William F. Buckley Jr. Fellowship in Political Journalism
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Barbara Comstock
Mrs. Comstock is a principal in the Corallo Comstock consulting firm.  She was formerly Director of Public Affairs at the Department of Justice and was Director of Research at the Republican National Committee.

William Gribbin
Mr. Gribbin is a former White House, Senate and House aide.  He served at the Reagan White House and his congressional experience includes serving on the staffs of Senator James L. Buckley and Rep. Henry Hyde. 

Larry Kudlow
Mr. Kudlow is the host of CNBC’s Kudlow & Company, the economics editor of National Review Online, and a syndicated columnist.

William McGurn
Mr. McGurn is an executive with Newscorp. He was the chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush until February 2008. He also served as the chief editorial writer with the Wall Street Journal and as the senior editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review. Prior to this he was the Washington bureau chief of National Review. He now writes "Main Street" at the Wall Street Journal.

Ramesh Ponnuru
Mr. Ponnuru is a senior editor of National Review, a columnist at TIME, and a contributor to the washingtonpost.com.

Jade West
Mrs. West is Senior Vice President of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors.  Her extensive experience in the U.S. Senate includes serving as a senior aide to Senator Malcolm Wallop and as executive director of the Senate Republican Policy Committee.

All of our board members demonstrate a strong commitment to conservative principles, have broad experience in public policy, and enthusiasm for the mission of the Institute.