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The Franklin Center’s president, [[Jason Stverak]], is the former Regional Field Director for SAM, served as North Dakota Executive Director for the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee and former Executive Director of the North Dakota Republican Party.<ref>Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, [http://www.franklincenterhq.org/about/staff/ Staff], organizational website, accessed August 19, 2011.</ref>
The Franklin Center also has strong ties to a right-wing web of so-called "think tanks" pushing the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC)'s corporate-backed agenda in every statehouse in the country, the [[State Policy Network]] (SPN). According to an in-depth 2010 report by Gene Gibbons, "The State Policy Network–Sam Adams Alliance–Franklin Center troika is at least loosely associated with more than a dozen other conservative groups funding news websites in various statesThe State Policy Network–Sam Adams Alliance–Franklin Center troika is at least loosely associated with more than a dozen other conservative groups funding news websites in various states. These include the [[John Locke Foundation]], which funds the monthly North Carolina newspaper [[Carolina Journal]] and a companion website, www.carolinajournal.com; the [[Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia]], which funds the news website [[West Virginia Watchdog]]; the [[Commonwealth Foundation]], which supports the [[Pennsylvania Independent]] (www.paindependent.com); and the [[Mackinac Center for Public Policy]], which funds [[Michigan Capitol Confidential]] (www.michigancapitolconfidential.com)."<ref name="GibbonsKennedy"/> '''See [[SPN Agenda#6) Media Messaging and Support|SPN Ties to the Franklin Center]] for more.'''
In addition, the Center's Director of Donor Relations [[Matt Hauck]] is a former Associate at the [[Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation]]. <ref>Matt Hauck, [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-hauck/1/545/b11 Matt Hauck], ''LinkedIn'' profile, accessed October 5, 2011.</ref>
