Dr. Ainslie oversaw research projects and conduct analysis on
entitlement policy issues primarily related to welfare and
workforce. He completed analyses on welfare reauthorization and
teenage pregnancy issues, and worked on the problem of competitive
threats to small business from the federal workforce regime. He
came to Cato in September 2001 from the James Madison Institute in
Tallahassee, where he conducted analysis on charter schools, public
financing of professional sports stadiums, workforce/welfare
development, and water policy. For 15 years prior to joining JMI,
Ainslie was the president and CEO of Nordex Research International,
Inc., a market research and public opinion polling company based in
Florida and Ontario. He holds a political science doctorate from
York University in Toronto, specializing in governing institutions
and comparative public policy, and degrees in public administration
and political science from Queen’s University at Kingston, and The
University of Western Ontario in London, Canada.