Ryan Streeter is executive director of research and publications for the Civitas Institute, a nonpartisan center that supports independent scholarship and analysis to advance the principles of a free society, including individual liberty, constitutionalism and private enterprise. As a scholar he analyses the relationship between politics and policy on national issues, how partisan politics affects the policy environment, and also how demographics and economics affect what parties include in their platforms.

Streeter spent years with two nationally prominent organizations, the American Enterprise Institute and the Hudson Institute, and he served in numerous policy advisory roles in the White House and state government. Outside of government, he has served as a senior fellow at the Legatum Institute, and he previously worked as executive director of the Center for Politics and Governance at UT. The author of three books, Streeter is a frequent guest on television and radio including BBC News, CNBC, Fox News and MSNBC. He has also published articles in numerous outlets including in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, USA Today and National Review.