Vice President and Director, NRI

Henry Olsen is vice president and director of the National Research Initiative (NRI). He disseminates and publicizes the Institute’s work to the academic community, works with AEI’s visiting, adjunct, and NRI research fellows, commissions and supervises NRI projects, and oversees the production of NRI publications.

• Vice President and Director, National Research Initiative, AEI, 2006-present

• Vice President and Program Director, Center for Civic Innovation, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 1998-2006

• President, Executive Director, Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, 1995-1998

• Attorney, Dechert, Price, and Rhoads, 1991-1995

• Judicial Clerk, Judge Danny J. Boggs, US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1990-1991

• Legislative Assistant, California State Assembly, 1984-1987

• Associate, Hoffenblum-Mollrich Communications, 1983-1984

• Consultant, Sebastiani Redistrict Initiative, 1983