DEVELOPING LEADERS FOR A FREE SOCIETY
OUR MISSION The mission of TFAS, its board, staff and our thousands of supporters is to change the world by developing leaders for a free society. We offer transformational programs that teach the principles of limited government, free-market economics and honorable leadership to students and young professionals. TFAS programs inspire these future leaders to make a difference in their communities and throughout the world by upholding the values essential to the preservation and success of a free society.
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A group of concerned citizens, including Charles Edison, former governor of New Jersey and son of the inventor Thomas Alva Edison, set out to form an organization to educate young people about American political and economic institutions. On Feb. 6, 1967, Edison, Dr. Walter H. Judd, David R. Jones, Marvin Liebman and William F. Buckley, Jr. establish what was then called the Charles Edison Youth Fund.
In the summer of 1970, TFAS holds its first program, the Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems (ICPES) at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Fifty-seven students attend.
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Following a decade of dramatic increases in federal regulations on businesses, TFAS launches the Institute on Business and Government Affairs (IBGA) – teaching future leaders about the economic and political issues that shape how business and government interact.
In response to a growing mistrust of American media, TFAS establishes the Institute on Political Journalism (IPJ). Through IPJ, TFAS begins to develop a new generation of objective journalists with high ethical standards and solid understanding of free-market economic principles.
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Four years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, TFAS launches its first international program, the American Institute on Political and Economic Systems (AIPES) in Prague, Czech Republic. The program begins reaching young leaders of former Soviet Bloc nations with the principles of market economics and constitutional democracy.
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The International Institute for Political and Economic Studies (IIPES) is established in Greece, launching a groundbreaking program to educate young leaders from the Middle East and Balkans about the conditions necessary for free and peaceful societies. In 2013, IIPES is combined with the AIPES program in Prague to create TFAS’s largest and most diverse International program.
TFAS establishes the Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service (IPVS) to educate undergraduate students in ways consistent with the American traditions of philanthropy and individual responsibility. Originally headquartered in Indianapolis, IPVS is relocated to D.C. in 2004.
Following China’s admittance into the World Trade Organization, TFAS establishes the Asia Institute for Political Economy (AIPE) in Hong Kong – bringing together outstanding Asian and American students to analyze the economic and political principles that affect development.
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With the launch of Capital Semester (CS), TFAS transforms itself into a yearround educational institution, offering fall and spring semester programs in addition to its traditional summer institutes.
TFAS expands into graduate studies with the launch of the Legal Studies Institute (LSI) – giving law students firsthand exposure to the American legal system while exploring the important historical underpinnings of the Constitution.
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TFAS announces a new academic partnership with George Mason University. Widely considered to house the #1 market-oriented economics department in the United States, Mason is an ideal partner for TFAS as it works to educate tomorrow’s leaders.
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TFAS establishes the Institute for Leadership in the Americas (ILA) in Santiago, Chile – giving young people in Latin America the tools to defend freedom in a region where it is under attack.
What began as a specialized track of ICPES is expanded into the Institute on Economics and International Affairs (IEIA). The program recruits promising young leaders pursuing careers in foreign affairs and international development, and educates them in free-market economics and the United States’ role in foreign policy.
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With the acquisition of the Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program, TFAS builds upon its efforts to create a new generation of responsible and objective journalists. Established by the Phillips Foundation in 1994, the Novak Fellowship program awards fellowships to working journalists with less than 10 years of experience for writing projects on American culture and a free society.
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With an agreement to join forces with the Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE), TFAS extends its influence to the high school level – teaching economics to high school students and working with teachers to develop lesson plans and exercises for teaching economics.
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FROM OUR CHAIRMAN & PRESIDENT The Irish tell a tale of St. Peter confronting a man at the pearly gates with the simple question, “Where are your scars?” The man responds, “I’m sorry, St. Peter, but I have no scars.” To that, St. Peter retorts sharply, “Was there nothing on Earth worth fighting for? Was there nothing there worth dying for to bring you to Heaven’s gate?” Here at TFAS, we believe there are indeed values worth fighting and even dying for and certainly the task we have set for ourselves – keeping alive the ideas of a free society among the rising generation of leaders – is a purpose worth more than mere scars.
Randal Teague
Thankfully, here in the U.S. we can teach the ideas of freedom and the economics of a free society without suffering serious repercussions. At least that is the way it has been thus far. The U.S. Constitution protects the right of every American to speak freely and to teach ideas without getting the approval of government. The First Amendment protects against the encroachments of government and college administrations, and is vital to the work we do at TFAS. What sets TFAS above many other educational organizations is that we take the ideas of freedom Roger Ream to areas where those ideas aren’t always welcome. We do that through thousands of students who participate in our programs around the globe. This includes young people from countries that suppress human freedom, including in South America, Asia and the Middle East – and to students from colleges in the U.S. that erect free speech zones and otherwise actively suppress opinions that aren’t acceptable to the statist orthodoxy in control of many college campuses. Our objective at TFAS is simple: To win over each new generation of leaders to the ideas of liberty, limited government and a freemarket economic system. We accomplish this by changing the lives of young people on paths to leadership. Our transformational programs focus on young people who will pursue careers in journalism, education, business, government, public policy and other leadership positions. TFAS is growing and must continue to reach more young people every year. Through our strategic partnership with the Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE), and our acquisition of the Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program, as well as partnerships with organizations that share our educational mission, we are changing the world by developing leaders for a free society. Thank you for your support of TFAS. Our work is possible only because of generous supporters who contribute resources needed to award scholarships to students and fellowships to journalists, and to hire and retain our outstanding faculty. In gratitude for your support we are mindful of the words of the great American patriot Dr. Joseph Warren, who gave his life at Bunker Hill: Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be free, and heaven and earth will aid the resolution. On you depend the fortunes of America. You are to decide the important question, on which rest the happiness and liberty of millions yet unborn. Act worthy of yourselves. Thank you for being a friend to TFAS and for acting worthy of yourself. God bless you and God bless America. Sincerely,
Randal C. Teague Chairman
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U.S. PROGRAMS
“LIVE. LEARN. INTERN.” PROGRAMS IN D.C.
TFAS sponsors seven institutes in Washington, D.C. that teach undergraduate college students and law students about the principles and values upon which the United States was founded. Each institute offers students a comprehensive education that includes unique academic courses for credit, internships and professional development opportunities. The ultimate objective is to develop talented young people who are committed to America’s founding principles and will become the journalists, policy makers and influential leaders of tomorrow.
CS ICPES
Capital Semester Fall and Spring Engalitcheff Institute on Comparative Political and
IEIA
Institute on Economics and
IPVS
Institute on Philanthropy
International Affairs
and Voluntary Service
Economic Systems Institute on Business and
Journalism
Legal Studies Institute
To read more about each individual institute and how they were founded, please refer to our history section on page 1.
Government Affairs
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TFAS does a great
job of bringing together campusleading students and careeroriented individuals from around the world, giving them the opportunity to live in the heart of our nation’s capital, while learning from numerous thought-provoking scholars on issues not normally discussed in college classrooms.” THOMAS TURNER (ICPES 14) University of Virginia Intern, International Center for Terrorism Studies
TEACHING FREEDOM ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM Because the institutes are designed to influence and encourage future leaders, TFAS markets its programs to college students across the political spectrum. This means that conservative, libertarian and liberal students, and others who have not yet formed their political beliefs, enroll in the programs. This approach differentiates TFAS from other organizations that are also working to develop young leaders.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT ROBERT CUPP (ICPES 71) Ohio State Representative Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice
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TFAS opened the door to continued
learning, understanding, and appreciation of the genius of our constitutional system of self-government.” PHOTO: Ohio State Representative Robert Cupp gives advice to TFAS students as a guest speaker. Cupp has served as an elected official in all three branches of government and at both the local and state levels: as a county commissioner, a four-term state senator, a court-of-appeals judge and a justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio.
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COURSEWORK THE TFAS CURRICULUM
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Everything we’ve
been learning in the classes, through our speakers, and at
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U.S. Undergraduate Programs Inside TFAS classrooms, undergraduate students study economics, ethics and constitutional government in upper-level courses taught by members of TFAS’s award-winning faculty and accredited
our internships is about how
by TFAS academic partner George Mason University. Each
to restore principles of the
course on economics as well as optional elective courses such
founding which are in line with a free-market, capitalistic system. It’s been one of the better experiences
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institute offers an intense academic program with one mandatory as “American Political Thought,” Ethics and Leadership” and “American Foreign Policy.” Students can also elect to participate in an internship seminar that focuses on leadership development and career-building activities. Legal Studies Institute (LSI) In stark contrast to the kind of constitutional law courses offered
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at most law schools, the LSI curriculum examines the actual text of
FRANK GARRISON (LSI 14) Saint Thomas University Intern, Committee for Justice
time it was adopted. Students receive academic credit from either
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the Constitution and explores the public meaning of the text at the Georgetown University Law Center or the Ohio Northern University Petit College of Law.
OUR FACULTY
PROFESSOR SPOTLIGHT
Since its founding, TFAS has specialized in offering
RANDY E. BARNETT
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college courses that engage students in a rigorous examination of the values of a free society. For
Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory at the Georgetown University Law Center
many students, TFAS professors provide a unique window to ideas or subject matter not covered at their home universities. That’s why we take such care in hiring our faculty. We seek professors who have a passion for our mission and offer a dynamic teaching style that connects with young people to bring the ideas of liberty to life.
INTERNSHIPS GAINING REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE
U.S. programs students are placed in professional internships where they work for approximately 35 hours per week. Through their internships, students test themselves in their chosen professional fields, gain work experience, develop skills and make valuable professional contacts. For decades, TFAS has forged relationships with leading organizations in public policy, journalism, government relations, business and philanthropy, thus ensuring students have access to the most challenging and fulfilling internships in Washington. In 2014, TFAS students interned with more than 200 D.C. institutions.
PHOTOS, left to right: TFAS Professor Randy E. Barnett (l.) receives a 2014 Bradley Prize from Michael Grebe (r.), president and CEO of The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation during a ceremony at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Barnett is one of the nation’s most prominent constitutional scholars and is known as the intellectual architect of the 2012 constitutional challenge to Obamacare. | As part of his course in the TFAS Legal Studies Institute (LSI), Professor Barnett leads a panel discussion on advancing the judicial recognition of the original meaning of the Constitution. Barnett is an example of the outstanding faculty educating young people in TFAS classrooms.
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My internship experience in
D.C. has forever changed my outlook toward a free society, democracy and my future. I have grown both personally
PHOTOS, Page 6, left to right: Students listen intently during a TFAS course. | Professor Donald Boudreaux of George Mason University accepts a TFAS Outstanding Professor Award for his commitment to TFAS students. While presenting Professor Boudreaux with the award, President Ream shared these words from a former student: “Professor Boudreaux is so animated, full of life and intelligent. I couldn’t have asked for a better professor to get me through these challenging weeks of class because I had never before been introduced to economics. While
and professionally.” WINSTON PIERRE (IPJ 14) University of Massachusetts Boston Intern, Catholic News Service
it was probably the most difficult class I have ever taken in college to date, it was also the most worthwhile.” TEACHING FREEDOM SINCE 1967
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At TFAS, students continue learning outside the walls of the traditional classroom. TFAS students explore D.C.’s powerful institutions at exclusive site briefings and gain first-hand knowledge from key professionals at special events and guest lectures. In 2014, TFAS
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students heard from more than 100 guest speakers including top economists, journalists, policy makers, scholars and industry experts.
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia meets
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U.S. Supreme Court. Students attended the briefing as part of their course, “Constitutional Interpretation: Originalism in Theory and Practice.”
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Students take a weekend trip to visit Mount
Vernon, the home of President George Washington. TFAS students visit numerous landmarks and archives of our Founding Fathers including the National Mall and monuments, National Archives and the Library of Congress.
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Judge Douglas Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of
Appeals, D.C. Circuit, hosts Legal Studies Institute (LSI) students in his courtroom for a private briefing.
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Civil liberties attorney Bruce Fein answers
a student’s question following a TFAS-sponsored debate on “Edward Snowden: Patriot or Traitor?” Fein faced off against Professor Robert Turner from the University of Virginia’s Center for National Security Law.
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Sponsored by Steve and Nancy Einhorn of the Einhorn Family Foundation TFAS partners with the office of Senator Rand Paul to host the “Free Markets, Individual Liberty & Civil Society” lecture series for D.C. interns. This one-of-a-kind series is open to all interns – not just TFAS students – and puts young people face-to-face with prominent leaders advancing the cause for freedom. 2014 speakers included: • Dr. Walter Williams, the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor • • • •
of Economics at George Mason University Timothy Sandefur, Principal Attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation John Allison, President of the Cato Institute Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt, the Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute Dr. Donald J. Devine, Grewcock Senior Scholar at TFAS and former Director of Personnel Management in the Reagan Administration
Dr. Alejandro Chafuen, president of the
Atlas Network, addresses TFAS students at the 2014 Walter Judd Freedom Award Ceremony. Chafuen received the 2014 Judd Freedom Award for advancing the cause of freedom through his tireless leadership in founding and nurturing think tanks around the world.
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A former Ambassador to Nepal and the current
president of the US-China Education Trust, Amb. Julia Chang Bloch delivers a guest lecture on relations between the United States and China.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wendy
Ruderman, signs a copy of her book, “Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love.” She and her writing partner Barbara Laker spoke to TFAS journalism students about the process of writing their Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative series.
PHOTO: (l.-r.) Steve and Nancy Einhorn of the Einhorn Family Foundation, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and TFAS President Roger Ream (ICPES 76) attend a “Free Markets, Individual Freedom and Civil Liberty” lecture generously sponsored by the Einhorn Family Foundation.
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JOURNALISM INITIATIVES BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF OBJECTIVE AND RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISTS TFAS is committed to nurturing a new generation of journalists with high ethical standards and a sound understanding of economics. In addition to our summer and semester programs aimed toward collegiate journalists, TFAS cultivates objective and responsible professional journalism through our journalism awards and the Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program.
JOURNALISM AWARDS
Each year, the Institute on Political Journalism (IPJ) presents professional and collegiate awards, honoring reporters whose work exemplifies accuracy, free-market economics and professional investigative standards.
For more on our Journalism Awards, visit www.TFAS.org/ IPJAwards
PHOTO: Our 2014 Journalism Award winners are honored at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. (l.-r.) John Diedrich and Raquel Rutledge of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jeremy Diamond of The GW Hatchet, Aki Ito of Bloomberg News, Sarah Smith of The Daily Pennsylvanian and Jeff Kearns of Bloomberg News.
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT MOLLIE HEMINGWAY (NOVAK 04) Senior Editor, The Federalist
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I can’t imagine how different my career would be without the Novak Fellowship.
It enabled me to take a year of in-depth study and become knowledgeable on my beat. It helped me get placed in national publications and put me in contact with other fellows who answered my questions and helped me learn the ropes.”
For more on the Novak Fellowship Program, visit www.TFAS.org/ Novak
PHOTO: Mollie Hemingway gives advice to current TFAS students during an alumni roundtable discussion. Hemingway credits her Novak Fellowship with helping her evolve her journalism career from working at small newspapers to becoming a senior editor at The Federalist. Today her work reaches millions of readers with pieces published in The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian and CNN.com.
ROBERT NOVAK JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Launched in 1994, the Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program awards fellowships of up to $50,000 to print and online journalists with less than 10 years of professional experience. Legendary journalist Robert Novak provided the inspiration for the program, which was named in his honor following his passing in 2009. The Novak program has awarded 130 fellowships over the past two decades to promising young journalists who are climbing the ranks as groundbreaking reporters, editors, editorial page writers, columnists and authors. Novak Fellows include Steve Hayes (AIPES 94, Novak 00) of The Weekly Standard and Fox News, Mollie Hemingway (Novak 04) of The Federalist and Tim Carney (Novak 03) of the Washington Examiner.
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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
SANTIAGO, CHILE • PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC • HONG KONG When TFAS was formed in 1967, one of its six founding objectives was to pursue opportunities for international programs that could plant the ideas of individual liberty in places that had historically provided the least fertile soil. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, TFAS seized the opportunity and began providing scholarships to students from former Soviet Bloc nations to attend its programs in Washington, D.C. The number of students seeking these scholarships became so large that TFAS established its first international institute in Prague in 1993. Today, TFAS has three international institutes that help bring the principles of freedom to future leaders all over the world.
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AIPES: AMERICAN INSTITUTE ON POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
ILA: INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP IN THE AMERICAS
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
SANTIAGO, CHILE
Through academic courses, guest lectures and conflict management exercises, AIPES students tackle some of the more complex political and economic issues facing today’s world. Inside the TFAS classroom, AIPES students participate in an interdisciplinary academic course that explores the political and economic foundations of a free society. Accredited by AIPES’s longtime academic partner, Charles University, the challenging coursework includes readings from economists and liberty-minded thinkers including Bastiat, de Tocqueville, Mises, Hayek and Adam Smith.
The ILA program, launched in 2008, has garnered a TFAS foothold in Latin America, where more than 300 students have been given the tools to defend freedom in a region where it has been under attack. Accredited by the University of the Andes, the ILA program educates young people about the underpinnings of the free enterprise system and encourages them to apply these concepts to institutions in their home countries. ILA alumni have started free-market think tanks, been elected to office, started new political parties based on free-market principles and become columnists for major newspapers.
AIPE: ASIA INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL ECONOMY HONG KONG
Held in partnership with the University of Hong Kong, the AIPE program promotes the principles of economic opportunity, freedom and individual responsibility in Asia and fosters a greater understanding of the American system of government. To accomplish this, outstanding university students from Asia join select American students to study political and economic principles and how those ideas relate to development and trade. AIPE professors bring these concepts to life by incorporating small group debates and trade simulation activities into their interdisciplinary course, accredited by George Mason University.
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I live in Venezuela, a
country where the possibilities to live a good life are decreasing every day. But after this program I sincerely hope to find a better future, thanks to the contacts and knowledge that I have gained during ILA, and I hope to develop myself to the standard of
PHOTOS, page 12, clockwise from top left: TFAS President Roger Ream (ICPES 76) presents graduation certificates to new TFAS graduates in Hong Kong. | Student Lia Ibragimova (AIPES 14) asks a question during a panel discussion on the present and future relations of the United States and Europe. | TFAS students in the Institute for Leadership in the Americas visit the Chilean National Congress in Valparaíso, Chile.
expectation of my peers from the program.” GERARDO NUÑEZ (ILA 14) Venezuela
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GUEST LECTURES With international programs spanning three continents, TFAS has developed an extensive network of political leaders, diplomats, economists and businesspeople who are willing to share their expertise with students. Lecturers in 2014 included: IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC: President Gjorge Ivanov of the Republic of Macedonia
IN HONG KONG: Walter McCormick (ICPES 75) President and CEO of the U.S. Telecom Association
IN SANTIAGO, CHILE: José Piñera Father of Chile’s Personal Pension System
Steven Kashkent Charge d’ affaires of the Embassy of the United States in Prague
David Feith Editorial Page Writer for The Wall Street Journal
Sebastián Claro Director of the Central Bank of Chile
Eliska Coolidge Coolidge Consulting
Dr. Dan Mitchell Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute
Julio Dittborn Housing Minister of Chile
PHOTOS, clockwise from top left: José Piñera (l.), the father of Chile’s personal pension system and TFAS lecturer, gives students in the Institute for Leadership in the Americas (ILA) an inside look at how Chile made the transition from being the first country to elect a Communist president in the 1970s to becoming the model of development today. | William Hybl (r.), vice chairman-international of the TFAS board of trustees, presents President Gjorge Ivanov (l.) of the Republic of Macedonia with the 2014 AIPES Freedom Award during our commencement ceremony in Prague. President Ivanov then addressed the new AIPES graduates, making him the 20th consecutive European leader to deliver the AIPES commencement remarks. | TFAS Alumnus Walter McCormick (ICPES 75), president and CEO of the US Telecom Association, answers students’ questions in Hong Kong.
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A CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGE Each of The Fund for American Studies’ international programs brings together the brightest students from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and Africa for an intense academic and cross-cultural experience. A small group of American students also attends each program, giving international participants direct exposure to the ideas and values of United States citizens. One highlight of the international programs are the annual cultural presentations when students are grouped together by country to share the unique traditions of their culture with their classmates.
PHOTO: In Hong Kong, students participate in the annual Cultural Presentation Night where the diverse group of young leaders from all over the world shared their favorite traditions with each other.
PROFESSOR SPOTLIGHT NIKOLAI WENZEL
The Ambassador Leon and Mabel Weil Professor at TFAS
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Many of the students come
from communist countries. One of the most difficult questions I received was from a young lady from Vietnam. She told me that she had learned in school that communism corrected all the shortcomings of capitalism – and what did I think?”
PHOTO: TFAS Students eagerly answer questions during one of Dr. Wenzel’s lessons in Hong Kong. As a professor of the TFAS-sponsored Asia Institute for Political Economy (AIPE), Dr. Wenzel is able to teach the ideas of liberty and free-market economics to students from across Asia, many of whom are learning these concepts for the first time.
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FTE: FOUNDATION FOR TEACHING ECONOMICS
FOUNDATION FOR TEACHING ECONOMICS INTRODUCING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING Since forming a strategic partnership with the Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE) in 2013, TFAS has been complemented by the excellent work FTE does to train teachers and high school students in economic thinking and leadership. Founded in 1976 and based in Davis, California, FTE is a national leader in conducting economic education programs for high school students and working with teachers to develop lesson plans and exercises for teaching economics. Together, TFAS and FTE are training a new generation of leaders who understand the economic way of thinking.
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I was surprised at how practical and applicable economics is to every day life. The
teachers were so wonderful; they made economics fun.”
EMILY DAVIES, FTE STUDENT Elmira, New York
PHOTOS, left to right: Professor Raymond P.H. (Pat) Fishe, the Patricia A. and George W. Wellde, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Finance at the University of Richmond, leads high school students in a discussion of opportunity cost during an FTE program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. | Teachers in the FTE program run a classroom exercise with students to see how hands-on teaching can demonstrate economic concepts in ways that resonate with high school students. 16
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PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS FTE conducts over 55,000 hours of individual instruction each year for high school teachers who, in turn, impact more than 300,000 students annually. Programs are taught by mentor teachers and university professors who run hands-on games and simulations with real students so teachers can observe students’ interactions. The teachers see up close why FTE-designed lessons are so effective and leave with a better knowledge of economics, new classroom strategies and a renewed enthusiasm for teaching. Teacher programs range from week-long residential programs to one- and four-day seminars as well as online classes.
PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Through week-long residential programs, FTE gives promising high school students the skills to be more effective leaders and teaches them how to employ economic analysis when considering difficult public policy choices. Students learn through engaging games and simulations that explain economic concepts in exciting and relatable ways. Programs are hosted at university campuses across the United States including Yale, Cornell and Duke. More than 500 high school students participated in 13 FTE student programs in 2014.
MEASURING OUR SUCCESS A 2014 independent assessment provides an unbiased analysis of the impact and outcomes of FTE programs. Through pre- and post-testing, we are able to measure the increase in student knowledge that takes place at FTE programs and, through follow-up surveys with teachers, we are able to determine how programs impact the learning that takes place in classrooms across the nation. Below are a few highlights from that report:
82%
of FTE participants say the program exposed them to new ideas
FTE students had, on average, a 12 percentage point gain from pre- to postprogram testing, demonstrating substantial learning over the course of the weeklong program. Teacher participants demonstrated learning gains from pre- to post-program testing, averaging a14 to 25 percentage point gain. Teachers are returning to their classroom and using FTE materials. In followup surveys, teachers in FTE’s 2013 programs reported overwhelmingly that they have used FTE materials with their students.
93%
of FTE participants say they would recommend the program to a friend
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MAKING THE DIFFERENCE AROUND THE WORLD The best evidence of the impact of TFAS is the accomplishments of our alumni. Armed with the values and knowledge of a TFAS education, our alumni rise into positions of leadership – forging careers in business, journalism, academia, philanthropy, public service and international affairs. TFAS alumni are changing the world. With each
say TFAS exposed them to new ideas and perspectives
91%
agree that TFAS prepares young people for leadership
passing year, their reach and impact only grows.
THE EXPANDING TFAS ALUMNI NETWORK
MORE THAN
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66%
say they either currently give to TFAS or plan to give in the future
Source: 2014 TFAS Alumni Survey
CONTINUING EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT A student’s involvement with TFAS doesn’t end upon completion of an institute. TFAS hosts several educational and social events throughout the year to strengthen our network and help alumni delve deeper into the ideas of liberty. FREEDOM SCHOLARS Each year, a group of outstanding new alumni receive scholarships to return to Washington for seminars that focus on leadership, personal development and the principles of a free society. TFAS LEADERSHIP FELLOWS This program leverages the impact of TFAS programs through young alumni who are committed to the ideas of a free market and limited government and who work in public policy. The program is a yearlong fellowship comprised of networking events, academic discussions and professional development sessions. This program is made possible by the Springview Foundation in Holland, Michigan. CURRICULUM OF LIBERTY SEMINARS These seminars, sponsored in partnership with the Liberty Fund, Inc., are invitation-only alumni events focused on a variety of topics relating to liberty. Each conference is facilitated by a professor and implements a Socratic-style discussion model based on issues raised by a set of assigned readings. CONSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP SEMINARS This series of seminars provides knowledge of the Constitution and the values of the Founding Fathers. Led by TFAS Grewcock Senior Scholar Donald Devine, director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management during the Reagan administration, the sessions are open to TFAS students and alumni as well as interested independent students. Devine’s work with TFAS is made possible by the Bill and Berniece Grewcock Foundation of Omaha, Nebraska.
PHOTO, Page 18: TFAS awards Michelle Easton (ICPES 73), president of the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute with the 2014 Alumni Achievement Award. Easton (pictured second from left) founded the organization to prepare and promote conservative women leaders. PHOTOS, Page 19, top to bottom: Professor Brad Birzer (left), visiting scholar in conservative thought and policy at the University of Colorado Boulder, and Professor Andrew Morriss (center), dean of Texas A&M University School of Law, lead a Freedom Scholars seminar with TFAS alumni. | TFAS hosts a networking reception for the more than 70 TFAS alumni working on Capitol Hill. Pictured (l.-r.) are Kevin Seifert (ICPES 06), chief of staff for Rep. Paul Ryan, Kyle Cormney (ICPES 07), policy advisor on the House Budget Committee, and Andrew Powaleny (IPJ 08) director of The Herald Group.
ALUMNI GIVE BACK Many TFAS alumni choose to give back to TFAS by contributing their skills and time to various alumni initiatives. In 2014, more than 120 alumni volunteered for TFAS, serving as internship supervisors, guest speakers, mentors and alumni ambassadors. TEACHING FREEDOM SINCE 1967
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Read about more alumni Making The Difference at www.TFAS.org/ FeaturedAlumni
FEATURED ALUMNI ALUMNI IN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Robert Cupp (ICPES 71) Ohio State Representative and former State Supreme Court Justice Jessica Dussault (ICPES 09) Research Analyst, Republican National Committee Peter Feldman (IPVS 04, LSI 07) Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee Tyson Larson (AIPES 06) Nebraska State Senator
Randy McDaniel (IBGA 90) Oklahoma State Representative
Kevin Seifert (ICPES 06) Chief of Staff for Rep. Paul Ryan
David Rouzer (IBGA 93, AIPES 94) U.S. Congressman from North Carolina
Erin Veltman (IBGA 07) Executive Director, Republican State Leadership Committee
Ilmars Rimsevics (ICPES 89) President, Bank of Latvia Paul Sass (IBGA 00) Chief of Staff for Missouri Rep. Sam Graves
Adam Waldeck (CS 06) Executive Director, American Legacy PAC Will Weatherford (IBGA 02) Immediate Past Speaker, Florida House of Representatives
PHOTOS, clockwise from top left: Alumnus and Congressman David Rouzer (IBGA 93, AIPES 94) of North Carolina was sworn in as one of 58 new members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 6, 2015. | Alumna Caroline Nielson Decker (IBGA 92) speaks to TFAS students during a lecture at the American Trucking Associations offices where she serves as vice president. | On the Fox News “Winners & Losers” segment, Stephen Hayes (AIPES 94, Novak 00) selects fellow TFAS alumnus and then speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Will Weatherford (IBGA 02), as the winner of the week. | David Muir (IPJ 93) accepts an Alumni Achievement Award from TFAS. In 2014, Muir was named anchor of ABC “World News Tonight.” 20
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ALUMNI IN BUSINESS
Caroline Nielson Decker (IBGA 92) Vice President, American Trucking Associations Frank Donatelli (ICPES 70) Executive Vice President and Director of Federal Public Affairs, McGuireWoods Consulting Marina Donova (IIPES 05) Investment Banking Associate, Goldman Sachs Hunter Hunt (ICPES 88) President and CEO, Hunt Consolidated Energy, Inc.
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I would not be here today if it weren’t for The
Fund for American Studies and I’m very grateful for the opportunities and experiences of those two summers. It certainly propelled me into the arena for a couple of different reasons, but primarily it made me recognize that what we have in this country is very precious, but also exceptionally fragile.”
DAVID ROUZER (IBGA 93, AIPES 94) U.S. Congressman from North Carolina
John Lee (ICPES 85) Senior Vice President, Northern Trust Joe Lhota (ICPES 73) Senior Vice President, NYU Langone Medical Center Walter McCormick (ICPES 75) President and CEO, U.S. Telecom Association Robert Tudor, III (ICPES 81) Chairman, Board of Trustees, Rice University Steve Tuttle (ICPES 86) Vice President, Communications, Taser International Chris Wilson (ICPES 90) CEO, WPA Opinion Research
ALUMNI IN MEDIA
Mollie Hemingway (Novak 04) Senior Editor, The Federalist Tim Carney (Novak 03) Senior Political Columnist, Washington Examiner Katherine Connell (ICPES 07) Managing Editor, National Review Online Stephen Hayes (AIPES 94, Novak 00) Senior Writer, The Weekly Standard Nikole Killion (IPJ 97) National Correspondent, Hearst Television Mark Levin (ICPES 76) Syndicated Radio Show Host, “The Mark Levin Show” David Muir (IPJ 93) Anchor, ABC “World News Tonight” Dan Proft (ICPES 93) Co-host, Chicago’s “Morning with Bruce Wolf and Dan Proft”
William Flatt (AIPES 96) (far right), executive vice president and COO of the Telos Group, rings the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange.
Scott Shackford (IPJ 97) Associate Editor, Reason Alissa Swango (IPJ 00, IIPES 02) National Geographic
ALUMNI IN NONPROFITS
Clint Bolick (ICPES 78) Director, Goldwater Institute’s ScharfNorton Center for Constitutional Litigation Eric Cohen (IPJ 96, AIPES 97) Executive Director, Tikvah Fund Michelle Easton (ICPES 73), President, Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute Scott Eastman (CS 06) MA Fellow, Mercatus Center Christie Fogarty (IBGA 03) Director of Membership, Heritage Foundation Joseph Fowler (CS 06) Operations Manager, Charles Koch Institute Tanja Stumberger Porcnik (AIPES 04, IBGA 05, CS 05) Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute Rob Robinson (ICPES 72) President, Young America’s Foundation Diana Simpson (LSI 09) Constitutional Law Fellow, the Institute for Justice Toby Stock (IBGA 98) Managing Director of Development, American Enterprise Institute TEACHING FREEDOM SINCE 1967
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THANK YOU SUPPORTERS
The Armstrong Foundation The Margaret W. Bailey Trust The Louis L. Borick Foundation
2014 TFAS SUPPORTERS TFAS programs are made possible through the generous financial
Anschutz Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Alan G. Bates
Einhorn Family Foundation
Berkshire Hathaway Energy
Friends of Slovakia
The Birck Family Fund
Pierre F. and Enid Goodrich Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Black, Jr.
Hewlett-Packard (U.S.)
Bochnowski Family Foundation
Mr. William J. Hybl
The Brady Foundation, Inc.
Paul J. Isaac, Esq.
supported entirely by private donations from generous individuals,
Mr. and Mrs. Russell A. Johnson F. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.
and contributions are tax deductible. Together we are changing
Charles Koch Foundation
the lives of young people and giving them the tools and education
Krieble Foundation
necessary to become the responsible leaders that we need. CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE $50,000+ Anonymous The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Louis DeJoy and Aldona Z. Wos/New Breed Logistics, Inc. Earhart Foundation Mr. Lawrence N. Field The Neal & Jane Freeman Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William Grewcock
Mrs. Georganna M. Long The Netherland-America Foundation John William Pope Foundation
Howard Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Lauinger
Hon. and Mrs. Donald H. Rumsfeld
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Levy Liberty Fund, Inc.
Anonymous (4)
The E. L. Craig Foundation
support of our donors. Since our founding in 1967, TFAS has been corporations and foundations. No government funding is accepted
WALTER JUDD SOCIETY $10,000 - $24,999
The Sumner Allen Bragg and Janet Harmon Bragg Foundation Mr. John A. Cataldo Caterpillar Chase Foundation of Virginia Chevron Mr. and Mrs. A. James Clark Council of American Ambassadors Hon. and Mrs. James B. Culbertson Dell Computer Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Mrazek
Diana Davis Spencer Foundation
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE $25,000 - $49,999
Hatton W. Sumners Foundation
21st Century Fox
Sunmark Foundation
ExxonMobil Corporation
Air Force Academy Foundation, Inc.
Thoresen Foundation
Fierce, Isakowitz & Blalock, LLC
Dian Graves Owen Foundation Edison Electric Institute
Anonymous
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS THROUGH THE YEARS 4: Stephen Moore, Distinguished Visiting Fellow with The Heritage Foundation, speaks to guests at the 42nd Anniversary Annual Conference. 5: Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III, who spoke at the 2009 Leadership Conference in California, talks with Trustee Dan Branch (ICPES 77). 6: President Roger Ream (r.) and family, including daughter Alanna Ream (AIPES 07), talk with Dr. Charles Krauthammer, political commentator and syndicated columnist, who spoke at the 43rd Anniversary Annual Conference.
2 1 1: (l.-r.) Fred Barnes (l.) of The Weekly Standard and Commentator Ben Stein (c.) talk with Mary Anastasia O’Grady (r.) of The Wall Street Journal at the 40th Anniversary Gala. 2: Janice Rogers Brown, judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, speaks to guests at a 2008 conference. 3: Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma (c.) chats with Trustee Jim Culbertson and his wife Germaine at the Newseum where Coburn spoke to TFAS supporters during the annual conference. 22
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Fletcher Jones Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stuart, Jr.
BNSF Railway
Richard E. Fox Charitable Foundation
Mr. Randal C. Teague
Dean L. & Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation
Mr. Philip M. Friedmann Albert M. and Lyda M. Green Foundation Mr. John A. Gunn Claude and Ann N. Harrison Charitable Foundation Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation J.W. and Ida M. Jameson Foundation Mrs. Linda B. Keith A.P. Kirby, Jr. Foundation
Thomas J. and Erma Jean Tracy Family Foundation
Ms. Theresa K. Kostrzewa
Prime Policy Group Public Strategies Washington
Mr. Jerry Weil
Mr. and Mrs. Garland D. Cox
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lawrence, III
The Weiler Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Weiss Mr. Justin P. Wilson, Sr. CHARLES EDISON SOCIETY $5,000 - $9,999 AICPA American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation
Mr. Jack David
McGuire Woods LLP
Dodge Jones Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Ed McVaney
Donors Trust Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Mosher
Admiral James H. Doyle, Jr. Duke Energy
MediaDC
American Electric Power Service Corporation
Ms. Sandra E. Gale
American Forest and Paper Association
Mr. William L. Hanley, Jr.
Mrs. Geraldine W. Novak Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Pruger
American Petroleum Institute
Ms. Lyn G. Rales
AmerisourceBergen Corporation
Springview Foundation Thomas F. Staley Foundation
Rosenstiel Foundation Mr. Chris J. Rufer Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Shoemate Siemens Corp.
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El Pomar Foundation
American Natural Gas Alliance
Mr. Donald G. Smith
NextEra Energy, Inc.
Mr. James W. Rogers
eBay Ford Motor Company
Hon. David J. Sanders
Redmond Mills Trust Foundation
Legett Foundation
Credit Union National Association
American Chemistry Council
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick L. Sajak
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Portanova
Ms. Carol A. Carpenter
Mr. George L. Mayer
The Northern Trust
Kickapoo Springs Foundation
Capitol Counsel
American Apparel and Footwear Association
National Retail Federation
Dr. Anne and Mr. Charles Pierce
Triad Foundation
Mr. Robert L. Luddy
Middendorf Foundation, Inc.
Michael and Rosalind Keiser Charitable Trust
The Garden City Company Mr. Ronald C. Hart Healthcare Leadership Council Heidrick & Struggles Mr. David D. Hiller
Amway Corporation
Hohlt Group
Mrs. Caroline Weil Barnett
Mr. and Mrs. Kent L. Holtgrewe
Beam Global Mr. and Mrs. William W. Blackburn, II
The Huston Foundation International Paper
PHOTO: TFAS supporters Dick Liddy (l.) and Lee Henningsen (r.) attend the 2014 TFAS Leadership Conference in Naples, Florida.
Each year TFAS hosts conferences in the fall and spring that bring together supporters, alumni and TFAS leadership for informative sessions with public policy experts.
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7: (l.-r.) Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Executive Vice President Steve Slattery meet at the 44th Anniversary Annual Conference. 8: Then Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels speaks to guests at the Leadership Conference in Dallas. 9: TFAS Supporters Charles and Debra Cooper meet Fox News’ Stuart Varney (r.), who spoke at the 2014 Leadership Conference. 10: British journalist and European Parliament member Daniel Hannan delivers remarks at the 47th Anniversary Annual Conference. 11: John Stossel of Fox Business Network’s “Stossel” meets with TFAS alumna Colleen Carroll Campbell (Novak 00) during the 2014 Robert Novak Journalism Awards Dinner. 12: Economist Arthur Laffer greets TFAS supporter Mary Beth Weiss during a 2014 TFAS event in Chicago. 13: Political satirist and author P.J. O’Rourke (r.) meets with TFAS Regent Geordie French (l.) and TFAS student Thomas Turner (ICPES 14) (c.) at the 2014 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
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THANK YOU SUPPORTERS
Mr. Larry H. Smead
Mr. Douglas S. Wheeler
Mr. David M. Smick
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip H. Wilhelm
Southern Company Mr. Nicholas J. St. George Strake Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Stromberg Stuart Family Foundation The Sidney A. Swensrud Foundation Toyota Motor North America, U.S.A., Inc. U.S. Telecom Association United States Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association, Inc.
PHOTO: Since 1985, Air Force Academy cadets have attended TFAS programs through the generous support of TFAS Trustee William Hybl and the Air Force Academy Foundation. Pictured here with Hybl (r.), TFAS president Roger Ream (ICPES 76) (l.), and Chairman Randal Teague (second from r.) are soon-to-be Second Lieutenants John Hamm (AIPES 14) and Bryce Mitchell (IEIA 14).
John K. Vanier Family VISA U.S.A. Inc Washington Intern Student Housing Mr. Robert M. Weekley Mr. Bruce W. Wetzel
America’s Research Group Ltd., Inc. Mrs. Patricia C. Amtower
Williams Companies
Mr. K. Tucker Andersen
Mr. and Mrs. Mark G. Willis
Anonymous (4)
Mr. and Mrs. Chris S. Wilson
Associated General Contractors of America
The Winchester Foundation
Mr. Edgar H. Bachrach
Mrs. Roberta M. Winters
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Baer
Worldwide Insight
Bailey Family Foundation
Zucker Family Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Balzano
1967 SOCIETY $1,000 – $4,999
Mr. Frederic W. Barnes, Jr.
3M
Prof. Randy E. Barnett
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Adair
Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Baur
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt E. Adkins
Bayer Corporation
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
BB&T
Mr. Michael E. Aldrich
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Beckett, Jr.
Alstom Inc.
P. G. Beil Foundation
American Trucking Associations, Inc.
Mr. Henry J. Benoit
2014 FINANCIALS 2014 ASSETS
2014 LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Cash & Cash Equivalents
$374,889
LIABILITIES
Accounts Receivable
192,537
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Promises to Give, Net
621,372
Deferred Revenue
99,055
Prepaid Expenses
254,865
Capital Lease Obligation
70,371
Property & Equipment, Net Investments
6,080,564
Notes Payable
14,733,485
Total Liabilities
Deposits
250,000
Cash Surrender Value – Life Insurance
5,042,585
$5,560,356
22,999
TOTAL ASSETS
$348,345
NET ASSETS
$22,530,711
16,970,355
TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
$22,530,711
SOURCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS
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direct marketing • •
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LEGACY SOCIETY
Mr. Ron Blalock Mr. Ronald H. Bloom Mr. Leonard B. Boehner Mr. Harold J. Bowen, III Hon. and Mrs. Daniel H. Branch Mrs. Peggy Brandon Hon. and Mrs. William K. Brehm Mr. John R. Brehmer Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Breuer
Members of the John Engalitcheff Legacy Society have either included The Fund for American Studies in their current estate plans or completed a planned gift that provides irrevocable current or future support to TFAS. This support ensures that we are able to continue to prepare young people for honorable leadership by educating them in the theory, practice and benefits of a free society. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ahlgren
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Mr. Robert E. Greene (ICPES 72)
Mr. Thomas L. Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. Milo Alexander
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Dr. and Mrs. John C. Hagan, III
Mrs. Billie Pirnie
Anonymous (3)
Mr. Ronald C. Hart (ICPES 81)
Mary F. Arehart, Ph.D.
Mr. R. Scott Hayes
Mrs. Rosanne Lienhard Plante (IPJ 92, AIPES 93)
Mrs. Howard W. Arnold
Mr. Paul Hertenstein
Mrs. Georgia L. Buchta
Mrs. Marshall M. Austin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Buestrin
Ms. Margaret W. Bailey
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Ms. Elizabeth Mallinckrodt Bryden
Mr. John D. Buhl, Sr. Mr. David J. Bunce
Mr. Glen A. Kindler
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Mr. and Mrs. Alan G. Bates
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Lauinger
Burson-Marsteller The Business Council
Mrs. Peggy Brandon
Mary Elizabeth Lewis
Campaign Financial Services
Ms. H. Marie Campitell
Mrs. Antonina R. Lienhard
Ms. Carol A. Carpenter
Dr. and Mrs. Anthony P. Maresca
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Caslin, III (ICPES 78)
Mr. Ionel Marsavela
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Canada Ms. Sue M. Cannon Capitol Tax Partners Mr. Jeffrey J. Carneal Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Celick, Jr. Center for American Freedom Mr. Norman C. Chambers Ms. Latta Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Herbert O. Christopher Citizens United Foundation Mrs. Mary Lu Clark Ms. Mary R. Clark Mr. Thomas R. Clevenger Mr. Jonathan P. Cody Hon. and Mrs. Don V. Cogman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Colandrea Ms. Loretta Collins Mr. William L. Collins Ms. Marlene Colucci Commercial Real Estate Finance Council
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Ms. June Cordier
Hon. Eric L. Levinson (ICPES 88)
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Mr. and Mrs. John Engalitcheff
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meissner *
Mr. John W. Farley Mrs. Maria G. Ford
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Mr. Eric V. Fox (ICPES 86) Mr. George R. French, Jr. Mr. Darryl Gissel (ICPES 76)
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Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Slattery Mr. Michael A. Stoner Mr. Charles Edwin Stricker Mrs. Manuela P. Strong
Colonel Roy Miller Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Morrison
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Mr. David J. Takesian, II Mr. Randal C. Teague Ms. Jane N. Templeton Mrs. Barbara S. Wainscott Mr. Robert M. Weekley* Mr. Wayne H. Williams
Ms. Yvonne Oshima
Mrs. Roberta M. Winters
Mrs. Winston D. Pease
Mr. Robert K. Zelle
Mr. Russell D. Phelon
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Mr. David Swanson
Mr. and Mrs. Dan S. McConchie (IPJ 93, AIPES 95), (AIPES 95)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Descher
Mr. * and Mrs. Charles W. Seymour, Jr.
Mr. William L. Susen
The Masson Family Mr. George L. Mayer
Hon. and Mrs. James B. Culbertson
Mr. and Mrs. Roger R. Ream (ICPES 76) Mr. T. Timothy Ryan
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Black, Jr.
Campbell Soup Company
Mr. and Mrs. Don F. Raftis
Mr. David M. Rosenberger
Hon. Adam C. Kwasman (CS 04)
Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Berlin
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Freedom is born in the minds
of individuals and is nourished in their hearts. From those beginnings, all freedom grows.”
BOB MEISSNER Legacy Society Member PHOTO: Legacy Society Members Bob (r.) and Denise Meissner (c.) speak with former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and TFAS alumnus Will Weatherford (IBGA 02) (l.) during the 2014 TFAS Leadership Conference at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Florida. TEACHING FREEDOM SINCE 1967
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THANK YOU SUPPORTERS
Lake Book Manufacturing, Inc. Mr. John C. Lame, CFP Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Landes Lavoie Foundation Mrs. Mary Lavoie Mrs. Mary R. Law Mr. and Mrs. George H. C. Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. John J. Lee The Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Matt Leonardo Mr. and Mrs. Jim H. Leste
PHOTOS, left to right: TFAS supporter George Harris meets with students at the 47th Anniversary Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. | TFAS supporter and Trustee Louis DeJoy of the Louis DeJoy and Aldona Z. Wos Family Foundation and XPO Logistics takes the podium to introduce Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina during the 2014 Congressional Scholarship Awards Dinner.
Mr. Michael A. Leven Liddy Family Foundation Linemark
Mr. Michal Donath
Mr. Justin T. Gombos
The Heritage Foundation
Ms. Ieva Linzena
Mr. Gricel J. Dosal
Mr. and Mrs. Martyn E. Goossen
Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Herstein
Mr. Thomas B. Maccabe, Jr.
Mr. Robert P. Gowing
Hickory Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John N. MacDonough
The Graf Family Foundation
Mr. Jim P. Hicks
Mrs. Doris M. MacLachlan
Dr. Nancy S. Martin and Dr. Bobby L. Graham
Ms. Ingeborg S. Hilberg
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Madley
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Hildreth
Mr. James A. Magee
Mr. Robert H. Graham
Elansa Foundation
Mrs. John R. Grey, Jr.
Ms. Andrea N. Huels
Mr. Robert W. Ellis
Mr. Richard S. Griffith
The Hull Family Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Anthony P. Maresca
Mr. and Mrs. R. Marshall Evans, Jr.
Mr. Dan Grossman
Mr. and Mrs. Rod Humphries
Mr. John W. Farley
Gruber Hurst Johansen Hail Shank
Frieda and William Hunt Memorial Trust
Mr. Roger L. Fisher
Mrs. George V. Grune
Mr. Charles L. Irby
Mr. William L. Fisher
Mr. Herbert W. Gullquist
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Israel
Mr. William E. Curran
Ms. Victoria I. Ford
The J.M. Foundation
David Family Foundation
Mr. G. Ross French
Dr. and Mrs. John C. Hagan, III
Ken W. Davis Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. George R. French, Jr.
Community Bancshares of Mississippi, Inc. Computing Research Association Ms. Kellyanne Conway Mr. Harry H. Coon Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cooper Mr. Chapman B. Cox Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Cozean, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Crosby CSX Corporation Mrs. Giovanna M. Cugnasca
Mrs. Betty G. Davis Ms. Virginia H. Deane Mr. William H. Dearinger Mrs. Carla M. Dehmlow Mr. Robert H. Dempsey, Sr. Mr. William C. Dennis Mr. Richard A. Derham Mr. and Mrs. William H. Descher Mr. and Mrs. Russell C. Deyo Dr. Joan B. DiNapoli Mr. Luther L. Dintiman Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky Mr. and Mrs. Christopher V. Dodds Dominion Resources
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Mr. and Mrs. John W. Lettieri
DTE Energy EagleBank Jeanne and Glenn Easton Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David Eidelman
Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Fritzberg
Dr. Stacey L. Hail and Mr. Brian N. Hail Mr. and Mrs. Wilson J. Hall
Ms. Elizabeth A. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Michael N. Jaffe
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Halladay
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Johnston, III
Mr. J. A. Frost
Mrs. Sandra Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kearns
The GAF Foundation
The Hamlin Family Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Su Carroll Kenderdine
Mr. Francis E. Gardiner, Jr. Garvey Kansas Foundation Ms. Carla Gaustad GE Foundation GEICO Hon. Bruce S. Gelb George Mason University Foundation The Gerry-Corbett Foundation, Inc. GFC Foundation Hon. and Mrs. Douglas H. Ginsburg
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Mr. Frank J. Hanna, III Mr. Norman F. Hapke, Jr. Ms. Marie C. Harlan Mr. Gerald E. Harrington Mr. Jerry M. Harrington
Mr. David H. Keyston Mr. and Mrs. Patrick King Mr. and Mrs. James A. Kirk Dr. and Mrs. Ray Kirk, III Mr. Donald H. Kirkland
Mr. R. Scott Hayes
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Klatt
Mr. and Mrs. John Z. Hecker
Charles Koch Institute
Mrs. Eileen R. Heim
Koret Foundation
Henderson Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kovacevich
Mr. Stephen R. Hennessy Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Henningsen
Ms. Barbara Z. Kronewitter
The Marcus Foundation, Inc.
John and Cree Marshall Foundation Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Martin Mr. Duncan L. Matteson, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. McAdaragh Mr. and Mrs. David J. McCabe Mr. and Mrs. Derek R. McClain Mr. and Mrs. Dan S. McConchie Dr. and Mrs. Charles O. McCormick, III Mr. Walter B. McCormick, Jr. Mr. William J. McDermott Mr. and Mrs. George P. McDonnell Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. McDonough McGladrey LLP Mr. and Mrs. John E. McGowan Ms. Marjorie V. McKarns Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust Hon. M. Peter McPherson
McWethy Foundation
PPL Corporation
Mrs. Carolyn S. Meakem
Mr. Russell B. Pulliam
Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen Bingel & Thomas Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger R. Ream
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meissner Mr. and Mrs. Norman Metcalfe MetLife Foundation Military in Transition Training Institute LLC
Red Bird Hollow Foundation Mrs. Rosemary W. Reeves Mr. Erwin C. Remmele The Charles & Catherine B. Rice Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rich The Rodney Fund
Mr. Michael W. Thompson, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Wayne J. Thorburn Townhall Media Mr. and Mrs. Gerard B. Townsend Mrs. Polly J. Townsend Troutman Sanders LLP Mr. Robert B. Tudor, III
Minnesota Power
The Roe Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Ullman
Morgan Stanley c/o Cybergrants Inc.
Mr. James W. Root, Sr.
Mr. Jon B. Utley
Mr. and Mrs. Dolphus C. Morrison
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Ross
Mr. Joseph V. Vasapoli
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Rothenberger
Vectren Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Morrison Mr. Joseph T. Morrow Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Moss, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George B. Mueller Mutual of Omaha Foundation National Electrical Manufacturers Association NCHM Charities
Rowny Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Viksnins
General Edward L. Rowny (Ret)
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Ryan Family Charitable Foundation
Mrs. Barbara S. Wainscott
Mr. Jerry Sanders, III Mrs. Diann L. Sant Mr. Theodore G. Schmidt, Jr. Mr. Dave L. Schmitt Mr. and Mrs. H. Stephen Schneider
Needham and Company, Inc.
Mr. William C. Scott
Mr. George A. Needham
Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Seldin
Dr. Laurance B. Nilsen
Mrs. Edith H. Seymour
NiSource Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Slattery
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Nolan Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Nowak Nuclear Energy Institute
Mr. Charles M. Seeger, III
W. Armstrong and Priscilla B. Smith Foundation Dr. Frederick G. Smith
Richard M. Oakley, DDS
Dr. Eva Stalnaker and Mr. David Stalnaker
Mr. Gerry F. Ohrstrom
Mr. Richard J. Stangl
Mr. Andrew R. Olma
Mr. Lawrence W. Stiles
Mr. Wayne Olson
Mr. Stanley W. Stillman
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Onak
Mr. Toby W. Stock
Mr. Michel J. Orradre
William A. & Genevieve H. Strong Foundation Trust
Dr. Frances Ann Walker Dr. and Mrs. David L. Watts Mr. and Mrs. Jack Watzke Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wawak We Energies Weber-Merritt Mr. and Mrs. John D. Weiss Mr. Stephen D. Weiss Mr. G. Greeley Wells Mr. and Mrs. Gordon T. Wells Mr. Steven F. Weynand Mr. John C. Whitehead Mr. and Mrs. Phil Wiland Mr. and Mrs. Rich Wille Williams & Jensen Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research Mr. and Mrs. James M. Wintersteen Frank E. Witt Foundation, Inc. Woodford Foundation
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Mr. Jesse W. Stuart, Jr. Dr. David P. Stuhr
Mr. and Mrs. Hillard W. Paige, Sr.
Mrs. Marilyn M. Woodhouse
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Sullivan
William Penn Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Workman
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Phillips
Hon. and Mrs. Don Sundquist
Dr. and Mrs. George Wu
Piasecki Foundation
Mr. Eric J. Tanenblatt
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
Tanner Industries, Inc
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees
Mr. Richard C. Placek
Technology CEO Council
Young America’s Foundation
Polara Engineering, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Thompson, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Yuditsky
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Poss
Mr. Michael W. Yackira
Mr. Dean Zarras Hon. James W. Ziglar, Sr.
PHOTOS, top to bottom: TFAS Trustee Frank Lauinger (l.) meets with fellow Trustee and TFAS alumnus Dan Branch (ICPES 77) (r.) and his wife Stacey (c.) at the 2014 Leadership Conference in Naples, Florida. | TFAS Trustee Charlie Black (l.) and TFAS Grewcock Senior Scholar Donald Devine (r.) attend a 70th birthday celebration at TFAS Headquarters for TFAS Chairman Randal Teague (c.). | TFAS supporters and friends enjoy the 2014 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Awards Dinner at the National Press Club in D.C. Pictured (l.-r.): supporter Whitney Ball, Marty Zupan of the Institute for Humane Studies, supporter Frayda Levy, TFAS alumna and supporter Katherine Mangu-Ward (Novak 05) and Kristina Kendall of Fox News. TEACHING FREEDOM SINCE 1967
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OUR LEADERSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS Chairman Randal C. Teague, Retired Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP, Washington, D.C. Vice Chairman Michael W. Thompson, Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, Springfield, Virginia Vice Chairman-International William J. Hybl, El Pomar Foundation, Colorado Springs, Colorado Secretary Dan Branch (ICPES 77), Winstead P.C., Dallas, Texas Treasurer Frank Lauinger, PennWell Corporation, Dallas, Texas President Roger R. Ream (ICPES 76), The Fund for American Studies, Washington, D.C.
MEMBERS Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard, Washington, D.C. Charles R. Black, Jr., Prime Policy Group, Washington, D.C. Derek McClain, CBRE, Dallas, Texas James B. Culbertson, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands,Winston-Salem, N.C. Louis DeJoy, XPO Logistics, Greensboro, N.C. Paula J. Dobriansky, Senior Fellow, Harvard University JFK, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Washington, D.C. Frank J. Donatelli (ICPES 70), McGuireWoods Consulting, Washington, D.C. Juanita Duggan, American Apparel and Footwear Association, Arlington, Virginia
John Lee (ICPES 85), Northern Trust, New York, N.Y.
Eric Tanenblatt (ICPES 87), McKenna Long & Aldridge, Atlanta, Georgia
John Lettieri (ICPES 03), Economic Innovation Group, Washington, D.C.
TRUSTEES EMERITI
Aaron Lewis (IPJ 93, IIPES 96), Arianespace Inc., Alexandria, Virginia
Don Cogman, PulsePoint Group, Scottsdale, Arizona Chapman Cox, Alliance Defending Freedom, Williamsburg, Virginia Mitch Daniels, President of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Anthony Maresca, Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital, Brookfield, Wisconsin Daniel McConchie (IPJ 93, AIPES 95), Americans United for Life, Hawthorn Woods, Illinois
Neal Freeman, Blackwell Corporation, Amelia Island, Florida
Paul McDonough (ICPES 84), Northern Trust Company, Arlington Heights, Illinois
George Lawrence, Lawrence Properties, Vero Beach, Florida
Bob Meissner, RM2 Consultants, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Jay Parker, Lincoln Institute for Research and Education, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thomas Morrison, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Lakeville, Connecticut
Thomas L. Phillips, Newport Coast, California Don Sundquist, Former Governor of Tennessee and Former Member of Congress, Townsend, Tennessee Robert S. Understein, CohnReznick, McLean, Virginia
BOARD OF REGENTS MEMBERS Karen Czarnecki (ICPES 88), George Mason University Law and Economics Center, Arlington, Virginia Julia Chang Bloch, U.S. China Education Trust, Washington, D.C. Kurt Couchman (ICPES 02), Rep. Dave Brat of Virginia, Burke, Virginia Eric Fox (ICPES 86), Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas George French, Monkton, Maryland
Colene Johnson, San Francisco, California
I. Raymond Kirk, III, M.D., Synergy Radiology Associates, Houston, Texas
THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES
Kenneth A. Klatt (ICPES 70), Delta Air Lines, Atlanta, Georgia
Lyn Rales, Denver, Colorado
Ronald Hart (ICPES 81), Hart Group at Morgan Stanley-Smith Barney, Atlanta, Georgia
Theresa Kostrzewa (ICPES 84), Capital Results, Raleigh, N.C.
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M. Peter McPherson, Association of Public & Land Grant Universities, Washington, D.C.
Lindsey Rose King (IBGA 06), LRK Events, Arlington, Virginia
Robert Pruger, Bowling Green, Ohio Kathleen Rothschild, American Target Advertising, Fairfax, Virginia Gerald Sullivan, Barrier Fund, Summit, N.J. Michael Thompson, Jr. (ICPES 89, AIPES 93), CRC Public Relations, Alexandria, Virginia Chris S. Wilson (ICPES 90), WPA Opinion Research, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
REGENTS EMERITI Lee Edwards, Heritage Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia Milton Masson, The Masson Company, Mesa, Arizona
ALUMNI COUNCIL OFFICERS Kenneth A. Klatt (ICPES 70), Chairman, Delta Air Lines, Atlanta, Georgia Andrea Huels (ICPES 86), Vice Chairwoman of Alumni Activities, Huels Consulting, Atlanta, Georgia Traci Leonardo (IPJ 93), Vice Chairwoman of Development, Alexandria, Virginia
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Nothing is more important than
investing in our ideas and reaching young minds. And, no institution is doing a better job of that than The Fund for American Studies.” TFAS TRUSTEE FRED BARNES The Weekly Standard and Fox News Alissa Swango (IPJ 00, IIPES 02), Vice Chairwoman of Communications, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.
Sarah K. Meirose (ICPES 13), Associate, Engalitcheff Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems
Neil Vigdor (IPJ 98), Vice Chairman of Alumni Awards, Hearst Connecticut Media, Greenwich, Connecticut
Colin Parks, Director, Institute on Economics and International Affairs and Legal Studies Institute
Peter Feldman (IPVS 94, LSI 07), Vice Chairman of Membership and Governance, Senate Commerce Committee, Washington, D.C.
Matthew Phister (ICPES 13), Coordinator, Capital Semester and Legal Studies Institute
TFAS STAFF EXECUTIVE STAFF Robert J. Callahan, CPA, CFO and Vice President, Finance and Administration
Jesse Schaefer (IPVS 10), Manager, Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service Mary C. Stankus, Director, Recruitment and Admissions Joe Starrs, Director, U.S. Summer Programs
John Farley, Vice President, Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program and Director of Corporate Relations
Joel Troutman (IBGA 13), Associate, Institute on Business and Government Affairs
Michelle (Jeffress) Le (IPJ 95, AIPES 96), Vice President, International and Alumni Programs
Mallie Woodfin, Coordinator, Recruitment and Admissions
Shane Goldsmith Mazzella, Vice President, U.S. Programs Roger R. Ream (ICPES 76), President Steve Slattery, Executive Vice President Edward J. Turner, Vice President, Development
U.S. PROGRAMS Dr. Donald J. Devine, Grewcock Senior Scholar Dana Faught, Associate Director, Recruitment and Admissions
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Matthew Kwasiborski, Director, European Institutes Brigit Moore, Director, Asia Programs
COMMUNICATIONS & EVENTS Kerri E. DiNarda (IPJ 06), Director, Communications Lauren Goldberg (IBGA 09), Manager, Communications and Alumni Programs Jane Mack, Director, Special Events Kristin Underwood (IPVS 13), Associate, Communications
ADMINISTRATION Lynn Calderwood, Receptionist Brenda Diaz, Staff Accountant Vanessa Henderson, Executive Assistant, Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program Andrew Johnson, Receptionist Jackie Montegut, Executive Assistant and Office Manager PHOTO: TFAS Vice President of Development Ed Turner welcomes Trustee Fred Barnes to the 2014 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Awards Dinner where Barnes presented the 2014 Thomas L. Phillips Career Achievement Award to John Stossel of the Fox Business Network.
Jon Perdue, Director, Latin America Programs
DEVELOPMENT Maria Gullo, Executive Director, Development Jeffrey Hollingsworth, Director, Foundation Relations David Terrell, Database Manager, Development TEACHING FREEDOM SINCE 1967
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Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
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