Kurt T. Weber is a senior advisor with State Policy Network. Among his responsibilities, Weber advises start-up institutes, oversees the SPN bi-monthly newsletter and co-manages the SPN/IHS Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow program.

Mr. Weber has been a life-long activist for liberty. During his undergraduate and graduate school years he organized student groups, ran an active campaign for the Kalamazoo City Council in Michigan, spent a summer petitioning in several states to get a third party on the ballot and for three years was a regular columnist for college newspapers.

Mr. Weber has worked with a number of state, national and international classical liberal organizations, including the Institute for Humane Studies, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty. In 1992 he traveled throughout Latin America, consulting with think tanks in six countries. He also helped organize an institute in Ecuador and worked with Junior Achievement Argentina in Buenos Aires.

Prior to joining SPN Mr. Weber served more than a decade at Cascade Policy Institute in Oregon. He joined the Institute in 1993 as its program director and was eventually promoted to vice president. Among his responsibilities as vice president were budget and strategic planning and staff management.

Mr. Weber has more than 80 published newspaper commentaries, which have appeared in The Oregonian, numerous other Oregon publications, The Orange County Register (Calif.) and The Houston Post. He also has 150 radio commentaries to his credit.

A graduate of Western Michigan University, Mr. Weber earned dual degrees and honors in finance and public administration. He holds a masters degree in international relations from Thomas Jefferson's university, the University of Virginia.

A vagabond at heart, Mr. Weber has visited nearly 50 countries and all 50 states.He tinkers on home remodel projects year-round. A roller coaster enthusiast, he has been known to jump out of planes from time to time. His pride and joy is daughter Sierra, a budding world traveler.

E-mail: Kurt@spn.org
Direct phone: (703)740-0312