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… on his experience as longtime leader of the organization to strengthen alliances, forge new relationships, and develop … Freedom, Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team … cases in which they participated and successfully defended marriage as the union between one man and one woman in 50 …

… Advocates for Faith and Freedom, and his personal blog, the Religion and Politics Blog . … Neal Hardin … Web Manager & Writer … Neal Hardin …

… Increase (MI), a 501c3 organization whose mission is to equip nonprofits, givers, and churches to multiply their … impact so that lives are transformed for Jesus (Ephesians 4:11-16). MI is working with over 3,000 nonprofit ministries … principal work has included a church plant for 18 years and the operation of a pro-life licensed mobile …

… Defending Freedom. He oversees all litigation efforts to maintain and defend the constitutionally protected freedom … rights under the First Amendment. Tucker began his work at ADF in 2017, defending the conscience rights of Christian business …

… Blake serves as senior counsel for regulatory litigation at Alliance Defending Freedom. Over the last decade, she has … as deputy solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant solicitor general for the state of …

… Initiatives. When she joined ADF in 2012, Kiefer worked to defend the constitutionally protected freedom of churches, … in 2020, Kiefer has worked on groundbreaking cases to protect the right of women and girls to fair athletic … has testified before Congress and successfully advocated at the grassroots level. As an ADF commentator, she regularly …

… primarily advising Church and Ministry Alliance members to best protect their religious liberty rights. Prior to joining ADF, … and Spanish from Eastern Michigan University. She is a 2017 First Liberty Fellow. Bongiorno is admitted to the …

… defending the right of Christian adoption agencies to operate in accordance with the teachings of their faith; … school policies that usurp the right of parents to direct life-critical therapeutic choices for their own … 19 of those as a partner in the litigation department. In 2017, he took early retirement from Cravath in order to …

… ADF, Barnett served as the William H. Rehnquist Fellow at Cooper & Kirk PLLC.  He then went on to clerk for the Honorable Amul R. Thapar and the Honorable … his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2017, where he graduated first in his class.  He also served …

… M. Kilmartin serves as senior counsel and chief of staff to CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner at Alliance Defending Freedom. Kilmartin also directs the Grants & Funding Program which, to date, has awarded approximately $55 million in grant funds …