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<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The <b>Virginia Institute for Public Policy</b> is a think tank which describes its mission as being to "lay the intellectual foundation for a society dedicated to individual liberty, free enterprise, private property, the rule of law, and constitutionally limited government."<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Virginia_Institute_for_Public_Policy#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup></font></p>

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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><a name="Funding" id="Funding">In its 2006 annual report the </a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute">Cato Institute</a> stated that it provided a grant of $25,000 to the Virgina Institute for Public Policy.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Virginia_Institute_for_Public_Policy#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup></font>

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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><a name="Contact_Details" id="Contact_Details">Virginia Institute for Public Policy

7326 Early Marker Court

Gainesville, Virginia 20155

Phone:(703) 753-5900

Fax: (703) 753-1900

Email: JTaylor AT VirginiaInstitute.org

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<h1 style=" text-align: center;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">BOARD OF DIRECTORS</font></h1>

<p style=" text-align: justify;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><strong>John Taylor</strong> is president of the Virginia Institute for Public Policy, an independent, nonpartisan, education and research organization that develops and promotes public policy consistent with the Virginia tradition of individual liberty, dynamic entrepreneurial capitalism, private property, the rule of law, and constitutionally-limited government. He also serves as president of Tertium Quids, a 501(c)4 issue advocacy organization that hosts Virginia's Tuesday Morning Group, a statewide coalition comprising more than 1,000 activists who represent more than 260 organizations. John is also the producer of <i>Freedom & Prosperity Radio</i>, a syndicated talk radio program with a focus on politics and public policy. In 1975, he received a B.A. from Wofford College, and subsequently earned an M.B.A. from Georgia State University and a J.D. from the Woodrow Wilson College of Law. In 2008, John was elected into the <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Mont Pelerin Society, an international group founded in 1947 by Friedrich von Hayek </span>"to facilitate an exchange of ideas between like-minded scholars in the hopes of strengthening the principles and practice of a free society..." He is also a member of The Federalist Society, an organization "founded on the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be." Since 1997, John has been a member of The Philadelphia Society, an organization "dedicated to the goal of deepening the intellectual foundations of a free and ordered society and to broadening the general understanding of its basic principles among the public at large." John has been the recipient of the 2012 John Marshall Award for "outstanding citizen leadership in the advancement of property rights," given by the Virginia Property Rights Coalition; the Hero of the Taxpayer Award, an annual recognition given by Americans for Tax Reform in Washington, D.C.; and the Eagle Award, an annual award given for pro-family, grassroots leadership by the Eagle Forum of St. Louis, Missouri. <i>Campaigns & Elections</i> magazine has named John one of the most influential political players in Virginia. John and his wife, Lynn, have been married for 34 years and have three sons: Caleb, Joshua, Zachary; and two granddaughters, Audea Jordan and Olivia Lenea.</font>

<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><strong><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Derwood S. Chase, </span>Jr.</strong>, is founder and chairman emeritus of Chase Investment Counsel Corporation, which manages more than $500 million for a select group of clients throughout the United States. Mr. Chase earned a B.S. with distinction from the University of Virginia and a M.B.A. from Harvard University. His speeches, articles, and comments on investing and economic policy have been quoted in<i>Barron's</i>, <i>Business Week</i>, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, <i>Pensions & Investments</i>,<i>Kiplinger's Personal Finance</i>, and <i>The New York Times</i>. He has appeared on <i>CNBC, The Nightly Business Report (PBS)</i> and <i>Bloomberg</i>. Derwood is a member of the Analysts Club (N.Y.C.), the New York Society of Security Analysts, and the<span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Mont Pelerin Society. He is president of the Chase Foundation of Virginia, a trustee of the Reason Foundation and the Fraser Institute, </span>and a former governor of the Investment Counsel Association of America.</font>

<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><strong>Charles J. Cooper</strong> is a founding member of the Washington, D.C., law firm of Cooper & Kirk, PLLC. Named by the <i>National Law Journal</i> as one of the ten best civil litigators in Washington, he has over thirty years of legal experience in government and private practice, with several appearances before the U.S. Supreme Court and scores of other successful cases on both the trial and appellate levels. Shortly after serving as law clerk to Judge Paul Roney of the Fifth (now Eleventh) Circuit Court of Appeals, and to Justice William H. Rehnquist, Mr. Cooper joined the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in 1981. In 1985 President Reagan appointed Mr. Cooper to the position of assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel. Mr. Cooper reentered private practice in 1988, and in October 1996 he became a founding partner of Cooper & Kirk. Mr. Cooper's trial and appellate practice is national in scope and is concentrated in the areas of constitutional, commercial, administrative, health care, and civil rights litigation. He is currently representing private clients in a variety of commercial cases, including antitrust, intellectual property, and contract disputes. Mr. Cooper also represents a number of state and local government bodies, as well as private clients, in a wide range of constitutional and federal statutory cases. In 1998 Mr. Cooper was appointed by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist to serve as a member of the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States. Mr. Cooper is a member of the American Law Institute and the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and he has spoken and published extensively on a wide variety of constitutional and legal policy topics.</font>

<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><strong>Timothy E. Donner</strong> is founder and executive director of Horizons Television, Inc., a television and video production company in Great Falls, Virginia, specializing in fund raising, documentary, promotional, and educational video. Mr. Donner has served on the boards of trustees of the following organizations: the William H. Donner Foundation of New York, a diversified philanthropic foundation with assets of over $100 million; Radio America, the conservative radio network; Values Through Media, Cal Thomas's foundation targeted at the mainstream media; the National Mental Health Association of Alexandria, Virginia; and the Donner Canadian Foundation, the third-largest national foundation in Canada.</font>

<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><strong style="">Becky Norton Dunlop</strong> i</span>s a vice president at The Heritage Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Heritage, she served as secretary of natural resources for the Commonwealth of Virginia in Governor George Allen's cabinet. Mrs. Dunlop served as deputy assistant to the president in Ronald Reagan's White House. She also served in the U.S. Department of Justice from 1985 to 1987 and in the U.S. Department of the Interior from 1987 to 1989. She is the author of <i>Clearing the Air</i>. Mrs. Dunlop graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.</font>

<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><strong>Douglas C. Mills</strong> is vice president for development with the <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Club for Growth. </span>Mr. Mills previously served as executive vice president of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, after having served as executive vice president of the Media Research Center for twelve years. Prior to his time with the <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Media Research Center,</span> he was director of development funds with <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Hillsdale College, </span>following a successful career in banking and financial services. Mr. Mills holds a bachelor's degree of liberal studies in economics and business administration from Hillsdale College. A Michigan native, he resides in Alexandria, Virginia.</font>

<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><strong>Abby S. Moffat</strong> is vice president, chief operating officer, and trustee of The Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, which focuses on education, entrepreneurship, public policy, and global issues. She previously served as vice chair of grants and managing trustee of the Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation. Ms. Moffat is co-chairman of the Washington Studies Group, and holds professional memberships with the Philanthropy Roundtable and the Capital Speakers Club. She is currently on the boards of several non-profit organizations including the Institute of World Politics (member of the executive committee), the Atlas Economic Research Foundation (treasurer), the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Media Research Center (chairwoman of trustees), and The Heritage Foundation.</font>

<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><strong>Richard F. Norman</strong> is president of The Richard Norman Company, Robertson Mailing List Company, and <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Patriot Data Services,</span> which manages fund-raising programs for dozens of nationally known conservative nonprofit organizations and political campaigns, including candidates for governor, U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, and president. Richard began his career in politics in 1979, serving in various positions for political campaigns and as a political aid on Capitol Hill. He began his career in <b>direct-mail fund raising in 1983 with <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Bruce W. Eberle </span></b>& Associates, becoming president of that firm in 1985. In 1987 he founded The Richard Norman Company. Richard served as finance director for the <b>Oliver North</b> for U.S. Senate campaign (1994) and for Vice President Dan Quayle's campaign for president (1999). Richard received his B.A. in history from Bluefield College, and he pursued studies in political science at the University of Richmond Graduate School. Active in civic organizations, he is the former president of ECHO (Every Citizen Has Opportunities), a member of the board of trustees of Joe Gibbs' Youth for Tomorrow, and a former member of the school board of Dominion Academy, in Leesburg, Virginia. Richard is a member of the board of trustees of Bluefield College and the board of advisers of the <b>University of Virginia Center for Politics</b>. He serves on the board of directors of the American Association of Political Consultants and the National Association of Republican Campaign Professionals and served on the State Finance Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia. As an aside from his political work, Richard owns and operates The Cabins at Crabtree Falls, a Blue Ridge Mountain resort. He is the father of two. Richard and his wife, Vickie, attend McLean Bible Church and reside in Paeonian Springs, Virginia.</font>

<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><strong style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Mark Skousen</strong> is the founder and producer of "FreedomFest", an annual conference held in Las Vegas and billed as the world's largest gathering of free minds on liberty. The conference attracts thousands of attendees from across the country and some of the brightest speakers, including Steve Forbes, Ben Stein, Larry Kudlow, Charles Gasparino, Tom Woods, Charles Murray, and Stephen Moore, to name just a few. Mark, a prolific writer, has written more than 25 books. In addition, his investment newsletter, Forecasts & Strategies, has been widely read for 30 years. His most recent books include: <i>Vienna and Chicago, Friends or Foes?</i> (Capital Press, 2005);<i>The Compleated Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin</i>, compiled and edited by Mark Skousen (Regnery, 2006) – appropriate as Mark is a descendant of Franklin; <i>The Big Three in Economics</i> (M. E. Sharp, 2007); <i>Investing In One Lesson</i> (Regnery, 2007); the 2nd edition of <i>The Making of Modern Economics</i> (M. E. Sharpe, 2008); the 3rd edition of <i>Economic Logic</i> (his macro/micro economics textbook, Capital Press, 2008); <i>EconoPower</i> (Wiley, 2008); and <i>Maxims of Wall Street</i> (Skousen, 2011).</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><strong>Lynn Taylor</strong> is vice president and CFO of the Virginia Institute for Public Policy. She also serves as vice president and CFO of Tertium Quids. Prior to her current positions, Mrs. Taylor was managing director of the <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Charles G. Koch and the Claude R. Lambe </span>Charitable Foundations in Washington, D.C. Well experienced in the management and the funding of nonprofit organizations, Mrs. Taylor served on the boards of The Heartland Institute for Public Policy, Chicago; the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, New York; and the Young Entrepreneurs of Washington, D.C. In 1976, she received a B.A. in mathematics from Agnes Scott College, and subsequently earned an M.B.A. in finance from Georgia State University and a J.D. (cum laude) from the Woodrow Wilson College of Law. Mrs. Taylor is a member of The Federalist Society and The Philadelphia Society. 

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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Our Mission The Virginia Institute for Public Policy is an independent, nonpartisan, education and research organization committed to the goals of individual opportunity and economic growth. Through research, policy recommendations, and symposia, the Institute works ahead of the political process to lay the intellectual foundation for a society dedicated to individual liberty, dynamic entrepreneurial capitalism, private property, the rule of law, and constitutionally-limited government.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1996</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">VIRGINIA INSTITUTE WAS FOUNDED 1000+</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">INDIVIDUALS TAKE PART IN OUR</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">TUESDAY MORNING GROUP COALITION 2009</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">FREEDOM & PROSPERITY RADIO BEGAN</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Freedom & Prosperity Agenda</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We focus on public policy issues pertinent to the Commonwealth with an emphasis on the following themes:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>THE PEOPLE V. THE "ANOINTED"</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Arguably, the greatest fear of our Founding Fathers was that over time power would tend to be concentrated increasingly in the hands of a few. Since the creation of the Republic, there has been a dynamic tension between two groups who hold very different and incompatible visions for this country and its citizens. Early on, this tension was evidenced in the rift between Jefferson and Hamilton. In 1800, it was the key to Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans displacing the Federalists. It was behind Andrew Jackson's veto of the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States in 1832. Today, this tension is manifested between those who embrace the Jeffersonian vision of the people as sovereign versus those who prefer that popular sovereignty be limited to twelve hours on election days.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">It is too simplistic to say the battle is between Democrats and Republicans; too simplistic to say it is between conservatives and liberals.<b> This conflict is between people who want to be free to make life's decisions for themselves, and elitists who believe that they should be entrusted with the decision making for all.</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A major portion of our policy research involves redefining the role, scope, and cost of government in a free society.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">EDUCATION</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Expenditures for public education have tripled (inflation-adjusted dollars) over the last 30 years, yet it becomes more and<b> more obvious that government schools are failing. Ignoring the evidence that shows little correlation between resources allocated to education and the resulting quality of that education,</b> the political establishment consistently responds to declining standards by throwing more and more dollars at symptoms. The Institute studies the decline of the government school system, whether or not the system can be saved, what factors must be brought to bear if the system can be saved, and whether or not public finance of public institutions is possible in a society that increasingly cannot agree on such basic concepts as right and wrong, good and evil, and what is and is not education.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>
</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>CAPITALISM V. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Even though Marxism has been defeated as an ideology, today the concept of the "nanny state" has become ingrained in the fabric of our public consciousness</b>. The Institute's mission is not simply to criticize the existing order, but to recreate the vision of the original Sons of Virginia [slave-owning tidewater aristo?] who understood the benefits and blessings of liberty.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">DEVOLUTION OF POWER</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A phrase much in use today, the Institute promotes not only the devolution of power from the federal government back to the Commonwealth of Virginia, but also the devolution of power from all levels of government back to the people. In this regard, the Institute researches the original intent and application of the often neglected Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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