Lowman S. Henry is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc., a non-profit educational foundation based in Harrisburg, PA.  He serves as host of the Lincoln Radio Journal, a weekly public affairs radio program syndicated on 79 Pennsylvania radio stations; and is host of American Radio Journal heard on 134 radio stations nationwide.

He began his career as a broadcast and print journalist, served as Political Director of the Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania, Chief of Staff to State Senator Earl Baker, and as Executive Assistant to the Attorney General of Pennsylvania. He has served in elective office as a Dauphin County Commissioner and as a Lower Paxton Township Supervisor. He was the Republican Party’s nominee for Pennsylvania State Treasurer in 1992.

He serves on the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association (PMA) and the PMA Foundation; President of the Pennsylvania Leadership Council; Treasurer of the Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania; Director Emeritus of the Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Organizations (PANO); and is on the advisory board of the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy in Pittsburgh. Mr. Henry is a member of the Charlton United Methodist Church and of the Colonial Park Rotary Club.   He is a graduate of Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania. He is married to Carol Lynn Henry, and they have three sons.

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David N. Taylor is Executive Director the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association (PMA), a statewide trade organization representing the interests of manufacturers in the state's public policy process since 1909.

In addition to overseeing the association's daily operations, he is editor of the PMA Legislative Bulletin, Webmaster of www.pamanufacturers.org, association spokesman, legislative lobbyist, and liaison to PMA members and allied organizations. He is also a columnist for the Pocono Business Journal and host of "Capitol Watch" on Lincoln Radio Journal.

A 1990 graduate of Dickinson College, Taylor previously worked for the Research Department of the Republican National Committee in Washington DC, state Sen. John J. Shumaker (R-Dauphin), and the Pennsylvania Leadership Council.

Immediately prior to joining PMA, he worked in the Washington DC office of U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Allegheny), where he served as the staff writer for issues before the U.S. Senate Armed Services, Foreign Relations, Intelligence, and Veterans' Affairs committees.

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Kevin Shivers is state director of the National Federation of Independent Business - Pennsylvania's leading small-business advocacy organization. Kevin leads NFIB's grassroots and political activities. He is regularly quoted in Pennsylvania's major newspapers, business journals and trade magazines, and is a frequent guest on a variety of statewide television and radio programs.

Kevin directed NFIB's efforts that made health savings accounts a permanent and tax-free way for Pennsylvanians to save money to pay for medical expenses, protected the rights of private property owners by enacting the nation's toughest eminent domain reforms and strengthening zoning notification requirements, ratified critical changes to make Pennsylvania's unemployment and workers' compensation systems more fair and consistent with other states. Kevin also worked to make landmark changes to the state's procurement process ensuring that small-business owners have an opportunity to compete for government contracts.

Kevin has nearly 20 years of experience in the state's legislative and political process. Before joining NFIB, Kevinwas a spokesman for Pennsylvania governors Tom Ridge and Mark Schweiker, served as press secretary in the Pennsylvania Department of State and worked in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

A longtime community volunteer, Kevin serves on a variety of government and community boards, including the Foundation for Free Enterprise Education, the Workers Compensation Advisory Council, the Pennsylvania Food Employee Certification Board and the board of advisors for the Harrisburg Young Professionals. Kevin also is a member of the Pennsylvania Association for Government Relations.  Kevin earned a bachelor's degree from Allegheny College in Meadville, Crawford County. He enjoys golf, running, fly-fishing and reading.

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Joseph M. Geiger is Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO). Prior to joining PANO, he was Executive Director of the Keystone State Head Injury Foundation, and was a consultant with the Organizational Effectiveness Group of Princeton, New Jersey and Campaign Associates in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. He recently additionally has taken on the management responsibilities for the Alliance for Association Advancement.

Mr. Geiger has served on the boards of directors of the National Head Injury Foundation, the American Trauma Society - PA Division, Penn State University's Rehabilitation Department, and on the Governor's Rehabilitation Advisory Committee.

He was designated a Certified Association Executive by the Pennsylvania Association of Association Executives.

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Scott Paterno is an accomplished policy analyst and political consultant based in Hershey, PA. Mr. Paterno, never one to sit still, has practiced law, run for a house seat, and worked as lobbyist in Harrisburg and Washington. Paterno is Vice Chairman of the Sustainable Energy Fund and is currently pursuing a master's degree in Political Science. He is happily married with three children.

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