Gilroy, L

Leonard Gilroy is the Director of Government Reform at Reason

Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free

markets. Gilroy researches privatization, government reform, fiscal,

transportation, infrastructure and urban policy issues.

Gilroy has a diversified background in policy research and

implementation, with particular emphases on public-private partnerships,

competition, government efficiency, transparency, accountability, and

government performance. Gilroy has worked closely with legislators and

elected officials in Texas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Jersey, Utah,

Virginia, California and several other states and local governments in

efforts to design and implement market-based policy approaches, improve

government performance, enhance accountability in government programs,

and reduce government spending.

In 2010 and 2011, Gilroy served as a gubernatorial appointee to the

Arizona Commission on Privatization and Efficiency, and in 2010 he

served as an advisor to the New Jersey Privatization Task Force, created

by Gov. Chris Christie.

Gilroy is the editor of the widely-read <a href="http://reason.org/areas/topic/303.html">Annual Privatization Report</a>,

which examines trends and chronicles the experiences of local, state,

and federal governments in bringing competition to public

services. Gilroy also edits Reason's annual <a href="http://reason.org/publications/innovators/2009.html">Innovators in Action</a>

report, which profiles public sector innovators in their own words,

including former U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, former

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, Texas Gov. Rick

Perry, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, former New York City Mayor Rudy

Guiliani and more.

Gilroy's articles have been featured in such leading publications as The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, The Weekly Standard, Washington Times, Houston Chronicle, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Arizona Republic, San Francisco Examiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Sacramento Bee and The Salt Lake Tribune. He has also appeared on CNN, Fox News Channel, Fox Business, CNBC, National Public Radio and other media outlets.

Prior to joining Reason, Gilroy was a senior

planner at a Louisiana-based urban planning consulting firm. He also

worked as a research assistant at the Virginia Center for Coal and

Energy Research at Virginia Tech. Gilroy earned a B.A. and M.A. in Urban

and Regional Planning from Virginia Tech.