EMERGENT VENTURES - Key Persons


Alex Kiselica

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Donor Relations

Ali Tooley

Job Titles:
  • Director of Strategic Partnerships

Amy Lutz

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Donor Relations

Andrea Roncal

Job Titles:
  • Senior Development Associate

Anna Ross

Job Titles:
  • Development Operations Coordinator

Arielle John

Job Titles:
  • Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics / Senior Research Fellow

Ashley Schiller

Job Titles:
  • Director of Donor Relations

Ben Klutsey

Job Titles:
  • Director of Academic Outreach

Bobbi Herzberg

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program in Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics / Senior Research Fellow

Brad Dick

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Donor Relations

Brian Hooks

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Bruce Caldwell

Job Titles:
  • Director, Center for the History of Political Economy / Research Professor of Economics, Duke University

Charles Koch

Job Titles:
  • Member Emeritus of the Board

Chris Myers


Christopher J. Coyne

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Cory Shreckengost


Dan Butler

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Development
  • Development

Daniel M. Rothschild

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Devin Scanlon

Job Titles:
  • Academic Outreach Coordinator

Don C. Lavoie

Job Titles:
  • Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Donald J. Boudreaux

Job Titles:
  • Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Duncan Black

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Economics and Law, George Mason University

Edwin Meese

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Erwin Dekker

Job Titles:
  • Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics / Senior Research Fellow / Assistant Professor, Erasmus University

F. A. Harper

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University

F. A. Hayek

Job Titles:
  • Senior Fellow
  • Distinguished Senior Fellow

Frank Fuhrig


Gary D. Leff - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer

George L. Argyros

Job Titles:
  • Endowed Chair in Finance and Economics, Chapman University

Ginny Seung Choi

Job Titles:
  • Program Director, Academic and Student Programs / Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics / Senior Research Fellow

Hobart R. Harris

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Economics, George Mason University

Holbert L. Harris

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Economics at George Mason University

Jayme Lemke

Job Titles:
  • Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics / Senior Research Fellow

Jen Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Outreach Communications and Operations Manager

Jennifer Zambone - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer

Jessica Paska

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Federal Team

Jordan Lofthouse

Job Titles:
  • Associate Program Director, Academic and Student Programs / Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics / Senior Research Fellow

Josh Ferdelman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the State Team

Josh Levine

Job Titles:
  • Outreach Communications and Operations Associate

Julie Sparks

Job Titles:
  • Member of the State Team

Karen Czarnecki

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Outreach

Karen I. Vaughn

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Distinguished Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Kate Brown


Kate De Lanoy - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Communications

Kelcie McKinley

Kelcie McKinley is a second-year MA student in the Department of Economics at George Mason University. Kelcie graduated from Texas Tech University with a BS in biology. She worked as a development associate at The Fund for American Studies. Previously, she interned at the Department of Education and the Texas House of Representatives. Her research interests include urban policy and environmental policy.

Krista Chavez


Kristen Collins

Job Titles:
  • Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics / Senior Research Fellow

Kyle Precourt


Lawrence H. White

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics / Professor of Economics, George Mason University

Lee Kong Chian

Job Titles:
  • Chairman Professor of Political Science at School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University

Loretta Herrington

Job Titles:
  • Member of the State Team

Manuel H. Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Mark Koyama

Job Titles:
  • Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics / Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University

Matthew Boyer

Job Titles:
  • Director of Media Relations

Michael Aguilar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the State Team

Michael Hogg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the State Team

Neera Badhwar

Job Titles:
  • Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Neil Eckard

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development

Nelson Getchell

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Study of Free Market Capitalism, Mercatus Center

Pat DiFrancesco

Job Titles:
  • Director of Corporate Relations

Paul Lewis

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Political Economy, King 's College London

Peter J. Boettke

Job Titles:
  • Director, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics / Vice President for Advanced Study

Peter Leeson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Rachel Coyne

Job Titles:
  • Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Reed Dhein

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Federal Team

Richard Fink

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Richard Wagner

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Rosolino A. Candela

Job Titles:
  • Program Director, Academic and Student Programs / Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Salen Churi

Job Titles:
  • Board Member, Mercatus Center

Sarah Jenislawski

Job Titles:
  • Director of Foundation Relations

Sarah Wright

Job Titles:
  • Academic Outreach Associate

Solomon Stein

Job Titles:
  • Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics / Senior Research Fellow

Stefanie Haeffele

Job Titles:
  • Senior Program and Operations Director, Academic and Student Programs / Senior Fellow, F. a. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics / Senior Research Fellow

Thomas Ressler

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Foundation Relations

Vernon Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Virgil Storr

Job Titles:
  • Board Member, Mercatus Center / Vice President, Academic & Student Programs

Zach Barnes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Federal Team