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… Cox Chairman Emeritus Chapman Cox is chairman emeritus of the governing board of Alliance Defending Freedom.  He brings to his board service leadership experience and trustworthy … Manhattan Initiative, and Army Navy Club of Washington, DC. He is currently an independent trustee of several private …

… Ali Kilmartin Senior Counsel, Vice President of Allied Legal Affairs Alison (Ali) M. Kilmartin serves as … leads the Allied Legal Affairs team, which is dedicated to recruiting, engaging with, and strategically deploying … Supreme Court cases. Kilmartin also directs the Grants & Funding Program which, to date, has awarded approximately $55 …

… Warner has focused primarily on protecting the freedom of Christians to freely exercise their faith in the marketplace without … a Christian high school student on appeal at the Second Circuit, where the court entered a preliminary injunction …

… at Alliance Defending Freedom. He spent a short period of time working as a Catholic and political journalist in … D.C. before joining ADF in July 2019. Ryan is a graduate of Arizona State University, and he operates out of ADF’s office in Scottsdale, AZ. … Ryan serves as the …

… policy and legislative work at the federal level on behalf of the broader ADF legislative advocacy team. As a principal … and provides legal counsel regarding ADF’s core issues to members and staff of the U.S. Congress, the White House, … of Tennessee. Before that, he was a Charles Koch Institute Research Fellow at the Acton Institute in Grand Rapids, …

… Board Member Michael Whitehead has nearly 50 years of experience as a Kansas City trial attorney defending churches and ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a … Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission in its Washington, DC office. There he testified before Congress, met with the …

… from Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Government in Washington, D.C., and a B.A. in liberal arts from Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire. Now a resident of Northern Virginia, Emily hails from Scranton, …

… Alan Sears Founder Alan Sears served as founder of Alliance Defending Freedom, building on his experience as … to a comprehensive legal strategy that includes training, funding, and legal advocacy—resulting in important roles in … The New York Times , The Washington Post , the Associated Press, The Washington Times , The Seattle Post-Intelligencer …

… Alliance Defending Freedom. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy Magna Cum Laude from The Catholic University of America in 2014 and a Master of Arts in Politics from … has a passion for writing, and her work has appeared on The Federalist and MRCTV.org. Before joining ADF, Maureen …

… protect the First Amendment speech and conscience rights of pro-life medical professionals and pregnancy centers. … lead in researching, reviewing, and preparing resources on every state’s abortion laws for ADF attorneys and allies to support and advise pro-life states, medical professionals, …