David H. Padden

David H. Padden is President of Padden & Company Inc., a Chicago-based investment securities firm, and spinoff Padco Lease Corporation. He plays a prominent role in a number of libertarian think tanks:


 * Heartland Institute, founder and director 2004
 * Cato Institute, director 2004
 * Citizens for a Sound Economy, former director
 * Acton Institute, former director
 * Bionomics Institute, director
 * Foundation for Economic Education, former director
 * Center for Libertarian Studies, former director
 * Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, director 2001

Known Associates
Peter Ackerman, Managing Director, Rockport Financial Ltd.; K. Tucker Andersen, Senior Consultant, Cumberland Associates LLC;  Frank Bond, Chairman, The Foundation Group;  Edward H. Crane, President, Cato Institute;  Richard J. Dennis, President, Dennis Trading Group;  Theodore J. Forstmann, Principal, Forstmann Little & Company;  Ethelmae C. Humphreys, Chairman, Tamko Roofing Products, Inc.;  David H. Koch, Executive Vice President, Koch Industries, Inc.;  John C. Malone, Chairman, Liberty Media Corporation;  William A. Niskanen, Chairman, Cato Institute;  Lewis E. Randall, Board Member, E*Trade Financial;  Howard S. Rich, President, U.S. Term Limits;  Frederick W. Smith, Chairman & CEO, FedEx Corporation;  Jeffrey S. Yass, Managing Director, Susquehanna International Group, LLP;  Alejandro A. Chafuen;  Wade Fetzer III;  Edwin J. Feulner, Jr.;  David Humphreys;  Alejandro Garza Lagüera;  Bernard T. Lomas;  Jeff D. Sandefer;  Robert A. Sirico;  George W. Strake, Jr.;    David Humphreys - Chairman, Tamko Asphalt Products;  Betsy DeVos - Treasurer, The Windquest Group, Inc.;  Alejandro A. Chafuen - Secretary, Atlas Economic Research Foundation;   Rev. Robert A. Sirico - President, The Acton Institute;  Barry Conner, America's Home Place;  Robert Costello, Social Security Choice.org;  Frank Hanna III, HBR Capital, Ltd.;  Alejandro Garza Lagüera, Pulsar International;  David Milroy, Reams Asset Management Company;  J.C. Huizenga, National Heritage Academies;  Sidney J. Jansma, Jr., Wolverine Gas and Oil Corporation;  Ren Broekhuizen, Pastor, Ridge Point Community Church;  Carol Erickson Martino, Consultant, Ambrosetti Group;  Daniel C. Lynch, Bionomics Chairman;  Terry Huffington;  Mark H. Edwards;  J.G. "Mike" Ford, Jr.;  Peter Gruber;  Allan C. King;  Leo Linbeck, Jr.;  Leigh Marriner;  Bill Melton;  John Porter;  Michael Rothschild;  Mark A. Tebbe;  Herbert J. Walberg, Chairman University of Illinois - Chicago;  James L. Johnston Amoco Corporation (retired);  Joseph L. Bast, President and CEO, The Heartland Institute;  Roy E. Marden, Public Policy Consultant;  Walter F. Buchholtz, ExxonMobil Corporation;  Robert Buford, Planned Realty Group;  Frank Resnik, Medline Inc. (retired);  Paul Fisher, Piper, Marbury, Rudnick & Wolfe;  Leslie Rose, Fidelity Bank;  James Fitzgerald, BankNote Capital LLC;  Lee Tooman, Golden Rule Insurance Company;  Dan Hales, Peterson & Ross;  Lee H. Walker, New Coalition for Economic & Social Change;  William Higginson, Chicago Equity Fund Inc.;  Thomas Walton, General Motors;  Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation Board of Directors: David H. Koch;  Sarah Atkins;  Wayne Gable;  John Thomas;  Walter Williams. CSE Board of Directors: Jim Burnley; C. Boyden Gray;  Thomas Knudsen;  James C. Miller III;  Richard Stephenson;  Dirk Van Dongen.