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.
Abby Alger
- Senior Director of Donor Engagement
Evan Allen
- Director of State and Local Leaders
Lucas Antosh
- Graphic Design Manager
Nicholas Argyle
- Director of Engineering
Dean Armandroff
- Director of Special Projects
Matan Bar
- Regional Field Manager
Brady Batt
- Washington State Director
Kennedy Beghtel
- State Recruiter - IN
William Biagini
- Assistant Editor
Greg Bonvissuto
- Finance and Budget Manager
Bradlee Brous
- Senior Director of Donor Communications
Zachary Brown
- Training Specialist
Cooper Brown
- Regional Field Recruiter
Cameron Carlile
- Regional Field Manager
Isaac Chaidez
- Studio Fellow
Sydney Clementi
- Development Operations Officer
Carol Cocks
- Director of External Affairs
Stephen Colletti
- Partnership Advisor
Joanna Courter
- State Recruiter - NH, ME, VT
Addison Cowling
- Partnership Advisor



