Chapter Chairs

Ellis Jacoby is a Houston native, and serves as the chairman of Trinity University YCT. He is a class of 2024 political science and international studies double major minoring in German. He was homeschooled his entire life until entering college, and developed a deep appreciation for traditional values, decentralized and limited government, and the US Constitution. He hopes to promote conservative ideas on his campus and help get more conservatives elected into office. In his free time, he enjoys rooting for the Houston Astros and reading.

Richard is currently a sophomore at Austin College where he serves as the chairman for the YCT-Austin College Chapter. He is a class of 2025 Political Science major with a minor in Classics and is working hard to reorganize and revitalize the interest in conservative ideals on the Austin College campus. He also serves as a class representative for the Austin College Student Assembly and as the treasurer for the Austin College Pre Law Society. Richard is from Naples Texas where he attended Paul H Pewitt HS. Richard is an advocate for the American Legion and the Boy’s State Program and volunteers as a counselor every summer. In his free time he enjoys playing guitar, piano, violin, and video games.

Jacob Gaines is a senior at the University of Texas at Dallas. He studies 3D Animation and is currently working to fully establish a YCT chapter at his school. He is a Christian whose values heavily influence how he views politics. Conservative values are really the only political values that even come close to matching Biblical values.