Roe Award

The Roe Award is an annual award given by the State Policy Network that "pays tribute to those in the state public policy movement whose achievements have greatly advanced the free market philosophy" and "recognizes leadership, innovation and accomplishment in public policy."[1] Established in 1992, it is named after the late founder of the State Policy Network, Thomas A. Roe.

Roe Award
Sponsored by	State Policy Network
Date	Annually since 1992
Website	www.spn.org/about/page/the-roe-awards

Award recipients

Year	Recipient	Organization	Location
2016	Clint Bolick[2]	Arizona Supreme Court	Nashville, Tennessee
2015	Whitney Ball	Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund	Grand Rapids, Michigan
2014	Jeff Coors	Golden Technologies Company	Denver, Colorado
2013	Joe Lehman	Mackinac Center for Public Policy	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2012	David R. Brown	Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs and The Heritage Foundation	Amelia Island, Florida
2011	John Tillman	Illinois Policy Institute	Seattle, Washington
2010	Tarren Bragdon	Maine Heritage Policy Center	Cleveland, Ohio
2009	Art Pope	John William Pope Foundation	Asheville, North Carolina
2008	Brooke Rollins	Texas Public Policy Foundation	Scottsdale, Arizona
2007	Kevin Gentry	Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation	Portland, Maine
2006	Darcy Olsen	Goldwater Institute	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2005	Jon Caldara	Independence Institute	Charleston, South Carolina
2004	Sally Pipes	Pacific Research Institute	Austin, Texas
2003	Gisèle Huff	Jaquelin Hume Foundation	Seattle, Washington

2002 (Indianapolis, IN)

• Jo Kwong, Atlas Economic Research Foundation
• Gary Palmer, Alabama Policy Institute

2001 (Boulder, CO)

• Steve Buckstein, Cascade Policy Institute
• Bridgett G. Wagner, The Heritage Foundation

2000 (St. Louis, MO)

• J. Stanley Marshall, James Madison Institute
• William H. "Chip" Mellor, Institute for Justice
• Lovett "Pete" Peters, Pioneer Institute

1999 (Dallas, TX)

• Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform
• Robert W. Poole, Jr., Reason Foundation

1998 (Atlanta, GA)

• C.C. Guy, South Carolina Policy Council
• Edward T. McMullen, Jr., South Carolina Policy Council
• John M. Hood, John Locke Foundation
• Joseph Overton, Mackinac Center for Public Policy

1997 (Tempe, AZ)

• Carl Helstrom, The JM Foundation
• Bob Williams, Evergreen Freedom Foundation

1996 (Minneapolis, MN)

• William Eggers, Reason Foundation
• John Fund, The Wall Street Journal
• Lawrence Reed, Mackinac Center for Public Policy

1994 (Tampa, FL)

• John Andrews, Texas Public Policy Foundation
• Joseph Bast, The Heartland Institute

1993 (Traverse City, MI)

• Joseph Dolan, The JM Foundation
• Thomas A. Roe, The Roe Foundation
• J. Patrick Rooney, Golden Rule Insurance Company

References

1. "The Roe Awards". State Policy Network. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
2. "State Policy Network Honors Arizona Supreme Court Justice with 2016 Roe Award". State Policy Network. Retrieved 30 November 2016.

External links

• State Policy Network Roe Award