{"id":284297,"date":"2021-03-22T17:31:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T21:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=284297"},"modified":"2021-03-22T17:31:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T21:31:08","slug":"president-of-the-heritage-foundation-announces-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-of-the-heritage-foundation-announces-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"President Of The Heritage Foundation Announces Resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpresident-of-the-heritage-foundation-announces-resignation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=284297&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2768.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Heritage Foundation<\/a> president Kay Cole James, who has headed the conservative think tank in Washington, D.C., since 2018, announced her resignation in a letter Monday.<\/p>\n<p>RealClearPolitics White House reporter Philip Melanchthon Wegmann first reported that James was stepping down in a Twitter thread that included a letter she sent to friends and family regarding her departure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.7733333333333\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Scoop: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heritage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Heritage<\/a> President Kay Coles James will announce her resignation this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilipWegmann\/status\/1374007663948877827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI wanted you to be some of the first to know this afternoon I will publicly announce my resignation as president of The Heritage Foundation,\u201d James wrote in part. She went on to recount how she began at the organization in the 1990s as senior fellow and later became a trustee before becoming president. \u201cI have accomplished the goals I set out to achieve when I first became president,\u201d she later said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.6811594202899\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just got the full resignation letter. Read below: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vwsv6jJYkX\">pic.twitter.com\/Vwsv6jJYkX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilipWegmann\/status\/1374009570213965827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In press release issued later on Monday, confirming James\u2019 resignation effective&nbsp;April 16, as well as that Dr. Kim R. Holmes, the foundation\u2019s executive vice president. James will remain on the board of trustees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we came on board as the executive leadership team three years ago, we set several goals and told Heritage\u2019s board of trustees that we would serve for three to five years to see them through,\u201d the press released quoted James. \u201cWe accomplished everything we set out to do. Now it\u2019s time to let someone else take the reins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barb Van Andel-Gaby, chairman of Heritage\u2019s board of trustees, said in part: \u201cI am incredibly grateful to Kay James and Kim Holmes for their leadership of The Heritage Foundation over the past three years. Their tireless dedication to Heritage has taken the organization to new heights, led to numerous accomplishments, and positioned the Heritage team to be ready for the battles ahead. Heritage today is the most important conservative organization in America because of their leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.300395256917\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heritage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Heritage<\/a> news today. Both <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KayColesJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KayColesJames<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kimsmithholmes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kimsmithholmes<\/a> are retiring to make room for new conservative team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Kim and I achieved everything we set out to do,&#8217; said James. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/onP0b3ZloZ\">pic.twitter.com\/onP0b3ZloZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretsBedard\/status\/1374019344259289097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Heritage Foundation has served as a major influence in conservative politics and policy making since it was founded in 1973 and recently brought on board former Vice President Mike Pence as a distinguished teaching fellow. The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-vice-president-mike-pence-joins-the-heritage-foundation\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"25.28706083976\">\n<p><em>Former Vice President Mike Pence will be joining The Heritage Foundation as a distinguished visiting fellow, the conservative organization announced Thursday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOver the course of the past four years, our team at Heritage has worked closely with members of the&nbsp;Trump administration on a host of policy accomplishments,\u201d said Heritage President Kay C. James in a statement provided to The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat\u2019s why I am excited Vice President Mike Pence will join forces with Heritage to ensure we continue&nbsp;to advance conservative principles and policy solutions. His allegiance to the Constitution and&nbsp;commitment to advancing a conservative policy agenda make him an outstanding fit for The Heritage&nbsp;Foundation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[\u2026]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Pence looks to The Heritage Foundation as the inspiration that moved him to help create the <a href=\"http:\/\/inpolicy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indiana Policy Review Foundation<\/a> (IPR) in 1989, a conservative think tank in his home state that he led as president from 1991 to 1993. During a 2008 speech delivered at Heritage, Pence praised them as the model for IPR, which he described as \u201cthe seed corn Heritage Foundation was spreading around the country in the state think tank movement.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tucker-carlson-attacks-heritage-foundation-heritage-foundation-fires-back-in-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tucker Carlson Attacks Heritage Foundation. Heritage Foundation Fires Back In Statement.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heritage Foundation president Kay Cole James, who has headed the conservative think tank in Washington, D.C., since 2018, announced her resignation in a letter Monday.RealClearPolitics White House reporter Philip &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1888294,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1888294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}