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… and develop the resources needed to ensure the ministry’s capacity to respond to opportunities. As the first … Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team committed … is a member in good standing with the American, Arizona, California, District of Columbia (inactive), and Kentucky bar …

… & Editor at Alliance Defending Freedom. He graduated from California Baptist University in 2003 with degrees in Political Science and Journalism, and … for nearly 17 years for a statewide trade association in California, and prior to that worked on several state/federal …

… 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 also commissioned as a Blackstone Fellow in 2019. Additionally, she has published two law review …

… Team with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he assists in developing and implementing successful legal solutions and … organizations on university campuses. Before joining ADF in 2019, Ross worked at the Law Office of Scott D. Bergthold … the Vanderbilt Transnational Law Journal. He obtained B.A.’s in mathematics and religious studies from Vanderbilt …

… video program and spearheads communications for ADF’s Viewpoint Diversity Score initiative. Prior to joining ADF in 2018, Jay worked at Heartbeat International. There, he …

… the Center for Conscience Initiatives. When she joined ADF in 2012, Kiefer worked to defend the constitutionally … a Blackstone Fellow. She is admitted to the state bar of California, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Supreme Court, and numerous federal district and appellate …

… The Heritage Foundation and The Fund for American Studies. In 2021, the Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional … Distinguished Fellow for her excellence and leadership in constitutional litigation. Gilio graduated magna cum laude … of Law in 2021 and cum laude from Hillsdale College in 2018. As a law student, Gilio was a member of several …

… serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life, where he litigates across the spectrum of … 500 companies, including support for ADF’s litigation in College of the Ozarks v. Biden . Garrison was a federal … U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri from 2018-2021. He personally prosecuted hundreds of cases …

… without fear of unconstitutional government censorship. In this role, he has served as lead counsel in cases such as  … University of Houston—Clear Lake , and Apodaca v. White (California State University) successfully representing … freedoms of speech and religious liberty. With ADF’s Center for Conscience initiatives, he played a key role in …

… president at Alliance Defending Freedom. He oversees ADF’s regulatory practice, government relations, and corporate … assistant attorney general and deputy for legal counsel in the office of the Texas attorney general. In those roles, … Society. He is admitted to practice law in Texas, California (inactive), Missouri (inactive), the U.S. Supreme …