Experts
  • Hans Bader
    Senior Attorney and Counsel for Special Projects

    Hans’ prior casework included suits involving the First Amendment, federalism, and civil rights issues. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in economics and history, and later earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School.

     

  • John Berlau
    Director of the Center for Investors and Entrepreneurs

    John has written about the impact of public policy on entrepreneurship for publications like Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Investor's Business Daily. He graduated from the University of Missouri with degrees in journalism and economics.

     

  • Gregory Conko
    Senior Fellow

    Mr. Conko’s expertise is in food and drug regulation, biotechnology, agriculture and agricultural trade, and the general treatment of health and environmental risks in public policy. He is co-founder and VP of AgBioWorld Foundation.

     

  • Clyde Wayne Crews
    Vice President for Policy, Director of Technology Studies

    Mr. Crews’ work includes regulatory reform, antitrust policy, safety and environmental issues, and various information-age concerns like privacy, broadband, and intellectual property. He has testified before several congressional committees.

     

  • Myron Ebell
    Director of Energy and Global Warming Policy

    Myron Ebell is director of energy and global warming policy at CEI. He also serves as director of Freedom Action, a web-based grassroots activist organization loosely affiliated with CEI, and chairs the Cooler Heads Coalition, which comprises o

     

  • Christine Hall
    Director of Communications

    Prior to joining CEI, Ms. Hall was a reporter with CNS News, reporting on economics and politics. Ms. Hall also served as a policy analyst for Steve Forbes's 2000 presidential campaign, a social security policy analyst for former Rep. Mark Sanford.

     

  • Kevin Hilferty
    Policy Analyst in the Center for Risk, Regulation, and Markets at CEI

    Kevin Hilferty is a policy analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and a Koch Associate with the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation.

     

     

  • Christopher C. Horner
    Counsel, Cooler Heads Coalition and Senior Fellow

    As an attorney, Horner has represented CEI, scientists, and Members of the U.S. Congress on matters of environmental policy in the federal courts including the Supreme Court. He is the author of two best-selling books on global warming policy.

     

  • Sam Kazman
    General Counsel

    In addition to being CEI’s General Counsel, Mr. Kazman heads CEI’s Death By Regulation project. This project focuses on raising public awareness of the often hidden costs of government overregulation.

     

  • Marlo Lewis, Jr.
    Senior Fellow

    Mr. Lewis writes on global warming, energy policy, and other public policy issues. Prior to joining CEI in April 2002, he served as Director of External Relations at the Reason Foundation.

     

  • Angela Logomasini
    Director of Risk and Environmental Policy

    Ms. Logomasini conducts research and analysis on environmental regulatory issues. She is co-editor of CEI’s Environmental Source, and she has published articles in Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, the Washington Times, and other papers.

     

  • Michelle Minton
    Policy Analyst in the Research Department

    Ms. Minton is a part of the insurance working group at CEI. Before joining CEI she worked in the advertising field managing the production of video advertisements.

     

  • Iain Murray
    Vice President for Strategy
    Mr. Murray is Vice-President for Strategy at CEI. He is the author of the best-selling book on environmental policy, "The Really Inconvenient Truths," and specializes in energy, environment, finance, trade, and science and technology policy.

     

  • Ivan Osorio
    Editorial Director

    Mr. Osorio’s writings focus on labor issues and the new economy. Prior to joining CEI, Osorio was editor of Labor Watch, a monthly publication at Capital Research Center.

     

  • Ryan Radia
    Associate Director of Technology Studies, Information Policy Analyst

    Mr. Radia focuses on adapting law and public policy to the unique challenges of the information age. His research encompasses electronic privacy, online speech, telecommunications regulation, and media ownership.

     

  • Fred L. Smith, Jr.
    President and Founder

    Mr. Smith combines intellectual and strategic analysis of complex policy issues ranging from the environment to corporate governance with an informative and entertaining presentation style. He speaks at universities and conferences worldwide.

     

  • Julie Walsh
    Global Warming Policy Analyst

    Ms. Walsh brings to Washington the non-traditional background of being a home educator for thirteen years. She is a regular contributor to CEI’s OpenMarket.org and GlobalWarming.or.

     

  • William Yeatman
    Energy Policy Analyst

     

    William Yeatman is on the energy and global warming team. Prior to joining CEI, William was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Kyrgyz Republic, where he taught entrepreneurship and small business management to rural women.

     

  • Ryan Young
    Warren Brookes Journalism Fellow
    Ryan Young is the 2010 Warren Brookes Journalism Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.