About Us: Advisory Council

Lori Arviso Alvord, MD
Associate Dean of Student and Multicultural Affairs, Dartmouth Medical School

Abdullahi An-Na'im
Professor, Emory Law School

Mark Bittman
New York Times, PBS

Kitty Hsu Dana
Associate General Secretary for Advancement, American Friends Service Committee

Jeffrey Feldman
Author, Founder of Frameshop

Robert Franklin
President, Morehouse College

Jeffrey Friedman
Filmmaker

Barbara Gaines
Artistic Director, Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Daisy Khan
Executive Director, American Society for Muslim Advancement

Harry Knox
Director, Religion and Faith Program, Human Rights Campaign Foundation and member of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

John McCarter
President and CEO, Field Museum, Chicago

Ruth W. Messinger
President, American Jewish World Service

Peter Montgomery
Vice-President for Communications and Director of the Center for American Values, People for The American Way

Pauline Muchina
Senior Women and AIDS Advocacy Officer, UNAIDS Global Coalition on Women and AIDS

Juana Ponce de Leon
Executive Director, Independent Press Association-New York (New York Community Media Alliance)

Sally Steenland
Senior Policy Advisor, Faith & Progressive Policy Initiative, Center for American Progress

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Author

Rev. Carlton Veazey
President and CEO, The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

Diane Winston
Knight Chair in Media and Religion, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California