Donald Bryson

CALN Founding Member & CALN Board of Directors Chairman

Donald Bryson is the Chief Executive Officer of the John Locke Foundation and publisher of The Carolina Journal.

Previously, Bryson was the president and CEO of Civitas Institute and state director of Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina (AFP-NC). While at the helm of AFP-NC from 2014-2018, he led the chapter through several successful campaigns to expand conservative policies in the state — including three major state income tax cuts and the expansion of the Opportunity Scholarship program. Bryson started with AFP-NC in 2011 as a field coordinator in charge of grassroots activities in the Raleigh-Durham area.

Bryson is a member of the American Enterprise Institute’s Leadership Network – an exclusive policy education and professional development program for state-based executives in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.

He has authored and co-authored op-eds that have appeared in state and national publications, including the News & Observer, Fox News, and The Wall Street Journal.