Our People
Meet the men and women creating conservative leaders for America.

Our People
Meet the men and women creating conservative leaders for America.
Founder and President
“You owe it to your philosophy to study how to win. You have a moral obligation to learn how to win.”

Founder and President
Morton Blackwell
Professionally, Morton Blackwell is the president of the Leadership Institute, a non-partisan educational foundation he founded in 1979.
Our Leadership
Meet those who guide the Leadership Institute in its efforts to train conservative leaders for America.
Board of Directors
Meet those who have partnered with the Leadership Institute to make this mission a success.

Ed Corrigan
- Secretary

Dennis Daugherty
- First Vice President

Charlie Davis
- Director

John P. Maxwell
- Director

Craig L. Murphy
- Treasurer

Justin Ouimette
- Director

Dario Paya
- Director

Patrick Pizzella
- Director

Ryan Rhodes
- Director

Tom Rolfe
- Director

Charles Thornhill
- Second Vice President
Our People
Meet the men and women who make the Leadership Institute’s mission to create conservative leaders possible.

Evan Allen
- Chief of Staff to Senior Fellow

Elizabeth (Andrews) Waggoner
- Director for Donor Services

Lucas Antosh
- Graphic Design Manager

Dean Armandroff
- Director of Special Projects

Matan Bar
- Regional Field Manager

Louis Barker
- Development Fellow

Derek Belschner
- Salesforce Administrator

Daniel Bendele
- Senior Director, Partnerships

Greg Bonvissuto
- HR and Finance Manager

Nathan Brinkman
- Media Director

Zachary Brown
- Training Specialist

Victor Castro
- Development Operations Officer

Laurel Clark
- Director of Marketing Operations

Carol Cocks
- Director of External Affairs

Stephen Colletti
- Partnership Advisor

Michael Colopietro
- Campaign Leadership College Coordinator

Addison Cowling
- Partnership Advisor

Anya Crandall
- Graphic Design Coordinator

Mikel Crump
- Information Technology Support Specialist

Chandler Crump
- CVENT Administrator