Editors

Bob Beauprez, Editor-in-Chief

Bob Beauprez is a former member of Congress from Colorado with successful careers as a dairy farmer, community banker, and real estate development. He has published his first book, publishes a public policy website, ALineofSight.com, and operates a buffalo breeding ranch in the Colorado mountains.

Allen Fuller, Contributing Editor

Allen Fuller has over a decade of experience in Republican digital strategy. He is the founder of RootsHQ and since 2005 has been the managing partner of Flat Creek Digital. Find out more about Allen and his work at http://flatcreek.com.

Brian Anderson, Contributing Editor

Brian Anderson is a Colorado native a graduate student at the University of Colorado Denver working on a Master of Arts in Political Science. He is a Contributing Editor for A Line of Sight.

Christopher M. Jaarda, Contributing Editor

Christopher M. Jaarda is a principal with Market Street Consultants, LLC a Virginia-based political consulting company. His previous experience includes working as a legal counsel and policy analyst for the Republican Policy Committee, one of the key leadership offices, in the United States Senate. His experience includes tax, budget, legal and national security issues.

Craig Alan Silverman, Contributing Editor

Craig Silverman is a partner in the downtown Denver law firm of Silverman & Olivas, P.C. The law firm specializes in personal injury law, criminal matters, and problem solving. Craig served for sixteen years at the Denver District Attorney’s Office where he was a Chief Deputy District Attorney. Craig has appeared hundreds of times on local and national media. Subjects have included the death penalty, serial rapists, the JonBenet Ramsey case, Columbine, the Oklahoma City Bombing trials, the Kobe Bryant case, and the Aurora movie theater massacre. Craig was co-host of the award winning Caplis and Silverman afternoon drive time radio show on 630KHOW (2004-2012).

David Henderson, Contributing Editor

David Henderson, a former Episcopal priest of 20 years, is currently preparing for ordination to the priesthood in the Greek Orthodox Church. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Wheaton College in Illinois, an M.A. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and an M. Div. from Yale Divinity School. He is also a partner in Kendall Henderson and Associates, LLC, a small management consulting firm. David lives with his wife and their four daughters in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Doug Kellett, Contributing Editor

Doug Kellett has over 30 years of broadcast experience hosting talk shows. Currently, Doug works with leading radio stations like 850 KOA/Denver, WOAI/San Antonio, KPRC/Houston, WLAC/Nashville and WBT/Charlotte.

Gregory Schaller, Contributing Editor

Gregory Schaller is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Colorado Christian University. He has an M.A. in Political Science (Villanova University) and a B.A. in Political Science and History (Eastern University).

Jake Allen, Contributing Editor

Jake Allen is a management consultant and former legislative assistant in the United States Congress.

James R. Edwards, Contributing Editor

James R. Edwards, Jr., a Principal at the MITA Group, consults to corporate, association, and nonprofit clients on such matters as health care, homeland security, immigration, and Judiciary Committee issues. Dr. Edwards spent five years at the respected Healthcare Leadership Council, including lobbying on those health issues under the Judiciary Committee such as antitrust and biomedical liability protection.

Kelly Sloan, Contributing Editor

Kelly Sloan is a Grand Junction resident, freelance journalist, small business owner and Centennial Institute fellow on energy and economic policy. He specializes in public policy and political communications.

Kelly Victory, M.D., Contributing Editor

Kelly Victory, M.D. is a board certified emergency and trauma specialist. She currently runs a healthcare consulting practice and advises a number of both public and private companies as well as politicians. Dr. Victory is on the Leadership Counsel at the Harvard School of Public Health, a member of the Board of Directors of the Steamboat Institute and is actively involved in the healthcare reform debate in Washington. She is president of the Colorado chapter of Docs4PatientCare and serves as an advisor on the Romney Healthcare policy team.

Krista Kafer, Contributing Editor

A Colorado native, Krista Kafer returned to Colorado in 2004 after nine years in the nation’s capital where she served as the senior expert on education policy at the influential Heritage Foundation.

Lawrence J. Fedewa, Contributing Editor

Lawrence J. Fedewa began as a professor, then founded an experimental college for adults, was recruited to help introduce the first major computer-assisted education (CBE) system in the world, co-founded an institute for computer programmers and consultants based in the Philippines and serving the ASEAN countries, became an international expert in educational technology, and then headed federal contractor firms for over 20 years. In the meantime Dr. Fedewa founded the Washington Institute of Technology, participated in two joint ventures with The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, another with the National Education Association, took a couple of breaths, and has now started a new Washington DC firm specializing in technology transfer. He has been a frequent commentator on public affairs, principally as an editor/publisher and speaker.

Mark Hillman, Contributing Editor

Mark Hillman served as senate majority leader and state treasurer. To read more or comment, go to www.MarkHillman.com

MG Paul E. Vallely (US Army Ret), Contributing Editor

Paul E. Vallely, Major General, US Army (ret) was born in DuBois, Pa. He retired in 1991 from the US Army as Deputy Commanding General, US Army, Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. General Vallely graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned in the Army in 1961 serving a distinguishing career of 32 years in the Army. He served in many overseas theaters to include Europe and the Pacific Rim Countries as well as two combat tours in Vietnam.

Michael Ledeen, Contributing Editor

Michael Ledeen (Freedom Scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and author of more than 25 books, most recently Accomplice to Evil; Iran and the War Against the West).

Michelle Balch Lyng, Contributing Editor

Michelle Balch Lyng is a Republican political strategist and media expert, specializing in strategic communications and reputation management relating to female leadership, community engagement, issue management, corporate communication, and crisis communications.

Peter Brookes, Contributing Editor

Peter Brookes is the Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow, National Security Affairs, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Rich Sokol, Contributing Editor

Rich currently runs an investment partnership focused on private investments in real estate and operating companies. He is a Contributing Editor to A Line of Sight.

Richard Westfall, Contributing Editor

Richard Westfall is a partner at the law firm Hale Westfall LLP and a Contributing Editor to A Line of Sight.

Rob Douglas, Contributing Editor

For 20 years, Rob was a Washington, DC private detective specializing in political corruption, homicide and terrorism. Since 1998, Rob has been a commentator on national affairs and public policy. Rob hosted talk radio shows in Washington DC, Maryland and Colorado and is an award-winning Colorado newspaper columnist.

Sanjai Bhagat, Ph. D., Contributing Editor

Sanjai Bhagat is Professor of Finance at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has worked previously at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Princeton University, and University of Chicago. He has an MBA from the University of Rochester and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington.

Shonda Werry, Contributing Editor

Shonda Werry is a former staffer at the Senate Republican Conference from 2004 to 2007, and has extensive public policy experience. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago and holds a Master's Degree from Johns Hopkins University.

William Moloney, Contributing Editor

William Moloney's columns have appeared in the Wall St. Journal, USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun, Washington Times, Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, and Human Events. He currently is a fellow at the Centennial Institute in Colorado.