PolicyGuy

Public policy
in the states.

Skills and specialties

Writing, editing, and coaching in writing, research, with an emphasis on public policy.

Former and Current Clients

Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions
Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions
Cascade Policy Institute
Goldwater Institute
Heartland Institute
Illinois Policy Institute
Institute for Policy Innovation
Kalamazoo College
Kansas Policy Institute
(Formerly known as both the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy and the Kansas Public Policy Institute)
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Maine Public Policy Institute
Minnesota Free Market Institute
Mississippi Policy Council
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Prometheus Institute
Saint Paul Legal Ledger
State Policy Network
Taxpayers League of Minnesota
Thomas Jefferson Institute
Thomson-Reuters
University of Minnesota

Publication credits

Anderson County (Kan.) Review
Chanute (Kan.) Tribute
Colby (Kan.) Free Press
Detroit News
Dodge City Globe
East Wichita News
Garden City (Kan.) Daily Telegram
Girard (Kan.) Press
Hays (Kan.) Daily News
Hutchinson (Kan.) News
Intellectual Ammunition
Johnson County (Kan.) Sun
Kansas City Kansan
Kansas City Star
Kansas Liberty
KSSmallBiz.com
Legal Record (Olathe, Kan.)
McPherson (Kan.) Sentinel
Michigan Privatization Report
Minneapolis Finance and Commerce
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Olathe (Kan.) News
Osage County (Kan.) Herald-Chronicle
Pittsburg (Kan.) Morning Sun
Saint Cloud (Minn.) Times
Saint Paul Legal Ledger
Salina (Kan.) Journal
Shawnee Dispatch (Kan.)
Wichita Eagle
Wichita Independent Business Association newsletter

Media appearances

WKLA-AM, Michigan
WWTC-AM, Minnesota
KVRS-AM, Oklahoma

Community service and professional organizations

Eagan No Charter Committee
Editorial Freelancers Association
Freelancers Union
Professional Editors Network

Education

MA in political science, The Ohio State University
BA in political science and economics, Kalamazoo College
Other education includes: Train-the-Trainer; Snowboard instructors workshop, American Association of Snowboard Instructors

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