Fairfield man new Buckeye Institute head

From the Buckeye Institute

(COLUMBUS, OH) --- December 29, 2006 The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions announced today that Ohio entrepreneur Rick Segal of Fairfield has been elected to serve as the new Chairman of the Institute’s Board of Directors.

Founded in 1994, the Buckeye Institute provides independent, nonpartisan research and analysis to policymakers, particularly in the areas of taxation and government spending, regulation and education.

“This is a time of exciting opportunity for the Buckeye Institute. When Ohioans changed the guard in the last election, they also cleared the way for the issues of runaway spending and job-killing taxation come to the fore in the debate about Ohio’s future,” said Segal.

“The Buckeye Institute will engage in this debate as an even more visible and influential force in the formation of public policy. Our vision that policies rooted in economic freedom are the best way to grow prosperity in Ohio is more relevant and needed than ever,” Segal added.

Rick Segal, is chief executive of HSR Business to Business Inc., a national marketing communications consultancy headquartered in Cincinnati.

Prior to founding HSR in 1981, Segal served on the campaign staffs of United States Senator Robert Taft Jr., Cleveland Mayor Ralph J. Perk, and as chief aide to former Ohio Republican Party Chairman Earl T. Barnes. Segal was a member of the Hamilton City Council from 1982-84. He was a Senior Advisor to Republican Presidential candidate Steve Forbes in 2000, and is credited as the architect of that campaign’s groundbreaking Internet effort. Segal is an elder of the Grace Evangelical Free Church, Cincinnati.

He is married with three sons.

The work of the Buckeye Institute challenges government intervention as the default solution to Ohio’s needs. Our research and commentary offers a compelling vision of how policies that maximize the freedom and independence of our citizens also bring more growth and opportunity to our state.The Buckeye Institute neither seeks nor accepts government funding. It enjoys the support of foundations, individuals and businesses sharing a concern for Ohio’s future.For more information about the Buckeye Institute, please contact President David Hansen at dhansen@buckeyeinstitute.org at (614) 224-4422, or visit our website at www.BuckeyeInstitute.org.