Erin Houchin earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and a master’s degree in political management from George Washington University. Houchin’s career experience includes owning a business, founding and working as the president of Contend Communications, and working for the Indiana Department of Child Services, the Community Alliance Promoting Education, New Hope Services, and Prevent Child Abuse Indiana. She served as the southeast Indiana regional director for former U.S. Senator Dan Coats and a governor’s appointee to the Indiana Commission for Women.