Production Team 2024
Production Team 2023-2024
Jeffrey Berwick
CEO
Anarcho-Capitalist. Libertarian. Freedom fighter against mankind’s two biggest enemies, the State and the Central Banks. Jeff Berwick is the founder of The Dollar Vigilante and host of the popular video podcast, Anarchast. Jeff is a prominent speaker at many of the world’s freedom, investment and cryptocurrency conferences including his own, Anarchapulco, as well as regularly in the media including CNBC, Bloomberg and Fox Business. Jeff also posts video content daily to, Bitchute, Odysee, Dtube, Brighteon and our own decentralized video platform Vigilante.tv.
Jeff’s background in the financial markets dates back to his founding of Canada’s largest financial website, Stockhouse.com, in 1994. In the late ‘90s the company expanded worldwide into 8 different countries and had 250 employees and a market capitalization of $240 million USD at the peak of the “tech bubble”. To this day more than a million investors use Stockhouse.com for investment information every month.
Jeff was the CEO from 1994 until 2002 when he sold the company. Afterwards, Berwick went forth to live on and travel the world by sailboat but sank his boat in a storm off the coast of El Salvador. After being saved clinging to his surfboard with nothing but a pair of surfing shorts left of all his material possessions he decided to “live nowhere” and travel the world as spontaneously as possible with one overarching goal: See and understand the world with his own eyes, not through the lens of the media.
He went on to visit nearly 100 countries over five years and did and saw things that no education could ever teach. He met and spoke with a plethora of amazing people, from self-made billionaires to some of the brightest minds in finance – as well as entrepreneurs from a broad range of backgrounds and locations from tech companies in southern China to resource developers in Thailand, Russia and Chile. He also read everything he could find on how the world really works… politically and financially. A pursuit he continues to this day.
That education led him to become one of the biggest proponents of the Permanent Traveler/Prior Taxpayer (PT) Theory.
He expatriated, long ago from his country of birth, Canada, and considers himself a citizen of the world. He has lived in numerous locales since including Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Acapulco, Mexico.
Catherine Bonandin
Producer
Catherine Bleish-Bonandin discovered she was a philosophical anarchist while giving a Soap Box Idol rant at Porcfest in 2009! A long time liberty activist, Catherine has moved from the front lines of the Ron Paul campaign and police accountability movement, to behind the scenes working as the Producer of Anarchapulco, and board member for the Greenbriar Intentional Community. Catherine raises chickens, goats, and sovereign children in Central Texas with her husband Paolo. You can read about her homesteading adventures at TheHomestead.guru.
Her seventeen years as an active an involved member of the liberty community has provided her with profound insight into the nature of coercive control. It manifests in a societal level, a communal level, relational level, and even within our own psyche. Finding freedom in our lifetime will require each of us to identify and eradicate the ways in which we participate in, and perpetuate, coercion. When we each make the needed shifts in our Way of Being to exist as the sovereigns we were born to be, we serve as the building blocks of a truly free society. To read about Catherine's experience overcoming coercive control, visit SovereignLiving.com.
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Miranda Webb
Co-Producer
As seen on the HBO series The Anarchists, Lily has been attending or involved with Anarchapulco and its community in some form or another since 2016. Lily has been working for Anarchapulco since the end of 2020 and is now coproducer of the event taking on many roles within the organization.
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Rebecca Scott
Stage & Nightlife Manager
Rebecca has been creating original events since 2010, has worked in various capacities at large festivals in Australia including Adelaide Fringe and Taste of Tasmania and has been in her dream role since 2021 as the stage manager of Anarchapulco! She loves driving like a Mexican and is here to show the world that "Joy Wins!"
Khel Baldeo
Registration Manager
Khel has worn many hats, both Anarchapulco & her current position as Asst General Manager at Jokers Theatre and Comedy Club in Toronto. She started out Studying International Development Studies at UofT & then transitioned into the Business Management Program.
She has a soft spot for causes requiring attention. While her career in Sales & Marketing has been long & interesting. She always searches for causes she can bring her skills to & volunteering is a top priority for her. She started out volunteering with Anarchapulco at the Vendor booth in 2022, moved to registration & Volunteers coordinating in 2023. In 2024 she’ll be focused on Registration and further opportunities for revenue growth moving forward. Stop by to say “Hi” or to receive a hug at the Registration area throughout the conference!
Danny Sessom
Crypto & Service Projects
Danny started in Crypto in 2013 out of the Ron Paul movement and was a big part of The Crypto Show.
Danny was active in multiple Crypto Projects and still works today with 2 Privacy Crypto Projects as well as Travel Vlogs about Travel in Mexico and the US.
Danny spearheaded multiple Crypto funded Philanthropic events including the work with Marsh Children's Home that has become a big part Anarchapulco to this day.
Lexi Marie
Accountant & Assistant Producer
Lexi has been living in Mexico and coming to Anarchapulco since 2020. Prior to moving to Mexico, she worked with the US Libertarian Party. She works as an accountant, and handles a handful of other back-end tasks for the event. Lexi is also the producer of Mariposa Freedom Festival, a liberty-focused camping festival that takes place in Puerto Vallarta.
Chad Schwartz
Workshops
Chad Schwartz is a practicing apprentice in off grid autonomy, currently based in Mexico. He is an associate of Earthship Biotecture. He manages Anarchapulco’s Earthship-Inspired building project. Chad has been a speaker at Anarchapulco for the last three years. He managed Anarchapulco’s Sovereign Living Stage in 2023.
Chad is a practitioner of Larken Rose's 'Candles In The Dark' philosophy discussions. He also worked with the ‘Jones Plantation’ post production film team.
Chad’s work has been featured on Vice News as well as on several podcasts.
Chad studied at the Earthship Academy under the tutelage of Michael Reynolds where he learned some of the most cutting edge concepts in decentralization and authority-free life essentials.
Chad teaches virtual and hands-on workshops on stateless life essentials (water, energy, waste treatment, etc. )
Chad also has years of teaching experience with stateless education. If you wish to contact Chad about any of this work, message him at [email protected]
Learn more at https://www.youtube.com/@triviumautonomy1886
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Dora Jara
Transportation
Dora Jara is a Chicago native who grew up in the arts with a love for math, chess, finding creative solutions, and exploring. She has over ten (10) years of IT experience and project experience, PMP certified in late 2020. She is an active Spanish-speaking Realtor in both Chicago and Dallas-Fort Worth areas and still makes time to volunteer whenever possible.
Laura Gasule
Family Camp
Educated as Primary school teacher. Worked 3 years as Waldorf school teacher in Latvia and 15 years in a Waldorf kindergarten in Norway. At the moment my time and care is for my family=just started a path of home-schooling with my oldest son Gustavs (8 years) and folowing my daughters path in a local Waldorf school.. An active member of a local Homeschooling group that is new and exploring most suitable models of cooperation and support as a community.
I am very happy to be on the Anarchapulco team for a 3rd year in a row.
Kristaps Kaukis
Business Logistics
The driving force behind dynamic events and entrepreneurial journeys. With a background spanning event coordination and diverse business endeavors like street sales, vending, and transport, Kristaps is all about turning ideas into reality.
For the second year, Kristaps brings his passion to the heart of Anarchapulco. From orchestrating logistics to ensuring a smooth experience, Kristaps plays a vital role in the behind-the-scenes magic that makes Anarchapulco special.