Dennis Boyer

Dennis Boyer worked in public policy development for over thirty years for labor organizations, non-profits, and federal, state, and local governments. His professional training is in law, dispute resolution, and public administration. He has arbitrated cases involving employment issues, commercial matters, and internal organizational disputes. He has participated in international human rights investigations, including prison conditions and election fraud.

Boyer’s IF projects and reports include Rewarding Work, The Future of Regulation, Helping Out: Humanitarian Policy for Global Security, Energy Policy Possibilities (with Adolf Gundersen), and America’s Democratic Promise. He is planning a Climate Change project that will build upon earlier participation in citizen-based discussions connected to past world conferences on climate change.

Boyer’s other past citizen conversation projects include ecumenical forums on Afghanistan policy, public employee retirement systems, and the future of labor unions.

A Pennsylvania native, Boyer is a Vietnam veteran, graduate of the West Virginia University College of Law, and former railroad worker. He lives with his family on a farm and managed forest in southwest Wisconsin.