Incumbent US vice president Dick Cheney is a former vice chairman of the board of AEI, and his wife still works there. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, who is of Chinese ancestry, previously worked in the Heritage Foundation.
而現任美國副總統錢尼是前 AEI 副理事主席，其夫人目前仍任職於 AEI；華裔勞工部長趙小蘭也曾任職「傳統基金會」。