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Paul T. Mero (born 2 December 1957) is the former president of the Sutherland Institute, a conservative public policy think tank based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is the author of several nonfiction books.
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Background
Mero was born in California. He attended Brigham Young University from 1980 to 1984, graduating with a B.A. in Public Policy. While at BYU, Mero co-founded a conservative campus newspaper, The Western Scholar.
From 1987 to 1997, he was employed by the United States Congress, serving two different House members from California. From 1987 to 1993, Mero served as press secretary and legislative assistant to California Republican Congressman William E. Dannemeyer. From 1993 to 1994, he represented the Christian Action Network on Capitol Hill. From 1994 to 1997, Mero served as counselor and then Chief of Staff to California Republican Congressman Robert K. Dornan.
In 1997 Mero founded and operated a non-profit organization, Projects for America, creating SWAN, a social issues database.
From 1998 to 2000, Mero was the Executive Vice President of the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society in Rockford, Illinois. In 1999, as part of his duties, he coordinated the meeting of the 2nd World Congress of Families in Geneva, Switzerland.
From December 2000 to August 2014, Mero served as president of the Sutherland Institute, a conservative think tank based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Public activities
Mero is a frequent guest on RadioWest, a Utah-based news analysis program. Beginning in 2008 he began hosting the “Mero Moment” on northern Utah radio KVNU, an AM news/talk station. That spot ran through 2014.
Mero partnered with Allan Carlson of the Howard Center to publish "The Natural Family: A Manifesto"; it posits the importance of heterosexual marriage and child-rearing.