Christopher Butler is Executive Director of the Tholos Foundation, based in Washington, D.C.
The Tholos Foundation is named for the dining hall on the ancient Athenian agora, where the senate dined with prominent members of the community. Strengthened with its work building coalitions and cooperation, Tholos conducts research and education on effective public policy from a free-market perspective, with a particular emphasis on taxes, spending, regulation, innovation, and property rights. Its most well-known publications include the International Property Rights Index and the Trade Barrier Index. Tholos has a particular role building cooperation between government, business, and academic sectors.
Both officially and unofficially, Mr. Butler has frequently facilitated the exchange of information and strategy between U.S., European, and Asian conservatives. He has trained activists in non-profit governance, communications, fundraising, and political organizing in Taiwan, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, Belgium, Hungary, Malaysia and elsewhere around the globe. Through his roles with Tholos and affiliated groups, he has helped to launch new organizations in New Zealand, Kuala Lumpur, Ireland, Ukraine, India, and Argentina, just to name a few.
Mr. Butler has appeared in major media outlets such as FOX News, NPR, Newsday, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. His background prior to his leadership at Tholos and ATR was in communications and public relations. His work has included roles with parties, campaigns, and polling.
Mr. Butler sits on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the World Taxpayers Associations, which connects taxpayer protection groups from over 60 countries in order to share best practices and to create opportunities for collaboration.
