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
Louis Barker
- Development Fellow
Derek Belschner
- Salesforce Administrator
Daniel Bendele
- Senior Director, Partnerships
Greg Bonvissuto
- HR and Finance Manager
Nathan Brinkman
- Media Director
Victor Castro
- Development Operations Officer
Mackenzie Chavez
- Field Program Operations Manager
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
Cassandra Davis
- Development Operations Assistant
Robert DeVries
- Software Developer
