Mr. Burroughs has served 18 years as senior staff in the U.S. House of Representatives as a legislative
director in Congressional offices, and as Staff Director and professional staff Committees and subcommittees of the House. He has been responsible for legislative issues such as the U.S. Coast Guard, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration, and Endangered Species. Currently he serves as Staff Director of a Subcommittee of the House Resource Committee dealing with the Endangered Species and related statutes.
Mike Catarino - Policy Board Member
Mr. Catarino recently retired as public and government representative of Beneficial Finance Corp. He is currently a Legislative and government consultant.
Ray Chambers - Life member of the Institute's Policy Board
Mr. Chambers is founder and Chairman of RBC Associates, a Washington D.C. firm representing railroads and transit companies. He founded, and
represents the Association of Regional Railroads of America, He is a former senior staff member of the U.S. Congress; a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare; and a former Director of
Congressional Relations at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Chambers received his B.A. from Redlands University, and his MA from Rutgers.
Chenoweth, Hon. Helen, MC - LHI Policy Board Member
Mrs.
Chenoweth is in her third term representing Idaho's First Congressional District. She has received numerous awards for her votes to balance the budget, lower taxes and shrink the size of government, and is a leader in
promoting individual and state's rights, particularly property rights.
Rep. Chenoweth, a native of Burlingame Idaho, attended Whitworth College in Spokane, Wash. From 1964 to 1975, she was a self-employed consultant
with a national clientele. During that time she was a guest instructor at the University of Idaho's School of Law. Currently she serves as Chairman of the Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee of the House Resources
Committee and also serves on the House Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, and Government Reform committees.
Representative Chenoweth served as state Executive Director of the Idaho Republican Party, and went on to serve
as Chief of Staff to then-Congressman Steve Symms. After leaving Symms' office in 1978, she founded Consulting Associates Inc., a firm that specialized on issues relating to natural resources, energy policy,
environmental policy, government contracts and political management.
Mickey Craig, Ph.D. - Senior Advisor
Dr. Craig is a professor of Political Science and the Chairman of the Division of Social
Sciences at Hillsdale College in Michigan. He also directs the Washington-Hillsdale Intern Program. Dr. Craig received his B.A. in Political Science from Arkansas State University, and received his M.A. and Ph.D. from
Claremont. He has published several journals including, The Political Science Reviewer and Benchmark.
Jerry Crandall - Senior Advisor and Instructor
Mr. Crandall is currently press secretary to
Republican Caucus of the Michigan State House, Crandall has more than 30 years of news, public relations, and legislative experience, most of it on the firing line. He began his career in broadcasting as a reporter and
newscaster, and ultimately the producer of the award-winning 10:00 news for station WJBK-TV in Detroit. He later launched a second career in public relations by joining the firm of M.G. and Casey in Detroit which led
him into the political arena. In 1986, then Senate Majority Leader John Engler named Jerry his chief of staff. When Engler was elected Governor, he appointed Jerry the Michigan State Lottery Commissioner, a position he
held until 1994 when he joined Speaker Hillegonds' staff.
C. Grady Drago - President and Chairman of The Board of Trustees
Mr. Drago spent 23 years with the U.S. House of Representatives. He served as
administrative, legislative, and press assistant to various U.S. Congressmen, and as chief minority counsel and professional staff of congressional committees. In those capacities, he was responsible for issues such as
domestic oil and gas production, the Panama Canal, taxes, government reorganization, environmental protection, and education. He drafted numerous pieces of legislation that were signed into law, and was involved in many
political campaigns. He has had studies and articles published on issues as diverse as schools of choice, alternative energy technologies, outer continental shelf oil and gas development, Federal taxes, and the federal
Budget.
Mr. Drago has served as a charter member and President of the historic society in his community, and as President of his county historic commission,. He is a Member of the Capitol Hill Club, and a past member
of the Capitol Hill Investment Club, the Republication Communications Association, and the Conservative Energy Resource Council. He has also been listed in Who's Who in American Politics, Who's Who in the Mid-West, and
Oxford Press' Men of Achievement.
Theodore R. Eck, Ph.D. - Chairman of the Institute's Advisory Committee on Commerce, Science, and International Affairs
Dr. Eck, recently
retired as the Chief Economist of Amoco Corporation, which he joined in 1970, after working for Creole Petroleum Corp. Prior to that, Dr. Eck was Chairman of the Department of Finance for SMU, and petroleum analyst for
the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Dr. Eck is a frequent consultant to the U.S. Department of Energy and to other agencies on petroleum related matters. Dr. Eck received his M.A. in economics from the University of
Michigan, and his Ph.D. from Michigan State University.
Pat Hucker - Member of the Board of Trustees
Mr. Hucker is a past National Co-Chair of Dole for President Committee, and a multi-year Republican
Eagle. Pat Hucker is on his third successful career, beginning as owner of auto carburetor manufacturing plant in Windsor, Canada, and moving on to housing development.
Charles Laser: LHI Policy Board Member
Charles Laser is an oil and gas "wildcatter" with operations in Wyoming. He has been an independent oil and gas consultant for many years, and was the Executive V.P. of GeoSpectra Corporation, a
leading world-wide geological sensing company. He has been involved in numerous national and community political activities including serving as the Executive Director of the Washington, D.C. and Saginaw County Michigan
Republican Parties; former President of the Boca Raton republican Men's club; and served as Chairman of Senator Connie Mack's Palm Beach Round Table. Mr. Laser has been active in many community organizations including
Toastmasters, the Boca Raton Rotary Club, and currently serves on the Board of Governors of Northwood University, to name just a few. He was Honorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 1958. He has been listed in Who's
Who In The World, Who's Who in the South, Who's Who in Science, and will be included in the 54th edition of Who's Who in America to be published in 2000.
U.S. Representative, Robert Livingston - Chairman of the
Institute's Policy Board
Congressman Livingston, now retired, was the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented the 1st. Congressional District
of Louisiana for 19 years. He is a former U.S. Attorney, and the Chief Prosecutor for the Organized Crime Unit of the Louisiana Attorney General's Office.
Mr. Livingston received his B.A. and J.D. degrees from Tulane
University, and also graduated from Loyola University's Institute of Politics. He was honorably discharged from the U.S Navy.
Before becoming Chairman of House Appropriations, Mr. Livingston served in numerous House
leadership positions including being Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, and being appointed as a member of U.S. delegation that observed the elections in El Salvador and in the Philippines.
Lee MacGregor - Advisor
Mr. MacGregor has a proven national record in marketing and direct mail fund raising. He is a founder and partner in Alexander and MacGregor, a full service direct mail and marketing
firm located in Washington, D.C. Mr. MacGregor also has a successful record as an employee of the U.S. Congress, serving as an assistant to U.S. Senator Robert Griffin.
Pa. State Rep. Ron Marsico- Policy Board Member
Ken Mason - Director of International Trade Policy for the Institute
Mr. Mason has recently retired as the Secretary of the International Trade Commission
after 22 years of service. During his tenure with the Commission, he gained a reputation as one of our top experts on imports, and was appointed to two GATT trade negotiating teams. Mr. Mason has also retired form the
Air Force with the rank of colonel after 30 years of service.
Mr. Mason has always been active in his church, and has served as an elder for the St. Marks Presbyterian Church in Potomac, Maryland since 1993. He
received his B.S. from Rutgers, and his M.S. from the University of Maryland.
John W. McGowan - Member of Lincoln Heritage Institute's Policy Board
Mr. McGowan is president of Cedar
Point Oil company and the McGowan Working Group.
Mr. McGowan graduated with a degree in geology from Louisiana State University in 1956 and served two years in the army. After leaving the army he worked two years in
the oil fields for various service companies doing seismic exploration, surveying and oil formation core analysis. Mr. McGowan began purchasing and re-equipping oil wells 37 years ago and today produce oil from
refurbished fields in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Presently he lives in Jackson, Mississippi with his wife Diane. They have between them seven children and fourteen grandchildren
D. Joseph Olson -
Member of the Lincoln Heritage Institute's Policy Board
Mr. Olson is currently Vice President of Amerisure of Michigan, Mr. Olson was the State of Michigan Insurance Commissioner, a position he was
appointed to by Governor John Engler. Prior to his current position, Olson was the Vice President - General Counsel and Secretary of Citizens Insurance Company of America, and the Associate Counsel for United Services
Automobile Association of America.
Mr. Olson has been very active in professional and community organizations including serving as President of the Michigan Insurance Federation; a member of the Board of Directors of
the Michigan Chamber of Commerce; and as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Lansing Symphony Association.
Mr. Olson received his B.A. (magna cum laude) from Oklahoma City University, and his J.D. (summa cum
laude) from the University of Santa Clara.
Pa. State Rep. Merle Phillips- Policy Board Member
Administrator of the Pennsylvania State House Republican Caucus. Phillips 18 years of legislative
experience is only a part of his dedication to his district and the citizens of Pennsylvania. His numerous community affiliations include but are not limited to the Sunbury Community Hospital, Northumberland county
Historical Society, the NRA, and Sons of American Revolution. Some of his numerous awards include the Institute's Guardian Award, NFIB's Guardian of the Year, Pomona Grange Official of the Year, and Pennsylvania
Federation of Sportsman's Sportsman Legislator of the Year. have been recognized by the numerous awards he has received including
Albert Small, Ph.D. - Senior Advisor for International Commercial Policy
Dr. Small is currently President of INPRO, a Washington, DC based consulting firm. Previously, he served as the Director of Strategic Planning for the Bureau of International Commerce at the U.S. Department of
Commerce; Assistant Director of Operations at the Price Control Commission; and Deputy Assistant to the Admin-istrator of the Agency for International Development.
Matt Surrell - Senior Advisor
Mr.
Surrell is currently the Vice President for University Relations of Northern Michigan University. He served three years as press secretary to U.S. Senator Robert Griffin, and as a political consultant on two of former
Governor Milliken's campaigns. Prior to that, Mr. Surrell spent many years in the broadcast industry, including five years as anchor and news editor of WJR radio in Detroit, Michigan.
Jeff Suzenski - Director of
Operations for the State of Pennsylvania
Mr. Suzenski is a member of the Law firm of Stevens and Lee, which has six offices throughout
the State of Pennsylvania. Jeff is a native Pennsylvanian, and attended
Penn. State University majoring in electrical engineering.
He is the Senior Government Affairs Representative for Stevens and Lee, and in that capacity works closely with the executive and legislative branch of
govern-ment on regulatory and legislative matters.
Charles Van Eaton, Ph.D. - Trustee
Dr. Van Eaton has just recently accepted a position with the School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University.
Prior that this position, he was the Chairman of the School of Economics at Hillsdale College, where he held the McCabe UPS Endowed Chair of Economics. Dr. Van Eaton is a nationally recognized expert on the
privatization of government and has recently authored a paper that has become a benchmark on privatization entitled "Re-vitalization of the American City: A Market Perspective for Detroit". Dr. Van Eaton writes a weekly
column and lectures across the nation on a wide range of issues including education, and the privatization of municipal services, jails, and prisons.
He holds a degree in divinity from Harding College in Kentucky,
and received his Ph.D. in economics from Tulane University. Beginning in August of 1998, Dr. VanEaton will be joining the faculty of Pepperdine College in the School of Public Policy.
Thomas Vasti, Jr - Life
member of the Institute's Policy Board and Director for New York operations
Mr. Vasti is a Founding Partner, and the Managing and Directing Partner of Vasti and Sears, Esqs. a Pleasant Valley, N.Y.
general practice law firm. Mr. Vasti's areas of concentration are land development and tort litigation.
He is a native New Yorker, educated in the New York public School system. He received his Bachelors of Law degree
from Brooklyn Law School, his B.S. from Loyola University, and his J. D. from Brooklyn Law School. He is licensed to practice before the New York Supreme Court, the Tax Court of the U.S., and the Southern and Eastern
District of the U.S. District Courts.
He has been involved in numerous legal associations (he is listed in Who's Who in American Law), and has served his local communities in numerous capacities including
receiving the Democratic nomination for the 98th District seat of the New York State Assembly.
Recently, Vasti has been named the Director of International Development for Enviro-tech, U.S.A., Inc.
Gilbert Ziegler - Lifetime Member of the Policy Board
Mr. Ziegler, President of Alken-Ziegler, Inc of Kalkaska Michigan; the Horton Company; Tool Technologies; has been awarded the General Motors Supplier of
the Year award for two consecutive years. Gil is also the owner of Harbour Air, in Traverse City Michigan, an aviation service and electronics company, and has recently opened one of the largest auto parts plants in the
nation in Georgia.
Mr. Gil Ziegler has been very active in community and professional organizations including being a member of the Board of the Michigan State Chamber of Commerce; a member of the Board of Control of
Northern Michigan University; and serving as a member of the President's Club of Northern Michigan University.
