BLISS MAKERS
BLISS Makers are a community of freedom builders: activists, artists, academics, technologists, philanthropists, family office principals, and movement leaders, united by a generational commitment to freedom & democracy. They are stewards of a global ecosystem where courage meets capital. Each BLISS Maker expands the reach, resilience, and imagination of the freedom movement: year after year, commitment by commitment.
FEATURED BLISS MAKERS
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Dr. Álvaro Salas-Castro
PRESIDENT & CEO, THE REYNOLDS FOUNDATION; FOUNDER, BLISS SUMMIT
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Alex Gladstein
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION
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Agustín Etchebarne
GENERAL DIRECTOR, FUNDACIÓN LIBERTAD Y PROGRESO
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Axel Kaiser
SENIOR FELLOW, ARCHBRIDGE INSTITUTE
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Ana Corina Sosa
VENEZUELAN ACTIVIST FOR FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY
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Alberto Trejos
CHAIRMAN, CUESTAMORAS
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Ambassador Mark A. Green
PRESIDENT EMERITUS, WILSON CENTER
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Brad Lips
CEO, ATLAS NETWORK
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Carlos Vives
LATIN AMERICAN GRAMMYS PERSON OF THE YEAR 2024 AND FOUNDER, TRAS LA PERLA FOUNDATION
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Caroline Reynolds
CO-FOUNDER & VICE-CHAIRWOMAN, THE REYNOLDS FOUNDATION
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Camelia Ilie-Cardoza
PRESIDENT, INCAE BUSINESS SCHOOL
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Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo
MEMBER OF THE SPANISH PARLIAMENT
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Céline Assaf Boustani
PRESIDENT, HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION
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Colleen Barry
DEAN, CORNELL JEB E. BROOKS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
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Damon Wilson
PRESIDENT & CEO, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY
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Dr. Dan Siegel
PRESIDENT & CO-FOUNDER, MIND YOUR BRAIN
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Daniel Twining, PhD
PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE
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Debbi Gibbs
BOARD MEMBER, HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION, ATLAS NETWORK, REASON, RISING TIDE FOUNDATION
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Esther Perel
CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND EXPERT IN RELATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
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Félix Maradiaga
NICARAGUAN ACTIVIST; PRESIDENT, WORLD LIBERTY CONGRESS
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General H.R. McMaster
SENIOR FELLOW, HOOVER INSTITUTION, STANFORD UNIVERSITY
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Iván Duque
FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA (2018-2022)
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Jack Dorsey
CO-FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN & CEO, BLOCK INC.
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Jack Mallers
FOUNDER & CEO, STRIKE
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Javier Cremades
FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, CREMADES & CALVO-SOTELO ABOGADOS
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Javier El-Hage
CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION
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Jeff Booth
GENERAL PARTNER, EGO DEATH CAPITAL
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Jeff Grosshandler
OWNER, THE GILDED IGUANA HOTEL
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Jhanisse Vaca-Daza
CHAIRWOMAN & PRESIDENT, THE JUCUMARI FOUNDATION
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John Pfeffer
CO-FOUNDER, PFEFFER CAPITAL LP
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Dr. Keren Yarhi-Milo
DEAN, SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
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Laura Chinchilla
FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA (2010-2014)
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Leopoldo López
VENEZUELAN ACTIVIST; CO-FOUNDER, WORLD LIBERTY CONGRESS
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Lilian Tintori
VENEZUELAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND MEMBER, WORLD LIBERTY CONGRESS
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Luis Lacalle Pou
FORMER PRESIDENT OF URUGUAY (2020–2025)
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Mariano Mayer
MANAGING PARTNER, NEWTOPIA VC
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Matt Odell
PARTNER, TEN31, COFOUNDER, OPENSATS, BITCOIN POLICY INSTITUTE, AND BITCOIN PARK
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Max Reynolds
DIRECTOR OF PROJECTS, THE REYNOLDS FOUNDATION
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Miles Suter
BITCOIN DIRECTOR, CASH APP
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Obi Nwosu
CEO, FEDI
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Paul Itoi
CEO, STAK
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Pedro Urruchurtu Noselli
DIRECTOR OF INTERNACIONAL RELATIONS, MARIA CORINA MACHADO-VENTE VENEZUELA
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Rosa María Payá
CUBAN ACTIVIST; ELECTED COMMISSIONER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
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Ross Stevens
FOUNDER AND CEO, STONE RIDGE HOLDINGS GROUP
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Roya Mahboob
PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, DIGITAL CITIZEN FUND
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Susan H. Mac Cormac
PARTNER, MORRISON FOERSTER
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Thor Halvorssen
CEO, HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION
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Tim Reynolds
FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN, THE REYNOLDS FOUNDATION
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Yulia Navalnaya
RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY ADVOCATE AND CHAIR, HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION