Staff

Kevin Kane serves as the president of the Pelican Institute for Public Policy, which he founded in 2008. The Institute’s mission is to advance sound policies based on the principles of free enterprise, individual liberty and limited government.

Kevin is a graduate of Tulane University and the Loyola University School of Law, and is a fellow of the Loyola Institute of Politics. He sits on the board of the Choice Foundation, which operates two charter schools established after Hurricane Katrina. He lives in New Orleans with his wife and two children.

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Kevin Mooney is an investigative reporter for the Pelican Institute for Public Policy. Kevin has reported for a number of Washington, D.C. media outlets, including the American Spectator, Washington Examiner, CNSNews.com, and the Capital Research Center. Kevin has covered domestic policy issues involving the environmental movement, organized labor and has also appeared on the Glenn Beck Program. Prior to his stint in D.C., Kevin worked as a reporter for the Trenton Times and Forbes Newspapers in New Jersey. He also held editorial positions with Dow Jones and Company and Bloomberg News in Princeton, N.J.

Kevin is a graduate of Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J. and hold degrees in communications and political science. Kevin completed his graduate studies at Regent University in Virginia, where he earned a degree in public policy.

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Jamison Beuerman is a policy analyst for the Pelican Institute for Public Policy. Jamison contributes regularly to The Pelican Post, the Institute’s website focusing on news and commentary. Jamison is a native of New Orleans and a graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. Before joining the Institute he worked with the International Republican Institute in Washington, D.C.

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Knud Berthelsen is the marketing strategist for the Pelican Institute for Public Policy. His work mainly focuses on the Institute’s internet presence, speaker series and statewide networking as well as with other parts of the free market movement.

Knud has experience with the Cato Institute, the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) and the Norwegian free market think tank, Civita. He holds an MBA from Tulane University and a BA in North-American studies from the University of Oslo, Norway. He is the owner of Knudr  Internet Presence Management.

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Robert Rosamond is an intern with the Pelican Institute for Public Policy. Robert is a native of New Orleans and is currently in his junior year at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.

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Robert Ross is a researcher and social media strategist with the Pelican Institute for Public Policy. Robert is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and is a graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans. Robert holds Bachelors of Business Administration degrees in both economics and the business of music from the Joseph A. Butt College of Business.