Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Institute discovers, develops, and supports students, scholars, and other intellectuals who maintain the highest standard of academic excellence and who share an interest in the principles of the classical liberal tradition.
Student Education and Outreach Programs: The Institute's student educational programs work to inspire and educate a wide range of young people with ideas in the classical liberal intellectual tradition, encourage interested students to learn more, and identify and evaluate students who have the potential to make scholarly contributions to a free and open society. The Institute accomplishes this through intensive weekend and multi-day seminars, on-campus programs such as discussion colloquia and guest lectures co-sponsored with local faculty, and production and marketing of short educational videos.
Academic Talent-Development Programs: The Institute's academic talent-development programs work to develop talented graduate students who are interested in careers in academia. It accomplishes this through fellowships, grants, career development workshops, academic research seminars, and networking at academic conferences.
Faculty Support Programs: The Institute's faculty-support programs work to help faculty who are engaged with ideas in the classical liberal intellectual tradition to improve the reach and effectiveness of their teaching, research, and campus activities. It accomplishes this through support for on-campus events, academic research seminars, discussion colloquia, workshops, grants, and networking at academic conferences.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Emily Chamlee-Wright | President and CEO | 40 | $455,000 |
Ronald Chad Thevenot | Executive Director | 40 | $291,250 |
Todd Hathaway | Chief Operating Officer | 40 | $246,250 |
Kurt Kehl | Managing Director of Communications | 40 | $176,250 |
Courtney Derr | Managing Director of Programs | 40 | $167,500 |
Leigh Mcafee | Director of Development | 40 | $161,250 |
Kyle Hartz | Managing Director of PMC | 40 | $160,000 |
Grace Terzian | Director of Marketing, Development | 40 | $147,320 |
Gary Leff | Secretary/Treasurer (CFO) | 10 | $73,125 |
Ryan Stowers | Director | 1 | $0 |
Brian Hooks | Director | 1 | $0 |
Todd Zywicki | Director | 1 | $0 |
Christopher Coyne | Director | 1 | $0 |
Chris Rufer | Director | 1 | $0 |
Scott Beaulier | Director | 1 | $0 |
David Humphreys | Director | 1 | $0 |
Tyler Cowen | Vice Chairman | 1 | $0 |
James Arthur Pope | Chairman | 1 | $0 |
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