Texas Public Policy Foundation
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The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) is an Independent think tank based in Austin, Texas. It is a member of the State Policy Network, a network of free-market leaning think tanks.
The stated mission of TPPF is to [1], "improve Texas government by generating academically sound research and data on state issues, and by recommending the findings to opinion leaders, policy makers, the media and general public." TPPF notes that its guiding principles are "individual liberty, personal responsibility, private property rights, free markets and limited government".
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[edit] History
TPPF was initially founded and funded in 1989 by James R. Leininger. Today, the Foundation's [2] board of directors includes 15 men and women from around the state. TPPF was originally based in San Antonio, and moved to Austin in 2003.
[edit] Organization
TPPF is organized into eight issue-area centers, which issue research reports and briefing papers on a periodic basis (usually monthly):
- Anne & Tobin Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment (formerly Center for Natural Resources Policy)
- Center for Economic Freedom
- Center for Education Policy
- Center for Effective Justice
- Center for Fiscal Policy
- Center for Health Care Policy
- Center for Higher Education
- Center for Tenth Amendment Studies
The Foundation also is home to the [Laffer Center for Supply-Side Economics], dedicated to preserving and promoting the core tenets of supply-side economics. The Laffer Center bears the name of Dr. Arthur Laffer, one of President Ronald Reagan’s chief economic advisors and a trusted advisor to federal officials, governors, and international political leaders for more than 40 years.
During the year, TPPF hosts monthly policy events ("Policy Primers") covering a range of issues, and an annual conference ("Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature") that draws in excess of 600 attendees.
Among its projects is TexasBudgetSource.com, the goal of which is to provide a single source for information on state and local budgets and spending in an effort to bring greater transparency to government spending. TexasBudgetSource.com not only provides links to existing publications and data released by state agencies and local governments, but also provides unique analysis that puts government budgets and spending in context. Another notable project of TPPF was Thinking Economically, a series of 10 publications created by Arthur Laffer and issued during 2008 intended to be "a basic economic education for policymakers, the media, and the general public."
[edit] TPPF staff
[edit] Senior Management
- Brooke Rollins, President
- Arlene Wohlgemuth, Executive Director and Director, Center for Health Care Policy
- Bill Peacock, Vice President of Research and Director, Center for Economic Freedom
- Shari Hanrahan, Vice President of Outreach
- Joshua Treviño, Vice President of Communications
[edit] Center Leadership and Key Personnel
- Jordan Brownwood, Communications Manager, Texas Budget Source
- Nancy Druart, Publications Manager
- Cindy Floyd, Donor Relations Manager
- Sarah French, Director of Development
- James Golsan, Policy Analyst, Center for Education Policy
- David Guenthner, Senior Communications Director
- Spencer Harris, Policy Analyst, Center for Health Care Policy
- The Honorable Talmadge Heflin, Director, Center for Fiscal Policy
- Kristen Indriago, Deputy Communications Director
- Michael Joyce, Director of Events
- Marc Levin, Director, Center for Effective Justice
- Thomas Lindsay, Ph.D., Director, Center for Higher Education
- Mario Loyola, Director, Center for Tenth Amendment Studies
- The Honorable Nathan Macias, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Economic Freedom
- Jeanette Moll, Juvenile Justice Policy Analyst, Center for Effective Justice
- Josiah Neeley, Policy Analyst, Center for Tenth Amendment Studies & Center for Energy & the Environment
- James Quintero, Policy Analyst, Center for Fiscal Policy
- Vikrant Reddy, Policy Analyst, Center for Effective Justice
- Rikki Risinger, Accounting & Operations Manager
- Nina Sidoryanskaya, Capital Campaign Manager
- Greg Sindelar, Director of Operations
- Kathleen Hartnett White, Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and Director, Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment
[edit] External links
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