Speakers’ Bureau
Cascade Policy Institute’s mission is to explore and advance public policy alternatives that foster individual liberty, personal responsibility and economic opportunity. Cascade’s Speakers’ Bureau promotes this mission through educational lectures, seminars and conferences. Using a panel format or an individual presentation, our talented speakers are able to stimulate thought and encourage discussion on current political issues.
To request a speaker, please contact the listed speaker directly by email. Growth management, healthcare, education, budget/fiscal policy and environmental issues are just a few of the topics addressed by the Speakers’ Bureau. In addition, many of the speakers’ topics are complimented by published commentaries and reports.
Speakers with an asterisk (*) after their name are willing to speak outside the Portland metropolitan area. Please verify with each speaker which expenses need to be covered.
General information or topic suggestions may be directed to Tina Pisenti at tina@cascadepolicy.org or call (503) 242-0900.
Speakers Currently Available
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Steve Buckstein Senior Policy Analyst steven@cascadepolicy.org |
- Reform Social Security Through Personal Accounts
- Solving Oregon’s Education Crisis
- The New Health Insurance Paradigm: Better, Cheaper Healthcare
- Remove Portland’s Business Income Tax-Spark the City’s Entrepreneurial Climate
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John A. Charles, Jr.* President and CEO john@cascadepolicy.org |
- The Dark Side of Growth Controls
- Free Market Environmentalism: Not an Oxymoron
- Save the World, Ignore Global Warming
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Chana B. Cox, Ph.D. Academic Advisor to Cascade Policy Institute Senior Lecturer in the Humanities, Lewis and Clark College cox@lclark.edu |
- Famine Is Not a Result of Nature, It Is a Result of One Party Political Systems
- John Locke’s Natural Law is Alive and Well — Both in the Human and the Biological World
- The Invisible Hand and Biological Balance
- Individual Liberty Meets Free Market Capitalism
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Larry W. Dennis* Director, Cascade Policy Institute Board of Directors President, Turbo Leadership Systems larry@turboleadershipsystems.com |
- The 15 Leadership Principles of Ronald Reagan: How You Can Use Them To Change Your World
- The Ten Pillars of the Free Enterprise System
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Karla Kay Edwards* Rural Policy Analyst karlakay@cascadepolicy.org |
- Rural issues, Agriculture, Natural Resources
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Gordon J. Fulks, PhD Academic Advisor to Cascade Policy Institute Physicist with experience in atmospheric, geophysical, electromagnetic, and solar system phenomena. gordonfulks@hotmail.com |
- Scientific scares and scams, especially Anthropogenic Global Warming
- Why scientists stray from the pursuit of objective reality
- Why environmentalism needs to be based on science
- The science behind various physical phenomena. What we know and what we don’t know
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Kathryn Hickok Director — Children’s Scholarship Fund-Portland kathryn@cascadepolicy.org |
- Children’s Scholarship Fund-Portland
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Christina Martin Program Director — Asset Ownership Project christina@cascadepolicy.org |
- Entitlement Reform, Education Reform
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Gerard C.S. Mildner, Ph.D. Academic Advisor to Cascade Policy Institute Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University mildnerg@pdx.edu |
- Various talks related to light rail, urban growth boundaries and the housing market.
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Anthony M. Rufolo, Ph.D. Academic Advisor to Cascade Policy Institute Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University rufoloa@pdx.edu |
- Various talks related to transportation, public finance and economic development.
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Fred Thompson, Ph.D. Academic Advisor to Cascade Policy Institute Professor of Public Management & Policy, Atkinson Graduate School of Mgmt., Willamette University fthompson@willamette.edu |
- Oregon state finance — taxing, borrowing, and spending — from an economic point of view.
- The economic theory behind user fees and property taxes.
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Todd Wynn* Vice President todd@cascadepolicy.org |
- Climate Change & Energy Issues
- Free Market Environmentalism
