Trustee since 2005; former Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management. Edwin Meese, III, former Attorney General of the United States Rebekah Mercer, Trustee since 2014; Director of the Mercer Family Foundation. J. William Middendorf, Trustee since 1989; American politician. Anthony Saliba, Trustee since 2012; trader, entrepreneur, and author. Thomas A. Saunders III, Trustee since 2005; founder of Saunders Karp & Megrue. Brian Tracy, Trustee since 2003; motivational public speaker and self-development author. Honorary and emeritus board members Midge Decter, Trustee from 1981 to 2015 and Society of Emeritus Trustees since 2015; journalist. Frank Shakespeare, Honorary Trustee since 1979; United States Ambassador to the Vatican (1986–1989). William E. Simon, Jr.; Politician and banker. References External links 1973 establishments in the United States Advocacy groups in the United States Anti-communist organizations in the United States Climate change denial Conservative organizations in the United States Foreign policy and strategy think tanks in the United States New Right (United States) Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C. Organizations of environmentalism skeptics and critics Organizations that oppose LGBT rights in the United States Political and economic think tanks in the United States Think tanks based in Washington, D.C. Think tanks established in 1973