Lincoln Radio Journal's Air Staff
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Host
Lowman Henry
Lowman S. Henry is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc., a non-profit public affairs foundation based in Harrisburg, PA. He serves as host of American Radio Journal heard on over 200 radio stations nationwide, and is host of the Lincoln Radio Journal, a weekly public affairs radio program syndicated on over 90 Pennsylvania radio stations. He is also President of the Pennsylvania Leadership Council, Inc., which produces the annual Pennsylvania Leadership Conference.
He began his career as a broadcast and print journalist, served as Political Director of the Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania, Chief of Staff to State Senator Earl Baker, and as Executive Assistant to the Attorney General of Pennsylvania. He previously served in elective office as a Dauphin County Commissioner and as Chairman of the Lower Paxton Township Board of Supervisors. He was the Republican Party’s nominee for Pennsylvania State Treasurer in 1992.
He is Chairman of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association (PMA) and the PMA Foundation; Chairman of the Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania (CAP); board member of the Foundation for Free Enterprise Education; board member at the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy in Pittsburgh; board member of the Colonial Park Rotary Club Foundation; a member of the Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania; and is a Director Emeritus of the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO). Mr. Henry is a member of the New Hope Brethren in Christ church Lower Paxton Township and is a past president of the Colonial Park Rotary Club. He is a graduate of Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania. He is married to Carol Lynn Henry, and they have three sons.
Capitol Watch
David Taylor
David N. Taylor is President & CEO of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, the statewide trade organization representing the manufacturing sector in Pennsylvania’s public policy process. Now in his 21st year with PMA, Taylor is the association’s chief spokesman at the state Capitol in Harrisburg and in the media. He is editor of the PMA Bulletin and host of the statewide television program “PMA Perspective” on the Pennsylvania Cable Network.
A frequently-sought guest and commentator, David is regularly quoted by media outlets across the commonwealth and around the world, having been interviewed on television by NHK (Japan), ARD (Germany), and CBC News (Canada), as well as over the airwaves by BBC Radio 4 (UK) and CBC Radio Canada. He is also the host of “Capitol Watch”, a twice-monthly news and commentary program on “Lincoln Radio Journal”, which is heard on more than 90 radio stations across Pennsylvania.
David is a board member of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, the Pennsylvania Steel Alliance, the Foundation for Free Enterprise Education, the Business-Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC), the Pennsylvania Leadership Council, and the Lincoln Institute for Public Opinion Research. David was a member of Governor Tom Corbett’s Manufacturing Advisory Council. He is school board president of Reach Cyber Charter School, an online public school providing a broad range of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) enrichment for students.
Prior to joining PMA, David worked in the United States Senate and the Senate of Pennsylvania.
A native of Huntingdon PA, David is a graduate of Dickinson College, where he majored in History and Dramatic Arts. He is a member of the Huntingdon Presbyterian Church and Central Pennsylvania MENSA. He lives near Hershey PA with his wife and daughter.
Rebecca Oyler
Rebecca K. Oyler is President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association (PMTA), a statewide organization founded in 1928 to preserve, strengthen, and promote the interests of the trucking industry in Pennsylvania.
Before joining PMTA, Rebecca served as Pennsylvania Legislative Director for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), where she managed government relations, advocating on behalf of small businesses in the state. Prior to joining NFIB, she worked in policy development, legislative advocacy, and project management in many areas of state government for nearly 20 years. As Director of Policy for the Pennsylvania Department of State and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and as a policy specialist at the Department of Community and Economic Development, she advanced policy and legislative initiatives in areas related to: economic development, elections, voter registration, natural resources, corporations, professional licensing, and notaries. She also taught as adjunct faculty in Millersville University’s Department of Government and Political Affairs. Prior to returning to central Pennsylvania, Rebecca worked as a staff assistant at the American Enterprise Institute.
Rebecca serves her community through involvement with her church, Mechanicsburg’s St. James Presbyterian, and as a Girl Scout Troop Leader. She is a graduate of the Executive Leaders Program, the commonwealth’s Leadership Development Institute, and is a member of Women in Pennsylvania Government Relations.
Rebecca received her B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and M.A. from Georgetown University in National Security Studies. She enjoys spending time in the outdoors, reading, and playing the trombone in the Encores Big Band. Rebecca lives in East Pennsboro Township with her husband Jason and two children.
Megan Martin
Megan Martin is an accomplished executive, attorney, and public policy leader with more than three decades of experience spanning all three branches of government, the private sector, academia, and nonprofit leadership. She is known for driving transformational change, operational excellence, and principled leadership.
As Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of the Commonwealth Foundation, Pennsylvania’s free-market think tank, Megan oversees Government Affairs, Policy, Public Affairs, Human Resources, Operations, and Legal Strategy and Litigation. She leads enterprise-wide initiatives that align strategy, strengthen organizational performance, and advance the Foundation’s mission of expanding freedom, opportunity, and prosperity for all Pennsylvanians. Megan led enterprise‑wide transformation that contributed to the Commonwealth Foundation being named a 2025 Top 25 Best Place to Work in Pennsylvania.
Before joining the Commonwealth Foundation, Megan built a distinguished career in public service and law. She served for more than a decade as Secretary and Parliamentarian of the Pennsylvania Senate, becoming the first woman elected to the position and earning five unanimous re-elections by the Senate. In that role, she led an 80-member team, modernized Senate operations, and served as the Senate’s chief advisor on legislative procedure, ensuring the legislative process remained fair, impartial, and constitutional.
Megan’s career also includes service as Vice President and the first General Counsel of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, civilian attorney for the U.S. Navy, judicial law clerk, law school professor in legal writing and appellate advocacy, and senior roles in the administrations of two Pennsylvania governors. Her broad legal and policy expertise includes legislative procedure, administrative law, appellate advocacy, government contracting, litigation, and public affairs.
A respected public voice on law, government, and public policy, Megan is a frequent media commentator, op-ed contributor, and public speaker. Her leadership has been recognized with numerous honors, including Central Penn Business Journal’s 2026 Leaders in Law Lifetime Achievement Award and its 2026 Woman of Influence honor, the National Conference of State Legislatures’ 2021 Legislative Staff Achievement Award, Widener University Commonwealth Law School’s 2022 Excellence in Public Service Award, City & State Pennsylvania’s 2024 50 Over 50 recognition and its 2026 Who’s Who in Government Relations honor, and she has also earned numerous merit-based awards from the U.S. Navy.
Across every chapter of her career, Megan has championed innovation, broken barriers, and advanced missions with clarity, accountability, passion, and vision. She brings a rare combination of legal expertise, executive leadership, and public engagement experience that equips her to deliver transformative impact and sustainable results for the organizations and communities she serves.
Among her many accomplishments, Megan is most proud to be a mother of three children. She and her husband, Scott, reside in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, with their Bernedoodle.
Community Benefit Spotlight
Joe Geiger
Joe Geiger, the President and CEO of First Nonprofit Foundation, brings more than 40 years of experience in the fields of education, human resources and nonprofit and association management. Joe recently served on the adjunct faculty at Duquesne University Graduate School where he taught Leadership and Organizational Business Ethics.
Prior to entering the nonprofit field, Joe served as a secondary education social studies teacher and as a consultant for Organizational Effectiveness Group in Princeton, NJ, and Campaign Associates in King of Prussia, PA. He has also served as the Executive Director of the Keystone State Head Injury Foundation, held various executive positions with the YMCA and was a consultant/researcher for the YMCA of the USA in Valley Forge, PA.
He became the executive director at PANO, the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations, in January 1995, after which he became a consultant to the government of Japan to counsel on the value of the nonprofit sector and why government and business should act as valued partners. The consultation was funded by the Japanese Exchange Foundation, Center for Global Partnerships.
In addition to working in the non-profit sector, Joe also currently sits on the following Boards: The Lincoln Institute and the First Nonprofit Unemployment Benefits Board. He is also on the National Wrestling Coaches Association Board. He serves on the Service Academy Selection Committees for Senator Pat Toomey, as well as Congressmen Charlie Dent.
In the past, Joe served on the board for the Big 33 Scholarship Foundation, the Duquesne University Capital Region Advisory Board, National Standards for Excellence Board, Governor’s Rehabilitation Advisory Committee, the Civil Justice Coalition, the Bloomsburg University of PA Alumni Board and the Board of Directors for the National Head Injury Foundation, where he chaired the Ethics Committee for the National Head Injury Foundation State Associations. He has also served on the boards of C3 Publications, the American Trauma Society – PA Division, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital – OVR Project, Penn State University – Rehabilitation Department, the Harrisburg Area YMCA and the Oakmont V Homeowner’s Association Board, as its President. Geiger is also a Past President for the Lower Paxton Township Lion’s Club and served on the DELTA Communities Board. Additionally, he has served on the FNICs boards for more than 20 years, acting as its Chair for the past 6 years.
Joe’s education includes a Bachelor of Science and Master’s Degree in Secondary Education from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate Business School for Not-for-Profit Management. Joe is certified by the American Society of Association Executives as a Certified Association Executive.
Additionally, Joe has been inducted in the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations Emeritus Society and the Lancaster Catholic High School Athletic Wall of Honor.
Allegheny Institute Report
Frank Gamrat
Frank received his Ph.D. in economics from Clemson University and a B.S. in economics from St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Experience includes teaching at the university level and as an operations research analyst for the federal government in Washington DC. His areas of expertise include economic development, merger analysis, the economics of Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale gas industry, analysis of Pennsylvania’s casino industry, as well as analyzing the area’s labor market. Publications have been included in Government Union Review, the national ERIC database, and the Journal of Sports Economics.
Eric Montarti
Eric received his M.A. in public policy analysis as well as a B.A. in political science from Duquesne University. Eric’s research, media appearances, and testimony have covered such topics as economic development, property taxes, Pittsburgh’s finances and oversight, and municipal pensions. His work on tax increment financing has received national attention. In addition to coverage in Pittsburgh media, his work has been published in Economic Development Quarterly, Municipal Finance Journal, Reason Privatization Watch, and State Tax Notes.
Alex Sodini
Alex received his B.A. in economics from Grove City College. Prior to joining the Institute in 2024, Alex worked in both the retail and banking industry. In addition to local media coverage, his work has previously featured and in Cosmos and Taxis (C + T).
Commentator
Emily Greene Brey
From an early age, Emily had always had an interest in politics and government. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, she immediately jumped head-first into political campaigns. Pennsylvania’s political climate in 2016 provided her with an in-depth, hands-on experience in high-profile races, and she thrived in the fast-paced nature of the campaign lifestyle.
After several campaign cycles and a healthy mix of wins and losses under her belt, Emily joined the Americans for Prosperity Pennsylvania team in 2018 in the Greater Pittsburgh region. Five years later, Emily now serves as Deputy State Director where she works to build policy coalitions in Harrisburg and fights for policy that allows Pennsylvanians to realize economic prosperity.
Under the dome, Emily loves to take on policy fights that bring unique coalitions and unlikely partners to the table. Through broad-based partnerships, Emily fights for policy within the health care, regulatory reform, criminal justice, and better budgeting space. Emily is a 2019 graduate of the Anstine Series and an alumna of the American Council of Young Political Leaders.
Though she’ll always be a Steelers fan, Emily is a Philadelphia transplant, residing in Montgomery County.