The Prometheus Fellowship – Students For Liberty

The flagship fellowship program for students who want to be the world’s greatest pro-liberty leaders

• Over 150 hours worth of Leadership and Rational Philosophy online classes
• Twice a year paid face-to-face international trainings all over the world
• Year-long career mentorship with a mentor handpicked based on your needs
• Practical applications of Ayn Rand’s Objectivism

Why is the Prometheus Fellowship Program the opportunity of a lifetime?

The Fellowship Program’s goal is simple: we want to transform the leaders of tomorrow into the leaders of today.

How?

Offering you, a pro-liberty university student already engaged in the SFL’s Programs is an opportunity of a lifetime.

Imagine this: you are in the late years of college. You know how far you want to go, and you know your principles. You want to be a leader, a reference. But you don’t know how to start or be your best and achieve all your goals.

If this resonates with you, the Prometheus Fellowship Program is the great chance to forward your career to success.

You will develop leadership skills with great experienced leaders, will be mentored by experts in the professional path you want to follow, and will network with students and professors from around the world. You will also have the privilege of deepening your knowledge of the objectivist philosophy of Ayn Rand, one of the greatest pro-freedom intellectuals of the 20th century. Based on rational philosophy and objectivism, you will have practical tools for your personal and professional development.

You will receive all these benefits, mentorship, and knowledge without paying anything.

That means Students For Liberty is offering you a lifetime opportunity of getting over U$42,347 invested in your development over the course of the program.

And a bonus… every semester you stay in the program, you will receive $500 to invest in your professional development.

Click on each semester to find out what you will have the opportunity to learn in the program's first 2 years!

What you can expect from the Prometheus Fellowship Program:

Through the Prometheus Fellowship Program, SFL will invest over $42,347 in each selected fellow;

A stipend of $500 per semester for your professional development;

Fully paid face-to-face training each semester: without paying anything, you will travel to different places and network with great leaders, mentors, and students from all over the world;

15 to 20 online meetings per semester: you can attend live or watch recordings later, flexibly and at your own pace;

Individualized career mentoring with a reference in the area you want to work in: you will receive a personalized orientation to facilitate your choice and approval in graduate courses and your first job;

Global recognition as SFL’s top coordinators: your work in SFL will be crowned with this exclusive fellowship, fully paid trips, priceless knowledge, and a lot of networking;

Practical leadership classes and training to position you as an outstanding professional;

Rational philosophy sessions led by expert faculty

PROMETHEUS FELLOWSHIP IN-PERSON TRAINING 2023

Coming Second Semester

+135 hours of content, training, and practical knowledge on leadership, objectivism, and liberty.

3 years duration

+$40,000 invested in each selected fellow

$500 stipend per semester

6 all-expense paid trips for face-to-face training

Who is this opportunity for?

SFL coordinators who:
- Have a real interest in being a great pro-liberty leader;
- Have identified the careers paths they want to pursue;
- Are interested in studying leadership, rational philosophy, and objectivism;
- Are truly committed to their personal and professional development.

How can I become a Prometheus Fellow?

Requirements to apply:
- Being a coordinator of SFL and participating in activities within the SFL;
- Being a graduate student from any country
- Speak fluent English;
- Have enough time and energy to commit to the program for 3 years;
- Have the ability to demonstrate through your application your life and professional experience have prepared you for this opportunity.

Application Process:

Enrollment by March 15th 11:59pm EST

Qualified candidates should submit the following application materials by clicking the “Apply Now” link:

CV (in English)
Cover letter (in English)

Your CV and cover letter should:

Explain your interest in the ideas of liberty, leadership, and objectivism;
Explain how your personal, professional, and academic experiences prepared you for the Prometheus Fellowships Program;
Highlight your differentials, strengths, and skills;
Highlight your activities inside and outside the SFL

Testimonials from Prometheus Fellowship program participants:

Prometheus Fellowship Mentors

Alexander McCobin

Alexander McCobin is co-founder and former president of Students For Liberty. Under his leadership, Students For Liberty grew into the largest libertarian student organization in the world with over 1,574 leaders trained in the 2015-16 school year and 1,916 active student groups. Previously, he worked for the Cato Institute on student programs. McCobin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and economics and earned a master’s degree in philosophy from Georgetown University. He was the former CEO of Conscious Capitalism, Inc. and led the founding and expansion of the organization’s first headquarters in San Francisco. Alexander also serves on the Board of Advisors of Students For Liberty, the Atlas Society and is an honorary board member of the Our America Initiative.

Miroslav Polach

Miroslav Polach is a Lead Consultant at Novartis, a company whose purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives.

We use innovative science and technology to address some of society's most challenging healthcare issues. We discover and develop breakthrough treatments and find new ways to deliver them to as many people as possible. We also aim to reward those who invest their money, time and ideas in our company.

Yael Ossowski

Yael Ossowski is a consumer and technology advocate, writer, syndicated radio host, podcaster, and sometimes digital entrepreneur based between Vienna, Austria and North Carolina. He is the Deputy Director at the Consumer Choice Center, and a contributor to newspapers, magazines, and online outlets on issues of technological innovation, lifestyle freedom, and smart policy. He co-hosts the internationally syndicated Consumer Choice Radio on Big Talker Network out of Wilmington, N.C and Sauga 960AM in Toronto, Canada, every Saturday at 1 PM EST. He is an advocate of Podcasting 2.0 and the free speech Podcast Index. Previously, I was an investigative reporter at Watchdog.org, serving as Florida Bureau Chief and chief Spanish translator. From 2013-2020, He worked as a grassroots organizer and fundraiser for SFL, primarily in Europe and the United States, but also on 3 other continents.

Dr. Vera Kichanova

Dr. Vera Kichanova is an urban economist exploring and shaping the future of private governance. She works as Senior Economist at the Free Cities Foundation and urban policy advisor at Zaha Hadid Architects. Her PhD thesis explores the future of private urban development — from charter cities in emerging economies to start-up nations in neutral waters. Vera’s career has spanned roles including elected Municipal Councillor in Moscow, Editor-in-Chief at the Atlas Network-affiliated publication in Kyiv, and President of the Oxford Hayek Society.

Vera’s works — focused on bridging the gap between urban planning theory and classical liberal thought — were published by New York Times, Forbes, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The Telegraph, among others. She is a Frédéric Bastiat Fellow at the Mercatus Center (US), a contributor to the Adam Smith Institute (UK) and a Mont Pèlerin Society member. She holds a PhD in Political Economy from King's College London, a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Oxford and a BA in Journalism from Moscow State University.

Sloane Frost

Sloane graduated from Cornell University in 2008 with a degree in Policy Analysis & Management and concentration in Health Policy. While studying the economics and history of health policy in this country, Sloane became interested in the principles of liberty and individual responsibility that seem to be missing from modern policy initiatives. After serving with City Year, an AmeriCorps program, Sloane saw firsthand the negative consequences of an intrusive government public education system. She returned to academia to earn a Masters in Public Policy and certificate in Health Administration and Policy at the University of Chicago in June 2011. Various experiences in the university setting quickly taught Sloane that her fellow students are also deprived of many freedoms on campus, and she became dedicated to the student fight for liberty. In 2007, Sloane co-founded Students For Liberty and now serves as the Chairwoman of the SFL Board of Directors. Sloane is currently a Senior Consultant for Strategic Solutions at Navigant Management Consulting. Before that, she worked as a research analyst at Mathematica Policy and interned at the Cato Institute.

Frans Cronje

Frans Cronjeis an independent political and economic analyst and advisor with 20 years of experience and a track record of working with hundreds of firms and institutions. He has lived and worked in both the USA and South Africa. For almost two decades he worked for Africa’s oldest research and policy think-tank, Institute of Race Relations where he established its risk advisory consultancy. He has drafted and/or edited hundreds of notes, reports, and analyses on subjects ranging from public opinion polling to education trends, electricity supply prognoses, growth forecasts, currency estimates, protest trends, security risks, China and Russia in Africa, global trade wars, Brexit predictions, US presidential elections, and global financial reversals.

Michael Landl

Michael Landl is the Director of the World Vapers’ Alliance. He is an experienced policy professional and a passionate vaper. Michael studied at the University of St. Gallen International Affairs and worked for several public policy outlets and in the German Parliament.

Angelina Radovic

Angelina is currently pursuing a career in Strategic Financial Communications at a Madrid-based consultancy, where she's had the opportunity to work for various private equity and venture funds, a global investment bank, as well as communicate deals and results for both listed and private companies. Previously, experience in nonprofit organizations such as Students For Liberty and Ayn Rand Center Europe, with focus on project and event management. Master's degree in International Business Administration, and a background in International Relations and Global Politics. Besides her native Serbian, she’s proficient in English and Spanish.

Reema Jedaja-Reed, FRSA

Reema Jadeja-Reed, FRSA is a fellow at the University College London’s Institute for Strategy, Resilience, and Security, a founding team member and executive producer at Sofar Sounds, and a co-founder and deputy director of The Pericles Foundation. She is a fellow at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce and a life member of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. She has been a journalist at Rolling Stone Magazine and editor and producer at the MOBO Awards.

Stephen Kent

Stephen Kent is the author of How The Force Can Fix The World: Lessons on Life, Liberty and Happiness from a Galaxy Far, Far Away, a groundbreaking book about the power of the Star Wars story and the real impact its universalist message can have on political polarization. From his podcast, Beltway Banthas, which features political figures, TV news personalities and journalists talking all things Star Wars & politics, to hosting Right Now with Stephen Kent and guesting across TV news as a commentator, Stephen Kent is a leader in the media & PR world, helping prepare clients, business leaders and advocates for public speaking, presentations and media appearances. He served for 4 years as a spokesperson for Young Voices, a libertarian media organization with close ties to Students For Liberty.

Pavol Fukatsch

Pavol Fukatsch graduated from BISLA in 2017. During his studies, he founded Slovak Students for Liberty, participated in several debating tournaments, completed a number of internships and Erasmus in Tilburg, Netherlands. He went on to study International Relations at Charles University in Prague and became the regional coordinator for Central Europe for SFL. He also spent a semester at prestigious Sciences Po in Paris. He worked at the Czech Ministry of Interior at the eGovernment section, followed by a stint at the Speyside Group as a public policy consultant on cyber, digital technologies and sustainability in the EU/CZ/SK. He is currently working at the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic as the chief data public policy advisor, covering forums of the EU Council, OECD, ITU or TTC.

Stephen Rowe

Stephen Rowe is the Director of Digital Training at Leadership Institute where he trains thousands of people on digital and political technology every year. Stephen has trained more than 18,000 activists and has been listed on multiple 30 under 30 awards. His work has been featured on Fox News, Fox Business, The Daily Caller, The Washington Times & many more national outlets. Stephen grew up in Montana, the “Treasure State”.

Israr Hasan

Israr Hasan is a Senior Research Assistant with a Major in Economics with a minor in Anthropology. With particular interests in Bangladesh and South Asia’s trade, economy, public policy and development. Equipped with required skills working on research projects, knowledge management, programs and project management, communications and social media.

Aaron Rhodes

Aaron Rhodes is a Senior Fellow in the Common Sense Society, and President of the Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe. He was Executive Director of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights 1993-2007, and a co-founder of the Freedom Rights Project, a think tank, as well as the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. He is the author of The Debasement of Human Rights (Encounter Books 2018), as well as numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and editorials. Rhodes was educated at Reed College (Oregon) and in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, where he was awarded a Ph.D. Among other honors, he was made an honorary citizen of the Republic of Austria in recognition of his contributions to human rights defense.

Liya Palagashvili

Liya Palagashvili is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Her primary research interests include the gig economy and broader independent workforce, entrepreneurship, and regulation. She has published academic articles, book chapters, policy papers, and articles in media outlets such as the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. In 2016, she was named one of the Forbes' "30 under 30" in Law & Policy. Palagashvili was an Assistant Professor of Economics at State University of New York-Purchase and earned her Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University.

Anar Alizamanli

Anar Alizamanli is an International Lawyer at Turan Legal & Tax Services, a legal firm that contributes to the growth of clients through quality services, detail-oriented teamwork and digitalization. He’s also the Country Manager at EtikImza, a company that offers a digitalized solution for the document signing and confirmation process.

Olayinka Azeez

Olayinka Azeez is a Frankfurt-based accomplished Product and Project Manager with over nine years of experience delivering user-focused products and projects in Finance, IT and Agriculture industries. He has a global MBA from Georgia Southwestern State University, USA; MSc from the University of Göttingen, Germany as well as gold standard agile and project management certifications – PMI-ACP, PMP and PRINCE2.

Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer

Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and works in the Department of Health Policy Studies. He is President Emeritus and founder of Valley Surgical Clinics Ltd., the largest and oldest group private surgical practice in Arizona, and has been in private practice as a general surgeon for more than 35 years. He is also a visiting fellow at the Goldwater Institute in Phoenix. Singer is a member of the Board of Scientific Advisors of the American Council on Science and Health. From 1994 to 2016, he was a regular contributor to Arizona Medicine, the journal of the Arizona Medical Association. He served on the Advisory Board Council of the Center for Political Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University from 2014 to 2018 and is an adjunct instructor in the Program on Political History and Leadership at ASU. He writes and speaks extensively on regional and national public policy, with a specific focus on the areas of health care policy and the harmful effects of drug prohibition. He received his BA from Brooklyn College (City University of New York) and his MD from New York Medical College. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Adam Bartha

Adam Bartha is the Director of EPICENTER, with the responsibility to enable the cooperation of the network and organise the private and public events programme in Brussels. He was previously European Outreach Manager at EPICENTER and a Koch Summer Fellow in the Publications Department of the Independent Institute in California. He also has experience in domestic party politics in Germany and Hungary. Adam has a BA (Hons) in Politics and International Relations from the University of Sheffield and an MSc in Political Theory from the London School of Economics. Adam is fluent in English, German and Hungarian.

Lanre Peter Elufisan

Lanre Peter Elufisan is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Ominira Initiative for Economic Advancement, a Nigerian-based think tank with the mission to research and advance solutions to Africa’s socio-economic issues. Lanre received his first degree at the University of Agriculture Abeokuta, after which he trained as a Journalist at the Nigerian Broadcast Academy. Lanre hosts Africa This Month on OminiraTV, the media project of the Ominira Initiative. Prior to founding this organization, he volunteered as a Local Coordinator for Africa Students for Liberty and worked as a copywriter at a creative marketing agency. He holds a certificate in Multimedia storytelling and video production and has a deep interest in documentary filmmaking, and Africa’s socio-political and economic issues.

William Dvorak

William Dvorak is a passionate technologist and Google engineer. He has built hundreds of MVPs. Some have launched to thousands of users and others go on to raise millions in venture funds.

Henry Warner

Henry is a SFL U.K. alumnus who works as a Legal Engineer for contract automation start-up Juro. His past professional experience has primarily been in finance; in the fields of Private Equity and M&A. Henry holds a Bachelor’s of Art in Philosophy from the University of Durham and a Masters of Arts in Law from ULaw Bloomsbury. As a speaker he has spoken on topics ranging from the environmental impact of blockchain to the importance of free speech. Henry is also a student and practitioner of regenerative agriculture and manages a small flock of sheep in south Norfolk.

Carlo Rocha

Carlo Rocha founded Students For Liberty, Brazil and currently its Board Chair. He’s one of Brazil's finest attorneys. He is featured amongst the most admired Corporate/M&A attorneys in Brazil, according to the Análise Advocacia 2022 and 2021 surveys; cited as a reference in the Electric Energy sector and in Rio de Janeiro by the same publication in 2016; and nominated as “Next Generation Lawyer (Corporate and M&A)” in the Latin America 2017 directory published by The Legal 500. He took part in some of the most significant transactions involving public companies in recent years, and has extensive experience in corporate restructurings and national and international M&A transactions, including in the health, infrastructure, construction, retail, education, and technology sectors.

Olumayowa Okediran

Olumayowa Okediran combines his experience as a manager of projects, people, and resources with an interest in policy and strategic foresight. He is the Director of Programs at Students For Liberty, a PMI-certified Project Management Professional, and a Certified Information Security Manager. He has provided advisory services to about a dozen start-up think tanks and sits on the council of Africa's oldest research and policy think-tank, the South African Institute of Race Relations. His opinions have been published and translated into 16 languages and have appeared on CNN, BBC, Forbes, Reason Magazine, CapX, HuffPost, Business Day, PanamPost, and several local media. He has been listed on the YNaija PowerList as one of the most influential Nigerians under 40 and nominated for the Future Awards Africa prize in Advocacy. He is the author of Navigate, which is a scenario analysis of Nigeria's future till the year 2030.

Craig Biddle

Craig is editor in chief of The Objective Standard, director of education at Objective Standard Institute, and executive director of Prometheus Foundation. He is the author of several books, including Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It and Rational Egoism: The Morality for Human Flourishing.

Thomas Walker-Werth

Thomas Walker-Werth is associate editor at The Objective Standard and a fellow at both Objective Standard Institute and Foundation for Economic Education. He hosts the podcast “Innovation Celebration” with his wife Angelica.

Angelica Walker-Werth

Angelica Walker-Werth is an assistant editor of The Objective Standard and a fellow and programs manager at Objective Standard Institute. She is an Ayn Rand Fellow with Foundation for Economic Education's Hazlitt Project.

Mano Ferreira

Mano Ferreira is journalist, co-founder and director of communications of Livres, a Brazilian classical liberal organization. At Livres, he directed several important projects, including the Handbook of Public Policy and the documentary Real: Beyond a currency, about the monetary stabilization plan that put an end to Brazilian hyperinflation in the 1990s. Nowadays, Mano is also a political commentator for a daily TV show on Jovem Pan, a broadcast radio and television network with national reach in Brazil. He publishes articles in the main press vehicles in Brazil and has been a columnist for Estado da Arte, a project linked to Estadão, the second largest newspaper in the country. He also worked as a reporter for the local newspapers Diario de Pernambuco and Folha de Pernambuco, in his hometown. In politics, Mano worked for 3 years as head of communication for the Social Liberal Party and carried out communication and branding consultancy for several politicians in office, from councilors to federal deputies. As a liberal activist, Mano founded the Brazilian chapter of Students For Liberty and helped create several study groups, especially in the northeast region of Brazil. Mano studied political branding at the International Academy for Leadership of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and holds a certification in public policy analysis from the London School of Economics.

Dr. Eric Daniels

Eric Daniels, Ph.D., is Assistant Director of the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism (CISC). He holds a B.A. in History and Rhetoric from Drake University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in American History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to joining the CISC, Daniels served as the Head of School at LePort Montessori, a private school in Southern California. He has taught at the Program on Values and Ethics in the Marketplace at Duke University, where he was nominated for a teaching award, as well as at The Fund for American Studies Institute on Business and Government Affairs at Georgetown University. He previously served as a Visiting Scholar and Research Assistant Professor at the CISC. Daniels maintains research interests in the history of capitalism, American legal history, and the history of American thought. He has published on the history of individualism in American thought, monopolies and antitrust, and American political history.

Mohammad Anas Khan

Mohammad Anas Khan is currently the President's Distinguished Graduate Scholar (2022-2024) in the Masters in Environmental and Social Change Program (MESC) at the University of Winnipeg. Anas holds a law degree and a post-graduate diploma in Human Rights. He has actively participated in South Asia Students for Liberty, where he assumed the role of student leader from 2017 to 2020. Following this, Anas worked full-time as a Senior Associate in the policy training and outreach division of the Centre for Civil Society - New Delhi. Additionally, he serves as a faculty instructor on environmental policy for epolicy, a three-day certificate course on public policy designed for young graduates and professionals, conducted by the Centre for Civil Society - New Delhi. During his time at CCS, Anas successfully managed significant environmental policy projects focusing on property-rights based forest management and rights-based approaches to fisheries management. His research interests include public policy, legal theory, rights-based conservation, human rights, and the role of markets in mitigating climate change. Anas envisions his future at the intersection of think-tanks and academia, where he aims to communicate complex academic ideas into sound policy solutions.

Jorge Miguel Texeira

Jorge is a political advisor for the Liberal Initiative party in the Portuguese Parliament, focusing on environmental, energy and foreign affairs. He has extensive experience in political and social activism, having run for mayor at the age of 23 in his hometown of Barreiro. In the past, he collaborated with the Consumer Choice Center and later worked with GAT, a patients’ association, advocating for drug liberalization in Portugal. Jorge previously served as the National Coordinator for SFL Portugal and holds an MSc in Politics from the University of Oxford and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Lisbon.

Nick Dranias

Nick serves as General Counsel for Honduras Prospera Inc. and its affiliates, handling all corporate legal matters and supporting its business model of developing special economic zones that deploy optimal public policies, starting in Honduras (https://prospera.co). Prior to this, he was Senior Litigation Counsel with the Government Accountability & Special Litigation Unit of the Arizona Attorney General. Until January 2018, he served as President & Executive Director of Compact for America Educational Foundation where he led national efforts to organize the states to propose and ratify a federal Balanced Budget Amendment. Prior to that, he was General Counsel, Policy Development Director and Constitutional Policy Director (at various times) at the Goldwater Institute. Nick led the Institute’s successful challenge to Arizona’s system of government campaign financing to the U.S. Supreme Court. At the Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he earned my JD, I served on the Loyola University Chicago Law Review. He graduated cum laude from Boston University with a B.A. in Economics and Philosophy. He has written and published over one hundred articles in law and public policy and has also appeared as an expert in constitutional law and policy on Fox News, MSN-NBC, NPR, and many other local and regional media outlets.

Raphael Lima

Raphaël Lima is the founder of Ideias Radicais and Instituto Livre Mercado. He uses activism as a tool for inspiring, training, and educating the future champions of liberty

Paulo Fuchs

Paulo has been an entrepreneur since 2011, having worked in his own and third-party businesses, as a consultant, partner and executive. He was a member of two boards of the Institute of Business Studies (known as IEE), participating in the creation of two Liberty Forums. He also participated in the Deliberative Council of the same institute. In 2016 he moved to the position of Executive Director of the Cédula Rural Group, which in January 2018 became a Grupo Múltiplo, a company of which I was partner and CEO. Grupo Múltiplo successfully ended its mission in June 2020 with the mark of more than 1,100 contracted customers. In October 2018, in partnership with Julio dos Santos, he founded the podcast Tapa da Mão Invisível (The slap of the invisible hand), a weekly program of interviews on social and economic topics, with the participation of businessmen, politicians, academics and other influential people in Brazil. The program has a weekly audience of thousands of people, with listeners from around the world. From June 2020, he started Proteus Associados (Proteus Associates), a consulting company dedicated to the development of projects and implementation of agile methodology (SCRUM).

Jaimie Cavanaugh

Jaimie Cavanaugh is an attorney with the Institute for Justice. Her practice focuses on economic liberty and private property. As part of IJ’s legislative team, Jaimie works to expand access to healthcare by ending certificate of need laws. In 2020, she authored the report, Conning the Competition. She also works to end the overuse of fines and fees that can trap people, especially the poor, in the criminal justice system. As a litigator, her work has led to the recognition of the right to economic liberty by the Georgia Supreme Court and ended New Jersey’s ban on selling homemade baked goods. In Minnesota, she secured a victory for winemakers who wanted to use ingredients from other states and eased continuing legal education requirements for attorneys. Her views have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, NBC News, Bloomberg and other media outlets.

Prof James Tooley

Professor James Tooley is the Vice Chancellor at The University of Buckingham. He was appointed on 1st October 2020, where he is also Professor of Educational Entrepreneurship and Policy. For two decades he was professor of education policy at Newcastle University. During those two decades, he also took five years’ unpaid leave, to enable him to foster entrepreneurial projects in education in the developing world, tied to his research. He was previously an academic at the Universities of Oxford and Manchester. James’ ground-breaking research on low-cost private education has won numerous awards; including gold prize in the first International Finance Corporation/Financial Times Private Sector Development Competition, a Templeton Prize for Free Market Solutions to Poverty, and the National Free Enterprise Award from the Institute of Economic Affairs, London. His book based on this research, The Beautiful Tree: A personal journey into how the world’s poorest are educating themselves”, (Penguin), was a best-seller in India and won the Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Prize. Other of his books include Education, War and Peace and Liberty to Learn.

Mamta Siwakoti

Young advocate with a demonstrated history of working in the field of human rights, constitutional law, legal research and policy making. Skilled in Research, Public speaking, Legal Writing, Mentoring, Microsoft Word, Team Building,and Management. Strong professional with a Bachelors in Law (B.A.LLB) and Master's degree focused in International Relations and Diplomacy from Tribhuvan University, Department of International Relations and Diplomacy.

Dr. Eszter Nova

is Director of Objectivism studies at Cevro Institute, Prague. Her focus has been research on the impact of the economic crisis on democracy and the transatlantic policy of the US, on the psychology of authoritarian thinking and on the consolidation of third wave democracies.

Aimable Manirakiza

Aimable Manirakiza is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Development and Enterprises Great Lakes, the first libertarian think tank in Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo that defends the principles of a free society and free market. Nominated as Student of the Year 2017 by Students For Liberty US in 2017, Manirakiza received the Africa Liberty Award as part of the Birashoboka Campaign, in 2018. In 2019, the CDE Great Lakes was a finalist for the Templeton Freedom Award. In 2020, the CDE Great Lakes won the Africa Liberty Awards through the ProLiberty Writers Program. Aimable has already spoken in more than 71 media in South Africa, Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Aimable Manirakiza

Matt Bufton

Matt is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Liberal Studies, a non-partisan educational charity that teaches Canadians about classical liberal ideas and the foundations of a free society. We host seminars, talks, and conferences across Canada in pursuit of our mission to spread the ideas of freedom.

Ivette Cano

Ivette Cano is the Chief Executive Officer of Adrianople Group, the world’s leading research and business advisory firm with a concentration on Special Economic Zones She’s had the pleasure of mentoring local SFLers and have also developed structured courses for education companies in Honduras to help young professionals navigate the competitive labor market.

Pericles Niarchos

Pericles Niarchos is the manager of Libertarianism.org at the Cato Institute where he helps oversee Cato’s efforts to preserve the intellectual foundations of libertarian thought and works to inspire, educate, and connect the libertarians of tomorrow. Prior to joining the L.org team, Pericles ran Cato’s student programs team, helping to identify and recruit students interested in public policy careers. Pericles has spent over a decade working in a range of roles for national non-profit organizations dedicated to protecting and promoting free and prosperous societies including the Institute for Justice, Charles Koch Foundation, and Institute for Humane Studies. He started his career as an executive board member of Students For Liberty. Pericles earned his BA in history with a minor in political science from Drexel University. He is the founder and CEO of 10Forward Technologies Corporation, a design-engineering company currently supporting the development of computer-aided industrial safety systems.

Robert Tyler

Robert is an experienced researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the political organization industry. Skilled in Microsoft Word, Journalism, Media Relations, International Relations, and Teamwork. He is a strong research professional with a Master’s Degree focused in Security and Intelligence Studies from University of Buckingham.

Martha Bueno

Martha Bueno is a fully bilingual Miami native who’s family has over 3 generations in farming both in Cuba and in the United States. Martha also lived over six years in Venezuela, and as such, Martha Bueno embraces and understands the multicultural diversity that sets South Florida apart from any other city in the US. She is a graduate of Florida International University, where she earned a degree in psychology, with a minor in business administration. Martha’s entrepreneurial mindset surfaced at the young age of 17, when she founded Florida Genetic Center, Inc. with her mother and father. This was followed by two successful e-tailers, Vetamerica.com and Pureformulas.com. In 2011, PureFormulas ranked 97th among the 500 fastest growing companies in the U.S., according to Inc. Magazine. Today PureFormulas remains one of the leading online retailers of health supplements and organic products. Currently, Martha is a real estate agent specializing in distressed and investment properties.

Pieter Cleppe

Pieter Cleppe is a Brussels-based Policy Analyst, dealing with EU affairs, Brexit, and the Eurozone. He’s the Editor-in-Chief of brusselsreport.eu, an International Research Fellow at U.S. think tank Property Rights Alliance, a columnist for U.S. National Review Online, The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator and a frequent commentator in European and international media. Between 2008 and 2020, he was the head of the Brussels office of British EU affairs think tank Open Europe, covering EU policy and Brexit. Before that, he practiced law in Belgium, served as a Belgian government cabinet adviser, and also co-founded Itinera Institute, the first professional Belgian policy think tank. He holds a law degree from the Catholic University of Leuven (2004) and an LL.M in law and economics from the universities of Hamburg, Bologna, and Vienna (2005). He is listed among ZN Consulting’s “top 40 EU influencers” on Twitter.

Matthew Lesh

Matthew Lesh is the Director of Public Policy and Communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs. His papers include Bangers and Cash: Cutting red tape to put Britain at the centre of the cultivated meat revolution, Expanding the Web: The case against net neutrality and An Unsafe Bill: How the Online Safety Bill threatens free speech, innovation and privacy. Matthew often appears on television and radio, is a columnist for London’s CityAM newspaper, and a regular writer for publications such as The Times, The Telegraph and The Spectator. He is also a Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute and Institute of Public Affairs. Matthew graduated with First Class Honours from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours) and completed a Masters in Public Policy and Administration at the London School of Economics, where he received the Peter Self Prize for Best Overall Result.

Prabhat Kumar

Prabhat Kumar is a bilingual multimedia journalist, covering conflict, politics and culture. His work has been published in The Caravan Magazine, The Wire, The Quint, NewsLaundry, ScoopWhoop, NewsClick, The Citizen and the news agency, IANS. His photographs, covering the Anti-CAA/NRC protests, have been exhibited at the University of South California. Andreas Jurgens: Andreas Jurgens is the CEO of Freedom Today Network, an international media company with focus on countries like Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Venezuela, where people really need help but can't get published. He has been deeply involved in the "Ukraine Project" - with efforts of organizing a network of individuals willing to risk their own safety to mobilize food, transportation, and body armor to the Ukrainian people during the Russian invasion. Thiloka Yapa is an SFL Alum and works as an Assistant Lecturer at University of Sri Jayewardenepura, which is one of the foremost national universities, located in the administrative capital of Sri Lanka. She is also an Attorney at Law at the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.

Naum Lokoski

Naum Lokoski is a dynamic communications professional and human rights advocate. As a Communication Officer at the European Policy Institute, he leads external communications, increasing visibility and engagement through digital and print platforms. Naum’s experience includes establishing media presence for the Commission on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination and managing editorial content at A1on.mk. He has a BA in Political Science and was a Local Coordinator for Students For Liberty.

Jeremy Thompson

Jeremy is the founder of Little Liberty, a financial consultancy dedicated to promoting financial literacy in historically underprivileged communities with a particular focus on low-income families and youth from communities of color. Jeremy’s journey as a successful entrepreneur committed to helping his community started when he connected with a fellow SFL Coordinator who was also interested in creating a better socio-economic landscape for the black community. Having realized that pro-liberty ideas could vastly improve the lives of individuals in disadvantaged neighborhoods, together, they started a project called “Operation: Black Liberty.” The goal: draw more people of color into SFL and the liberty movement in general. “From there,” said Jeremy, “Little Liberty was born.”

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