Rob, who has worked at Americans United since 1987, is the author of four books: Close Encounters with the Religious Right: Journeys into the Twilight Zone of Religion and Politics (Prometheus Books, 2000); The Most Dangerous Man in America? Pat Robertson and the Rise of the Christian Coalition (Prometheus Books, 1996); Why the Religious Right Is Wrong About Separation of Church and State (Prometheus Books, 1993; second edition, 2003) and, most recently, Taking Liberties: Why Religious Freedom Doesn’t Give You The Right To Tell Other People What To Do (Prometheus Books, 2014).

Rob has discussed church-state separation on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, C-SPAN, NBC and other networks. He has been quoted by newspapers and news sites nationwide and internationally. He frequently speaks on behalf of separation of church and state and has appeared in three documentaries: “We Believe in Dinosaurs,” (2019), “American Heretics” (2019) and “God & Country” (2024). Rob served on the board of directors of the American Humanist Association from 2008-24.

John Hooper, Ph.D., is a retired scientist and industrial research director, having pursued a career in molecular imaging and spectroscopy. Hooper has held local and national leadership positions in organizations involving naturalism, Humanism, and Unitarian Universalist (UU) social action. He is treasurer of the American Humanist Association Board of Directors; chair of that board’s Finance and Strategic Planning Committees; and serves as the AHA Board Liaison on the Humanist Foundation Board of Trustees. Hooper also serves as chair of the steering committee of the Humanist Special Collection of the Archives at Meadville Lombard and as coordinator of the Humanism Initiative at the Chautauqua Institution. He previously served as a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Commission on Social Witness; Board Chair of the Unitarians in Westport, CT; president of the Unitarian Universalist Humanist Association (HUUmanists.org); and president of the Secular Coalition for America Education Fund. Hooper is a founding member of both the Humanists and Freethinkers of Fairfield County CT) and the Pittsburgh (PA) Freethought Community (PFC), where he is a board member and leader of the PFC Smart Recovery Initiative. Hooper and his wife, Dr. Gail Pesyna, a retired foundation executive, now live in Pittsburgh, PA.

Maha Kamal, Esq. founded the Colorado Family Law Project in 2016. She is one of the few family law attorneys in the Denver metro area who provides sliding scale and unbundled legal services to clients in divorce, custody, and mediation. She is fluent in Spanish, Hindi, and Urdu. Kamal co-chairs the Colorado Supreme Court committee for Paraprofessionals and Legal Services (“PALS”), is a CBA 2021-2022 Legislative Policy Committee member, and serves as a 2021-2022 member of the CBA Family Law Executive Council. In addition, she is a 2019 graduate of the Colorado Bar Association’s Leadership Training Program (COBALT). She serves on the Art Students League of Denver Board of Directors and the American Humanist Foundation’s Board of Trustees. She also served on the Denver International Airport’s Art Selection Panel in 2022. Aside from law, Kamal is writing a collection of South Asian ghost stories and is an avid artist.

Monica Miller is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Nonhuman Rights Project, where she has worked since graduating with honors from Vermont Law School in 2012. Miller presented the historic oral argument on behalf of Happy the elephant in New York’s highest court in 2022. Miller is also among the youngest women to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court with her 2019 case garnering a famous dissent by Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

Miller simultaneously served as Legal Director and Senior Counsel for the American Humanist Association (2012-2023) where she litigated dozens high profile First Amendment cases including before the U.S. Supreme Court and the Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits.

Miller is routinely featured in national news by major outlets (MSNBC, FOX, New York Times, A.P.), legal podcasts, and regularly speaks at law schools throughout the country (including Yale, Georgetown, and U.C. Berkeley) and at national law and science-related conferences. Miller has published four law review articles in multiple academic journals.

Miller earned her Master’s Degree (MPA) from Columbia University in Environmental Science and Policy in 2009 and her B.A. in Environmental Studies from Pitzer College in 2008.

Scott Seidewitz, vice president, is an MIT graduate, startup CEO and long-time Humanist. For the past 20 years he’s been advising pharmaceutical and technology companies on how to accelerate growth through a deeper understanding of their customers. His clients include Intel, Intuit, GoDaddy, Merck, Amgen and Invisalign. Seidewitz recently joined forces with two former clients to found the legal tech startup BlissDivorce. The company uses AI-based dispute resolution technology to help couples reach a full divorce agreement without attorneys involved. BlissDivorce is currently on the market in California with plans to expand nationally. Seidewitz is a longtime non-believer and has been actively involved with the AHA and affiliated organizations for more than a decade. His involvement includes serving on the Humanist Foundation Board, the advisory board of the Freethought Equality Fund and the Board of the Cincinnati Free Inquiry Group. Seidewitz lives with his amazing wife Beli in Las Vegas, where they enjoy fine wine whether out on the town or relaxing at home. He is also training to be the oldest person ever to have his first MMA cage fight. Hopefully he won’t get his brain too rattled!

Roy Speckhardt, president, is a leader in nonprofit development and advocacy with 25 years of experience in management, fundraising, public relations, lobbying, field organizing, accounting and event planning. He is the development director at VoteRiders where he is supporting its efforts to ensure that no eligible voter is prevented from casting a ballot that counts due to voter ID laws. Speckhardt is past executive director of the American Humanist Association where he served for over 15 years, growing the organization’s membership from 5,000 to over 34,000, quadrupling the budget to over $3 million, and helping humanism become a more widely recognized and respected philosophy of life in American society. Speckhardt has presented at many local humanist organizations, national conferences, Unitarian Universalist churches, Ethical Culture Societies, Humanistic Jewish Congregations, and universities such as Harvard, Stanford, and Oxford. He previously served as deputy director of The Interfaith Alliance, worked on the World of Difference project at the Anti-Defamation League, and engaged in tele-fundraising for major organizations such as the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, National Public Radio stations, PFLAG, and Planned Parenthood. Originally from Carmel, New York, Speckhardt lives in Washington, DC with his spouse, Maggie Ardiente, and is father of Johanna and Max.

David Tamayo, treasurer, is founder and president of Hispanic American Freethinkers (HAFree), a 501(c)(3) organization. He was a founding board director of Camp Quest Chesapeake as well as Vice President of the Reason Rally 2016. He is, also, currently a member of the Board of Directors for Freedom from Religion Foundation as well as Treasurer for the American Humanist Foundation. He is head organizer of HAFree High School Outreach Mentor Program to Hispanic and immigrant students teaching Critical Thinking Skills and career planning in Northern Virginia. Tamayo serves as CIO for a large aerospace engineering company in Washington, DC; he has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from George Washington University as well as a master’s degree in Management in Information Systems from the University of Virginia.