Lindsay Boyd Killen is the Vice President for Strategic Communications & Outreach at the Mackinac Center in Midland, Michigan. Prior to joining Mackinac, Lindsay served as Beacon’s Director of Policy. She is also a member of the Board of Policy Advisors at the Heartland Institute.
Ms. Killen has been working in the free market public policy movement for over eight years, most recently serving as Director of Marketing and Communications for the Independent Institute in Oakland, CA. Prior to her move to the West Coast in 2010, she spent the majority of her time in Washington, D.C. advancing initiatives aimed at derailing the growth of government and respecting the original intent of our constitutional framers. She interned with retired Tennessee Congressman William Jenkins (R- 1st Dist.), Young America’s Foundation, and Freedom Alliance before joining the Freedom Alliance staff and managing outreach to organizations for the Sean Hannity Freedom Concerts with Lt.Col. Oliver North. Ms. Boyd then worked as Coalitions Manager and Associate Editor at Townhall.com for two years, managing the promotions and partnerships of 150 nonprofit public policy institutions before joining the Mercatus Center as Manager of New Media in Arlington, VA.
Her popular columns have appeared in Forbes, The Washington Times, Daily Caller, Townhall.com, among others. A native of East Tennessee, Ms. Boyd received a Masters Certificate in public policy and B.A. in political science and classical history from the University of Tennessee.
