• Sharon J. Rossie
  President
  
• Steven Miller
  Vice President Policy
  
• Andy Matthews
  Vice President Communications
  
• Lou Anne Harrison Chessik
  Director Special Events
  
• Mary Stubblefield
  Education Program Coordinator
  
• Patrick R. Gibbons
  Media Researcher
  
• Patty Andrews
  Executive Assistant
   

Sharon J. Rossie
President
Contact: sr at npri.org

Sharon Rossie returned to the Nevada Policy Research Institute to serve as its president beginning in September 2006.  Sharon, who previously served as NPRI's director of development before a three-year hiatus, has an extensive background in both business and nonprofit management.

Sharon was a successful administrator and fundraiser with the Boys & Girls Club, the American Cancer Society, the University of California, Irvine's College of Medicine and School of Humanities, as well as at a private elementary school.  She has been a business owner and served on several community boards.

Raised and educated in Canada, Sharon became a proud citizen of the United States in 1973.  She has two grown children, Charles and Christina.

Steven Miller
Vice President Policy
Contact: sm at npri.org

Steven Miller is vice president for policy at NPRI and has been full-time with the Institute since 1997. Steven oversees public policy research, including the Institute's studies, conferences, commentaries and in-depth research projects.

Steven graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Philosophy from Claremont Men's College (now Claremont McKenna). Before joining NPRI, Steven worked as a news reporter in California and Nevada, and a political cartoonist in Nevada, Hawaii and North Carolina. For 10 years he ran a successful commercial illustration studio in New York City, then for five years worked at First Boston Credit Suisse in New York as a technical analyst. After returning to Nevada in 1991, Steven worked as an investigative reporter before joining NPRI.

Read Steven Miller's published work here.

Andy Matthews
Vice President Communications
Contact: am at npri.org

Andy Matthews is vice president for communications at NPRI and has been with the Institute since February 2007.  Andy manages the Institute's communications and public relations, and serves as NPRI's chief spokesman.

Andy has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Boston University's College of Communication, where he graduated in 2000.  After working for several years as a sports writer and editor, Andy entered politics in 2005 and worked on political campaigns over a two-year span, first in New Jersey and then in Nevada beginning in 2006.  

Read Andy Matthew's published work here.

Lou Anne Harrison Chessik
Director Special Events
Contact: lh at npri.org

Mary Stubblefield
Education Initiatives Coordinator
Contact: ms at npri.org

Mary Stubblefield serves as the education initiatives coordinator at NPRI. Mary develops and implements education-related programs, assists in fundraising and marketing efforts and manages NPRI's Third Tuesday Coalition group.

Mary earned her B.S. in Environmental Communications and Education with a focus in international relations from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Prior to joining NPRI, Mary was a policy research intern at Americans for Tax Reform in Washington, D.C.

Read Mary Stubblefield's published work here.

Patrick Gibbons
Media Researcher
Contact: pg at npri.org

Patrick Gibbons serves as the media researcher for NPRI.  Patrick manages new-media communications and assists with research by writing commentaries, blog posts and columns to promote liberty throughout Nevada.

Patrick has earned a M.A. in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma and B.A. degrees in Political Science and History from Penn State. Prior to joining NPRI Patrick worked as a history and special education teacher in Virginia, as a research intern at the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs in Oklahoma City and as the marketing and communications associate for the Goldwater Institute in Phoenix.

Read Patrick R. Gibbons' published work here.

Patty Andrews
Executive Assistant
Contact: office at npri.org