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Jason Bathon

Jason Bathon is the founder of LogiCon and the founder and former president of the Northwest Arkansas Humanist Association.

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Rob Boston

Rob Boston joined the Americans United staff in 1987 and currently serves as Director of Communications.

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James Croft

James Croft is Leader of the Ethical Society of St. Louis.

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Anthony Cruz

Anthropologist, rising theologian, and trans-religious scholar.

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Thea Deley

Thea Deley is a humanist writer/performer based in western Colorado.

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Margaret Downey

Margaret Downey is the founder of the Freethought Society and the Anti-Discrimination Support Network.

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Fred Edwords

Fred Edwords is former Director of Planned Giving for the American Humanist Association and former National Director for the United Coalition of Reason.

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Jason Frye

Jason Frye has been active in humanism for almost two decades having roles in local, national, and international organizations.

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Gordon Gamm

Gordon Gamm, JD is a lawyer and has provided counsel for the American Humanist Association, Center for Inquiry and the Society for Humanistic Judaism.

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Abby Hafer

Abby Hafer is a speaker, writer and humorist who particularly loves taking on Intelligent Design, Creationism, the idea of a rigid gender binary, the politics surrounding these subjects, and science denialism in general.

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Jennifer Kalmanson

Jenny Kalmanson is a Humanist Celebrant and serves on the Board of Directors for the American Humanist Association.

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Ron Millar

Ron Millar is the Political and PAC Coordinator for the Center for Freethought Equality and the former Associate Director of the Secular Coalition for America.

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David Niose

David Niose is a past-president of the American Humanist Association & former legal director of the Appignani Humanist Legal Center.

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Andy Norman

Andy Norman teaches philosophy at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University and is the former Director of CMU’s Ethics, History and Public Policy program.

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Anthony Pinn

Anthony Pinn is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University and is also Director of Research for the Institute for Humanist Studies.

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Susan Sackett

Susan Sackett was executive assistant to the late Gene Roddenberry for 17 years. She co-wrote several Star Trek: The Next Generation scripts and is the author of 10 non-fiction books about the entertainment industry.

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Herb Silverman

Herb Silverman is founder and president emeritus of the Secular Coalition for America, a former board member of the AHA, and recipient of the AHA’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Lyle Simpson

Lyle Simpson is an attorney, lecturer, and author who is active in the humanist community.

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Roy Speckhardt

Roy Speckhardt is the Development Director of VoteRiders and the former executive director of the American Humanist Association.

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Mandisa Thomas

Mandisa Thomas is a founder and current President of Black Nonbelievers, Inc. and a current AHA board member.

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