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Yankee Institute gets new president

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Carol Platt Liebau (courtesy Yankee Institute)
Carol Platt Liebau (courtesy Yankee Institute)

NEW CANAAN, Conn. – New Canaan resident Carol Platt Liebau took over the reins of the conservative Yankee Institute for Public Policy last month as its new president.

Liebau replaces Fergus Cullen, the former head of the New Hampshire Republican Party, who was the institute’s executive director for the last five years.

Former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons, who chairs the Yankee Institute’s board of directors, said Liebau was chosen from a group of about 30 candidates from across the country. When Cullen was interviewed for the job he was the only candidate.

That’s a testament to how far the organization has come over the years with establishing itself as a reputable nonprofit think-tank, Simmons said.

See the complete story at CT News Junkie.

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2 responses to “Yankee Institute gets new president”

  1. Norewalk Lifer

    From the CT News Junkie article:

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    But beyond her national public policy and media credentials Liebau is a woman

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    There you have it, window dressing again by the GOP

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    Regards
    Norwalk Lifer

  2. lilly deacon

    @NL:
    What you fail to include from the Yankee Institute (NOT GOP) press release are her credentials (or as you like to call them “window dressings”)

    Attorney/Political and Policy Advisor:
    In addition to practicing law, Liebau has served as legislative assistant to Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond of Missouri; as a consultant to the U.S. Senate campaigns of John D. Ashcroft (1994) and Congressman Tom Campbell (2000 and 2010); and as law clerk to Reagan appointee Judge David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
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    Media Commentator:
    She has been a guest radio talk show host for the nationally-syndicated “Hugh Hewitt Show” and for KABC radio in Los Angeles.
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    Author/Published Writer:
    She was the first female managing editor of the Harvard Law Review and published Prude: How the Sex-Obsessed Culture Damages Girls (and America, Too!) in 2007.
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    Open & Engaging Personality, People Person, Highly Valuable & Positively Effective Employee:
    Former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons, who chairs the Yankee Institute’s board of directors said Liebau stood out from the rest of the candidates (a group of about 30 candidates) for her fundraising ability, which is crucial for the nonprofit organization that is funded by private individuals and foundations. He also said “she has an engaging personality, she’s willing to reach out.”
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    Desired organizational goal driven by Former President for building the organization:
    Also noting….”Liebau is a woman”. Said Simmons, “I am concerned as chairman with broadening the appeal of our fiscally conservative policies. We are not attracting enough women to the organization.”
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    Sounds like very capable, impressive, viable, respectable and prestigious “window dressings”….

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