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… Gillson graduated from St. Cloud State University with a Bachelor’s in Piano Performance. Shortly after, she left her home state of Minnesota to pursue a Master’s in Piano Performance Pedagogy from Arizona State University, graduating in 2016. She joined the Alliance Defending Freedom team in 2017 …

… rights and navigate religious liberty issues. Prior to joining ADF, Hirsch clerked for Justice Clint Bolick of … honors in political economy from Hillsdale College in 2016 and from the University of Virginia School of Law in … Fellow and a member of the state bar of Arizona. Hirsch was born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, and currently …

… the rights of students, professors, and organizations to speak, associate, and worship freely. Before joining ADF, … graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016, where he served as an editor on the Virginia Law Review. Spena earned his B.A. in Government: Political Theory from Patrick Henry College …

… graduation from law school, he served as law clerk to the Hon. Jerry E. Smith on the U.S. Court of Appeals for … Center for Law and Religious Freedom, where he served for 15 years prior to joining ADF. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife (a medical doctor) and two daughters. … Gregory S. Baylor …

Nathan Cherry graduated from Liberty University with an associates degree in Biblical Studies, and earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Trinity Theological Seminary.

… general counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, he serves as counsel to ADF as it carries out its organizational mission and leads … team and providing legal support on issues such as campus access, contract management, human resources, global …

… & strategic projects with Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, Chandler brings nearly two decades of legal and training experience to developing and implementing long-range strategies to grow, … earned his law degree at the UCLA School of Law, where he was elected president of the Moot Court Honors Executive …

… legal solutions and corporate engagement strategies to neutralize mounting corporate hostility to people of faith … oriented businesses. Ross earned his Juris Doctor in 2016 from Vanderbilt Law School, where he served as president … the Vanderbilt Transnational Law Journal. He obtained B.A.’s in mathematics and religious studies from Vanderbilt …

… Legal Counsel Mathew Hoffmann serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Academic Freedom. Before … served as an editor for the Notre Dame Law Review. He is a 2016 Blackstone Fellow. Before law school, Hoffmann graduated …

… & CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom. He served in this capacity from 2017 until 2022.  Before joining ADF, Farris was founding president of both the Home School Legal Defense … religious freedom advocacy. Farris is the author of over 15 books, as well as law review and other scholarly and …