THE P R E SID E N T _______________ F *red L. Smith, Jr. is CEI's founder and president. Called a "resourceful and imaginative coalition-builder" by the National Journal, Fred Smith brings together leading scientists, business people, and free-market advocates to promote market-oriented public policy. An honors graduate of Tulane University, he received his graduate training in economics and operations research at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the co-editor of Environmental Politics: Public Costs, Private Rewards and has contributed to a number of books including Market Liberalism: A Paradigm for the 21st Century and Assessing the Reagan Years. IN ST IT U T E ST A F F Jonathan Adler Associate Director o f Environmental Studies James Bovard - Adjunct Analyst Greg Conko Policy Analyst Patrick Cox Director, Arts Research Center Christopher Culp Senior Fellow in Financial Regulation Michael DeAlessi Research Associate Julie DeFalco Policy Analyst Julie Eagle Assistant Director o f Development Paul Georgia Research Associate J . J. Green Research Director James Heetderks Director o f Administration Helen Hewitt Assistant to the President Sam Kazman General Counsel Urs Kreuter Adjunct Analyst Mario Lewis Executive Director Ben Lieberman Environmental Research Associate Michelle Malkin 1995 Warren T. Brookes Fellow Thomas Miller Senior Policy Analyst Cassandra Chrones Moore Adjunct Analyst Robert Nelson Senior Fellow in Environmental Studies James Sheehan Research Associate Greg Smith Director o f Public Relations R.J. Smith Senior Environmental Scholar Brian Seasholes Environmental Research Associate Ike Sugg Fellow in Wildlife and Land Use Policy Jason Taylor Director o f Development Jonathan Tolman Environmental Policy Analyst - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C E I C O NTRIBU TO RS The following foundations, corporations, and individuals support the Institute's work. These supporters may, o f course, differ with specific policy initiatives, however, their support indicates their recognition o f the value o f CEI's candid and innovative public policy research examining market-based solutions based on individual liberty. COMPETITIVE EN TERPRISE INSTITUTE C o m p etitiv e Allies (annual contributions o f $10,000 or more) Aequus Institute Amoco Foundation, Inc. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation The Carthage Foundation Anonymous The Coca-Cola Company E.L. Craig Foundation CSX Corporation Earhart Foundation Fieldstead and Co. FMC Foundation Ford Motor Company Fund Anonymous Jaqueline Hume Foundation Mr. Michael Keiser David H. Koch Charitable Foundation Anonymous Phillip M. McKenna Foundation, Inc. Anonymous Philip Morris Companies Inc. Pfizer Inc. Anonymous Precision Valve Corporation Prince Foundation Anonymous Anonymous The Rodney Fund Mr. Sheldon Rose Sarah Scaife Foundation Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Texaco Inc. Texaco Foundation Mr. William Dunn C o m p etitiv e E n terp rise In stitu te 1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 1250 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 331-1010 T H E IN STITU TE ISSU E M A N A G E M E N T F aunded in March of 1984, the Competitive Enterprise Institute is committed to advancing the principles of free enterprise and limited government. The Institute is founded on the belief that free markets and individual liberty best serve the public interest by providing freedom of choice and equal opportunity. The Institute's programs embrace a five-fold approach to implementing pro-market ideas: T h e Institute's policy analysts concentrate on the following issue areas: • MEDIA AND INTEREST GROUP EDUCATION • COALITION BUILDING ■ ADVOCACY • POLICY ANALYSIS • LITIGATION "In today’s political climate o f higher taxes and the expansion o f govern­ ment, the needfor free market voices like CEI is critical to the survival o f Am erica’s free enterprise system ." - By combining policy research with advocacy, CEI is able to promote market-based policy options to key opinion leaders in the public policy arena: The Courts - Our Free Market Legal program challenges state and national infringement of such basic individual rights as private property, free speech, and consumer choice. Previous lawsuits have involved constitutional challenges to New York City's rent control laws and to federal regulation of computer information systems. The Media - The Institute's articles on key policy issues appear regularly in major media publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and USA Today. The Institute's analysts also appear on international and national television programs such as The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, Good Morning America, CNN's Crossfire and Larry King Live. CEI analysts'can also be heard on numerous national and local radio shows across the country. Congress - On request, CEI provides testimony on its policy research before congressional committees, briefs individual members of Congress and their staff, and provides research materials to legislative staffs. On an annual basis, the Institute evaluates the voting records of members of Congress through its Competitive Enterprise Index. The Public - The Institute produces a variety of educational materials including the Free Market Environmental Bibliography, the Competitive Enterprise Index (congressional ratings), and a series of monographs and policy studies which are available at cost. The Honorable Dick Armey U.S. House o f Representatives Economic Regulation - .Analyzes the human and economic costs o f government tax and regulatory policies. Environmental Studies - The Institute's work emphasizes the reinstatement o f private incentive and accountability centering on enforcement o f property rights and targeted liability for pollution. Special projects: Environmental Education Project Production and distribution o f materials that examine environmental issues based on the latest scientific and economic research. "I believe CEI is a unique educational organization fillin g a need. I f CEI did not exist, it would need to be created." - Luther Avery Avery and Associates "CEI is one o f the most exciting o f a growing number o f organizations that seek private solutions to the vast array o f economic and environ­ mental issues facin g Am erica." - Harry Teasley President and CEO Coca-Cola/Nestle Refreshments Warren T. Brookes Fellowships in Environmental Journalism - Yearly appoint­ ments granted to journalists to enable them to research, study, and write about private and public approaches to environmental protection. During their Fellowship, appointees are also expected to contribute to the environmental public policy debate through speaking engagements, media interviews and other"activities. Free Market Legal Program - Launched in 1986, this program seeks to carry the battle for economic rights into the legal arena. Issues and cases are selected on the basis o f their importance as policy and precedent and on the likelihood that the Institute can make a signifi­ cant contribution. Some recent activities nave addressed FDA reform, rent control, and Corpo­ rate Average Fuel Economy standards (CAFE). "Death by Regulation"project - Aimed at shifting the policy debate toward marketbased approaches to risk management. It attempts to do so not through conventional policy analysis, but by focusing on previous­ ly unrecognized victims of regulatory failure. In particular, the project demon­ strates that risk management by government can often have lethal effects.