ANNE NICOL GAYLOR was a founder and president emerita of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. She served as executive director from 1978 to 2005, and worked as a consultant to …
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Annie Laurie Gaylor
CO-PRESIDENT Since November 2004, serving with Dan Barker. CO-FOUNDER Freedom From Religion Foundation, Madison, Wisconsin, 1976, when she was a college student, with her mother Anne Nicol Gaylor. Annie Laurie first …
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 …
Rowan Hahn
ROWAN HAHN graduated from Texas State University with a B.S. in Mass Communications and Digital Media Innovations. In their free time they like to go birding, read, ponder art, and …
Hirsh Joshi
HIRSH JOSHI joined FFRF in January 2024 as the Patrick O’Reiley Legal Fellow. He was raised in the Chicago suburbs and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in …
Renee Oberhart
RENEE OBERHART graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a minor in psychology. She’s been working at FFRF since 2016 ordering supplies for …
Sheryl Lindmeier
SHERYL LINDMEIER earned her Degree in Flute Performance from UW-Eau Claire and her Certificate in PC Programming from Control Data Institute shortly thereafter. For 15+ years, she worked in IT …
Lily Pocs
LILY POCS is the Membership Manager for FFRF. For nearly 10 years she has worked on the administrative teams for non-profit museums in her hometown of Rockford, IL. In her …
Ryan Dudley
RYAN DUDLEY joined FFRF as the State Policy Manager, a new position, in 2022. He has worked in advocacy roles for a number of nonprofits, as well as a nonpartisan …
