CENTER OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT STAFF

Britt Drake is our Director of Public Programs and Assistant Director of Development.  She assists with fundraising efforts, coordinates our monthly forums, and directs FACT: Foundations for Active Conservative Thinking.  FACT is American Experiment’s student outreach program designed to give Minnesota students the conservative and free-market ideas they need to challenge the liberal orthodoxy on campus.

Devin Foley is our Director of Development.  He directs our fundraising efforts through high-dollar solicitations, events, telemarketing, and direct mail.  He is a graduate of Hillsdale College.

Mitch Pearlstein, Ph.D. is our President and founder.  During the Reagan and Bush administrations he worked at the U.S. Department of Education.  He has also served as an editorial writer and columnist, and has extensive experience in policy and communications.  He serves on numerous civic boards.

Commentaries and Essays by Pearlstein

(complete biography)

Peter Nelson is a Policy Fellow with Center of the American Experiment.  As a Policy Fellow, he spends most of his time writing about issues related to health care policy, including Medicaid, long-term care, and insurance regulation.  His articles have appeared in the Star Tribune and MetroDoctors, as well as local newspapers across Minnesota.  He received a B.A. in economics from Wheaton College and a law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School where he was a member of the Minnesota Law Review.  

Peter Zeller is our Director of Operations and has been involved with the Center nearly from the beginning and joined the staff in 1993.  He studied Speech-Communications, History, and Business at the University of Minnesota and has been active in the conservative movement in Minnesota for over 20 years.

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