Victoria Coates

Main article: Project Esther

As a vice president at the Heritage Foundation, Coates oversees Project Esther. The task force that inspired Project Esther was primarily Christian and conservative. Project Esther seeks to counter pro-Palestinian activism in the United States and combat political activism, particularly by the left. ^[21]

Personal life

Coates lives with her husband, George G. H. Coates Jr., a wine dealer ^[22] and chair of the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, ^[23] with their two children in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. They married while she was a student at the University of Pennsylvania. ^{[5] [24]}

References

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7. Gardner, Victoria Curtin. "Cardinal Camillo Massimo, Nicolas Poussin, and Claude Lorrain: A Study of Neostoic Patronage in Baroque Rome." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1998. Proquest dissertations 9840193.
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15. Crowley, Michael (February 20, 2020). "Aide Accused of Being Anonymous Op-Ed Writer Is Reassigned to Energy Department". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved April 26, 2020.
16. Wadhams, Nick (March 24, 2020). "Former NSC Official Coates Going to Saudi Arabia Amid Price War". Bloomberg News. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
17. "US to appoint Victoria Coates as special energy envoy to Saudi Arabia". The National. March 24, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
18. "Falsely accused "Anonymous" re-emerges at VOA sister network". AP News. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
19. Folkenflik, David (January 22, 2021). "USAGM Chief Fires Trump Allies Over Radio Free Europe And Other Networks". NPR. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
20. Lippman, Daniel (January 22, 2021). "Biden administration ousts Victoria Coates, who was falsely accused of being 'Anonymous'". Politico . Retrieved January 23, 2021.
21. J.M. Baker, Katie (May 18, 2025). "The Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crush the Pro-Palestinian Movement" . The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved May 18, 2025. Project Esther exclusively focuses on antisemitism on the left, ignoring antisemitic harassment and violence from the right.
22. "George Coates Joins J. Soif, Inc. as Vice President and COO". Winebusiness.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
23. Coates, George Jr. (August 20, 2020). "Support for Black Lives Matter has put two local institutions at odds with actions and obligations". Broad + Liberty. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
24. "The Art of National-Security Advising". National Review. February 15, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

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Victoria Coates
Deputy National Security Advisor for Middle East and North African Affairs
In office October 10, 2019 –February 21, 2020