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The '''National Center for Policy Analysis''' (NCPA) is a free market [[think tanks|think tank]] primarily funded by private foundations established by wealthy conservative business families and billionaires, including [[Koch brothers|Charles and David Koch]]. NCPA's mission is to, "unleash the power of ideas for positive change by identifying, encouraging and aggressively marketing the best scholarly research and innovative solutions. We work to educate the public, the media and policy makers about ways to create an opportunity economy for all Americans." <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/about/ Our Mission], ''NCPA website'', Accessed on August 10, 2017. </ref> The NCPA website states, "Our goal is to develop and promote private, free-market alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector." <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis [http://www.ncpa.org/about/ About the NCPA], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 10, 2017. </ref> NCPA is a former associate member of the right-wing [[State Policy Network]] (SPN). Several NCPA studies have been featured on SPN's website, including those on healthcare<ref>State Policy Network, [https://spn.org/associate-member-updates-julyaugust-2017/ Associate Member Updates: National Center for Policy Analysis], ''SPN website'', July/August 2017. </ref> and tax reforms.  <ref>State Policy Network, [https://spn.org/associate-member-update-mayjune-2016/ Associate Member Updates: National Center for Policy Analysis], ''SPN website'', May/June 2016. </ref> <ref>State Policy Network, [https://spn.org/national-center-for-policy-analysis-januaryfebruary-2016-updates/ Associate Member Updates: National Center for Policy Analysis], ''SPN website'', January/February 2016. </ref> SPN has also featured joint studies by NCPA and [[Beacon Hill Institute]], which focused on the proposed tax plans of the 2016 presidential candidates. <ref>State Policy Network, [https://spn.org/associate-member-updates-december-2016/ Associate Member Updates: Beacon Hill Institute], ''SPN website'', December 2016. </ref> <ref>State Policy Network, [https://spn.org/associate-member-update-octobernovember-2016/ Associate Member Updates: Beacon Hill Institute], ''SPN website'', October/November 2016. </ref>

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==State Policy Network==
{{About_SPN}}

==News== 

On July 10, 2017 the NCPA announced that it would be closing due to financial problems. <ref>Camille Caldera, [https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2017/07/07/dallas-based-national-center-policy-analysis-think-tank-close-financial-struggles Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis think tank to close after financial struggles], ''Dallas News'', July 10, 2017. </ref> 

==Ties to the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation==

NCPA events, studies, and analyses have been featured in the Bradley Foundation's monthly newsletters. <ref>The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, [http://www.bradleyfdn.org/On-Lion-Letter/ID/320/National-Center-for-Policy-Analysis-to-celebrate-25th-anniversary-with-gala-dinner-conference National Center for Policy Analysis to celebrate 25th anniversary with gala dinner, conference], ''Bradley Foundation website'', July 2008. </ref> <ref>The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, [http://www.bradleyfdn.org/On-Lion-Letter/ID/1313/NCPA-asks-how-baby-boomers-are-spending-their-money NCPA asks how baby boomers are spending their money], ''Bradley Foundation website'', September 2012. </ref> <ref>The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, [http://www.bradleyfdn.org/On-Lion-Letter/ID/926/National-Center-for-Policy-Analysis39-Bob-McTeer-analyzes-the-Fed39s-mandate National Center for Policy Analysis' Bob McTeer analyzes the Fed's mandate], ''Bradley Foundation website'', February 2011. </ref> At the end of each newsletter entry, the Bradley Foundation states, "The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in Milwaukee substantially supports NCPA." 

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==Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council==

NCPA has ties to the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC). It has been a member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] and its [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]. According to an August 2013 ALEC board document obtained by ''The Guardian'', however, NCPA terminated its ALEC membership, at least temporarily, due to "budget cutbacks" on April 16, 2013. <ref name="ALECboard">American Legislative Exchange Council, [https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/841593/alec-docs.pdf ALEC 40th Anniversary Annual Meeting Board Meeting packet], organizational documents, August 6, 2013, released by ''The Guardian'' December 3, 2013. </ref>

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==Publications==

NCPA Policy Research publications include Policy Reports, <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/pub/1study Policy Reports], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref> Brief Analyses, <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/pub/1Brief-Analysis  Brief Analyses], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref> Issue Briefs, <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/pub/1issue-briefs  Issue Briefs], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref> Books, <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/pub/1Books Books], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref> Special Publications, <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/pub/1Special-Publications Special Publications], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref> Policy Backgrounders, <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/pub/1Policy-Backgrounders Policy Backgrounders], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref> and Congressional Briefs. <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/pub/1congressional-briefs Congressional Briefs], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>

==Funding==

Between 1986 and 2014 NCPA received $13,663,378 in donations.<ref>Conservative Transparency, [http://conservativetransparency.org/basic-search/?q=National+Center+for+Policy+Analysis&sf%5B%5D=candidate&sf%5B%5D=donor&sf%5B%5D=recipient&sf%5B%5D=transaction&sf%5B%5D=finances Total Value Of Contributions], ''Conservative Transparency website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>

Top donors, per ''Conservative Transparency'': <ref name="TOP">Conservative Transparency, [http://conservativetransparency.org/top/?recipient=874&yr=&yr1=1986&yr2=2014&submit= Top Supporters of National Center for Policy Analysis], ''Conservative Transparency website'', Accessed August 9, 2017.</ref>

* [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]] - $2,682,500 (1986-2014)<ref name="TOP"/> ; $25,000 (2015)<ref>Contributions of the Bradley Foundation, [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Contributions_of_the_Bradley_Foundation#2015 Contributions of the Bradley Foundation: 2015], ''SourceWatch website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>

* [[Sarah Scaife Foundation]] - $2,285,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[John M. Olin Foundation]] - $1,069,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* The Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation - $1,000,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* Hickory Foundation - $684,350<ref name="TOP"/>
* Armstrong Foundation - $600,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[Exxon Mobil]] - $520,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[Donors Capital Fund]] - $500,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[Carthage Foundation]] - $470,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[Chase Foundation of Virginia]] - $467,820<ref name="TOP"/> 
* [[Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation]] - $460,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* Gilder Foundation - $265,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[David H. Koch Charitable Foundation]] - $260,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[Dunn's Foundation for the Advancement of Right Thinking]] - $247,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust - $230,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[William H. Donner Foundation]] - $225,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[Castle Rock Foundation]] - $185,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* Holman Foundation - $180,384<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[JM Foundation]] - $160,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[Jaquelin Hume Foundation]] - $150,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[Searle Freedom Trust]] - $130,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[Earhart Foundation]] - $100,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[Scaife Family Foundation]] - $100,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[Lovett and Ruth Peters Foundation]] - $100,000<ref name="TOP"/>
* [[DonorsTrust]] - $97,150<ref name="TOP"/>

In 2009, the NCPA had $5,197,716 in assets and took in $4,222,443 in revenue.<ref>Media Matters: Action Network,
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120604083455/http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/National_Center_for_Policy_Analysis/financials  National Center for Policy Analysis: Recipients], ''Archive.org'', Accessed August 10, 2017.</ref>

Funders (and total estimated amounts given, according to MediaMatters):
* The [[Armstrong Foundation]], $455,000 	
* [[Carthage Foundation]]  $525,000 	
* [[Castle Rock Foundation]] $160,000 	
* [[Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation]] $7,000 	
* [[Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust]] $230,000 	
* [[Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation]] $380,000 	
* [[David H. Koch Charitable Foundation]] $260,000 	
* [[Dick and Betsy Devos Foundation]] $4,500 	
* [[Earhart Foundation]] $100,000 	
* [[Exxon Mobil]] $520,000 	
* [[Gilder Foundation]] $265,000 	
* [[Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation]] $1,000,000 	
* [[Hickory Foundation]] $584,350 	
* [[JM Foundation]] $135,000 	
* [[Jaquelin Hume Foundation]] $150,000 	
* [[John M. Olin Foundation]] $1,069,000 	
* [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]] $1,807,500 	
* [[Philip M. McKenna Foundation]] $70,000 	
* [[Roe Foundation]] $12,500 	
* [[Ruth and Lovett Peters Foundation]] $52,000 	
* [[Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation]] $80,000 	
* [[Sarah Scaife Foundation]] $1,935,000 	
* [[Scaife Family Foundation]] $100,000 	
* [[Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation]] $20,000 	
* [[Walton Family Foundation]]$25,000 	
* [[William H. Donner Foundation]] $225,000 <ref>Media Matters: Action Network [https://web.archive.org/web/20110321165112/http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/National_Center_for_Policy_Analysis/funders  National Center for Policy Analysis: Recipients], ''Archive.org'', Accessed August 10, 2017.</ref>

[[Foundations and Funders|Foundations]] gave the following amounts to the National Center for Policy Analysis think tank in 2004: 
<ref>Media Transparency, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060425123549/http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?recipientID=246  Recipient Grants: National Center for Policy Analysis], ''Archive.org website'', Accessed August 10, 2017.</ref>
*[[Gilder Foundation]] - $150,000
*[[Sarah Scaife Foundation]] - $125,000
*[[Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation]] - $25,000
*[[Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation]] - $45,000

==Core Financials==

'''<big>2014</big>''' <ref name="Form 990PF">ProPublica, [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/751804932 National Center for Policy Analysis], ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>
*Total Revenue: $2,629,925
*Total Expenses: $3,562,505
*Net Assets: $501,348

'''<big>2013</big>''' <ref name="Form 990PF">ProPublica, [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/751804932 National Center for Policy Analysis], ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>
*Total Revenue: $5,281,913
*Total Expenses: $4,544,953
*Net Assets: $1,433,928

'''<big>2012</big>''' <ref name="Form 990PF">ProPublica, [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/751804932 National Center for Policy Analysis], ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>
*Total Revenue: $3,828,486
*Total Expenses: $5,030,072
*Net Assets: $696,968

'''<big>2011</big>''' <ref name="Form 990PF">ProPublica, [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/751804932 National Center for Policy Analysis], ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>
*Total Revenue: $4,132,197
*Total Expenses: $4,924,654
*Net Assets: $1,898,554

'''<big>2010</big>''' <ref name="Form 990PF">ProPublica, [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/751804932 National Center for Policy Analysis], ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>
*Total Revenue: $4,831,246
*Total Expenses: $4,789,821
*Net Assets: $2,691,011

==Founding==

The NCPA began its existence in 1983 at the [[University of Dallas]].

Its founding board members were:

* Wayne Calloway, President and CEO of [[Frito-Lay]]
* Jere Thompson, President and CEO of the [[Southland Corporation]]
* Robert Dedman, President and CEO of [[ClubCorp]]
* Russell Perry, President and CEO of [[Republic Financial Services]]
* Sir [[Antony Fisher]], President and CEO of the [[Atlas Economic Research Foundation]]

==Personnel==
As of August 2017:

'''Experts''' <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/about/ncpa_experts About: NCPA Experts], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>
* Jacki Pick, Senior Fellow
* Pamela Villarreal, Senior Fellow 
* John R. Graham, Senior Fellow
* Devon M. Herrick, Senior Fellow
* David A. Grantham, Senior Fellow
* Michael Bond, Senior Fellow
* Roy G. Boyd, Senior Fellow
* Bill Caruth, Senior Fellow
* William B. Conerly, Senior Fellow
* [[Michael L. Davis]], Senior Fellow
* Brooks Hamilton, Senior Fellow
* N. Michael Helvacian, Senior Fellow
* Thomas A. Hemphill, Senior Fellow
* Estelle James, Senior Fellow
* Roger Koppl, Senior Fellow
* Laurence Kotlikoff, Senior Fellow
* Richard McKenzie, Senior Fellow
* John D. Merrifield, Senior Fellow
* Gerald Musgrave, Senior Fellow
* Phillip K. Porter, Senior Fellow
* R. David Ranson, Senior Fellow
* Andrew J. Rettenmaier, Senior Fellow
* [[Thomas R. Saving]], Senior Fellow
* Greg Scandlen, Senior Fellow
* Barry J. Seldon, Senior Fellow
* [[David G. Tuerck]], Senior Fellow
* Linus Wright, Senior Fellow
* Carole Hornsby Haynes, Contributing Fellow
* Cherylyn LeBon, Contributing Fellow
* E. Gaylon McCollough, Contributing Fellow
* Lawrence Pivnick, Contributing Fellow
* Senthil Thambidorai, Contributing Fellow
* Chris Wiley, Contributing Fellow
* Barry Asmus, Senior Economist 

'''Staff''' <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/about/ncpa_staff About: NCPA Staff], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>

* James H. Amos, Jr., President & CEO
* Allen West, Executive Director & Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
* Jacki Pick, General Counsel and Senior Energy Fellow
* Joe Barnett, Sr., Director of Policy Research
* Kristina E. Barton, Special Assistant to the President and CEO
* Alan Hamill, Development and Policy Associate
* Luke Twombly, Media Manager
* Brian Williams, Legislative Director

'''NCPA Board of Directors''' <ref name="NCBA BOD">National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/about/ncpa_board_of_directors About: NCPA NCPA Board of Directors], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>

* Steve Ivy, NCPA Chairman
* Allen West, NCPA Executive Director and Vice Chairman 
* James H. Amos, Jr., NCPA President & CEO
* Larry Wedekind
* Michael Whalen

'''NCPA Emeritus Board of Directors''' <ref name="NCBA BOD"/>
* [[Virginia James]]
* Don A. Buchholz
* [[Harlan Crow]]
* Pete du Pont
* Jere W. Thompson

'''Former Staff''' <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070208192947/http://www.ncpa.org/abo/staff/ About the NCPA: NCPA Staff], ''Archive.org website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>
* [[John C. Goodman]], President
* Jeanette N. Goodman, Chief Development Officer
* Richard Walker, Senior Vice President
* Joe Barnett, Director of Publications
* Ron Lyon, Director of Online Operations
* Tab Boyles, Director of Events
* Sharyn L. Casey, Director of Development
* Eileen Resnik, Senior Development Officer
* Barry Asmus, Senior Economist
* [[H. Sterling Burnett]], Senior Fellow
* Sean R. Tuffnell, Director of Communications
* Devon M. Herrick, Senior Fellow
* Brian Williams, Legislative Director

'''Former Board Members''' <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070219222815/http://www.ncpa.org/abo/board/ About the NCPA: NCPA Board of Directors (partial Listing],''NCPA website, Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>
* [[Pete du Pont]], Former Governor of Delaware
* [[John C. Goodman]], President, NCPA
* [[W. Mike Baggett]], Chairman & CEO, Winstead Sechrest & Minick PC
* [[Don A. Buchholz]], Chairman of the Board, SWS Group, Inc.
* [[William J. Gedwed]], President and CEO, HealthMarkets®
* [[Harlan Crow]], Chairman, Crow Holdings
* [[John Victor Lattimore, Jr.]], President and Chairman of the Board, Lattimore Properties, Inc.
* [[Fred Meyer]], Investments
* [[Henry J. Bud Smith]], Chairman Bud Smith Organization
* [[James Cleo Thompson]], Jr., Chairman of the Board, Thompson Petroleum Corporation
* [[Jere W. Thompson]], President, The Williamsburg Corporation
* [[Michael L. Whalen]], President & CEO, Heart of America Restaurants & Inns
* [[Raymond E. Wooldridge]], Private Investor
* [[Robert J. Wright]], President, TWG, Inc.

==NCPA Projects==

NCPA Project include [http://www.ncpa.org/natsec/ National Security], <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/natsec/ National Security], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref> [http://www.ncpa.org/healthcare/ Health Care], <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/healthcare/ Health Care], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref> [http://www.ncpa.org/taxes/ Taxes],<ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/taxes/ Taxes], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref> [http://www.ncpa.org/retirement Retirement], <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/retirement  Retirement], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref> [http://environmentblog.ncpa.org/#sthash.jACfmhQa.dpbs Energy],<ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://environmentblog.ncpa.org/#sthash.f0rqfUQa.dpbs  Energy], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref> and [http://www.ncpa.org/youth Youth Programs]. <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://www.ncpa.org/youth  Youth Programs], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>

'''NCPA’s Environment Team (E-Team)''' <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [http://environmentblog.ncpa.org/about-the-ncpas-environment-team-e-team-2/#sthash.LgIocBVB.dpbs About the NCPA’s Environment Team (E-Team)], ''NCPA website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref> 
* [[Alexandra Liddy Bourne]], Vice President for Policy and Strategy for The [[Heartland Institute]]
* Baruch Feigenbaum, Policy Analyst at [[Reason Foundation]]
* Brian Seasholes<ref>Brian Seasholes, [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianseasholes LinkedIn Profile], ''LinkedIn website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>, Policy Fellow at [[PERC]], Policy Analyst at [[Reason Foundation]], Director of Endangered Species Project at [[Reason Foundation]] 
* [[Christopher C. Horner]], Senior Fellow at [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] <ref>Competitive Enterprise Institute, [https://cei.org/expert/christopher-c-horner Christopher C. Horner: Senior Fellow], ''CEI website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>
* Daniel R. Simmons, Director of the Natural Resources Task Force at the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]]
* David Deming, Professor at the University of Oklahoma in Norman
* [[David R. Legates]], Professor at the University of Delaware
* [[Dennis Avery]], Former Senior Fellow at the [[Hudson Institute]] <ref>The Hudson Institute, [https://www.hudson.org/experts/19-dennis-t-avery Dennis T. Avery: Former Senior Fellow], ''HI website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref> and Director of the [[Center for Global Food Issues]] <ref>Center for Global Food Issues, [http://www.cgfi.org/about/dennis/ Dennis T. Avery], ''CGFI website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref>
* Don Leal, Senior associate at [[PERC]]
* [[Henry I. Miller]], Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy at the [[Hoover Institution]] 
* Jeffery A. Green, Esq., Founder of the Strategic Material Advisory Council
* [[Jo Kwong]], Director of Economic Opportunity Programs at [[Philanthropy Roundtable]]
* Joel Schwartz, Professor of Environmental Epidemiology at Harvard University's Center for the Environment
* [[John Baden]], Founder and Chairman of the [[Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment]]
* John D. Merrifield, Senior Fellow at the National Center for Policy and Analysis
* [[Kenneth P Green]], Resident Scholar at the [[American Enterprise Institute]], and Senior Director, Center for Natural Resource Studies at the [[Fraser Institute]] 
* [[Larry Bell]], Endowed Professor of Space Architecture at the University of Houston, and associate of the [[Heartland Institute]] <ref>Heartland Institute, [https://www.heartland.org/about-us/who-we-are/larry-bell Who We Are: Larry Bell], ''Heartland Institute website'', Accessed August 10, 2017. </ref>
* Larry Foulke, specialist in nuclear science and technology 
* Marlo Lewis Jr., Senior Fellow at the [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]]
* Max Borders, Policy Analyst at the [[Civitas Institute]]
* Michael De Alessi, Director of Natural Resource Policy at [[Reason Foundation]] <ref>Reason Foundation, [http://reason.org/authors/show/michael-de-alessi Reason Foundation: Michael De Alessi], ''Reason Foundation website'' Accessed August 10, 2017. </ref>
* Pete Geddes, Managing Director of the American Prairie Reserve
* [[Robert L. Bradley Jr.]], CEO and Founder of the [[Institute for Energy Research]], <ref>Institute for Energy Research, [http://instituteforenergyresearch.org/about/people/robert-bradley/ About Us: Robert L. Bradley, Jr.], ''IER website'', Accessed August 10, 2017. </ref> and Adjunct Scholar at the [[Cato Institute]] <ref>Cato Institute, [https://www.cato.org/people/robert-bradley Robert L. Bradley Jr.: Adjunct Scholar], ''Cato Institute website'', Accessed August 10, 2017. </ref>
* Robert J. Michaels, Adjunct Scholar at the [[Cato Institute]], <ref>Cato Institute, [https://www.cato.org/people/robert-michaels  Robert J. Michaels: Adjunct Scholar], ''Cato Institute website'', Accessed August 10, 2017. </ref> an associate of the [[Mercatus Center]] at [[George Mason University]], <ref>Mercatus Center at George Mason University, [https://www.mercatus.org/robert-j-michaels Mercatus Center: Robert J. Michaels], ''Mercatus Center website'', Accessed August 10, 2017. </ref> and Professor of Economics at California State University, Fullerton <ref>California State University at Fullerton, [http://mihaylofaculty.fullerton.edu/sites/rmichaels/ Prof. Robert J. Michaels], ''CSUF website'', Accessed August 10, 2017. </ref>
* [[S. Fred Singer]], atmospheric and space physicist, associate of the [[Heartland Institute]] <ref>Heartland Institute, [https://www.heartland.org/about-us/who-we-are/s-fred-singer Who We Are: S. Fred Singer], ''Heartland Institute website'', Accessed August 10, 2017. </ref>
* Samuel Staley, co-founder of [[The Buckeye Institute]]
* [[Steven Hayward]], Senior Resident Scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies, Former F. K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow at the [[American Enterprise Institute]], and Senior Fellow at the [[Pacific Research Institute]] <ref>University of California, Berkeley, [https://www.igs.berkeley.edu/people/steven-f-hayward Institute of Governmental Studies: Steven F. Hayward], '''UC Berkeley website'' Accessed August 10, 2017.</ref>
* [[Steven J. Milloy]], Investment adviser to the [[Free Enterprise Action Fund]], blogger at [[JunkScience.com]] and [[CSR Watch.com]], adjunct scholar at the [[Cato Institute]] and [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] 
* [[Thomas Gale Moore]], Senior Fellow, Emeritus at the [[Hoover Institution]]
* [[Todd Myers]], Director, Center for the Environment at the [[Washington Policy Center]] <ref>Washington Policy Center, [http://www.washingtonpolicy.org/authors/detail/todd-myers Todd Myers: Director, Center for the Environment], ''WPC website'', Accessed August 10, 2017. </ref> 
* [[Wendell Cox]], Principal of Wendell Cox Consultancy (Demographia)

'''Former Environmental Task Force''' <ref>National Center for Policy Analysis, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080610094422/http://www.ncpa.org/studies/s162/s162i.html Environmental Task Force], ''Archive.org website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. </ref> 
* [[Bruce N. Ames]], Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of California at Berkeley
* [[Terry L. Anderson]], Senior Associate, [[Political Economy Research Center]]
* [[Larry P. Arnn]], President, [[Claremont Institute]]
* [[Barry Asmus]], Senior Fellow, National Center for Policy Analysis
* [[Dennis T. Avery]],senior fellow at [[Hudson Institute]] 
* [[John A. Baden]], Chairman, [[Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment]]
* [[C. Edwin Baker]], Senior Fellow for Environmental Policy, [[Independence Institute]], Golden, Colorado
* [[Joseph L. Bast]], President, [[Heartland Institute]], Chicago, Illinois
* [[Mikhail S. Bernstam]], Senior Research Fellow, [[Hoover Institution]]
* [[Walter Block]], Senior Research Fellow, [[Fraser Institute]]
* [[Clint Bolick]], Director, [[Landmark Center for Civil Rights]], Washington, D.C.
* [[Max Borders]],Managing Editor of Technology-Commerce-Society Daily [http://www.tcsdaily.com/]
* [[Sandy Liddy Bourne]], a task force director for the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] 
* [[James Bovard]], Associate Policy Analyst, [[Cato Institute]]
* [[Robert L. Bradley, Jr.]], president of the [[Institute for Energy Research]]
* [[Sam Brunelli]], Executive Director, [[American Legislative Exchange Council]]
* [[H. Sterling Burnett]], senior fellow for the NCPA 
* [[Eamonn Butler]], Director, [[Adam Smith Institute]], London, England
* [[John Carlson]], President, [[Washington Institute for Policy Studies]], Bellevue, Washington
* [[Alston Chase]], Author: Playing God in Yellowstone
* [[Lucy Clark]], Associate Director of the Judicial Studies Program, [[Manhattan Institute]]
* [[Kenneth Clarkson]], Director, Law and Economics Center, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
* [[Robert Allan Cooke]], Director, [[Institute for Business Ethics]], DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
* [[John W. Cooper]], Executive Director, [[James Madison Institute]], Tallahassee, Florida
* [[D. Allen Dalton]], Director, [[Center for the Study of Market Alternatives]], Caldwell, Idaho
* [[Michael De Alessi]], a director at the [[Reason Public Policy Institute]] 
* [[David Deming]],associate professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Oklahoma in Norman
* [[William J. Dennis]], Jr., Senior Research Fellow, The [[NFIB Foundation]]
* [[Thomas J. DiLorenzo|Tom DiLorenzo]], Director, Center for Economic Education [[University of Tennessee at Chattanooga]]
* [[Becky Norton Dunlop]], Former Assistant Secretary of the Interior
* [[Pete du Pont]] former governor of Delaware and columnist for the Wall Street Journal editorial page [http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pdupont/]
* [[Larry Foulke]], board member of the [[American Nuclear Society]] 
* [[Stephen Gold]], Executive Director, [[Citizens for the Environment]]
* [[John C. Goodman]], President, National Center for Policy Analysis
* [[Robert E. Gordon]], Jr., Director, [[National Wilderness Institute]]
* [[Kenneth Green]], Director of the Risk and Environment Policy Centre at The [[Fraser Institute]]
* [[Mark Greenfield]], Executive Director, [[Heartland Institute]], Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* [[Michael S. Greve]], Executive Director, [[Center for Individual Rights]], Washington, D.C.
* [[William M. H. Hammett]], President, [[Manhattan Institute]]
* [[Steve Hanke|Stephen H. Hanke]], Professor of Applied Economics, The [[Johns Hopkins University]]
* [[Robert Hawkins]], President, [[Institute for Contemporary Studies]]
* [[Steve Hayward]], Director, Golden State Center for Policy Studies, [[Claremont Institute]], Sacramento, California
* [[John M. Hood]], Publications and Research Director, [[John Locke Foundation]], Raleigh, North Carolina
* [[Christopher C. Horner]],a Washington, D.C. attorney on the executive committee of The [[Federalist Society and former federal government relations directorfor [[Enron]]
* [[Edward L. Hudgins]], Deputy Director, Economic Policy Studies, Heritage Foundation
* [[Sherwood Idso]], Adjunct Professor of Botany & Geography, Arizona State University
* [[Kent Jeffreys]], Environmental Policy Analyst, [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]]
* [[Bruce Johnson]], Research Director, [[The Independent Institute]]
* [[Barbara Keating-Edh]], President, [[Consumer Alert]], Modesto, California
* [[Jo Kwong]], Director of Public Affairs, [[Atlas Economic Research Foundation]]
* [[Kathy Kushner]], Research Fellow, [[Hudson Institute]]
* [[Donald Leal]], Research Associate, [[Political Economy Research Center]]
* [[Dwight Lee]], Adjunct Professor, [[Center for the Study of American Business]]
* [[David R. Legates]],associate professor of geography, the University of Delaware
* [[ Marlo Lewis, Jr.]], senior fellow, [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]]
* [[Tex Lezar]], President, [[Texas Public Policy Foundation]], Dallas, Texas (died January 5, 2004 [http://www.utexas.edu/law/depts/alumni/memoriam_022004.pdf])
* [[Greg Lindsay]], Executive Director, [[Centre for Independent Studies]], St. Leonards, Australia
* [[Robert J. Michaels]], professor of economics,California State University, Fullerton
* [[Henry I. Miller]], fellow at the [[Hoover Institution]] at Stanford University [http://www.hoover.org]
* [[James H. Miller]], President, [[Wisconsin Policy Research Institute]], Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* [[A. Alan Moghissi]],President of the [[Institute for Regulatory Science]] (RSI) 
* [[Joseph A. Morris]], President & General Counsel, [[Lincoln Legal Foundation]], Chicago, Illinois
* [[William C. Myers]], Executive Vice President, [[South Carolina Policy Council]], Columbia, South Carolina
* [[Madsen Pirie]], President, [[Adam Smith Institute]], London, England
* [[Virginia Postrel]], Editor of Reason, [[Reason Foundation]]
* [[Lawrence W. Reed]], President, [[Mackinac Center for Public Policy|Mackinac Center]], Midland, Michigan
* [[Scott J. Relan]], President, [[Mississippi Center for Public Policy]], Oxford, Mississippi
* [[David Riggs]], adjunct scholar at the [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]]
* [[Michael Sanera]], President Barry, [[Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research]], Flagstaff, Arizona
* [[Thomas R. Saving]], Director [[Center for Education and Research in Free Enterprise]], College Station, Texas
* [[Lynn Scarlett]], Vice President of Research [[Reason Foundation]]
* [[William C. Schilling]], Executive Director, [[Wyoming Heritage Society]], Casper, Wyoming
* [[Joel Schwartz]], former director of [[Reason Public Policy Institute]]
* [[Timothy Seibel]], Director for Land Use and, Environmental Studies [[Claremont Institute]], Montclair, California
* [[Jane S. Shaw]], Senior Associate, [[Political Economy Research Center]]
* [[Daniel R. Simmons]], a task force director for the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] 
* [[Randy T. Simmons]], Director, [[Institute of Political Economy]], Utah State University
* [[Julian L. Simon]], Professor of Business Administration, University of Maryland (died February 8, 1998)
* [[S. Fred Singer]], Director, Project on [[Science and Environmental Policy]]
* [[Joe M. Sloan]], Jr., President, [[California Conservation Coalition]], Whittier, California
* [[Fred Smith|Fred L. Smith]], President, [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]]
* [[Robert J. Smith]], Director of Environmental Studies, [[Cato Institute]]
* [[Fritz S. Steiger]], Executive Vice President & CEO, [[Texas Public Policy Foundation]], San Antonio, Texas
* [[Jack Strayer]], former NCPA staffer 
* [[Richard L. Stroup]], Senior Associate, [[Political Economy Research Center]]
* [[Martin J. Summers]], Research Associate [[Institute of Economic Affairs]], London, England
* [[Judy Swafford]], Director [[Southwest Policy Institute]], Edmond, Oklahoma
* [[Jerry Taylor]], Legislative Director, [[American Legislative Exchange Council]]
* [[Robert Taylor]], Fellow [[Institute for Humane Studies]], Fairfax, Virginia
* [[David J. Theroux]], President, [[The Independent Institute]], Oakland, California
* [[Norman Ture]], President, [[Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation]]
* [[Ronald Utt]], Vice President, [[National Chamber Foundation]]
* [[Michael Warder]], Executive Vice President, [[Rockford Institute]], Rockford, Illinois
* [[William W. Weston]], President, [[Foundation Francisco Marroquin]], Stuart, Florida
* [[Elizabeth Whelan]], President, [[American Council of Science and Health]]
* [[Aaron Wildavsky]], Professor of Political Science & Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley

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*Richard W. Stevenson, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/18/politics/18bartlett.html In Sign of Conservative Split, a Commentator Is Dismissed]", ''New York Tines'', October 18, 2005.
*Greenpeace, [http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/global-warming/climate-deniers/koch-industries/ Koch Industries: Secretly Funding the Climate Denial Machine], ''Greenpeace website'', Accessed August 9, 2017. 
*[[Charles Miller]]

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