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… Emilie Kao serves as senior counsel and vice president of advocacy strategy for Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the U.S. Legal Team. In this role, she supports ADF’s … of religious freedom and launched the Promise to America’s Children, a movement dedicated to the protection of children …

… with Alliance Defending Freedom. She advises members of ADF’s Church and Ministry Alliance on issues involving … degree, cum laude , from ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. While in law school, she served as managing editor of … of Law and Education .  After law school, she clerked for Justice Clint Bolick of the Arizona Supreme Court. … Sierra …

… Lisa Fullerton is the President and CEO of A Novel Idea, dba Auntie Anne’s Pretzels and Cinnabon, … follower, Lisa aligns with organizations that share her faith and belief in religious freedoms. She’s a current … University. She is married to Jim, and they have five children and three grandchildren. In their spare time they …

… focuses on legislation protecting the fundamental rights of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children. Before joining ADF, Carpenter practiced law in …

… rights to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children. Before joining ADF in 2022, Wagner served the state of Arkansas as deputy solicitor general. There he represented …

… law’s impact on religious freedom and the sanctity of life. Before joining ADF, Thompson served as an assistant solicitor general in the office of the Texas attorney general. In that role, she represented … Oldham of the 5th Circuit, the Hon. Nathan L. Hecht, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, and the Hon. Michael …

… John Bursch is senior counsel and vice president of appellate advocacy with Alliance Defending Freedom. Bursch … position. Bursch served as solicitor general for the state of Michigan from 2011-2013. He also worked for a large … on appeal. He was inducted into the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and serves as a member of the American …

… Paul Coleman serves as executive director of ADF International from its headquarters in Vienna, overseeing the advocacy and operations of the global, alliance-building legal organization. … of Human Rights, International Criminal Court, Court of Justice of the European Union, UN Human Rights Committee, and …

… Michael Whitehead has nearly 50 years of experience as a Kansas City trial attorney defending … in the Supreme Court on Southern Baptist views of family, faith, and religious freedom. In 1995-2001, he was executive … Law Firm, LLC. Mike and his wife, Jan, have three children and eleven grandchildren and make their home in …

… litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeals. Since 2011, Gray has served on the main … Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer, Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. … at the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in 2006. Gray completed ADF’s Blackstone Legal …