Americans for Prosperity Directors

Art Pope
Director
Art Pope is president and vice-chairman of the board of directors for Variety Wholesalers Inc., where he has served in various capacities since 1986. During that period, he was elected to four terms (nonconsecutive) in the North Carolina House of Representatives.

Mr. Pope's involvement in North Carolina policy making has also included serving as special counsel to the governor in 1985, running for the lieutenant governorship in 1992, and being chosen as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1992 and 1996. In addition, he serves on boards for numerous organizations including the John Locke Foundation, the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, and the North Carolina Retail Merchants Association.

Mr. Pope is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association. He received his juris doctorate from the Duke University School of Law.

James C. Miller
Director
Dr. James C. Miller is an economist who served as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission between 1981 and 1985 and as Budget Director for President Ronald Reagan between 1985 and 1988. Dr. Miller earned a B.B.A. in economics from the University of Georgia in 1964 and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Virginia in 1969. Between 1977 and 1981, Dr. Miller was a Resident Scholar at the Center for the Study of Government Regulation at the American Enterprise Institute. From 1978 to 1981, he served as co-director of the center. Dr. Miller was the first Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (April - October 1981) and the Executive Director of Vice President George Bush's Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief.

He has been John M. Olin Distinguished Fellow at the Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation and at the Center for Study of Public Choice at George Mason University. He is also a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He has been a Member of the Boards of the Tax Foundation and the Progress and Freedom Foundation, and a member of the Board of Visitors of George Mason University. Miller is currently chairman of the Capital Analysis Group (CapAnalysis), a division of the international law firm of Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White and the U.S. Postal Service's Board of Governors elected Miller to be its chairman in 2005.

James E. Stephenson
Director
James E. (Jim) Stephenson is President and Chief Executive Officer of Yancey Bros. Co., which provides Caterpillar, AGCO, and Blue Bird Bus Co. products and services throughout the state of Georgia.

Jim assumed leadership of the privately held company in 1994, after an 18-year tenure as a lawyer with the Atlanta law firm, Smith, Currie & Hancock.

Jim serves on several boards and advisory councils, including: Republic Bank of Georgia, The Trust for Public Land, The Wesleyan School, Shepherd Center, Grady Memorial Hospital, and the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA).

Jim holds an undergraduate degree from Yale University (1972) and a law degree from Duke University (1976).

Frayda Levin
Director
Frayda Levin owned and managed a book distribution business for 18 years. After selling her business, she co-founded Moving Picture Institute which promotes liberty through film. She also co-founded the NJ Chapter of Americans for Prosperity (AFP). AFP trains conservative grass roots activists on how to lobby their legislators.

Mrs. Levin is a member of several Boards including, the Club For Growth, Americans for Prosperity and Foundation for Economic Education. Mrs. Levin began her working career as Legislative Aide on Capitol Hill and then in the Reagan Bush Administration. She holds an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia and BA from the University of Connecticut.