Goldwater’s Distinguished Fellows

Parker Jackson holds an Associate Degree in Business Management from Brigham Young University-Hawaii and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Constitutional Studies from Utah State University. He will graduate from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University with his Juris Doctor in May 2022. He will then take the bar exam and continue his career at the Goldwater Institute as a Staff Attorney.

Prior to law school, Parker interned and worked in the freedom movement in both his home state of Wyoming and in Washington, D.C. His legal experience includes internships involving administrative law and civil litigation, participation in ASU’s First Amendment Clinic, an externship with the Arizona House of Representatives, and involvement with ASU’s Corporate and Business Law Journal. He is a class representative for the ASU Federalist Society and a member of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society.

Parker enjoys golf, hunting, blockbuster movies, spending time with his wife Chandra, and serving in various capacities as an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Norman P. McClelland Distinguished Fellowship was established and named by Norman’s friends and associates to honor Norman’s leadership and lifelong commitment to liberty. The Fellowship gives one exceptional student per year recognition of their effort supporting economic policy at the Goldwater Institute.  This experience and recognition will further prepare him or her for a leadership role in the ongoing contest for liberty.

Ryan received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he graduated magna cum laude and was a member of the baseball team. Currently, Ryan is enrolled at Johns Hopkins University and plans to graduate with his Master of Arts in Government in the spring of 2022.

Ryan joined the Goldwater Institute in the spring of 2021 as a Ronald Reagan Fellow on the communications team and returned to join the policy team over the summer. Ryan then joined the Koch Associate Program offered by the Charles Koch Institute, and serves as a Government Affairs Analyst at the Institute. In this role, Ryan supports the Institute’s legislative efforts in Arizona in areas including school choice, free speech, taxpayer rights, and regulatory reform.

In his free time, Ryan enjoys watching sports and spending time with his dog Gatsby.