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Presiding over the conference was Heartland Institute president Joseph Bast. A former socialist turned conservative-libertarian, Bast once wrote a piece for the American Conservative Union Foundation titled “Why I am a Conservative,” in which he described being hired in 1984 at the age of 26 by David Padden, owner of an investment securities firm in Chicago, to start Heartland.

David Padden, a Chicago bond trader, is listed as a founding director in Heartland’s Articles of Incorporation. He has also been a director of libertarian think tank the Cato Institute, the anti-regulation Citizens for a Sound Economy (now known as FreedomWorks), and the Acton Institute, which “integrates Judeo-Christian truths with free market principles.”

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David H. Padden is President of Padden & Company Inc.[1], a Chicago-based investment securities firm, and spinoff Padco Lease Corporation. He plays a prominent role in a number of libertarian think tanks:

• Heartland Institute, founder and director 2004 [2]
• Cato Institute, director 2004 [3]
• Citizens for a Sound Economy, former director
• Acton Institute, former director
• Bionomics Institute, director
• Foundation for Economic Education, former director
• Center for Libertarian Studies, former director
• Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, director 2001 [4]

References

• Heartland Institute, David H. Padden biography, accessed February 2004.
• Padco Lease Corporation -- A Chicago based Investment banking firm purchases leases for resale to a select group of private investors. Padco is a spin off of Padden & Company, Inc., founded in 1963.[5]

Known Associates

Peter Ackerman, Managing Director, Rockport Financial Ltd.; K. Tucker Andersen, Senior Consultant, Cumberland Associates LLC; Frank Bond, Chairman, The Foundation Group; Edward H. Crane, President, Cato Institute; Richard J. Dennis, President, Dennis Trading Group

; Theodore J. Forstmann, Principal, Forstmann Little & Company;Ethelmae C. Humphreys, Chairman, Tamko Roofing Products, Inc.; David H. Koch, Executive Vice President, Koch Industries, Inc.;John C. Malone, Chairman, Liberty Media Corporation; William A. Niskanen, Chairman, Cato Institute; Lewis E. Randall, Board Member, E*Trade Financial;Howard S. Rich, President, U.S. Term Limits; Frederick W. Smith, Chairman & CEO, FedEx Corporation; Jeffrey S. Yass, Managing Director, Susquehanna International Group, LLP;

Alejandro A. Chafuen; Wade Fetzer III; Edwin J. Feulner, Jr.; David Humphreys; Alejandro Garza Lagüera; Bernard T. Lomas; Jeff D. Sandefer; Robert A. Sirico; George W. Strake, Jr.; David Humphreys - Chairman, Tamko Asphalt Products; Betsy DeVos - Treasurer, The Windquest Group, Inc.;Alejandro A. Chafuen - Secretary, Atlas Economic Research Foundation; Rev. Robert A. Sirico - President, The Acton Institute; Barry Conner, America's Home Place; Robert Costello, Social Security Choice.org; Frank Hanna III, HBR Capital, Ltd.; Alejandro Garza Lagüera, Pulsar International; David Milroy, Reams Asset Management Company; J.C. Huizenga, National Heritage Academies;

Sidney J. Jansma, Jr., Wolverine Gas and Oil Corporation; Ren Broekhuizen, Pastor, Ridge Point Community Church; Carol Erickson Martino, Consultant, Ambrosetti Group; Daniel C. Lynch, Bionomics Chairman; Terry Huffington; Mark H. Edwards; J.G. "Mike" Ford, Jr.; Peter Gruber; Allan C. King; Leo Linbeck, Jr.; Leigh Marriner; Bill Melton; John Porter; Michael Rothschild; Mark A. Tebbe;Herbert J. Walberg, Chairman University of Illinois - Chicago;

James L. Johnston Amoco Corporation (retired); Joseph L. Bast, President and CEO, TheHeartland Institute; Roy E. Marden, Public Policy Consultant; Walter F. Buchholtz, ExxonMobil Corporation; Robert Buford, Planned Realty Group; Frank Resnik, Medline Inc. (retired); Paul Fisher, Piper, Marbury, Rudnick & Wolfe; Leslie Rose, Fidelity Bank; James Fitzgerald, BankNote Capital LLC; Lee Tooman, Golden Rule Insurance Company; Dan Hales, Peterson & Ross; Lee H. Walker, New Coalition for Economic & Social Change; William Higginson, Chicago Equity Fund Inc.; Thomas Walton, General Motors; Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation Board of Directors: David H. Koch; Sarah Atkins; **Wayne Gable**; John Thomas;Walter Williams. CSE Board of Directors: Jim Burnley; **C. Boyden Gray**; Thomas Knudsen; James C. Miller III; Richard Stephenson; Dirk Van Dongen.

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