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…
Anne Applebaum, Board Member
Anne Applebaum is a columnist for the Washington Post and a Pulitzer-prize winning historian…
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…
Advisory Board
Asha Rangappa, Advisor
Asha Rangappa is a Senior Lecturer at the Yale University Jackson Institute for Global Affairs …
Bernard Henri-Levy, Advisor
Bernard-Henri Lévy is a French journalist and philosopher who has written many best-selling…
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…
Daniel Hurwitz, Advisor
Daniel B. Hurwitz is Founder & CEO of Raider Hill Advisors LLC. He is a graduate of Colgate…
John Avlon, Advisor
John Avlon is an author, journalist and political commentator who frequently anchors at CNN…
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…
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…
Edward Radzivilovskiy, Program Manager
Edward Radzivilovskiy is a writer and researcher with a special interest in ethics…
Julian Melendi, Political Affairs and Operations
Jess Hwang, Political Affairs
Ashley Priessnitz, Video Content and Editing
Samantha O’Connell, Writing and Research
Alec Medine, Writing and Research
Teddy Tawil, Writing and Research
Ruchit Negotia, Video Editing
Leah Cogguillo, Fundraising and Development
Aidan Kluger, Writing and Research
Holly Vaughn, Social Media & Marketing
Timothy Han, Research & Writing
Ann-Renee Rubia, Research & Writing
