Eglė Kapočiūtė, Chief

Eglė works with Regina and Giedre at the Lithuanian College of Democracy. She joins the English camp this year, taking over organizational duties from Regina, who will not be able to attend the full camp. Eglė will make sure that we have the right number of sleeping rooms and classrooms and meals, and at the proper hour! She will handle all the arrangements with the local staff, such as the cooks, housekeepers, and security people. She will also find us projectors, printers, microphones, etc and plan the special programs for the opening and closing evenings of the camp.

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Regina Ruibiene

For several years, Regina has been the primary local organizer for the camp in Lithuania. Her tireless efforts have been indispensible in making the camp run smoothly. This year, her work load has expanded, so she is turning over most of the camp operations to Eglė. We will enjoy seeing Regina at the camp opening party June 30.

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Giedre Kvieskiene

Giedre, a professional educator, has been very active for many years with both the

Vilnius Pedagogical University, where she is the Director of the Institute of Social Communication, and the

Lithuanian College of Democracy.

Her extensive experience and network will once again provide important support to the English camp.

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Virgis Daukas

Virgis is responsible for working with the local organizers to plan the details of the camp, including logistics, finances, guest speakers, selection and registration of students from Lithuania, and being the liaison to other local groups that offer us support, such as the Vilnius Pedagogical University, the Lithuanian College of Democracy, the Lithuanian Free Market Institute, and the International Republican Institute.

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Glenn Cripe

Glenn has lived and worked (software development, consulting, and training) in over 10 cities in the U.S. and overseas, including Chicago, Dallas, New Orleans, Richmond, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Milan, and Sydney. He currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, where he registered LLI last year as a non-profit corporation.

Glenn and Andy have worked together this past year to find teachers and funding, expand our network, and publicize the camp, by attending and speaking at conferences and seminars around the world. Glenn's special contribution is his knowledge of computer systems, web site work, and development of training programs. During the camp, Glenn will assist the other teachers at the camp, as needed, making sure that classes run smoothly and reviewing each day's results in a brief staff meeting.

When he is not planning interesting training programs in faraway places, Glenn enjoys playing classical music and show tunes on the piano, especially when he can accompany singers and other instrumentalists.

A special adventure for Glenn was helping to translate and publish the works of Ayn Rand in Russian, and to track down the places where she lived. Click here to see photos of the books and the locations.

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Martha Stahl

Now a German citizen living in Berlin, Martha is originally from the Dominican Republic. She has worked for many years in both countries as a consultant and trainer in the field of Quality Management. She has also worked with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation to increase participation in local liberal politics, especially by immigrants who have become German citizens.

Martha enjoys reading about different religions and classical liberal politics and philosophy, and thinking of ways to teach people to use all these ideas to achieve the well-being of the community, and not just the pursuit of power.

At the English camp, Martha will use her organizational and motivation skills, and her love of good music and salsa dancing, to assist the staff and to coordinate the evening social activities.

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Steve Browne

We will miss seeing Steve at this year's camp. For the first time in the history of the camp, Steve will not be able to attend -- but for a very good reason -- he and his wife Monika (also a camp veteran) are expecting their second child in July!

This year, Steve is helping "behind the scenes" by providing guidance to Andy and Glenn as they organize the camp details, locate sponsors, and build the support network.

So we will be sending Steve and his family our thoughts and best wishes, and look forward to seeing them all at Trakai 2007!

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Jaroslav Romanchuk, Chairman

In addition to teaching at the English camp for several years, Jaroslav has been the primary organizer of the students from Belarus and Ukraine. During the year, he meets with them, invites them to discussion groups, invites some to the camp, arranges transportation to Vilnius, and brings them all to the camp. In his classes, he delights in exploring the humor, ambiguity, and richness of the English language by sharing stories full of puns, misspellings, homonyms, palindromes, and other word plays with students and teachers alike.

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Andy Eyschen

Andy has worked with Glenn this past year to find teachers and funding, expand our network, and publicize the camp, by attending and speaking at conferences and seminars around the world. Andy's special contribution is his broad experience with management consulting, organizational development, and training programs.

During the camp, Andy will teach classes about entrepreneurship and privacy.

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Sue Kleiman

Sue is a teacher, programmer, investor, entrepreneur, and Capitalist. She has a Masters Degree in Computer Science and an MBA. After teaching computer science for several years at a college in Maryland, she moved to Silicon Valley in California, where she worked for several computer companies, doing programming, technical support, project management, and consulting. During this time, she slowly made investments -- in real estate, the stock market, among others. Over time, she became a successful capitalist, and no longer works for anyone else. She believes wholeheartedly in the benefits of freedom and Capitalism. She lives what she believes, and she loves to teach it to anyone who is interested.

In addition to managing her business, Sue currently is a member of the Economic Development Board for her city of Benicia, CA, and sits on the Boards of various other organizations. In her free time, she enjoys tennis, skiing, painting, and discussing classical liberal ideas.

At the camp, Sue will teach from various classical liberal books and other documents.

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Jan Narveson

Jan Narveson is Professor Emeritus from the University of Waterloo in Canada. He has written many books, including The Libertarian Idea, Moral Matters, and Respecting Persons in Theory and Practice, as well as over two hundred articles for various philosophical journals. He has recently written this on-line book: You and the State: A Fairly Short Introduction to Political Philosophy. Jan contributes to many e-mail discussions, and has spoken at the ISIL world conference every year since 2000, and will again this summer.

For his classes at the Liberty English Camp, Jan will use his on-line book. The book introduces students to primary questions of political philosophy while expounding carefully the classical liberal view.

In addition to his academic and political activities, Jan is an avid fan of classical music, especially chamber music. He is the organizer of the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society's fifty-plus yearly concerts, which take place in a big room in his home. In the photo, you see the Society's piano behind Jan.

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Max Nuijens

Max is from the Kingdom of Holland. He was educated as an environmental biologist in Amsterdam and Groningen, where he is continuing his studies to become a biology teacher. At the University of Groningen for the past two years, Max has worked on courses on Science & Society, which includes reflection on being a scientist. His hobbies include ufology, philosophy, creation science, and growing succulent plants.

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