WASHINGTON—The Edmund Burke Foundation announced today that Vik Ath is joining the organization as Executive Director, managing all business aspects of the Edmund Burke Foundation’s high-profile NatCon Conferences and focusing on building up the Foundation’s development and donor relations programs. 

Vik brings significant skills and experience in broadening coalitions, organizing campaigns, and developing partnerships with policymakers, candidates, public policy organizations, and industry players advancing America First policies. Vik’s enthusiasm for NatCon and for helping build the conservative movement will strengthen the Edmund Burke Foundation and the coalitions we have built together with our allies and partners.

Edmund Burke Foundation Chairman Yoram Hazony welcomed Ath, stating:

“Vik is an exceptionally effective organizer and advocate for conservative causes. He understands the practical work of translating principles and ideas into coalitions and organizational infrastructure. I know that everyone at the Edmund Burke Foundation and at NatCon will benefit from his expertise and the tremendous positive energy he is bringing with him.”

EBF’s President Anna Wellisz added: 

“Vik’s passion for Western Civilization and for our nation’s freedom and security drew him to the principles of national conservatism and the NatCon conferences, which have become the movement’s highest-profile forum for stress-testing ideas, identifying new talent, and pioneering effective policy proposals. I look forward to working with Vik as he makes the transition from a NatCon participant to a fellow leader of our organization.”

Vik joins EBF from the American Energy Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C., where he served as Managing Director and helped advance America First energy policies. Prior to that, he was active in the conservative movement working on local and national campaigns, expanding coalitions, and advocating for policy change.

Vik Ath remarked on his new role:

“It is a tremendous honor to join the Edmund Burke Foundation at such a consequential time, as our nation celebrates its 250th anniversary. Under Chris DeMuth, Yoram Hazony, and Anna Wellisz, national conservatism was transformed into an intellectual force and a powerful movement on the American Right. I look forward to building on that success and strengthening the engine behind it: deepening our community of partners and allies and creating the lasting infrastructure needed for the Edmund Burke Foundation and the NatCon movement to thrive.”