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Under the leadership of President Kay C. James, Heritage’s staff pursues its mission by performing timely, accurate research on key policy issues and effectively marketing these findings to the American people and policymakers.

Found 98 Experts

James Jay Carafano

@JJCarafano

Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, and the E. W. Richardson Fellow

James W. Ceaser, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholar, Simon Center for American Studies

Dean Cheng

Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy

Maiya Clark

Research Assistant, Center for National Defense

Luke Coffey

@LukeDCoffey

Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy

Helle C. Dale

@Helledale

Senior Fellow for Public Diplomacy, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy

Kevin Dayaratna, Ph.D.

@kdd0211

Principal Statistician, Data Scientist, and Research Fellow

James Di Pane

Research Associate, Center for National Defense

Matthew D. Dickerson

Director, Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget

David Ditch

Research Associate, Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget

Tim Doescher

Associate Director, Coalition Relations

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.

Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought, B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies

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Internships & Young Leaders Program

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