Mary L. G. Theroux

About The Author

Mary L. G. Theroux is Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Chief Executive Officer, of the Independent Institute. Having received her A.B. in economics from Stanford University, Ms. Theroux is Managing Director of Lightning Ventures, L.P., a San Francisco Bay Area investment firm, and Vice President of the C.S. Lewis Society of California. She is former Chairman and a life Member of the Advisory Board of the San Francisco Salvation Army and is the Chairman of the Alameda County Salvation Army. She served on the National Advisory Board of The Salvation Army from 2003-2022.

Books by Mary L. G. Theroux

Beyond Homeless

Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, Transformative Solutions

Edited by Mary L. G. Theroux, Lawrence J. McQuillan and Adam B. Summers / Foreword by Drew Pinsky
Entire neighborhoods in cities across the United States have become open-air asylums, drug markets, and impoverished wastelands—where death, misery, crime, addiction, encampments, fires, disease, and even human waste aren't just tolerated but normalized. How is this possible when billions of t...
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