RSF Directors and Staff

OFFICE STAFF

  • Administrative Director Mark A. Sullivan
  • Karen Longo
  • Vajra Minter
  • Sonny M. Rivera
  • Brian Waldbillig

PROGRAM STAFF

FORMER BOARD MEMBERS

  • Lawrence R. Abele, Research Analyst, Deutschebank Asset Management, New York, NY
  • Pat Aller, Freelance editor and writer; former UN NGO Delegate; retired RSF Assistant Director; New York, NY
  • Robert V. Andelson, Ph.D.; deceased, see biography
  • Charles Abramovitz, Engineering Consultant; Dayton, OH
  • Herbert Barry III, Ph.D.; Professor of Pharmacology/Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy; Pittsburgh, PA
  • H. William Batt, Ph.D.; Executive and Principal Researcher, Central Research Group, Inc.; Albany, NY
  • Clay Berling, Publisher, Soccer America; Carmel, CA
  • John Burger, Esq.; Former Minnesota State Legislator; Plymouth, MN; deceased
  • Edward H. Clarke
  • Mary M. Cleveland, Ph.D. Director, Association of Georgist Studies
  • Clifford W. Cobb, Film and Presidential Advisor, M.P.P., Former RSF President; Senior Fellow, Redefining Progress; Sacramento, CA
  • Steven B. Cord, Ph.D.; Former President, Center for the Study of Economics; Professor Emeritus of History, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Indiana, PA
  • J. Anthony Coughlan, J.D.; Washington Tax Service Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Washington DC
  • James M. Dawsey, Ph.D.; Professor of Religious Studies, Emory & Henry College; Bristol, VA
  • Joshua Farley
  • Kris Feder, Ph.D.; Professor of Economics, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; Elizaville, NY
  • Robert Fitch
  • M. Mason Gaffney, Ph.D.; Professor of Economics, University of California at Riverside; Riverside, CA
  • Frank C. Genovese, Ph.D.; Professor Emeritus of Economics, Babson College, Babson PK, MA; Wellesley, MA
  • Robert A. Gilmour, Ph.D.; President, American Institute for Economic Research, Great Barrington, MA; Peru, MA
  • Courtney A. Haff, Ph. D.; Municipal and Corporate Financial Advisor; New York, NY
  • C. Lowell Harriss, Ph.D.; Deceased, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Columbia University, New York; Bronxville, NY
  • Albert Hartheimer, AIA; Architect, Entrepreneur; Lanesborough, MA
  • Jerome F. Heavey, Ph.D.; Professor of Economics, Lafayette College; Easton, PA
  • Benjamin F. Howells, Jr.; Retired Council President, Allentown, PA
  • Oscar B. Johannsen, Ph.D.; Deceased, Henry George School of Social Science, NY; former Executive Director
  • John Tepper MarlinPh. D. Adjunct Professor of Business Ethics Stern School of Business, NYU Former Chief Economist in the Office of the New York City Comptroller.
  • Hong Nguyen, University of Scranton, Pennsylvania
  • Garry B. Nixon; G. B. Nixon & Associates, Tax Services and Financial Planning, Vancouver, British Columbia; Cork City, Ireland
  • Richard Noyes, Deceased,  New Hampshire State Legislator; retired newspaper publisher; North Salem, NH
  • Bruce W. Oatman
  • Heather Remoff, Ph.D., Anthropologist, novelist, Trustee, Henry George School of Social Science; Eagles Mere, PA
  • Richard Rybeck, Esq.; Deputy Administrator, District of Columbia Department of Public Works; Washington, DC
  • Ben Sevack, The Oscar Boelens Foundation Canada, President
  • Warren Samuels, Ph.D.; Professor of Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
  • Thomas Smith, Ph.D.; Professor of Media Studies, The City University of New York and former Director of Education and Trustee, Henry George School of Social Science, NY
  • Nicolaus Tideman, Ph.D.; Professor of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Blacksburg, VA
  • Bob Williams; recent Chair of the Board, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia; Vancouver, British Columbia
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    Dave Kelley: Economic Adviser to Representative Dennis Kucinich
    Dr. Michael Hudson: Noted Economist and Author, Super Imperialism (2003)
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    April 19, 2012By DavidMerkel From: valuewalk.com Financial News with emphasis on Value Investing, Hedge Funds and Asset Managers

    "Even a Henry George style single-tax would seem preferable to trying to impute income to people as a result of asset fluctuations."

  • Henry George is Kaput

    BY CHRISTOPHER BRIEM, ON MARCH 22ND, 2012 So if you read the latest on property assessments in the PG today : 10 percent appealing assessments, there was an interesting obituary for Henry George there between the lines. There was this quote reported direct from Judge Wettick: Separate land values were “really confusing people” and many appeared to “make no sense,” Judge Wettick told Mr. Graham. ” more . . .

  • Tax England’s green and pleasant land

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  • Congressional earmarks sometimes used to fund projects near lawmakers’ properties

    By David S. Fallis, Scott Higham and Kimberly Kindy, Published: February 6

    A U.S. senator from Alabama directed more than $100 million in federal earmarks to renovate downtown Tuscaloosa near his own commercial office building.

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  • IFS (Institute for Fiscal Studies) backs land value tax

    Thursday 2 February 2012 The idea is to cut income and business taxes while introducing a land value tax to end our obsession with property and to encourage paid work. There is a mania for investing in unproductive property as a way to boost living standards.

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  • Short debate: A Land Value Tax for Wales?

    ‘Land value tax’ would be fairer, says Mark Drakeford AM by David Williamson, Wales Online Feb 3 2012

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    The Cardiff West AM’s championing of the tax comes as the Silk Commission investigates giving the Assembly new fiscal powers.

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  • China’s skyscraper craze ‘may herald economic crash’

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  • NEW MOVIE How Land Value Tax would help Wildlife and ensure Its protection. The film is presented by Fred Harrison.

    This interview shows the launch of The Killing Fields, an important new film that explores the relationship between wildlife, land, taxation and law. The film, presented by economist Fred Harrison, documents how the introduction of Land Value Tax would give greater value to wildlife and ensure its protection. The premiere event was hosted Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave and attended by a number of Hollywood stars and leaders of Nature Conservation Charities.
    THE KILLING FIELDS
    The untold story of how landowners are making a financial killing while species are being wiped out in the fields of Britain and Europe and the work of wildlife conservationists is being undermined in a desperate race to prevent the obliteration of ecosystems. Trailer from Carlo Nero on Vimeo.

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