Dennis Boyer spent nearly thirty years in public policy development, including a long stint with a large public employee labor union. An attorney by training, he has worked on many issues involving open government, due process, and ethics. He has served on many government committees studying subjects as diverse as public investments, transportation policy, public contracts, solid waste, forestry, and municipal mergers. He has developed credentials in alternative dispute resolution and has arbitrated cases for government, non-profits, business groups, and professional associations. He has also participated in many political exchanges with labor unions and political parties abroad. He has worked in monitoring elections, human rights abuses, and prison conditions in developing nations.
Boyer’s first IF project was entitled “Rewarding Work.” It focused on a broad sense of employment and its role in society. His second project was entitled “The Future of Regulation,” and it looked at possibilities for different regulatory approaches in a democratic society. He has begun a third project exploring U.S. humanitarian policies that serve global security. He manages IF’s current Wisconsin Citizen Discussion Project, coordinating the work of eight contract discussion facilitators in that state. He also serves on the IF committee that manages the foundation’s investment portfolio.
A Pennsylvania native and WVU graduate, Boyer lives on a farm in southwest Wisconsin with his wife Donna Weikert and sons Sam and Ben. He gardens, writes folklore and short fiction, and is nearing completion of hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Dennis Boyer
Dennis Boyer spent nearly thirty years in public policy development, including a long stint with a large public employee labor union. An attorney by training, he has worked on many issues involving open government, due process, and ethics. He has served on many government committees studying subjects as diverse as public investments, transportation policy, public contracts, solid waste, forestry, and municipal mergers. He has developed credentials in alternative dispute resolution and has arbitrated cases for government, non-profits, business groups, and professional associations. He has also participated in many political exchanges with labor unions and political parties abroad. He has worked in monitoring elections, human rights abuses, and prison conditions in developing nations.
Boyer’s first IF project was entitled “Rewarding Work.” It focused on a broad sense of employment and its role in society. His second project was entitled “The Future of Regulation,” and it looked at possibilities for different regulatory approaches in a democratic society. He has begun a third project exploring U.S. humanitarian policies that serve global security. He manages IF’s current Wisconsin Citizen Discussion Project, coordinating the work of eight contract discussion facilitators in that state. He also serves on the IF committee that manages the foundation’s investment portfolio.
A Pennsylvania native and WVU graduate, Boyer lives on a farm in southwest Wisconsin with his wife Donna Weikert and sons Sam and Ben. He gardens, writes folklore and short fiction, and is nearing completion of hiking the Appalachian Trail.