Dr. Susan Aud, Research Associate, Milton and Rose Friedman Foundation
Dr. Michael Bond, Senior Lecturer, Department of Finance, University of Arizona
Dr. Marshall DeRosa, Professor of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University
Dr. Thomas DiBacco, Professor Emeritus of History, American University
Dr. Dino Falaschetti, Executive Director, Property & Environment Research Center
Dr. James Gwartney, Professor of Economics, Florida State University
Dr. Bradley K. Hobbs, Professor of Free Enterprise, Florida Gulf Coast University
Dr. Randall Holcombe, Professor of Economics, Florida State University
Dr. Barry Poulson, Professor of Economics, University of Colorado
J.B. Ruhl, J.D., Professor of Law, Florida State University College of Law
Peter Schweizer, Author and Speaker
James M. Taylor, J.D., Senior Fellow of Environmental Policy, Heartland Institute
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION OF RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL BELOW
Dr. Susan Aud, Reasearch Associate, Milton and Rose Friedman Foundation
Dr. Susan L. Aud teaches doctoral level quantitative methods courses as a professorial lecturer at the Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Her research has predominately been focused on K-12 public education fiscal policy, as well the competitive and efficiency effects of school choice on the public school system, Dr. Aud received her Ph.D. from George Mason University and an MBA in Finance from George Washington University.
Dr. Michael Bond, Senior Lecturer, Department of Finance, University of Arizona
Michael Bond, Ph.D., is the Senior Lecturer in the Department of Finance at the University of Arizona. He has taught health care finance along with numerous other courses. He is an active consultant and has worked with over 150 law firms and companies on mumerous issues. His work on Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs) and health-care policy reform has received national attention and appeared in a wide range of professional and popular publications, including Health Care Financial Management, Public Personnel Management, Compensation and Benefits Review, Benefits Quarterly, and Business Horizons. Along with over 70 articles and presentations, he is the author of the nation’s first practical guide to reforming Medicaid using a market based plan (published by the Buckeye Institute in 2003). This resulted in the establishment of a Medicaid Commission in Ohio that adopted many of the proposals in their final report. The State of Florida proposed Medicaid reforms based on his “Insurance & Provider Exchange Model”. Mike earned his Ph.D., M.A. and B.A. in economics from Case Western Reserve University and serves as an advisor on Medicaid to the Governor of South Carolina Governor.
Dr. Marshall DeRosa, Professor of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University
Marshall L. DeRosa is a Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Houston, and has taught at Louisiana State University and Davis and Elkins College. He is an adjunct faculty member for the Ludwig von Mises Institute, a founding member of the Academy of Philosophy & Letters, a Salvatori Fellow of the Heritage Foundation, and a member of the Philadelphia Society. His publications include The Confederate Constitution of 1861: An Inquiry Into American Constitutionalism (University of Missouri Press) and The Ninth Amendment and the Politics of Creative Jurisprudence (Transaction Publishers) and most recently Redeeming American Democracy (Pelican Publishing Company 2007). His research interests include American jurisprudence, federalism, and civics education.
Dr. Thomas DiBacco, Professor Emeritus of History, American University
Thomas V. DiBacco has had a distinguished career in teaching (U.S. History, U.S. Social History, and History of Business, Technology, and the Economy) and as a consultant to governmental and private organizations. He is the author of numerous books, including “Made in the U.S.A.”, and articles in scholarly journals and newspapers. He retired in 1999.
Dr. Dino Falaschetti, Associate Professor of Law & Economics, Florida State University College of Law
Through 20 years of experience in business, policy, and academic research and teaching, Dino Falaschetti (PhD, MBA, CPA) managed Fortune 100 audit-engagements and corporate finance operations, created insightful business analytics and litigation support strategies, and helped develop productive policies for the White House and state legislatures.
Dr. Falaschetti now serves as Executive Director of the Property & Environment Research Center (PERC), an economic think tank that helps entrepreneurs, business leaders, and policy makers develop market solutions to environmental problems. He also serves as Special Consultant to Economists Incorporated, which offers research-based analysis and strategic advice to corporations, government agencies, and legal counselors worldwide.
Dr. James Gwartney, Professor of Economics, Florida State University
Dr. Gwartney, Professor of Economics, holder of the Gus A. Stavros Eminent Scholar Chair and Director of the Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education at Florida State University. During 1999-2000, he served as Chief Economist of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. He is the coauthor of Economics: Private and Public Choice (Thompson/South-Western Press). This text, now in its 10th edition, has been used by more than 1 million students during the last two decades. He is author (or coauthor) of numerous books and articles, including Economic Freedom of the World, an annual report published by a worldwide network of institutes and What Everyone Should Know About Economics and Prosperity, (1993), a book designed for the interested lay reader of economics. The English version of this book has been translated into 15 foreign languages. His doctoral degree in economics is from the University of Washington. He has traveled extensively throughout Europe, the former Soviet Union, China and Latin America. During 1993-94, Dr. Gwartney was a Visiting Professor of Economics at Central European University in Prague, Czech Republic. A member of the Mont Pelerin Society, he was invited by the incoming Putin Administration in March 2000 to make presentations and have discussions with leading Russian economists concerning the future of the Russian economy. His professional publications have appeared in the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Cato Journal, and European Journal of Political Economy. His writings have also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, and Investor’s Business Daily. James Gwartney is currently the Director of the Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education at Florida State University.
Dr. Bradley K. Hobbs, Professor of Free Enterprise, Florida Gulf Coast University
Bradley K. Hobbs is the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise at Florida Gulf Coast University. Professor Hobbs earned his undergraduate degree in history and his Ph.D. in economics from Florida State University (1991). His interests are wide in range encompassing economic history, the moral and philosophical foundations of free markets, property rights, economic freedom, and teaching methodologies. He has published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, The Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, Journal of Real Estate Research, Laissez-Faire, Journal of Executive Education, Financial Practice and Education, and Research in Finance, among others. He has also has written for the Foundation for Economic Education, the Institute for Humane Studies and the Florida Council on Economic Education. Professor Hobbs has been active in leading undergraduate research and was recently recruited as the founding Faculty Advisor for a new undergraduate research journal, the Journal of Liberty and Society. He has been a member of the National Teaching Faculty for the Foundation for Teaching Economics since 2001, taught for the Institute for Humane Studies, The Koch Associate Program and is active in The Liberty Fund having participated in programs as a participant, Discussion Leader, and Director. He also serves on the Executive Board of the Association for Private Enterprise.
Dr. Randall Holcombe, Professor of Economics, Florida State University
Randall G. Holcombe is the DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Virginia Tech, and has taught at Texas A&M University and at Auburn University prior to coming to Florida State in 1988. Dr. Holcombe served on Governor Jeb Bush’s Council of Economic Advisors from 2000 to 2006. He was president of the Public Choice Society and the Society for the Development of Austrian economics. Dr. Holcombe is also Senior Fellow at the James Madison Institute, a Tallahassee-based think tank that specializes in issues facing state governments. He is the author of twelve books and more than 100 articles published in academic and professional journals. His most recent book, From Liberty to Democracy: The Transformation of American Government was published by the University of Michigan Press in 2002. His primary areas of research are public finance and the economic analysis of public policy issues.
Dr. Barry Poulson, Professor of Economics, University of Colorado
Barry W. Poulson, Ph.D., Ohio State, 1965, is a professor of economics specializing in development economics and economic history. His recent research focuses on convergence of economic growth in frontier economies. He is also completing a project on the impact of constitutional constraints on fiscal policy. Dr. Poulson is a Past President of the North American Economics and Finance Association. He is currently an adjunct scholar of the Heritage Foundation and senior fellow of the Independence Institute. He also serves on the Colorado Commission on Taxation.
J.B. Ruhl, J.D., Professor of Law, Florida State University
J. B. Ruhl, the Matthews & Hawkins Professor of Property, is a nationally regarded expert in the fields of endangered species protection, regulation of wetlands, ecosystem management, environmental impact analysis, and environmental and natural resources law. His extensive publications include his award-winning articles, “Currencies and the Commodification of Environmental Law,” 53 Stanford Law Review 539 (2000) (co-authored), and “Farms, Their Environmental Harms, and Environmental Law,” 27 Ecology Law Quarterly 263 (2000), each of which was selected by a national peer review committee as one of the ten best law review articles of the year in environmental law. Professor Ruhl is also co-author of the forthcoming casebook, The Law of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management (Foundation Press). He teaches Environmental Law, Land Use, and Property. Prior to joining the Florida State University College of Law faculty in 1999, Professor Ruhl taught at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois and George Washington University Law School. Before entering law teaching, he was a partner in the law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. in Austin Texas. Professor Ruhl has served as the Executive Editor of the American Bar Association, Section of Environmental, Energy, and Resources Law quarterly, Natural Resources & Environment, and as the Publications Officer of that ABA Section.
Peter Schweizer, Author and Speaker
Mr. Schweizer is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. A former consultant to NBC News, he also served as a member of the Ultraterrorism Study Group at the U.S. Government’s Sandia National Laboratory.
His books include: DO AS I SAY (NOT AS I DO): PROFILES IN LIBERAL HYPOCRISY (Doubleday, October 2005), THE BUSHES: PORTRAIT OF A DYNASTY(Doubleday, 2004/Anchor, 2005) , and REAGAN’S WAR: THE EPIC STORY OF HIS FORTY YEAR STRUGGLE AND FINAL TRIUMPH OVER COMMUNISM (Doubleday, 2002/Anchor 2003). His first novel, CHAIN OF COMMAND (co-authored with Caspar Weinberger), was released by Simon and Schuster in June 2005. Peter is Executive Producer of “In the Face of Evil” an epic documentary based on his book Reagan’s War.
His written work has appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, National Review, Foreign Affairs, and elsewhere. He has spoken before dozens of corporate audiences including Amoco, Arthur Anderson, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, as well as numerous student groups including Young America’s Foundation, University of Virginia, and Florida State University.
He has appeared on ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and the BBC.
Peter received his M.Phil. from Oxford University and his B.A. from George Washington University.
James M. Taylor, J.D., Senior Fellow of Environmental Policy, Heartland Institute
James M. Taylor is Senior Fellow of Environment Policy at the Heartland Institute. He is the organizer of the Heartland Institute’s annual International Conference on Climate Change, the largest annual conference of its kind, bringing together the world’s leading climate scientists disputing the notion that humans are causing a global warming crisis.
Taylor is a frequent witness in state legislative hearings regarding global warming issues. He is also a frequent speaker at state legislative conferences, including meetings of the American Legislative Exchange Council. He has presented global warming analysis on the CBS Evening News, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, Hannity & Colmes, the Glenn Beck show, numerous national radio programs, and in virtually every major newspaper in the country. He has authored several policy studies on global warming and related issues, including “Scientific Consensus on Global Warming,” “State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis,” and “A Cost-Effective Bridge to Florida’s Energy Future.”
Taylor received his Bachelors Degree from Dartmouth College where he studied Atmospheric Science and majored in Government. He received his Law Degree from the Syracuse University College of Law.
