Brad Lips is the chief executive officer of Atlas Network, which increases opportunity and prosperity by strengthening a global network of independent civil society organizations that promote individual freedom and remove barriers to human flourishing. Since he became CEO in 2009, the budget of Atlas Network has more than doubled and the scope of its programs has extended worldwide. He is the author of Liberalism and the Free Society in 2021, as well as another monograph titled The Freedom Movement: Its Past, Present, and Future, as well as the editor of Finding New Ideas in Old Ones. Lips is a member of the John Templeton Foundation, Templeton World Charity Foundation, and Templeton Religion Trust. He serves on the boards of directors of the American Friends of the Institute of Economic Affairs and Donors Capital Fund. He is the President of the 2024 Antigua Forum hosted by Universidad Francisco Marroquín. As a member of the Mont Pelerin Society, Lips chaired the Organizing Committee of its General Meeting in 2016 and now chairs its Membership Committee. Prior to joining Atlas Network in 1998, Lips co-founded an Internet start-up, conducted equity research for Smith Barney, Inc., and worked in a policy research capacity for the Progress & Freedom Foundation. He has spoken on five continents on solutions to poverty, and his work has been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, National Review Online, Investor's Business Daily, The Daily Caller, Forbes, Fox News, American Spectator, and RealClearPolitics. Lips received his MBA from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University and his undergraduate degree from Princeton University. Brad lives with his wife, Stephanie, and their children in Falls Church, Virginia.
- To Fend Off Threats to Freedom Worldwide, Support Local Economic-Development Nonprofits — Not More Foreign Aid, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, June 6, 2023
- Working Toward a Freer World in 2023, Orange County Register, December 31, 2022
- Americans Have Two Options: Freedom or the Ugly Alternative, Real Clear Policy, June 28, 2022
- The Economic Mentality of Nations (with Pál Czeglédi and Carlos Newland), Cato Journal, fall 2021
- Liberty Wins if Deirdre McCloskey Wins the Nobel Prize, RealClearMarkets, October 8, 2021
- Is Biden's Jimmy Carter Impression an Opportunity for Reagan 2.0?, RealClearPolicy, May 20, 2021
- Is Censorship the Answer?, RealClearPolicy, Feb. 25, 2021
- Jimmy Lai's Message of Hope, The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 6, 2021
- Why the Coronavirus Crisis Should Make Us Rethink the State of the Union, Washington Examiner, April 1, 2020
- Beyond Greed and Envy, Atlas Network, October 7, 2019
- Will South Africa Decline Like Zimbabwe, The Daily Caller, June 6, 2018
- Stop Throwing Cash at Poor Nations, FoxNews.com, October 22, 2017
- Free Market Series, The World Show with Bob Scully (recorded September 23, 2016)
- Rethinking International Development, DonorsTrust, September 2, 2016
- Obama Can't Always Get What He Wants, But If He'd Try Sometime, He Just Might Find, He'd Get Some Folks Freed, The Daily Caller, March 9, 2016
- Defining Freedom, Atlas Network, April 20, 2015
- Radio appearance on Bob Zadek Show KKSF AM 910 San Fran (April 24, 2016)
- David & Goliath segment, Fox Business News: STOSSEL, January 15, 2015
- Silencing Guo Yushan, National Review Online, January 14, 2015
- Fall Of The Berlin Wall: Fences To Liberty Still Remain, RealClearPolitics, November 11, 2014
- The Left’s Poverty Posers, The Daily Caller, May 22, 2014
- Crony Capitalism Critics Claim the Moral High Ground: The Left is defending a bankrupt status quo, American Spectator, May 9, 2014
- Join the Inequality Debate: Inequality is a sign of a healthy economy — but only in a free market, without cronyist distortions, National Review Online, April 30, 2014
- The Big Conundrum of Small Government: Only way out is a balanced budget amendment, American Spectator, April 24, 2014
- A Populist Libertarian Youth Movement?, American Thinker, March 24, 2014
- Competitiveness, Not Stimulus, Is Key To Europe's Recovery, Forbes, October 28, 2013
- Bono's right — it's free enterprise, not food aid, that will lift Africa to prosperity, Forbes, September 4, 2013
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