THE ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, INC

"Votes, Volatility, and Vitriol: Thoughts on the Post-Election Economic Environment"

• What to expect regarding state and national election outcomes,
• Possible impacts to political realities, policy changes and economic conditions, both in PA and nationally, 
• How are expected election outcomes likely to alter our course as a state and as a nation,
• Perceived shifts in economic or tax policy, and
• How might business owners be affected?  

 

Charles Mitchell President & CEO Commonwealth Foundation

 

Charles Mitchell is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Commonwealth Foundation. Charles grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs in a family of railroaders, teachers, and small business owners. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania’s public schools, Bucknell University, the Koch Associate Program, and the Claremont Institute’s Publius Fellowship. Charles first became associated with the Commonwealth Foundation when he was a college newspaper editor under attack for defending free speech. He became a Commonwealth Foundation investor in 2006, joined the staff as Chief Operations Officer in 2010, and became CEO in 2016. During that time, he has been honored with the State Policy Network’s Overton Award and the Heritage Foundation’s Distinguished Intern Alumni Award and recognized as one of City & State Pennsylvania Forty Under 40 Rising Stars. In addition to his Commonwealth Foundation responsibilities, Charles serves as an elder of his family’s church, a founder of Threefold Schoolhouse: An Acton Academy, president of the Open Discourse Coalition, and a board member of Americans for Fair Treatment and the Franklin News Foundation. Charles lives in the Harrisburg area with his wife and their four daughters.