Rob Pfaltzgraff, secretary and treasurer of the board and MPI’s president, graduated from Tufts University with a degree in American Studies. He worked for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) from its founding in 1999, designing and creating FIRE’s first website and eventually rising to the position of vice president of development, management, and marketing. He left FIRE in March 2006 to become executive director of MPI, where he is responsible for day-to-day operations, including development, marketing, public relations, and assisting with the production of MPI’s projects. He has executive produced Do As I Say (based on Peter Schweizer’s New York Times bestseller), The Libel Tourist, and The Cartel.