Chris Fink
Chris Fink Credentials Background Chris Fink was the president of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) from 2009 until 2018. He currently serves as president of the Fink Family Foundation and Fink Solutions, and as the COO of the Human Rights Foundation. He is the son of Richard Fink, former executive vice president and member […]
Brian Hooks
Brian Hooks Credentials Background Brian Hooks became president of the Charles Koch Foundation as of July 1, 2014. Prior to working at the Charles Koch Foundation, Hooks was the chief operating officer and executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University where he โled strategy and oversaw all programs and operations.โ1โPresident of the […]
American Future Fund
American Futureย Fund Background The American Future Found (AFF) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that describes itself as a โmulti- state issues advocacy groupย designed to effectively communicate conservative and free market ideals,โ according to its website. AFF was founded in 2007 by Nick Ryan, a former advisor to […]
Talent Market
Talent Market Background Talent Market is a Virginia-based non-profit recruitment agency which aims to โbring talent and liberty together to make the world a better place,โ according to its website. Talent Market provides โconsulting and recruiting services to think tanks, policy organizations, research centers, and capacity building institutions that primarily focus on reducing the size […]
Institute for Free Speech
Institute for Free Speech Background The Institute for Free Speech (IFS), founded under the name Center for Competitive Politics, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit describing itself as โthe nationโs largest organization dedicated solely to protecting First Amendment political speech rights.โ1โWelcome to the Institute for Free Speech,โ Institute for Free Speech, October 17, 2018. Archived June 26, […]
In Pursuit Of
In Pursuitย Of Background In Pursuit Of describes itself as a โfull-service communications and marketing agencyโ with the mission to โadvance policy, political and cultural changes.โ According to corporate registry files at the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), 2โInPursuitOf, LLC,โ Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission. Accessed […]
Generation Opportunity
Generation Opportunity Background Generation Opportunity was an Arlington, Virginia-based non-profit whose stated aims were to โadvance policy change, hold policymakers accountable, fight for opportunity, and defend the freedoms of young Americans.โ Officially named YEM Trust and founded in 2010 as a sister organisation to Americans for Prosperity,1โAbout us,โ Generation Opportunity. Archived February 19, 2019. Archive.fo […]
CRC Advisors
CRCย Advisors Background CRC Advisors, previously Creative Response Concepts, is a Virginia-based public relations firm, known for working with numerous high-profile right-wingย clients, as well as fossil fuel companies such as oil major Chevron. On a now-deleted website when the company was known as CRC Strategies, it statedย in a list of โcase studiesโย that it โdeveloped winning communications, […]
Council for a Competitive Economy
Council for a Competitiveย Economy Background The Council for a Competitive Economyย (CCE) was a group founded by Charles Koch in May 1979ย and made up of approximately 2,000 business leaders who pledged to lobby Congress to end corporate subsidies.1David R. Francis. โSome free enterprisers who insist on no subsidies,โ Christian Science Monitor, September 26, 1980. Archived June […]
Concerned Veterans for America
Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) Background Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) is an Arlington, Virginia, non-profit that bills itself as a veterans’ rights group.ย According to its website, Concerned Veterans for America’s mission is โto preserve the freedom & prosperity we & our families fought & sacrificed to defend.โ1Concerned Veterans for America homepage. Archived June 6, […]