Board of Directors

BOB BARR
Chairman and Co-Founder
Bob Barr represented the 7th District of Georgia in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003, serving as a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, as Vice-Chairman of the Government Reform Committee, and as an eight-year veteran of the Committee on Financial Services. In 2008 he ran as the Libertarian Party candidate for President.

RUSSELL VERNEY
Board Member
Russell Verney is an independent political strategist having served in prominent roles in third party and independent political campaigns.  Mr. Verney organized the last presidential debate to include a candidate outside of the two major political parties.  Additionally, Mr. Verney served as the Executive Director of Ross Perot’s United We Stand America and later went on to create the Reform Party of the United States.   


JENNIFER CHAMBRIN
Board Member
Jennifer Chambrin is a graduate of Georgia State University. She has worked with Congressman Barr since 1997. She served as Assistant Press Secretary, Scheduler and Assistant District Director in his Congressional Office, and on his 2008 Campaign for President. She has extensive experience working with federal and state agencies.


ROBERT STUBER
Board Member

DEREK BARR
Board Member

Executive Leadership

JOE SEEHUSEN
President and CEO

He has held senior executive leadership positions in business, community non-profits and political organizations.  Mr. Seehusen served as the Deputy National Campaign Manager of the Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign Committee, the National Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Libertarian National Committee in Washington DC., and as a senior executive in several for-profit service sector corporations.  

His corporate consulting practice clients are banks and manufacturers including Barclays, Mitsubishi and Wells Fargo.  His op-ed pieces have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the Baltimore Sun and the Orange County Register.  His work has been reported on by NBC, the Wall Street Journal, ABC and FOX.  

Mr. Seehusen serves on the Corporate Advisory Board, College of Business and Economics at Longwood University.

His civic leadership roles have included Director, Board of Directors, The Shining Trail Council Iowa-Illinois Girl Scouts USA, as well as trustee and director of several arts and community business organizations.

He received his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University and is an Associate member of the National Press Club in Washington DC.

Mr. Seehusen is married with two children.

JASON PYE
Media Director

In 2008, Jason served as the campaign blogger for former Congressman Bob Barr's presidential campaign. Over the last three years, he has served as Legislative Director for the Libertarian Party of Georgia, promoting issues that advance limited government, individual liberty and free markets. He has also served on the board of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Georgia, a group that advances the libertarian philosophy.

Jason has been featured in stories in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Fox News, Creative Loafing, Washington Independent, Georgia Public Broadcasting and WSB-TV and has done numerous radio interviews on state and national politics. He has also contributed commentary for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, a free market think tank based in Atlanta, which has been published in newspapers across the state.

In 2010, Jason was a finalist for an Atlanta Press Club Award of Excellence in the "Online/Multimedia" category for his work following Georgia politics.

Jason lives in Atlanta with his wife, Amanda, and two dogs.

Shane Cory
Co-Founder
Shane Cory serves as the president of an interactive marketing and strategy firm that exclusively serves organizations that advance liberty.  He previously served as the Executive Director fo the Libertarian National Committee and as a director for a national government watchdog group.  Cory is a Marine Corps veteran and lives and works in historic Fredericksburg, Virginia.