Built for the long term

Sarah E. v. Clark: Vision, Architecture, and the Conviction to Build What the Conservative World Needs

Sarah E. v. Clark is an executive leader and strategic architect whose career has been defined by one consistent instinct: the ability to see what an institution could be before it exists, and then to do the sustained, disciplined work of making it real. In her case, the work is personal.

Her background spans more than two decades across executive leadership, integrative and functional health, media operations, brand strategy, and global education, consistently centered on the same discipline: identifying what is load-bearing, building systems that hold over time, and creating mission-driven platforms that inspire lasting impact across diverse audiences.

Doctorate-level trained, licensed, and board-certified in Holistic Health, she holds a PhD in Natural Medicine and a Doctorate in Functional Medicine, with ongoing executive education across leading institutions. That formation, spanning science, philosophy, governance, and strategy, has found its fullest expression in her forthcoming book, Architecture of a Life, the work of a practitioner who has spent two decades helping individuals, families, and organisations build systems that endure.

As US Director of Operations for Unprecedented TV, she has helped shape one of the most dynamic conservative broadcasting platforms operating today, now serving as The WCF’s commercial media flagship with studio presences across South London, West London, Bulgaria, the Philippines, and West Wales. Her expertise spans content strategy, distribution, brand storytelling, and cross-cultural engagement, giving The WCF a competitive capability that most political organisations cannot replicate.

Based in Dallas, Texas, she leads The WCF’s American operations from a state whose identity has always been inseparable from the values The WCF was created to advance: freedom, strength, and the courage to lead without apology. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a lineage that connects her to the founding ideals of liberty and self-governance that run through everything The WCF stands for.

Clark is not simply an executive or a media operator. She brings together institutional architecture, broadcast leadership, health and human systems expertise, and civic conviction in a way that few practitioners can, with an understanding of both the formal demands of organisational leadership and the human realities of building something new: resistance, risk, timing, trust, and the long patience required to make a vision real.

At The World Conservative Forum, she serves as founder and CEO, bringing to the organisation clarity of vision, depth of formation, and the kind of steady, disciplined conviction that does not mistake noise for progress.

Long-term legitimacy is not created by statement. It is created by architecture, by the deliberate design of something built to endure. That is Sarah Clark’s work. And it is what The WCF is becoming, under her leadership, in Texas and around the world.

John Curley is a board director and governance advisor whose work sits at the intersection of regulation, institutional trust, geopolitical complexity, emerging technology and long-term organisational legitimacy. It is a field where language can often become abstract. In John’s case, the work is practical.

He advises boards and senior leaders at moments when decisions matter: periods of transition, risk, scrutiny and strategic inflection. His focus is on helping institutions maintain ethical clarity, decision coherence and long-term legitimacy when operating conditions are complex. That is a serious brief.

John’s background spans public governance, infrastructure, finance, emerging technology and leadership development. Across those areas, his work is concerned with fiduciary responsibility, institutional trust, risk oversight and cross-border alignment. These are not peripheral questions for modern boards. They now sit close to the centre of serious leadership.

Regulation is moving quickly. Technology is reshaping how institutions operate. Public trust is more fragile. Geopolitical pressure increasingly affects commercial decisions. Boards and senior leaders need judgement that is not only technical, but ethical, strategic and institutionally aware.

John brings that perspective. His current board and governance work includes roles connected to energy, public policy, blockchain governance and senior executive advisory. He is listed as a board director of Synergized Energy Solutions, a board director of the Committee for the Republic, Senior Governance Advisor to the Government Blockchain Association, and Senior CEO Advisor to the Maryland Blockchain Association.

Lembit Öpik is a broadcaster, political commentator, and former Member of Parliament whose career has been defined by one consistent quality: the refusal to be silenced on principled expressions of view. As host of Lembit Öpik Live on Unprecedented TV, he brings that quality to the screen every week. The result is some of the most genuinely unfiltered political conversation available anywhere in the English-speaking world.

That is not an accident. It is the product of four decades in the public political and broadcasting arena. Born in Bangor, Northern Ireland, to Estonian parents whose families were forced to flee the Soviet occupation, Öpik read Philosophy at the University of Bristol, graduating in 1987. That intellectual formation, with philosophy at its core, shaped a political mind that was never content with received messaging or approved talking points.

Before entering elected politics, he built an executive career at Procter & Gamble, rising to Global Human Resources Training Manager. His professional trajectory gave him an understanding of global corporate institutions, human incentives to act, and the gap between how organisations present themselves and how they actually function. He brought that perspective into Westminster — and Westminster was never quite the same.

Elected as MP for Montgomeryshire in May 1997, he was returned again in 2001 and 2005, each time increasing his vote share. He served as Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats from 2001 to 2007, and held front bench spokesman roles spanning education, Northern Ireland, Wales, business, and housing. He was, in short, a serious and substantive parliamentary figure at the heart of British politics for over a decade.

Öpik was never a career politician in the conventional sense, and that is precisely what made him effective. He was a persistent and early advocate for asteroid defence, influenced by his grandfather, astronomer Ernst Julius Öpik, urging UK government investment in tracking near-Earth objects and pressing for an international action plan against potential catastrophic impact. He campaigned for motorcyclists’ rights, spoke extensively on nuclear and aviation policy, and was a vocal and early defender of free speech at a time when the political class was still congratulating itself on its own pretence at “open-mindedness” — a fake commitment to free speech.

He asked the questions others avoided. He defended positions others found inconvenient. He built a public reputation not on party loyalty, but on the willingness to think independently and say so out loud. Lembit speaks fluent English, Estonian, and German, a trilingual range that reflects a life shaped by displacement, history, and an instinctive sense of Europe’s geopolitical realities that most British politicians have had to learn the hard way.

Since leaving Parliament, Öpik has continued to occupy a rare position: the status of a public figure who is genuinely unconstrained by enforced conformity. His television and radio appearances have spanned Have I Got News For You, Question Time, Any Questions, and beyond, while his commentary and broadcasting work has only sharpened with time. He is a sought-after keynote speaker, the author of published works including a political book on the future of liberal democracy, The Alternative View, and a man whose public persona — part-interrogator, part-entertainer — has proven remarkably durable.

The combination is distinctive. Öpik brings to debate the insider knowledge of a man who sat on Agriculture, Environment and Business Select Committees and navigated cross-party coalition politics. He spent years in the dusty corridors of power, where decisions are made, alongside the irreverence and candour of someone who long ago decided that self-serving, restrictive reputation-protection is a price he is not willing to pay.

At The World Conservative Forum, Lembit Öpik brings that same combination of skills and principles to bear as Chief Operating Officer and a founding voice of the organisation. He understands political power, not as an abstraction, but as something he has exercised, contested and personally lived. He understands media not as a channel to be managed, but as a space where real conversation, when it is allowed to happen, actually influences intelligent minds.

Trusting the intelligence and collective wisdom of the public is a rare thing. And that is exactly what the WCF is built to defend.

The Rt Hon Nigel Evans LLD (Hon) is a former Member of Parliament, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, and one of the most experienced political operators to have served in the British Parliament in the modern era. In his case, the access is real.

Elected to Parliament in 1992 as the Conservative MP for Ribble Valley in Lancashire, Evans served for 32 years, building a record that spans frontbench responsibility, parliamentary governance, cross-party convening, and deep international engagement. That longevity is not merely biographical. It represents a network of relationships, institutional knowledge, and political credibility that cannot be replicated quickly and cannot be manufactured at all. His parliamentary formation is substantial. He served as First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, and later as Joint Executive Secretary of the 1922 Committee, the body at the heart of Conservative Party governance. He served on the Executive Committee of the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, an organisation which promotes Britain's interests abroad and advances the role that parliamentarians can play in international affairs. He chaired the Restoration and Renewal Programme Board overseeing the future of the Palace of Westminster itself, and served on the House of Commons Finance Committee. These are not ceremonial roles. They are the roles that shape how Parliament functions, how the Conservative Party governs itself, and how Britain engages the world.

His international footprint is equally serious. He served as Chair of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and held honorary positions across All-Party Parliamentary Groups covering Taiwan, Morocco, Qatar, Lebanon, Gibraltar, Bahrain, and Belize, among others, cultivating bilateral relationships across multiple regions and political traditions. Since leaving Parliament, he has founded Nigel Evans Consulting, delivering strategic advisory services to businesses and international organisations operating at the intersection of politics, regulation, and global commerce, and serves as a Board Advisor to Global Airlines, providing guidance on public affairs, regulatory environments, and the geopolitical factors shaping international aviation.

His education is grounded in the discipline that his career reflects: a BA with Honours in Politics from University College Swansea, followed by three decades of practical application at the highest levels of British democratic life.

The combination produces a profile that is rare. Nigel Evans does not advise on international relations from a distance. He has built them, sustained them, and deployed them across parliaments, governments, and continents over more than thirty years.

At The WCF, Nigel Evans serves as Secretary General, bringing the depth of that parliamentary record and the reach of that international network to an organisation built for the moment when conservative institutions must operate with genuine credibility, convening power, and global reach simultaneously.

Bruce Fein is a constitutional lawyer, scholar, and Washington institution whose career has been defined by one unwavering commitment: holding power to account through the precise, fearless application of the law.

Fein has been a fixture of Washington's legal and political landscape for more than five decades, with a reach extending to all three branches of government, the national and international media, think tanks, universities, and a wide cluster of NGOs. That breadth is the product of a career spent at the centre of every major constitutional battle since 1969, from Watergate and Iran-Contra through the Clinton impeachment, the post-9/11 expansion of executive power, and NSA surveillance. He has not merely observed those battles. He has shaped them.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate in political science, Fein went on to Harvard Law School, graduating with honours in 1972. His government service was equally distinguished. He clerked for United States District Judge Frank A. Kaufman, served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice, drafting the authoritative memorandum on impeachable offences as the House Judiciary Committee opened its investigation of President Nixon. He later served as Associate Deputy Attorney General, General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission, and Research Director for the House Republicans on the Joint Congressional Committee on Covert Arms Sales to Iran. Attorney General William French Smith listed him as a candidate for appointment to the United States Supreme Court.

Since entering private practice in 1987, Fein has built one of Washington's most distinctive legal and advisory practices. He has testified before Congress as an expert witness on more than 200 occasions, conducted constitutional tutorials for Members of Congress and staff, and assisted multiple countries in writing or rewriting their constitutions. He is a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court, multiple federal appeals courts, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and the DC Bar.

He is the author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy and American Empire Before the Fall. He served as Senior Policy Advisor to Ron Paul's 2012 presidential campaign, is Vice Chairman of the Committee for the Republic, and has held academic and fellowship roles at George Washington University, The Heritage Foundation, and the American Enterprise Institute. His commentary appears daily on Substack and across every major national and international media platform.

At The World Conservative Forum, Bruce Fein brings that conviction to bear as a key legal voice and strategic advisor. The WCF was built on the belief that liberty requires defenders who understand its foundations precisely and are willing to say so plainly. Bruce Fein has been doing exactly that, in the halls of Congress, in the courtroom, and in the public square, for longer than most of Washington can remember.

Bishop Ceirion H. Dewar is an Anglican bishop, broadcaster, and public theologian whose work sits at the intersection of historic Christian orthodoxy, national culture, and the defence of faith in public life. In his case, the work is prophetic.

As Missionary Bishop of the Diocese of Providence in the Confessing Anglican Church, Bishop Dewar ministers at a moment when institutional courage is in short supply. His is a ministry defined not by comfort, but by clarity. He speaks on the moral responsibilities of Church leadership, the dangers of ideological capture within religious institutions, and the necessity of faithful witness even when that witness is costly. His preaching draws deeply from Scripture, the Anglican and catholic tradition, and the great prophetic voices of Church history, while engaging contemporary cultural and political realities with a directness that is rare among senior church figures.

His public profile reflects both the breadth and the seriousness of that calling. A sought-after voice on television, radio, and digital platforms across the United Kingdom and the United States, Bishop Dewar is recognised for a broadcast presence that combines episcopal gravitas with accessible language and command of current affairs. He is the creator of CDTV, a podcaster, an author, and a regular contributor across national news platforms, engaging audiences on religious liberty, cultural identity, and the role of Christianity in the public square. His open letter to King Charles III, calling on the Crown to stand as a guardian of Britain's Christian inheritance, drew millions of views and thousands of signatories, demonstrating the reach and resonance of his voice beyond ecclesiastical circles.

His pastoral work is equally serious. Bishop Dewar leads and supports clergy and lay leaders who feel marginalised for holding orthodox Christian convictions, with a deep commitment to discipleship and the formation of communities capable of withstanding social, political, and media pressure. He is a Fellow of the Apostolic Order of St Hadrian of Canterbury, and his ministry is anchored in the conviction that the Gospel does not abolish nations or cultures, but redeems them.

The combination produces a profile that is distinctive. Bishop Dewar does not speak about faith as a private matter. He speaks about it as a public responsibility, one that carries obligations to the Church, to the nation, and to those who have been left without a faithful voice in the institutions that once served them.

At The WCF, Bishop Dewar serves as Director of Faith and Civil Society, bringing theological depth, moral seriousness, and a platform of genuine reach to an organisation committed to the proposition that liberty, leadership, and legacy are not merely political values. They are civilisational ones.

Marilyn Hawes is an advocate, survivor, and founder whose work sits at the intersection of trauma recovery, systemic reform, and the kind of human resilience that defies easy explanation. In her case, the work is personal.

She founded Freedom From Abuse to do what the system too often fails to do: create genuine, sustained support for survivors of child abuse, and challenge the institutional complacency that allows cycles of harm to continue. What began as one woman's determination to be heard has become a pioneering charitable organisation driving national conversations on prevention, healing, and justice. That is a serious mission, and Marilyn brings to it a formation shaped by lived experience, professional discipline, and an unshakeable belief that recovery is not only possible, but achievable.

Her background reflects both range and depth. Trained as a Head of Music and a lifelong lover of the arts, animals, and the natural world, Marilyn has always understood that healing is not a clinical transaction. It is a human one. That understanding shapes everything she does, from the spaces she creates for survivors to the way she speaks publicly about trauma, from boardrooms and policy tables to the airwaves of TNT Radio and LBC, where her voice is recognised as both authoritative and compassionate. She is a Thrive Programme Ambassador and a recipient of prestigious national women's awards for her outstanding advocacy.

Undergirding all of it is Marilyn's deep and abiding Christian faith. It is not incidental to her work. It is the foundation of it. Her faith shapes how she sees suffering, how she responds to it, and how she holds hope for people who have been told there is none. It is what compels her to stay in rooms that are difficult, to speak truths that are uncomfortable, and to believe, without reservation, that every life carries dignity and the capacity for restoration. For Marilyn, advocacy is not strategy. It is a calling.

Marilyn now hosts Heart and Soul on Unprecedented TV, where she guides viewers through intimate and uplifting conversations on emotional healing, spiritual growth, and the unbreakable nature of the human spirit. The programme reflects what she has always known: that even from the deepest adversity, true thriving is possible.

The combination produces a profile that is rare. Marilyn does not speak about resilience in the abstract. She has lived it, built institutions from it, and translated it into practical change for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

At The WCF, Marilyn serves as Director for Advocacy and Social Justice, bringing that lived authority and convening power to an organisation built on the belief that real change happens in communities, not capitals.

Ela Kora is a strategist, connector, and institution-builder whose career has been defined by a single conviction: that the most consequential work happens at the intersection of vision, network, and the courage to build before the world is ready. In her case, the building is intentional.

Her career reflects a rare kind of range. Across more than a decade of work in the aerospace, technology, and futures sectors, Ela has served in executive and advisory roles across a constellation of organizations dedicated to expanding the boundaries of human possibility. She has convened global communities around emerging technology and space science, and consistently demonstrated an ability to translate complex ideas into public engagement at scale.

What unifies all of it is a skill that cannot be taught and cannot be replicated by credential alone: the ability to see how people, platforms, and ideas connect, and to make those connections happen. Ela does not simply participate in ecosystems. She builds them, sustains them, and expands them in directions others have not yet imagined.

Her strategic instincts are matched by a seriousness of purpose. She serves on the advisory board of the Lifeboat Foundation, works across defense technology, space commerce, and workforce development initiatives, and has spent years cultivating relationships across governments, industries, and civil society organizations on multiple continents. She approaches every room she enters as a builder, not a spectator.

At The WCF, Ela Kora serves as Director of Development, bringing her network, her institutional instincts, and her proven ability to connect capital, people, and purpose to an organisation that understands the ecosystem itself as the asset.