Bluegrass Institute announces Caleb O. Brown as Chief Executive Officer

Lexington, Ky. — The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions, Kentucky’s free-market think tank, today announced that Caleb O. Brown has been named Chief Executive Officer. Brown’s employment will commence in May. Jim Waters, the institute’s president, will continue in that role.

“It’s a remarkable opportunity to return to the Bluegrass Institute and direct our efforts to advance liberty in the commonwealth,” Brown said. “The Bluegrass Institute has a long track record of freedom-forward policy achievement. I look forward to building on that success.”

Brown comes to the Bluegrass Institute from the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. where he was director of multimedia and host and executive producer of the Cato Daily Podcast, the institute’s lead public-facing product. He hosted the podcast for nearly 18 years, producing well over 4,000 episodes of daily interviews with policymakers, scholars and journalists. In addition to his audio work, Brown produced original video and documentary products for the institute.

For his consistency and wide-ranging knowledge of policy issues, Brown was dubbed “The Voice of Liberty” by the late longtime Cato Institute leader and Kentucky native David Boaz.

This is not Brown’s first stint with the Bluegrass Institute. In 2005, he directed the institute’s KentuckyVotes.org project, which convinced the Legislative Research Commission to begin posting bill descriptions and daily votes of Kentucky lawmakers on an easily accessible website.

"Caleb has been a friend of the Bluegrass Institute for a number of years. He brings a wealth of policy knowledge and a variety of skills that will help accelerate our mission” said Bluegrass Institute chairman Aaron Ammerman. “We are grateful for Caleb’s partnership and dedication to advancing liberty and prosperity for all Kentuckians.”

Previous to his earlier tour at the Bluegrass Institute, Brown was a reporter for WHAS-AM in Louisville and an editor at Snitch Newsweekly.

Brown holds a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Louisville and a Master of Arts in economics from George Mason University.

For more information or comment, please contact Bluegrass Institute president Jim Waters at jwaters@freedomkentucky.com or 270.320.4376.

###

Bluegrass Institute works with Kentuckians, grassroots organizations, and business owners to advance freedom and prosperity by promoting free markets, smaller government and defense of personal liberties. Subscribe here.