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Matt Kibbe 
Kibbe speaking at CPAC 2011.Occupation President and CEO, FreedomWorks Spouse Terry Kibbe Matthew B. 'Matt' Kibbe is President and CEO of FreedomWorks, a position he has held since 2004. He originally joined the organization (previously known as Citizens for a Sound Economy) as a policy analyst in 1986. He previously worked as Chief of Staff to U.S. Representative Dan Miller (R-FL), Senior Economist at the Republican National Committee (where he resigned in protest when George H. W. Bush violated his no new taxes pledge)[1], Director of Federal Budget Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Managing Editor of Market Process, an academic economics journal published by the Center for the Study of Market Processes at George Mason University.[2][3]
Kibbe has contributed in numerous print and online publications including The Wall Street Journal,[4] The Washington Times,[5] USA Today, RedState.com, America Spectator and Reason Magazine.[6] On television, Kibbe has appeared on MSNBC’s The Dylan Ratigan Show, MSNBC’s Hardball, FOX News’ Fox & Friends, FOX News’ Glenn Beck, NBC’s The Today Show, FOX News’ America's Newsroom, CSPAN, FOX News’ Neil Cavuto, FOX Business Network’s Happy Hour and numerous other programs.[7]
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Personal Life
Matt Kibbe has been married to his wife Terry for 25 years. He is a noted craft beer fan having traveled to California to visit the Russian River Brewing Company.[8] Kibbe is also a devoted Grateful Dead fan and has said that Deadheads exemplify the self-organizing principles he subscribes to[9]
Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto
Kibbe and FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey wrote Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto in 2010. The book has reached numerous best seller lists including The USA Today[10] and The Washington Post political books.[11]
Works
- Armey, Dick; Matt Kibbe (2010). Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto. New York: William Morrow. ISBN 9780062015877.
References
- ^ Rising from the Dead, Newsmax
- ^ Matt Kibbe, FreedomWorks
- ^ Matt Kibbe, HarperCollins Publishers
- ^ 6, The Wall Street Journal
- ^ 7, The Washington Times
- ^ 8, Reason.com
- ^ Videos, FreedomWorks
- ^ Pliny Fever Strikes Santa Rosa Press Democrat
- ^ Rising from the Dead Newsmax Media
- ^ 2, The Washington Post
- ^ Political Bookworm, The Washington Post
External links
- Biography at FreedomWorks
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Works by Matthew B. Kibbe in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Profile at SourceWatch
Categories:- Living people
- American chief executives
- American activists
- Tea Party movement
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