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Board of Directors
The members of the Board of Directors as of April 2011 are:[1],[2]
- Herbert J. Walberg, Chairman
- Joseph L. Bast, President and CEO The Heartland Institute, Chicago
- Rajeev Bal, Milwaukee, WI
- Robert Buford, President, Planned Realty Group, Chicago
- Richard Collins, Indianapolis, IN
- Paul Fisher[3], attorney and Real Estate Department Chair, McGuireWoods LLC.[4]
- Daniel Hales, Peterson & Ross law firm, Winnetka IL
- James L. Johnston, Amoco Corporation (retired)
- Jeff Judson, former president of Texas Public Policy Foundation; Jeff Judson & Associates, San Antonio, Texas
- Jeffrey B. Madden, IronBridge Capital Management [1], Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois -
- Arthur Margulis, Chicago Illinois
- David H. Padden, President, Padco Lease Corporation
- Frank Resnik, Medline Inc. (retired)
- Mike Rose, Philadelphia, PA
- Harrison H. Schmitt, Albuquerque, NM; emeritus geologist/astronaut
Previous
Present in 2009:
- James Fitzgerald, Managing Director, BankNote Capital LLC
- William Higginson, President, Chicago Equity Fund Inc.
- Biju Kulathakal
- Elizabeth Rose
- Thomas Walton, Director of Economic Policy, General Motors Corporation
Staff
Staff as of September 2009:[5]
- Joseph L. Bast, President and CEO
- Diane Carol Bast, Executive Editor
- Lauren Chrissos, Vice President - Development
- Nikki Comerford, Associate Publisher and Events Manager
- Ralph Conner, Local Legislation Manager
- Brian Costin, Assistant Director of Government Relations
- Karla Dial, Managing Editor - School Reform News
- Keely Drukala, New Media Specialist,
- Ben Domenech, Managing Editor, Health Care News
- Kristine Esposo, Corporate Relations Manager
- Kevin Fitzgerald, Vice President - Programs
- Peter Fotos, Director of Government Relations
- Matthew Glans, Legislative Specialist
- S.T. Karnick, Publications Director
- Robin Knox, CHCC Liaison/Assistant
- James Lakely, Managing Editor
- Jay Lehr, Science Director, Senior Fellow Environment Policy
- Maureen Martin, Senior Fellow Legal Affairs
- Dan Miller, Executive Vice President and Publisher
- Tammy Nash, Media Relations Manager
- John Nothdurft, Legislative Specialist
- Zonia Pino, Legislative Specialist
- Steve Stanek, Managing Editor, Budget & Tax News
- James M. Taylor, Managing Editor, Environment & Climate News
Senior Fellows
As of February 2009, Heartland's "Senior Fellows" -- which it states on its website "write scores of articles--from letters to the editor to full-blown policy studies--conduct media interviews, testify at legislative hearings, and speak to audiences ranging in size from 10 to 10,000" -- are[6]:
- Dennis Avery, Senior Fellow, Climate Change
- Sandy Liddy Bourne, Senior Fellow
- George Clowes, Senior Fellow, Education Policy
- Wendell Cox, Senior Fellow, Urban Growth and Transit Policy
- Richard Dolinar, Senior Fellow, Health Care Policy
- Robert Holland, Senior Fellow, Education Policy
- James Johnston, Senior Fellow, Energy and Regulatory Policy
- Jay Lehr, Science Director, The Heartland Institute
- Maureen Martin, Senior Fellow, Legal Affairs
- John Rutledge, Senior Fellow, Economic Growth and Technology
- Greg Scandlen, Director, Consumers for Health Care Choices
- James Taylor, Senior Fellow, Environment Policy
- Steven Titch, Senior Fellow, Infotech & Telecom Policy
- Herbert Walberg, Chairman, Board of Directors
- Lee Walker, Senior Fellow, Urban Affairs
- Brian Wesbury, Senior Fellow, Federal Budget and Tax Policy
"Global warming experts"
See Heartland's "global warming experts" list at Heartland Institute/Global warming experts.
(As a group, "Global warming experts" who minimize the risks of climate change have less expertise than those who don't.[7])
Former Staff
- Nick Baker, Legislative Specialist - left in 2008 or early 2009
- Jim Eiden, Legislative Specialist
- Cece Forrester, Development Assistant - left in 2008 or early 2009
- Susan Konig, Managing Editor, Health Care News
- Phylicia Lyons, Executive Director, Illinois School Choice Initiative
- Trevor Martin, Government Relations Director - left in 2008 or early 2009
- Erin Murphy, Legislative Specialist
- Zwahy'yah McElrath, Data Entry Clerk/Receptionist - left in 2008 or early 2009
- Sean Parnell, Vice President - External Affairs
- James Rottet, Legislative Specialist
- John Skorburg, Associate Editor, Budget & Tax News
- Michael Van Winkle, Media Specialist
Former Board Members
- Walter F. Buchholtz, Government Relations & Issues Advisor, ExxonMobil Corporation. On page 20 of Heartland's 2005 IRS return he was listed as a 'Government Relations Adviser'. [2] (Pdf)
- Roy E. Marden, formerly with Philip Morris
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Heartland Institute, "Board of Directors", Heartland Institute, accessed April 2, 2010.
- ↑ New Coalition for Economic and Social Change (affiliate of Heartland Institute). Right Wing Watch. Retrieved on 2011-04-02. “Board of Directors (Heartland Institute): Herbert J. Walberg, Chairman, Joseph L. Bast (President and CEO The Heartland Institute), James L. Johnston (Amoco Corporation, retired), Thomas Walton (General Motors Corporation), Walter F. Buchholtz (ExxonMobil Corporation), Roy E. Marden (Philip Morris), David H. Padden (Padden & Co.), Robert Buford (Planned Realty Group), Frank Resnik (Medline Inc., retired), Paul Fisher Piper (Marbury, Rudnick & Wolfe), Leslie Rose (Fidelity Bank), James Fitzgerald (BankNote Capital LLC), Lee Tooman (Golden Rule Insurance Company), Dan Hales (Peterson & Ross), Lee H. Walker (New Coalition for Economic & Social Change), William Higginson (Chicago Equity Fund Inc.).”
- ↑ Paul E. Fisher. McGuireWoods LLP. Retrieved on 2011-04-02.
- ↑ Heartland Experts React to Eminent Domain Ruling - by Paul Fisher, James M. Taylor, and Maureen Martin - Budget & Tax News. Heartland Institute (2005-07-28). Retrieved on 2011-04-02. “Paul Fisher, director of real estate law at McGuire Woods LLC in Chicago, member of the board of directors of The Heartland Institute”
- ↑ "Staff", Heartland Institute, accessed September2009.
- ↑ Heartland Institute, "Senior Fellows", Heartland Institute website, accessed February 2009.
- ↑ John Cook (2010-06-22). How many climate scientists are climate skeptics?. Skeptical Science. Retrieved on 2011-04-03.
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