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. 2โ€œLawson […]

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 Masterโ€™s 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 โ€œEnvironmental Strategies Group (ESG)โ€ since 2006. The ESG reportedly works to โ€œadvise 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 โ€œengages in grassroots public policy advocacy and debate concerning energy and environmental policies.โ€1โ€œAbout 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 โ€œsupplies 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 โ€œto 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. โ€œPunishing 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), โ€œa 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 […]