SPEAKERS

Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to identifying, organizing, and empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government. With a presence on over 3,000 high school and college campuses nationwide, over 650,000 lifetime student members, and 450 full- and part-time staff all across the country, Turning Point USA is the largest and fastest-growing conservative youth activist organization in the country. At just 30 years old, Charlie has done thousands of media appearances and his writings can be seen on Fox News, The Hill, RealClearPolitics, Newsweek, The Washington Times, Breitbart, American Greatness, Daily Caller, The American Mind, The Washington Post, and Human Events.

Charlie was previously named to the Forbes “30 under 30” list and was the youngest speaker at the 2016 Republican National Convention as well as the opening speaker at the 2020 RNC. He’s the author of four books including the #1 Amazon and New York Times best-seller, “The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas that Will Win the Future” from Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, and in 2022 he released “The College Scam: How America’s Universities Are Bankrupting and Brainwashing Away the Future of America’s Youth,” from Winning Team Publishing. His upcoming book, “Rightwing Revolution: How to Beat the Woke and Save the West” releases in the spring of 2024.

His social media reaches over 100 million people per month and Axios has listed Charlie as one of the “top 10 most engaged” handles in the world. Charlie is the host of The Charlie Kirk Show podcast, which was downloaded over 120 million times in the last 12 months and regularly ranks among the top 10 shows on Apple News podcast charts. The Charlie Kirk Show is also a nationally syndicated live radio show heard on 150 radio stations around the country and is simulcast on Real America’s Voice News. Collectively, The Charlie Kirk Show is listened to, watched, and streamed by an audience of over 1 million people every day.

Kayleigh McEnany is the former White House press secretary and current co-host of  Outnumbered on the Fox News Channel. Prior to serving in the White House, Kayleigh worked as the national press secretary for the Trump Campaign and formerly the national spokesperson for the Republican National Committee. Before joining the RNC, Kayleigh worked as a political commentator at CNN.

Kayleigh graduated from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor and Georgetown University School of Foreign Services with a degree in international politics. She also studied politics and international relations at Oxford University, St Edmund Hall.  Kayleigh is a recipient of the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service and the Department of Homeland Security Secretary’s Public Service Award. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling books, “For Such a Time as This" and "Serenity in the Storm: Living through Chaos by Leaning on Christ."

The Rev'd Fr Calvin Robinson is a political adviser, TV anchor, radio presenter, conservative commentator and parish priest.

A priest with Old Catholic orders, serving in an Anglican parish.
Founding member of the Anglo-Catholic confraternity, Brotherhood of the Holy Trinity.

Lauren Muzyka is the founder, President & CEO of Sidewalk Advocates for Life (SAFL), the nation’s largest sidewalk outreach training program. A licensed attorney with more than 20 years of experience in sidewalk outreach, Lauren’s passion for defending the sanctity of human life led her into the pregnancy help movement. 

Lauren participated in the very first 40 Days for Life campaign, and she went on to serve as their campaign strategist, advising their 300+ campaigns in North America. Inspired by the transformative power of prayer and peaceful outreach on the sidewalk, Lauren founded Sidewalk Advocates for Life in 2014. 

Sidewalk Advocates for Life trains, equips, and supports sidewalk advocacy groups to peacefully offer loving, life-affirming alternatives to women and men entering abortion and abortion-referral facilities. SAFL has grown to more than 280 locations throughout the U.S., as well as Mexico and Colombia. Through God’s grace, Sidewalk Advocates have helped save 23,000 babies, guided 99 workers out of the abortion business, and witnessed 58 facility closures. 

Before her full-time ministry work, Lauren earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Spanish from Texas A&M University, as well as an Advanced Certificate in International Affairs. Lauren is a 2009 cum laude graduate of Ave Maria School of Law, and she has interned with organizations such as Alliance Defending Freedom, Americans United for Life, Liberty Institute, Texas Alliance for Life, and the Collin County District Attorney’s Office. 

Lauren's commitment and contributions to the pro-life movement were recognized in 2022 when she was named the Pro-Life Woman of the Year at the annual Pro-Life Women’s Conference, and in 2024, with the "Courage Under Fire" award given by Regina Caeli Academy. In 2020, Lauren's alma mater honored her with the inaugural Ave Maria School of Law Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Award. 

Lauren’s greatest joy is her relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church, being married to her husband, chasing after her rescue dogs, and bringing God’s people together in the pro-life movement. 

Nate Robertson serves as a Board Member for Sidewalk Advocates for Life (SAFL), as well as an Outreach Specialist committed to helping expand SAFL’s life-saving program across the U.S. and beyond.  

Nate is passionate about the pro-life cause and has ministered on dozens of sidewalks outside of abortion facilities throughout America. His involvement in the pro-life movement can be traced back to his childhood when he was greatly moved by the fight for life for the preborn.  

He has networked with many pro-life groups and organizations over the years and is excited to see SAFL achieve the goal of covering all uncovered abortion facilities in the U.S. – and beyond – with peaceful, loving Advocates. He desires to facilitate the advancement of the pro-life cause through awareness and accountability. 

Nate has built a strong reputation as a business leader in account management over the last 10 years. He is actively involved in ministry at his local church, and has traveled and ministered to other congregations. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies from Union University in Jackson, TN. 

Prior to joining the SAFL National Team and then the Board, Nate served as a Co-Program Director for Sidewalk Advocates team in Louisville, KY. He and his family live in Orlando, Florida. In his spare time, Nate enjoys spending time with his wife and children. 

Melissa Yeomans serves as a Senior Regional Programs Manager for Sidewalk Advocates for Life, advising sidewalk advocacy teams in the western region of the United States. Melissa has served in the pro-life movement in many capacities, challenging herself and others to cultivate a culture of life and let love blossom. After prayerful consideration of the impact of abortion, Melissa began her pro-life journey working for a pregnancy resource center and as a participant in 40 Days for Life. While in prayer on the sidewalk, she discovered Sidewalk Advocates for Life. She has been blessed to serve as a Sidewalk Advocate in Grand Rapids, MI, and co-leading her local team. In addition to her extensive volunteer service, she has also worked in a variety of professional caregiving roles with the young and through the end of life.

Melissa and her husband share 5 children, who are the treasure of her life. She also enjoys spending time in nature with family, writing for children, photography, film, and creative expression, including authoring and producing a pro-life short film, book and blogs.

Pete and Tricia met and began dating in high school and recently celebrated 20 years of marriage. God has blessed them with 7 children. Despite being a beautiful image of marriage, family and faith, it wasn’t always this way. Pete and Tricia made mistakes in their early years of dating and looking back, they feel they both lacked an understanding of love, healthy relationships and the solid formation stemming from a deep relationship with God. This has become the driving force behind their vision for their new non-profit, Mission Love and Life.

In 2023, their speakers gave 139 in person presentations to 12,000+ students from multiple states. They had the privilege to share their testimony with 4,200+ attendees at Life Fest just prior to the March for Life.

Tricia has her BSN from Villanova and worked as a nurse for 15 years. After their fifth child, Tricia stayed home to be with the children. She is currently assisting Regina Luminis Academy as School Nurse and Director of Enrollment. Pete has an extensive background in business and Leadership. After losing his brother to cancer, he made a career change to assist families with insurance and financial needs. In 2014, Pete’s office was #1 out of 10,000 Agencies countrywide. They achieved this "Best in Company" award 3 years in a row. They are thankful to speak at this year’s National Pro-Life Summit.

Tyson Langhofer serves as Senior Counsel and Director of the Center for Academic Freedom with Alliance Defending Freedom.

Langhofer represents students and faculty at public high schools and colleges in defending their First Amendment rights. Langhofer has extensive experience in civil litigation and constitutional law. Before joining ADF, Langhofer was a partner with Stinson LLP, where he worked as a commercial litigation attorney from 2000 until he joined ADF in 2015.

Langhofer is Peer Review Rated AV® Preeminent in Martindale-Hubbell. He is a sought-after speaker on legal and cultural issues. He regularly comments on free speech issues in television, radio, and print media.

Langhofer earned his Juris Doctor from Regent University School of Law in 1999, graduating cum laude. Langhofer is admitted to practice in multiple states, the Supreme Court, and numerous federal district and appellate courts.

Erik Baptist serves as senior counsel and director of the Center for Life at Alliance Defending Freedom where he leads the team’s litigation and advocacy efforts to protect unborn babies and their mothers from the harms of abortion. In this leadership role, Baptist also collaborates with pro-life allies, works with Members of Congress and their staff, and engages with international, national, and local media on pro-life matters.

Washingtonian magazine named Baptist as one of the Most Influential People Shaping Policy in Washington in 2024. As a member of the D.C. and Virginia Bars, he has litigated before the U.S. Supreme Court and many federal appellate and district courts.

Before joining ADF, Baptist was a partner at one of the largest law firms in Washington, D.C., representing clients in high-stakes litigation and regulatory matters.

He also previously served as a senior executive service political appointee at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. As the senior deputy general counsel and deputy assistant administrator, he directed EPA’s litigation, implemented groundbreaking rulemakings and policies, and collectively helped oversee the work of more than 1,100 EPA lawyers, scientists, and staff.

Baptist began his career in the trial department of a large international law firm in Washington, D.C. He earned his B.A. from Vanderbilt University and his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School. During law school, Baptist externed for the Honorable Ricardo M. Urbina of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, interned for the Honorable Eric T. Washington of the D.C. Court of Appeals, and served on The George Washington International Law Review.

Mayra Rodriguez is an Arizona-based public speaker and abortion rights activist who worked for Planned Parenthood for 17 years. She rose to the position of managing several affiliates and was even awarded the organization's Employee of the Year award in 2016. In October 2017, she was fired from her position and filed a wrongful termination suit, claiming her employer had fired her for reporting serious safety and health issues. Mayra's mission is to use her experience from her 17 years of working for Planned Parenthood and work as a reproductive rights activist to help save lives, defend women, and serve God and this great country. 

As an immigrant who has lived in the United States for 30 years and is proud to be an American citizen today, Mayra believes that every American has a responsibility to protect the values that have defined this great country for centuries. She has lived on the other side of the truth and is well-versed in the agenda and machine driving Planned Parenthood and the Left, and its predatory goal to destroy everything that we hold dear. 

As a well-respected member of the conservative Latin American community, she understands the challenges our community faces, from abortion to immigration, transgender 'healthcare' for children, care planning & prevention to corruption, NGOS & many more real-time & emerging issues. By educating our community about the politicians who stand up for family life and our freedom, we can not only change the country but also save it. 

After an unplanned pregnancy, Christine Yeargin became passionate about the pro-life movement. 

Recognizing a need, she founded Be Their Village and works to connect women in unplanned pregnancies to resources in their area and uses the pro-life community she’s built on social media to complete baby registries for women who reject abortion and choose life. 

She speaks at events, on college campuses, and to pregnancy resource centers across the country. She produces content with Students for Life, including her bi-weekly show, Speak Out, has been featured on the YouTube series Middle Ground, is a regular guest on national news programs, and consistently works with mothers and their babies. 

The son of a pregnancy resource center director, Seth Gruber was helping save unborn children from abortion while still in his mother's womb. He has been a voice and defender for preborn babies ever since. As a leading voice in the pro-life movement, Seth has spoken more than 300 times to over half a million people. He is the host of The Seth Gruber Show (FKA, UnAborted with Seth Gruber) and travels as a speaker to educate the public, discredit the opposition, and inspire the Church to end the great evil of our time.

Seth founded The White Rose Resistance in 2022, which has quickly become the fastest-growing pro-life ministry in America. This year, Seth launched “The 1916 Project” - an eye-opening book and vital documentary to further awaken The American Church to her pivotal role in today's culture war. At thirty-two, Seth's passionate work for the preborn, The Church, and America is just getting started.

Dr. Susan Bane (aka DrPinkGlasses) is a 1987 graduate of Atlantic Christian College, now Barton College. She has practiced obstetrics and gynecology for 25 years, including in private practice at Greenville Obstetrics and Gynecology and serving as a clinical professor at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. She is the founder and CEO of PinkGlasses Consulting, providing health care consulting with a life-affirming vision and is currently the Regional Medical Director for four pregnancy centers in North Carolina, where she oversees the medical aspects of the Centers and sees patients with unintended pregnancies.

Dr. Bane completed a PhD in Kinesiology and her medical degree from the University of Illinois. She holds coaching certifications for health and wellness and emotional intelligence coaching. She completed the year-long certificate program in Theology and Health Care at Duke Divinity School in 2022.

Dr. Bane serves on the Medical Board for Care Net and Board of Directors for The American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, AAPLOG, serving as the vice-chair and advocacy team leader, as well as the chair of Board of Directors for AAPLOG Action. She is a highly sought after speaker and has spoken about women’s health and life issues in many settings. Her writing has been published in national press, including Politico, The Daily Signal, the Federalist, RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Newsweek. She serves as a co-host of AAPLOG’s podcast Caring for Both: A Curbside Consult.

Dr. Bane is involved in a variety of community activities, including St. Therese Catholic Church, and participates in autism advocacy work, as her youngest son, Maxwell, has autism. She has been married for 37 years to her husband, Art, and has three children: Archer, married to Virginia, and they have two daughters, Townshend and Berrigan, Riley, married to Titus, and they have one child (Huff) and Maxwell, who won’t be getting married, but will be keeping Dr. Bane and her husband company for years to come. She considers her family her greatest accomplishment.

Kevin D. Roberts, PhD, was named President of The Heritage Foundation in October 2021. He succeeded former Heritage President Kay C. James as the seventh President in the organization’s 50-year history. In September 2023, Roberts was named President of Heritage Action for America and serves both organizations in a joint role. Roberts will continue to lead policy research efforts on many of the issues he championed at TPPF, including education, health care, border security, election integrity, and more.

Roberts previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), an Austin-based nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute and the largest state think tank in the nation. Under Roberts’ leadership, TPPF more than doubled in size. He also expanded the Texas think tank’s influence nationwide, opening an office in Washington, D.C., so that TPPF research might better inform federal policy debates.

A lifelong educator, Roberts earned his PhD in American History from the University of Texas. After several years of teaching history at the collegiate level, Roberts in 2006 left the university to found John Paul the Great Academy, a co-ed, K-12 Catholic liberal arts school in Lafayette, Louisiana. Roberts served as the academy’s president and headmaster for seven years.

In addition to his doctorate, Roberts holds a master's degree in history from Virginia Tech and a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Roberts and his wife have four children.

Jay W. Richards, PhD, is Director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family and the William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow in American Principles and Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation. He is also a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and Editor-at-Large of The Stream.

Jay is author or editor of more than a dozen books, including the New York Times bestsellers Infiltrated (2013) and Indivisible (2012); The Human Advantage; Money, Greed, and God, winner of a 2010 Templeton Enterprise Award; The Hobbit Party with Jonathan Witt; and Eat, Fast, Feast. His most recent book, with James Robison, is Fight the Good Fight: How an Alliance of Faith and Reason Can Win the Culture War. He is also creator and executive producer of several documentaries, including three that have appeared widely on PBS.

Jay’s articles and essays have been published in The Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Washington Post, The New York Post, Newsweek, Forbes, Fox News, and many other publications. His work has been covered widely in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, Nature, Science, Astronomy, Physics Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Congressional Quarterly Researcher.

Jay has appeared on hundreds of radio and television programs, including Larry King Live (CNN), CBS Evening News, MSNBC, Huckabee, Dayside, Fox and Friends, Studio B with Shepard Smith (Fox News), Glenn Beck TV, PBS, CBN, TBN, and is a regular guest on EWTN.

An experienced public speaker, he has spoken at academic conferences; college and university campuses in the United States, Europe, and Asia; many think tanks in the U.S. and Europe; public policy meetings; and on several occasions to members of the U.S. Congress and U.S. congressional staff. His 2008 debate at Stanford University with Christopher Hitchens, moderated by Ben Stein, was broadcast live to several hundred churches in North America.

Janae Stracke is the Vice President of Outreach and Advocacy at The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action for America. In this dual hat role, she bridges the gap between the great work of Heritage Action’s activists with the outreach efforts of Heritage’s partnerships and coalitions. Stracke leads Heritage Action’s Sentinel Nation—an army of grassroots conservatives—along with two million grassroots activists and hundreds of conservative partners and coalitions, while overseeing nearly two dozen full-time staffers nationwide, all working towards a freer and more prosperous America.

Stracke was previously director of grassroots at Heritage Action. Under her leadership, Stracke has helped Heritage Action secure over 100 state legislative victories on conservative policies championed by The Heritage Foundation. They include expanding education freedom, protecting life and families, ensuring election integrity, countering Communist China, safeguarding free speech, and securing the border.

During her time in Washington, D.C., Stracke has also played a key role in engaging conservative activists during consequential fights, such as Supreme Court nominee confirmations, including spearheading the “no hearings, no votes” movement following the passing of Justice Scalia and leading to the efforts to see Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett confirmed. Stracke also helped lead and organize the “Women for Kavanaugh” tour and movement during her time working for Concerned Women for America, where she served as both national field director and communications coordinator.

Stracke attended Liberty University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism and a double minor in public relations and psychology. She has made appearances on NewsMax, One America News, CBN, SkyNews, NPR, Family Talk, Real America’s Voice, Breitbart, and local broadcast and radio. She has been published in CNSNews, The Daily Signal, and Townhall, among other media outlets.

Sarah Gabel Seifert is the President and Co-Founder of EveryLife, the first and only pro-life diaper company. Sarah Gabel built EveryLife from the ground up and, within just over a year, established it as the fastest-growing diaper company in American history.

A passionate and influential voice in the pro-life and pro-family movement, Sarah Gabel has inspired countless parents and individuals to stand firm in their beliefs. She is a leading advocate against the depopulation agenda and the architect of the viral "Make More Babies" campaign, which garnered extensive national media coverage. As a prominent figure on major news shows and podcasts, she advocates for a cultural shift that views children as blessings and central to society’s future.

Before co-founding EveryLife, Sarah Gabel partnered with her husband, Michael Seifert, to launch PublicSquare (NYSE: PSQH), a revolutionary new platform connecting consumers with businesses that share their values. PublicSquare has quickly become a beacon for conscious consumers who seek to support pro-life, pro-family, pro-America businesses. The company went public in 2023 and is now valued at over $80 million.

Sarah Gabel’s deep commitment to celebrating and protecting life is reflected in both her personal and professional journey. From 2020 to 2021, she served as the Client Services Director at the Pregnancy Resource Center in San Clemente, where she led a team of over 80 volunteers, providing essential support to women facing unplanned pregnancies.

A proud wife to Michael and a devoted mother to their daughter, Lily Gabel, Sarah Gabel’s mission is clear: to champion the unborn and invest in the next generation. Through EveryLife’s premium products and unwavering commitment to faith, life, parenthood, and integrity, she continues to leave a lasting impact on families across the nation.

Garland R. Hunt is a proven strategic leader with a dynamic ministry background and extensive experience in criminal justice, religious liberty and race relations. He recently authored "Crisis in America: A Christian Response" (2021).

Hunt's executive leadership spans some 30 years, with the Fellowship of International Churches, Wellington Boone Ministries and New Generation Campus Ministries, which prepared him for an appointment as President of Prison Fellowship in July of 2011 until September of 2013, an organization that partners with some 7,700 churches and 14,000 volunteers.

He has extensive work as an advocate for religious liberty, racial healing and criminal justice reform. He is co-Founder of the OneRace Racial Healing Movement. He also served as a consultant with Alliance Defending Freedom and co-founder of the Coalition of Religious Liberty in Georgia. Hunt serves on the Board of Directors and as the Vice Chairman of Crossroads Prison Ministries and has served as Vice President of the Association of Paroling Authorities International. He currently serves on the Advisory Board for the National Committee for Religious Freedom with Ambassador Sam Brownback.

Most recently, Hunt was appointed as President of The Douglass Leadership Institute (DLI).

In 2023, Hunt was appointed as a board member to the Department of Juvenile Justice by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp. In early 2021, Hunt was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp (GA) to the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless Commission.

In March 2015, Hunt was installed as Senior Pastor of the Father’s House in Norcross Georgia. Each week, Bishop Hunt demonstrates his pastor’s heart through his passionate preaching and vibrant leadership.

In 2010, he was commissioner of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, overseeing a staff of 4,500 employees, and managed the care of 52,000 youth who were under the supervision and detention of the juvenile justice department.

In 2004, Hunt was appointed to the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles, by
Governor Sonny Perdue as a member of an executive board authorized to grant paroles, pardons, reprieves, remissions, commutations and the restoration of civil and political rights for Georgia’s inmates. Hunt became chairman of the board in 2006.

In 1993, he founded the Raleigh International Church; an influential ministry with the
mission of racial reconciliation.

After completing a B.A. from Howard University and JD from Howard University School of Law, Hunt served as a judicial law clerk and staff attorney with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Garland and his lovely wife Eileen have been married for 39 years. They have three grown children, Garland Jr., Christa, Jeremy, daughter in laws Melissa and Ky, son in law Brian and seven grandchildren.

Lydia Taylor Davis grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina and graduated from Campbell University after studying management.

Lydia served as President of Campbell University’s Students for Life chapter during her time as a student and is still known as “the pro-life girl” across her state of North Carolina. She has dedicated her life to ending abortion and gained national attention for facing extreme backlash from the pro-abortion movement. In 2023, she participated in a highly anticipated abortion debate in which a majority of the pro-choice audience voted that she won. She’s been featured in Fox News, Steve Bannon’s War Room, the Whatever Podcast, Wall Street Journal, ABC, Newsmax, and other news outlets. Lydia is best known for her viral pro-life TikTok content which has reached millions of people and helped educate Gen Z on the truth about abortion. She now tours the country, speaking on college campuses about abortion for Students for Life and works tirelessly to protect life nationwide.

Lydia currently resides in Spring Lake, North Carolina, and serves the Pro-Life Generation as Students for Life’s Spokesperson and Social Media Coordinator. This work includes touring the country and speaking about abortion to change minds on college campuses, as well as creating powerful social media content across the organization’s platforms to spread the pro-life message.

Jon Schweppe is the Director of Policy for American Principles Project (APP). In this role, he advances the organization’s legislative priorities by working with allied groups and with federal and state lawmakers. Schweppe co-authored the groundbreaking 2020 report: Protecting Free Speech and Defending Kids: A Proposal to Amend Section 230.

Schweppe is an alumnus of the Claremont Institute’s Lincoln Fellowship. He has been published in a number of publications, including The New York Post, The American Mind, First Things, Newsweek, The Federalist, and the Daily Caller. Prior to joining APP, he worked on several political campaigns, focusing mainly on communications and policy. He is a graduate of Augustana College, where he majored in Economics and Finance.

Benjamin Ice grew up in Westfield, Indiana and is currently studying Cyber Security at Western Governance University.

In high school, Ben used to be pro-choice, but after learning about Students for Life and seeing a clip they posted on social media from the Unplanned Movie, he became pro-life and started a Students for Life club at his school. Since then, Ben has been a Students for Life Action Captain and an SFLA Thaddeus Stevens Fellow. Ben also spent two years working part-time for Students for Life as the Indianapolis Abortion Free Cities Community Organizer before transferring to his current position.

Ben currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana and serves the Pro-Life Generation as Students for Life’s Great Lakes Regional Coordinator. This work includes recruiting, training, and mentoring pro-life student groups in Indiana and Michigan.

David Bereit is an experienced leader, an inspiring communicator, and strategic advisor to pro-life leaders and organizations around the world.

Previously, David started and led the global 40 Days for Life movement through its first decade, mobilizing 750,000 volunteers in more than 700 cities across all 50 America states and dozens of nations, whose prayers and efforts have saved 14,643 children’s lives, brought 177 workers out of the abortion industry, and closed 96 abortion centers. David recently stepped away from his role as CEO of 40 Days for Life to pray and plan for a new ministry project, which will be announced soon.

David is an internationally sought-after keynote speaker, and his presentations in more than 550 cities around the world have inspired audiences as large as 70,000 people. David’s work has been featured in nearly every major media outlet, including coverage on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, HBO, hundreds of radio programs, and over 100 newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today.

David has advised many of today's most successful pro-life leaders, helping hundreds of organizations increase their life-saving impact, and raising more than $55 million for pro-life causes. David has been joyfully married to his best friend, Margaret, and live outside of Washington, DC.

Savanna Deretich is the Government Affairs Coordinator with Students for Life Action. As SFLAction’s Government Affairs Coordinator, Savanna lobbies for strong state and federal pro-life legislation, builds relationships with pro-life champions, and is the media spokesperson. 

In college, Savanna started a Students for Life group on her campus and her passion for the pro-life movement rapidly blossomed. It was right around when she began to lead the Students for Life chapter that infanticide was legalized in New York. On that dark day, a burning fire ignited in her heart and she knew being a voice for the voiceless and protecting life in law would be her life’s work. The next day, Savanna changed her major to fit a pro-life career path. 

Before Savanna became an employee with Students for Life, she was a Minnesota State Captain with Students for Life Action, a 2019-2020 Wilberforce Fellow, a 2020-2021 Student Spokesperson, as well as founded and served as President for the Students for Life group on her campus at the University of Northwestern St. Paul for over three years. 

Kristi Hamrick grew up in towns across Pennsylvania and Iowa before graduating from Anderson University with departmental honors in Communications and cum laude, paying her way through school, working as editor of her college newspaper and part-time as a journalist, as well as winning a prestigious Pulliam Fellowship after graduation. She has a degree in Mass Communications & Journalism with a Cognate in Political Science.

Her career as a journalist began in Indiana, in news outlets including the Indianapolis Star and Muncie Star, leading to Washington D.C. where she was a correspondent for CBN News, before working as press secretary for the Hopkins for Governor campaign in Kentucky. From there she became press secretary for Family Research Council, heading FRC’s communication shop and hosting FRC’s television show “Straight Talk with FRC.”

As an entrepreneur, Hamrick then established KSH media from which she worked with a Who’s Who of conservative and pro-family organizations, strategizing to create and advance a policy agenda through paid and earned media, with an emphasis on marketing an effective story to news organizations. In 2017, Hamrick joined Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action, now taking the role of Chief Media and Policy Strategist.

Hamrick has been featured on major media broadcasts, print, and radio nationwide. From FOX, to NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, et al, with quotes and op-eds in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Washington Times, Breitbart, Rolling Stone, Associated Press, and beyond. Her decades of media experience have resulted in thousands of conversations with reporters considering the most crucial issues of the day.

Kristi resides near Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband, and is a mother of four.

Her title is SFLA/SFLAction Vice President of Media & Policy, from which she and her team manages paid and earned media campaigns, devises strategy for coverage and messaging, creates content from op-eds, speeches, news releases, talking points, and all products needed to advance an effective policy agenda.

Kate Maloney grew up in Burnt Hills, New York and graduated from Ithaca College after studying Vocal Performance.

When Kate saw through the empty promises of abortion, it was something that deeply convicted her heart. She knew that women were being lied to, and those lies were at the cost of other lives. The injustice of abortion pits mothers against their children, and in doing so, the value of every human life is seen as circumstantial.

Moved by these truths, a year after she graduated college, she took a chance and threw herself full-blown into the pro-life movement. Her main goal is to influence the lives of the students she works to be unafraid in the face of adversity.

Kate has been featured on EWTN and has spoken at The Montfort Academy, Youth Buses for Life, and countless schools in the northeast.

Kate Maloney currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts and serves the Pro-Life Generation as the Campaign for Abortion Free Cities Manager. This work includes ensuring that efforts to make more than 20 different cities nationwide abortion free are operating smoothly and making progress.

Morgan Reece grew up in Streetsboro, Ohio and graduated from Bowling Green State University after studying Business Administration, with specializations in Supply Chain Management and Data Analytics.

Morgan became pro-life after seeing a graphic photo of an aborted baby on Instagram, which led her to heavily researching abortion – everything from Live Action’s abortion procedure videos to former abortionists’ conversion stories to post-abortive women’s testimonies.

While at BGSU, Morgan became the Founder and President of Falcons for Life, as well as the Communications Director for the University of Toledo Students for Life group. Plus, she was a William Wilberforce Fellow and a regular volunteer at the Bowling Green Pregnancy Center and Akron Pregnancy Services.

Morgan has been featured in ABC Nightline News, The Washington Post, Catholic News Agency, Live Action, National Catholic Register, Campus Reform, The Washington Stand, The Toledo Blade, Toledo Live, and 13abc Action News, and has spoken about abortion at many Catholic churches during Mass.

Morgan currently resides in Detroit, Michigan and serves the Pro-Life Generation as Students for Life’s Michigan Regional Coordinator. This work includes traveling to middle schools, high schools, and colleges across Michigan to assist Students for Life groups in hosting events such as tabletops, tour stops, apologetics trainings, prayer vigils, chalk days, and more.

Stephanie Stone grew up in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania and graduated from the Catholic University of America after studying Politics and English.

Stephanie knew she was called to the pro-life movement since she was 12, having attended the March for Life every year with her church, starting her own pro-life newsletter there, and volunteering regularly. However, the pro-life mission became more real for her during her first year at CUA, where she got more involved with the pro-life club on campus (eventually becoming President), interned with Live Action, and began to hear the stories of women who had been betrayed by the abortion industry. Hearing about the pain and loneliness that many women had gone through along with learning about the incredibly loving work of so many pro-life organizations in DC, Stephanie knew she was called to join in supporting women and saving lives.

During her time at CUA with Cardinals for Life, Stephanie worked with her Regional Coordinator, Michele Hendrickson (who is now her boss!), to bring a display to campus, go to the March for Life, and host CUA’s first Pep Rally for Life. A year after graduation, she joined SFLA as the Capital Area Regional Coordinator assisting groups in Maryland, D.C., and Virginia.

Stephanie Stone and her work have been featured on multiple news outlets such as Breitbart and Fox News, and her writing has been featured on Media Research Center’s NewsBusters, Maryland March for Life’s blog, as well as Students for Life of America’s blog. She has spoken on campuses across Maryland, D.C., and Virginia, at press conferences, and regularly at churches in the Capital Area.

Stephanie currently resides in Fairfax, Virginia and serves the Pro-Life Generation as Students for Life’s Standing With You Coordinator. This work includes the management of Standing With You, Students for Life’s pregnancy support program.

Michele grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and graduated from Hood College after studying Elementary and Special Education.

As a sophomore in high school, Michele chose the topic of abortion for a project in her speech class. Through research for the assignment, she learned the heart-breaking truth about abortion and knew immediately that she was pro-life. However, with nowhere to really serve at the time, it wasn’t until after college, at the Maryland March for Life, that Michele finally discovered Students for Life. Not wanting other students to miss opportunities to live out their pro-life convictions the way she had in school, she made the decision to resign from teaching and serve the pro-life movement full-time.

In her work, it also became very clear how divided the church is on the issue of abortion. Michele serves as Pastor of Care and Outreach in her local church and works alongside fellow pastors and ministry leaders in how to talk about abortion.

Michele has spoken at the National Pro-Life Summit, Maryland March for Life, National March for Life Youth Rally, Philadelphia Respect Life Day, various rallies, banquets, all school assemblies, and in classrooms teaching Pro-Life Apologetics lessons.

Michele currently resides in Maryland and serves the Pro-Life Generation as Students for Life’s Director of Strategic Initiatives. In large part, this work includes overseeing the work of SFLA’s Campaign for Abortion Free Cities.

Zac Kester functions as a general counsel and advisor, assisting nonprofit organizations with a variety of matters. Zac has an LL.M. (Masters of Law) and a CFRM (Certificate in Fundraising Management) concentrating on the special needs of tax-exempt organizations and has practiced law primarily for charities, focusing on organizational and compliance services. 

Zac and his wife Amanda, and their four children are passionate about serving those in their communities and people globally. The Kesters strongly support adopting and fostering children, having adopted two beautiful girls from Ethiopia who are wonderful older sisters to the Kesters’ biological sons. Along with others from their local church, the Kesters help with repairs and spring cleaning at the Dayspring Center, a homeless shelter for women and children, and serve breakfast to men and women who need a helping hand at Horizon House. 

Zac volunteers on his children’s school board, and he and Amanda are active at their church. The Kesters also support Compassion International and World Vision in the fight against child poverty, International Justice Mission to end human trafficking and slavery, the Invisible Girl Project, protecting little girls from gendercide, and Mission to the World missionaries Lee and Dr. Jen Bigelow and their three girls on a long-term medical mission in rural Belize. 

Shawn Pennell, Ph. D. is a passionate and dynamic supporter in the pro-life movement with over 24 years of experience advocating for the unborn and those in need. Her pro-life journey began as the receptionist at her local Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC), where her heart for life and justice was ignited. Over the years, she has sown into the movement by praying outside abortion clinics, encouraging fellow pro-lifers, and spearheading the establishment of a Students for Life chapter at her university while pursuing her graduate degree. 

 Shawn’s commitment to mercy and justice extends far beyond the pro-life cause. For six years, she played a pivotal role with Awaken, Inc., an anti-trafficking organization, where she directed their prayer initiatives and championed transformative work that shifted the pro-prostitution mindset in northern Nevada. Through advocacy, prayer, education, and a deep commitment to clients' well-being, Awaken led a community-wide effort—encompassing law enforcement, judges, hospitals, schools, churches, and citizens—to combat sex trafficking. The profound impact of their work is evident in the region’s cultural shift toward protecting and serving vulnerable populations. 

 Dr. Pennell earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Nevada, Reno, and has spent 15 years serving in higher education. A dedicated educator, she is currently a part-time high school teacher and homeschools. She has two creative children, William and Esther, alongside her brilliant and supportive husband, David, in Reno, Nevada. 

 Known for her powerful voice as a speaker, writer, and teacher, Shawn is also a devoted intercessor. She is passionate about sharing her love for Jesus and her faith-driven approach to life and justice, inspiring others to take bold steps in their own advocacy and service to others, and in prayer.

Gabriella McIntyre serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life, where she litigates and advocates for the unborn, their mothers, and others who protect and serve them.  

Before joining ADF, McIntyre was an associate at a boutique firm in Washington, D.C., where her practice focused primarily on life sciences patent litigation, FDA regulatory issues, and multi-district commercial litigation. 

McIntyre earned her J.D. from George Mason’s Antonin Scalia Law School and her B.S. from Hillsdale College. During her time at Scalia Law, McIntyre served as editor-in-chief of the George Mason Law Review. She is admitted to practice in Washington, D.C., and Colorado.