About Us

Senior Staff

Burns Strider
President

Eric Sapp
Executive Director

Rachel Johnson
Programs Director

Christopher Scott
Western States “Frontier Project” Director

National Advisory Committee

“The American Values Network is speaking out and organizing on behalf of the left out and left behind.  Most compelling, they are creating a public square which insures honest and civil conversation.  I am delighted to offer my voice and support to the American Values Network.” – Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, NAC member

Sam Arora (Maryland)
Georgetown University Law
Delegate, American Bar Association

Bonnie Campbell (Iowa)
Former IA Attorney General

Reverend Leah Daughtry (Washington, DC)
Former Chief of Staff, National Democratic Party
Former CEO, Democratic National Convention, Denver
Fellow-in-Residence, Harvard University

Reverend Jim DeLange (California)
Chair, San Francisco Interfaith Council

Catherine Dodd (California)
Board of Directors, Glide UMC

John A. Eaves, Jr. (Mississippi)
Eaves Law Firm

Don Fowler (South Carolina)
Former Chair of the Democratic National Committee

Reverend Henry Green (Maryland)

Brenda Gullett (Arkansas)
Former State Senator

Reverend Darrell Jackson (South Carolina)
State Senator
Senior Minister, Bibleway Church

Jesse Lava (Massachusetts)
Dual MPP and MTS degree candidate, Harvard University
Communications Consultant
Founder, Faithful Democrats

Karin Quimby, Ph.D. (California)
Co-Director, ECOFaith

Reverend Paul Brandeis Raushenbush (New Jersey)
Contributing Editor, Beliefnet.com
Office of Religious Life and the Chapel, Princeton University

Reverend Luonne Rouse (New YorK)

Reverend William Smart (California)

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (Maryland)
Former Lt. Governor
Author, Noted Advocate

Reverend Frank Trotter (California)

Marisa B. Van Saanen (Connecticut)
Yale Law School ‘10
Former Faith Liaison, World Bank

Gloria Williamson (Mississippi)
Former State Senator
Former MS Democratic Party Chair

Reverend Phil Wogaman, Ph.D. (Maryland)
Ethicist, Author

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