Raj Kannappan serves Young America's Foundation as a vice president and director of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Free Enterprise, which trains young people to champion free market principles through student conferences and seminars, campus lectures, and digital and print educational content. He also edits YAF's magazine, Libertas, and is on the Center for Entrepreneurship & Free Enterprise Board of Advisors and the Young Americans for Freedom Board of Governors.

Prior to joining YAF, Raj held private-sector roles in management consulting and industrial distribution. At CRA, Inc., a leadership and communications consultancy, he advised corporate leaders to communicate strategy and large-scale changes, including mergers and acquisitions, technology implementations, and restructuring. At McMaster-Carr, a privately-held industrial supply firm, he managed projects to improve customer service and retention, inventory management, and warehouse operations.

Raj is a graduate of Cornell University, where he studied government and economics and first got involved with YAF. He was the president of the Cornell Republicans, wrote for the Cornell Review, hosted several YAF campus speakers, and participated in YAF's West Coast Leadership Conference at the Reagan Ranch.