The executive board of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a 501(c)(3) incorporated as a national group in 1978, established FFRF Action Fund as its legislative, advocacy affiliate in 2022. FFRF …
About
Charis Hoard
Charis graduated from Bowling Green State University with both a B.A. in Psychology and a Master of Public Administration degree. She previously worked as FFRF’s governmental affairs intern before working at Media …
Ashley Harrison
Ashley graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies in December 2025. She interned for FFRF’s budding digital marketing department …
Charlotte Gude
Charlotte graduated from the University of Iowa in 2020 with a B.S. in Political Science, a B.A. in Social Justice, and a minor in American Sign Language. She then worked …
Annie Laurie Gaylor
Annie Laurie Gaylor, a third-generation freethinker, co-founded FFRF with her mother, Anne Gaylor, as a college student in 1976. She was editor of Freethought Today, FFRF’s newspaper, from 1985 to 2009. …
Dan Barker
Minister Turned Atheist Dan became a teenage evangelist at age 15. At 16 he was choir librarian for faith-healer Kathryn Kuhlman’s Los Angeles appearances. He received a degree in Religion …
Nancy Noet
Nancy attended the University of Wisconsin – Madison for both her undergraduate and law degrees. She started her career as a commercial litigator for a large law firm in Milwaukee, …
Legislative
FFRF’s Legislative Team is a squad that encapsulates FFRF’s two main purposes: to educate the public and keep state and church separate. It’s a bit of a renaissance team, but …
Mickey Dollens
Mickey Dollens is the Regional Government Affairs Manager at the Freedom From Religion Foundation, where he fights to uphold church-state separation and protect religious freedom for all. Dollens has a …
