Founder

Robert P. George, J.D., D.Phil. - One of America's foremost scholars in the fields of constitutional law, ethics, and political philosophy, Dr. George has won numerous awards for his academic and civic work, including the Presidential Citizens Medal. He has served on the President's Council on Bioethics and as a presidential appointee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

He is a former Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States, where he received the Justice Tom C. Clark Award. He is the author or editor of many books, including Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality and The Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Morality, and Religion in Crisis, and co-author of Embryo: A Defense of Human Life.

Chairman of the Board

Sean Fieler - Mr. Fieler graduated from Williams College in 1995 with a degree in Political Economy and was the 1994 recipient of the Branson Memorial Scholarship. He is the president of the Williams Catholic Network and a board member of the Witherspoon Institute, Institute for American Values, and the Dominican Foundation.

Board of Directors

Ellen Barosse - Founder and CEO of Synchrogenix Information Strategies, Ellen Barosse is highly respected for her charitable endeavors as well as for her impressive business acumen.

Luis E. Tellez - President and Founder of The Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey. Mr. Tellez has been active in numerous projects to promote education in Latin America, Africa and the United States.

Maggie Gallagher - Mrs. Gallagher is the President of the National Organization for Marriage, and the President of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy. She is a nationally syndicated columnist and the author of three books on marriage. She appears frequently on major TV and radio and is frequently asked to lecture at colleges, universities and law schools. Maggie is a graduate of Yale (class of '82).

President

Frank Cannon - Mr. Cannon is a principal of Capital City Partners, the noted Washington, D.C.-based public affairs firm, Mr. Cannon is a veteran of numerous presidential and congressional campaigns. He has also directed several successful political action committees and redefined the use of grassroots coalitions in issue development.

Executive Director

Andresen Blom - Mr. Blom is a veteran of numerous political and grassroots efforts, from the creation of a national coalition to stop human trafficking to advising on several election campaigns. Instrumental in defeating same-sex marriage in Hawaii, Mr. Blom has worked tirelessly for a wide spectrum of conservative issues, from pro-life initiatives to the defeat of racially separatist legislation.

Communications Director

Thomas Peters - Mr. Peters is the founder of the American Papist blog, one of the highest-profile religious blogs in the world, with almost four million visits. He has been quoted by dozens of Catholic, Christian and mainstream media outlets, and focuses on the intersection of religion and politics in the United States.

Associates

Steven Lindsay - Mr. Lindsay is from West Milford, New Jersey and is currently pursuing a concentration in Politics and a certificate in Finance at Princeton University.

Greg Chafuen - Mr. Chafuen has aided in domestic and international projects with Youth Service International. He was the Salutatorian of the graduating class of 2006 from the Heights School in Potomac Maryland.

Interns

Nick Arnold - Mr. Arnold is a graduate of ODU who is pursuing a Masters at George Washington University in their campaign management school.

Adriana Dominguez - Ms. Dominquez is a senior from Woodbury University in California who is attending American University's Washington Semester Program.

Leanne McCullough - Ms. McCullough is a graduate of Marietta College where she is pursuing her Master's in International Communications.

Timothy Whittle - Mr. Whittle is a junior at American University, majoring in political science.

Jordan Miller - Mr. Miller continues to assist in APP projects while preparing to enter law school this fall in Charlottesville, Virginia.