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Harris Kenny is a policy analyst specializing in state and local government reform at Reason Foundation, a non-profit think tank advancing free minds and free markets.
Kenny conducts research on privatization, public-private partnerships, public finance, transportation, infrastructure, corrections and education policy issues. He has worked alongside policymakers in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon and elsewhere to implement market-based policy solutions.
Kenny assists in the production of several Reason Foundation publications, serving as an editor of the Annual Privatization Report and a regular contributor to Innovators in Action. His work has also been published in The Denver Post, The Sacramento Bee, The Orange County Register and various other print and online outlets.
Prior to joining Reason Foundation, Kenny worked at the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC). He graduated from Pepperdine University with a B.A. in Economics, where he worked as a research assistant to Dr. Luisa Blanco at Pepperdine University’s School of Public Policy.
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- The Year 2011 in Corrections Public-Private Partnerships and Public Safety
Corrections and Public Safety Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2011
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
May 1, 2012 - Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in Local Government
Local Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2011
Harris Kenny and Adam Summers
May 1, 2012 - Privatizing "Yellow Pages" Government in Pennsylvania
Private sector solutions for the Keystone State
Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny, Katrina Currie and Elizabeth Stelle
May 26, 2011 - The Year 2010 in Corrections Public-Private Partnerships
Corrections Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
March 10, 2011 - The Year 2010 in Water & Wastewater Public-Private Partnerships
Water and Wastewater Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
March 10, 2011 - Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in Local Government
Local Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny, Samuel Staley and Adam Summers
February 23, 2011 - Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in State Government
State Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny, Shirley Ybarra and Tyler Millhouse
February 18, 2011 - Public-Private Partnerships for Corrections in California
Bridging the gap between crisis and reform
Leonard Gilroy, Adam Summers, Anthony Randazzo and Harris Kenny
April 1, 2010
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