Board of Directors

Sara Albrecht serves as Chairman of the Liberty Justice Center, helping guide one of the nation’s leading constitutional litigation firms in its mission to defend individual liberty and restore the proper limits of government power. With a deep commitment to educational freedom, free speech, workers’ rights, and checking government overreach, Sara provides strategic leadership, philanthropic vision, and hands-on support for the Center’s high-impact litigation nationwide.

An accomplished investor and entrepreneur, Sara founded Swan Capital following a career in investment management that included leadership roles at Harris Associates and as a founding partner of the equity team at PPM America. She has also taught International Finance and previously owned and operated the retail chain Ultimo.

Sara is an active civic and cultural leader, serving on several nonprofit boards, including the Illinois Policy Institute and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Unify America, and the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.

In addition to her CFA certification, she holds degrees from DePaul University and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Corey A. DeAngelis is a senior fellow at the American Culture Project. He has been labeled the “school choice evangelist” and called “the most effective school choice advocate since Milton Friedman.” He is a regular on Fox News and frequently appears in The Wall Street Journal. DeAngelis is also the executive director at Educational Freedom Institute, a senior fellow at Reason Foundation, an adjunct scholar at Cato Institute, and a board member at Liberty Justice Center. He holds a Ph.D. in education policy from the University of Arkansas. He is the national bestselling author of The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our Schools (Center Street, 2024).

Brian Timpone is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Chicago-based Pipeline Media, a leading provider of data and software tools to media companies, marketers, and digital publishers. He is also co-founder of Metric Media, which publishes 1,400 news sites around the United States.

Brian started his career as a television reporter and later served as press secretary for the Illinois House Minority Leader. In 2021, he co-founded the Voter Reference Foundation and VoteRef.com, dedicated to making state voter registration data available to the public.

Timpone is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. A Chicago native, he lives in Western Springs, Ill. with his wife, Patricia, and their five children.