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G. Tracy Mehan III

G. Tracy Mehan, III is the Executive Director of Government Affairs for the American Water Works Association. He is also an adjunct professor at George Mason University Antonin Scalia School of Law and Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College. He was Assistant Administrator for Water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2001–2003. He was a consultantContinue reading “G. Tracy Mehan III”

D. Bruce Johnsen

D. Bruce Johnsen is a Professor of Law at George Mason University, a leading center for Law & Economics scholarship.  Professor Johnsen holds a B.A, an M.A., and a Ph.D., all in Economics, from the University of Washington, as well as a J.D. from Emory University.  His scholarship focuses on the economics of property rights,Continue reading “D. Bruce Johnsen”

Robert Deacon

Robert T. Deacon is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara and University Fellow at Resources for the Future. He has examined a broad range of topics in natural resource economics and political economy. His recent work focuses on the use of alternative property rights institutions to manage fisheries. Deacon receivedContinue reading “Robert Deacon”

Elizabeth Willott

Elizabeth Willott is assistant professor of entomology and program faculty member for the graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Insect Science at the University of Arizona.

F. Andrew Hanssen

F. Andrew Hanssen is professor of economics at Clemson University and a 2016 Lone Mountain Fellow at PERC. His areas of research include institutions, law and economics, political economy, and industrial organization. Before getting a Ph.D., he was a management consultant, working in Europe, Latin America, and the Far East.

Robert K. Fleck

Robert K. Fleck is a professor of economics at Clemson University and a 2016 Lone Mountain Fellow at PERC. His research combines theoretical and statistical analysis, and his major fields of interest include political economy, public finance, economic history, and development economics.  

Fred Krupp

FRED KRUPP is president of Environmental Defense, a national nonprofit organization that links science, economics, law and innovative private-sector partnerships to create breakthrough solutions to the most serious environmental problems. Visit www.environmentaldefense.

Vernon L. Smith

VERNON L. SMITH was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics for his pioneering work in experimental economics. Smith is a professor of economics and law at George Mason University, and research scholar at the Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science.

James Workman

James Workman is a dynamic storyteller whose work with hunter-gatherers sparked new thinking about how we replenish freshwater, marine fisheries, and wildlands. Jamie is author of the award-winning Heart of Dryness: How the last Bushmen can help us endure the coming age of permanent drought, and co-author with EDF Amanda Leland of the forthcoming Sea Change: The fishermen’sContinue reading “James Workman”

Sam Nugent

Samuel S. Nugent is the Marketing Coordinator for Wilder Auto Center Port Angeles. He previously served as the co-founder and Director of Marketing for The Remediators Inc., a soils remediation company located in Port Angeles, Wash. Nugent was a 2003 fellow of PERC’s environmental entrepreneurship course. The Remediators Inc, is a member of the IncubatorContinue reading “Sam Nugent”