Kristina Rasmussen

Kristina Rasmussen

Kristina Rasmussen is a Senior Consultant with the Hall of Giants. Rasmussen is responsible for ensuring that visitors to the Hall of Giants pavilion on the National Mall during the country’s 250th celebrations are inspired to help create the next wave of entrepreneurship in America.
Dr. Orphe Divounguy

Dr. Orphe Divounguy

Dr. Orphe Divounguy is a macroeconomist on the Zillow Economic Research team, where he analyzes national and local data to explain how the U.S. economy shapes housing markets. Orphe is also the founder of Quantitative Research Group, a consulting firm, and the co-host of the Everyday Economics podcast. Previously, he served as Chief Economist at the Illinois Policy Institute, developing quantitative methods to evaluate public policy and economic reforms.
Connor Boyack

Connor Boyack

Connor Boyack is the founder and president of the Libertas Institute, a Utah-based think tank that advances individual liberty, free enterprise, and educational innovation. He is best known as the author of The Tuttle Twins series—a collection of bestselling children’s books that teach the principles of freedom, entrepreneurship, and personal responsibility to millions of young readers worldwide. A serial entrepreneur and civic reformer, Boyack has helped change dozens of state laws expanding school choice, privacy rights, and economic opportunity.
John Tillman

John Tillman

John Tillman is one of the nation’s most influential free-market policy leaders. John served as CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute from 2007 to 2021, building it into one of the most effective, state-based think tanks in America. He continues to serve the institute as chair; and, in 2020, he played a key role in defeating Illinois’ proposed progressive income tax. He also co-founded the Liberty Justice Center, which won the landmark Janus v. AFSCME case before the U.S. Supreme Court, securing First Amendment protections for millions of public-sector workers.