Founding, Mission, and Leadership
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) was founded in 1993 as a public policy research organization focused primarily on state-level issues. OCPA has been part of an emerging, national trend of free-market, state-based think tanks. The founders, led by Dr. David Brown, envisioned an organization that was capable of affecting the state’s public policy similar to national level think tanks, such as the Heritage Foundation. Throughout its 18 years of existence, OCPA has conducted research and analysis of public issues in Oklahoma from a perspective of limited government, individual liberty and a free-market economy. OCPA has promoted the conclusions from its research through an array of media that have steadily increased in breadth, scope and ultimately, effectiveness.
OCPA headquarters is just blocks from the Oklahoma State Capitol in the heart of Oklahoma City. The facilities are frequently used as a meeting point by local legislators, authors, experts, and statewide elected officials.
Michael C. Carnuccio serves as President of OCPA and joined the staff in January 2010. Previously, Michael served as senior advisor for Oklahomans for Responsible Government, director of public affairs for the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and director of public affairs for Saxum Strategic Communications (now Saxum PR). Prior to joining Saxum, he was a graduate teaching assistant in courses on American Government with the Department of Political Science at Oklahoma State University. He has been published in the Korean Journal of Public Policy, The Oklahoman, and the Tulsa World. Michael received both his B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and his M.A. in Political Science from Oklahoma State University.
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