America's Future Foundation

America’s Future Foundation is a non-profit network founded in 1995 for "young conservatives and libertarians" in Washington, DC.

The group was started by Mary and Chris Siddall, Samuel Casey Carter, Adam Kaufman and Robert and Lisa Caldwell. According to its website, "the mission of America’s Future Foundation is to identify and develop the next generation of conservative and libertarian leaders. We work to build a nationwide network of young professionals who are committed to the principles of limited government, free markets, and personal responsibility."

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
Stacie Rumenap, who is on the Board of Directors of AFF, represents Stop Child Predators, a non-profit organization of which she is Executive Director, as the co-chair of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Public Safety and Elections Task Force, as of 2011. She is also on the Private Sector Executive Committee of that task force. She has been a member of ALEC since ­­­2004, according to ALEC's webpage.

Both ALEC and the AFF are also members of the State Policy Network, which is a consortium of right-wing think-tanks and policy advocacy groups funded by the likes of the John M. Olin Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the Castle Rock Foundation and the Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation (a Koch Family Foundation).

Ties to the Kochs
AFF receives interns through the "Koch Summer Fellow Program," particularly from the Institute for Humane Studies, a subsection of the Koch-funded Mercatus Center located at George Mason University. Interns receive a stipend as a Koch Summer Fellow. AFF is among the scores of think-tanks and policy advocacy groups listed on the Institute for Humane Studies-approved internships webpage.

Rumenap is also the director of corporate relations at the Mercatus Center.

The State Policy Network, the Institute for Humane Studies and the Mercatus Center are all funded by the Koch Family Foundations.

Publications
AFF published the quarterly Doublethink, as well as the magazine Brainwash.

Funding
Funding is unknown, but the AFF Website asks for donations from supporters who attend meetings, conferences and social events.

There is also mention of a "Founder's Club" specifically for fundraising.

Events
AFF uses social events as a way to network young professionals who are either libertarian or conservative.

You can see Roundtable talks from AFF meetings HERE.

AFF Team

 * Roger Custer - Executive Director: Was previously at Young America's Foundation
 * Cindy Cerquitella - Director of Programs: She is also the Coalition Relations Associate at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation.
 * Sarah Friederich - Event Coordinator: She works full-time as a research coordinator at the Institute for Humane Studies.
 * Eric Heidenreich - Director of IT: Research Manager at the Institute for Humane Studies. He was previously an intern in the Koch Associate Program.

Board of Directors

 * Kmele Foster - Chairman: Vice President and Co-Founder of TelcoIQ, a telecommunications consultancy in Maryland ($40 million in sales revenue in 2008).
 * Gary D. Leff: Leff is the CFO at the Mercatus Center and Institute for Humane Studies. He was previously the Director of Development for both as well. He was also a Charles G. Koch SUmmer Fellow at the Tax Foundation.
 * John S. Barry: Vice Chairman: Handles the global public policy initiatives at Visa Inc.'s Global Government Affairs Department. Barry was previously the Director of Research and Chief Economist at the Tax Foundation and an economic policy analyst at the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation.
 * Stacie Rumenap: Treasurer: Executive Director of Stop Child Predators and a Co-Chair of the Public Safety and Elections Task Force of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
 * Tim Carney - Secretary: Senior reporter for the Evans-Novak Political Report, a columnist for the Washington Examiner and the author of The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money (2006).
 * Melissa Anderson: Anderson is the Associate Director of former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum's Program to Protect America's Freedom at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Previously, he was a communications advisor for the Senate Republican Conference. She was also a reporter for THe Hill newspaper and an editorial assistant for the National Review.
 * Raul Damas: He is the Senior Manager of Public Affairs at Pfizer Inc.. PReviously, Damas was the Associate Director of the White House Office of Poilitical Affairs.
 * Kathryn Kelly: Director of state outreach for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Previously, she was at the Engalitcheff Institute for Comparative Political and Economic Systems at the Fund for American Studies.
 * Sean Rushton: Communications Director for the U.S. Small Business Adminstration. Previously, she was executive director of the COmmittee for Justice. He was also press secretaries for Congressman Bill Archer (R-TX) and Congressman Ed Royce (R-CA).
 * Jeff Berkowitz: Research Director for the Republican National Committee. Previously was the Deputy Communications Director and Research Director for the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee and as Associate Director for Research in the White House Office of Scheduling. Berkowitz was also the Senior Defense and Foreign Policy Analyst for the Republican National Committee and Bush-Cheney 2004.

Advisory Board

 * Jonathan H. Adler, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
 * Samuel Casey Carter
 * Christina Culver, Dutko Worldwide
 * Michael Gleba, The Sarah Scaife Foundation
 * Carl Helstrom, The JM Foundation
 * Scott Hodge, The Tax Foundation
 * Michael Lynch, MetLife Financial Services
 * Roger Ream, The Fund for American Studies
 * Christopher S. Siddall, Satori Consulting
 * Mary Siddall, Founder, America’s Future Foundation
 * Matthew Spalding, The Heritage Foundation

Executive Council

 * Clint Bolick, Alliance for School Choice
 * Leonard Liggio, Atlas Economic Research Foundation
 * T. Kenneth Cribb, Intercollegiate Studies Institute
 * Edwin Meese III, Ronald Reagan Fellow, Heritage Foundation
 * Edwin J. Feulner, Jr., Heritage Foundation
 * Gene Meyer, Federalist Society
 * Barbara Ledeen, Founder, Independent Women’s Forum
 * Randal C. Teague, Fund for American Studies
 * Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform
 * Ron Robinson, Young America’s Foundation

Contact
2001 L Street NW, Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 202.464.5120 Email: info (AT) americasfuture.org Web: http://www.americasfuture.org/index.php