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… brings two decades of legal and training experience to developing and implementing long-range strategies to grow, … in our culture. Chandler is also the architect of the ADF Summit on Religious Liberty, the organization’s flagship program …

… over a decade of experience working with the public sector to grow, equip, and engage a broad alliance committed to … direct and implement the team’s vision to engage allies in ADF’s advocacy efforts and provide career development to help … throughout the legal system. She serves a key role working on a number of the organization’s leadership and training …

… Kristi Kisley (née Denny) serves as legal counsel on the Blackstone Alumni Services Team. She previously served at ADF as a first-year lawyer fellow on the Life Team. Prior to joining ADF, Kisley clerked for the Honorable Eric E. …

… Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, Tedesco leads ADF’s efforts to combat corporate cancel culture and build a business ethic … cases, and issues. The program included 24 videos in its first year, which more than 31 million people viewed. …

… Ministries with Alliance Defending Freedom. Reed litigates on behalf of churches, Christian ministries, and religious schools to defend their constitutionally protected rights under the First Amendment. Before joining ADF in January of 2021, Reed was an associate attorney at …

… of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. When she joined ADF in 2012, Kiefer worked to defend the constitutionally protected freedom of churches, … for Conscience Initiatives in 2020, Kiefer has worked on groundbreaking cases to protect the right of women and …

… a broad range of litigation, with a primary focus on religious liberty, free speech, student privacy, … university’s requirement that forced unwilling students to contribute to campus activist groups. He led the challenge …  at the New Mexico Supreme Court. Lorence has worked on ADF’s Supreme Court cases, such as  NIFLA  (2018),  …

… at Alliance Defending Freedom. Bongiorno practices First Amendment law, primarily advising Church and Ministry Alliance members to best protect their religious liberty rights. Prior to joining ADF, Bongiorno worked for Thomas More Society, where she …

… member of the U.S. Legal Team. In this role, she supports ADF’s legal and legislative objectives through culture … provided strategy, research, and policy recommendations on life, marriage, and religious freedom consistent with … principles. She convened coalitions of strategic partners to support the protection of religious freedom and launched …

… Freedom’s Center for Parental Rights.  Before joining ADF in 2024, Sterett was a partner at the law firm of Dalton … case under the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act. The case established an important precedent for … and partner at Mauck & Baker, LLC in Chicago from 2007 to 2018. While at Mauck & Baker, Sterett became an ADF allied …