About NPRI
NEVADA POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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What is the
NEVADA POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE?
The Nevada Policy Research Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan public-policy think-tank founded in 1991.
Through a variety of publications it provides documented research for Nevada citizens and leaders, helping them to make better decisions for the future of our cities, communities and state. NPRI focuses its research on economic growth, equal opportunity, educational reform, the environment, and governmental effectiveness with the long range goal of providing a climate for responsible taxation, better schools, and a favorable business climate.
NPRI embraces the principles of limited government, individual responsibility, and a free and competitive market.
WHAT ARE NPRI’S IDEAS?
NPRI researches and promotes ideas proven to create greater opportunities and prosperity for all citizens. Included are:
Increasing choice and opportunity in education by giving parents and children a choice in the school they attend.
Freeing the creative energies of entrepreneurs by reducing the government-imposed costs of starting and operating a business.
Opening up markets to business by supporting free and open trade, eliminating rules which restrict competition, and finding alternatives to government-protected monopolies.
Reducing the size and cost of government by privatizing services which competitive business can provide at lower cost and with equal or better quality.
Encouraging respect for the property of others and supporting protection against the “taking” of property by government.
Increasing the quality and availability of health care by removing government-imposed barriers to competition and medical advancement.
HOW DOES NPRI ADVANCE ITS IDEAS?
NPRI uses a variety of publications and programs to share its policy recommendations and ideas with Nevada citizens and leaders. Here are just a few of the avenues we use for our outreach.
Nevada Journal
Published by NPRI each month, this sprightly magazine is distributed widely in both Nevada
and the nation, sharing both news and innovative concepts on the policy front.
Books
NPRI reaches thousands of influential decision makers with sound policy ideas and
recommendation through timely books.
Studies and Reports
NPRI provides government officials and Nevada citizens with up-to-date analysis and
recommendations on important issues.
Educational Conferences and
Seminars
Lawmakers, businessmen and the general public have the opportunity to participate in
NPRI-sponsored educational conferences and seminars held throughout the state.
Speakers Bureau
NPRI staff, advisors and research fellows are invited by numerous organizations each year
to speak about current issues and explain private sector solutions.
Requests for Information
NPRI provides hundreds of people who call or write with timely information from our
extensive library of publications and files.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ranson Webster, Chairman
Evergreen Capital, LLC
Fred Gibson,
Vice Chairman
Retired
Chairman, President & CEO, American Pacific Corp
George Balaban, Secretary
Treasurer
Desert Cab Company
Jim Bahan
Previous Owner, Model Dairy
Kirk Clausen
Chairman, President & CEO, Wells Fargo Bank
Norman Dianda
Q & D
Construction
Marel Giolito
Prsident & CEO, Credit Bureau Central
Terry K. Graves
President & CEO, Graves Communication
John H. O. La Gatta
Retired Investor
Monte Miller
CEO, Key State
Corporate Management
Rick Reviglio
General Manager, Western Nevada
Supply
INSTITUTE STAFF
Executive Director
Helene Denney
Policy Director
Steven Miller
Development Director
Kelley
Meshirer
Office Manager
Carol
Petersen
Executive Assistant
Charlene
Arbach
POLICY
FELLOWS
Dr. Robert Schmidt
Doug French
Dennis Schiffel
Charles F. Barr
Dr. James G. Marx
BOARD OF ADVISORS
The Honorable Morton Blackwell
White House Office of Public Liaison,
(Reagan Administration)
The Honorable Holland Coors
Ambassador
President, Women of Our Hemisphere
Jeffrey Coors
President, Coors Foundation
The Honorable Don Devine
Former Director, White House Office of
Personnel Management, Author and Political Consultant
The Honorable Edwin Meese
Distinguished Fellow, Heritage
Foundation,
former U.S. Attorney General, under Ronald Reagan
Grover Norquist
President, Americans for Tax Reform
Burton Pines
Chairman, National Center for Public
Policy Research
The Honorable Paul Pressler
Justice, Texas Court of Appeals
(retired)
BOARD EMERITUS
Judy Cresanta
Retired NPRI Founder
Edward Nigro
Nigro & Associates
Paul Fisher
Fisher Space Pens
Moya Olsen Lear
Formerly of Lear Jet
Gen. Frank Partlow
U. S.
Air Force, Retired