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… Alliance Defending Freedom Non-profit organization Alliance Defending Freedom advocates for your right to freely live out your faith. As an …

… Founder Alan Sears served as founder of Alliance Defending Freedom, building on his experience as longtime leader of the … Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team committed … The New York Times , The Washington Post , the Associated Press, The Washington Times , The Seattle Post-Intelligencer …

… president of Allied Legal Affairs with Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, she leads the Allied Legal Affairs team, which … of the Secretary, and then as deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for …

… Denise Harle Senior Counsel, Director of Center for Life Denise Harle serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is the director of the Center for Life and … centers. Since joining ADF, Harle took the primary role in drafting briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in NIFLA v. …

… President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner joined ADF in 2013 As the CEO, president, and general counsel of … including serving on Mississippi’s legal team in the case that overturned Roe v. Wade . Waggoner successfully … courts and tribunals. It has also successfully secured the release of hundreds of imprisoned Christians around the …

… Lisa Fullerton Board Member Lisa Fullerton joined ADF in 2023 Lisa Fullerton is the President and CEO of A Novel … legislators to minimize government oversight, and as a result, sits on Texas Governor Abbott’s Small Business … Task Force. She has received numerous awards and accolades for her work advocating for small businesses and has been …

… vice president of communications for Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, he helps further the legal objectives of ADF … other publications. He has been quoted by the Associated Press, The New York Times , The Los Angeles Times , The …

… Defending Freedom’s Appellate Team. Since joining ADF in 2017, Warner has focused primarily on protecting the … against a student based on her religious status. This ruling ensured that the student could access a publicly-funded educational program on the …

… Watts serves as VP of Public Affairs at Alliance Defending Freedom. He oversees the development and execution of … plans for ADF expansion into state legal advocacy in collaboration with the legal (legislative primarily), CMA, … He represents ADF at external events, conferences and press conference, and in media. He serves as liaison between …

… president of appellate advocacy with Alliance Defending Freedom. Bursch has argued 12 U.S. Supreme Court cases and … all frequent Supreme Court advocates who did not work for the federal government, he had the 3rd highest success … top public officials, and industry associations in high-profile cases, primarily on appeal. He was inducted …