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Brandon McGinley writes about faith, culture, and politics from his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His writing has appeared in print in National Review, The Human Life Review, Fare Forward, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Harrisburg Patriot-News, and the Pittsburgh Catholic and online at First Things, Public Discourse, The Week, The Federalist, National Review Online, Aleteia, Ethika Politika, Acculturated, and The Imaginative Conservative. He has also contributed to and edited books for Our Sunday Visitor Catholic publishers.

[Source: http://brandonmcginley.com/wp/]

Christopher Burkett is Associate Professor of Political Science and co-chair of the Master of Arts in American History and Government program at Ashland University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on American political thought, including the American Founding and the Progressive Era. He is editor of 50 Core American Documents: Required Reading for Students, Teachers, and Citizens (2013), and author of several articles and chapters, including “Remaking the World: Progressivism and American Foreign Policy” (Heritage Foundation, 2013), “James Madison and the Grand Convention: The Great Difficulty of Representation” (in A Blackwell Companion to James Madison and James Monroe, 2012), and “The American Founding and Conservative Foreign Policy Today” (in Modern America and the Legacy of the Founding, 2006). Burkett is also the 2011 recipient of the Edward and Louaine Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award at Ashland University. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Ashland University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in politics from the University of Dallas.

[Source: http://ashbrook.org/about/faculty/christopher-burkett/]

Richard M. Gamble (Ph.D., University of South Carolina) is Professor of History and holds the Anna Margaret Ross Alexander Chair in History and Politics. His publications include The War for Righteousness: Progressive Christianity, the Great War, and the Rise of the Messianic Nation (ISI Books, 2003), The Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What It Means to Be an Educated Human Being (ISI Book, 2007), the chapter on World War I for the Cambridge History of Religions in America (Cambridge UP, 2012), In Search of the City on a Hill: The Making and Unmaking of an American Myth (Continuum, 2012), and a history of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” forthcoming from Cornell University Press. He is currently at work on the first intellectual and religious biography of Julia Ward Howe. His courses, essays, and reviews focus on the history American civil religion and the long argument over the American identity.

[Source: https://www.hillsdale.edu/faculty/richard-gamble/]

Professor William B. Allen is a professor of Political Philosophy at Michigan State University and (for the 2008-09 academic year) Senior Visiting Scholar at the Matthew J. Ryan Center for the Study of Free Institutions and the Public Good at Villanova University. During a 2006-07 sabbatical leave, he served as the Ann & Herbert W. Vaughan Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program on American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. His areas of expertise include the American founding and U.S. Constitution; the American founders (particularly George Washington); the influence of various political philosophers (especially Montesquieu) on the American founding; liberal arts education, its history, importance and problems; and the intersection of race and politics. 

He served previously on the National Council for the Humanities and as Member and Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. He has published extensively, most notably, George Washington: A Collection.His most recent book is George Washington: America’s First Progressive (P. Lang, 2008), and his Re-Thinking Uncle Tom: The Political Philosophy of H. B. Stowe should appear in the coming year. He previously published Habits of Mind: Fostering Access and Excellence in Higher Education (with Carol M. Allen). 

Professor Allen has given guest lectures and other presentations on a wide range of topics at locations throughout and beyond the United States. Many of his presentations, as well as his publications, are available on this website. 

[Source: http://williambarclayallen.com/]

Michael C. Maibach is a seasoned professional in global business diplomacy, with successful careers at the European-American Business Council, Siebel Systems, the Intel Corporation and Caterpillar, Inc.  Today he is a Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute 21st Century Manufacturing Program.  In addition to the John Jay Institute, Mr. Maibach serves on the Boards of the BritishAmericanBusiness, the Witherspoon Institute, the Tocqueville Forum at Georgetown University, Faith & Law, and on the Advisory Boards of the Institute of World Politics and the Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress.  Mr. Maibach has published numerous essays on history, society, global trade and competitiveness.  Born in Peoria, Illinois, Mr. Maibach studied at Northern Illinois University (B.A. Political Science & History, M.A. Constitutional Law), American University (B.S. International Business), Georgetown University (M.A. Political Philosophy) and the Institute of World Politics (M.A. Statecraft & International Affairs).  He has also done post-graduate work at Oxford University and Cambridge University.  Mr. Maibach resides in Alexandria, Virginia and is active in lay leadership at Christ the King Anglican Church.

[Source: http://www.johnjayfellows.com/people-file/michaelmaibach]

Frank Buckley is a Foundation Professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University. He is a frequent media guest and has appeared on Morning Joe, CNN, Rush Limbaugh, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, Newsmax, Radio France, the CBC, NPR, and many others.

He is a Senior Editor at The American Spectator, a columnist for the New York Post, and has written for the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, US News, National Review, the American Conservative, the New Criterion, Real Clear Politics, the National Post, the Telegraph, amongst many others.

His most recent books are The Way Back: Restoring the Promise of America(Encounter Books, April 2016); The Once and Future King (Encounter Books, 2015); The American Illness (ed., Yale 2013); Fair Governance (Oxford 2009); Just Exchange(Routledge 2005); The Morality of Laughter (Michigan 2003); and The Fall and Rise of Freedom of Contract (ed. Duke 1999). His current project is a book on corruption in America.

He has been a visiting fellow at the University of Chicago Law School, and has also taught at McGill Law School in Montreal, the Sorbonne (Paris II), and Sciences Po in Paris.

He is a citizen of Canada and also became an American citizen on Tax Day, April 15, 2014. He lives in Alexandria VA with his wife, Esther, two German Shepherds and two cats (the good one and the evil one). His daughter, Sarah, and her husband Nick Mark, are fellows at the University of Washington Medical Center.

[Source: https://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/directory/fulltime/buckley_francis]

John Hood is president of the John William Pope Foundation, a Raleigh-based grantmaker that supports public policy organizations, educational institutions, arts and cultural programs, and humanitarian relief in North Carolina and beyond.

Hood is also chairman of the board at the John Locke Foundation, a North Carolina think tank that issues reports, hosts events, produces broadcast programs, and publishes Carolina Journal, which serves a monthly audience of more than 250,000 North Carolinians through its print, radio, and online editions as well as its news service for local newspapers. Hood helped found JLF in 1989 and served as its president from 1995 to 2014.

Since 1986, Hood has written a syndicated column on politics and public policy for North Carolina newspapers. It currently appears regularly in the Winston-Salem Journal, GreensboroNews & Record, Asheville Citizen-Times, Wilmington Star-News, and newspapers in more than 60 other communities. He also writes a regular column, “Free & Clear,” for Business North Carolina magazine and serves as a weekly panelist on “NC SPIN,” a political talk show broadcast on 26 television and radio stations across the state.

Hood is the author of seven books. The most recent one is Catalyst: Jim Martin and the Rise of North Carolina Republicans (2015). Hood’s other books include Our Best Foot Forward: An Investment Plan for North Carolina’s Economic Recovery (2012), Selling the Dream: Why Advertising is Good Business (2005), Investor Politics (2001), The Heroic Enterprise: Business and the Common Good (1996), and two volumes of family history.

Hood writes and comments frequently for national media outlets, particularly National Review and its blog “The Corner.” His articles have appeared in both magazines — such as Readers’ Digest, The New Republic, Military History, and Reason — and in newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and The Chicago Tribune.

At the Locke Foundation, Hood created the E.A. Morris Fellowship for Emerging Leaders, a yearlong program that prepares young North Carolinians for leadership roles in business, government, and nonprofits. He also serves on the faculty and board of directors at the N.C. Institute of Political Leadership, on the boards of the Student Free Press Association and the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, as co-chair of the North Carolina Leadership Forum, and as a member of the North Carolina Commission on the Administration of Law & Justice.

Hood received his degree in journalism in 1988 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he founded a magazine called The Carolina Critic was eventually published on six university campuses. Hood currently serves on the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Visitors and as chairman of the Carolina Liberty Foundation, which provides financial support to conservative and libertarian student groups at Chapel Hill.

He is a Mecklenburg County native and currently resides in Wake County with his wife, two sons, and a stepdaughter.

[Source: https://jwpf.org/about/board-and-staff/john-hood/]

As Chairman of The Anker Consulting Group, Inc., Mr. Anker has served as an advisor and owner in several small concerns including the retail, wholesale distribution and service industries as well as the public sector. Presently, Mr. Anker spends much of his time guiding small business on matters of formation, start-up and the acquisition of capital from public and private sources.

His business interests include Flat 12 Bierwerks (www.flat12.me), Brian Hammons Productions (television content for Fox Sports), Kingston’s Music Showcase (www.kingstonsmusicshowcase.com), SWAN Software Solutions (www. swansoftwaresolutions.com), a Midwestern- based call center and The Anker Receivership Group, LLC. Also, Mr. Anker is the Associate Editor and Partner of Current Publishing, LLC. Its holdings include 11 local newspapers (www.youarecurrent. com). He is one of the founders of Monument Advisors, LLC, a mezzanine bank serving the capital and financial services needs of business concerns throughout the Midwest and PreferredPartner.com, Inc. (www.preferredpartner.com) a reseller of computer software and services. And, he has served as a Director on the Board of Symons International Group (formerly NASDAC: SIGC), an insurance holding company and IGF, a large multi-state crop insurance concern.

Active in advancing the strategic direction and financial well-being of many charitable endeavors, Mr. Anker is currently serving as the President of Legacy Fund, the Community Foundation of Hamilton County, Indiana and an officer in the Central Indiana Community Foundation (www.legacyfund.org). He is a member of the Board of Directors for Liberty Fund, Inc. (www.libertyfund.org), The Friends of the Austrian Economics Center (www.austriancenter.com), Vice President of Ivy Tech Foundation (www.ivytech.edu/giving), and as President of the Indianapolis chapter of The Bastiat Society (www.bastiatsociety.org). Mr. Anker is presently serving on the Board for Conner Prairie Interactive History Park (www.connerprairie.org), as Past President for Indiana Humanities (the Indiana affiliate of The National Endowment for the Humanities) (www.indianahumanities.org), as President of the Indiana University, College of Arts & Sciences Alumni Board and as Curriculum Dean of the Hamilton County Leadership Academy Class of 2013-14 (www.hcla.net). He is a member of several service and private affiliations including The Mont Pelerin Society, The Association of Private Enterprise Education, The University Club, and Woodstock Club. Additionally, he supports in various political endeavors, and his church – Meridian Street United Methodist. He has previously held leadership positions for, Beacon Society of Methodist Hospital, Happy Hollow Children’s Camp, the Entrepreneurship Advancement Council, Riley Hospital for Children, the Private Industry Council of Indiana and Prevent Blindness Indiana. Mr. Anker is a regular guest lecturer on entrepreneurship and executive leadership.

Mr. Anker is a native of White County, Indiana and holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Speech Communication from Indiana University in Bloomington as well as a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the School of Law in Bloomington, where he earned Dean’s Honors. Upon relocating to Indianapolis, Mr. Anker managed the development of the I.T.S., a technology solution for the electronic submission of court filings for HPS, Inc., which culminated in the sale of the technology to a major telecommunications firm. Politically active since serving as Student Body President for Indiana University, Mr. Anker also led the bi-partisan and multi-disciplinary Marion County Regulatory Review commission, an organization charged with streamlining city-county government bureaucracy, as part of the Stephen Goldsmith mayoral administration of Indianapolis. Additionally, he has attended and led numerous professional training and education seminars and is an alumnus of the Stanley K. Lacy Leadership Development and a weekly newspaper columnist.

Mr. Anker now resides in Carmel with his wife Carolyn of Eli Lilly & Company and two young sons.

[Source: http://theankerconsultinggroup.com/about.php]

Warren Coats retired from the International Monetary Fund in 2003 as assistant director of the Monetary and Financial Systems Department, where he lead technical assistance missions to central banks in more than 20 countries. He was a director of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority from 2003 – 2010 and is currently Senior Monetary Policy Advisor to the Central Bank of Afghanistan, Iraq and Kenya for the IMF and an advisor to the Bank of South Sudan for Deloitte. His most recent book, “One Currency for Bosnia: Creating the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina,” was published in November 2007.

He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

[Source: http://www.theaaci.com/dr.-warren-coats.html]

Vance Ginn, Ph.D., is an Economist in the Center for Fiscal Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, one of the nation’s premier free-market think tanks. He has quickly become a leading free market economist with his high quality research on ways to limit government and expand liberty so Texans, and all Americans, can satisfy their desires. 

Before joining the Foundation, Ginn taught at three universities and one community college across Texas. He was a Director on the Missouri Valley Economic Association’s Executive Committee and has presented sound economic research at their annual meetings and at the meetings of other professional organizations.  

He is a first generation college graduate with his B.B.A. in economics and accounting with minors in political science and mathematics, and went on to earn his Ph.D. in economics from Texas Tech University. He has successfully published peer-reviewed articles in academic journals, such as The International Trade Journal and Energy Economics, public policy research on critical issues, commentaries in major media outlets, and has scholarly works in progress.

While at the Foundation, Ginn has led the charge in conducting in-depth, dynamic studies and other research on the benefits to Texans if the Texas Legislature passes conservative budgets, eliminates the business franchise tax, increases budget and debt transparency, reforms property taxes, and much more. His research on labor market trends, energy markets, and other key economic issues supports the best way out of poverty is a job through limiting the size and scope of government.

Ginn and his family reside in Round Rock, TX.

[Source: https://www.texaspolicy.com/experts/detail/vance-ginn]