Richard Newton Holwill

Holwill has held several positions outside of the federal government including being a member of the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Commission, vice president of government information for The Heritage Foundation, vice president of Energy Decisions, Inc. as well as consultant and managing editor of Energy Decisions and a White House correspondent for National Public Radio.^[2]

While at The Heritage Foundation, Holwill edited "The First Year: A Mandate For Leadership Report,^[4]" a 1982 review of the various implementations of the Heritage Foundation's first edition of "Mandate For Leadership," published in 1981, at the beginning of the Reagan Administration. He also edited the next edition in the series, "Agenda '83.^[5]" The most recent edition of this continuing "Mandate For Leadership" series from The Heritage Foundation is also subtitled "Project 2025," and many of the authors of this latest edition hold positions in the second Trump Administration.