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… (Ohio) with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing in May 2020. Ellie previously interned at the Heritage … on her campus where she led her group in their initiatives to support pregnant and parenting students, spread awareness … of abortion, and engage in public policy. With the help of Alliance Defending Freedom, Ellie successfully defended her …

… Advocacy Matt Sharp serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is the director of the … before the United States Congress on the importance of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Sharp has also worked on … speech. He has won cases upholding the rights of students to form religious clubs, invite classmates to church, and …

… Christiana (Holcomb) Kiefer serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is a key member of the … defend the constitutionally protected freedom of churches, religious schools, and Christian ministries to exercise their faith …

… Legal Counsel Julia Payne serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this role, … and also worked on cases concerning immigration, religious liberty, federalism, the Commerce Clause, criminal … federal habeas corpus procedures, civil asset forfeiture, local and special laws, and the common law powers of the …

… Counsel Jeffrey Shafer serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a member of the … 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 …

… counsel and vice president of Allied Legal Affairs with Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, she leads the Allied Legal Affairs team, which is dedicated to recruiting, engaging with, and strategically deploying … aligned with ADF’s mission to protect and promote life, religious liberty, free speech, marriage and family, and …

… Her business was one of the first San Antonio employers to hire clubhouse members through the group’s first ever … with organizations that share her faith and belief in religious freedoms. She’s a current member of C12, a … University. She is married to Jim, and they have five children and three grandchildren. In their spare time they …

… as senior counsel with the Center for Parental Rights at Alliance Defending Freedom where he safeguards parents’ rights to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children. Before joining ADF in 2022, Wagner served the state …

… President of Academic Affairs and Strategic Affairs at Alliance Defending Freedom. In his role, he designs ADF’s … culture. Additionally, Graham is a senior fellow at the Religious Freedom Institute in Washington, DC; an elected … and The University of Chicago before returning home to Texas to earn his law degree at The University of Texas …

… Alan Sears Founder Alan Sears served as founder of Alliance Defending Freedom, building on his experience as … designed to ensure attorneys are fully equipped to defend religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage and family. … more than 1,800 outstanding law students—representing 227 schools and 21 countries—from the world-class Blackstone …