Experts

Fred Ashton

Competition Economics Analyst

Fred Ashton is a Competition Economics Analyst at the American Action Forum.

Robert Book

Health Care & Economic Expert

Dr. Robert A. Book is a health economist, and Senior Research Director at Health Systems Innovation Network, LLC, where he works primarily on economic and statistical modeling of the effects of health care reform, primarily through the lens of the effects of changes in the law on the incentives faced by individuals, employers, providers, and insurers.

Dan Bosch

Former Director of Regulatory Policy

Dan Bosch is the Former Director of Regulatory Policy at the American Action Forum.

Donald Bruce

Economic Expert

Donald Bruce is the Douglas and Brenda Horne Professor of Business in the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) and the Department of Economics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He holds a B.A. with honors in economics from Drew University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Syracuse University.

Laura Collins

Immigration Expert

Laura Collins is an immigration expert.

Ewelina Czapla

Former Director of Energy Policy

Ewelina Czapla is the Former Director of Energy Policy at the American Action Forum.

Michele Davis

Economic Expert

Michele Davis is a Partner at the Brunswick Group, a global corporate communications advisory firm. She has broad experience in formulating and communicating economic policy, having worked in the Administration of George W. Bush and in the Congressional leadership.

Douglas Faulkner

Energy Expert

For two decades Douglas L. Faulkner has been a leader in expanding the global use of renewable energy and energy efficiency. He is President and Founder of Leatherstocking LLC, a clean-technology advisory firm that draws inspiration and its name from the classic early-American frontier novels by James Fenimore Cooper. The firm provides advice on global business strategy where politics, diplomacy, trade, technology, finance and science overlap. Mr. Faulkner offers guidance on sustainable partnerships for business development as well as pathways through federal and state governments for assistance.

Emil H. Frankel

Transportation Expert

Emil H. Frankel is a transportation expert and currently an independent consultant on transportation policy and public management issues.

Paul Gessing

Regulation Expert

Paul Gessing became the first full-time President of the Rio Grande Foundation in March of 2006. Since joining the Foundation, Gessing has been a prominent voice for limited government and individual liberties in policy areas including: Constitutional liberties, taxes, health care, education, and transportation.

Ben Gitis

Labor Market Expert

Ben Gitis is the former Director of Labor Market Policy at the American Action Forum.

Dan Goldbeck

Director of Regulatory Policy

Dan Goldbeck is the Director of Regulatory Policy at the American Action Forum.

Rick Grafmeyer

Economic Expert

Rick Grafmeyer is a partner at Capitol Tax Partners, Washington’s largest independent consulting firm specializing in tax legislative and regulatory matters.

Lisa Graham Keegan

Education Expert

Lisa Graham Keegan has spent 11 years as Principal Partner at the Keegan Company, where she consults, writes, and speaks on critical issues and emerging markets in American education.

Sally Gray Lovejoy

Education Expert

Sally Gray Lovejoy served for eighteen years on the House Education and the Workforce Committee before she was appointed by President George W. Bush as the Education Attaché to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in May, 2006.

Gordon Gray

Director of Fiscal Policy

Gordon Gray is the Director of Fiscal Policy at the American Action Forum.

Sarah Hale Smith

Chief Operating Officer

Sarah Smith is the Chief Operating Officer at the American Action Forum.

Jackson Hammond

Health Care Policy Analyst

Jackson Hammond is a Health Care Policy Analyst at the American Action Forum.

Eric Hanushek

Education Expert

Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow and a member of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education at Stanford University. A leader in the development of the economic analysis of educational issues, his research spans the impact on achievement of teacher quality, high-stakes accountability, and class-size reduction. He pioneered measuring teacher quality on the basis of student achievement, the foundation for current research into the value-added evaluations of teachers and schools. His work on school efficiency is central to debates about school finance adequacy and equity; his analyses of the economic impact of school outcomes motivate both national and international educational policy design.

Isabella Hindley

Policy Analyst

Isabella Hindley is a Policy Analyst at the American Action Forum

Rachel Hoff

Former Director of Defense Analysis

Rachel Hoff is the Policy Director of the Ronald Reagan Institute.

Christopher Holt

Vice President of Policy at the Alliance for Health Policy

Christopher Holt is the Vice President of Policy at the Alliance for Health Policy. He previously served as Director of Health Care Policy at the American Action Forum.

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

President

Douglas Holtz-Eakin is the President of the American Action Forum.

Jennifer Huddleston

Former Director of Technology and Innovation Policy

Jennifer Huddleston is the Former Director of Technology and Innovation Policy at the American Action Forum.

Jonathan Keisling

Former Health Care Policy Analyst

Jonathan Keisling is a former Health Care Policy Analyst at the American Action Forum.

Holly Kuzmich

Education Expert

The Honorable Holly Kuzmich is the Vice President of Margaret Spellings and Company, a public policy and strategic consulting firm. Led by former U.S. Secretary of Education and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Margaret Spellings, the firm's experts offer decades of experience developing public policy and strategies on national, state, and local issues. Kuzmich has deep policy knowledge in education—from preschool and early reading to higher education—and extensive experience in legislative issues. She is a leading authority on the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) from inception to implementation.

Tom Lee

Data and Policy Analyst

Tom Lee is a Data and Policy Analyst at the American Action Forum.

Joshua Levine

Technology and Innovation Policy Analyst

Joshua Levine is a Technology and Innovation Policy Analyst at the American Action Forum.

Juan Londoño

Former Technology & Innovation Policy Analyst

Juan Londoño is a Former Technology & Innovation Policy Analyst at the American Action Forum.

Lauren Maddox

Education Expert

The Honorable Lauren Maddox is a Senior Policy Advisor at Holland & Knight, providing clients with strategic and crisis communications experience, a global perspective on education policy, in-depth knowledge of how federal policy is shaped at the most senior levels of government, and extensive legislative and executive branch contacts. Lauren served as Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach at the U.S. Department of Education from September 2006 to November 2008. She was the primary communications advisor to Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on K-12 and higher education matters, and the top strategist on outreach to opinion leaders and the stakeholder community.

Doug Mesecar

Education Expert

Doug Mesecar has served in senior operational and policy roles at leading education companies, the U.S. Department of Education, and in Congress. His cross-cutting expertise ranges from curriculum development and education technology, to teaching and public policy, with a strong focus on the use of data in every role. Doug currently is Senior Vice President of Blended Learning Solutions for EdisonLearning. In addition, Doug continues to write on important education topics like government markets and performance based funding.

Meghan Milloy

Former Director of Financial Services Policy

Meghan Milloy is the former Director of Financial Services Policy at the American Action Forum.

Casey Mulligan

Health Care Expert

Casey B. Mulligan, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1993.

Tara O'Neill Hayes

Former Director of Human Welfare Policy

Tara O'Neill Hayes is the former Director of Human Welfare Policy at the American Action Forum.

Stephen Parente

Health Care Expert

Stephen T Parente is the Minnesota Insurance Industry Chair of Health Finance in Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and Associate Dean of the Carlson Global Institute.

Will Rinehart

Former Director of Technology and Innovation Policy

Will Rinehart is Former Director of Technology and Innovation Policy at the American Action Forum.

Catrina Rorke

Energy Expert

Catrina Rorke is an energy expert.

Harvey Rosen

Economic Expert

Harvey S. Rosen is the John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy at Princeton University. He was an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Rosen has been a member of Princeton's Department of Economics since 1974. He served as Chairman of the Department from 1993 to 1996, and has been Co-Director of the Center for Economic Policy Studies since 1993. In 1986 he was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society.

Shalla Ross

Health Care Expert

Shalla Ross is President of the Ross Group, LLC and has extensive experience in the health care policy space, having guided a wide array of health industry and provider clients through the policy making and political process. She provides her clients with comprehensive policy analysis and solutions to complex issues. She concentrates on health care, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and the budget.

Conor Ryan

Health Care Expert

Conor previously served as AAF's Senior Health Care Data Analyst. He previously worked as a Statistician at the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.

Tori Smith

Director of International Economic Policy

Tori K. Smith is Director of International Economic Policy at the American Action Forum.

Isabel Soto

Former Director of Labor Market Policy

Isabel Soto is the Former Director of Labor Market Policy at the American Action Forum.

Andrew Strohman

Former Health Care Data Analyst

Andrew Cutler Strohman is the Former Health Care Data Analyst at the American Action Forum.

Jacqueline Varas

Former Director of Immigration and Trade Policy

Jacqueline Varas is the Former Director of Immigration and Trade Policy at the American Action Forum.

Thomas Wade

Director of Financial Services Policy

Thomas Wade is the Director of Financial Services Policy at the American Action Forum.

Jeffrey Westling

Director of Technology and Innovation Policy

Jeffrey Westling is the Director of Technology and Innovation Policy at the American Action Forum.

Andy Winkler

Housing Finance Expert

Andy Winkler is a housing finance expert.