Jason Barbour
Jason Barbour is the director of development at Young America’s Foundation. In this leadership role, Jason helps individuals achieve their philanthropic goals of conveying the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values to our nation’s youth. In 2000, Jason joined the Young America’s Foundation leadership team as the director […]
Darla Anzalone
Darla Anzalone is the director of communications at Young America’s Foundation. She is responsible for all Foundation correspondence to supporters and for the direct mail program. Darla has been with the Foundation for more than twenty years. [back to staff listing]
Kimberly Martin Begg, Esq.
Kimberly Martin Begg, Esq. has been active in the Conservative Movement since she attended her first Young America’s Foundation conference as a student at Rutgers University. She served on the Foundation’s staff for nearly 15 years, operating as Vice President, General Counsel, and Director of Planned Giving. For nearly 15 years, Kimberly oversaw YAF’s legal department […]
Enes Kanter Freedom
Enes Kanter Freedom is a human rights activist, NBA star, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee who lost his NBA career for speaking out against human rights violations in China. Raised in Turkey, Freedom began to call out human rights violations by President Erdogan in his home country. Turkey then canceled his passport, put his name […]
Winsome Earle-Sears
Winsome Earle-Sears, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, immigrated to the United States at the age of six. She is proud to have served in the United States Marine Corps. In addition to her various appointments, she has served as the Vice President of the Virginia State Board of Education; and as a presidential appointee to […]
Joshua Fontanilla
Joshua is a credentialed teacher with a Masters in both Education and Business and is the CEO of Exodus Institute. Joshua is a former public high school teacher who loves history, economics and biblical studies. He is also a hip hop artist that uses music to educate. Joshua is a dynamic public speaker and the […]
Dennis LeBlanc
Dennis had a professional and personal relationship with Ronald Reagan for more than thirty years. He was first assigned to Governor Reagan’s detail in 1971 as a California highway patrolman. During that time, he assisted with the advance work necessary for the Governor’s schedule. Following Reagan’s governorship, Dennis LeBlanc joined “Deaver and Hannaford,” a public […]
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj served two terms as Mongolia’s prime minister and another two terms as president. He is customarily addressed as “President Elbegdorj” (pronounced Elbeg-doorj) or “President EB.” President Elbegdorj began his involvement in politics as a youth activist. He has been described as the “Golden Sparrow of Democracy” for his role in the peaceful 1990 […]
The Honorable Mike Pompeo
Michael R. Pompeo served as the 70th Secretary of State of the United States, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and was elected to four terms in Congress representing the Fourth District of Kansas. Mike graduated first in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1986. He served as a […]
AWR Hawkins
AWR Hawkins joined Breitbart mid-2010 as he was pivoting from a college-teaching career. The culture in academia had become stifling for a Constitutionalist with the growing divide and “othering” of conservatives on campus. “Fellow professors worried about even talking to me,” he says, “afraid it would hurt their careers.” Hawkins is one of the preeminent […]
Seth Dillon
Seth Dillon is the CEO of The Babylon Bee, a fast-growing news satire site that has overtaken The Onion in traffic and engagement. Taking on the tone of a traditional news media publication, the Bee satirizes real-world events and public figures. Dillon’s experience with censorship and deplatforming has placed him on the front lines of […]
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek is an American business leader and New York Times bestselling author of Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam, along with his second book, Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence.Left leaning media has called him the “intellectual godfathers of the anti-woke movement” (Politico) and the “right’s leading anti-ESG […]
Seamus Coughlin
Seamus Coughlin is a comedy writer, animator, impressionist, and political pundit most prominently known for his role as the creator and producer of FreedomToons and for his position as recurring cohost on TimCastIRL. Seamus has also appeared on The Michael Knowles Show, Pints with Aquinas, and alongside Jordan Peterson on Mikhaila Peterson’s podcast. He is […]
Seth Gruber
The son of a pregnancy resource center director, Seth Gruber was raised in the pro-life movement. Seth has been speaking publicly on behalf of unborn children since the age of 19. First gaining exposure during his college years, Seth founded and directed the Students for Life Club at Westmont College, a Christian liberal arts institution. […]
Carrie Severino
Carrie Campbell Severino is the president of the Judicial Crisis Network, and co-author with Mollie Hemingway of the bestselling book Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Court. As a go-to expert on the confirmation process, Mrs. Severino has been extensively quoted in the media and regularly appears on television, including […]
Dr. Brian Strow
Dr. Brian Strow serves as dean of the Marshall E. Rinker Sr. School of Business and professor of economics at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida. Prior to his move to South Florida, Dean Strow served as the WKU BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism at Western Kentucky University. Dr. Strow […]
Mark Shevitz
Mark Shevitz has spent his career in the financial services industry. He has focused on institutional investment management, working with many of the largest, most successful foundations, endowments, corporations, and public funds over his 40-plus years in the industry—first with Metropolitan Life, then as a partner at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. (Alliance-Bernstein), and, until […]
Dr. Alice Louise Kassens
Dr. Alice Louise Kassens is the John S. Shannon Professor of Economics at Roanoke College, director of Roanoke College’s Center for Economic Freedom, a research fellow with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Institute for Economic Equity, a senior analyst with the Institute for Policy and Opinion Research, an associate editor for Journal of […]
The Honorable Dan Brouillette
Dan Brouillette is president of Sempra Infrastructure, a leading global energy company focused on three key development platforms: LNG and net-zero carbon solutions, renewable power, and modernized energy networks. Prior to joining Sempra, Brouillette served as the 15th United States Secretary of Energy. In this capacity, he led a workforce of 105,000 employees and federal […]
The Honorable Gregg Abbott
Named “Best Governor in the Nation” in 2020, Governor Greg Abbott is building upon his record as a strong conservative leader who fights to preserve Texas values and ensure the Lone Star State remains the best place to live, work, and raise a family. Governor Abbott’s vision for an even stronger Texas of tomorrow is […]
Chloe Cole
Chloe Cole, a poised and articulate 18-year-old young woman, passionately advocates against the practice of transitioning minors. Driven by a noble mission to safeguard children from potentially harmful ideologies and medical interventions, Chloe draws from her personal experiences to shed light on the distressing consequences of “gender-affirming care” for adolescents. Having embarked on her own […]
Grace Jo
Grace Jo was born in North Korea, a place where she almost starved to death as a child. Two of Grace’s brothers died of starvation. Grace’s father was tortured and starved to death, he passed away when North Korean agents transferred him from a detention center to a jail and his “crime” was that he […]
Sigrid Weidenweber
Born in Germany in 1941, Sigrid Weidenweber remembers the horrific aftermath of Fascism.At the end of the war, she found herself living under Communism. Both of these totalitarian regimes left indelible marks on her psyche. She developed a healthy distrust of governments usurping too many powers in order to control people supposedly for their own […]
Wesley Hunt
Wesley Hunt was born and raised in Houston, TX in a military family and is a proud alumnus of St. John’s School. Upon graduation from St. John’s, Wesley accepted an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. In 2004, he received his commission in the U.S. Army and graduated with a Bachelor […]
