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Supporters of Atlas . . . . . . . .3Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Middle East & North Africa . . . . . . . . .10Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Asia & the Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1420 Years with Atlas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16A Tribute to the St. Angelos . . . . . . . . .18Creating a Better Future . . . . . . . . . . . .19Catalyst and Connector . . . . . . . . . . . .20The Atlas Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Create a Legacy of Freedom . . . . . . . .24How You Can Advance Freedom . . . . .25The 2007 Liberty Forum . . . . . . . . . . .26The Revival of Classical Liberalism . . .28Reception in Honor of Leonard Liggio . .30FSSO Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31The 2006 Freedom Dinner . . . . . . . . .32Templeton Freedom Awards . . . . . . . .34Sir Antony Fisher Awards . . . . . . . . . . .36Freda Utley Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38TFI and SFS Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Atlas Events Around the Globe . . . . . .40Financial Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Thank You to Prize Judges . . . . . . . . . .44
Atlas
YEAR-IN-REVIEW
FALL 2007
Organizational Growth
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n 2007, the Atlas Economic Research Foundation experienced significant growth and change.In January, Allegra Hewell joined as office manager and is now working as events assistant, coor-dinating all of Atlas’s trademark events. In June, Atlas’s staff grew again with Whitney Garrisoncoming on as a development associate, and former Atlas intern Niki Straub returning to becomeassistant to the president. Rebecca Waskey, who joined Atlas in October 2006 as assistant to thepresident, is now Atlas’s communications associate, coordinating and editing Atlas’s publicationsand features on Atlas’s Web site. In August, Atlas bid farewell to its long-time director of publicaffairs, Elena Ziebarth, and in November, Atlas added Eva Andraskova as its new office manager. Atlas also hosted three interns this year, including our current intern, Anca Bogdana Rusu, fromRomania.Throughout this growth and change Atlas remains comitted to its mission, “To discover, developand support ‘intellectual entrepreneurs’ worldwide who can advance the Atlas vision of a society of free and responsible individuals.”
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Family Growth
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he Atlas family grew in June withthe birth of Morgan Juliet Lips, thefirst child of Atlas executive vice presi-dent, Brad Lips and his wife, Cindy.(See related story on page 19.) Morganis pictured here wearing a bib sent by Atlas supporters, Ali and MarshallStocker. As you can see, she is not yetenthusiastic about the free-marketcause. Brad promises to work on this inthe months and years ahead.
Atlas Network Growth
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tlas is now working with 290 think tanks in 80 countries, up from 250 in 65 countries just threeyears ago. We expect this growth to continue, as Atlas’s pipeline of new “intellectual entrepre-neurs” – participating in Atlas training programs and consulting with us about their plans for newprojects to advance liberty – is as large and diverse as ever.
The Atlas Economic Research Foundation workswith think tanks and individuals around the worldto advance a vision of a society of free and responsi-ble individuals, based upon private property rights,limited government under the rule of law and themarket order. Atlas is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organi-zation that is supported solely by donations fromindividuals, foundations and corporations.
Board of Directors William Sumner (Chairman)Dan Grossman (Chairman-Elect)John BlundellTim Browne Alejandro Garza Lagüera Abby MoffatGeorge Pearson Andrea Millen RichRené ScullLinda WhetstoneHon. Curtin WinsorStaff
Alejandro A. Chafuen
President & CEO
Leonard P. Liggio
Executive Vice President of Academics
Bradley A. Lips
Executive Vice President & COO
Jo Kwong
Vice President of Institute Relations
Eva Andraskova
Office Manager
Cindy Cerquitella
Coalition Relations Associate
Colleen Dyble
Director of Coalition Relations
Whitney Garrison
Donor Relations Associate
Allegra Hewell
Events Assistant
Rómulo Lopez
Program Manager
Christian Robey
Associate Director of Programs
Alexis Serote
Associate Director of Donor Relations
Niki Straub
Assistant to the President & CEO
Priscilla Tacujan
Program Manager
Rebecca Waskey
Communications Associate
YiQiao Xu
Program Manager
Atlas Senior Fellows William DennisDeroy MurdockGabriel Zinny2000 N. 14th Street, Suite 550 Arlington, Virginia 22201703-934-6969 – Phone703-352-7530 – Fax
www.atlasUSA.org
A Year at Atlas
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s you review this annual report, we know you will beinspired – perhaps, awestruck – by the friends of the free soci-ety in our network. Thanks to your involvement, Atlas hashelped many free-market institutes and “intellectual entrepre-neurs” with grants, contacts, advice, credibility and moralbacking. All of our partners are committed to dis-covering and spreading the truth. Insome extreme cases, this puts ourfriends at odds with local rulers. Inthose difficult and courageous battles,they take solace in the knowledge thatthey have the support of individuals likeyou, who share their commitment tothe free exchange of ideas and to therights of every person.In turn, we know that you take pride in your important role:helping Atlas build and nurture this extended family of free-dom champions.On these pages you can see the work of Atlas and of our part-ners in the freedom movement. But truthfully, words andphotos can seldom convey the magnitude of the efforts of theindividuals portrayed in these pages. We encourage youto meet our allies in person at events such as Atlas’sannual Freedom Dinner in November (
see pages30-31
) or the Liberty Forum (in Atlanta on April25-26, 2008,
see pages 24-25
). You can evenvisit them in their home countries to witnessfirsthand their committed, daily work toadvance freedom, despite modest budg-ets and sometimes difficultenvironments.Outside of the developed andEnglish-speaking world, a think tankis still an unfamiliar concept. Inthose countries, 80 percent of thethink tanks we work with havebudgets averaging a mereU.S.$60,000—so you can imaginehow far your contributions go insupporting these institutes.Enlightened donors can give a hugeboost to these little Davids, who arefighting against reinvigorated, big-government Goliaths. Whether in Brussels, Caracas, Tehran, or Washington, thosewho want more government and less freedom seem to be ris-ing in power. They might outgun and outspend our freedomchampions, but no weapon can quiet good ideas and a love of freedom forever. Atlas’s friends around the world have thepower of truth on their side. As long as you partner with us to con-tinue to provide a place for theseintellectual entrepreneurs to craft anddisseminate their message, freedom willalways have a chance.
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