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Ed Feulner
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | The Heritage Foundation |
| Role: | Chairman, Asian Studies Center |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Education: | •Regis University (B.A., English) •University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business (M.B.A., 1964) •University of Edinburgh (Ph.D., 1981)[1] |
| Website: | Official website |
Ed Feulner is the chairman of the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy organization. He was a founder and served as the president of the foundation for 36 years.[1][2] Feulner was also a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team, a group of advisors tasked with recommending presidential appointments for the incoming administration.[3]
Career
Early career
Ed Feulner, according to his bio, began his career in politics as a public affairs fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Hoover Institution. He also served under former Congressman and defense secretary Melvin Laird (R-Wis.). His tenure with Laird was followed by an appointment as chief of staff to former House Representative Philip M. Crane (R-Ill.).[1]
The Heritage Foundation
In 1973, Feulner joined The Heritage Foundation as a founding trustee and, by 1977, he had become president of the foundation. He remained the president of The Heritage Foundation for 36 before retiring.[2][1][4]
Feulner, expressing his vision as president of The Heritage Foundation, wrote:[1]
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This has been a conscious goal of The Heritage Foundation—to be a permanent Washington presence. We have set out to make conservative ideas not just respectable but mainstream. To set the terms of national policy debate. To offer not a lament for a lost America, but positive, practical, free market alternatives to the failed liberal policies of the old order.[5] |
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After stepping down from the role of president, Feulner took up the position of chairman of the foundation's Asian Studies Center, where he was made the Chung Ju-yung Fellow.[1] He also stayed on the board of trustees.[6]
Political activity
Under former President Ronald Reagan, Feulner served as domestic policy advisor. Reagan, in 1989, awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal to Feulner for his leadership within the "conservative movement."[7] He was also a member of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Second Special Session on Disarmament.[1]
In 1982, Feulner began serving as the chairman of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. He was appointed vice chairman in 1995 of the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform. Between 1999 and 2000, Feulner served on the Congressional Commission on International Financial Institutions. In 2005, he was a member of the Gingrich-Mitchell Congressional U.N. Reform Task Force.[1]
Boards and other activities
Feulner had been active outside of The Heritage Foundation after and during his tenure as president of the foundation. He is on the Public Diplomacy Collaborative's (PDC) advisory board. The PDC is part of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. According to his bio, he had served as the director of the "Sequoia Bank, the Council for National Policy, the Acton Institute, the International Republican Institute, the American Council on Germany, the Lehrman Institute, and George Mason University."[1]
Feulner is a regular contributor to The Washington Times and Townhall.com.[7][8]
Donald Trump presidential transition team, 2016-2017
Feulner was a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team in his first presidential term. The transition team was a group of around 100 aides, policy experts, government affairs officials, and former government officials who were tasked with vetting, interviewing, and recommending individuals for top cabinet and staff roles in Trump's administration. He was tasked with making "recommendations for political appointments," according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal.[2]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 The Heritage Foundation, "Edwin Feulner," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Wall Street Journal, "Donald Trump’s Transition Team Relies on a Mix of GOP Traditionalists and Outsiders," November 11, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Lobbyists abound on Trump transition," November 10, 2016
- ↑ TPM, "Here's What You Have To Know About Trump's Transition Team," November 10, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The Heritage Foundation, "Board of Trustees," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Townhall, "Ed Feulner," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ The Washington Times, "Ed Feulner," accessed November 16, 2016
