About Us

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research is an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization dedicated to providing concerned citizens, the media and public leaders with expert empirical research and timely free market policy solutions to public policy issues in Tennessee.

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research promotes personal freedom and limited government through policy solutions that:

  • Generate economic growth through reduced tax and regulatory burdens on individuals and businesses
  • Create unmatched educational opportunity by empowering parents, students and teachers with choices and opportunities
  • Advance healthcare solutions that restore dignity and encourage personal responsibility
  • Identify opportunities to reduce cost and increase efficiency in all levels of government
  • Reflect the Founding Fathers’ vision of a free society grounded in property rights and individual liberty based in personal responsibility

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research generates and encourages public policy remedies grounded in the capacity of private enterprise, the ingenuity of individuals and the abilities of active communities to achieve a freer, more prosperous Tennessee.

Staff

Clint Brewer, Interim Executive Director
Carter Meadors, Director of Development
Suzanne Michel, Office Manager
Justin Owen, Director of Policy & General Counsel

Scholars

Dale Bails, PhD, Christian Brothers University
Robert Berry, MD, PATMOS EmergiClinic
J.R. Clark, PhD, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Richard Grant, PhD, Lipscomb University
Sally Kilgore, PhD, Modern Red Schoolhouse Institute
John Stone, PhD, Education Consumers Clearinghouse
Amy H. Sturgis, PhD, Belmont University
Charles Van Eaton, PhD, Bryan College
Marilyn Young, PhD, Belmont University

Interns

TCPR offers six different internships in public policy, law, communications, information technology, graphic design, and fundraising. This fall, TCPR will host six interns, each with very impressive qualifications.

LEGAL INTERN
Antigone Davoulas, University of Mississippi Law Student

POLICY INTERNS
Drew Clark , Lipscomb University
Cole Garrett, Vanderbilt University
Kristen Kuan, Vanderbilt University
Daryl Luna, University of the South
Dilip Rabha, Vanderbilt University