Thank you for showing interest and willing to learn more about our project. On this page, you’ll find more information about our mission and key staff members working to achieve it.
Mission
The mission of The Reagan Vision is to promote former President Ronald Reagan’s dream of creating a world without nuclear weapons. The Reagan Vision is a multimedia, curated website that discusses and celebrates Ronald Reagan’s passionate vision of a world free from the threat of nuclear destruction.
Our moral imperative is to work with all our powers for that day when the children of the world grow up without the fear of nuclear war.
Ronald Reagan from Reagan’s Secret War by Martin and Annelise Anderson
Staff
Nathan Pyles, Curator & Editor:
Nathan Pyles is an international business entrepreneur from Lake Mills, Wisconsin. His essay “Building Political Will: Branding the Nuclear-Free-World Movement” won a 2008 McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Award, and was published in The Nonproliferation Review. His op-eds and letters have appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, Wisconsin State Journal, Wall Street Journal, and The Capital Times. He has spoken at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Washington D.C.
He was inspired to become actively involved in the nuclear weapons policy debate after reading George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, William Perry, and Sam Nunn groundbreaking 2007 Wall Street Journal Op-ed calling for the verifiable, staged elimination of all nuclear weapons.
Nathan serves on the board of directors of the Arms Control Association and the Sports and Fitness Industry Association.
Here are some of Nathan’s publications:
Bryan Cady, Web Developer
Bryan is a 20 year news and video production veteran. He worked at CNN in Atlanta for 18 years as both a technical and editorial newsgatherer. During that time, he helped cover such stories as Desert Storm, The Oklahoma City Bombing and was part of a team that won an Emmy for their contribution to the the coverage of the 9/11 disaster.
Shelby Floyd, Video Producer
Shelby is a Madison, Wisconsin-based video producer/director. He loves finding creative ways to tell a story and is passionate about communicating emotion through images and sound. In addition to his promotional work with regional non-profits, he creates short films and has worked as a media producer with the Madison Metropolitan School District since 2003.
Funding
The Reagan Vision for a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World is a nonprofit, private project. The Reagan Vision does not solicit or accept financial donations.