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Found 56 Leaders

Kelly Adams

Director, Personnel Operations

John P. Backiel

Vice President, Finance and Accounting

Tommy Binion

Vice President of Government Relations

Robert B. Bluey

@RobertBluey

Vice President, Communications and Executive Editor, The Daily Signal

Kristine Bramsen

Director, Phillip N. Truluck Center for Leadership Development

Lindsey M. Burke, Ph.D.

@lindseymburke

Director, Center for Education Policy and Will Skillman Fellow in Education

Chris Byrnes

General Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Trustees

James Jay Carafano

@JJCarafano

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

Luke Coffey

@LukeDCoffey

Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy

John Cooper

@thejcoop

Associate Director, Institute Communications

Danielle Doane

Director, Congressional Programs

Becky Norton Dunlop

Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow

Board of Trustees

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Internships & Young Leaders Program

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Join college students from around the country as part of Washington, D.C.'s premier internship program. The Heritage Foundation Internship Program attracts young conservative leaders of the highest caliber. Click here for information and application materials.