Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and founder of the AHA Foundation. Prior to joining Hoover, she was a fellow at the Belfer Center’s Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard University, and a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Ayaan is the author of several books, including Infidel (2007), Nomad: From Islam to America, a Personal Journey through the Clash of Civilizations (2010), Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now (2015), and Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights (2021).

Christopher F. Rufo is a senior fellow and director of the initiative on critical race theory at the Manhattan Institute. He is also a contributing editor of City Journal, where his writing explores a range of issues, including critical race theory, gender ideology, homelessness, addiction, crime, and the decline of American cities. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, America’s Cultural Revolution, and he’s directed four documentaries for PBS, Netflix, and international television, including America Lost, which tells the story of three “forgotten American cities.” He holds a BSFS from Georgetown and ALM from Harvard.

Hannah Frankman is founder of rebelEducator and host of The Hannah Frankman Podcast. She grew up homeschooled and skipped college to work in the startup world. She spent three years as the Program Manager at Praxis (a startup apprenticeship program), is a former Hazlitt Fellow at Foundation for Economic Education, and is an instructor with Objective Standard Institute. You can find her advocating freedom, entrepreneurship, and student-centric education on Twitter (@hannahfrankman).

Eric Daniels holds a Ph.D. in American history from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He has taught history, political science, and economics at Duke University, Georgetown University, and is currently the Assistant Director of the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism at Clemson University. In addition to his contributions to The Objective Standard, he has published on the history of monopolies, American individualism, and economic freedom.

Carl Barney is an entrepreneur, writer, and philanthropist. He is the founder and funder of Prometheus Foundation (previously called the Objectivist Venture Fund), a nonprofit dedicated to providing seed money for individuals and organizations who promote Ayn Rand and advance her philosophy, Objectivism. He has served on the boards of the Ayn Rand Institute, Cato Institute, and the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism. He’s currently writing a book titled “The Happiness Experiment,” and he blogs about “love of the good for being good” at CarlBarney.com.

David Hardy is a trial court judge in Reno, Nevada, where he presides over a variety of criminal and civil trials. He is the former chief judge of the Second Judicial District Court and president of the Nevada Judges Association. Judge Hardy received his PhD in judicial studies from the University of Nevada, and is a published author and frequent lecturer at the University of Nevada, National Judicial College, and continuing legal education seminars throughout Nevada. He currently serves as the chair of the Prometheus Foundation board of directors.

Craig Biddle is cofounder and executive director of Objective Standard Institute, cofounder and editor in chief of The Objective Standard, and executive director of Prometheus Foundation. His books include Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It; Rational Egoism: The Morality for Human Flourishing; and the forthcoming Forbidden Facts: Moral Truths Your Parents, Preachers, and Teachers Don’t Want You to Know. His book-in-progress is on thinking in principles.

Max Lugavere is the author of the New York Times bestseller Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life; The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary; and Genius Kitchen: Over 100 Easy and Delicious Recipes to Make Your Brain Sharp, Body Strong, and Taste Buds Happy. He is also the director of the film Bread Head, a documentary about dementia prevention through diet and lifestyle, and the host of the health and wellness podcast The Genius Life.

Wilfred Reilly is an associate professor of political science at Kentucky State University, and the author of Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me, Taboo: 10 Facts You Can’t Talk About, and Hate Crime Hoax. His articles have been published in various journals and magazines, including Academic Questions, Commentary, and Quillette. His research interests include international relations and the prevention of war, contemporary American race relations, and the use of modern quantitative methods to test “sacred cow” theories such as the existence of widespread white privilege.

Timothy Sandefur holds the Duncan Chair in Constitutional Government at the Goldwater Institute, where he is the vice president for legal affairs. He is the author of several books including The Right to Earn a Living: Economic Freedom and the Law (2010), The Conscience of The Constitution (2014), The Permission Society (2016), Frederick Douglass: Self-Made Man (2018), The Ascent of Jacob Bronowski: The Life and Ideas of a Popular Science Icon (2019), and Freedom’s Furies: How Isabel Paterson, Rose Wilder Lane, and Ayn Rand Found Liberty in and Age of Darkness (2022).

Angelica Walker-Werth is a fellow at Objective Standard Institute, an assistant editor and writer for The Objective Standard, and an Ayn Rand Fellow with Foundation for Economic Education’s Hazlitt Project. Her roles at OSI include managing the internship and Active-Mind scholarship programs, course administration and development, and editing On Solid Ground. She holds bachelor’s degrees in horticulture and Spanish from Clemson University and enjoys reading, playing the piano, ballet, and traveling.

Thomas Walker-Werth is associate editor at The Objective Standard and a fellow at both Objective Standard Institute and Foundation for Economic Education. He is currently writing his first full-length book, Reason for Living: A Rational, Fact-Based Approach to Living Your Best Life.