FreedomFest 2026

Stephanie Weidle is the Executive Director of Feds For Freedom, a grassroots non-profit initially formed to protect federal employees and contractors from the COVID-19 vaccine mandates. A professional opera singer with a Master’s degree from the New England Conservatory of Music... Read More →

Olivia Degenkolb, a Berkeley, California native, served in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear technician, naval flight officer, and foreign policy expert. She was selected for several elite assignments, including flag aide, Olmsted scholar, and Assistant Naval Attaché (designate) to China... Read More →

James Erdman is the co-founder of Feds For Freedom, a 501c(3) dedicated to health freedom and constitutional governance.

He has previous military experience as a non-commissioned officer at the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, as well as the National Guard.

Jim worked as a senior bioinformatics and biometrics consultant in the private sector prior to joining Department of State and CIA. He served in the Middle East, South and East Asia, and Europe and just finished a one-year joint duty assignment at the Office of Director National... Read More →

Kyle Seraphin is a federal whistleblower, podcast host, a former FBI Agent, a former NREMT-Paramedic, and USAF veteran. He spent 6 years in the FBI as a Special Agent before making protected disclosures of FBI malfeasance. He exposed national scandals including FBI counter terrorism... Read More →

George Hill is a retired FBI Supervisory Intelligence Analyst, a former NSA Analyst, and a 26 year veteran of the USMC/USN retiring at the rank of Senior Chief.

Mr. Hill deployed multiple times for pre-GWOT counterinsurgency operations, and deployed three times post-9/11. He serve... Read More →

We love America and our freedom. But the COVID-19 vaccine mandate was a step too far. It sparked something in us - a new fight for liberty our Founding Fathers would recognize.
That spark created Feds For Freedom, a grassroots movement of federal employees, contractors, and military personnel pushing back against government overreach... Read More →