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  • Stephen Cobb

    Soon after finishing a master's degree in engineering, Steve left his native southern California for more interesting weather in Leningrad (where he studied for a year), Udmurtia (where for three years he unsuccessfully searched for nuclear missiles prohibited under the INF Treaty), and later Kiev, Ukraine. Five years of socialism not being enough, he then spent six years in Germany. Freedom is invisible, like air--you only miss it when it is gone. Steve is a lifetime member of the Libertarian Party.

  • Irena GoddardIrene Goddard

    Irena was born in communist Czechoslovakia, and emigrated to the United States with her mother in 1982. She grew up in upstate New York, where she received a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science. After receiving her degree, she lived and worked as software implantation project manager in Europe, Australia and the United States. The Goddards relocated from San Francisco to Concord, New Hampshire in 2005. Irena likes to play basketball and loves to play chess.

  • Margot Keyes (SUNSHINE)

    Margot, a native of Pittsburgh, PA, grew up in a Catholic, Republican family and just never felt right about it. After graduating from Penn State in 1991 with a Liberal Arts degree, spending some time in Spain and Catalunya, she moved to St. Paul, MN with Bradley, a fellow PSU Alum and New York native. Twelve years of marriage and four daughters later, they are ready for the exciting adventure of relocating to New Hampshire, working toward liberty and being closer to family. During college and thanks to Bradley, Margot learned to appreciate Objectivism and Ayn Rand, RUSH and Libertarianism. She calls herself a recovering Catholic-turned Atheist and as of April 2004 became a member of the Libertarian party, joining after an appearance at the statewide annual convention in Minnesota.

    Margot's busy life entails raising their four girls and seeing that their house and lives are running smoothly. Her family relocated to the Free State in January 2005, a few years earlier than planned! Her focus will be in choice in and privatization of education and welcoming all the newcomers to the Free State! As the Greeter Coordinator for all of FSP and the Welcome Wagon Coordinator in New Hampshire, her goal is to make everyone feel welcome and to know that they have an important place in our project. Everyone can have something to contribute to this life-altering endeavor; once they feel welcome, informed and comfortable, they can get down to business doing whatever they do best. After all, "Important things, be they great or small, are rarely accomplished by those who can afford the most time, nor by those who are the most capable, but by those who are the most willing. M. Keyes".

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  • Jon Maltz

    Jon grew up in southern Florida before joining the U.S. Air Force and spending three years in England. He now lives in Massachuetss where he has adapted to the slightly colder climate and works in IT. He is a longtime member of his local Kiwanis club, where he recently served as its President.

  • Sandy Pierre

    Sandy is an almost-native of the San Francisco Bay Area, where she was an active member of the California Libertarian Party. She is a member of an infinitesimally small group of female libertarian Cal grads. Sandy made the move to the Free State in May 2005. She is an IT professional and is relishing not having to pay state income tax for the first time in her life. In her spare time she enjoys science fiction, rock n' roll, playing with her black cat Ezme, and movies featuring Bill Murray, kung fu, and/or zombies.



  • Lynn Pina
    Free-Stater Lynn Pina knew she was "home" when she walked into a lounge in Bradford, NH , found the patrons passing around a Brownell's catalog, and was then invited to a gun show that weekend! An early mover, she has lived and worked in Nashua, Hooksett, Portsmouth, East Rochester, Concord, and Warner, and shares her passion for New Hampshire and its native "Live Free or Die" culture with others through serving as the Free State Project's NH Info Coordinator and NH Jobs Coordinator.
    A refugee from the socialist state of Maryland , she is down there with family this year, working a Federal job while earning a certificate in Paralegal Studies. She holds an MBA, a BA in Foreign Languages, several IT certifications, and plans to be back up in NH in 2007 to begin a Vermont law clerkship on the path to becoming a litigator, while she petitions the NH Bar to accept a clerkship education alternate as well. She is a small "l" libertarian, and active member of Mensa, Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, Gun Owners of NH and Coalition of NH Taxpayers, and former member of Major Waldron’s Sportsmen’s Association.
    When you see her at PorcFest, please introduce yourself, tell her what brings you to FSP, and let her know what's keeping you from making the move to NH! If it's a job, she can help you via the NH Jobs page. If it's a place to live, she can help you via the NH Info page. She'd love to show you how close-knit and committed the NH Free Staters are to welcoming new membership into our supportive local community through meet and greets, local FSP meetings, moving parties, and any other practical support our network of membership can provide. The FSP energy and camaraderie are incredible things you won't fully believe until you experience them for yourselves. Welcome to FSP – you will love it here and won’t ever want to leave!
  • Jason Sorens

    Is the founder, chair, and former president of the Free State Project. He grew up in Houston, Texas, received his B.A. in economics and philosophy from Washington and Lee University, and his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University, where he has taught full-time for two years. His academic work has been published in Electoral Studies, Comparative Political Studies, and Critical Review, and he is currently working on a book entitled Secession and Democracy. In the fall he begins a tenure-track assistant professor appointment at SUNY-Buffalo, where he hopes the snow will make him appreciate New Hampshire's climate.



  • Varrin Swearingen

    Has been a libertarian since grade school and is one of three graduates of Pioneer Christian Academy, a school started and operated by Marshall Fritz (founder of the Advocates for Self-Government and the Alliance for the Separation of School and State). Varrin ran for Congress in 2002 for the LP and has served as chair and vice-chair for the LP of Fresno County. Varrin is a 2002 Lights of Liberty award winner, has been the subject of local and national news articles, and has been published online and in print. Varrin is a Christian, has been married to Edi for over 10 years and they have a 3 year-old son, Edison, and a 2 year-old daughter, Erin. He works as an airline pilot, is a musician, has traveled to 45 states and 36 territories and countries, and is currently enrolled as a student at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University working on his BS in Professional Aeronautics.

  • Andrew Del Vecchio

Andrew's Portrait thumbnailThe current Local Groups coordinator. His duties include helping new members get in touch with their local FSP group, and to help motivated activists to start local groups in their area for the purposes of having fun, acting as a support network, and recruiting new movers to the "free state." Andrew has been involved with many pro liberty organizations, including the Libertarian Party, DownsizeDC.org, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He's also involved in other organizations such as the Rotaract Club, giving them a much needed freedom oriented perspective. Like hundreds of other Free Staters, he is involved with the technology sphere. Though that may be unoriginal, he has been working on a career in marketing, something that is both unique and useful to the movement. Andrew will earn a BA in Political Science in May 2008. To contact him, send an e-mail to localgroups@freestateproject.org.

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