Gen Next National Board Member Yuri Vanetik Appointed to American Enterprise Institute's National Council
May 28th, 2011 - 9:26am
NEWPORT BEACH - Gen Next National Board Member, Yuri Vanetik, has been appointed to the American Enterprise Institute's (AEI) National Council. National Council members are leaders of the business and nonprofit community who are committed to the values and success of free enterprise and entrepreneurialism espoused by AEI. Based in Washington, DC, AEI is one of the most long standing and influential free market think tanks.
Other notable AEI National Council Members include Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co Managing Director and Gen Next Advisory Council Member Ken B. Mehlman and Former CFO of Microsoft John Connors.
"I am honored to join AEI's National Council," said Yuri Vanetik. "AEI's work continues tomake a lasting impact on the course of American history, and the core values that undergird a free enterprise world-wide."
An accomplished business leader, Yuri Vanetik does not take free enterprise for granted. "My family left the Soviet Union in the late 1970s to escape a totalitarian regime that criminalized personal choice and economic enterprise. Economic freedom is the guarantor of opportunities for personal development, and for me AEI is one of the most forward looking think tanks, supporting economic freedom in the 21st century," he explains.
Most recently, AEI was the location selected by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan to unveil his plan to cut $6.2 trillion from the national debt over the next six years. AEI's research and work also led to welfare reform in the 1990's.
A number of former guests of Gen Next, former Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, are Senior fellows at AEI.
Yuri Vanetik is a financier and philanthropist. He is the principal of Vanetik International, LLC. Presently, Yuri Vanetik advises several financial firms and invests in private equity transactions, both domestically and overseas. Yuri Vanetik supports and serves on the boards of charitable and civic organizations. These include the American Red Cross, University of California Center for Unconventional Security Affairs, Miracles for Kids, Kennedy Center, Yuri Vanetik Foundation, and the Gen Next Foundation. Mr. Vanetik is a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute in California and is on the Board of Advisors to the Pacific Research Institute. He is also a proud supporter of the Ayn Rand Institute.
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