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Michael Allegretti
Manhattan Institute
VP of Programs
HB
Hosted by Reynold America
CA
Christopher Anderson
KS
Kristen Soltis Anderson
The Winston Group
VP
DA
Daniel Anthony
Illinios Policy Institute
VP of Marketing and Communications
DA
Dan Armstrong
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Marketing and Communications Team Leader
MB
Mike Barnhart
State Budget Solutions
Co-Founder
JB
Joe Basel
American Phoenix Foundation
CEO
TB
Todd Baxter
Regional Vice President
Jonathan Bechtle
Foundation for Government Accountability
COO
JB
Jeremy Beer
American Philanthropic, LLC
Founding Partner
MB
Michael Bindas
Institute for Justice
Senior Attorney
DB
Dave Bond
Oklahoma Council for Public Affiars
Director of External Relations
BB
Bob Bowdon
ChoiceMedia.tv
Founder
TB
Tarren Bragdon
Foundation for Government Accountability
President and CEO
MB
Matthew Brouillette
Commonwealth Foundation
CEO & President
TB
Travis Brown
How Money Walks
Author
DB
Dave Buer
Sutherland Institute
Director of Communications
LB
Lindsey Burke
The Heritage Foundation
Will Skillman Fellow in Education
Corey Burres
eResources
Creative Director
Brian Bush
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Executive Vice President
JB
Jonathan Butcher
Goldwater Institute
Education Director
JB
Jennifer Butler
State Policy Network
VP of External Relations
JC
Jeff Cain
American Philanthropic, LLC
Founding Partner
JC
Jon Caldara
Independent Institute
President
AC
Alex Cameron
Griffin Communications' Investigative Reporting Team
Director
AC
Andrew Campanella
National School Choice Week
President
Michael Carnuccio
Liberty Foundation of America
President & CEO
HC
Holly Carter
State Budget Solutions
Manager, Federalism in Action Project
BR
Benjamin R. Case
Case Consulting Services, Inc.
President
CC
Cindy Cerquitella
Atlas Economic Research Foundation
Director, Atlas Leadership Academy
DC
Denise Chaykun
Ceterus Inc.
Client Advisor
AO
Amy Oliver Cooke
Independence Institute
EVP
BC
Brian Costin
Illinois Policy Institute
Director of Government Reform
LY
Lindsay Young Craig
National Review Institute
President
TC
Teresa Crossland-Oelke
Americans for Prosperity
VP, State Operations
TD
Todd Davidson
State Policy Network
Policy Specialist
BD
Ben Domenech
Heartland Institute
Research Fellow
BN
Becky Norton Dunlop
Heritage Foundation
VP of External Relations
BD
Brandon Dutcher
The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Vice President for Policy
LD
Liz Dyar
Generation Opportunity
Field Coordinator and Campaign Consultant
JE
Josh Eboch
Texans for Senator John Cornyn
Political Director
EE
Emily Ekins
Reason Foundation
Director of Polling
RE
Robert Enlow
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
President & CEO
DE
Daniel Erspamer
State Policy Network
Vice President for Strategic Partnerships
HF
Hugh Fike
Heritage Action for America
Sentinel Coordinator
AF
Ann Fitzgerald
A. C. Fitzgerald & Associates
President
BF
Barb Ford
Savage, LLC
President
BF
Barbara Ford
HB
Hosted by The Liberty Foundation
VF
Vance Fried
Oklahoma State University
Riata Professor of Entrepreneurship
AF
Allen Fuller
Voter Gravity
Product Manager
AG
Adam Gelb
Pew Charitable Trusts
Director of the Public Safety Performance Project
CG
Carl Graham
Sutherland Institute
Director, Center for Self-Government in the West
Leslie Graves
Lucy Burns Institute
CEO & President
BG
Becki Gray
John Locke Foundation
Vice President for Outreach
DJ
Dr. Jay Greene
University of Arkansas
Head of the Department of Education Reform
BG
Brad Gruber
SPN
Director of Operations
David Guenthner
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Senior Director for Public Affairs
Adam Guillette
Accuracy in Media
President
Dusty Gulleson
eResources
Chief Executive Officer/Owner
PG
Paul Guppy
Washington Policy Center
VP for Research
GH
Gretchen Hamel
The Public Notice
Executive Director
JH
Joe Henchman
Tax Foundation
VP, Legal & State Projects
RH
Rick Hendrix
ClearWord Communications Group
Founding Partner
CH
Christie Herrera
Foundation for Government Accountability
VP of Policy
Dr. De Hicks
SCGI & RCMI
President & CEO
MH
Melanie Hildreth
Institute for Justice
Director of Donor Relations
LH
Leslie Hiner
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
Vice President of Programs & State Relations
CH
Colin Hitt
Illinois State Policy Institute
Senior Director of Government Affairs
JH
John Hood
John Locke Foundation
President and Chairman
PH
Phyllis Hudecki
State of Oklahoma
Former Secretary of Education
ST
Sponsor: Thomas Jefferson Institute
KI
Ken Ivory
Utah State Representative
SJ
Scott Jensen
American Federation for Children
Senior Advisor
BJ
Bobby Jindal
Lousiana
Louisiana Governor
VJ
Victor Joecks
Nevada Policy Research Institute
Communications Director
DJ
Dave Johnson
Grassroots Education Institute
Training Consultant
TK
Tim Kachuriak
Next After
Chief Innovation & Optimization Officer
KK
Kevin Kane
Pelican Institute
President
TK
Tim Keller
Institute for Justice, Arizona Chapter
Executive Director
CK
Claire Kittle
Talent Market
Executive Director
KK
Kevan Kjar
ArrowHead3
Founder and CEO
Rachel Kopec
State Policy Network
Coalitions Coordinator
JK
John Kramer
Institute for Justice
VP for Communications
ML
Matt Ladner
Foundation for Excellence in Education
Senior Advisor of Policy and Research
JL
Joe Lehman
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
President
ML
Marc Levin
Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Crime initiative
Policy Director
HB
Hosted by Students for Liberty
DL
Daniel Liljenquist
Former State Senator and author of Utah's 2010 pension reforms
BL
Brad Lips
Atlas Economic Research Foundation
CEO
LL
Lasse Lund
Spark Freedom
Program Director
BM
Bill Mattox
The James Madison Institute
Resident Fellow
MM
Matt Mayer
Opportunity Ohio
President
KM
Kelly McCutchen
Georgia Public Policy Foundation
President and CEO
BM
Brian McGrath
EducationDynamics
Executive Vice President
Juliana McMahan
Freedom Foundation
Executive Assistant & Operations Specialist
KM
Kristin McMurray
MM
Michael McShane
American Enterprise Institute
Research Fellow
AM
Annette Meeks
Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
Founder and CEO
BM
Bill Meierling
Communications and Public Affairs, ALEC
Senior Director
Dawn Meling
Commonwealth Foundation
Director of Marketing & Outreach
PM
Paul Mero
Sutherland Institute
President
CM
Charles Mitchell
Commonwealth Foundation
Vice President and COO
LM
Levi Morehouse
Ceterus Inc.
CEO
GM
Glen Morgan
Freedom Foundation
Property Rights Director
MM
Michael Moroney
The Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity
Director of Communications
AM
Andrew Moylan
R Street
Outreach Director and Senior Fellow
TM
Tonya Mullins
Charles Koch Institute
Director, Communications and Marketing
JN
Jonathan Nikkila
American Federation for Children
Director of Government Affairs
KO
Kathleen O'Hearn
SPN
Director of Coalitions
CO
Chip Oglesby
KO
Karen Osborne
The Osborne Group
President
Justin Owen
Beacon Center of Tennessee
President & CEO
GP
Gary Palmer
Alabama Policy Institute
President
MP
Matthew Paprocki
Illinois Policy Institute
Senior Director of Government Affairs
SP
Susan Patten
Time Warner Cable
VP of Government Affairs
MP
Matt Patterson
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Senior Fellow
BP
Bill Peacock
Texas Public Policy Foundation
VP of Research and Director, Center for Economic Freedom
AP
Amy Pelletier
Reason Foundation
Director of Organizational Development
MP
Michael Petrilli
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Executive Vice President
JG
John Goodman PhD
National Center for Policy Analysis
President & CEO
Rebecca Phillips
Freedom Foundation
Policy Writer & Director of Student Outreach
SP
Scott Pruitt
Oklahoma Attorney General
PR
Patrick Reasonover
RR
Rachelle Reitz
Freedom Foundation, SPN and Spark Freedom
Travel Coordinator
DR
Diana Rickert
Illinois Policy Institute
Director of Media Relations
MR
Mike Rose
Comcast Corporation
Senior Director, External Affairs
DR
Daniel Rothschild
American Enterprise institute
Director of External Affairs
NR
Ned Ryun
Chairman, American Majority and CEO, Voter Gravity
JS
Joel Salatin
Author and Owner of Polyface Farms
Kristina Mitten Sanders
State Policy Network
Leadership & Development Specialist
DS
Damon Sasso
Independence Institute
Field Coordinator
BS
Ben Scafidi
Georgia College & State University
Director of the Economics of Education Policy Center
DS
Doug Schneider
American Philanthropic LLC
Senior Consultant
BS
Brian Seasholes
Reason Foundation
Director, Endangered Species Project
TS
Tracie Sharp
State Policy Network
President
JS
Jane S. Shaw
The John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy
President
TS
Thomas Shull
National Charter Schools Institute
Vice President
JS
Jonathan Small
Oklahoma Council for Public Affairs
Fiscal Policy Director
CS
Cameron Smith
Alabama Policy Institute
VP and General Counsel
DM
Dann Mead Smith
Washington Policy Center
President
TS
Tom Smith
Commonwealth Foundation
Board Member
JS
Jeff Spalding
Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
Director of Fiscal Policy & Analysis
KS
Kris Steele
Former Oklahoma Speaker of the House and Right on Crime signatory
MS
Mike Stenhouse
Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity
CEO
JS
John Stephenson
ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force
Director
JS
Jim Stergios
Pioneer Institute
President
JS
Jason Stverak
Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity
President
WS
Will Swaim
Watchdog.org
Vice President of Journalism and Editor
JS
John Swartout
Office of Governor John Hickenlooper
Rural Policy and Outreach Director
ET
Erik Telford
Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives & Outreach
JT
John Tillman
Illinois Policy Institute
CEO
Michael Toguchi
eResources
Vice President
MT
Mike Toguchi
eResources
VP
MT
Matt Tooley
National Cable and Telecommunications Association
Senior Director, Broadband Technology
TT
Terry Tucker
Georgia Center for Opportunity
COO and General Counsel
MT
Meredith Turney
State Policy Network
Director of Stratetic Communications
PV
Peggy Venable
Americans for Prosperity
Texas Director
BW
Bridgett Wagner
The Heritage Foundation
Director of Coalitions
Christina Walsh
Institute for Justice
Director of Activism
MW
Matt Warner
Atlas Economic Research Foundation
Vice President for Programs and Communications
TH
The Honorable J.C. Watts
Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Right on Crime...
LW
Leslie White
Americans For Prosperity
Field Director
SR
State Representative Kerry White
Montana
BW
Bob Williams
State Budget Solutions
President
Nicole Williams
Spark Freedom
President
jess yescalis
Yescalis Campaign Strategies
President
SZ
Sue Zoldak
Adfero Group
Senior VP