Daniel Stid is a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on civil society, philanthropy, and democratic governance. He is also the author of a fortnightly newsletter, The Art of Association that focuses on these same themes. Previously, Stid was the Executive Director at Lyceum Labs, a visiting fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s SNF Agora Institute, the inaugural director of the U.S. Democracy Program at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a partner at the Bridgespan Group, a manager at the Boston Consulting Group, a Congressional Fellow on the staff of the House Majority Leader, and an assistant professor of political science at Wabash College.