Ted Gwartney
Ted Gwartney, has been associated with the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation since 1970. He served as the Executive Director of the Foundation from 1996 to 2000.
Ted Gwartney retired as the Assessor of Greenwich, Connecticut in 2012. Formerly he was the City Assessor of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Southfield, Michigan; Hartford, Connecticut; and the Deputy County Assessor of Sacramento, California. From 1975 until 1986 he organized and was the Assessment Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the British Columbia Assessment Authority. He implemented the annual Province-wide revaluation of the 1,500,000 land parcels currently valued at over one half trillion dollars ($500,000,000,000).
Ted Gwartney is the President, of the American Journal of Economics and Sociology; holds a MAI Professional Designation, from the Appraisal Institute; and is Vice-President, of the Council of Georgist Organizations.
Ted Gwartney has written articles on “Methods of Land Appraisal;” “Land Rent Assessment;” “Reducing Sprawl;” and “Public Finance.” He was a Professor, in the Department of Law, on Real Estate Appraisal, at Baruch College, New York.
In retirement, Mr. Gwartney makes fee appraisals of land and commercial property and consults with Governments on finance and legal cases.