Matthew Brouillette
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Matthew J. Brouillette September 20, 1969 Iowa City, Iowa |
Matthew J. Brouillette (/briːˈjɛt/ bree-YET) is president and CEO of the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, a position he has held since February 2002.[1]
The Commonwealth Foundation is an independent, non-profit public policy education and research institute located in Harrisburg. The Commonwealth Foundation’s mission is to advance state-level public policies that limit the role of government, promote individual and economic freedom, and encourage personal responsibility for one’s actions.
Personal life
Brouillette was born September 20, 1969 in Iowa City, Iowa. Prior to joining the Commonwealth Foundation, Brouillette spent seven years teaching history and coaching football and baseball at the high school and middle school levels. He is married and has four children.[1]
Education
Brouillette received his bachelor of arts (B.A.) in both U.S. History and Education from Cornell College and earned a master of education (M.Ed.) from Azusa Pacific University and a master of arts (M.A.) in history from the University of San Diego. He is currently ABD in his doctorate (Ph.D.) work in Public Policy and Administration from Walden University.
Commonwealth Foundation
Brouillette was appointed president and CEO of the Commonwealth Foundation in February 2002 after spending the previous four years with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.[2]
In 2010, Politics Magazine [3] named Brouillette as one of the top 50 Republican Influencers. The Pennsylvania Report named him to the 2009 "The Pennsylvania Report 100" list of influential figures in Pennsylvania politics and noted that his think tank "continues to expand its influence among Republicans in the state capital" and that a Republican victory in the 2010 gubernatorial election "will see his think tank’s ideas and opinion pieces turn into real policy."[4]
Other affiliations
His other affiliations include serving as a board member of the REACH Foundation, a Pennsylvania school choice advocacy organization, and The Joshua Group, a Harrisburg nonprofit ministry serving at-risk youth. He is on an advisory board for the Economics Department at Duquesne University. Previously, he served on an advisory council of the E. G. West Centre for Market Solutions in Education at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in England, on an advisory committee for the New York City-based Atlantic Legal Foundation, and as an advisory board member for the American Academy for Liberal Education in Washington, D.C., a national organization dedicated to strengthening and promoting liberal education through accreditation and research.
References
- 1 2 http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/about/author/matthew-brouillette
- ↑ Mr. Matthew J. Brouillette Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Accessed April 16, 2009.
- ↑ The Pennsylvania Influencers Politics Magazine, January 2010.
- ↑ "PA Report 100". Pennsylvania Report. Capital Growth, Inc. January 23, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-14.