Advisory Board

Two-term former Ohio Governor John R. Kasich is a policymaker, a New York Times best-selling author, a former FOX television host, and ultimately an American citizen who believes that unity is the answer to our most common problems.

Governor Kasich closed an $8 billion budget shortfall without a tax increase, reduced taxes by $5 billion and created an improved business climate that led to the creation of more than 500,000 new jobs in the Buckeye State. Under his tenure, Ohio budget reserves grew from 89 cents to $2.7 billion. The Governor was a leading voice in promoting bipartisan solutions to health care reform, immigration and international trade. He has been one of the few Republicans to advocate for Medicaid’s expansion.

Kasich has had a storied career in both the public and private sectors. He served as a member of Congress from central Ohio for 18 years. He was elected to the U.S. House at just 30 years old, after having become the youngest state senator in Ohio history. He went on to become the chairman of the House Budget Committee and balanced the Federal Budget four times—a feat not accomplished since. After leaving Congress in 2000, Kasich worked as a managing director in the Investment Banking Division of Lehman Brothers, where he helped companies secure the resources they needed to succeed and create jobs.

He was a FOX television commentator for two shows, Heroes and Heartland with John Kasich, in addition to being a stand-in host for both Bill O’Reilly and Chris Matthews. In January of 2019, Kasich made his debut as a Senior Commentator for CNN, where he will appear across a variety of programs.

Kasich is the author of four New York Times best-sellers: Courage is Contagious; Stand for Something: The Battle for America’s Soul; Every Other Monday; and most recently Two Paths: America Divided or United, which reflects on 2016 run as Republican Primary Presidential candidate and his hopes for America’s future. His latest book, entitled It’s Up To Us: Ten Little Ways We Can Bring About Big Change, was released on October 15, 2019.

Kasich is a graduate of The Ohio State University, where he also served as a Presidential Fellow. No longer Ohio’s Governor, he continues his roles as husband, father and American Citizen, eager for the next chapter.

Bill Owens is executive chairman of Red Bison Advisory Group, a cybersecurity company serving the commercial real estate community.

He began a career in the military in 1962 as a nuclear submariner and retired 34 years later as the third Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the second highest-ranking officer in the United States Armed Forces. In between, he was commanding officer of the USS Sam Houston and City of Corpus Christi, senior military assistant to two secretaries of defense, a deputy chief of naval operations, and commander of the United States Sixth Fleet in Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War. Born and raised in Bismarck, North Dakota, Bill was presented with the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award in 1996 for his military service.

Since leaving the armed forces, Bill has held executive positions with a number of companies: chief executive officer and chairman of Teledesic LLC; CEO of Nortel; and chairman and CEO of AEA Holdings Asia among them. He has also served on nearly two dozen large, public boards including Polycom Inc., DaimlerChrysler AG, and Wipro.

Bill is the author, with Edward Offley, of Lifting the Fog of War (2000) and China-US 2039: The Endgame: Building Trust Over Future Decades (2009).

Stephen was governor of the Bank of Canada from 2013–20 and has nearly 40 years of experience in financial markets, forecasting, and economic policy. He had previously worked for the bank from 1981–95 before leaving to become managing editor of The Bank Credit Analyst, a major publication of BCA Research. In 1999, he moved to Export Development Canada and became its president and CEO in 2011.

Stephen received his bachelor’s degree from Queen’s University and his master’s and doctoral degrees in economics from Western University. In 2017, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Trent University.

He has taught economics at Western, Concordia University, and the Smith School of Business at Queen’s, and been a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C., and the Economic Planning Agency in Tokyo.

He is the author of The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future.