Team


Executive Team

Eli Lehrer

President

Erica Schoder

Executive Director

Sabrina Schaeffer

Vice President, Public Affairs

Chad Russell

Vice President, Operations

Policy Team

Thomas Cynkin

Director, Policy Department

Wayne Brough

Policy Director, Technology and Innovation

Matt Germer

Policy Director, Governance

Devin Hartman

Devin Hartman

Policy Director, Energy and Environmental Policy; Resident Senior Fellow

Brandon Pugh

Policy Director and Resident Senior Fellow, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats

Mazen Saleh

Policy Director, Integrated Harm Reduction

Jillian Snider

Policy Director, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Jerry Theodorou

Policy Director, Finance, Insurance and Trade

Sarah Anderson

Associate Director, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Archer Barkhall

Director of Canine Policy

Jacob Bastian

Senior Fellow, Competition Policy

Chelsea Boyd

Resident Research Fellow, Harm Reduction

Jonathan Cannon

Policy Counsel, Technology and Innovation

Amy Chang

Resident Senior Fellow, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats

Ryan Crow

Director, Program Design, Impact, and Implementation

Jarrett Dieterle

C. Jarrett Dieterle

Resident Senior Fellow, Competition Policy

Brent M. Eastwood

Resident Fellow, Technology and Innovation

Beth Garza

Senior Fellow, Energy

Michael Giberson

Senior Fellow, Energy

Sophia Heimowitz

Research Associate, Competition Policy

Syeda Jamshed

Research Assistant, Competition Policy

William Jenks

Associate Fellow, Technology and Innovation

Courtney Joslin

Resident Fellow and Senior Manager, Competition Policy

Franklin Lee

Senior Associate, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Chris McIsaac

Fellow, Governance

Stacey McKenna

Resident Senior Fellow, Integrated Harm Reduction

Caroline Melear

Resident Fellow, Finance, Insurance and Trade

Josiah Neeley

Director, Texas; Resident Senior Fellow, Energy

Lisel Petis

Resident Senior Fellow, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Philip Rossetti

Resident Senior Fellow, Energy

Logan Seacrest

Resident Fellow, Criminal Justice & Civil Liberties

Jessica Shortall

Safer From Harm Coalition Manager, Integrated Harm Reduction

Christi Smith

Resident Senior Fellow, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Jeffrey Smith

Resident Senior Fellow, Integrated Harm Reduction

Nan Swift

Resident Fellow, Governance Program

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Adam Thierer

Resident Senior Fellow, Technology & Innovation

Chris Villarreal

Associate Fellow, Energy and Environment

James Wallner

James Wallner

Resident Senior Fellow, Governance

Steven Ward

Resident Privacy and Security Fellow, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats

Shoshana Weissmann

Director, Digital Media; Fellow

Josh Withrow

Resident Fellow, Technology and Innovation

Haiman Wong

Resident Fellow, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats

Staff

Ashley Blackwell

Senior Graphic Designer

Canyon Brimhall

Senior Manager, Federal Government Affairs

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Dominique Cadenas

Associate Graphic Designer

Beth Cieslik

Editorial Specialist

Melinda Conklin

Specialist, Operations

Essie Connor

Research & Administrative Assistant

Luke Cromwell

Associate, Events and External Affairs

Alexa Cunniff

Digital Media Manager

Wesley Davenport

Associate, Federal Government Affairs

Melissa Dunlap

Director, Business Operations

Campbell Fain

Senior Manager, Finance

Grace Fendrick

Media Relations Associate

Regan Ferrell

Senior Specialist, Business Development

Addyson Garner

Events & External Affairs Manager

William Gray

Director, Communications

Steven Greenhut

Resident Senior Fellow and Western Region Director, State Affairs

Bradley Hooser

Manager, Strategy & Analytics

Marc Hyden

Marc Hyden

Director, State Government Affairs

Hammad Kamal

Director, Finance

Rebecca Kendall

Director of Strategy

Anthony Lamorena

Senior Manager, Federal Government Affairs

Daniela Lozano

Associate Director, Business Development

Ginny Mansour

Director, Business Development

Aaron McKeiver

Operations and Facilities Associate

Christine McPherson

Manager, Business Development

Robert Melvin

Senior Manager of Government Affairs, Northeast Region

Josiah Neeley

Director, Texas; Resident Senior Fellow, Energy

Alexandra Perez

Federal Government Affairs Manager

Anne Phelan

Ann Phelan

Creative and Media Director

Kelli Pierce

Digital Media Associate

Faith Rahman

Faith Rahman

Director, People Operations

Patricia Simon

Manager, Employee Experience

Sara Smith

Specialist, Operations

Alan Smith

Director, Midwest; Resident Senior Fellow

Kara Stoller

Manager, Business Development

Emily Temple

Director, Research Publications

Jeff Vanderslice

Director, Federal Government Affairs

Rhea Warren

Associate Editor

Shoshana Weissmann

Director, Digital Media; Fellow

Corie Whalen

Media Relations Director

Brenna Woodman

Senior Manager, Internal Communications

Board of Directors

Ryan Calo

Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger Associate Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law

Pablo Carrillo

Of Counsel at Squire Patton Boggs

Marla Dean

Founder and Chief Learning & Innovation Officer, Dean’s List Consulting

Susanna Dokupil

Chairwoman of the R Street Board, CEO of Paladin Strategies

Elizabeth Frazee

Co-founder and CEO of TwinLogic Strategies

John Graham

Indiana University Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Katie Harbath

Founder and CEO, Anchor Change

Simone Syed

Founder & Managing Partner, Velorum Capital

Bob Watkins

Associate General Counsel, State Farm

Stephen Weinstein

Chair, Bermuda Business Development Agency

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