Patrick Collison is co-founder and CEO of Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform. He also co-founded Stripe Press, an independent publishing imprint focused on science, technology, and culture, and is co-founder of the Arc Institute, a nonprofit research organization dedicated to accelerating progress in biomedical science. Before founding Stripe, Collison co-founded Auctomatic, which was acquired in 2008. Born in Ireland, he is recognized as one of the leading entrepreneurs and institution-builders of his generation.

Bryan Johnson has the best comprehensive biomarkers of anyone in the world. Quantitatively, the healthiest person on earth. His Project Blueprint asks the question “are we the first generation who won’t die?” Johnson is the founder of Kernel, creator of the world’s first mainstream non-invasive neuroimaging system; and OS Fund, where he invested $100M in the predictable engineering of atoms, molecules, and organisms. He is an outdoor adventure enthusiast, pilot, and author of two children’s books, and a sci-fi novel, We The People. Previously, Johnson built Braintree Venmo which was acquired by PayPal for $800 million.

Tao Lin is the author of ten books, including Leave Society and Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change. He lives in Hawaii.

Freya India is the author of the Substack GIRLS, where she writes about the challenges girls and young women face in the modern world, and a staff writer for Jonathan Haidt’s newsletter, After Babel. She has also contributed to publications including The New Statesman, The Spectator, and The Free Press.

Fr. Harrison Ayre was ordained a priest in 2015. He is currently pursuing his PhD in theological anthropology at the Maryvale Institute. He is pastor of St. Peter's Parish in Nanaimo, BC, co-host of the podcast Clerically Speaking, and co-author with Michael Heinlein of Finding Christ in the Crisis: What the Pandemic Can Teach Us.

Luke Burgis is the author of Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life, and The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion, forthcoming from St. Martin's Press, June 2026. He the Founding Director of The Cluny Institute, and serves on the faculty of the business school at The Catholic University of America, where he helps lead the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship.

Dr Victoria Trumbull is a philosopher and writer. She received her DPhil in 2025 and her MPhil with distinction in 2021, both from the University of Oxford. Her first book, On the Memory of the Soul, will be published by Bloomsbury in October 2026. Victoria’s work focuses on theories of the human person, soul, or self, and the related questions of consciousness, memory, and time.

Jordan Castro is the author of the novels Muscle Man (Catapult, 2025) and The Novelist (Soft Skull, 2022). His essays have appeared in Harper’s, The Paris Review, The Point, and more. He is the deputy director of The Cluny Institute, and serves on the board of the DiTrapano Foundation for Literature and the Arts.

Ben Klutsey is the executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His commitment to the transformative power of classical liberal ideas is rooted in his upbringing in Ghana, where he witnessed both the dangers of authoritarianism and the life-changing impact of economic freedom. Before becoming executive director, Ben founded the Mercatus Pluralism and Civil Exchange Program, starred in the documentary “Undivide Us,” and built a national network of more than 180 university-based research centers. Today, he continues to champion talent development and empower the next generation of freedom-minded changemakers.

Dana Gioia is an internationally acclaimed poet and writer. He is the former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and California Poet Laureate.

Catherine Pakaluk is an American economist, social philosopher, author, and mother of eight. She is the author most recently of Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth, and teaches at the Catholic University of America.

Fr. Luke Dysinger, OSB, has taught theology and biomedical ethics at a variety of institutions in southern California, including St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, where he is professor of moral theology, church history, and chair of the department of theology. He received his D.Phil. in Theology from Oxford University.

Ruxandra Teslo co-leads the Clinical Trial Abundance initiative, a project focused on increasing the pace of medical progress by increasing the number and efficiency of clinical trials. She writes about the intersection of science, culture, and policy at her Substack. She holds a PhD in Genomics from Cambridge University.

Jeff Frank is a philosopher of education and a professor at St. Lawrence University. He’s been twice selected for the Owen D. Young Faculty Award by the university’s senior class and publishes widely in popular and scholarly outlets.

Rebecca Lowe is a philosopher with a particular interest in freedom and rights. She is Philosophy Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center, where she is also Director of Emerging Scholars. She is working on two books: Freedom in Utopia and Speaking Freely. She writes a Substack called the ends don’t justify the means, and hosts the Working Definition podcast.

Dr. Clay Routledge is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at the Archbridge Institute. As a thought leader in existential psychology and human motivation, Clay translates research into practical insights that help people reach their full potential and build meaningful lives. He has written for outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review. Clay regularly advises organizations on using existential psychology and behavioral science to improve their products, services, and workplace culture. He is co-editor of Profectus, a magazine dedicated to human progress and flourishing, and writes the weekly newsletter, Flourishing Friday. His latest book is Past Forward: How Nostalgia Can Help You Live a More Meaningful Life.

Fr Mark Roosien is an Orthodox Christian priest and scholar. He is the rector of Holy Ghost Orthodox Church in Bridgeport, CT and Assistant Professor of Theology at St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary. He writes on early Christian worship and modern Orthodox thought, has published a book on liturgy and natural disasters, and translated two books by the 20th century theologian Sergius Bulgakov.

Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau is the Catholic University of America's Vice President of Ministry and Mission. Before arriving at Catholic University, Father Aquinas taught moral theology at the Dominican House of Studies.