Glenn Cripe – Founder and Executive Director
Since 2005, Glenn has brought more than 85 of LLI’s Liberty Camps and Seminars to over 3400 students in 35 countries, expanding his network of freedom fighters around the world. When not organizing and hosting Liberty Camps, Glenn recruits and develops new local partners, teachers, and donors for the Institute. He also enjoys playing classical piano, attending jazz, opera, and folk events, and reading sci-fi, economics, and history on the beaches of Costa del Sol and Italy.
Before co-founding the Institute, Glenn pursued a career in IT development, consulting, and training. He takes special pride in having helped organize the translation and publication of the works of Ayn Rand into Russian in 1993 — the first time her works could be read in her native language.
Originally from Chicago, now a resident of Italy, Glenn has lived in a dozen cities in the US and abroad. He studied languages, finance, and economics at Indiana University. Besides his native English, he speaks Italian, French, and a bit of German.
Bishnu Hari Timilsina – Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Timilsina is a committed and laser-focused individual who excels at setting priorities and carrying out several activities at once. With more than seven years of expertise in managing projects and initiatives related to entrepreneurship and tourism, Bishnu brings his innovative ideas and skills in marketing, communications and student outreach from his base in Nepal. His present work involves planning and implementing all of our projects especially in South Asia.
In May 2024, Bishnu completed his Master’s degree in Project Management in London, United Kingdom.
Teachers for 2025 Camps
Marina Brierley
Marina holds degrees from UNSW and Newcastle (UK). She worked as a computer programmer in Sydney and London, then taught History for many years in an English Grammar school. She has an MA in International Development and Education and enjoys working with young people around the world promoting classical liberal ideas. She is particularly enthusiastic and supportive of African development. She is an Advisory Board member of two think tanks promoting free market education to young Africans – ROCKME (Rewards of Capitalism – Knowledge, Morality and Empowerment) in Nigeria and African Liberty Foundation in Uganda. In 2023 Marina introduced a Teacher Training Programme from UK’s leading private university (Buckingham) to Ugandan teachers in low-cost private schools.
Marina is the author of “Russian Roots”, a history describing the escape of her family from Stalin’s Soviet Union to China – and beyond. Of Russian heritage and a Russian speaker, she is Australian by birth and British by choice. Marina is deeply committed to individual freedom and the philosophy of liberty – the product of her background, studies and extensive travels.
Ken Schoolland
An Associate Professor of Economics, Ken is Vice President for International Relations for Liberty International, on the Board of Scholars of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, and a member of the Mont Pelerin Society. He authored The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey, published in 90+ editions in 58 languages and adapted to theatrical and musical productions across Africa, Europe, Latin America, and Asia.
Ken was Director of the Graduate Program in Japanese Business Studies at Chaminade University of Honolulu, a professor of economics at Hakodate University in Japan and at Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska. He served as an international economist in the U.S. International Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations in Washington, D.C.
Hernando Carvalho
Hernando has been working with libertarian initiatives since 2015 internationally. He was director of the Movimiento Libertario de Colómbia. His academic work focused mainly on economic development, but he also has experience in the most diverse industries, such as music, video production, political communication, agriculture, heavy industry, finance, renewable energies, and education. He had a rock band in 2006, released one studio album, and toured internationally. He likes anarchocapitalism, voluntarism, agorism, and is currently developing research in the field of austro-libertarian economic development, which he calls Natural Social Economy, with Professor Jesús Huerta de Soto in Spain.
Hamid Rafik
Hamid is an economist and researcher whose academic journey has been driven by a deep conviction in the power of ideas in shaping societies. He holds a PhD in economics from Mohammed V University in Rabat. His work reflects a consistent commitment to intellectual honesty, empirical rigor, and a belief in the spontaneous, transformative capacity of free markets. His academic focus lies in economic development and institutional dynamics, with a particular interest in how decentralized, voluntary arrangements often succeed where top-down interventions fall short.
Aware of the gap between the politically motivated policy ideals and everyday realities, Hamid gravitated early toward frameworks that value individual agency, secure property rights, and market-based coordination. As a development economist, he sees people—not central plans—as the real drivers of progress. Through his research, teaching, and writing, he continues to champion bottom-up, practical alternatives to centralized approaches in development policy.
Dennis Jose Mattam
Dennis is a seasoned Legal & Project Management consultant based in Kochi, India, specialising in providing strategic counsel and insightful solutions to optimise business/non-profit operations and navigate complex legal landscapes. He holds a bar licence to practice in Indian Courts. Simultaneously, Students For Liberty has retained him as their South Asia Programs Manager since 2021.
Dennis is an Atlas Network and FNF-trained facilitator-cum-program designer. He has trained over 600 SFL student coordinators from various corners of South Asia, including remote countries like Bhutan and the Maldives, as part of SFL’s Local Coordinator program. This comprehensive training program encompasses academic and skill development, liberal activism, career guidance, and professional mentorship.