NCPA Experts

NCPA Leadership

Pete du Pont
Pete du Pont is a regular columnist on www.opinionjournal.com, the editorial page website of The Wall Street Journal. Entitled, Outside the Box, du Pont's columns discuss current public policy and political matters.
John C. Goodman, Ph.D.
John C. Goodman is NCPA president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis. The Wall Street Journal and the National Journal, among other publications, have called him the "Father of Health Savings Accounts," and the Media Research Center credits him, along with former Sen. Phil Gramm and columnist Bill Kristol with playing the pivotal role in the defeat of the Clinton Administration's plan to overhaul the U.S. health care system.

Senior Economist

Barry Asmus, Ph.D.
A Senior Economist at NCPA, Barry Asmus writes, testifies and speaks on political and business issues facing America.

Distinguished Fellows

Bob McTeer, Ph.D.
Bob McTeer is a Distinguished Fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), covering macroeconomic issues, including monetary policy, fiscal policy, tax and education policy.

Senior Fellows

Michael Bond, Ph.D.
Michael Bond is a professor of finance at Cleveland State University. His work on health care policy reform has received national attention and appeared in a wide range of professional and popular publications.
H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D.
H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D. is one of the country's leading authorities on energy and environmental issues.
Dorman E. Cordell
NCPA Senior Fellow. Former Vice President of Publications and Senior Scholar at the National Center for Policy Analysis. Editor Emeritus of the institute's bimonthly newsletter, Executive Alert.
Michael L. Davis, Ph.D.
Michael L. Davis is a lecturer in economics and finance in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, where he teaches graduate classes in managerial economics, game theory and decision making under uncertainty.
N. Michael Helvacian, Ph.D.
N. Michael Helvacian has been the principal of MNH Consulting since 2000. His clients have included Economatrix Research Associates, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Workers' Compensation Research Institute, the California Workers' Compensation Research Institute, as well as various state associations and other organizations with interests in reforming laws and regulations that affect occupational safety and workers' compensation systems.
Devon M. Herrick, Ph.D.
Devon Herrick, Ph. D., is a preeminent expert on 21st century medicine, including the evolution of Internet-based medicine, consumer driven health care and key changes in the global health market.
Estelle James, Ph.D.
Estelle James is a consultant to the World Bank, USAID and other international organizations. Previously she was Lead Economist at the World Bank and Director of the Bank's flagship course on pension reform.
Laurence Kotlikoff, Ph.D.
Laurence J. Kotlikoff is Professor of Economics at Boston University, Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Fellow of the Econometric Society, a former member of the Executive Committee of the American Economic Association, and President of Economic Security Planning, Inc., a company specializing in financial planning software.
Linda Morrison
Linda Morrison is a public policy consultant based in Newtown, PA. She is a competitive contracting advisor to New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman and Director of Competitive Contracting for Mayor Ed Rendell of Philadelphia.
Gerald Musgrave, Ph.D.
Gerald Musgrave is president of Economics America, Inc., in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has engaged in teaching and research at California State University, Michigan State University, the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Stanford University and the University of Michigan.
Phillip K. Porter, Ph.D.
Philip K. Porter is a professor of economics at the University of South Florida and Director of the school's Center for Economic Policy Analysis.
Andrew J. Rettenmaier, Ph.D.
Andrew J. Rettenmaier, Ph.D. is an NCPA senior fellow and a Research Associate at the Private Enterprise Research Center at Texas A&M University.
Thomas R. Saving, Ph.D.
Dr. Thomas R. Saving is an NCPA senior fellow, Team NCPA Advisory Council member and the Director of the Private Enterprise Research Center at Texas A&M University.
Greg Scandlen
Greg Scandlen is the founder of Consumers for Health Care Choices, a non-partisan, non-profit membership organization aimed at empowering consumers in the health care system.
Roy G. Boyd, Ph.D.
Roy G. Boyd is Professor of Economics at Ohio University. He received a Ph.D. in economics from Duke University. He was formerly on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
William B. Conerly, Ph.D.
William Conerly is one of the best-known economic consultants in the Pacific Northwest and the U.S. His research in business and economic issues ranges from electronic commerce to strategic planning to public policy.
Barry J. Seldon, Ph.D.
His publications have spanned a variety of topics from research and development to advertising and public finance, public choice and political support, anti-trust economics and public opinion on environmental spending.

Senior Policy Analyst 

Pamela Villarreal
Pamela Villarreal is the NCPA's expert on retirement, Social Security, economic growth and tax issues.