Meet the FELC Staff

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Brian Rogers joined the staff of The Jesse Helms Center in 2004 after working as executive director of the Defenders of Property Rights, based in Washington, D.C. Rogers served as The Helms Center’s Chief Operating Officer before assuming the role of President in June 2019.

During his time with The Helms Center, Rogers has managed multiple facets of the organization, including the development of the innovative online curriculum, Free Enterprise Now.

Rogers’ prior roles include working for Century Communications, Inc. and working as the director of special projects for the Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C. Rogers is a graduate of Wingate University and began his policy-focused work with an internship with Senator Helms in 1993.

Rogers has a Bachelor of Arts from Wingate University and is a 2009 graduate of the E.A. Morris Fellowship Program. He and his wife Catherine have four children, Ashley, Sarah, James and Sam.

Since joining The Jesse Helms Center as president in 1994, John Dodd focused on the continuing development of numerous initiatives promoting liberty and our country’s founding principles. Dodd created the Free Enterprise Leadership Challenge in 1995.

Under the direction of Dodd, the Center has developed a nationally-acclaimed experiential learning program on entrepreneurship and freedom that has over 10,000 graduates; Dodd also conducted a five million dollar capital campaign leading to the construction of the 23,000 square-foot Helms Center headquarters which was dedicated by Lady Margaret Thatcher.

After 25 years of service to The Helms Center, Dodd retired in the fall of 2019.