JOSHUA SHARF
Joshua Sharf is a Senior Fellow in Fiscal Policy with the Independence Institute. Joshua earned his B.S. in Physics from the University of Virginia, with a second major in mathematics, and both an MBA and an M.S. in Finance from the University of Denver. He has been tracking the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) and […]
DAMON SASSO
Damon Sasso is Vice President of Operations and Creative Labs Producer at Independence Institute. Damon’s decades of work experience started under the indentured servitude of his father’s (Ken Sasso) many family businesses. Damon often describes his talents likened to that of a Swiss Army Knife; he has all of the tools but they just don’t work […]
VANESSA RUTLEDGE
Vanessa Rutledge is our communications and marketing manager. She comes to II from the tech world where she worked with everyone from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses wearing many different hats from programming to project managing. Her love of technology and social media make Vanessa the perfect fit for the II family. When Vanessa isn’t […]
PAUL PRENTICE
Dr. Paul Prentice contracts with the Independence Institute as a Senior Fellow in our Fiscal Policy Center. He was the Chief Macroeconomist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture under President Reagan. He has also been a Visiting Scholar at the U.S. Department of Treasury. PauI earned his B.A. in Mathematics, and his Ph.D. in Agricultural […]
DENNIS POLHILL
Dennis Polhill contracts with the Independence Institute as a Senior Fellow in Public Infrastructure. As Chairman of the Colorado Term Limits Coalition (CTLC) from 1994 to present, Dennis has come to realize the extremes to which the status quo will go to resist reforms to the political system. Dennis spent the first 26 years of his life […]
SHERRIE PEIF
Sherrie Peif joined Complete Colorado as an Investigative Reporter in November 2014 after spending the previous 13 years at the Greeley Tribune. While at the Tribune, Sherrie covered everything from sports and general assignment to education and politics. In 2016, she became Complete Colorado’s investigative reporter, covering state wide politics. Sherrie graduated from Metropolitan State University of Denver […]
HARRY PAUL
I’m Harry Paul, a Development Associate at Independence Institute. I am a recent graduate of Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. I studied politics and played Division 3 baseball all four years. I was born in Los Angeles and moved to Boulder when I was 11. From an early age I have always had an interest in politics. […]
RANDAL O’TOOLE
Randal O’Toole is the Transportation Policy Center Director at the Independence Institute. He is an economist who has written five books on land-use and transportation issues. From 1974 to 1994, he worked for environmental groups opposing big-government subsidies to corporations that were doing harm to the environment such as clearcutting in the national forests. Since then he has […]
AMY OLIVER COOKE
Amy Oliver Cooke is the Director of the Energy and Environmental Policy Center for the Independence Institute, Colorado’s free market, state-based think tank. She has worked in both policy and operations since 2004. Amy began working in energy policy in 2010. She is proud to be one of the original state-level, free market energy policy advocates and is famous […]
WHITNEY NAVARRO
Whitney Navarro is a a Development Associate at Independence Institute. She is a graduate of Lake Forest College in Chicago where she studied Chemistry with a concentration in Organic and Legal Studies. Whitney played Division 3 volleyball and tennis two of four years in college. She is a Denver native. From an early age she has […]
ROB NATELSON
Professor Robert G. Natelson, who contracts with II, heads the Institute’s Constitutional Studies Center and its Article V Information Center. His range of experience includes education, outdoorsmanship, grass-roots activism, commercial talk radio, small business, initiative and referendum, political campaign management, journalism, and the teaching and practice of several fields of law. (And now translation: At this link is […]
JULIE MALLON
Julie Mallon is our donor relations manager. She’s re-joining the Independence Institute’s development team after a 7-year stint in the event planning world, where most recently she managed guest experiences at an upland hunting ranch in Northeast Wyoming. As a graduate of the University of Alabama, Roll Tide, Julie enjoys cheering on her Crimson Tide football team. During […]
