Tony Francois is an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation. He has litigated cases around the country defending Americans’ property rights. He is a member of the California State Bar and also practices before several federal trial and appellate courts and the Supreme Court of the United States. Tony graduated from the University of CaliforniaContinue reading “Anthony L. Francois”
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Jack Smith
Jack Smith was a research assistant from 2020 to 2021. His work supported PERC’s publications team, writing original material, compiling data, and editing publications. Jack came to PERC from New York, where Adirondack lakes and broadleaf forests first introduced him to the charm of conservation. In college, Jack became interested in how market-based policies canContinue reading “Jack Smith”
Greg Kaza
Greg Kaza is executive director of the Arkansas Policy Foundation. He has summited 45 of the 50 state highpoints.
Dave Menicucci
Dave Menicucci is a landowner, hunting guide, and research engineer retired from Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico.
Megan Shiverdecker
Megan Shiverdecker is the development coordinator at PERC. Originally from Cincinnati, Megan traveled down south for undergrad where she received a BA in Biological Sciences from Clemson University. Post-graduation, she moved to Montana for a little adventure and fell in love with the Big Sky/Bozeman area. After a few years in Big Sky, Megan returned toContinue reading “Megan Shiverdecker”
Kat Dwyer
Kat Dwyer is PERC’s marketing and media manager. She studied economics at San Jose State University. Kat’s writing has been featured in National Review, the Salt Lake Tribune, The Hill, and the American Institute for Economic Research, among other outlets. As a student of economics and a lover of the great outdoors, she strives to bringContinue reading “Kat Dwyer”
Jim Sterba
Jim Sterba is the author of Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds and winner of the 2013 Green Prize for Sustainable Literature. He was a foreign correspondent and national reporter for four decades, first for The New York Times and then for The Wall Street Journal.
Shane Mahoney
Shane Mahoney is president and CEO of Conservation Visions, deputy chair of IUCN’s Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group, international liaison for The Wildlife Society, and executive director of the High Lonesome Institute. His book, The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, co-edited with Valerius Geist, was published in September 2019. He holds both anContinue reading “Shane Mahoney”
Katrina M. Wyman
Katrina M. Wyman is the Sarah Herring Sorin Professor of Law and director of the Environmental and Energy Law LLM Program at New York University. Wyman’s research interests relate primarily to property and natural resources law and policy.
Steven M. Smith
Steven M. Smith is an assistant professor of economics and business at Colorado School of Mines. His research focuses on how society determines the governance of natural resources and the implications of those governance structures. Water is frequently a central feature of the research. Accordingly, he is also an Affiliate Faculty of the Hydrologic Sciences andContinue reading “Steven M. Smith”