Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC)

Background The Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) is a think tank based in Budapest. It is Hungary’s largest private educational institution. It is closely affiliated with Viktor Orbán’s government and is funded by the proceeds of the country’s oil and gas company.  MCC has been chaired by Orbán’s political director Balász Orbán (no relation) since 2020.1“Balazs […]

Zia Yusuf

Credentials Background Muhammad Ziauddin (Zia) Yusuf is a Scottish multi-millionaire tech entrepreneur and was chairman of the right-wing populist Reform UK party between July 11, 20242Kate Whannel. “Entrepreneur Yusuf […]

Stephen Miller

Credentials Background Stephen Miller is the White House deputy chief of staff for policy and Homeland Security advisor2David Klion. “The Loyalist,” The Nation, […]

Joe Oliver

Joe Oliver Credentials Background Joe Oliver is the former Canadian Minister of Natural Resources (2011-2014) and Minister of Finance, serving under former prime minister Stephen Harper. 2Joe Oliver. “OLIVER: Climate alarmism lurks […]

Alliance Defending Freedom

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) Background The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), formerly Alliance Defense Fund, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that describes itself as “the world’s largest legal organization advancing every person’s God-given right to live and speak the truth” with […]

Andrea Jenkyns

Credentials  Background Dame Andrea Jenkyns is the Reform UK mayor for the Greater Lincolnshire, having been elected in a local election on May 1, 2025. She was previously the Conservative MP for […]

Tim Dunn

Tim M. Dunn Credentials Background Timothy (Tim) Dunn is the CEO of CrownQuest Operating, an “operating entity for oil and gas exploration and production ventures” in Midland, Texas. According to Dunn’s biography on his website, after graduating from Texas Tech University […]

Kent Lassman

Image by Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Kent Lassman Credentials Background Kent Lassman has been the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) president and CEO since 2016. Lassman joined CEI from the lobbying firm DCI Group, where he […]

Russell Vought

Russell Vought Credentials Background Russel (Russ) T. Vought is director of the White House budget office. The Senate confirmed Vought in February 2025. Vought was also the deputy director […]

Prosperity Institute

Prosperity Institute Background The Prosperity Institute (PI) was founded as the Legatum Institute (LI) in 2007 by the Legatum Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Dubai-based investment firm the Legatum Group. It named changed to The Prosperity […]