John McClaughry

John McClaughry is currently Vice President of <a href="http://www.ethanallen.org/index.html"The Ethan Allen Institute, Vermont's free-market public policy research and education organization, having as its founding President since 1993. He is a widely published commentator on Vermont issues, is co-author of The Vermont Papers and editor of the Institute’s monthly Ethan Allen Letter. John was Legislative Aide to Vermont Senator Winston Prouty, 1965-67; a Fellow of the Institute of Politics, JFK School, Harvard University, 1967-68; a member of the Vermont House, 1969-72; Senior Policy Advisor in President Reagan's White House Office of Policy Development, 1981-82; member of the Vermont Senate 1989-92; and Republican candidate for Governor of Vermont, 1992. He has served on four Presidential Commissions by appointment of Presidents Nixon, Carter, and Reagan, and has been Kirby Town Moderator for the past 44 years.