Our Advisory Council is a team of diverse individuals who stay connected to the program and offer advice and guidance on topics, hosts, content, and future programming. They help promote the program and serve as trusted advisors.

Advisory Council Members:

Robert Lawson headshot

Clinical Professor, the Jerome M. Fullinwider Centennial Chair in Economic Freedom, and director of the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.

Toni Portmann Photo

Serial entrepreneur who wants to inspire humanity through curiosity and imagination.

Gary G. Short photo

Retired Jones Day partner and previously a partner in Vinson & Elkins and Akin Gump.

Profile picture of Valerie E. Ertz

Owner/President of VEE Services, Inc., a firm providing accounting, bookkeeping, and property tax services.