Leadership

Students For Liberty’s success relies on its incredible team of students and alumni working together to advance the vision of a free academy and a free society. Check out the many individuals who help make Students For Liberty such a vibrant and active organization.

Executive Board & Board of Directors

Comprised entirely of students and recently alumni, Students For Liberty’s Board of Directors and Executive Board together have full authority over the organization and the direction it takes to support students dedicated to liberty.

Name: Andrew Kaluza
Position: Executive Board, South Central Regional Director
School: University of Texas, San Antonio
Email: akaluza@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Olumayowa Okediran
Position: Executive Board
School: University of Agriculture, Abeokuta - Nigeria
Email: ookediran@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Luke Ripp
Position: Executive Board
School: Marquette Law
Email: lripp@studentsforliberty.org

Name: James Padilioni Jr
Position: Executive Board, Northeast Regional Director
School: College of William & Mary
Email: jpadilioni@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Matt Needham
Position: Executive Board, Midwest Regional Director
School: Michigan State University
Email: mneedham@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Casey Given
Position: Executive Board, Blog Content Manager
School: University of California, Berkeley
Email: cgiven@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Luis Silva-Ball
Position: Executive Board
School: Universidad Metropolitana
Email: lsilvaball@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Carlos Alfaro
Position: Executive Board
School: Arizona State University
Email: calfaro@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Wolf von Laer
Position: Chairman, European Executive Board
School: King's College London
Email: WvonLaer@StudentsForLiberty.org

Name: Moriah Costa
Position: Executive Board, Western Regional Director
School: Arizona State University
Email: mcosta@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Chelsea Krafve
Position: Executive Board
School: Pepperdine University
Email: ckrafve@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Frederik Roeder
Position: Executive Board
School: University of Bayreuth
Email: froeder@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Anton Howes
Position: Executive Board
School: King’s College London
Email: ahowes@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Ankur Chawla
Position: Executive Board
School: University of California, San Diego
Email: achawla@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Sam Eckman
Position: Director
School: University of Chicago Law School
Email: seckman@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Sloane Frost
Position: Chairwoman & Director
School: Cornell University & University of Chicago
Email: sfrost@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Alexander McCobin
Position: Executive Director
School: University of Pennsylvania & Georgetown University
Email: amccobin@studentsforliberty.org

Staff

Students For Liberty is a student-run organization. However, the organization has grown so rapidly in its first couple years, that we needed to hire a full time staff to manage the day to day operations.

Name: Joe Coon
Position: Director of Development
School: Portland State University, 2007
Email: jcoon@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Irena Schneider
Position: International Programs Associate
School: King's College London
Email: ischneider@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Keara Vickers
Position: Communications Associate
School: Ohio University
Email: kvickers@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Lexxie Monahan
Position: Executive Assistant
School: Stonehill College
Email: amonahan@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Jose Nino
Position: Latin American Programs Associate
School: University of Texas, Austin
Email: jnino@studentsforliberty.org

Name: David Deerson
Position: Campus Coordinator Associate
School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Email: ddeerson@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Stephen Duke
Position: Events Associate
School: University of Arkansas
Email: sduke@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Jennifer Jones
Position: Internal Operations Manager
School: Salem College, 2012
Email: jjones@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Clint Townsend
Position: Campus Coordinator Manager
School: University of North Texas, 2012
Email: ctownsend@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Peter Neiger
Position: Data Manager
School: College of Charleston, 2009
Email: pneiger@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Megan Roberts
Position: Communications Manager
School: University of Missouri, 2011
Email: mroberts@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Kelly Jemison
Position: Director of Events
School: James Madison University, 2011
Email: kjemison@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Clark Ruper
Position: Vice President
School: University of Michigan, 2007
Email: cruper@studentsforliberty.org

Name: Alexander McCobin
Position: Executive Director
School: University of Pennsylvania & Georgetown University
Email: amccobin@studentsforliberty.org

Campus Coordinators Program

The SFL Campus Coordinators Program is a year-long program that offers leadership positions to high-quality, high-potential students in the United States and Canada to provide them with the resources, training, and inspiration to organize other pro-liberty students and student groups in their areas. Campus Coordinators (CCs) serve as a support resource for the students and student groups in their area throughout the school year.

Click here for a full description of the Campus Coordinator Program.

European Students For Liberty

European Students For Liberty is the first major international development of Students For Liberty. ESFL exists to provide support for pro-liberty students and student groups in Europe and empower the next generation of leaders in the global liberty movement. European Students For Liberty has its own Executive Board of top student leaders which you can learn about here.

Global Charter Teams

New frontiers of international support: The SFL Charter Teams program seeks to build the student movement for liberty around the world by identifying, training, and supporting the strongest student leaders of liberty in areas currently underserved by SFL (i.e. outside the United States, Canada, and Europe). Learn more and get involved here.

Board of Advisors

Students For Liberty’s Board of Advisors is composed of non-students dedicated to SFL’s mission and provides recommendations and support from non-students with significant experience and dedication to the cause of liberty. Here are the current members of SFL’s Board of Advisors:

Dr. Nigel Ashford, Institute for Humane Studies
David Boaz, Cato Institute
Dr. Tyler Cowen, George Mason University
Matt Harrison, Prometheus Institute
Dr. Alan Charles Kors, University of Pennsylvania
Gary Johnson, Our America Initiative (former Governor of New Mexico)
Dr. Jo Kwong, Philanthropy Roundtable
Dr. James W. Lark, III, University of Virginia
Dr. Tom Palmer, Atlas Economic Research Foundation
Lawrence W. Reed, Foundation for Economic Education
Dr. C. Bradley Thompson, Clemson University
Professor Eugene Volokh, University of California, Los Angeles