Emory Cox

Office of US Senator Tommy Tuberville

Emory Cox serves as financial policy advisor to U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). In his current role, he acts as the Senator’s lead advisor on all matters related to financial services, tax, budget, and appropriations. Prior to joining the Senator’s staff in January of 2021, Mr. Cox served as associate director of the White House National Economic Council under the leadership of Larry Kudlow, President Donald J. Trump’s chief economic policy advisor. While at the White House, Mr. Cox covered the financial policy portfolio and worked on issues related to banking and securities regulation, student loans, retirement security, and housing finance. He worked closely on President Trump’s successful 2019 effort to automatically forgive the student loan debt of veterans totally and permanently disabled as a result of their military service and on the 2020 implementation of COVID-19 economic relief legislation. Before his time at the National Economic Council, Mr. Cox served as a staffer in the Office of Presidential Personnel, the White House component responsible for staffing executive branch agencies with political appointees. A proud native of Pell City, Alabama, he holds a B.A. from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with membership in Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa.