Economist Judy Shelton was elected to the NED Board of Directors in September, 2005. Shelton specializes in global finance and monetary issues, and has provided expert testimony on numerous occasions before the Joint Economic Committee, Senate Banking, Senate Foreign Relations, House Banking, and House Foreign Affairs committees. She was named as a staff economist for the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform chaired by Jack Kemp (1995-96).
Shelton has been a member of the board of directors of Empower America, a policy action organization, in addition to the Hilton Hotels Corporation and the Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings. She is on the advisory council of Best Friends, an organization that promotes a schoolbased program for disadvantaged adolescent girls. Shelton and her husband Gilbert fund college scholarships for Best Friends participants through their private foundation.
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