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.

Board of Directors

John Cerasuolo, Chairman
Martha Fouce
Drew Johnson
Joe Scarlett
Larry White

Staff

Justin Owen, President
Suzanne Michel, Director of Administration
Chris Butler, Investigative Reporter
Elizabeth Cook, Research Associate
Allyn Milojevich, Research Associate
Robert Woolsey, Research Associate

Scholars

Dale Bails, PhD, Christian Brothers University
Robert Berry, MD, PATMOS EmergiClinic
Art Carden, PhD, Rhodes College
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

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