John E. Stapleford

John Stapleford has been an applied economist for over 35 years. After receiving his PhD from the University of Delaware he worked as a research economist in the New Jersey governor's office. He then served as the Director of the Bureau of Economic Research at the University of Delaware, where he started the Delaware Small Business Development Center. He taught at Eastern University from which he is a professor emeritus of economic development. He was a senior economist with Moody's Economy.com and currently is the director of the Center for Economic Policy and Analysis with the Caesar Rodney Institute.