About The Free Enterprise Project
Launched in 2007, the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) is the original and premier opponent of the woke takeover of American corporate life and defender of true capitalism.
FEP files shareholder resolutions, engages corporate CEOs and board members, submits public comments, engages state and federal leaders, crafts legislation, files lawsuits, makes proxy voting recommendations, and directs media campaigns to push corporations to respect their fiduciary obligations and to stay out of political and social engineering.
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Free Enterprise Project Staff
Steve Milloy, Executive Director
Steve Milloy
Steve Milloy is the executive director of the Free Enterprise Project, which pushes corporations to respect their fiduciary obligations and to stay out of political and social engineering.
Steve has been fighting against the use of agenda-driven bad (junk) science for more than 35 years. He is a biostatistician and lawyer by training, and has been an environment and public health consultant, securities lawyer, registered securities principal, investment fund founder and manager, coal company executive and nonprofit executive, as well as a print/web columnist on science and business issues. He sits on the boards of several not-for-profit organizations focused on energy, environmental and investment issues.
In 2005, Steve launched the first publicly-traded conservative activist mutual fund, called the Free Enterprise Action Fund, which pioneered the first pro-free enterprise and anti-ESG shareholder advocacy. As one of the earliest advocates of shareholder engagement on behalf of center-right investors and causes, he helped lay the groundwork and was the driving inspiration for what would later become the National Center’s Free Enterprise Project, launched in 2007. Steve Forbes noted at the time that Milloy hoped that such initiatives “could become counterweights to these anti-business activists” by advancing pro-entrepreneurial, pro-capitalist measures grounded in the principle that “good business is good social policy.”
Steve Milloy has authored six books and 1,000+ articles in major newspapers and websites including the Wall Street Journal, FoxNews.com, USA Today, New York Post, Washington Times, and many other print and web outlets. He served on the transition team for the Trump EPA during 2016-2017, developing the plans for overhauling how EPA does science. Nature magazine has called Steve “‘[p]erhaps the most influential climate science contrarian.”
Curtis T. Hill, Jr.
Curtis T. Hill, Jr., Senior Fellow
Curtis T. Hill, Jr., Senior Fellow with the Free Enterprise Project and an ambassador with the Project 21 black leadership network, was the 43rd attorney general of the State of Indiana (2017-2021).
Curtis is a lawyer, consultant, speaker and author, advancing the cause of freedom in America. Additionally he is an advisor to several organizations and is a Senior Fellow for the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE) in Washington, D.C.
As Indiana’s chief legal officer, Curtis led a staff of 400, focused on protecting life, defending freedom and encouraging Hoosiers’ pursuit of happiness.
A native of Elkhart, Indiana, Curtis is the youngest of five children. His parents Curtis Sr. and Eleanor were his inspirations toward public service and leadership. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business from Indiana University, Bloomington and later received his law degree from IU as well. It was during law school that he met his wife Teresa, and together they raised five children: Halle, Mallory, Curtis III, Isabella and Abraham.
Curtis began his legal career in the general private practice of law while serving as a part-time deputy prosecuting attorney in Elkhart County. In 2002, he ran for his first public office, winning the first of his four elections as prosecuting attorney with 78% of the vote.
As Elkhart County chief law enforcement official, Curtis was law and order in his relentless pursuit of justice. A skilled and successful trial lawyer, he personally reopened investigations into several “cold cases” previously abandoned as unsolved and secured justice for the victims.
Curtis aggressively took on corruption, organized crime and drug traffickers, establishing and supervising the Interdiction and Covert Enforcement (ICE) unit, making Elkhart County the worst place in Indiana for criminals to get caught selling drugs.
Curtis testified before Congress on “Methamphetamine in the Heartland” and served as a presenter for the Northern Indiana Methamphetamine Summit, sponsored by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President of the United States.
Curtis also served as a member of the Board of Governors for the Indiana State Bar Association; Chairman Governor’s Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving; Trustee Indiana Criminal Justice Institute; and Board of Regents for the National College of District Attorneys.
Curtis has served as past president of Association of Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Inc.; Indiana Prosecuting Attorney’s Council (IPAC) Ethics Committee; Vice President National District Attorneys Association; FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division Advisory Policy Board; State Board of Law Examiners Character and Fitness Committee; and Trustee of The Nature Conservancy Indiana Chapter.
Curtis attends First Baptist Church of Elkhart and has served as a board member for the Elkhart County Historical Society; Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce; Boys and Girls Club of Elkhart County; Encouraging Technology and Hands-On Science (ETHOS); and various other organizations.
He is a life member of the NAACP in honor of his father’s legacy of longtime service to the cause of civil rights.
Curtis was Vice Chair of the Midwest Region for the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). He also served as the Co-Chair of the Law Enforcement and Prosecutorial Relations Working Group, Co-Chair of the Civil Rights Committee and as a member of the Federalism and Preemption Committee for NAAG.
Curtis has performed on stage in a number of local community theater productions, including recurring roles as the King of Siam in “The King and I.” He also has been known to don a white jumpsuit to impersonate the “King of Rock and Roll.” Among some of his other credits, Curtis has been cast in “Guys and Dolls,” “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “The Jungle Book” and “A Christmas Carol” (in which he portrayed the ghost of Jacob Marley). He also has a passion for martial arts, having earned a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and a black belt in Hapkido.
FEP’s Top 10 Victories of 2021
FEP’s Top 10 Victories of 2020
FEP's questioning of Boeing's and General Electric's support for the Clinton Foundation helped trigger an FBI investigation into the Foundation's activities.
FEP's Employee Conscience Protection Project strengthened protections for the political beliefs and activities of over five million workers at 13 major U.S. corporations.
Just days after FEP's questioning of Disney CEO Bob Iger over biased commentary at Disney-owned ESPN generated significant media, including coverage by The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Reuters, USA Today, and Fox Business, ESPN issued new guidelines for political commentary by its on-air talent.
After Danhof questioned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the company's anti-conservative bias in its news feeds, the company changed its policy by removing humans in place of a more neutral algorithm.
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes vowed to earn our trust after being chastised by FEP over CNN's proclivity for media bias and fake news. He promised to recommit to independence. Two weeks later, CNN fired three reporters involved in a false report about Anthony Scaramucci.
CNBC's Jim Cramer, Investor's Business Daily, and Motley Fool all questioned the wisdom of continued investment in Apple after CEO Tim Cook announced at an annual meeting that he didn't care about ``bloody ROI (return on investment).`` His statement came in response to questioning by our FEP over the company's support for regulation.
FEP personnel have been repeatedly ushered into private meetings with CEOs of some of the largest corporations in the world, such as PepsiCo.
After FEP appealed directly to then-CEO Alan Mulally to withdraw Ford from the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a group that lobbies for stringent greenhouse gas regulations, Ford dropped its membership.
After FEP filed a shareholder proposal with General Electric over the company's foray into alternative energy programs, the company agreed to amend its corporate policies to only engage in green energy initiatives if the executives could identify a legitimate business purpose.
Under pressure from FEP, Google dropped its ``Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal`` campaign and also eliminated its ``green czar`` position.
