Task Force Pineapple co-founder Scott Mann, whose efforts led to the rescue of more than 1,000 Afghan nationals after the United States military withdrew from Afghanistan last year, is the seventh annual recipient of the Savas Award for Privatization. The award was presented by Reason magazine Editor in Chief Katherine Mangu-Ward in Washington, DC, on June 2.
Mann’s remarkable leadership shows how private actors can take initiative to solve real-world problems and provide life-saving humanitarian support. Mann co-founded Task Force Pineapple, a network of former Navy SEALs, Green Berets, and other intelligence professionals, that refused to abandon their former comrades—Afghan
