Conrad Martin

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Conrad Martin "is the Executive Director of Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust, managing an annual grants budget of approximately $1.5 million. The Charitable Trust makes grants in the areas of: government accountability, arms control, political finance reform, civil rights/civil liberties, and population & reproductive rights.

"Concurrently, Mr. Martin serves the Executive Director of the Fund for Constitutional Government, a tax-exempt publicly supported foundation created to eliminate corruption in government and foster constitutional principals of governance. The Fund sponsors the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), the Government Accountability Project (GAP), and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), as well as an Investigative Journalism Project.

"Mr. Martin served in the Peace Corps from 1981 to 1983 as a Forage Agronomist on the island of Barbados. Education: BS, Agronomy, 1980, Utah State University. BS, International Agricultural Development: Agricultural Economics Focus, 1980 Utah State University.

"Additionally, Mr. Martin chairs the Board of Directors of HALT -- Americans for Legal Reform and the Government Accountability Project. Mr. Martin also serves on the Boards of the Center for International Policy, the Peace and National Security Funders Group (co-chair), and the International Relations Center.

"Born in Mexico, Mr. Martin is fluent in conversational Spanish and has traveled widely in South America, Central America, Europe, and the Near East. Highlights include transatlantic yacht delivery form Martinique to Southern Turkey and a six-week expedition on the upper headwaters of the Amazon River." [1]

External links

  • Directors, American Progressive Caucus Policy Foundation, accessed April 25, 2009.
  • Directors, Council for a Livable World, accessed April 19, 2010.