People

People (page 31)

  • Dr. Richard Vedder image

    Dr. Richard Vedder

    Dr. Richard Vedder is a Distinguished Professor of Economics at The Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He has written extensively on labor issues, authoring such books as The American Economy…

  • Dr. Arthur B. Laffer image

    Dr. Arthur B. Laffer

    Arthur B. Laffer is the founder and chairman of Laffer Associates, an economic research and consulting firm. As a result of Dr. Laffer’s economic insight and influence in starting a…

  • Tom Tanton image

    Tom Tanton

  • Cara Sullivan image

    Cara Sullivan

  • Karla Jones image

    Karla Jones

    Karla Jones is the Senior Director of the ALEC Task Force on International Relations as well as the Task Force on Federalism – two very different policy areas that work…

  • Christine Phipps image

    Christine Phipps

    Christine Phipps is an award-winning graphic designer who has worked in the design field for more than a decade. She has experience working with government agencies, trade councils, non-profit organizations,…

  • Lisa B. Nelson image

    Lisa B. Nelson

    Lisa B. Nelson is the CEO of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a 50-year-old nonprofit think tank dedicated to the Jeffersonian principles of limited government, free markets and…

  • Shana Sally image

    Shana Sally

    Shana Sally is the Media and Public Affairs Coordinator at ALEC. Shana spends her days managing relationships with reporters, strategizing media and publication releases, and also handling the public affairs…

  • Marie Vulaj image

    Marie Vulaj

    Marie Vulaj works with ALEC membership from the business community and the nonprofit sector to advance free markets and make government work better. Growing up as the child of immigrant…

  • Ashley N. Varner image

    Ashley N. Varner

    Ashley Varner brings more than a decade of political communications experience and a tough skin to the ALEC Public Affairs team. As such, Ashley provides counsel in a wide variety…

  • Kati Siconolfi image

    Kati Siconolfi

    Kati Siconolfi serves as Legislative Manager for the ALEC Center for State Fiscal Reform, where she works with state lawmakers, policy experts and business leaders to develop free-market solutions to…

  • Jeff Lambert image

    Jeff Lambert

    Jeff Lambert is the Vice President of Member Relations for American Legislative Exchange Council. Jeff believes the success of the American economy is due to its entrepreneurial spirit, individual initiative…

  • Montana Hyde image

    Montana Hyde

    Montana has an extensive background in non-profit work specializing in human services and children’s rights. She began pursuing these interests by working with a social services non-profit organization in underdeveloped…

  • Molly Drenkard image

    Molly Drenkard

    As the Director of Media Relations and Public Affairs at the American Legislative Exchange Council, Molly focuses on outward-facing strategic messaging and stakeholder relationship development. Prior to ALEC, Molly promoted…

  • Courtney Cook image

    Courtney Cook

    Courtney heads up all the logistics for ALEC meetings and events. Putting all the pieces in place for ALEC events is something she has been passionate about since she started…

  • Joe Horvath image

    Joe Horvath

    Joe Horvath formerly served as a Policy Analyst for the ALEC Center for State Fiscal Reform, where he researched pro-growth solutions to state tax and budget issues. While relatively new…

  • Lacey White image

    Lacey White

    Lacey currently serves as the Policy Manager at ALEC.

  • Jose “Pepe” Fernandez image

    Jose “Pepe” Fernandez

    Jose “Pepe” Fernandez is the heart of ALEC. The longest-serving employee, he began working for the organization in June 1994 as the Public Affairs, Membership and Office Manager. His good-natured smile,…

  • Laurel Buckley image

    Laurel Buckley

    Laurel oversees all individual donor correspondence for ALEC; meeting with individuals, growing financial support and managing donor outreach and communications. Not one to be idle, Laurel also takes pride in…

  • Lisa Bowen image

    Lisa Bowen

    For almost a decade, Lisa Bowen has driven the Finance and Administration of ALEC. As Chief Financial Officer, Lisa has been charged with strengthening and aligning the administrative and financial…