite web| url= https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/01/new-evidence-that-the-nra-might-be-just-another-corporate-front/267244/| title= New Evidence that the NRA Might Be Just Another Corporate Front|first= Jordan| last= Weissmann|magazine=[[The Atlantic]] | date= January 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/nra-board-newtown-bushmaster|title= Unmasking the NRA's Inner Circle|magazine=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]| first= Frank| last= Smyth | date= January 16, 2013| access-date= January 18, 2017}}</ref> One member is [[George Kollitides]] of the [[Freedom Group]].<ref name="jordanweissmann another"/> The nomination committee has been called "kingmakers" by [[MSNBC]] and Jeff Knox says "the process is front-loaded to give incumbents and Nominating Committee candidates a significant advantage".<ref name="franksmyth kingm"/>