About Us

Jonathan Fortier is the director of Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org. Over the past 25 years he has worked to promote the principles of a free society with many organizations, including Liberty Fund, the Institute for Humane Studies, and the Fraser Institute. He earned his MPhil and his doctorate at the University of Oxford, where he also held several lectureships and worked as the junior dean of Corpus Christi College. His dissertation explored the idea of liberty and personal responsibility as they find expression in English literature. The relationship between the arts and individual freedom continues to be a central concern. Fortier’s additional research interests include the moral foundations of free markets, and related themes such as individual rights, private property, the rule of law, spontaneous order, and decentralization. He has managed funding to support many dozens of research projects and designed and directed over 100 colloquia and other academic events aimed at advancing the possibilities for responsible freedom and human flourishing.

As the associate director of Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org, Pericles helps manage the team’s projects, processes, and measurement systems and helps to establish and maintain relationships with partners. Prior to joining Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org, he led Cato’s Student Programs team including Cato’s internship program and outreach efforts. Over the last decade, Pericles has worked in several roles for national non-​profit organizations dedicated to protecting and promoting free and prosperous societies. As the activism manager at the Institute for Justice, Pericles helped organize and defend communities facing eminent domain and occupational licensing abuse. At the Charles Koch Foundation, he developed methods to systematically connect grant participants to next-​step opportunities, and at the Institute for Humane Studies he led efforts to overhaul human resources and operational functions. Pericles earned his BA in history with a minor in political science from Drexel University.

Paul Meany started working as the intellectual history editor at Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org in 2019. His work focuses on liberty before liberalism, uncovering how ancient and medieval ideas influenced our modern conceptions of rights, liberty, and autonomy. Paul also covers underrepresented historical figures and ideas that may not be in the libertarian canon but deserve scholarly attention due to their contributions to a freer world. Paul obtained his degree in ancient and medieval history at Trinity College Dublin in his home country of Ireland.

Barbara Galletti is the Senior Producer of Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org. Over the past nine years, she has worked to promote the ideas of liberty through different types of content. A co-​founder and former Audiovisual Director of the Peruvian educational platform Enterarse, she brought her experience to the Cato Institute and now Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org to create engaging audiovisual content. Her objective is to make complex information more accessible and bring the principles of free societies to life for a wide array of audiences. She holds a BA in Law from Universidad de Lima and an MS in Media Science from Boston University.

Lilah Kimble is an associate editor for Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org. Lilah works on a variety of written copy, including books, articles, and scripts. Along with her editorial duties, Lilah also oversees the project’s social media and newsletter publication. Lilah graduated with a BA in politics, concentrating in political philosophy, from Washington and Lee University, where she also minored in mass communications and creative writing. Lilah joined Cato after interning with Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org in the fall of 2024, and she is deeply committed to spreading the principles of individual liberty, free markets, and peace.