FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Paul Chesser
[email protected]

The Western Tradition Institute, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit charitable public policy research and educational foundation, has announced the hire of Paul Chesser as its first executive director.

Chesser also serves as a special correspondent for the Heartland Institute; he’s a senior fellow for the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives (Pa.); and is an associate fellow for the National Legal and Policy Center. He was previously director of Climate Strategies Watch, which assessed the development of global warming policies in the states. Prior to that Chesser was associate editor for Carolina Journal from 2001 to 2007, after a year as editor for two weekly community newspapers in Greensboro and Raleigh, NC.

His articles have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country including The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Washington Examiner, New York Post, the San Francisco Examiner, and several other large city newspapers. His work has also appeared in National Review Online, The Weekly Standard Online, American Spectator, and WORLD magazine. He is a regular contributor and blogger for American Spectator Online and for the Heartland Institute’s Somewhat Reasonable blog. Chesser has also appeared on NBC’s "The Today Show," and as a guest on talk radio stations across the country.

Chesser has also written and spoken for free market organizations across the country. He has been invited to speak to legislators, civic groups, and policy makers in over half the U.S. states. He has also helped build coalitions to oppose damaging global warming policies at the state and regional level, engaging activists and think tanks to address the issue.

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Western Tradition Institute is a non-partisan, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public policy research organization founded in 2010. WTI is dedicated to the study and examination of environmental and energy policy, and promotes rational policies that defend people, property and prosperity. It does not endorse or oppose candidates for election.

For more information or to schedule an interview, contact Executive Director Paul Chesser at [email protected] or (303) 578-6205.