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… Board Member Michael Whitehead has nearly 50 years of experience as a Kansas City trial attorney defending … ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark case before the … of Columbia, Mo. v. Comer , “the playground case.” In 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of Mike’s …

… David A. Cortman Senior Counsel, Vice President of U.S. Litigation David A. Cortman serves as … supervises attorneys and legal staff who specialize in constitutional law, focusing on religious freedom, free …

… Ryan Bangert Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Special Counsel to … assistant attorney general and deputy for legal counsel in the office of the Texas attorney general. In those roles, he oversaw the …

… Emilie Kao Senior Counsel, Vice President of Advocacy Strategy Emilie Kao serves as … Freedom, where she is a member of the U.S. Legal Team. In this role, she supports ADF’s legal and legislative …

… Jeremy Tedesco Senior Counsel, Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement Jeremy Tedesco serves … of corporate engagement for Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, Tedesco leads ADF’s efforts to combat corporate …

… Alan Sears Founder Alan Sears served as founder of Alliance Defending Freedom, building on his experience as … Freedom, Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team committed …

… R. Thapar and the Honorable Raymond M. Kethledge, both of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, and for the … his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2017, where he graduated first in his class.  He also …

… Over the last decade, she has been on the front lines of high-profile, precedent-setting cases challenging federal overreach in courts across the country. Blake served as deputy solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant solicitor general for the state …

… for Christian Ministries. Hirsch primarily advises members of ADF’s Church and Ministry Alliance, helping them protect … Hirsch graduated summa cum laude with departmental honors in political economy from Hillsdale College in 2016 and from … the University of Virginia School of Law in 2019. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow and a member of the state bar of …

… MI is working with over 3,000 nonprofit ministries in 23 regions across the country, and MI’s ministry partners have generated a cumulative impact of more than $2 billion in additional Kingdom resources since … variety of activities since its founding, the Foundation’s principal work has included a church plant (Rock Valley …