Featured Speaker

Vance Ginn


Vance Ginn, Ph.D., is chief economist at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. He earned his doctorate in economics at Texas Tech University and has an accomplished career as a policy director and university lecturer with experience in public policy, academia, and government. In these capacities, Dr. Ginn works to unlock poverty through relational, inclusive changes in institutions that expand opportunities to let people prosper. He is a prolific writer and is a leading free market economist who was honored with the “Defender of the American Dream” award by Americans for Prosperity—Texas and with the “Champion of Freedom” award by Grassroots America—We The People. From 2019 to 2020, Dr. Ginn served as the Associate Director for Economic Policy of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) at the Executive Office of the President during the Trump administration.