Heartland Institute personnel

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Heartland Institute personnel are:

Board of Directors
The members of the Board of Directors as of April 2011 are: ,
 * Herbert J. Walberg, Chairman
 * Joseph L. Bast, President and CEO The Heartland Institute, Chicago
 * Rajeev Bal, Milwaukee, WI
 * Robert Buford, President, Planned Realty Group, Chicago
 * Richard Collins, Indianapolis, IN
 * Paul Fisher, attorney and Real Estate Department Chair, McGuireWoods LLC.
 * Daniel Hales, Peterson & Ross law firm, Winnetka IL
 * James L. Johnston, Amoco Corporation (retired)
 * Jeff Judson, former president of Texas Public Policy Foundation; Jeff Judson & Associates, San Antonio, Texas
 * Jeffrey B. Madden, IronBridge Capital Management, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois -
 * Arthur Margulis, Chicago Illinois
 * David H. Padden, President, Padco Lease Corporation
 * Frank Resnik, Medline Inc. (retired)
 * Mike Rose, Philadelphia, PA
 * Harrison H. Schmitt, Albuquerque, NM; emeritus geologist/astronaut

Previous
Present in 2009:
 * James Fitzgerald, Managing Director, BankNote Capital LLC
 * William Higginson, President, Chicago Equity Fund Inc.
 * Biju Kulathakal
 * Elizabeth Rose
 * Thomas Walton, Director of Economic Policy, General Motors Corporation

Staff
Staff as of September 2009:


 * Joseph L. Bast, President and CEO
 * Diane Carol Bast, Executive Editor
 * Lauren Chrissos, Vice President - Development
 * Nikki Comerford, Associate Publisher and Events Manager
 * Ralph Conner, Local Legislation Manager
 * Brian Costin, Assistant Director of Government Relations
 * Karla Dial, Managing Editor - School Reform News
 * Keely Drukala, New Media Specialist,
 * Ben Domenech, Managing Editor, Health Care News
 * Kristine Esposo, Corporate Relations Manager
 * Kevin Fitzgerald, Vice President - Programs
 * Peter Fotos, Director of Government Relations
 * Matthew Glans, Legislative Specialist
 * S.T. Karnick, Publications Director
 * Robin Knox, CHCC Liaison/Assistant
 * James Lakely, Managing Editor
 * Jay Lehr, Science Director, Senior Fellow Environment Policy
 * Maureen Martin, Senior Fellow Legal Affairs
 * Dan Miller, Executive Vice President and Publisher
 * Tammy Nash, Media Relations Manager
 * John Nothdurft, Legislative Specialist
 * Zonia Pino, Legislative Specialist
 * Steve Stanek, Managing Editor, Budget & Tax News
 * James M. Taylor, Managing Editor, Environment & Climate News

Senior Fellows
As of February 2009, Heartland's "Senior Fellows" -- which it states on its website "write scores of articles--from letters to the editor to full-blown policy studies--conduct media interviews, testify at legislative hearings, and speak to audiences ranging in size from 10 to 10,000" -- are :
 * Dennis Avery, Senior Fellow, Climate Change
 * Sandy Liddy Bourne, Senior Fellow
 * George Clowes, Senior Fellow, Education Policy
 * Wendell Cox, Senior Fellow, Urban Growth and Transit Policy
 * Richard Dolinar, Senior Fellow, Health Care Policy
 * Robert Holland, Senior Fellow, Education Policy
 * James Johnston, Senior Fellow, Energy and Regulatory Policy
 * Jay Lehr, Science Director, The Heartland Institute
 * Maureen Martin, Senior Fellow, Legal Affairs
 * John Rutledge, Senior Fellow, Economic Growth and Technology
 * Greg Scandlen, Director, Consumers for Health Care Choices
 * James Taylor, Senior Fellow, Environment Policy
 * Steven Titch, Senior Fellow, Infotech & Telecom Policy
 * Herbert Walberg, Chairman, Board of Directors
 * Lee Walker, Senior Fellow, Urban Affairs
 * Brian Wesbury, Senior Fellow, Federal Budget and Tax Policy

"Global warming experts"
See Heartland's "global warming experts" list at Heartland Institute/Global warming experts.

(As a group, "Global warming experts" who minimize the risks of climate change have less expertise than those who don't. )

Former Staff

 * Nick Baker, Legislative Specialist - left in 2008 or early 2009
 * Jim Eiden, Legislative Specialist
 * Cece Forrester, Development Assistant - left in 2008 or early 2009
 * Susan Konig, Managing Editor, Health Care News
 * Phylicia Lyons, Executive Director, Illinois School Choice Initiative
 * Trevor Martin, Government Relations Director - left in 2008 or early 2009
 * Erin Murphy, Legislative Specialist
 * Zwahy'yah McElrath, Data Entry Clerk/Receptionist - left in 2008 or early 2009
 * Sean Parnell, Vice President - External Affairs
 * James Rottet, Legislative Specialist
 * John Skorburg, Associate Editor, Budget & Tax News
 * Michael Van Winkle, Media Specialist

Former Board Members

 * Walter F. Buchholtz, Government Relations & Issues Advisor, ExxonMobil Corporation. On page 20 of Heartland's 2005 IRS return he was listed as a 'Government Relations Adviser'. (Pdf)
 * Roy E. Marden, formerly with Philip Morris