• Sharon J. Rossie
  President
  
• Steven Miller
  Vice President Policy
  
• Andy Matthews
  Vice President Operations/Communications
  
• Geoffrey Lawrence
  Fiscal Policy Analyst
  
• Patrick R. Gibbons
  Education Policy Analyst
  
• Victor Joecks
  Deputy Communications Director
  
• Patricia 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 Operations/Communications
Contact: am at npri.org

Andy Matthews is vice president for operations and 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 for Fox Sports and MLB.com, 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 Matthews' published work here.

Geoffrey Lawrence
Fiscal Policy Analyst
Contact: gl at npri.org 

Geoffrey Lawrence serves as fiscal policy analyst at NPRI.  Geoffrey conducts research on state and local issues concerning taxation, government spending, and fiscal transparency and accountability.

Geoffrey holds an M.A. in International Economic Policy from American University's School of International Service and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.  Prior to joining NPRI, Geoffrey spent two years as a research assistant at the John Locke Foundation in North Carolina where he focused on energy policy.  Geoffrey has also worked as a research analyst for Climate Strategies Watch, a free-market project based in North Carolina that examines climate change policies in the states.

Read Geoffrey Lawrence's published work here

Patrick R. Gibbons
Education Policy Analyst
Contact: pg at npri.org

Patrick R. Gibbons serves as NPRI's education policy analyst. He has earned an 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.

Victor Joecks
Deputy Communications Director
Contact: vj at npri.org

Victor Joecks is deputy communications director at NPRI and has been with the Institute since January 2009. Victor is in charge of new media at NPRI and also provides general support to the Institute's communications operation.

Victor holds bachelor's degrees in history and math from Hillsdale College, where he graduated with honors. Prior to joining NPRI, he worked at the Evergreen Freedom Foundation in Washington state, where he wrote about budget and tax policy and was a part of the communications staff. Victor joined the Army National Guard in 2007, and graduated from the Defense Information School as his class' top broadcast journalist.

Read Victor Joecks' published work here. 

Patricia Andrews
Executive Assistant
Contact: office at npri.org

Patricia has lived in Las Vegas for more than 50 years. She graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1973 and has been married to her high school sweetheart for 31 years. Patricia is the proud mother of two children, Erin and Kyle. She has worked as an executive assistant for 30 years, starting with a real estate office in 1978.