About ISIIntercollegiate Studies InstituteISI_0e365e28-8237-11e8-853f-1d35a6355ae0ISI was there when the American conservative movement started sixty years ago. Ever since then, we have been teaching students ... the core ideas behind the free market, the American Founding, and Western civilization, ideas that are rarely taught in ... classroom[s]...ISI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt educational organization. We rely on the financial support of the general public -- individuals, foundations, and corporations -- and receive no funding or any other aid from any level of government.College StudentsFrank ChodorovIn the early 1950s journalist Frank Chodorov wrote two articles calling for a "fifty-year project" to revive the American ideals of individual freedom and personal responsibility "by implanting the idea in the minds of the coming generations."William F. Buckley Jr.That call was realized in 1953. Chodorov founded ISI to counter the progressive ideology taking over American colleges. He selected a young journalist to lead our organization: William F. Buckley Jr.ISI Team MembersCharles L. Copeland PRESIDENTJeffrey Nelson SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMJed DonahueVICE PRESIDENT, PUBLICATIONS AND EDITOR IN CHIEF, ISI BOOKSPaul RheinVICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONSWilliam DavisCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERJoshua OwensVICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMSClaire AgudaMAJOR GIFTS COORDINATORBrent Alderman StersteSENIOR DEVELOPMENT OFFICERAudra BallASSOCIATE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, STUDENT PROGRAMS AND OUTREACHEmily CorwinSEMINAR PROGRAM MANAGERJoseph CunninghamDIGITAL MEDIA EDITORTom CusmanoASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENTBishop DavidsonASSOCIATE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, STUDENT PROGRAMS AND OUTREACHMorgan FuroreSENIOR DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATETara GallardyDIRECTOR OF EVENTSStephen GestwickiSYSTEMS ADMINISTRATORPatti HubbardPROSPECT RESEARCH AND DONOR RECORDS ASSOCIATEJacob LaneASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELATIONSCynthia MartinRECEPTIONISTThomas PackASSOCIATE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, STUDENT PROGRAMS AND OUTREACHMatthew PetersenDIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELATIONSRaquel RobertsRECEPTIONISTAnthony SacramoneMANAGING EDITORAllyssa SchulzEVENTS ASSISTANTStephen SneadSENIOR DEVELOPMENT OFFICERISI Board of TrusteesAlfred S. RegneryCHAIRMANPatricia Herbold VICE CHAIRMANThomas E. Lynch SECRETARY-TREASURERMichael AbrahamTRUSTEERichard V. AllenTRUSTEELarry ArnnTRUSTEELinda BeanTRUSTEEGilbert I. CollinsTRUSTEECharles L. CopelandPRESIDENTEdwin J. Feulner Jr.FORMER CHAIRMANMichael W. GlebaTRUSTEEChristopher LongTRUSTEEJames PieresonTRUSTEEIon RatiuTRUSTEEMarc A. ThiessenTRUSTEEBridgett WagnerTRUSTEEISI Emeritus TrusteesHolland H. Coors† - DeceasedT. Kenneth Cribb Jr.President EmeritusRichard M. DeVosM. Stanton Evans† - DeceasedCharles H. Hoeflich† - DeceasedEdwin MeeseE. Victor Milione † - DeceasedPresident EmeritusRobert H. Miller† - DeceasedHenry Regnery† - DeceasedRichard Ware† - DeceasedMarion G. Wells† - DeceasedPreston A. Wells, Jr.† - DeceasedCollege students are inspired to discover, embrace, and advance the principles and virtues that make America free and prosperous_0e365fae-8237-11e8-853f-1d35a6355ae0To educate for liberty_0e366062-8237-11e8-853f-1d35a6355ae0FreedomWe work to instill an understanding of and appreciation for America’s founding principles. These six principles of a free society represent ISI's core beliefs:Limited GovernmentThe rightful functions of government are to guarantee individual liberty, private property, internal order, the provision of national defense, and the administration of justice. When the state exceeds its proper role, it accumulates power and becomes a threat to personal liberty.Individual LibertyIndividuals possess rights to life, liberty, property, and freedom from the restrictions of arbitrary force. They exercise these rights through the use of their natural free will.Personal ResponsibilityPersonal responsibility is central to the idea of a free society and to the concept of self-government. Because each individual is morally responsible for his acts, citizens in a free society have an obligation to educate themselves to further the common good through the political process: this is the proper and necessary function of self-government.Rule of LawLaws, not men, rule a free society. The Constitution of the United States, with its division of powers, is the best arrangement yet devised for empowering government while preventing the concentration of power.Free-Market EconomyAllocating resources by the free play of supply and demand is the single economic system compatible with the requirements of a free society, and also the most productive and efficient supplier of human needs.Traditional ValuesThe values, customs, conventions, and norms of the Judeo-Christian tradition inform and guide a free society. Without such ordinances, society induces its decay by embracing a relativism that rejects an objective moral order.Leadership DevelopmentDevelop principled leaders_0e366102-8237-11e8-853f-1d35a6355ae0Through six decades we have developed principled leaders in all corners of American society, including higher education, public service, the media, and business and finance. President Ronald Reagan said, "By the time the Reagan Revolution marched into Washington, I had the troops I needed -- thanks in no small measure to the work with American youth ISI had been doing since 1953."We connect you with professors and leaders in business, politics, and journalism; introduce you to like-minded students from around the country; offer leadership opportunities in on-campus ISI Societies and student-run publications; and provide unique internship and fellowship opportunities.ConnectionsConnect students with professors and leaders in business, politics, and journalism_0e3661de-8237-11e8-853f-1d35a6355ae01IntroductionsIntroduce like-minded students from around the country_0e366288-8237-11e8-853f-1d35a6355ae02Leadership OpportunitiesOffer leadership opportunities in on-campus ISI Societies and student-run publications_0e36633c-8237-11e8-853f-1d35a6355ae03Internships & FellowshipsProvide unique internship and fellowship opportunities_0e3663f0-8237-11e8-853f-1d35a6355ae042018-07-07https://home.isi.org/about/about-isiOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net