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More than 30 years ago, Dr. James C. Dobson founded Focus on the Family to undergird Christian values for families in today’s world.

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 ...

Kathleen Barceleau serves as legal counsel for Allied Legal Affairs and Advocacy Strategy at Alliance Defending Freedom. In that role, she works to coordinate and deploy network attorneys to further ADF’s mission and conducts research in support of ADF’s strategic plans. Before joining ADF, Barceleau was Of Counsel at Fusion Law, where she focused on financial regulation and policy issues. Previously, she served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Kansas, where she represented Kansas and its officials in civil rights and constitutional litigation in both state and federal courts ...

Don Ziel serves as vice president of the Church and Ministry Alliance and assistant general counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom.

Valerie Londono serves as senior counsel and deputy director of the Church and Ministry Alliance with Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, she oversees a group of attorneys and participates in the leadership and overall direction of the CMA program, which serves as a resource to ministries by providing them with the day-to-day operational legal advice they need to fulfill their religious missions. Prior to joining ADF in 2022, Londono served as assistant general counsel for a Florida public school district. In addition, for nearly 10 years she served on the in-house legal counsel team for ...

Katie Vizzerra serves as senior counsel and director of Blackstone Alumni Relations at Alliance Defending Freedom, overseeing alumni of the Blackstone Legal Fellowship. Prior to that role, she served as legal counsel of student training and engagement overseeing the Areté Academy program, along with other student trainings including the Law School Prep Academy and Journalism Academy. Before joining ADF full-time in 2014, Vizzerra worked as associate counsel at Denali Sourcing Services negotiating contracts for one of the largest banks in the country. She also was a legal clerk at a boutique ...

Nathaniel (Nate) Bruno serves as senior counsel and vice president of Blackstone alumni services with Alliance Defending Freedom.

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Natalie D. Thompson serves as senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, where her practice in the regulatory litigation group focuses on federal administrative law’s impact on religious freedom and the sanctity of life.