Independent Women’s Forum

Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) Background The Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) is a 501(c)(3) think tank that has described itself as a “research and education institute.” While IWF has identified itself as non partisan and neutral group, both IWF and its 501(c)(4) “sister organization” the Independent Women’s Voice (IWV) have been identified as “anything but” according to research […]

Donors Capital Fund

Donors Capital Fund Background Donors Capital Fund is a not-for-profit donor advised charity that distributes millions of dollars in grants each year to groups, organizations and projects that are “dedicated to the ideals of limited government, personal responsibility, and free enterprise.” Between 2002 and […]

Africa Fighting Malaria

Africa Fighting Malaria (AFM) Background Africa Fighting Malaria (AFM) describes itself as a non-profit “health advocacy group” founded in May 2000 and based in South Africa and the United States. AFM describes its mission as to “make malaria control more transparent, responsive and effective.” AFM‘s website is regularly updated with commentary advocating the use of […]

FreedomWorks

FreedomWorks Background FreedomWorks was created in 2004 as a merger between Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE) and Empower America. While CSE was founded by the Koch brothers in 1984 as special interest group promoting deregulation and was originally affiliated with Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation (CSEF), Koch do not appear active in FreedomWorks itself. Citizens […]

Alex Epstein

Alex Epstein Credentials Background Alex Epstein is the director of the Center for Industrial Progress (CIP), a for-profit think tank he founded in 2011. Its mission is to “inspire Americans to embrace industrial progress as a cultural ideal.” Epstein is also a blogger at Master Resource, a “Free Market Energy Blog,” and a past fellow of the […]

Claes Goran Johnson

Claes Göran L. Johnson Credentials Background Claes Göran Johnson is a professor of applied mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. He has produced a series of books titled Applied Mathematics: Body and Soul and has published other work in the area of computational mathematics, finite element methods, mechanics and physics.1“Claes Johnson,” […]

Anne Debeil

Anne Debeil Credentials Civil Engineer with a specialization in chemistry. Background Anne Debeil runs a consultancy company Debeil-Myrén where she has given safety advice to a number of SEVESO companies. Her clients have included BP, although she has no official association with the company.2BP Buren, […]

Samuele Furfari

Samuele Furfari Credentials Background Samuele Furfari teaches Geopolitics of Energy at the Free University of Brussels where he obtained his PhD in coal gasification (his thesis was on the “transformation of coal into hydrocarbons”). He is a senior official in the European Commission on energy issues and sustainable development and has worked with the Directorate […]

Anthony J. Sadar

Anthony J. (Tony) Sadar Credentials Background Anthony J. (Tony) Sadar is a professor at Geneva College, a Christian college in Beaver Falls, PA. According to their website, “Geneva is committed to a Christian worldview that acknowledges God’s sovereignty over every area of creation. This includes every field of study, every athletic program and every extracurricular […]

A. Alan Moghissi

A. Alan Moghissi Credentials Background Dr. A. Alan Moghissi is a former official with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He retired from the EPA in 1985 and formed the Institute for Regulatory Science (RSI) where he currently serves as president. 2“A. Alan […]