Nate Sibley

Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative

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At A Glance:

Nate Sibley is a research fellow and director of Hudson Institute’s Kleptocracy Initiative.

Biography

Nate Sibley is a research fellow and director of Hudson Institute’s Kleptocracy Initiative. His research explores the relationship between authoritarianism, corruption and other illicit finance, and national security.

Mr. Sibley works closely with the US government and its allies to advance innovative policies in the fields of anti-money laundering, economic statecraft, and democracy promotion. His work is credited with helping to elevate transnational corruption as a core US national security concern.

Mr. Sibley publishes frequently in leading publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, and the Washington Post; has appeared on the BBC, CNN, and NPR; and hosts Hudson’s Making a Killing podcast.

 

09
September 2024
Past Event
What’s Next for Maduro’s Criminal Hybrid State in Venezuela?
Featured Speakers:
Nate Sibley
Maria Alejandra Marquez
Ryan Berg
Marshall Billingslea
Incumbent President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro speaks during a press conference on July 28, 2024, in Fuerte Tiuna, Caracas, Venezuela. (Jesus Vargas via Getty Images)
09
September 2024
Past Event
What’s Next for Maduro’s Criminal Hybrid State in Venezuela?

Join Hudson for a discussion on how these crises will affect the evolution of Maduro’s criminal networks, the threat to regional security, and broader implications for the United States’ Venezuela policy, including how the US should dispose of the billions of dollars seized during criminal proceedings against members of Maduro’s inner circle.

Incumbent President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro speaks during a press conference on July 28, 2024, in Fuerte Tiuna, Caracas, Venezuela. (Jesus Vargas via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Nate Sibley
Maria Alejandra Marquez
Ryan Berg
Marshall Billingslea
06
September 2024
Past Event
How Foreign Adversaries Infiltrate US Campuses
Featured Speakers:
Zineb Riboua
Nate Sibley
Casey Michel
Ellen Bork
The Alma Mater sculpture at Columbia University in New York City. (Getty Images)
06
September 2024
Past Event
How Foreign Adversaries Infiltrate US Campuses

Join Hudson for a discussion on what American policymakers can do to protect the integrity of US institutions and prevent foreign adversaries from spreading malign influence within America’s academic, cultural, and political life.

The Alma Mater sculpture at Columbia University in New York City. (Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Zineb Riboua
Nate Sibley
Casey Michel
Ellen Bork
06
June 2024
Past Event
Strategic Corruption, State Capture, and Sanctions Enforcement in Europe
Featured Speakers:
Nate Sibley
Ruslan Stefanov
Martin Vladimirov
Dragan Koprivica
Ognian Shentov
Moderator:
Matthew Boyse
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the plenary session of Russian Energy Week 2022 on October 12, 2022, in Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images)
06
June 2024
Past Event
Strategic Corruption, State Capture, and Sanctions Enforcement in Europe

An expert panel will discuss how to dismantle Russia’s state capture networks in Europe.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the plenary session of Russian Energy Week 2022 on October 12, 2022, in Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Nate Sibley
Ruslan Stefanov
Martin Vladimirov
Dragan Koprivica
Ognian Shentov
Moderator:
Matthew Boyse
28
February 2024
Past Event
Under Secretary Brian Nelson on Financial Transparency and National Security
Featured Speakers:
Brian Nelson
Nate Sibley
The front of the United States Treasury building on January 3, 2024, in Washington, DC. (J. David Ake via Getty Images)
28
February 2024
Past Event
Under Secretary Brian Nelson on Financial Transparency and National Security
The front of the United States Treasury building on January 3, 2024, in Washington, DC. (J. David Ake via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Brian Nelson
Nate Sibley
13
February 2024
Past Event
How Javier Milei Can Restore the Rule of Law in Argentina
Featured Speakers:
Mariano Federici
Marshall Billingslea
Maria Eugenia Talerico
Moderator:
Nate Sibley
Argentina's President Javier Milei delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 17, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)
13
February 2024
Past Event
How Javier Milei Can Restore the Rule of Law in Argentina
Argentina's President Javier Milei delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 17, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Mariano Federici
Marshall Billingslea
Maria Eugenia Talerico
Moderator:
Nate Sibley
30
January 2024
Past Event
Representative Joe Wilson on the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act
Featured Speakers:
Congressman Joe Wilson
Nate Sibley
Subcommittee Chairman US Representative Joe Wilson speaks during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill on January 11, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum via Getty Images)
30
January 2024
Past Event
Representative Joe Wilson on the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act
Subcommittee Chairman US Representative Joe Wilson speaks during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill on January 11, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Congressman Joe Wilson
Nate Sibley
16
November 2023
Past Event
Making Russia Pay with Senator Jim Risch
Featured Speakers:
Senator James E. Risch
Nate Sibley
Olena Halushka
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Chris Socha
Firefighters work to put out a fire at CHP power station after it was hit by Russian missile on October 10, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
16
November 2023
Past Event
Making Russia Pay with Senator Jim Risch

Please join Hudson Institute for a foreign policy address by Senator Jim Risch, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and leading cosponsor of the REPO for Ukrainians Act.

Firefighters work to put out a fire at CHP power station after it was hit by Russian missile on October 10, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Senator James E. Risch
Nate Sibley
Olena Halushka
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Chris Socha
14
April 2023
Past Event
Constraining Russia’s War Economy: Lessons from Lithuania
Featured Speakers:
Gintarė Skaistė
Marshall Billingslea
Moderator:
Nate Sibley
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14
April 2023
Past Event
Constraining Russia’s War Economy: Lessons from Lithuania

Please join Hudson Institute for a discussion with Gintarė Skaistė, the Lithuanian minister of finance, on the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy—and what more the democratic allies can do to strengthen their scope and enforcement in order to constrain Russia’s war economy and support Ukrainian victory.

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Featured Speakers:
Gintarė Skaistė
Marshall Billingslea
Moderator:
Nate Sibley
31
March 2023
Past Event
Has the United States Given Up on Venezuela?
Featured Speakers:
Marshall Billingslea
Carrie Filipetti
José R. Cárdenas
Nate Sibley
An anti-Maduro demonstrator waves a Venezuelan flag in front of the Venezuelan National Police officers during a demonstration against the government of Nicolás Maduro organized by supporters of Juan Guaidó on March 10, 2020, in Caracas, Venezuela. (Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images)
31
March 2023
Past Event
Has the United States Given Up on Venezuela?

Please join Hudson Institute to discuss what has gone wrong with US policy toward Venezuela and how the Biden administration and 118th Congress can reinvigorate efforts to support democracy so that all Venezuelans can have a brighter future.

An anti-Maduro demonstrator waves a Venezuelan flag in front of the Venezuelan National Police officers during a demonstration against the government of Nicolás Maduro organized by supporters of Juan Guaidó on March 10, 2020, in Caracas, Venezuela. (Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Marshall Billingslea
Carrie Filipetti
José R. Cárdenas
Nate Sibley
10
February 2023
Past Event
State Threats, Illicit Finance, and Economic Security with the Rt. Hon. Tom Tugendhat
Featured Speakers:
The Rt. Hon. Tom Tugendhat MBE VR MP
Marshall Billingslea
Moderator:
Nate Sibley
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10
February 2023
Past Event
State Threats, Illicit Finance, and Economic Security with the Rt. Hon. Tom Tugendhat

Please join Hudson's Nate Sibley and Marshall Billingslea for a discussion with UK Minister of State for Security Tom Tugendhat on elevating transatlantic initiatives to counter economic and financial threats.

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Featured Speakers:
The Rt. Hon. Tom Tugendhat MBE VR MP
Marshall Billingslea
Moderator:
Nate Sibley
07
February 2023
Past Event
The Corrupting Influence of Chinese Development Aid in Angola
Featured Speakers:
Rafael Marques de Morais
Jenai Cox
Nate Sibley
Moderator:
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Angolan President Joao Lourenco (R, front) meets with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Luanda, Angola, Jan. 13, 2023. (Photo by Chen Cheng/Xinhua via Getty Images)
07
February 2023
Past Event
The Corrupting Influence of Chinese Development Aid in Angola

Join Hudson Institute and International Republican Institute experts in welcoming award-winning Angolan investigative journalist Rafael Marques as he presents new information about the malign influence of Chinese aid.

Angolan President Joao Lourenco (R, front) meets with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Luanda, Angola, Jan. 13, 2023. (Photo by Chen Cheng/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Rafael Marques de Morais
Jenai Cox
Nate Sibley
Moderator:
Thomas J. Duesterberg
19
January 2023
Past Event
Task Force KleptoCapture: A Conversation with Director Andrew Adams
Featured Speakers:
Andrew Adams
Nate Sibley
A local boat resident feeds local birdlife alongside the 58m (192ft) £38m super-yacht 'Phi' which remains seized at 'Dollar Bay' in London Docklands, impounded by the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) because of sanctions against Putin associates during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 30th March 2022, in London, England. The Phi has its own swimming pool and infinite wine cellar, according to its Dutch builders. Its ownership is uncertain but it is believed to be owned by a Russian businessman with links
19
January 2023
Past Event
Task Force KleptoCapture: A Conversation with Director Andrew Adams

Please join Hudson Research Fellow Nate Sibley and Andrew Adams, director of Task Force KleptoCapture, to discuss recent developments in the unit’s ongoing work to hold Russian elites and their facilitators accountable.

A local boat resident feeds local birdlife alongside the 58m (192ft) £38m super-yacht 'Phi' which remains seized at 'Dollar Bay' in London Docklands, impounded by the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) because of sanctions against Putin associates during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 30th March 2022, in London, England. The Phi has its own swimming pool and infinite wine cellar, according to its Dutch builders. Its ownership is uncertain but it is believed to be owned by a Russian businessman with links
Featured Speakers:
Andrew Adams
Nate Sibley
09
December 2022
Past Event
Romania’s Democracy Agenda: Fighting Corruption, Strengthening the Rule of Law
Featured Speakers:
Ambassador Dan-Andrei Muraru
Crin Bologa
Corina Rebegea
Norman Eisen
Laura Stefan
Moderator:
Nate Sibley
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09
December 2022
Past Event
Romania’s Democracy Agenda: Fighting Corruption, Strengthening the Rule of Law

Please join Hudson Institute for a discussion with Crin Bologa, Romania’s top anti-corruption prosecutor, on recent developments and opportunities for further progress.
 

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Featured Speakers:
Ambassador Dan-Andrei Muraru
Crin Bologa
Corina Rebegea
Norman Eisen
Laura Stefan
Moderator:
Nate Sibley
23
November 2022
Past Event
Countering Russian Influence in Georgia
Featured Speakers:
Khatia Dekanoidze
Eka Gigauri
Joshua Rudolph
Olena Halushka
Moderator:
Nate Sibley
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23
November 2022
Past Event
Countering Russian Influence in Georgia

In 2008, Russia invaded and illegally occupied one-fifth of the Republic of Georgia. Now Moscow’s authoritarian influence again threatens the country. Please join leading Georgian and US experts at Hudson Institute for a discussion on countering Russia’s influence in Georgia.

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Featured Speakers:
Khatia Dekanoidze
Eka Gigauri
Joshua Rudolph
Olena Halushka
Moderator:
Nate Sibley
24
October 2022
Past Event
When McKinsey Came to China
Featured Speakers:
Nate Sibley
Michael Forsythe
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24
October 2022
Past Event
When McKinsey Came to China

Please join Hudson Research Fellow Nate Sibley and Michael Forsythe, co-author of When McKinsey Comes to Town, for a discussion on the consultancy giant’s work in China and how it illustrates the broader challenges of the private sector’s engagement with powerful authoritarian regimes.

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Featured Speakers:
Nate Sibley
Michael Forsythe
10
December 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Targeting Kleptocracy: A Conversation with Sen. Whitehouse
Featured Speakers:
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Nate Sibley
Dark clouds roll past the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)
10
December 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Targeting Kleptocracy: A Conversation with Sen. Whitehouse

Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 10:00 a.m. EST, Friday, December 10. Register for the event here.

Dark clouds roll past the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Nate Sibley
30
November 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | The Future of US Climate Policy with Representative John Curtis
Featured Speakers:
Representative John Curtis
Nate Sibley
30
November 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | The Future of US Climate Policy with Representative John Curtis

Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EST, Tuesday, November 30. Register for the event here.

Featured Speakers:
Representative John Curtis
Nate Sibley
30
September 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Obiang’s Kleptocracy in Equatorial Guinea
Featured Speakers:
Tutu Alicante
Sara Brimbeuf
Adam Schwarz
Casey Michel
Nate Sibley
30
September 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Obiang’s Kleptocracy in Equatorial Guinea

Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Thursday, September 30. Register for the event here.

Featured Speakers:
Tutu Alicante
Sara Brimbeuf
Adam Schwarz
Casey Michel
Nate Sibley
09
September 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | How Anti-Corruption Efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean Can Accelerate COVID-19 Recovery
Featured Speakers:
Mauricio Claver-Carone
Marshall Billingslea
Nate Sibley
09
September 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | How Anti-Corruption Efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean Can Accelerate COVID-19 Recovery

Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 3:00 p.m. EDT, Thursday, September 9. Register for the event here.

Featured Speakers:
Mauricio Claver-Carone
Marshall Billingslea
Nate Sibley
20
July 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | TTTC 2021: Democracy vs. Autocracy
Featured Speakers:
Constanze Stelzenmüller
Roland Freudenstein
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Nate Sibley
20
July 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | TTTC 2021: Democracy vs. Autocracy

Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 10:00 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, July 20. Register for the event here or via the register button

Featured Speakers:
Constanze Stelzenmüller
Roland Freudenstein
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Nate Sibley
09
July 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Can Hong Kong Remain a Global Financial Center?
Featured Speakers:
Carolyn Bartholomew
Ellen Bork
Bill Browder
Mark Clifford
Nate Sibley
09
July 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Can Hong Kong Remain a Global Financial Center?

Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Friday, July 9. Register for the event here or via the register button.

Featured Speakers:
Carolyn Bartholomew
Ellen Bork
Bill Browder
Mark Clifford
Nate Sibley
19
May 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Corruption and Impunity in Argentina
Featured Speakers:
María Eugenia Talerico
Mariano Federici
Nate Sibley
Marshall Billingslea
19
May 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Corruption and Impunity in Argentina

Please be advised: This event will have Spanish and English subtitles and will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 19. Register fo

Featured Speakers:
María Eugenia Talerico
Mariano Federici
Nate Sibley
Marshall Billingslea
23
April 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | A Discussion with Venezuela’s Interim President Juan Guaidó
Featured Speakers:
Interim President Juan Guaidó
Commissioner Carlos Paparoni
Nate Sibley
Marshall Billingslea
23
April 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | A Discussion with Venezuela’s Interim President Juan Guaidó

Join Hudson Institute for a conversation on crime and corruption in Venezuela with interim President Juan Guaidó and Commissioner Carlos Paparoni. Th

Featured Speakers:
Interim President Juan Guaidó
Commissioner Carlos Paparoni
Nate Sibley
Marshall Billingslea
19
March 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Rethinking Climate Change and Environmental Issues: A Conservative Approach
Featured Speakers:
Representative John Curtis
Alicia Kearns MP
Greg McLean MP
Nate Sibley
19
March 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Rethinking Climate Change and Environmental Issues: A Conservative Approach

Please be advised: This event will premiere LIVE on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Friday, March 19.

Join Hudson Institute Research Fellow Nate Sibley,

Featured Speakers:
Representative John Curtis
Alicia Kearns MP
Greg McLean MP
Nate Sibley
12
February 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Corruption in International Sports: Delivering Justice with the Rodchenkov Act
Featured Speakers:
Paul Massaro
Julia Pacetti
Nate Sibley
Travis Tygart
Jim Walden
Joseph Gillespie
12
February 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Corruption in International Sports: Delivering Justice with the Rodchenkov Act

Join Hudson Institute for an expert panel discussion on how enforcement of the Rodchenkov Act can help clean up doping fraud in international sports,

Featured Speakers:
Paul Massaro
Julia Pacetti
Nate Sibley
Travis Tygart
Jim Walden
Joseph Gillespie
19
January 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Countering Global Kleptocracy: Prospects for the Biden Administration and the 117th Congress
Featured Speakers:
Abigail Bellows
Dr. Michael Carpenter
Ben Judah
Nate Sibley
19
January 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Countering Global Kleptocracy: Prospects for the Biden Administration and the 117th Congress

Join Hudson Institute for a panel discussion with Hudson’s Kleptocracy Initiative and distinguished experts on opportunities for U.S. global leadershi

Featured Speakers:
Abigail Bellows
Dr. Michael Carpenter
Ben Judah
Nate Sibley
18
June 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Senator Bill Cassidy and John Penrose MP on Transatlantic Initiatives Curtailing Illicit Finance
Featured Speakers:
Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.
John Penrose MP
Nate Sibley
18
June 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Senator Bill Cassidy and John Penrose MP on Transatlantic Initiatives Curtailing Illicit Finance

**__Please be advised: This event will premiere at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 18. Click here to view this event on Hudson’s website.__**

Join Hu

Featured Speakers:
Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.
John Penrose MP
Nate Sibley
18
May 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Coronavirus and Corruption: How Kleptocracy Threatens the Global Response
Featured Speakers:
Abigail Bellows
Elaine Dezenski
Paul Massaro
Nate Sibley
18
May 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Coronavirus and Corruption: How Kleptocracy Threatens the Global Response

Governments are spending trillions of dollars to contain the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate economic consequences of sweeping lockdowns. But as popul

Featured Speakers:
Abigail Bellows
Elaine Dezenski
Paul Massaro
Nate Sibley
24
February 2020
Past Event
Transatlantic Initiatives to Counter Kleptocracy: A Post-Brexit Discussion with Andrew Mitchell MP
Featured Speakers:
Ben Judah
Rt. Hon. Andrew Mitchell MP
Nate Sibley
24
February 2020
Past Event
Transatlantic Initiatives to Counter Kleptocracy: A Post-Brexit Discussion with Andrew Mitchell MP

The United States and the United Kingdom are home to the world’s two leading financial centers and cooperate closely in the fight against economic c

Featured Speakers:
Ben Judah
Rt. Hon. Andrew Mitchell MP
Nate Sibley
05
November 2019
Past Event
Securing America's Financial Borders
Featured Speakers:
Angelena Bradfield
Young Lee
Josh Rudolph
Nate Sibley
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05
November 2019
Past Event
Securing America's Financial Borders

Experts discuss kleptocracy in the U.S.

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Featured Speakers:
Angelena Bradfield
Young Lee
Josh Rudolph
Nate Sibley
20
June 2019
Past Event
New Perspectives on Shared Security: NATO’s Next 70 Years
Featured Speakers:
Amanda Sloat
Nadia Schadlow
Peter Rough
Nate Sibley
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20
June 2019
Past Event
New Perspectives on Shared Security: NATO’s Next 70 Years

Experts discuss the future of NATO

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Featured Speakers:
Amanda Sloat
Nadia Schadlow
Peter Rough
Nate Sibley
06
September 2018
Past Event
The Enablers: How Western Professionals Import Corruption and Strengthen Authoritarianism
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Elise Bean
Mark Hays
Ben Judah
Nate Sibley
06
September 2018
Past Event
The Enablers: How Western Professionals Import Corruption and Strengthen Authoritarianism

Charles Davidson, Elise Bean, Mark Hays, Ben Judah, and Nate Sibley discuss kleptocracy.

Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Elise Bean
Mark Hays
Ben Judah
Nate Sibley
17
April 2018
Past Event
Countering Russian Kleptocracy
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Clay Fuller
Jeffrey Gedmin
Ben Judah
Nate Sibley
17
April 2018
Past Event
Countering Russian Kleptocracy

Kleptocratic regimes use corruption and as a means of control at home and a weapon of influence abroad. Russian oligarchs and other Kremlin agents hav

Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Clay Fuller
Jeffrey Gedmin
Ben Judah
Nate Sibley