page_title: Amy Ridenour
hierarchical_section_title: Amy Ridenour
caption_attribution_description: English: Amy Ridenour shown testifying before a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on July 22, 2005, in regards to her involvement in the Jack Abramoff scandal.
context_page_description: Amy Moritz Ridenour was an American political activist. She served as president of the National Center for Public Policy Research, a Washington, D.C. conservative think tank. Ridenour held this post since the organization's founding in 1982 until her death in 2017. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  Ridenour died of complications from breast cancer in Burnie, Maryland, aged 57.
context_section_description: Amy Moritz Ridenour (November 9, 1959 – March 31, 2017) was an American political activist. She served as president of the National Center for Public Policy Research, a Washington, D.C. conservative think tank. Ridenour held this post since the organization's founding in 1982 until her death in 2017. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  Ridenour died of complications from breast cancer in Burnie, Maryland, aged 57.
caption: Amy Ridenour shown testifying before a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on June 22, 2005, in regards to her involvement in the Jack Abramoff scandal.