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Suzanne Beecher serves as legal counsel for the Center for Conscience Initiatives at Alliance Defending Freedom. Prior to joining ADF, Beecher was the director of student programs at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where she coordinated programs relating to human rights, Catholic social teaching, and civic engagement. Beecher has also served as a civil rights analyst for the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division within the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Her responsibilities included engaging with ...

Jared Dobbs serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a member of the Corporate Counsel team. Before joining ADF, Dobbs served as an extern to Judge Consuelo M. Callahan at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Sacramento, California. He received his J.D. from the University of the Pacific – McGeorge School of Law in 2022, where he graduated with great distinction. He previously worked at ADF from 2016 to 2019 as a communication integrity specialist. He has a B.A. from Biola University, where he majored in piano and political science, and is an alumnus of ...

Mark Lippelmann serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Christian Ministries. In this role, Lippelmann is focused on protecting the freedom of Christian ministries, schools, and churches to exercise their faith without interference. In his prior role at ADF, Lippelmann was responsible for the most advanced and complex litigation in support of pro-life laws. Prior to joining ADF, Lippelmann worked as an attorney for the U.S. Postal Service in Washington, D.C., where he focused on complex class action litigation before federal courts ...

Gabriella McIntyre serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life.

Mallory Rechtenbach serves as legal counsel on the Parental Rights team at Alliance Defending Freedom. Rechtenbach earned her J.D., with highest distinction, from the University of Nebraska College of Law and was selected for Order of the Coif. During law school, she served as Articles Editor for the Nebraska Law Review and as a research assistant to Professor Richard Duncan. Following law school, Rechtenbach completed fellowships at the Institute for Free Speech and ADF. Next, she clerked for the Honorable L. Steven Grasz on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Rechtenbach was ...

Jordan Carpenter serves as legal counsel for the Center for Legislative Advocacy at Alliance Defending Freedom where he focuses on legislation protecting parental rights. Before joining ADF, Carpenter was executive vice president and general counsel for Artisent Floors in Memphis, Tennessee. He also practiced as an associate with a civil defense litigation firm in Chattanooga. Prior to becoming an attorney, Carpenter served as a psychological operations specialist in the United States Army and Army Reserve. He deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, earning the Bronze Star Medal, Joint Service ...

Abigail Bongiorno serves as legal counsel with the Church and Ministry Alliance 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 assisted in upholding the First Amendment rights of pro-life organizations and advocates. Bongiorno earned her J.D. from University of Wisconsin Law and obtained her B.A., summa cum laude, in Political Science and Spanish from Eastern Michigan University. She is a 2017 ...

Sierra Brown serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom. She advises members of ADF’s Church and Ministry Alliance on issues involving their religious liberty and helps protect their constitutional rights. Prior to joining ADF, Brown was an associate with a top national firm where she litigated large complex commercial and employment disputes. Brown earned her bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in Journalism and Mass Communication from Arizona State University, and her law degree, cum laude, from ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. While in law school, she served as ...

Pat Piccolo serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom. He primarily assists members of the Church and Ministry Alliance with protecting their constitutional freedoms and navigating religious liberty issues. Prior to joining ADF, Piccolo clerked in a Virginia Circuit Court and worked in private practice, where he represented landowners facing condemnations and businesses navigating a wide array of commercial disputes. Piccolo earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016. He obtained his B.A. in history and religious studies from the University of Virginia ...

Lisa Fullerton is the President and CEO of A Novel Idea, dba Auntie Anne’s Pretzels and Cinnabon, which has been a multi-unit franchise operator in San Antonio, Texas since 2000. Lisa has been heavily involved in serving her community in a variety of capacities. She’s been a supporter and past board member of the San Antonio Clubhouse, which supports adults living with mental health diagnoses. Her business was one of the first San Antonio employers to hire clubhouse members through the group’s first ever Transitional Employment Program. To date, A Novel Idea has employed dozens of clubhouse ...