Board of Directors
Garry Kasparov, Chairman
Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, in the Soviet Union in 1963, Garry Kasparov became the under-18 chess champion…
Max Boot, President
Max Boot is a historian, best-selling author, and foreign-policy analyst who has been called one of the “world’s…
Linda Chavez, Board Member
Linda Chavez is a senior fellow at the National Immigration Forum. Chavez authored…
Annie Duke, Board Member
Annie Duke is an author, corporate speaker, and consultant in the decision-making space…
Senator Heidi Heitkamp, Board Member
Heidi Heitkamp is the founder and Chair of the One Country Project, an organization focused on addressing the needs…
Senator Bob Kerrey, Board Member
Bob Kerrey is Executive Chairman of the Minerva Institute for Research and Scholarship, where he advocates for broad reform in…
Igor Kirman, Board Member
Igor Kirman is a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he focuses primarily on mergers and…
Mark Lasswell, Board Member
Mark Lasswell is an op-ed editor at the Washington Post. He is the former editorial features editor…
Michael S. Steele, Board Member
Michael Steele is a political analyst for MSNBC and a Senior Fellow at Brown University’s Institute…
Mickey Edwards, Board Member
Mickey Edwards is a former eight-term member of Congress, having been a member of his party’s leadership, a senior member of…
Alexander Vindman, Board Member
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander S. Vindman (Retired) was most recently the director for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Russia on the White House’s National…
Advisory Board
Anne Applebaum, Advisor
Anne Applebaum is a columnist for the Washington Post and a Pulitzer-prize winning historian…
Bill Kristol, Advisor
William “Bill” Kristol is a political analyst and media commentator regular panelist on…
Bret Stephens, Advisor
Bret Stephens currently works at the New York Times and is a journalist, editor…
Dan Benton, Advisor
Dan Benton founded the technology hedge fund Andor Capital Management…
Daniel Hurwitz, Advisor
Daniel B. Hurwitz is Founder & CEO of Raider Hill Advisors LLC. He is a graduate of Colgate…
Eric Wolf, Advisor
Eric Wolf served as an Investigations Officer in the National Unit for Serious…
Karl-Theodor Zu Guttenberg, Advisor
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is Chairman of Spitzberg Partners LLC. He served as German Minister…
Lisa Berg, Advisor
Lisa is a senior level advisor, strategist and leader with extensive experience supporting…
Rina Shah, Advisor
Rina Shah is a DC-based political advisor, commentator, and social entrepreneur…
Whitney Haring-Smith, Advisor
Whitney Haring-Smith is a former Rhodes Scholar, entrepreneur, and investor focused primarily …
Staff
Uriel Epshtein, Executive Director
Prior to joining RDI as its Executive Director, Uriel worked in the private sector – first as a consultant…
Daniel Miller, Director of Content and Strategy
Daniel Miller is a lawyer and writer who has engaged in various forms of advocacy and activism…
Samaquias Lorta, Audio
Jess Hwang, Political Affairs
Divya Mehrish, Writing and Research
Timothy Han, Writing and Research
Danielle Wietrzychowski, Video Editing
Ruchit Negotia, Video Editing
Teddy Tawil, Writing and Research
Tej Chethik, Video Editing
