Wilson Center to Hold Event on Think Tanks

The Wilson Center, which is facing deep cuts in the Trump Administration budget, will be holding an event next month to tout the role that think tanks play in shaping public policy.

The speakers for the April 5 event include:

• Lee Edwards, Distinguished Fellow at the Heritage Foundation
• Bridget Lowell, Chief Communications Officer at the Urban Institute
• James McGann, Director of the Think Tank and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania
• Spencer Overton, President of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
• Richard Weitz, Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute

Here is a recent Think Tank Watch piece on how the Wilson Center could face huge staff cuts if the Trump budget passes.

peakers

• Lee Edwards

  Distinguished Fellow, Heritage Foundation

• Bridget Lowell

  Chief Communications Officer, Urban Institute

• James McGann

  Director, Think Tank and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania and Author of The Fifth Estate

• Spencer Overton

  President, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (United States)

• Richard Weitz

  Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis, Hudson Institute

- See more at: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/what-role-do-think-tanks-play-shaping-public-policy-and-public-discourse-the-united-states#sthash.czrywaXN.dpuf

peakers

• Lee Edwards

  Distinguished Fellow, Heritage Foundation

• Bridget Lowell

  Chief Communications Officer, Urban Institute

• James McGann

  Director, Think Tank and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania and Author of The Fifth Estate

• Spencer Overton

  President, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (United States)

• Richard Weitz

  Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis, Hudson Institute

- See more at: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/what-role-do-think-tanks-play-shaping-public-policy-and-public-discourse-the-united-states#sthash.czrywaXN.dpuf