Casting a wide net.
Kay C. James and Kim R. Holmes announced last week that they are resigning as president and executive vice president, respectively, of The Heritage Foundation. James will stay on as president for up to six months until a replacement for her is found, after which she will become a distinguished visiting fellow there, according to the announcement.
For decades, Heritage has been highly influential in the conservative public-policy establishment in the nation’s capital. Many consider it, and criticize it as, part of the D.C.-based “Conservative, Inc.” Along with many “new kids on the block” that we’ve tried to track, Heritage could help refine or redefine conservatism in the coming years. Its leadership may thus be pivotal. Its large and wide donor base, moreover, will likely inform its selection of a new leader.
For Heritage, its philanthropic and other supporters, and, well, anybody else to consider—and trying to err on the side of overinclusion, though still inadvertently omitting some good suggestions, to be sure—below is a (merely alphabetical) list of potential candidates for the role.
Sohrab Ahmari
Lamar Alexander
Ryan Anderson
Michael Anton
Larry Arnn
Lawson Bader
Steve Bannon
Mark Bauerlein
Bill Bennett
Tarren Bragdon
Drew Brees
Arthur Brooks
Campbell Brown
Tammy Bruce
John Burtka
Stuart Butler
Jon Caldara
Christopher Caldwell
Frank Cannon
James Jay Carafano
Tucker Carlson
Ben Carson
Oren Cass
Elaine Chao
David Clarke
Dan Coats
Matthew Continetti
Kellyanne Conway
Ann Coulter
Lindsay Craig
Ken Cuccinelli
David DesRosiers
Betsy Devos
Lou Dobbs
Ross Douthat
Dinesh D’Souza
Tony Dungy
Kristen Eastlick
Rick Esenberg
Harris Faulkner
Carly Fiorina
Ari Fleisher
Michael Franc
Bob Gates
Robert P. George
Paul Gigot
Jim Gilmore
Trey Gowdy
Boyden Gray
Ric Grenell
Sean Hannity
Victor Davis Hanson
Steve Hantler
Yoram Hazony
Mollie Hemingway
Heather Higgins
John Hinderaker
David Horowitz
Mike Huckabee
Laura Ingraham
David Keating
Roger Kimball
Charlie Kirk
Julius Krein
Larry Kudlow
Kent Lassman
Joe Lehman
Eli Lehrer
Leonard Leo
Mark Levin
Yuval Levin
Michael Lind
Rich Lowry
Daniel J. Mahoney
Kris Mauren
Daniel McCarthy
Bill McGurn
Kayleigh McIneny
David McIntosh
Linda McMahon
Mark Meadows
Bill Meierling
Rebekah Mercer
Gene Meyer
Adam Meyerson
Stephen Miller
Steve Mnuchin
Lisa Nelson
Grover Norquist
Eric O’Keefe
Darcy Olsen
Henry Olsen
Alfredo Ortiz
Candace Owens
Neil Patel
Mike Pence
Dana Perino
Jordan Peterson
Dan Pompeo
Rob Portman
Joseph Postell
Andrew Puzder
Robert Rector
R.R. Reno
Brooke Rollins
Pat Sajak
Terry Schilling
Matt Schlapp
Mercedes Schlapp
Dan Senor
Jeff Sessions
Brad Smith
Matt Spalding
Ryan Streeter
Tim Tebow
Peter Thiel
John Tillman
Jim Towey
Jason Turner
J.D. Vance
Russ Vought
Leah Vukmir
Bridgett Wagner
Herschel Walker
Scott Walker
Scott Walter
John Walters
J.C. Watts
Meg Whitman
Brad Wilcox
Ryan Williams
Bob Woodson