American Enterprise Institute

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is a think tank founded in 1943 whose stated mission is to support the "foundations of freedom - limited government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions, and a strong foreign policy and national defense." The Institute is an independent, nonprofit organization supported primarily by grants and contributions from foundations, corporations, and individuals.

Personnel

• Christopher DeMuth, who served in the Reagan administration, has been president of AEI since 1986
• Lynne Cheney, the wife of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, and an AEI senior fellow.
• Ted Frank is resident fellow and director of the AEI Liability Project.
• David Frum, an author and former speechwriter for Bush, is a resident fellow.
• Reuel Marc Gerecht is a resident fellow. He is the director of the Project for the New American Century's Middle East Initiative and a former Middle East specialist at the CIA.
• Newt Gingrich, member of the Republican Party and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives between 1995 and 1999, is a senior fellow at AEI focusing on health care (he has founded the Center for Health Transformation), information technology, the military, and politics.
• Author James K. Glassman is a resident fellow.
• Michael Greve is the John G. Searle Scholar and director of AEI's Federalism Project.
• Jeane Kirkpatrick is the former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and an AEI senior fellow.
• Michael Ledeen was previously involved in the transfer of arms to Iran during the Iran-Contra affair -- an adventure that he documented in his book, Perilous Statecraft: An Insider's Account of the Iran-Contra Affair.
• John Lott, Jr. is an opponent of gun control and the author of a book titled "More Guns, Less Crime."
• Joshua Muravchik, is a Resident Scholar. He researches Middle East politics, democracy, neoconservatism and the history of socialism.
• Michael Novak is the George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy and Public Policy and Director of Social and Political Studies at the institute. He has written extensively about the role of faith in government.
• Richard Perle serves on the United States Defense Policy Board and the former deputy Secretary of Defense.
• Lee Raymond, CEO of ExxonMobil, is the vice chair of AEI's board of trustees.
• Christina Hoff Sommers is a critic of the feminist movement. She is the author of Who Stole Feminism and The War Against Boys.
• Fred Thompson, the current D.A. on Law & Order and former U.S. Senator from Tennessee, researches "National Security & Intelligence (China, North Korea, and Russia)" for the AEI.
• Ben Wattenberg, a speechwriter for President Lyndon B. Johnson, is a senior fellow.
• John Yoo, formerly of the Office of Legal Counsel, and a professor at Boalt Hall, is a visiting scholar.