# Cato Leadership --- [![Media Name: goe-peter-cropped.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/authors/crops/goe-peter-cropped.jpg?itok=_9hmMFCs)](/people/peter-goettler) ##### [Peter Goettler](/people/peter-goettler) President and CEO [![Linda Ah-Sue](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2021-01/Linda%20Ah-Sue.jpg?itok=Sv-WVKYY)](/people/linda-ah-sue) ##### [Linda Ah‐​Sue](/people/linda-ah-sue) Vice President, Events and Conferences [![Bolick-cropped.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2021-07/Bolick-cropped.jpg?itok=7U0OVsy_)](/people/evan-bolick) ##### [Evan Bolick](/people/evan-bolick) General Counsel [![Peggy DeAngelo](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2025-10/peggy-deangelo%20Cropped.jpg?itok=wqQPBX08)](/people/peggy-deangelo) ##### [Peggy DeAngelo](/people/peggy-deangelo) Chief of Staff [![Marissa Delgado](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2021-01/Marissa%20Delgado.jpg?itok=GYld9EZa)](/people/marissa-delgado) ##### [Marissa Delgado](/people/marissa-delgado) Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer [![Emily Ekins](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2021-01/Emily%20Ekins.jpg?itok=XPGXgdZU)](/people/emily-ekins) ##### [Emily Ekins](/people/emily-ekins) Vice President for Policy and Society [![Kristi Kendall](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2026-06/kristi-kendall%20Cropped.jpg?itok=8z6Or9dm)](/people/kristi-kendall) ##### [Kristi Kendall](/people/kristi-kendall) Vice President of Multimedia Content [![Steve Kurtz](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2021-01/Steve%20Kurtz.jpg?itok=U9-hbNMG)](/people/steve-kurtz) ##### [Steve Kurtz](/people/steve-kurtz) Vice President and Chief Data and AI Officer [![Scott Lincicome cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2023-10/scott-lincicome-square.jpg?itok=a5RaMdZx)](/people/scott-lincicome) ##### [Scott Lincicome](/people/scott-lincicome) Vice President, General Economics and Stiefel Trade Policy Center [![Norbert Michel Cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2025-01/norbert-m-cropped.jpg?itok=jAZb-6u2)](/people/norbert-michel) ##### [Norbert J. Michel](/people/norbert-michel) Vice President and Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives [![Harrison Moar](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2021-01/Harrison%20Moar.jpg?itok=9OtSpqZc)](/people/harrison-moar) ##### [Harrison Moar](/people/harrison-moar) Senior Vice President for Marketing and Partnerships [![Lawrence Montreuil - cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2024-10/2024-07-25-Headshot-Lawrence%20Montreuil-min%20%281%29_0.jpg?itok=0WdPNPF-)](/people/lawrence-montreuil) ##### [Lawrence Montreuil](/people/lawrence-montreuil) Vice President for Public Affairs [![Clark Neily](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2021-01/Clark%20Neily.jpg?itok=iSXnNmXb)](/people/clark-neily) ##### [Clark Neily](/people/clark-neily) Senior Vice President for Legal Studies [![nowrasteh_cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2026-05/nowrasteh_cropped.jpg?itok=ZDVkFtZQ)](/people/alex-nowrasteh) ##### [Alex Nowrasteh](/people/alex-nowrasteh) Senior Vice President for Policy [![Ian Vásquez](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2021-01/Ian%20Vasquez.jpg?itok=HJ-vkM2y)](/people/ian-vasquez) ##### [Ian Vásquez](/people/ian-vasquez) Vice President for International Studies, Director of the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, and David Boaz Chair # Board of Directors --- ##### Baron Bond CEO, The Foundation Group LLC ##### Kenneth R. French Roth Family Distinguished Professor of Finance, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College ##### Robert Gelfond CEO and Founder, MQS Management ##### Peter N. Goettler President & CEO, Cato Institute ##### David C. Humphreys President & CEO, TAMKO Building Products, Inc. ##### Laura Holmes Jost Senior Vice President, Chandler Residential, Inc. ##### James M. Kilts Partner, Centerview Capital Holdings; former CEO, The Gillette Company ##### James M. Lapeyre, Jr. President, Laitram, LLC ##### Ken Levy Levy Family Fund ##### John P. Mackey Co-Founder and Former CEO, Whole Foods Market; Co-Founder and CEO, Love Life! ##### Howard S. Rich Chairman, U.S. Term Limits Foundation ##### Charles Sunderland Trustee, Sunderland Foundation; Former Chairman and CEO, Ash Grove Cement Company ##### Robert A. Taylor CEO, EBC Management ##### Fred Young Former Owner, Young Radiator Company # Directors Emeriti --- ##### John A. Allison ##### K. Tucker Andersen ##### Frank Bond† ##### William A. Dunn† ##### Ethelmae C. Humphreys† ##### David H. Koch† ##### Robert A. Levy ##### John C. Malone ##### William A. Niskanen† ##### David H. Padden† ##### Donald G. Smith† ##### Frederick W. Smith† † Deceased