Pelican Institute Staff and Scholars

Staff

Scholars

Leonard Gilroy (Adjunct Scholar) is the director of government reform at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets. A former resident of New Orleans, Len researches privatization, government reform, transportation, infrastructure, and urban policy issues. He is the editor of the world's most respected newsletter on privatization, Privatization Watch, and is the editor of the widely read Annual Privatization Report, which examines trends and chronicles the experiences of local, state, and federal governments in bringing competition to public services. His articles have been featured in such leading publications as the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, and The Weekly Standard. Len will focus on privatization issues and reform in his work with the Institute.

Lisa Snell (Adjunct Scholar) is director of education and child welfare at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets. Lisa, who has testified before the California State Legislature and numerous other state legislatures and government agencies, has recently authored policy studies on school finance and weighted student funding, universal preschool, school violence, charter schools, and child advocacy centers. She is a frequent contributor to Reason magazine, School Reform News and Privatization Watch. Her writing has also appeared in the Education Week, Edutopia, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Newark Star-Ledger, and numerous other publications. Lisa will focus on education reform in her work with the Institute.

Daniel Rothschild (Visiting Adjunct Scholar) is the associate director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University's Global Prosperity Initiative and director of its Gulf Coast Recovery Project, a five-year study following the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. A relative rarity in Washington, Dan was born in our nation’s capital and grew up in Houston. His popular writing and articles and reviews have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Reason Online, Slate, Chicago Policy Review, Michigan Journal of Public Affairs, and Economic Affairs. Dan will work on post-Katrina rebuilding and reform issues and disaster preparedness.