Charlie Copeland, MBA, Director, Center for Economic & Fiscal Policy

Charlie Copeland, MBA, is Director of the Center for Economic & Fiscal Policy at the Caesar Rodney Institute, a Delaware public policy think tank. A former Delaware State Senator and Senate Minority Leader, he previously served as President and CEO of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. He holds a BS and MBA from Duke University. In addition to his policy work, Mr. Copeland serves as Board Chair of the Longwood Foundation, which has awarded more than $2 billion in grants to nonprofits since its founding by Pierre S. du Pont in 1937. He also co-founded and serves as President of the Board of the Challenge Program, a nonprofit organization that equips at-risk youth with construction skills, and serves as Vice President of the Board of Mt. Cuba Center, which has preserved more than 2,500 acres of open space in the Brandywine Valley.