Lawson Bader
Lawson R. Bader Credentials Background Lawson Bader is the President and CEO of both DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund, and the former president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute where he still serves as a member of the Board of Directors. 2โLawson […]
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer Credentials According to his biographical profile at the U.S. House of Representatives, Kevin Cramer has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, a Masterโs degree in Management from the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, and was conferred the degree of Doctor of Leadership, honoris causa, by the […]
Jeffrey R. Holmstead
Jeffrey R. Holmstead Credentials Background Jeffrey R. Holmstead is a partner and attorney for Bracewell LLP in Washington, DC (formerly Bracewell & Giuliani*) where he has headed their โEnvironmental Strategies Group (ESG)โ since 2006. The ESG reportedly works to โadvise and defend companies and business groups confronting major environmental and energy-development challenges, both domestically and […]
American Energy Alliance (AEA)
American Energy Alliance (AEA) Background The American Energy Alliance is a 501(c)(4) not-for-profit organization founded in May, 2008. It is the advocacy arm of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Institute for Energy Research (IER). According to its website, the AEA โengages in grassroots public policy advocacy and debate concerning energy and environmental policies.โ1โAbout the AEA,โ American Energy Alliance. Archived […]
Lexington Institute
Lexington Institute Background The Lexington Institute is a 501(c)(3) organization based in Arlington, Virginia, focused on national security education reform, tax reform, immigration and federal policy concerning science and technology. The Lexington Institute was founded in 1998 by Mac Carey. The Institute has received […]
Western Fuels Association
Western Fuels Association (WFA) Background Western Fuels Association (WFA) is a not-for-profit cooperative that โsupplies coal and transportation services to consumer-owned electric utilities throughout the Great Plains, Rocky Mountain and Southwest regions.โ The group was founded in 1973 with the purpose of providing coal and other services to consumer-owned utilities. In 2013, the group was […]
Nevada Policy Research Institute
Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI) Background The Nevada Policy Research Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that describes itself as a “free-market think tank that seeks private solutions to public challenges facing Nevada, the West and the nation.” NPRI is a member of the […]
Center for Organizational Research and Education (CORE)
Center for Organizational Research and Education (CORE) Background The Center for Organization Research and Education (CORE), formerly known as the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) until late 2014, formerly the Guest Choice Network (GCN), is made up of several organizations controlled by Washington lawyer and lobbyist Richard Berman.1David P. Goch. “Re: The Center for Consumer Freedom,โ (17-33-72) (PDF). Letter to […]
Free Speech in Science Project
Free Speech in Science Project Background Attorneys David B. Rivkin Jr. and Andrew M. Grossman established the Free Speech in Science Project in 2016 to โto defend the kind of open inquiry and debate that are central to scientific advancement and understanding,โ they write in The Wall Street Journal.1David B. Rivkin Jr. and Andrew M. Grossman. โPunishing Climate-Change Skeptics,โ The Wall […]
Center for Accountability in Science
Center for Accountability in Science (CAS) Background The Center for Accountability in Science (CAS), โa non-profit organization dedicated to providing balance to alarmist media stories and NGO campaigns regarding the risks posed by modern technology, medicines, and products,โ is a project of the nonprofit Center for Organizational Research and Education (CORE). It has been described […]