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… Defending Freedom. She primarily advises members of ADF’s Church and Ministry Alliance to help them navigate religious liberty issues and protect their constitutional …

… and Scholarship. In this role, Shafer devotes his efforts to strategic research and innovation. Since joining ADF in 2005, he has litigated religious liberty and free speech cases at the trial and …

… Anderson Senior Counsel, Director of Center for Parental Rights Kate Anderson serves as senior counsel with Alliance … director of the Center for Parental Rights. Since joining ADF in 2015, Anderson has focused on protecting the … conscience rights of individuals being unjustly compelled to forfeit their beliefs under threat of government …

… Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Special Counsel to the President Ryan Bangert serves as senior vice president … the president at Alliance Defending Freedom. He oversees ADF’s regulatory practice, government relations, and … . He speaks nationally on constitutional, cultural, and religious liberty issues. … Ryan Bangert serves as senior …

… where he focuses on the impact of administrative law on religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and family. He most recently joined ADF in December 2020. From 2017 to 2020, Bowman was a senior executive service appointee in …

… University. He has previously written for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Advocates for Faith and Freedom, and his personal blog, the Religion and … the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Advocates for Faith and Freedom, and his personal blog, the Religion and …

… Colgan Director of Digital Fundraising Tori Colgan joined ADF in 2019 An Arizona native, Tori began her journey with … engaging, empowering, and equipping new audiences to protect the God-given rights of all Americans and keep the doors open for the …

… Legislative Advocacy. He focuses on legislation impacting religious liberty at the state level and works out of ADF’s Ashburn, VA office. Prior to joining ADF, Chafuen spent three years as a white-collar …

… both beginning and end of life issues. Before joining ADF, Payne worked at the Office of the Indiana Attorney … and also worked on cases concerning immigration, religious liberty, federalism, the Commerce Clause, criminal … General Tom Fisher and as a Blackstone Fellow with ADF’s Center for Academic Freedom in Atlanta. She also served …

… Michael Farris Former President & CEO Michael Farris joined ADF in 2017 Michael Farris is the former President & CEO of … (1983) and Patrick Henry College (2000) and continues to serve as chairman of the board of HSLDA and chancellor … that successfully lobbied Congress for the passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993. He also has …