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Charles Murray is President and Chief Executive Officer of AIER. He joined the Institute in 1998 as a Senior Economist and the Director of Fellowship Programs. He then became the Director of Research & Education in 2000, and President on January 1, 2003. Prior to AIER, Charlie taught economics at Truman State University and Iowa State University. He did his undergraduate work at Shippensburg University and received his Ph.D. from Iowa State University.
Kerry Lynch is the Director of Research and Education. She joined the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) in 1987 and has since written many articles on a wide range of economic and financial topics for the Institute's Research Reports and Economic Education Bulletins, including fiscal policy, monetary policy, Social Security, Medicare, and retirement planning. She is an AIER faculty member and has taught a seminar on business-cycle analysis for the Summer Fellowship program. She earned a Bachelor's degree in economics from Bryn Mawr College and a Master's degree, also in economics, from Duke University.
Shaun A. Buckler joined AIER in January 2004. As the Chief Financial Officer, he oversees the fiscal operations of the Institute, including a $140 million Trust Fund program that provides payments and tax services to more than 700 beneficiaries. He also manages the business administration functions of AIER including financial analysis, accounting operations, and human resources. Prior to coming to AIER, Shaun served as the Dean of Administration and Finance at Berkshire Community College, Chief Financial Officer at KAIVO, Inc., Associate Provost at Williams College and Assistant Comptroller at Princeton University. He received his BS in Accounting at Rider University and completed his MBA at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
J. Eric Smith became AIER's Director of Operations and Development in 2007. He is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating the Institute's operations in the areas of customer service, printing and mailing, technology, library service, facilities and residence. He also is responsible for AIER's development program, including annual, planned and major gifts. Eric is a 1986 graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, (B.S., Political Science), and a 1987 graduate of the Naval Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. Eric spent ten years with the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program as a budget, program and contracting officer in Washington, DC, Idaho and Upstate New York. After leaving Federal service, he worked in nonprofit management and advancement in New York's Capital Region for ten years, most recently leading the Rensselaer Newman Foundation in Troy, New York. Eric also has extensive freelance writing, marketing, fundraising and television production experience. He lives in Latham, New York, with his wife and daughter.
Ryan Goodenough is the Director of Communications at AIER. He joined the Institute in January 2008 and is responsible for the principle strategy behind the direct mail campaign, managing the website, and coordinating all communications projects at AIER. Ryan received his Bachelor's degree in Television Radio and Film, Psychology, and Political Science from Syracuse University and is pursuing his Master's degree in Public Policy from the University at Albany. He currently lives in Guilderland, New York.
Michael Rizzo is a senior economist at AIER, and is also the Director of the Summer Fellowship Program. Prior to joining AIER in July 2006, Mike taught at Centre College in Danville, KY. His teaching and research expertise covers labor economics, the economics of education, economic development, and economic fundamentals. Before receiving his Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University, he worked as an investment banking analyst for Jefferies Putnam Lovell and received his bachelor's degree from Amherst College. He is married (Rachel) with one daughter (Amelia) and one son (Isaac).
Richard Ebeling, Ph.D., joined the AIER research staff as a Senior Fellow in April 2008. Richard served as the President of the Foundation for Economic Education for five years from 2003 to 2008. From 1988 – 2003 he held the Ludwig von Mises Professor of Economics Chair at Hillsdale College in Michigan. Prior to that Richard was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Dallas, a Lecturer in Economics at the National University of Ireland at Cork, and an Adjunct Instructor in Economics at Rutgers University.
Dr. R. D. Norton is an AIER Research Associate and was a Visiting Research Fellow in 1999 and 2006. He has written or edited ten books, starting with a monograph on sales taxes at the Tax Foundation, and including works on city and regional growth and on the entrepreneurial economy. He was formerly Executive Director of the Eastern Economic Association and an economics professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, Mount Holyoke College, and Bryant College, where he had an endowed chair in business economics.
Walker F. Todd, research fellow and conference organizer for AIER, lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, near Cleveland, and has been affiliated with AIER in one capacity or another since 1995. An instructor in the AIER Summer Fellowship Program, he teaches a course on the history and origins of competing theories of property rights. He is an attorney admitted to practice in Ohio and New York and is an economic consultant with 20 years’ experience at the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Cleveland. He has been an instructor in the Special Studies program at Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY, since 1997. He holds a Ph.D. in French from Columbia University and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law. A director and program organizer for the Committee for Monetary Research and Education, he was an adjunct faculty member of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, for 13 years. He has numerous publications, both for AIER and for others, on banking, central banking, monetary and property rights topics, including those related to international debt, the International Monetary Fund, and the regulation of the banking system and financial markets.
Lawrence Pratt is a Senior Fellow at AIER and has held various positions since he joined the Institute in 1973, including Director of Research and Education and President of American Investment Services. Larry received his Bachelor's degree in economics from Yale University and has served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Malawi. Before coming to AIER he was an investment analyst at the New York Life Insurance Company. He is married (Abby) with two sons.
Kenneth D’Amica is a Research Associate and joined AIER in March 2008. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and English from the University at Albany, and is currently there pursuing a Master’s degree in Mathematics. He lives in Albany, NY.
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