Talk:Center of the American Experiment

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Personnel[1]

Board of Directors

  • Thomas O. Kelly, III, Chairman and CEO (Attorney, Dorsey & Whitney)
  • Mitchell B. Pearlstein, Ph.D., President
  • Kim Crockett, J.D., Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President & General Counsel
  • Thomas O. Kelly, III, Vice Chairman (Attorney, Dorsey & Whitney)
  • Mark S. Larson, Secretary (Attorney, Messerli & Kramer)
  • Scott Rile, Treasurer (Principal, Bernstein Global Wealth Management)
  • Edward C. Anderson (CEO, National Arbitration Forum)
  • Tara J. Anderson (Attorney, Fafinski Mark & Johnson)
  • Molly C. Cronin (Former Corporate Analyst, Momthink.org)
  • Mitchell Davis (Business Leader, Davisco Foods)
  • Peter Dahl (CEO, Crown Bank)
  • John Edson (CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA, CFF, Blanski Peter Kronlage & Zoch, PA)
  • Ronald E. Eibensteiner (Venture Capitalist, Wyncrest Capital, Inc.)
  • Carolyn Erickson (Partner, CSM Investments)
  • John F. Gibbs (Vice President, Government Affairs, Comcast Corporation)
  • Bill Guidera (Senior Vice President, 21st Century Fox)
  • Michael Hayden
  • Martha M. Head (Ceann Company)
  • Lowell W. Hellervik (Omni Leadership)
  • Scott M. Honour (Chairman, FirstCNG)
  • Robin Norgaard Kelleher (Attorney, Seaton, Beck & Revnew, PA)
  • Keith Kostuch (Management Consultant)
  • Jack Lanners (CEO & Business Leader, F.T.L. Corporation)
  • Rick Leggott (Founder & CEO, Arbor Capital Management)
  • Tom Mason (President, Mason Public Affairs)
  • Richard G. Morgan (Attorney, Bowman & Brooke)
  • Kenneth W. Morris (VP, Author & Speaker, The Apercu Group)
  • Andrew M. O’Brien (President, Trean Corporation & Benchmark Insurance Company)
  • Rick Penn (President and CEO, Hutchinson Technology)
  • Scott F. Peterson (Executive Vice President, Schwan Food Company)
  • Ted Risdall (President & Chairman, Risdall Marketing Group)
  • Brent Robbins (Asst. General Counsel, General Mills)
  • Thomas J. Rosen (CEO & Business Leader, Rosen's Diversified Inc.)
  • Ronald J. Schutz (Attorney, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi)
  • Charles E. Spevacek (Attorney, Meagher & Geer, P.L.L.P.)
  • Bruce Taher (President & CEO, Taher Inc)
  • Erik Torgerson (Senior Advisor, Norwest Equity Partners)

Staff

  • Kim Crockett, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, and General Counsel
  • Britt Drake, Director of Public Programs
  • Peter J. Nelson, Director of Public Policy
  • Mitch Pearlstein, Ph. D., Founder and President
  • Dwight Tostenson, Chief Financial Officer
  • Shanna Woodbury, Development Director
  • Peter Zeller, Director of Operations

Senior Fellows

  • King Banaian, Professor of Economics, St. Cloud State University
  • Peter Bell
  • John C. “Chuck” Chalberg, Professor, Normandale Community College
  • Laurence D. Cooper, Professor of Political Science, Carleton College
  • Bill Glahn
  • Pete Hegseth, CEO, Concerned Veterans of America
  • Kent Kaiser, Department of Communication, Northwestern College
  • Tom Kelley
  • Katherine Kersten
  • John R. LaPlante
  • Margaret Martin
  • Rhonda Nordin
  • David Strom

Funding

The Center of the American Experiment has accepted contributions from a number of major right-wing foundations, including[2]:

Core Financials

2012[3]

  • Total Revenue: $1,116,532
  • Total Expenses: $972,969
  • Net Assets: $149,990

2011[4]

  • Total Revenue: $799,736
  • Total Expenses: $770,575
  • Net Assets: $6,327

Koch Ties

The Center of the American Experiment has ties to the Koch brothers and their right-wing donor network. In the past, the Center has accepted funding from the Claude R. Lambe Foundation, one of the Koch Family Foundations.

References

  1. ↑ Center of the American Experiment, Center of the American Experiment About page, Center of the American Experiment website, accessed June 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ American Bridge, Center of the American Experiment Financial Records, ConservativeTransparency.org, accessed June 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ GuideStar, Center of the American Experiment 2012 Form 990, GuideStar.org, accessed June 23, 2014.
  4. ↑ GuideStar, Center of the American Experiment 2011 Form 990, GuideStar.org, accessed June 23, 2014.
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