Michael Bond is an Adjunct Scholar for Kansas Policy Institute, a Senior Fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis, a Professor of Finance at Cleveland State University, and a Senior Fellow in health care with the James Madison Institute in Florida. Dr. Bond’s work on health care policy reform has received national attention and his policy prescriptions have been applied in reforming Medicaid in Ohio, Florida, and other states.  He has authored numerous policy papers for Kansas Policy Institute.  Among other widely published work he is the author of the nation's first practical guide to establishing MSAs and the co-author of a guide to reforming Medicaid using a market based plan.

John R. LaPlante is an Education Policy Fellow with the Kansas Policy Institute. He has a Masters of Art in Political Science from The Ohio State University, where he studied the politics of economic development, social movements, and international relations. Mr. LaPlante has worked in the field of public policy since 1998, assisting lawmakers across the country in promoting consumer-driven, cost-effective solutions to the public issues of the day, particularly in regards to education. His commentaries have been widely published online and in publications such as the The Wichita Eagle, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the Detroit News, the Hutchinson News, and the Salina Journal. 

Stephen Moses is an Adjunct Scholar for Kansas Policy Institute and is President of the Center for Long-Term Care Reform, Inc. in Seattle, Washington. Previously, he was Director of Research for LTC, Inc., a Medicaid State Representative for the Health Care Financing Administration, and a Senior Analyst for the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. Moses publishes and speaks throughout the United States on public versus private financing of long-term care and related issues and is widely recognized as an expert and innovator in the field of long-term care.

Gregory L. Schneider, PhD is a Senior Fellow with the Kansas Policy Institute and heads the Center’s Consumer-Driven Health Care Project.  He is an Associate Professor of History at Emporia State University in Kansas. Dr. Schneider received his PhD in history from the University of Illinois at Chicago, an MA in history from Ohio University and a BA in International Relations from Drake University. He has written and edited three books on the history of conservatism and has been published in a variety of national publications, including the Weekly Standard,Claremont Review of Books, and The American Conservative. Dr. Schneider has been an opinion columnist for the Topeka Capital-Journal and has written several policy papers and commentaries on health care reform.

Richard B. Warner is senior advisor on Health Policy to Kansas Policy Institute. A native Kansan, Dr. Warner is a psychiatrist in private practice in Overland Park, Kansas. He is vice-president of theKansas Medical Society, and past president of the Medical Society of Johnson and Wyandotte Counties (MSJWC). Over the past five years Dr. Warner has contributed a number of articles to the publications of the MSJWC and the Kansas Medical Society on policies that would preserve the patient-doctor relationship and enhance individuals’ control over their own health care.

Jonathan Williams is an adjunct Fiscal Policy Fellow and the director of the Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), where he works with state legislators and the private sector to develop free-market fiscal policy solutions in the states. Prior to joining ALEC, Jonathan served as staff economist at the non-partisan Tax Foundation, authoring numerous tax policy studies. His work has been featured in many publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Forbes and Investor’s Business Daily. With Dr. Arthur Laffer and Steve Moore, Williams co-authored Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer Economic Competitiveness Index. Jonathan has been a contributing author to the Reason Foundation’s Annual Privatization Report and has written for the Ash Institute at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. A Mid-Michigan native, Williams graduated magna cum laude from Northwood University in Midland, Mich., majoring in economics, banking/finance, and business management. While at Northwood, he was the recipient of the prestigious Ludwig von Mises Award in Economics.