heather heather born september american political commentator non profit sector executive president ceo sister organization described political diva sources associated number different political policy organizations range non profit non partisan organizations like media organizations pronounced political network personal background born atlanta georgia raised manhattan began undergraduate studies graduated cum earning moved new_york_city enrolled finance program graduate school business leaving years work research analyst portfolio manager small firm resumed studies awarded graduate degree currently lives manhattan husband james children journalist commentator 1980s began writing editorial columns wall_street_journal time assistant editor defunct quarterly editorial writing policy work led appearances variety news commentary programs including politically incorrect real time equal time good morning america hosted progress report defunct asked television appearances said god talk editor paul johnson book collected quotations popular historian investment career entry non profit sector worked wall street portfolio manager seven years eventually attaining position vice president subsidiary february elected director trustee sixteen registered investment companies consisted thirty mutual funds january non profit roles policy work heavily involved non profit organizations chairman ceo social welfare organization chairman founder president director new_york executive director addition organizations non profit experience includes position executive committee board membership trustee vice chairman washington philanthropy member board directors november named list political watch responses special elections republican defeated democrat special election select successor commissioned survey cited demonstrating voters motivated potential impact election perceived playing healthcare reform national policy debates reported survey showed women overall voted independent women voted brown given option reducing taxes regulations small business increasing government spending preferred tax cuts chose infrastructure special house election 2nd congressional district ran advertisements critical democratic congressman advertisements asserted case voted raise taxes times received failing grades anti pork barrel spending groups according group spent anti case advertising campaign indicate organization spent effort early advocacy private foundations letter published hill fellow founder responded discussion legislative regulatory proposals saying believes dollar tax increases foundations federal government dollar charities troubled notion adopt size fits solution smaller organizations possible encourage philanthropy create barriers charitable giving political views columnist article discussing founder states mothers relate women conservative war taxes interview expressed fundamental opposition government social programs compete replace private charities stating government programs pose problems community institutions directly compete organizations attempt provide charity seeking assist individual ends properly performed charity feeds keeps self respect intact review book hazardous health wealth examines operation health charities argues problem bad people running organizations sitting board organization thing environment problem having centralized government funding place dollars disperse authority create competing funding sources problems false incentives instantly george magazine published article issue entitled heather report views summarized essentially agreement idea centralized government matter midst great shift populist machine controlled planned organic system following new faith people faith capacities faith choices characterized link wide eyed academic community political practitioners wall_street_journal column described idea broker explaining prefers associated political parties included quotation stated interested party democrats new democrats great republicans old republicans lose senior domestic policy adviser clinton administration said heather intellectual policy entrepreneur real moral commitments don sharply partisan figure certainly way deals people
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